[IC] City Comes to the Country (Tyler Night and Whitelily)

[Tyler Night]

He holds her as she cries, answering her question as blatant as possible.

"Road trip for 1, protection for 2 if by some chance Tony gets free which seems quite unlikely now and 3 if you can't get back home on friday it would be fun to just cruise across the country."

He rubs her back.

"Are you hungry babe?"

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Nodding, Ele leaned back a little so she could see Tyler's face. It was the face of the man that she was madly in love with, and the thought that she could have died without seeing him one last time made fresh tears come to her eyes,

"My mom is still out there, she'll be pissed that Tony is arrested."

Taking a shuddering breath, Ele leaned back into her pillows, wincing as pain shot through her,

"I just want to go home."

[Tyler Night]

"Maybe she will do something to join him and get a heavy dose of reality."

He rubs her head.

"We will go home soon. We need to get there so we can put the new shop to use."

He smiles at her.

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"New shop?"

Looking confused, Ele tipped her head to the side in confusion. Last she remembered Tyler had been looking at places.

[Tyler Night]

"That is the paperwork I was talking about. I signed the papers to straight up buy this old comic book store. We are literally doubling the floor space. The old shop at the mall was 1,200 square feet, the new shop on the main level is 2,500 then the basement area is another 2,500."

He smiles.

"Higher ceilings too so we can display more. I was gonna wait to show you when you got home but it is gonna be a few days longer now so I figured I would tell you now."

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The news shocked Ele into silence, they had the store? It was bought outright? Different emotions flooded over Ele, but a big smile broke over her face before she reached up and hugged Tyler tightly,

"Babe! That's fantastic! We really have the store?"

Leaning back, Ele covered Tyler's face in kisses, grateful to have such a wonderful man.

[Tyler Night]

He laughs as she kisses him repeatedly. After she finishes he says.

"Yup, we bought the store. We ended the lease on the shop at the mall, we have 2 weeks to get moved out and into the new shop. We are selling lots of the shelves and display cases from the old place and will pay for the new store outright. We got a loan from a credit union to buy the new store and we only need to pay $150 a month to them, considering I make that in a few hours we will be able to pay it off easily. It is only 3.6% interest and I will probably pay 300 bucks a month on the place."

He smiles.

"And yes we are buying the place, no rental or leasing."

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"We."

Ele corrected Tyler gently, kissing him,

"We will pay. But that is amazing! I can't believe this is really going to happen!"

Smiling brightly, even with tears in her eyes, Ele felt beyond happy,

"What will we call it?"

[Tyler Night]

"Not sure, the store in the mall is called Hobby Time, probably just stick with that name."

He keeps hold of her, suddenly getting a text. He looks at it and smiles.

"Vale just hit Nevada. Should be here tomorrow sometime."

He says then suddenly pulls the phone up.

"I forgot to message Kate to let her know you were awake."

He pulls up her name and number, texting her.

Ele is awake now, you should come back.

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Making a face, Ele shook her head,

"Your side can be Hobby Time, but I'm going to name my gallery something else."

Watching as Tyler texted Kate, Ele smiled. Her best friend would probably appear like a whirlwind once she knew Ele was awake. For now though, Ele was happy to have the time alone with Tyler.

A few hours later, after nurses and doctors had come and gone, Ele had been given a clean bill of health but would be held one more night for precautions. Kate also made an appearance, bringing pizza with her.

[Tyler Night]

Taking some pizza after Kate returned he starts tickling Ele with his free hand.

"Poke. Poke poke."

He says as he pokes her ribs and side and back of her neck.

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"Why?!"

Ele squeaked around a bite of pizza, curving away from Tyler's poking fingers. Eating was helping her recover a bit more, though her head still ached. Swallowing and making a face at Tyler, Ele reached over and poked him in the stomach,

"Don't poke the invalid! I'm fragile!"

"If you're fragile, then I'm a fairy princess."

Kate muttered under her breath.

[Tyler Night]

"Whyyy? Why? Whyyyy? Why? HEEHAW!"

A nearby patient yells.

"Ed, Edd and Eddy!"

In his best Ed voice Tyler says.

"My name is Ed, I like chickens."

The other patient starts laughing. Turning back to Ele, he pokes her again.

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"I will bite you."

Time passed again, the small group talking and laughing until Kate needed to go home. She promised to stop at Ele's apartment and check the rest of the moving process. The ladies hugged one another and Kate waved herself out the door.

Turning to Tyler, Ele looked around at the small room.

"Did you get a hotel for the night?"

[Tyler Night]

"No I didn't. Came straight here."

He says taking her hand in his.

"Didn't even think about it."

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Thinking for a moment, Ele scooted as far as she could to one side of the bed and patted the empty space next to her.

"I'll probably end up on you in the middle of the night, but I don't want to be away from you anymore."

[Tyler Night]

"What is the problem with that?"

He asks with a smirk and climbs up there with her.

"Tomorrow is friday, what time was your flight supposed to be?"

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As Tyler climbed in, Ele rolled back over so she was basically on top of Tyler, her head on his chest. Already she felt much more comfortable and sleepy,

"I had it booked for three. They should discharge me in the morning."

[Tyler Night]

"Well, I don't have a return flight, I was gonna road trip back with Vale. You should take the flight back, you will have the house to yourself for probably 12 hours. If nothing else you can call Terri over to hang out, she hardly ever gets out to other people's places."

He looks at her laying over him smiling.

"With Route 66 it is almost a straight shot back to Michigan so the only real stops would be gas and snacks."

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"I don't want to be away from you."

She replied, raising her head so she could look at Tyler, her voice shaky and e yes wide,

"I love Terri, but being alone is the last thing I want with my mom still out there."