BONDING....
Tobin POV
Man today was a long busy day, I just want to go home and put my feet up. I hear this little tapping noise I think it's just the wind, so I just ignore it, but then I hear it again but this time it's a little louder, I look over to the front door and see this lil boy just standing there. I walked over to the door to tell this lil boy that we are close also why was this kid here its 10 at night and he should not be out this late. As I getting closer to the door this little boy was really cute, he had a snap back hat on his head.
I open the door "Lil man I'm sorry we're closed" He was just looking at me and just standing there, he had tears in his eyes. I looked at his hands and clothes he had blood all over him. I bent down "Lil man where is your mom?" he still is just standing there.
*ok I need a different approach on this*
I had knots in my stomach now I have a bad feeling right now.
"Lil man can you talk to me please I am Tobin" I stick my fist out. He sticks his out to fist bump "I...Immmmm Logan" as he wiped his eyes, finally he looks up "my mommy please" so he grabbed my hand he starts to walk out the door, so I lock the door and follow him, he starts to runs so now I'm running we make it to this little alley close to my store across the street.
When I look he runs right to this lady on the ground with blood everywhere, she had cuts and bruises on her body, her shirt was ripped. I bent down checking to see if she has a pluse and it was real light, I was trying to do CPR. I grabbed my phone to call 911 and Logan is bent down right next to me saying "Momma...Momma" this lil man he is breaking my heart.
"Hi we need help.. we are on 3rd and main a lady was mugged and she is in trouble" I try to do CPR again, nothing.. So I looked over to Logan and I could see the fear in his eyes "Lil man you gotta be strong for your mom ok" he looks at me "Ok Toby" This lil boy is so adorable, I usually don't like that name but when this lil boy calls me it it just sounds right. Finally the Ambulance gets here and they were working on her, I called my sister because she is a doctor "Hey Perry are you working?" she said "Yeah" I got a little happy "ok I need a huge favor this lady was mugged close to my shop and I need you to work on her because you are the best" She said "OK Tobin I will see ya when you get here" I hang up as they were putting her in the Ambulance . I look over and Logan he is just sitting on the ground, I walk over to him and bent down right in front of him "lil man they are going to take your mom to the hospital to make her feel better "ok Toby" his eyes...
"Im going to go with you guys ok lil man"
"Ok thaank you"
He is starting to stop crying but I can tell he is still a little scared. He ran over to get his bag, he must play soccer because he grabbed a soccer bag.
"You want me to carry that for you lil man?"
He hands it over to me then he grabbed my hand, all I could do is smile at him. "thank you Toby"
We get to the hospital and Perry walks up to me and she gave me a hug.
"Tobin can you tell me what happen?"
I look at Logan just standing there, with a sad look on his face.
"Per I will find out I just want him to warm up to me"
"OK well we are going to run some test on her and prep her"
Perry bends down "Hey buddy I am Perry I am going to work on your mom ok?"
he looks up "I'm Logan" "nice to meet you Logan, can you tell me what your moms name is?"
"Alex... Alex Morgan"
she says "Ok, where is your father?" he shakes his head "I don't know"
five seconds later "Toby my Nana and Papa live in CALI"
Perry looks at me "Tobin will you get ahold of them please.
I have to take her to the OR and do emergency surgery on her"
We start to walk into the waiting room, Logan grabbed my hand we were about to sit down after I got him a juice then I hear
"Tobin.... Tobin...."
I turn around and It's my best friend Kelley and she is just smiling, I ran to her and gave her a big hug.
Then she turns to Logan "Logan is that you?" he smiled
"KO"
I'm confused now.
"Wait you know this lil man?"
She looks at me like duh,
"Yeah, he plays soccer at our Academy" she grabs his bag and points to the bag.
I start laughing if only I looked close enough at the bag.
We sat down, Logan sat on my lap. I looked at Kelley "Why are you here?" She starts laughing "Well my friend fell down the steps because she was drinking, she hit her head and she is checking to make sure no concussion.
"Tobin how do you know Logan?"
Before I say anything I look at Logan and say "Lil man you wanna go play with the toys" he got down and ran to the toys"
"I actually don't really know him that well His mom was mugged in the alley by my work and he showed up at the door"
"What?" she said with her mouth opened
"Tobin he is a great kid and he is really great at soccer, and his mother is really sweet"
"He seems like it, Perry is working on his mother and we both know she is the best"
Then Logan came running to me and taps on my shoulder and whispered "Toby I don't remember my Nana and Papa phone number but it's at my apt do you think we could go?"
I looked at him "Yeah buddy, and we'll get you out of those clothes and clean you up."
"Ok Toby"
I looked at Kelley "You think you could drive us to his apartment and I will get him changed and get his Nana and Papa phone number?"
"Sure"
Logan grabbed my hand and we walked to Kelleys car.
"Logan what street do you live on?" 934 E. Connect Rd.
"I know where that is at" Kelley said.
We pull up to their apartment and I'm not going to lie these are really nice apartments. Logan and I get out "We'll be back Kel"
I close the door he grabs my hand again *well at least he is comforable with me and he is being safe*
We walk up to his apartment door and he pulls this necklece off around his neck with a key on it.
Wow I didn't know it was there, that is so smart.
We walk in and Logan went off running, I start walking around not trying to be nosy but I do know two things his mom is really pretty, and no photos of Logans father, I guess it's just the two of them. I also realized that she adores her son and he adores his mother, they way they look at each other in the photos say it all.
All of a sudden I felt a tap "Toby... Toby"
"Yeah buddy!" he hands me a little book that has all important number in it I grab it, then I look at his outfit, cargo shorts, a USA soccer Jersey, flip flops and a PDX snap back.
This lil man has sway.
"Logan I love your snap back" he smiled "thanks"
"My momma bought it for me because I wove snap backs"
I bent down can I tell you something " I love snap backs too"
he gave me a little fist bump
He runs to the fridge to get a drink, I pull out my phone and look at the clock it's 11:30 I'm going to call Alex parents and tell them what is going on, It went to voice mail I decided not to leave a voicemail.
So I was helping Logan get some clothes together I'm going to let him stay with me until his mom gets better or his nana and papa get here.
He grabbed his soccer stuff and extra clothes. "Lil man we can always come back for more stuff" "ok"
We were about to walk out when my phone rang
"Hello."
"Hi I got a missed call from this number, I was just returning the call."
Oh thats right Logans Nana and Papa... she seems awake
"Hi sorry to call so late my name is Tobin Heath, and I... uh.. hate to tell you this but your daughter Alex was rushed to the hospital tonight."
I could hear her break down and yell for her husband "OMG... NO..." thats all I heard
"MAAM I also wanted to tell you that your grandson is staying with me and he is safe"
I'm shaking right now and I don't know why, what yeah I do because I just had to tell this lady that I have never met that her daughter is in the hospital.
"Thank you Tobin, my husband and I are out of town til Monday, then we will be right to the hospital."
"Ok I will stay with your Daughter and Grandson until you get here, also I told the doctor to do what ever they needed to do to save her life, which was emergency surgery, I... uh... um... hope that is ok..."
"Tobin thank you really and I can call the hospital to tell them that they can do what ever they need to do also they can tell you what is going on with my daughter til we get there, then you can inform us if anything changes."
"Wait Mrs Morgan, I'm really sorry that I had to call you about your daughter."
"It's ok"
We hung up I went into Alexs room and grabbed some clothes for her then I yelled for Logan "Logan you ready buddy to go?" he came running with his book bag, soccer bag and a duffle bag. I grabbed the soccer bag and duffle bag and walked to Kelleys car.
We get back to the hospital, Kelley drops us off "Logan I will see you tomorrow" Kelley says
"Yup" then he looks at me "Toby will you come to my game tomorrow?"
"you bet buddy"
We say bye to Kelley and walk into the hospital waiting room, We sit down and Logan starts to color, I call Perry and told her that I got ahold of Alexs parents and they were out of the country and they were suppose to call the hospital.
She told me "Tobin they called we have everything under control and we will go through you if something comes up"
Logan fell asleep on my lap around six he started to wake up, I looked at him "Hey buddy" he looks up rubbing his eyes.
"Hey Toby" I hear my stomach growl.
"You hungry lil man?"
"Yup" we walk into the cafeteria, he wants pancakes so we start to eat.
"Lil man where does your mom work?"
he puts his fork down "she works in advertise"
"Toby we should call her work right?"
This lil man is so smart.
"Yeah buddy we should call them, we will wait til around 8" I say to him.
"Yeah Toby lets wait" I look down at him he had syrup on his face, I started to smile.
"Lil man how old are you?" he held up his little hand all five fingers "i'm 5"
"Well would you like to know anything about me?" I ask him
"You like soccer?" I kind of laughed "yeah I do."
"You like playing soccer lil man?"
"Yeah I love it, I love HAO and KO"
"You like your Job Toby?"
"Yeah I love it I actually own three of those sporting goods store."
"Cool."
I was going to ask him something about that night I hope it is ok.
"Hey lil man how did you know to come to my store?"
"Cause my momma and I went to your store to get my cleats and shin guards and I remember that everyone was nice, I remember you were there but you were busy, but Lauren helped us."
"Ok lil man"
"Logan what is your Mom bosses name dwyer something... syd something..."
"Oh you mean Sydney Dwyer, at Dwyer advertising"
"Yeah... Yeah thats it"
After breakfast we went back to the waiting room and at 8 I called Sydney to tell her about Alex.
"Hello"
"Hey Syd, It's Tobin"
"Hey girl how are you?"
"I'm doing well but umm you have a employee named Alex Morgan that works for you"
"Yeah she is one of our best employee, and she has only been here for a couple months what about her?"
"She is in the hospital"
"OH no"
"Can you please keep her job available for her, she is in a coma, she was beating real bad"
I start to get a tear in my eyes just talking about what happen to her.
"Oh no Tobin she is one of the best I will keep her job here, just keep me informed on what is going on please, and let me know if you need anything"
"You bet Syd thanks"
I hang up the phone, then Perry walks up to me "Tobin we did emergery surgery as you know she is in a coma.
Then Logan cuts in "Can I see my mommy"
Perry looked over "Sure buddy"
We walk into the hospital room and Logan ran to his mom, I really didn't want to look over because I'm just a little scared to look.
Perry pulls me over "Tobin can I talk to you for a minute"
I called over to Logan "Lil man I'm going to talk to the doctor I will be right back ok" he put his fist out and bumped my fist "Ok toby"
We walked out to the hallway while Logan was sitting with his mom.
"Tobin I didn't want to say this in front of him but like I told you before she is in a coma, her brain was bleeding, that is why we had to do the emergency surgery to get it to stop bleeding, which we were able to do. She has a fracture skull, busted spleen, broken ribs, broken arm, also had alot of internal bleeding. Tobin I really think they hit her with a metal pole or a brink, there is no way a punch could do that much damage. She is going to have a long recovery a head of her."
I am just standing there with the tears coming down my face.
"Tobin you say you never met her? no but I asked Logan why did he come to my store? he said that he remembers coming to my store to buy some cleats and shin guards and that we were nice, he remembers me being there but I was busy with another customers, I think he just felt safe there."
"Wow well he must know how to read people"
But All I know I was closing up my store when I heard someone was knocking on my store door, I look up and It was a lil boy just standing there looking sad and he was scared."
"Well Tobin you are a great person for bringing her here" Perry said to me
"Plus he plays soccer at Mitts Academy, HAO and KO are his coaches"
I am about to walk into the room when I look at her.
"Perry just so you know I am going to cover all the finances for her, so send the bill to me or just tell me how much the bill will be." Perry just stared at me"Tobin!" I wanted to do this and she knew I wouldn't back down. "Fine" she finally said "Tobin I will be the only one working on her you know I will do my best with her" I gave her a hug " I know Per thank you"
I'm walking in "Tobs lil man is adorable you know"
I smile up at her "Yes he is"
I walk into the room and I hear Logan talking to his mom "momma I hope you get better soon, Toby is here with me watching me, she called nana and papa they will be here soon" I walked up to him put my hand on his back.
"Hey buddy you ready we have to get you to your game?"
"Yeah" then he kissed his mom "bye momma wove you I'm gonna score for you"
This little boy is melting my heart he is being so strong. He grabbed my hand and we walked to meet HAO to go to the game.
"Tobino"
"Logan" HAO said well yelled.
She looked at me with this look in her eyes like what is going on?
I looked at her and whispered " I will tell you later"
We went to the game and I was helping Logan put on his cleats.
He looked up to me "Toby I'm going to score a goal for you and Momma" I finished tying his last cleat and smiled.
" I would love that and I'm sure your mom will like that too"
I was standing on the sidelines close to HAO and KO just watching Logan play and he was really fast and a great ball handler, I'm not going to lie he was really good, I think he was making plays everytime the ball was by him or if he had it. Well he scored a hat trick.
After the game he ran to me "Toby I scored a tat trick" I gave him a hug "Yeah you did buddy was that for your mom?" he just shook his head "Yup and you."
After we left the park HAO dropped us off at my store, we got out of the car.
"Good game Logan" "thanks HAO"
we started to walk pass the alley and he just stood there not moving, I bent down looked into his eyes and whispered "lil man it will be ok just hold my hand" he grabbed my hand and we walked past the alley.
Not going to lie this is the best feeling in the world when his little hand is in mine. We walk into the store and Lauren walked up to us, I told Lauren I needed to talk to her. Logan tapped me.
"Toby can I go play with the soccer balls?"
"Sure buddy" then he ran off
"Tobin what is up?"
"Well last night when I was closing down the store he showed up cause someone mugged his mom in the alley, so I called 911, so now I think he trusted me and I am going to stay with him until his mom wakes up, so I might not be here alot"
She just looked at me and smiled and said "Ok Tobin I will watch the store."
We went to find Logan and we found him juggling the ball,
"You ready lil man?"
Yup" as he put the ball back where it goes, he waves to Lauren then grabs my hand, we were about to go to my jeep but then I realize I need to get a boost seat for him, so we run into the childrens store, we finally make it to my Jeep.
"Toby i wove your car." I smile.
Thanks buddy." I put him in the seat then I get in "My momma wants to get a new car,so we don't have to walk or ride the bus."
I look in the rear view mirror "You guys don't have a car?" he had a sad look in his eyes.
"No! my dad took it from us" I could tell he was upset so I didn't want to push the subject.
"Are you hungry lil man? Do you like grilled cheese?" he yells "Yes!!!" We get to my place and he runs to the couch while I start the grilled cheese and soup, when my phone rings
"Hello"
"Tobin!"
"Yeah it's me."
"This is Pam, Alex mom"
"Oh hey."
"How is Alex?"
I clear my voice "well she is in a coma, she had a fracture skull, her brain was bleeding so thats why they did the emergercy surgery, alot of internal bleeding, broken ribs I think she broke a rib before because things didn't add up, a broken arm, serve bruising, but surgery went well and now we are just waiting for her to wake up" I took a breath "But Pam my sister is her doctor and she is the best doctor in Portland."
"Wow.. Ok... thanks Tobin, keep me if anything changes we will be there soon."
"You bet" I say then I hang up
"Logan come on the food is ready" he came running and sat next to me, he was blowing on his food to let it cool down. "So what do you wanna do?" "is there any soccer on?"
Wow this little boy could totally be my son. After we got finished he grabbed the plates and put them in the sink, then ran to the couch. I turned on Real Madrid vs Arsenal so we watched that and were eating some snacks.
"So Logan how long have you been in Portland?"
"bout two months" he said as he held up two fingers
"You like it here?"
"Yes and no"
I just looked at him "Why?"
He sat closer to me.
"No cause i'm away from my nana and papa, yes cause I'm in this great soccer academy, I met new people like you, HAO, and KO, my momma is happy she has a great job and we're away from my dad, he was a mean person, he would make my mom cry, and make her bleed and turn purple, he would yell at me but my momma would not like that."
I put my hand on his arm "Well I'm glad I meet you too" he smiled
"Toby I can't wait til my momma meets you, she is going to like you"
"I can't wait to meet her either" I laughed "maybe we'll be bestfriends"
he smiled "that would be great"
"Hey buddy why was your dad mean?"
"he drank alot, yelled alot, plus made my momma cry a lot,
Toby I don't like to see my momma cry"
I looked over at him "well I'm glad you guys got away from that monster, and you came to Portland"
The next morning we went to the hospital nothing really has changed we stayed about 3 hours. I really hope she wakes up because I really want to meet her because her son is so sweet and adorable and the way he looks at her.
"Lil man you wanna go play some games?"
"Yeah" he ran to his mom
"Bye momma wove you"
we were on the way to the family fun center when we stopped at their apartment so I could talk to the owner, I told the owner that I wanted to pay for a whole year a rent. (it's the right thing to do.)
When we got to the family fun center HAO, KO, Lauren, Ashlyn, and Ali were there, I walked up to Ashlyn "DUDE" she looked at me and Logan
"Who is this cutie?"
"Oh this is Logan, he is my buddy, he plays soccer with KO, and HAO, I'm watch out for him til his mom gets better."
she walks over to him and gives him a fist bump "Cool" we stayed there for about 2 hours or so then went back to my place and 5 mins after we started watching tv Logan was knocked out. I put a blanket on him and I went to bed also.
The next morning we went to the hospital Logan was just talking to his mom so I decieded to write Alex a note. then someone knocked
"Hello"
We both looked back "Nana.. Papa.." he ran to his nana and papa and gave them a big hug, I stood up "Nana this is Tobin" we both started to laugh, I looked at her and I she had some tears falling on her face, she gave me a huge hug and whispered "thank you for being here for Logan and bringing my daughter here" "Um.. uh You're welcome" I just got nervous all of a sudden.
"Plus Logan was no trouble at all he is a really sweet boy"
"Yeah he is"
"Well I'm going to step outside so you can spent time with your daughter" I started to walk out to the hallway and Mrs Morgan says "Tobin would you like to have dinner with us tonight" I looked over at Logan and his face lit up with the mention of me maybe going to dinner "Um sure" in reality I just wanted to be around Logan
Around 5:15 we left the hopital and went to this steakhouse, we sat down and Logan sat next to me.
Now I usually get nervous when I have to meet parents, but I wasn't well because I wasn't dating their daughter. So during dinner we just made small talk and it wasn't akward at all, after dinner we went back to the hospital and Mrs Morgan wanted to talk to me. (oh no)
We were standing there "So Tobin I don't know how we could pay you back for this" I looked at her "Well Mrs. Morgan I really don't need anything, I was just doing the right thing, When Logan showed up at my work he looked scared, I know how it feels. I can tell Logan loves his mom he talks about her all the time and when he talks about her his eyes light up. Then he told me that you guys live in Cali, so if he trusts me I was going to be there for him. I'm going to take him to school, soccer, anything I can do to help the stituation I will do it. I know you and Mr Morgan have lives and you might not be able to be here all the time, so since I live here I will be here to help. But I was hoping while you guys were here I was wondering if I could stay around here? Logan is so fun to be around I feel connected to him, also I want to meet you daughter when she wakes up, maybe be her friend I just don't think I can pull myself away from Logan, if there is anything you need to know about me I will tell you, please let me stick around. (my heart) I look over and she is crying (shit) "I'm sorry" I say.
"NO.. NO.. first of all call me Pam and my husband is Mike, first I think she would love to meet you, you can stay as long as you want, you might not know Alex but you will and she will get to know you. I would never push you away for what you did for our family, that has to be the nicest thing anyone has ever done for Alex. I can tell Logan likes you, he needs good role models in his life. Logan does love his mom she is his world on the other hand he is her world also, she had to fight for him. You are helping us out alot by taking him to school and soccer. Tobin you are a very sweet person we will always be grateful for what you did, so you can stay as long as you want." She stood up and gave me another hug
I whispered "Thank you."
The rest of the night was peaceful, the next morning I took Logan to school then after took him to practice.
We were walking to my jeep
"You know buddy you should always have a extra pair of cleats incase something happen to them".
he put his hand on my arm.
"But Toby I only have one"
I picked him up "Well buddy today is your lucky day cause I'm going to get you another pair
"Weally"
"Yup"
he wrapped his arms around my neck "Yay"
So he picked these bright yellow cleats, so I had to get him bright yellow shoe strings. We finally made it back to my place and he ran to his room and put his cleats away, when he made it back he sat by me "Thanks Toby for my cleats" I kissed his forehead
"You're welcome buddy"
can I wear them at my next game?"
"You bet"
we were watching soccer "Lil man we should get your mom some flowers tomorrow"
his eyes lit up "Yeah so when she wakes up she'll see them, then she'll know we wove her" this lil man makes me smile.
The next morning I made waffles then we got ready for the day we went to the flower shop Logan picked out a beautiful arrangement on the card read (momma love you Logan and Toby) I wasn't going to put my name on it but then I figured why not to show that I care.
The next couple weeks flew by Logan going to school, pratice, soccer games we talked about soccer, we really have been bonded.
"Toby what is your favorite number?"
I looked over "17"
We were at his soccer game he told me he was going to score for me and his mom all I could do was smile, he ran off to warm up,
So I started to talk to HAO "Tobin he really likes you"
"well to be honest HAO I really like him, he is being so strong for his mom" well Logan did score two goals like he said he would we were walking to my Jeep and I looked at my phone and my heart stopped.
TOBIN... ALEX IS AWAKE....