AN: Hello all to all of my wonderful and adoring fans! How I've missed you so whilst I've been away. For all of you who care to know, I had a wonderful vacation, and I wish it could have lasted longer, but then I wouldn't be able to update which would suck. Anyway, not exactly enjoying to ominous return of school in three weeks, but I'll get over it by the beginning of next summer. Ok, this chapter has a lot of dialog and I sincerely hope that I made it clear enough without saying "said Liz", "said Brian", etc. after every spoken part because that just get mundane and annoying. Well enjoy reading whilst I slave away over the key board to bring you the next chapter within two weeks, for that is my goal. We'll see how it works out. Oh, and by the way, as much as I really enjoy the praises being showered down upon me, some constructive criticism wouldn't go amiss.

Chapter 6: Surprise Encounters

Brooke closed the door behind her as she entered the room.

"Well?" Brian asked.

"One sec," Brooke mumbled agitatedly as she rummaged around in her back-pack for the diary entries. "Here," she mumbled as she past the notes to him.

"Well?" she nagged impatiently. Brian's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Where did you get this?" he asked pointing to the paper.

"I copied it out of Helen's diary." Brian nodded.

"Keep an eye on her. Look out for any strange or aggressive behavior, moodiness, sudden emotional changes—"

"Brian. You do realize you just described every teenage girl on the face of the planet." Brooke pointed out.

"You know what I mean." Brian sighed. "We'll have to wait until the next full moon to be sure, but it looks like your hunch paid off."

"So I'll see you tomorrow then?" Brooke asked as she headed toward the door.

"Um...yeah. And don't forget to tell your brother," Brian reminded her.

"Oh, but I don't forget to tell people important information that they need to know, thank you very much. And speaking of brothers, how are your?" Brooke glared at Brian. Brian groaned.

"Brooke, would you drop that all ready?" Brooke raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms in a way that plainly said, 'um...no'. "Anyway, you can ask them yourself. They should be here any minute now."

"No. That's ok. I need to get going." But before Brooke even finished her sentence, the door knob turned, and the door opened slowly. Brooke cloud here voices before they came into the room.

"So, glad we came back to school? Or would you have rather stayed at Uncle Rudy's for a bit longer?" The door opened some more and a sneakered shoe and worn jean pant leg became visible.

"Are you fucking me? I swear – if I have to sit through one more class like the Bitch's after this year, I'm dropping out of high school!" Now a slightly tanned hand and arm.

"Awe, come on. Isn't there at least something good about that class?" Now a torso clothed in a plain black t-shirt and the side of a golden-brown haired head.

"Well, that chick that I sat next to wasn't a bad sight to come back to..." Brett fell silent as he came all of the way into the room and noticed that he had an audience. Brett cleared his throat nervously, and Brooke shifted her weight uncomfortably. Craig came into the room behind his brother.

"Hey, what's the hold up?...Oh," Craig stated flatly.

Brian, not understanding what had just been said, smiled up at his brothers. He stood and walked around his desk toward Brooke. "So, how was your first day back to school?" Brian didn't wait for an answer. "Brett, Craig, this is Brooke Whyte, Chase's younger sister. She's going to be coming up to the inn this Saturday with her brother for the cook out."

"Hi," said Brooke rather shyly.

"Hey," said Brett very quietly.

"Nice to finally meet you," said Craig cheerfully and completely disregarding his twin's discomfort.

"Um, well it was nice to meet you both, but I need to get going. Don't want to keep Chase waiting too long," Brooke excused her self and brush past Brett to the door. When the door clicked shut behind her Craig burst out laughing.

"That was great!" he chuckled. Brett glared at him. "What it was. Ah, come on. You were like 'oh she was hot', and there she was right in front of you. You should've seen your face!" Craig continued laughing and Brett made a noise in his throat that was near to a growl.

"What?! It was funny!" Craig exclaimed, but he did get himself back under control.

"No it wasn't," countered Brett.

"Yeah it was. Well, now that your feelings are out in the open you could just go ahead and ask her out with out all of that tentative courtship crap." Craig started laughing again. Brian looked down at his watch.

"Well, I'll just get my stuff together and then we can go." Brain said; he had completely not understood what had happened. At that very moment to door flew open, and in stepped Liz with her head phones draped around her neck again looking rather upset over something.

"Ok this is about all I can stand! I'm tired, I've got homework enough to fill an Olympic size pool, and you know what? I was so out of it that I went all the way to the parking lot and looked around for my baby before I realized that it's still in the shop! This is hell! I swear I'm never going to speed again if it means I have to have my tires rotated and the oil changed and all that other shit done ever other week! EERRHHGG!!!" Liz slammed the door behind her and threw herself into one of the desk chairs.

"Damn it Liz! Calm down!" Craig said to her.

"Calm down?! You want me to calm down?! I've been without my baby since last Thursday! Get me my car back and I'll calm down," Liz said in a crazed whisper.

"If it will make you feel better, you get your car back tomorrow afternoon," Brain said off hand as put papers in his brief case.

"Yes, but today isn't tomorrow is it? I still don't have my car, and I want my car now, not 24 hours from now, now." Liz continued in her crazed manner.

"Alright psycho car addict lets go. You're not the only one with homework up to your ears. I need to get home and catch up on Biology." Craig said as he made for the door. Liz got up and followed him and then Brett after her. Liz finally noticed Brett was around.

"What's up, Brett? Why so subdued?" Liz asked.

"Well, you see it's really rather a funny story...." Craig said as they made they're way done the hall to the parking lot.

Brooke opened the door to her brother's class room. Chase looked up from the quiz he was grading. "Hey babe. How's it going?" he looked back down at the quiz. "This kid must have not even opened the book or paid attention to class discussions. He missed every single question. All 25 of them and both of the extra credit. Look at this: question) what city did this chapter take place in? answer) New York. Come on. This book takes place in ancient Rome!" Brooke smiled. She loved to hear her brother rattle on about his students. Most of the stories that Chase told were rather amusing.

"Um...Chase?" Brooke wanted to make sure she had his attention.

"Hmm?" Chase looked up from another quiz he was grading.

"Um...We think we found the stray, but we'll have to wait until next full moon to be sure of course," Brooke informed him. He smiled.

"That's great! I'm glad you found them out. Who is it?" Chase asked with curiosity, the quiz on his desk forgotten.

"Helen, you know, the one nobody thought it was," Brooke said to jog his memory.

"Oh, yes. I know who you're talking about. Really?" Chase asked.

"Yup. Weird huh?" Brooke said as she shifted her back pack.

"Yeah, well, let me get my stuff together and you can tell me about it on the way home."