Safe And Sound •A Tobuscus / Toby Turner Fanfic•

Ice Skating

*Stephanie's POV*

   Toby and I go to the restaurant Kathryn and I went to when we first saw Mark. We got a table for two in the back.

   Our waitress is, like, a seventeen-year-old girl. Her name tag reads Adriana. When she sees Toby and I together she freaks out, "Oh my gosh! You're Toby Turner and Stephenie Cross! I have watched you both since you first made your accounts, and I wanna just say thank you both so much for doing what you do! You've helped me through some really rough times!"

   I blush and Toby laughs. We order our food and ask Adriana to try to act normal do we don't get ambushed by fans. Toby pulls out his camera and points it in my direction, "Audience? Wha-? What are you doing staring at my insanely beautiful girlfriend?" He asks. I blush even deeper and cover my face.

   "Aww, Steph. Don't be shy. You like Steph, dont you, Audience?" Tony asks the camera. He vlogs for a few more minutes and then wraps it up.

   "If your sneezed during this video-" he starts, but I sneeze. He points the camera at me and we both laugh. "Bless YOU! Peace off," He says and points the camera at me and I say, "BOOP!"

   "Best vlog ever," I laugh.

   "How are you camera shy when this is your job?" Toby asks.

   "I dunno. It's not my Audience. Yours probably doesn't like me, and most of your fangirls probably hate me now," I laugh.

   "Dont worry, they'll. If they dont, it's their loss," Toby says. I smile and listen to the softly played music in the restaurant. My phone explodes with Twitter notifications. Toby smirks.

   "Thanks," I say sarcastically. Toby laughs. I tweet a thing saying that Toby and I are together for real and tag Toby.

   Toby bursts out laughing, "Did your see our ship name?"

   "No," I giggle, trying to think of what it could possibly be. "What is it?"

   "Crossbuscus," Toby says.

   "Crossbuscus," I repeat. I shake my head and laugh.

   "I know. Somehow, I guess it works."

   "I guess," I shrug. Toby and I get our food and I notice Adriana has Toby's and my ship name on her wrist.

   I smile and once she leaves, I say, "We should tip her extra."

   "Definitely," Toby says, starting to eat his food. We eat and talk about random things.

   We get ready to head out and I write a little message to Adriana on a napkin, "Thanks for the awesome food and service! You made our first date the best it could be! Stay awesome and Stay Soprano! :)" As Toby and I leave, I see Adriana reading the note and she glances at me and smiles with years of happiness in her eyes. I wave goodbye.

   Toby drives me beach to the hotel, but on the way back, Toby takes a wrong turn.

   "Where are we going?" I ask.

   "Wait and see," Toby  says.

   "Aww. Can't you tell me?" I ask.

   "You can wait three minutes, can't you?"

   "No," I laugh. "I can't." We pull into a parking lot and I see Kathryn's car. I glance at three building and it's an ice rink.

   I hug Toby, "Oh my gosh!!! Thank you!!!"

   Toby laughs. We go in and Toby made a reservation for us. Kathryn and Mark are already on the ice, falling and laughing like idiots.

   I laugh, "Come on! Lets go!" I pull Toby on the ice and he's off balance. I interlock my fingers with his.

   "I actually used to figure skate for a while," I say.

   "Really? Thats awesome! Do you think you still have it?" Toby asks. I shrug. I let go if his hand and do a figure 8 ending with a bunch of spins and skate back over to Toby.

   "Yup. Still have it," I smile. "Is it okay if I invite some friends here?"

   "Sure. I don't care," toby says. I text Paige and she said that she would be over in ten minutes with her friend Tyler Oakly and his girlfriend Natalie. Sure enough, they all arrive in ten minutes. I introduce them to Toby, Kathryn, and Mark and we all skate. I skate for a little bit, but after a while, my ankle starts to hurt. I take a break and Paige sits down next to me.

   "So, you and Toby. Eh? Eh? Eh?" Paige nudges me in the shoulder. I laugh.

   " Yeah. Um... It's a long, complicated story..." I say. Paige laughs. Kathryn skates by and gives me an I-Told-you-so look. I roll my eyes and get back up. Toby falls again and I skate to him.

   "Either you're just a really bad skater, or you have bad balance," I laugh.

   "Shut up," Toby laughs. Paige and Natalie skate by me, asking if I wanted to make a big group. I grab Kathryn's wrist and we all share together.

Behind us, I eavesdrop on the guys:

   "Look at them booties," Mark says. I try not to laugh. Guys can be such pervs sometimes.

   "Mmm. Gimme somma dat!" Toby says in one if his many different voices.

   "Oh my anyas, I want that real bad!" Joey says. I fall on the ice laughing, and end up dragging the rest of the girls with me. I laugh even harder. Tonight had been the best night of my life.

***

   Toby and I are laying on my bed, starting at the ceiling. My head is laying on his chest. His steady heartbeat thumps in my ear.

   "What time does your plane leave tomorrow?" I ask.

   "8 A.M. I don't wanna go, though. I wanna stay with you," he says.

   "Aw, I wanna stay with you too, but you can't leave Gryphon over the holidays, can you?" I ask.

  "Eh, Gabe can take care of him," Toby smiles.

   "Oh, because that's how Gabe wants to spend Christmas: Taking care of Gryphon," I laugh. Toby laughs.

   "I have an idea. Get up" I say. Toby stands up. I turn on some music and Toby and I have a dance party. A slow song comes on and Toby holds me close.

   "I'm so tired," I yawn.

   "Story of my life," toby jokes. I laugh. I lay my head on his shoulder and stand on his toes. He rocks me back and fourth until I finally fall asleep.

*Toby's POV*

  Stephanie stands on my toes and lays her head on my shoulder. I smile and gently rock her back and forth until she loses her grip on me. I catch her and pick her up and carry her to bed. She's so beautiful. I move her hair out of her face.

   Tomorrow I go back to L.A. Don't get me wrong, I love it there, but it kills me to have to leave Stephenie. Especially after tonight. I hold Stephanie for the last time.