Chapter 4

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We get into Tobias's car and drive off the campus. He turns on the radio and starts singing with it.

"I was thinking 'bout you, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gon' be
Open my eyes yeah, it was only Just A Dream
So I traveled back, down that road
Will you come back, no one knows
I realize yeah, it was only Just A Dream"

I smile for two reasons. Number one, this is one of my favorite songs in the world; number two, Tobias knows it and he is singing it.

"I was at the top and now it's like I'm in the basement

Number one spot and now you're finding a replacement

I swear now I can't take it, knowing somebody's got my baby

And now you ain't around baby I can't think
I should've put it down, should've got the ring
Cause I can still feel it in the air
See her pretty face run my fingers through her hair
My lover, my life, my baby, my wife
you left me, I'm tied
Cause I knew that it just ain't right"

Tobias sings, then I decide to join in for the refrain.

"I was thinking 'bout you, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gon' be
Open my eyes yeah, it was only Just A Dream
So I traveled back, down that road
Will you come back, no one knows
I realize yeah, it was only Just A Dream
"

I start singing the second verse and Tobias smiles at me as he drives.

"When I'm ridin' man I swear I see your face at every turn
Tryna get my Usher on but I can't let it Burn
And I just hopes you know that you're the only one I yearn for
More and more I miss you, when will I learn
Didn't give it all my love, I guess now I got my payback
Now I'm in the club thinking all about my baby
Hey, you were so easy to love
But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough
I'm going through it every time that I'm alone
And now I'm missing, wishing you'd pick up the phone
But you made the decision that you wanted to move on
Cause I was wrong
"

He joins back in for the rest of the song and we sing our hearts out.

"I was thinking 'bout you, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gon' be
Open my eyes yeah, it was only Just A Dream
So I traveled back, down that road
Will you come back, no one knows
I realize yeah, it was only Just A Dream

If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
And now they're gone and you're wishing you could give them everything
If you've ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you've ever loved somebody put your hands up
Now they're gone and you're wishing you could give them everything

I was thinking 'bout you, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gon' be
Open my eyes yeah, it was only Just A Dream
So I traveled back, down that road
Will you come back, no one knows
I realize yeah, it was only Just A Dream

I was thinking 'bout you, thinkin' 'bout me
Thinkin' 'bout us, what we gon' be
Open my eyes yeah, it was only Just A Dream
So I traveled back, down that road

Will you come back, no one knows
I realize yeah, it was only Just A Dream"

When we finish, Skyler claps and smiles at us.

"Thank you, thank you very much," Tobias says, impersonating Elvis.

"Really Toby?" I ask, as Skyler and I giggle.

"Yup!" Tobias says, and for some strange reason it makes Skyler laugh more.

We get off the highway and we get into the town. I look over at Skyler.

"Sky, where do you want to go first?" I ask.

"Ice cream!"

I turn on my iPhone and look at the time, it's 12:45. Then, I look over at Tobias.

"Tob, you want to get ice cream now?" I asks and he nods.

"Yay! Ice cream!" Skyler starts yelling and I smile, at moments like these I love being a mom.

Tobias somehow finds an ice cream/ frozen yogurt place. I smile and get out of the car. I walk over to Skyler's door and open it. I unbuckle her seat belt and take her out of her car seat. She smiles wildly as she looks around, this was all new to her. She has only been out of our suburban town a few times, the place she went all of those times was Chicago. Let me tell you, a cute little town looks nothing like a city.

Tobias picks Skyler up and holds her as he walks over to me.

"Tris, Sky and I want to get lunch and then get ice cream," Tobias says then looks over at Skyler, "Did I say it right?" he asks her and she giggles and nods her head.

"I agree, I'm all in for it," I say as I close the car door that Skyler came out of.

I smile as we walk to a cute little diner. Tobias puts Skyler down and she takes our hands. I smile down at her and she smiles back up at me. Skyler pulls us over to a booth, and we sit. She smiles, looking at everything and everyone. A waitress comes over and gives us menus. Skyler takes one of the menus and looks at all the pictures in it, but as always she wants the chicken tenders and a chocolate milkshake.

"Why do you always get the same thing, Sky?" Tobias asks her, and she shrugs.

"I like it," Skyler says smiling.

The waitress comes back, and we order. I get a hamburger and a chocolate milk shake, Tobias gets a cheeseburger and a chocolate milk shake, and Skyler gets her chicken tenders and a chocolate milk shake.

"What's with us and always getting chocolate milk shakes?" I ask.

"It's tradition," Tobias says, then Skyler and I laugh.

Our food comes and we start eating. After we finish, then we pay and leave. We walk across the street and walk into the ice cream/ frozen yogurt place.

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