One Shots

Kristina and Toby McDonough

Toby sat on the couch, his hands covering his face as his elbows rested on his knees.

"She left." He muttered. "She actually left."

Riley frowned as he sat down next to his brother.

"Didn't she warn you she would?"

Toby nodded.

"I never thought she would really go." He said softly.

Riley forced a smile, placing a hand on his brother's back.

"It'll be okay." He said softly.

Toby shook his head.

"I can't even go to sleep because she's all I see when I close my eyes." He sat up and let out a loud huff of hair. "You don't understand, Riley. The thought of her with someone else... Some other guy holding her at night and drying her tears when she's upset... It makes me sick!"

Riley sighed and shook his head. He hated seeing his brother upset, but he didn't know how to help him. He'd always been able to fix whatever problem Toby had come to him with, but now, now he wasn't so sure he could.

"You just have to get her off your mind." Riley told him.

"Good idea," Toby said, jumping up off the couch. "Let's go get drunk."

"Sit your underage ass down!" Riley cried. "We're not going to a bar."

Toby rolled his eyes.

"Oh please, I'll be twenty one in a month."

"I know that," Riley said. "And I one month we can go to a bar but for now you're sticking to Starbucks."

"You and Connor drink!" Toby argued.

"Connor is twenty five and he rarely drinks, you know exactly why too so he'd definitely agree with me and I'm twenty three so I am also legal."

Toby rolled his eyes.

"One drink won't hurt."

"Toby, you want to get drunk, that takes more than one drink."

"Not if it's strong enough." He muttered

"Besides, Mom would kill us both." Riley laughed softly. "And then she'd bring us back so Dad could kill us."

"I don't care." Toby said.

"I do!" Riley cried. "I do plan to get married you know."

"So did I till Kris left."

Riley sighed.

"Toby..."

"Don't. You can't make it better."

He got up and walked to his room, slamming the door behind him. Riley sighed and shook his head again. He didn't like that he couldn't help Toby. He was always supposed to be able to. He was SuperBrother! At least he used to be. As a child, Toby loved Riley and even as a teenager he still looked up to his big brother. That all changed the day Toby turned seventeen though, and while he will always love Riley because they're family, he also just didn't care anymore. The door opened and Riley looked up to see Connor, his SuperBrother, walk into the apartment.

"How was work?" Riley asked.

"Good, I finally got Phil to talk to me."

"How can you teach a kid to sing if he won't talk?" Riley asked.

"He doesn't sing, he's taking guitar."

"Oh yeah! That's right." Riley cried.

Connor nodded.