I'm So Glad I Found You : Quintis Fic

Memories Never Die

The next day, everyone was gathered back at the garage to see if they could break any ground with the case. Surprisingly, Toby, Happy and Sage were there bright and early ready to get a head start on whatever they needed to do. Sage had woke them up that morning because Happy didn't wake up at the time she usually did. She probably threw her phone across the room again. She’d been doing that quite a lot lately, it took both her and Toby a good 5 minutes to get her out of bed that morning. She’s been much more tired and grumpy lately, but that was probably just because of all the stress and running around from the past few weeks.

Once they did reach the garage, and everyone had arrived, Toby began to notice the odd looks he was receiving from everyone. They were subtle, but of course he was able to pick out the abnormal behavior. He tried his best not to read into it too much, everybody was probably just a little off because of the circumstances, but that didn’t stop him from telling Happy about it.

"Why do you think everyone acting so weird?" Toby took a sip of the coffee had poured for him and he sat down at the kitchen table. Happy was at the counter in the kitchen pouring the remaining dark liquid into her own mug.

"I don't know," she fibbed, sitting down beside him, kicking a leg over his lap.

Toby narrowed his eyes at her suspiciously, he knew she was hiding something, but he left it be. He knew she would tell him if it was anything important. So he shrugged his shoulders while he turned his gaze to watch Sage and Ralph play Jenga on the coffee table set in front of the couch. The two of them needed something to occupy their minds with while they waited for any new developments.

Sage was winning. She seemed to have a special knack for geometry rather than any other form of math. She was making moves that would make it almost impossible for Ralph to even attempt a turn. Ralph on the other was struggling with finding a way to outsmart Sage, every trap he tried to set, she found an impossible way out. He much prefered chess.

She had never played Jenga before today, but this was by far her new favorite game. Paige had suggested it to them, she was getting tired of their hovering, and Sage’s constant requests for updates.

The tower hadn't fallen once in the past hour, and at this point it looked ready to topple over at any moment. Each layer contained one wooden block, with almost zero support. The stack got increasingly higher each turn, the end was in sight and Ralph was determined to win at least one game.

Walter gave a small smile at the competition, or game, taking place to his left then he stood from his chair and shot a quick glance at Paige. She nodded her head in approval and Walter shuffled over to the kitchen where Toby and Happy were mindlessly chatting.

"We aren't making any progress with this case, so Paige told me that I should give you two the day off. You both look exhausted," Walter said, shifting his feet uncomfortably. He didn’t like trying to lie to Toby, he knew from experience that Toby could call out his fibs from a mile away.

"Why, thank you Walter. We appreciate your concern" Toby replied sarcastically. He knew Walter was preparing to lie from the moment he walked up to them, but the day had been kind of boring. No new information had come up for over 5 hours and neither Happy nor Toby were contributing anything worthwhile. All they could do was wait for Sylvester or Walter to pull more info.

Happy gave Walter an all too knowing look, as Toby gathered their things, happy to get out of the stressful and boring atmosphere. He wasn’t about to waste an opportunity for a day off. Happy stood up and helped him gather their things, while Walter walked back to his desk. He sat down and continuing the search he was busy with earlier.

"Hey Sage. We're getting off work early, we're going home," Toby said, helping her stand up, then handing her the crutches Happy made for her earlier that morning. She was about to object, or even pout, but decided against it. She knew from experience that it wouldn’t get her anywhere, plus it was beginning to get a bit dull in the depressing atmosphere of the garage.