Repay The Favour (On Hold)

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   Later that afternoon, Andy had decided it would be about time to introduce the girl to the rest of his band mates. He wanted her to get used to them and to know them like family.
   He decided they could go out for food and made a plan with the other four men; meeting at 6 at a family restaurant close by to the studio.

Andy's P.O.V
I was watching Tobi play on the floor with the same car set she was using back at the prison, holding them up in the air as she murmured car noises like there was some kind of race going on. Femme was asleep on the other end of the couch while Crow was watching the girl intently, Daredevil scampering around the house like his usual self.

"Honey, would you like to go out for dinner and meet my friends later?" I asked her, taking my eyes away from my phone after confirming the plan with the guys.

"Can I bring Bear?" She replied, her attention still fixated on the toy car. The brown bear I had bought for her when I picked her up had now been named 'Bear' and had become pretty important to her as it lay beside her on the floor.

"Yes but he'll have to share your food, okay?" I told her, picking up the tv remote as I flicked through the channels.

"Okay." She hummed, returning back to her toys.

At around 4:30, I took off upstairs, showering and pulling on a fresh set of clothes before calling for Tobi so I could help her get ready. I helped her take a quick bubble bath, cleaning up and washing her hair. There were a few tears when the water got into her eyes and it only took longer to wash out the shampoo and conditioner after that. When that was finally over with, she wrapped herself in a towel and I pulled out one of the outfits we picked out earlier that same day and helped to get dressed. She wore a pair of black leggings with a white t-shirt that had a ginger cartoon cat on it that she liked with a black zip up hoodie. As for her hair, we rubbed partially dry with the towel before switching to the hairdryer. That was the start of the second round of tears when the noise became too loud and scary.

"Tobi, it's not going to hurt you, I promise!" I told her, growing frustrated with the constant flow of tears and riggling around. "Hold still." I frowned.

She began crying once more when we tried to brush through the tangles and knots, screaming out in pain as I tried to drag her hairbrush through, continuously apologising for pulling so much.

It was now 5:28 and I knew we would need to leave with in the next five minutes if I wanted to be there on time.

Now rushing, I pulled her hair into a messy braid wanting to avoid all future knotting issues and told her to put her shoes on while I hurried to put my own on before running down stairs.

She got half way down the stairs following behind before sropping briefly to rush back up. "BEAR!" She shrieked, reminding me that he was still in the living room where she'd left it and picked it up quick.

"Tobi, I've got Bear, come on, lets go!" I called to her, listening out for her frantic footsteps as she ran down the stairs some how not tripping like I feared.

I picked her up and quickly hurried out the door and out to the car, buckling her into the back seat before climbing in myself and racing down the highway to meet the guys in time.

We got there a couple of minutes late but not too much that we had kept any one waiting. Instead, Jake, CC and Jinxx were all waiting outside talking with each other. I smiled brightly to them as I climbed out the car, walking to the back to help Tobi out and taking her hand as we walked across the car park toward the three other men.

"Ash is on his way, said he'll only be a few minutes." Jake informed as I approached.

"Okay, sure." I smiled before addressing the small girl that was clinging to the back of my leg, slightly shy of the others.