Reunited

Chapter 9

TRIS

I wake up on the sofa to find Toby not lying besides me. Where is he? He's not in the bathroom, nor the living room. 

I walk into the kitchen to find him making pancakes. My favourite.

"Get me the sugar, will you?" he asks, with out even looking over his shoulder to check if it was me.

"And good morning to you to, Tobias." I get the sugar and set it down on the work surface besides him.

He suddenly spins around, picks me up and tips me upside down in one swift movement.

"Good morning, beautiful."

"Toby! Put me down!" I shout trying to punch him, be I give up before he does.

Finally he turns me the right way up, but doesn't set me down on the floor. I wrap my legs around his waist and lean back to admire his captivating face.

"Promise you'll never leave me again, okay?" I say.

"Okay, I promise." I scan his face, and I know he is telling the truth.

I look at the clock and see it is 5:07. What on earth is Toby doing up at this hour? "Why are we up this early anyway?"

"I've got football tryouts, and I recall you have cheer-leading."

"How did you know?"

"Christina texted me to make sure you turned up." Sounds like something she would do.

Toby dishes out the pancakes and we sit down at the table.

"Wow, Toby. This is amazing!" I say with a mouthful. "How are you so good at cooking?"

"I cook a lot at home."

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After breakfast we head up stairs to brush our teeth. Toby borrows Caleb's brush. Toby brushes my teeth and I brush his. We end up with tooth paste all over our faces and in laughing fits on the floor. 

We go back in my room.

"Do you need to borrow any clothes or kit from Caleb?"

"Na. I've got my stuff in my locker at school," he says putting his top back on from last night. I didn't notice he was walking around the house half naked, cooking in the kitchen even. What if dad had seen him, or worse, Caleb.

I go back into the bathroom with my gym kit so I can get changed and go straight to the cheer-leading tryouts. I don't really want to be changing in front of Toby, yet.

I look over my shoulder to see a fake sad face. "Ohmygod Toby. Stop being such a perv," I say slamming the door jokingly.

When I walk back into the bedroom, his jaw drops to the floor. I'm wearing another sports bra and some small shorts, showing off my perfectly toned stomach, legs and arms. "What you saw me like this yesterday."

"I know, but I've never seen a girl with such a stunning figure. How?"

"I actually worked out, properly, instead off sitting around watching TV or drinking alchole, what ever everyone else does." My phone starts bleeping at me.

Are you still coming to Cheer leading? - C

"How on earth did Christina get my number? Now I am going to get harassed by her!" Toby studied the floor. "Toby..."

"She keeping on calling me this morning until I gave it to her and I didn't want to wake you up. Sorry."

What do I say to that? I just drop the whole thing.