Tobias smiled, enjoying the prolonged contact with Lily, feeling that in someway he had made up for whatever earlier transgression he had made against her in the pizza place. Watching her bring the cup of cold icecream to her forehead, made his brow furrow in concern. He has hoped that she would have removed more than just the scarf when they were in the shade and yet it would seem he was wrong.<br/><br/>Watching her from the corner of his eye he took a spoonful of his icecream, enjoying the cold and refreshing taste of the frozen dessert.<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Good?" she asked almost breathlessly</span></span><br/><br/>Her tone of voice made him look over to her, focusing on her breathing and the way the sweat beaded on what he could see of her forehead.<br/><br/>â€œYeah, it is good. Um...why don't you remove your hood too?â€ he offered, setting his icecream down beside him. â€œI figured the shade would be good enough for you to not to be covered up from the sun...â€ his tone holding his concern though he did try to hide it.<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-weight: bold">Her eyes widened, before trying to laugh it off, gathering that he thought she had some sort of an allergy. "It was a wonderful idea...But...um...It's not shady enough here. The hood'll keep me safe!" Despite being breathless, she pushed through, trying to sound chipper before turning her attention back out toward the landscape, hoping he'd just let the subject drop.</span></span><br/><br/>Frowning Tobias then sighed as he thought for a moment, â€œWell...how about we go somewhere else then? It is too hot to be all bundled up like that,â€ he said figuring on moving if that would help her. â€œWe can try to find a more shaded spot...or perhaps somewhere indoors?â€<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-weight: bold">She lowered her head as a hand came up to sweep across her brow, trying to mop up the sweat gathering there. Her heart had begun to race, but still she wouldn't pay attention to it. How could she, with Tobias growing more unsettled? She had to act like nothing was wrong. A little heat never hurt anyone right? "Really, I'm fine! It's not so hot, Tobias. Relaxing here is perfect."</span><br/></span><br/>Tobias sighed again, finding her stubborn nature a bit taxing against his usual composure, â€œLily, you are going to overheat and then you are going to faint. If it is bad enough I will have to take you to the hospital,â€ he paused to let that bit of information sink in before continuing, â€œI don't want to have to do that, I don't really care for hospitals but I will if that means making sure you are going to be alright. Now,â€ he paused again leveling his gaze at her, â€œAre you going remove some clothing cool off, or are we going to move to another place?â€ his tone was even and fairly serious, while he did not like having to be like this he was not going to let her get hurt over something as stupid as not wanting to inconvenience him.<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">No! No hospital!</span> she thought anxiously. Hospitals meant gurneys and johnnies, which meant unavoidable contact which meant death and unanswered questions. Then, she'd be right back where she started. Her head, started shaking as her vision started going, but still, she persisted, going so far as to get up and brace against the tree to steady herself. "Fine...we'll move...to a different place..."</span></span><br/><br/>Tobias sighed then stood, ignoring his icecream, to go and help her, â€œHere....just take my hand and let me help you,â€ he offers his hand again. Where they were going to go, he was not sure but right now he was just more focused on helping her.<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-weight: bold">Shaking her head, she ignored his hand, not wanting to have to rely on him, even if he was perfect for that hero-type thing. Instead, she let go of the tree, and took a few steps, smiling back at him as she sort of waivered, dropping her scarf and trying to lean over and get it. "So...Where are...we going?" she asked quietly.</span></span><br/><br/>Tobias sighed, yet again, grabbing up the pizza box and bag of books, â€œWe can catch a cab and head to somewhere indoors. At least to give you chance to cool off,â€  he moves to stand beside her, resisting the urge to just take hold of her arm and help her. â€œThe cab should have air conditioning so that should help you cool down. Alright?â€<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Cab...Got it..." came her even quieter response, fingers failing to grab hold of her scarf the first few times. Finally, after some difficulty, she managed, coming up from being bent over to look at Tobias...and see nothing. Her vision hazed over, growing darker and spinning as her head suddenly grew light. Blinking, trying to clear her rapidly decreasing eyes, her fingers dropped the scarf again as she started to sway. "'msorry..." Lily managed to whisper as her knees buckled, eyes drifting closed as she watched with confusion the ground coming up to meet her, just before it all went dark.</span></span><br/><br/>Speed and reaction born from training Tobias dropped the items in his hands to catch her and hold her to him. â€œFuck!â€ he swore looking about the area to see if anyone noticed while he tried to think about what to do.<span style="font-style: italic"> I could take her to the hospital. But I don't even know her last name and who knows what might happen to her. They could take her from me and keep her from me...no....that is not happening. At least not yet. I just need to get her out of this heat and someplace cool. Not to mention out of these clothes.</span>Sighing he lifts her up into his arms, cradling her against his chest before he carried her out of the park and to the sidewalk.<br/><br/>Despite how suspicious this looked he choose to ignore the looks from the gawking onlookers, hailing a cab he loads her into the backseat and takes the front passenger seat, much to the annoyance of the cabby.<br/><br/>â€œJust drive and I will be sure to give you a nice tip. Its my sister, she is allergic to the sun and I have to get her home for her medsâ€ Tobias practically growled at the driver as he tossed him more than enough money for the ride. â€œI hope I don't have to tell you to hurryâ€ to which the driver only shook his head and hit the gas. The ride was short and fast, given the distance that Tobias lived from the park and his instructions to speed. Arriving at the small building that housed his apartment Tobias did a quick check before carefully removing Lily from the back of the cab, making sure to keep her as covered as possible as he hefted her up in her in his arms. Thanking the Cabby he took his precious cargo and ran up the stairs, managing to get in with only a few odd looks, before it was taking the steps two at a time to the top floor where his apartment was. After a brief moment of fumbling for his keys, while making sure to not drop her he managed to get his door open, heading quickly inside without even bothering to lock the door behind him he rushed her into the livingroom.<br/><br/>Laying her down, he took hold of her jacket and he gave it a tug popping the buttons and opening the jacket. That done, he went and turned on the air-conditioning to full blast, then went back into his bedroom,only to return a few moments later with his<a class="postlink" href="http://cf.mp-cdn.net/17/83/3ef40dad6ab75aa382c30828136c.jpg">knife</a>. Taking care he slipped the knife up the base of the long-sleeved shirt, taking the greatest care as he sliced up along the material. The idea of doing this would be to make sure that she had as much cold air on her body as possible to lower her body temperature. Next step would be a cold bath but he really did not want to do that, not unless he had to.