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Tweak says, "i'm not okay i promise"

Toby Silverman (iamthelegacy) wrote in genome_project,
@ 2012-05-20 10:01:00

Entry tags:

may 2012, sarah clarke, toby silverman

Who Sarah and Toby
What Another date, kinda
Where The soccer park
When Sunday, 1:30 pm
Rating Low

It was really a beautiful day. It had the potential to be muggy and unbearable, but the waether had chosen to be warm with a nice, light breeze. It was a good sign, Toby thought as he emerged from the subway he took from his house right to the park he played soccer at. He often didn't remember enough about Frye Island to be nostalgic, but he did remember it being very green. Typically he liked the city for the food and the anonymity, but it was the overwhelming amount of parks and green spaces in the city that he liked best. It was like having a little oasis in a desert of very large buildings and traffic.

The only tricky part was if he wasn't careful, he was about three times as likely to have excess plants growing in his wake when he was out there if he wasn't careful. Soccer was no problem, since he was so focused on it. But he'd have to be careful not to let his guard down. Sarah still didn'tknow the most interesting thing about him, and he should probably keep it that way for a little while longer.

He decided the best place to wait for her was near the parking lot. It's where they had met up before, after all, so it seemed logical to him. If not, his phone was with him and turned on. He was just a little early this time, but thankfully not so nervous. He's had a nice time before, and he was counting on it happening again.

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sarahhh
2012-05-20 04:42 pm UTC (link)

In an attempt not to seem over-zealous, Sarah had taken her time getting to the park. She had opted to leave her car at home, which meant when she finally reached the parking lot, she had her headphones in, head bobbing along to the beat of the song with the occasional small dance move thrown in.

When she spotted him, she grinned and tugged out the earbuds, turning off the mp3 player and tossing it into her shoulder bag. "Hey!" She was so busy waving that she forgot she was stepping off a curb and stumbled forward a bit. With a small laugh, she righted herself quickly.

It wouldn't be Sarah with at least one klutzy moment. She'd probably smack her forehead on his when she tried to kiss him.

...Not that she had planned on kissing him or anything. You know. Ahem.

"You haven't been here long, have you?"

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iamthelegacy
2012-05-20 04:54 pm UTC (link)

Watching Sarah jam out to her music was probably just about the most adorable thing ever. There was a scary moment where she almost fell off the curb, and he was afraid this date would be over before it started, but then she righted herself and everything was okay again.

Toby gave her a little wave and started walking forward to meet her partway across the parking lot. "No not too long." He grinned, "Those were some sweet moves you've got there." He meant that with all sincerity.

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	sarahhh 2012-05-20 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah laughed and waved him off. "I am unashamed of my dancing, thank you very much," she answered, grinning. It helped her loosen up, and honestly, there will plenty of people in the world who could use a little loosening up themselves. They should've tried the Sarah Clarke dance solution. "Let's walk?" she offered. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

iamthelegacy
2012-05-20 05:12 pm UTC (link)

He hadn't been kidding, exactly. He thought she looked pretty great. Confident, happy. It was a good way to be, and probably pretty rare for a teenager. "Well you shouldn't be." He agreed, "In any case, you are a much better dancer than me."

"Alright," Toby nodded, "Lead the way." He was trying to decide if it would be weird if they held hands. Was it too soon? He'd leave it to her.

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sarahhh
2012-05-20 05:17 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, come on. I'm sure you've got moves, Toby." She could definitely see a little electric slide goin' on.

Sarah wasn't exactly shy, but she wasn't the sort of girl who was bold enough to grab his hand either. Besides, she was too busy digging around in her bag for the article she'd promised him. "So I brought a couple copies. I realized after the fact that Eden probably already got them, but, you know..." She trailed off, because the ending of that sentence went a little something like 'I wanted an excuse to see you'.

"Oh! And I printed you a copy of that photo finally. It's in here somewhere, too."

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iamthelegacy
2012-05-20 05:35 pm UTC (link)

Toby laughed and shook his head, "Be prepared to be let down. I've got no moves." and he was not prepared to whip them out in the park either.

"What have you got there, Mary Poppins' bag?" It seemed to be neverending. Toby would never understand the whole purse concept. He had a wallet, it had money in it and it went in his pocket. Easy.

"Are you sure its in there?"

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sarahhh
2012-05-20 05:42 pm UTC (link)

"Everyone has moves. They just choose not to show them off for fear of embarrassment," she insisted. "But don't worry. I don't plan on forcing you to enter a dance contest any time soon." Maybe one of the formals (or junior prom!) next year, though, if things kept going so well.

"Hey. It's a book bag. It's made for carrying large volumes of... stuff." She handed over the articles in a manilla folder, and then finally managed to dig out the picture. "Here it is." She dusted it off a little, before passing it to him. "I like it."

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	iamthelegacy 2012-05-20 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Well that's comforting," Toby laughed, "Because I think everyone would lose if that happened." Volumes was a good way to put it, "Alright," he grinned at her wgen she finally emerged from its depths with a folder, "Just don't get lost in there, okay?" He accepted the folder and photo from her and smiled warmly at it, "We look pretty good." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sarahhh
2012-05-21 04:23 am UTC (link)

"That one's all yours. I kept one for myself, too." It was hidden in plain sight among pictures with her friends. Her mom would never notice the new face.

Sarah readjusted the bag on her shoulder and stuck her thumbs through two of her belt loops. "I think we picked the perfect day to meet up, you know?" Her head drifted back to look up at the sky. "Perfect weather. Always a good sign."

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iamthelegacy
2012-05-21 04:56 am UTC (link)

She had kept a copy. Well. Of course, she had taken the picture. But still. She had a picture of him. Of them. And now he had one too! It was pretty exciting. He wasn't sure if he'd be avle to hide it in plain sight, like she had, but it would be worth a shot. Mothers have sharp eyes by nature.

"It doesn't happen often, around here. I think we lucked out." Toby agreed, "It's almost like someone planned it."

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	sarahhh 2012-05-21 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah let out a small laugh. "Well, as much as I'd like to take credit for the perfect weather, I can't say I'm capable." She smiled. "Or I think I'd have to make it like this every day, especially if it means I can con you into more walks in the park." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-21 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Sounds like a lot of power for one person." Though he seemed to have a fuzzy memory of a woman who could do just that. He laughed and shook his head, "It has to rain sometime, unfortunately. It couldn't be this beautiful without it." Then it really would be the desert. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-21 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	"You present a valid point," she agreed, sneaking a glance over at him. Yup, still cute. "I feel like this is the part where you go into that whole no light with out darkness speech and assure me all my trials and tribulations will be worth it in the end." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-22 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Toby snorted. It was one of those if he had been drinking a soda it would have gone everywhere kind of things. "Nope. Not a chance." it was probably true, but. Who cares? "I mean, I can try if you want." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-22 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	"That's alright. I get preached at enough by my parents." Sometimes preach was a more literal term than others. "Oh! So I found out that Sascha is in your band! And I feel really stupid about it now!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-22 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah was preaching to the choir on that one. Whose parents weren't like that, though? "Yeah, I heard you guys had a class together. You go to Eden's school too. Small world, right?" Next he was going to find out she had a cousin he knew too. Stuff like this didn't happen on accident. Not in a big place like New York. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-23 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	"I know! It seems kind of crazy that we never knew each other before with all the random connections." She wondered how many times she might have seen Toby without really seeing him. Strange world. "At least we got it right eventually." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-23 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	"That's whatI said!" Toby exclaimed. It was kind of ridiculous if you thought about it, but no matter. They knew each other now. "Maybe we just finally had good timing?" Or it was fate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-23 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Better late than never," she replied, grinning. She felt like a bit of a sap, but she was perfectly okay with sappy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-23 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	Toby grinned at her sappy sentiment, "And hey! You've already met most of my friends. That makes things easier, right?" The hard psrt was his family though, but his friends could be interesting too. Not that he wasn't a little weird right along with them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-23 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	"This is true. Although saying I've met Jack and Eden would be a stretch. I've seen them." Still, she knew Sascha, and she was assuming he was on decent terms with Presley, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-24 04:12 am UTC (link)
	"No, I guess that's true. They're pretty cool, though." Toby paused for s moment before adding, " Jack thought I got your number for him though." Dick. Like Jack had any trouble getting numbers. "Maybe you could come to band practice sometime with me. Mostly I just sit around for moral support." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-24 12:17 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah let out a small snort of laughter. "I never even talked to him. I mean, I'm not saying he's like..." She furrowed her brows. "Super unattractive or anything, but seriously?" Had he just asked her to go to band practice? To go hang out with all of his friends? This was a big deal! "Sure. I can be the moral support's moral support." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-25 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Toby snorted. He was imagining Jack's reaction if he ever found out Sarah had refered to him as 'not super unattractive'. It probably would be pretty hilarious to behold. "You'd be surprised." He replied with a small shrug. "Or you can just hang out. Don't want to put you to work or anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-26 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	Sarah chuckled. "I'm sure I'll be fine." Assuming his band mates were understanding and all. She didn't exactly know much about them, though she'd heard Eden was pretty blunt at times from other girls at her school. "Will your friends mind?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-26 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Pft, no." He didn't think so, anyway. "They like having an audience." "I can ask first, if you like, but I'm positive they'll love it." Toby finally reached for her hand and gave it a little squeeze of reassurance. It felt like the right gesture. "It will be great." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-26 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, would you? Just so I'm not... you know, assuming things?" She returned his squeeze with a gentle one of her own. Toby was holding her hand. Holding. Her. Hand. She tried not to seem too giddy about it, but she was smiling like a dope. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iamthelegacy 2012-05-26 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure." Toby grinned, sneaking a glance at her to make sure he hadn't freaked her out with the hand holding. Nope. Didn't seem that way at all. "I'll ask around, and let you know. I promise they won't say no, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sarahhh
2012-05-28 03:29 pm UTC (link)

They took their time ambling around the park, but eventually made the rounds back to the parking lot they had started from. Sarah paused in her steps and looked over at him.

"Well, I should probably head home. I have a lot of stuff to get done before school tomorrow." Stuff that she'd put off while being overly excited about seeing Toby today in typical Sarah fashion.

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	iamthelegacy 2012-05-28 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah me too," Toby agreed. Hecouldn't be gone too long without arousing suspicion. He had been very specific about where he'd been going, just not why or with whom. "I'll let you know about practice. I think it's Wednesday this week. So I'll probably see you then." He held out his arms for a hug. It was too soon for a kiss, but a hug wouldn't be weird, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sarahhh 2012-05-28 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Looking forward to it." She eyed his arms, confused for a brief moment, before realizing exactly what was happening. A hug! She easily shifted forward to return the favor, giving him a gentle squeeze. As she pulled back, she pressed a light peck to his cheek and resisted the urge to giggle at her boldness. "I'll see you soon, Toby." (Reply to this) (Parent)