Walter and Paige

6/13/15 10:00 A.M

Toby walks upstairs looking for Walter. He finds him asleep on his desk in his bedroom surrounded by pages and pages notes and facts about everyone in the jury and how to appeal to all of them. He also stares in amusement at a diagram that Walter created on a white board covering pretty much every possible angle to take Drew down. Additionally there was a checklist Walter created of things he needs to do in order to win the case. Toby looked at his sleeping friend and smiled, he really cares for Paige and will do any he can to stop this terrible thing from happening. In his sleep Walter kept mumbling gibberish but Toby could pick out the words "Paige... Courtroom... Destroy Drew..... Be there by 7:00 a.m." Toby called Walter's name softly and nudged his shoulder with his hand

Walter woke with a start. He looked up at Toby sleepily then said "Hi Toby, what time is it?" Then he widened his eyes, a look of fear coming over his face. "CRAP!!! Toby what time is it!!!!!!!!!!!"

"It's 10 Walt." Toby says calmly.

"No, no, no!!!! I was supposed to be there at 7:00!!! I told her I was coming!!! I said I'd fix everything!!! This can't be happening!!!!!

"Hey Walter it's okay." Toby says cautiously trying to calm down his ranting friend.

"No it's not!!! I had ever thing planned out-" He gasped, "Has the jury made their decision?!?!?!"

"Yeah Walt." Toby says looking down.

"Drew won custody, didn't he?" Walter asks quietly, reading Toby's expression and looking for any indicator that he's wrong.

"Yes he did." Toby replies sadly.

Walter buries his head in his hands and just sits like that, remaining silent, for a long period of time.

During this silence Toby just stares down at his friend apoplectically. He decides to break the silence. "How long were you working on this Walter?"

"From the time that I last saw you yesterday to about 4:00 a.m today. Not that it matters though.... I failed Toby." Walter says the last part so softly, Toby barely heard it.

"Hey bud, no you didn't." Toby replies patting Walters shoulder reassuringly.

"Yeah I did." Walter says not meeting Toby's eyes. "And now the most important person in my life," Walter catches Toby's eye for about a second then looks down embarrassed about what he just said.

Toby can't help but smile a sad little smile, "I knew you liked her."

"Yeah well that doesn't even matter anymore, because now the most important person in her life was taken away from her and its all my fault." Walter groaned.

Toby slammed his hands on the desk, startling Walter. "You know what dude I'm done with this crap! You now what you did today?"

Walter snorted, "Screwed up?"

"Exactly, and guess what, Humans screw up!!!!!! You are only Human Walter!!!! You will screw every once and a while!!! SO DEAL WITH IT!!!! Stand up and go to Paige's house, the rest of the team is over there now. Go talk to her!"

"Toby, I'm left brain dominant, your stupid little pep talks don't work on me. I have no EQ, I can't feel-"

"Shut up Walter. Just shut up. Paige is living proof that you have feelings. And now that you are developing these sensations, that is normal people call feelings, your scared as hell. Well guess what, the girl that has changed you entire perspective of life, her entire world had just been turned upside down."

Walter finally meets Toby's eyes and Toby can see Walters determination to help Paige. He smiles. "She needs you now Walt, more ever. And let me say she has changed you, and for the better, I have never seen you happier. You need her too Walter."

Walter considers this and as he gets up he snatches the car keys Toby was holding in his hands. Then he almost sprints out of his room and down to the car. "Am I allowed to come?" Toby calls after him.

"If you can keep up." Walter calls back, "As you would say, I'm going to fix 'my girl!'"

And as Toby sprints after his best friend, he smirks. Walter has really changed over the past few months and the team has never seen him happier, Paige is the best thing that could have happened to him.