I'm So Glad I Found You : Quintis Fic

Orientation

Chapter 35

It's orientation day for the children of the cyclone, and none of them are that happy about it.

Their first stop was to the middle school, where Ralph, Sage, and Colby would be going four days from now.

"Dad," Sage whines, "promise not to make a big deal out of everything, and try, pleasepleaseplease not to be rude to my teachers and classmates. I don't need them to hate me because of you"

The team piles out of the three separate vehicles they took to get their, and Sage was begging Toby, and the rest of them, not to embarrass her, or make any big and unnecessary scenes, like they usually did. She's been with them for long enough, that it's pretty much inevitable, but maybe her little speech could get through to them enough to prevent it this time.

Everyone promised, even Walter, but Toby hadn't said anything yet. He was keeping his mouth shut, and he didn't want to make any promises he knew he probably couldn't keep.

"Daaaad" Sage begs some more, hanging and tugging on his arm. And he still didn't say anything, and was trying his very best not to, by pursing his lips together.

So she pulled out the puppy dog face, since she had no other choice, "please Daddy"

Toby glanced down at her, while they made their way across the large parking lot and to the main office. Following the crowd of other parents and their kids far ahead of them. And that was definitely a mistake.

"You're not allowed to give me that look" he grumbles.

"Come on Doc. Is you're heart really set on embarrassing Sage that bad" Happy asks, with a smirk, and coming up to stand on his other side.

Toby shakes his head, "I just didnt want to promise anything." He says.

Sage frown, and holds his hand, tightly while they make their way to the school, to get their class schedules.

As soon as they enter the premises, in view of the staff and students, she releases his hand, and walks behind him and Happy, with her shoulders hunched, and her hoodie sleeves pulled over her hands.

Colby walks beside her, with a hand on her back. While Ralph walks on her other side, glancing around at his new campus, and observing his surroundings.

Aidan keeps wandering off, so Cabe picks him up and carries him on his hip, to avoid loosing a wandering child.

Paige moves to stand next to Toby, and they lead the front of the group, while Happy and Walter fall to the back.

They all crowded into the large, and already full office, to grab the schedules, for the two seventh graders, and one eighth grader.

"Sage Curtis, Ralph Dineen, and Colby Truitt" Toby tells the receptionist, with a charming smile, leaning his arm on the counter, and tipping his hat.

She grumbles, while typing a few last things into her computer, and flipping through the stacks of papers beside her to find the three schedules he named.

They'd waited in the line for 10 minutes to get them, and now they new why it was taking forever to move through.

Toby patiently waited, with a kind smile. Tapping his foot on the ground in annoyance, and readjusting his hat on his head multiple times.

Paige placed a hand on his shoulder, and pushed him away from the counter, to avoid any unwanted snarky comments that were sure to come.

Eventually they get the schedules, and Ralph and Sage 'somehow' get the same exact classes.