Trollhunters: Becoming

Farwell to Sleep

"Jim, is Toby not here today?" Strickler asked.

"Toby? Oh he has a family emergency but he might be here later today," Jim lied. Strickler took it as the truth.

"Geez, when did you get so good at lying?" Toby whispered. Jim ignored Toby and paid attention to Strickler's lesson.

The class was rather uneventful and ended quickly. Jim was getting out of his seat when Strickler called out to him.

"Young Atlas, if I could have a word with you?"

"Uh, of course, Mr. Strickler," Jim replied, walking over to his teacher. "What do you need?"

"Your mother has asked me to dinner at your place, that won't be a problem, right?" Strickler asked, earnestly. Jim fell into an easy smile.

"Never has been before. My mom really likes you," Jim replied. Strickler blushed slightly and cleared his throat.

"Well, I'm glad you're okay with it. If it's any help, I like your mother as well," Strickler smiled softly.

"I should get heading to my next class, talk to you later!" Jim waved walking out of the classroom.

"Dude is Mr. Strickler dating your mom?!" Toby stage whispered. Jim looked at Toby in surprise.

"Did I never tell you?" Jim asked.

"No! You said your mom was dating someone but you never said who!"

"Oh. Well, then my mom is dating Strickler. Better?"

"Ha. Ha. You think you're so funn-Uh, Jim?!"

"What? What is it, Toby?" Jim asked, looking down at Toby. Toby's hand was considerably bigger than the rest of his body.

Oh, snap.

With lightning speeds, Jim raced into the bathroom and pulled Toby out of his bag for Toby to fully grow back. It was not a pleasant visual and both of them and were relieved when it was over.

"Oh I missed being tall," Toby breathed out happily, hugging his body.

"Hey, and you're now back to go to our next class. Which is gym," Jim grinned.

"Oh I miss being small," Toby groaned.

"It'll be fine, Tobes. Now come on before we're late."

Jim and Toby swiftly made their way to the gym. Jim cringed. The gym smelt of hormones, sweat and, poor hygiene. This troll sense of smell was both a blessing and a curse. They got changed into their gym clothes and waited on the bleachers for Coach Lawrence to tell them what they were going to do today.

Claire noticed the two and sat beside them.

"Glad to see you back to normal," Claire said to Toby.

"Two out of ten, never again," Toby replied.

"Alright, class! Today we're doing dodgeball!" Coach Lawrence shouted. Jim looked over to see Steve looking at him. Steve smiled evilly and swiped his finger across his neck. Jim rolled his eyes. He didn't miss that at all.

Jim was going to have to go easy on dodgeball. The last thing he needed was his hat to fall off. That would be an issue.

"Palchuck! You're team leader number one. Pepperjack! You're team leader number two. Get down here and pick your teams!"

Unsurprisingly, Jim was on the opposite team of Steve but at least he had Toby on his team. Claire was sadly chosen to be on Steve's team. She was thrilled. (Sarcasm)