Author's Note: So I was watching Everwood a couple nights ago, you know, "Snow Job," and well, all I hafta say is DAMN!! I say that for three reasons, first Ephram is way too nice for his own good, telling Colin all that Grover stuff to make Amy happy when Amy has been near hostile to him. Personally, I wouldn't mind if he gets with Laynie. Second, what happened to that scene where Ephram is skating with Laynie and Colin says "You can't keep you eyes off him (Ephram) all night" to Amy? Did I miss it or was it just not in the show? Cuz the trailer had that scene and I was waiting for it. Lastly, a lot of the stuff resembles my story, like the whole "Colin Number One is dead" theme that Colin talked with Amy about. I would just like to say that I had written this chapter on Saturday, so all similarities to the show are simply ESP driven. Okay, that's it, please review and feel free to share your thoughts on the episode, I'm really interested to see what you all have to think!!

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Alex mused about what Amy and Ephram could have been talking about. Most likely something about Colin, it was always about Colin.

"Alex," a voice greeted.

Speak of the devil, Alex thought. "Hey, Colin," she replied shortly. She had successfully avoided long conversations with him for almost four days.

"How have you been? Haven't talked much lately," Colin asked, walking with her out of the school. She acted a little funny around him now and he couldn't understand why.

"Fine," she replied. She didn't bother asking him how he had been.

"What's wrong?" Colin asked.

"Nothing," she answered.

"Look, did I do something?" Colin asked, concerned. Alex was acting really cold towards him.

She stopped walking. Why did he think that? she thought. "Colin, I really think..." she didn't want to say it, especially since she knew Amy and Ephram had been a thing. But by completely avoiding Ephram, Amy had made it quite clear that she was devoted Colin now.

"Think what?"

"I think you should spend time with Amy, Colin," Alex answered a little harsher than she had intended to.

"What? I do spend time with her." He had no clue what Alex was talking about.

"She's your girlfriend, and I'm not..." Alex began.

"But you're my friend," Colin insisted, scared now of where Alex was going with this conversation.

"Why is that, Colin? I'm your friend because I'm new. And I mean, I thank you for being so nice to me in the beginning, but I'm not new anymore," she tried to explain. She wanted to tell him what she knew about Ephram and Amy, but she had promised not to.

"I don't understand," Colin admitted.

"Go talk to Amy, try to remember your past, try to remember why you cared so much about her," Alex said dismissively, walking away.

Colin wasn't going to give up that easily. He followed her. "I don't know where this sudden need to walk away from our friendship came from, but I do know one thing," he said firmly.

Alex stopped and looked at him. "And what's that, Colin?"

"I'm happiest when I'm with you," Colin confessed. Alex looked away from him, he wasn't making this easier for her.

"It's not supposed to be that way," Alex said quietly.

"But doesn't that say something?" Colin asked earnestly, alluding to something more in their relationship.

She knew what he meant and needed to squash this now, for his own good. "Yes, it says that I've interfered way to much in your life," she replied, not believing her own words. If she had it her way, she would have kissed him after his confession.

"You of all people should know that's not true. Everyone else expects me to remember them and I can't. I'm freer when I with you," Colin replied, annoyed that Alex seemed so intent on pushing him away. "You've helped me."

"I can't help you anymore," she said sadly, still unable to look at him. "I have to go, please don't follow me," she added, finally walking away. She didn't want him to see her cry.

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Colin still could not understand what he did to push Alex away. Just when he really felt comfortable with her, she slammed the proverbial door in his face, which hurt. He watched her walk away, turn the corner and head out of sight. He turned around and walked towards the truck where he would meet Bright and Amy.

Amy. All he felt was confusion towards the girl. She seemed nice, slightly uptight and overly conscientious at times, but nice. But that was all he knew about her. He never bothered to ask her about herself and she never bother to volunteer the information, always too busy trying to get him to remember something from his past. He understood what Alex was saying now. He didn't know anything about his supposed girlfriend, yet, did he even care? As harsh as it sounded, Colin wasn't sure if Amy was right for him; she had been right for the other Colin, Colin Number One. That Colin was gone.

Could Colin Number Two ever become Colin Number One? Did he even want to be? He liked the way he was now, minus the lack of memory, and really didn't want to change that. What happened if he had been a total jackass before and people were just too blind, stupid, or unwilling to see it?

"Colin, you okay man?" Bright asked.

"Huh?" He did even realize he had walked past the truck.

"Truck, good. Walking, bad," Bright replied, imitating a caveman as he patted the truck. Since Colin had begun remembering him, Bright had become more carefree and friendly.

Colin laughed. "Yeah, right, sorry about that," he said as he got into the car next to Amy. He did need to talk to her. "Hey, Amy, I was wondering if you wanted to walk with me when we get to my house. You know, just around the blocks," he said.

"Oh, sure," Amy said. Colin had never asked her to spend any time with him, she was always the one bringing it up.

Amy idly wondered if Ephram played some part in this change in Colin, but she doubted it. She frowned. When she thought of Ephram, she became confused. Ephram was new and exciting yet he was safe. That weird tingly but secure feeling came over her when they kissed. She thought she was only supposed to get that type of feeling with Colin, which scared her. She loved Colin, she didn't love Ephram...right? She wasn't supposed to love two people at the same time, she couldn't.

When they reached Colin's house, she got out, said 'goodbye' to her brother and walked with Colin.

"I like walking, it helps me think. I don't have to worry about anyone else but myself," Colin explained as they walked.

"It is relaxing," Amy said, trying to make small talk.

"Um, what, what do you do to relax?" Colin asked tentatively. He needed to know who this girl was.

She was caught off guard, Colin never asked about her. It hurt a bit that he couldn't remember what her hobbies were, but she had to remind herself that at least he did remember her. "Well, I like to dance," she replied. "It's a form of escape. I just become involved in the music and movements and I forget."

"Forget what?"

"Everything. All the bad stuff. When you were in the coma, dancing gave me an outlet," she said mysteriously.

He had never asked her how she felt when he had been unconscious.

"How were you when I was in the coma?" he asked carefully.

"What?" she asked, shocked. She didn't want to tell him about what happened to her when he wasn't there, when she thought he was going to die. Her breakdown at her dance recital was something she would rather not relive.

Colin stopped walking, looking at her worried face. She looked terribly vulnerable at that moment.

"I, I just worry. I mean, since I've woken up, I know you've been trying really hard to make it easy for me, but it seems like you're holding back on something. We used to tell each other everything. Like that time during the ski trip where I just let everything out, all the feelings I had for you, and you told me that you felt the same way. I felt so happy then but now, it's like there's this brick wall in between us. And I don't blame you or anything because I have no idea what you must have felt during that six month time, but...maybe if we both stop trying so hard to force my memory, maybe it'll come back on it's own," Colin explained. He hadn't expected to release all his pent up frustration ten minutes into the first walk he had had with Amy since the coma. He didn't want to scare her.

Amy looked away, processing all he had said. She looked straight into his eyes and smiled, her first genuine smile since he had woken up.

Colin looked at her, flashes of the Amy he remembered matched the Amy he was looking at now. Her eyes sparkled just like they had before. He smiled too.

She hugged him then, feeling that part of her Colin was finally coming back. "I can't believe you remembered that," Amy whispered as she held onto him.

He couldn't believe he remembered it either. He was always so cocky and confident around girls, even Amy, but he remembered being terrified that she would reject him, and he would lose her as a friend as well. He was so relieved she wanted to be his girlfriend. It wasn't like there was a short supply of girls who wanted him, but he had wanted only her.

She cupped his face with her hands, still smiling. "Hi," she said shyly, feeling that this Colin she was looking at was different from the Colin of twenty minutes ago.

He chuckled lightly. "Hi."

She brought his head gently down to hers and kissed him. It was a bit awkward and he didn't respond at first, but it felt nice. He returned the kiss gently and held her with his left arm. It didn't feel the way it had before, mostly because Colin was a little tentative, but Amy would have taken just about anything at the moment. After they separated, Colin blushed slightly; that was his first kiss with a girl. She looked at him quizzically, she was usually the one to blush.

"Did I, um do something wrong?" Colin asked.

"No, no, nothing," she replied and they continued walking and talking.

She never did answer the question about how she managed while he was in the coma...she didn't want to tell him about Ephram.

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