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Upon arriving at home, Toni collapsed back onto her bed. Of course, there was no place like home. She hoped to relax for a little while before Dustin inevitable dragged her out to that new mall. However, it would seem Dustin's antics would disrupt her a lot sooner than she'd hoped.

"Ant!" He called, throwing open her bedroom door. "Something's wrong with all of my robots." He said, and she rolled her eyes.

"God damn, we just got home." She groaned, rolling off of the bed and following him as he followed his toys across the living room. However, they suddenly stopped. All of them just stopped at once. "What the hell?"

"Surprise!" Multiple voices yelled, causing Toni to scream and Dustin to spray hair spry at whoever it was, resulting in Lucas getting it in his eyes. The whole gang was there to welcome them home, but clearly it had backfired.

"What the hell was that?" Toni breathed, a hand on her heart.

"Welcome home, you guys!" Will cheered. "We're so glad you're home, we missed you both!"

"Is that why that sign says 'welcome home, Dustin'?"

"Ahh, that's because we have another surprise for you." Max smiled. "But you have to wear this." She said, taking a blindfold from her pocket.

"No way are you putting that over my eyes." She shrugged.

"Then you won't get your surprise."

"Damn! Okay, let's get this over with."

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After a terrifying trip on the bus, and en escalator ride from hell, they assured her they weren't far.

"Ouch! That was a chair!" She hissed, walking into something that scratched along the floor upon impact. "Come on, this is stupid, let me-"

"No!" Lucas told her. "Okay, don't move." She felt all hands on her leave, and she then started to worry. She could hear voices around her, many she didn't recognise, so she assumed she was in public.

"Guys?!" She heard a bell ring, and a familiar voice follow it.

"Ahoy, kiddos!" It said. "I can't sneak you into any more movies, I'll get into trouble, so if that's what you came here for, then-"

"No, we have something for you." Mike said.

"Is it gonna kill me?"

"No. Look." Suddenly the blindfold was ripped from her eyes, and the light was blinding. She looked around, finding she was in the new mall and in, what looked to be, an ice-cream store.

"Toni?" She turned her head towards the counter, a wide smile coming across her face.

"Steve?" She breathed. For a moment, they just looked at each other, but then, Steve practically jumped over the counter and embraced her. She giggled, holding onto him as he lifted her from her feet.

"Oh my god, I missed you so much." He muttered, pressing kisses on every single part of her face.

"I missed you too." She smiled. "So did you-"

"No! Did you-"

"I couldn't." She shrugged. "Nobody compares to you, my love."

"Hey, Steve!" Someone called, and he turned his head. "What are you doing, we have customers."

"That's Robin, don't mind her." He shrugged. "But I should probably get back to work before I get fired so-"

"Don't worry, I'll be around." He smiled, pressing a kiss to her lips. The first kiss they'd shared all summer. It was sweet, and soft, and Toni couldn't help but smile against his lips.

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