Prologue

“Here, kid.” Boss had said one day as Toby passed him on his way to Erica, “Take this. It could prove of some use to you.” As odd a request as it was, the carefree blond simply pocketed the weird creation before finishing making his way to the girl of his dreams. However, when turned away in the face of duty, the youngest friend the company had made decided it might be time for him to just head on home. Waving goodbye to his friends, he decided to tinker with what he’d recently been given. A tag attached to it read clearly, To the only one worthwhile, may you lead the stray sheep to the proper pasture.

Pulling it from the pocket of his track jacket, fumbling with it a little in his hands, before picking it up by one riveted strap, it seemed an awful lot like it was just some stupid watch. By the time Tobias reached his home, he’d put it on and marveled at its unrivaled beauty. It was absolutely gorgeous, for a men’s watch; it seemed to be platinum, bulky, yet modern and interesting.

“Toby, honey? Is that you?” A kind woman questioned, tilting her head as she poked it out from the doorway to the kitchen.

“Yeah, mom, it’s me! I’m gonna go ahead to my room, okay? I’ll come down soon to get food.” With a quick kiss to the woman’s cheek, the blue-eyed blond made his way up to his bedroom without another word. Closing the door behind him, he decided to play more with the strange adornments on his new watch. Finding a way to change the time, he set it back a minute by accident, and found himself walking back into his room again, though he’d known he was already laying down on his bed.

“Huh? Th-that’s funny... Didn’t this... Already happen...?” The more he tinkered with it, changing the time by a couple minutes each time, he realized just what Boss had given him. A time-travel device! This was so cool! He wondered vaguely what he could use it for, though he paused to think when he remembered the card. May you lead the stray sheep to the proper pasture.

The only thing he could think of was his friends when they were younger. There had to be a reason he had this...

“Toby? Honey, you need to come down and eat...”

“Mom? I... I’ll be down in a minute, okay? I just need to figure something out, I got something new...”

“What did you get? Maybe your father can--”

“N-no, mom... I just gotta read the instructions better, okay? Don’t worry so much...”

“...alright, Toby. Be careful.”

Smiling a little, Toby began to fiddle with his new ‘watch’, turning the time back ten years in the past, to when the three men that he was friends with were his age. Within a few moments, his body tingled, his head spun, and he blacked out as he was transported back to when he was just a baby. When he woke up, it was in the vacant lot where the house his parents bought when he was four was built. Blinking a little, he decided to go look at the Stray Sheep for his usual crew and see what he could do to help them....

The Stray Sheep was different than it was now. Yea it was still the same hang out place where the guys go. Jonny chuckles alittle while he bents over hitting a ball on the pool table watching the ball go in. "Alright you own me twenty bucks" says to a guy he was playing with. And the guy hands him the money. Jonny puts the money into his pocket and sets the stick down on the pool table. He walks over to the table and sits down.

(Sorry its so short..it was hard to think up a post.but it will be better in the next post)

Already, his friends looked different than they did ten years later. With a smile, he made his way over, evaluating his friends as he took note, specifically, of the differences in Johnny's stature and clothes. There was more to him than met the eye before, more than the man he had grown to secretly love. However, there was no way in Hell he'd let that come out, not too soon, anyway, he hoped.

As he made his way towards the table, he sucked in a deep breath before making himself known with a soft clear of his throat.

"U-uh, hey, there... Um... D-do you mind if I sit with you? I... I have some money for a few drinks, but I don't want to sit alone..."

Jonny lights up an cigerette while he stretches some. He sat back against the chair listening to the music before looking over at the other. He nods "Yea sure have a seat" taking a puff of his cigerette before putting the cigerette in the ash tray. "Drinking alone is never good so it is nice to drink with someone." chuckles gently. Watching him as he fixes his shirt alittle and reaches back over taking his cigerette from the tray and takes drag of it.

Blushing a little and sitting beside the other male, like he always did in the time he was from, Toby offered a glance to the pack of cigarettes sticking out of the other's coat pocket. Same brand and usual, at least that hadn't changed. Vaguely, he wondered where Orlando was, or if he just hadn't come by today. Shaking his head a little, he flagged down the waitress and ordered a beer, before focusing his attention on the dark-haired man before him. "So, what's up? What's your name?" He seemed so upbeat and curious, it was hard to say 'no' to him.

Johnny watches the male come and sit down. He looks over watching the waitress coming over to take the orders for the drinks. He orders another beer himself before looking back over at the male before him. "Oh nothing much just hanging oung and such. I'm Jonathan Ariga but everyone around here calls me Johnny. What is yours?" smiles. He sits back watching some people come and go out of the bar before he looks back over to the male waiting for his reply. The other was cute very cute.