Hey everyone, sorry for not updating for so long. First, my muse seemed to have disappeared, then I got grounded, but I'm back and ready to humiliate the two teenage classmates coughloverscough Thanks to all of you who reviewed my story, that always makes me feel good to know that people like it!

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Summary: Christmas is here and it's recognized by all, except one apartment. A fight breaks out between Colin and Dr. Garrets, and it's up to Tory to save Colin from the cold winter before it's too late!

Disclaimer: (See Chapter 1)

Pairing: TxC

Chapter 5: Presents and A Secret Revealed!

December 25th, 8:12am.

After a moment of nostalgically falling in and out of sleep, Tory yawned and opened his eyes. It took him a moment of actually waking up before he realized where his arm was.

"Gah!" He pulled his arm away, trying to remember how he had gotten in the same bed with Colin. Unfortunately, before he could think of why he was in Colin's bed, he had to remember how he got on the floor. He sat up and rubbed his head, taking a quick look at the ever-sleeping Colin.

Suddenly, the bedroom door opened and Paul and Ms. Blake stormed in, smiling and holding a hot cocoa mug in each hand, "Merry Christmas!" The two adults said together.

"Hey, Sweety, hurry and wake up Colin. We're about to eat and open our presents!" She handed Tory a mug of hot cocoa, "That's for you, hun."

"Morning, mom. Morning, Paul." Tory said grogily, taking the mug gratefully. The cocoa was hot against his tounge and throat, but he just cringed, feeling it burn for a few seconds. he turned to the bed and placed his hand on Colin's shoulder, "Colin! Wake up now, it's Christmas!"

After being shaken a bit, Colin opened his eyes and was immediately met with a mug of hot cocoa from Paul, and Tory's tired face, "Um... good morning." He said softly, looking and smelling the chocolate drink, "What is it?"

Noone could believe what they just heard. Colin didn't know what hot cocoa was? Every kid had heard about it, hadn't they? Tory opened his mouth to say something, but Paul got to it first, "It's a chocolate drink. Pretty hot, so be careful. Blow on it before drinking it or it'll burn your mouth."

"Chocolate? Wow! I've only seen the solid kind of chocolate. Dr. Garrets doesn't like sweets, so I only get it when my teachers pass it out, and sometimes on Valentine's day from a girl or two." Colin smiled and looked up at Tory, who just seemed to stare, "Did I say something wrong?"

Tory laughed, "No! Not at all! I've just never heard you talk so much!" This made Colin blush, which made everyone else laugh. Ms. Blake finally pulled herself together before she spilled her drink.

"Come on, let's go get something to eat so we can open our presents!" She left the room, bekoning all the boys to follow her. Tory and Paul followed, but Colin stayed on the bed, the sheets still covering his middle. Tory stopped and looked back.

"What's up, Co-Oh... you need some clothes, huh?" The red-head smiled and walked over to his dresser, pulling out a pair of blue, flannel pajamas and throwing it at Colin, who caught it and quickly slipped into them, almost melting into how good they felt. The shorter boy grabbed his mug and walked out of the room with Tory to the kitchen, where the table was. Both boys were staring in awe at the piles and piles of presents near the lit up tree.

A tap on his hand made Tory look at Colin, "Tory. Your family is amazing... I wish I could celebrate Christmas like this!"

"You can."

"Not really. Dr. Garrets hates Christmas and doesn't want me celebrating-"

"He meant here, dear." Ms. Blake interrupted and pointed to the piles of presents, "A lot of those are for you!" She giggled as Colin's face brightened and a small smile made it's way to his lips.

As soon as breakfast was over, Tory and Colin jumped from thier seats and to the tree. They took a seat on the floor and looked back at Paul and Tory's mom like anxious little kids. The two adults sat on the couch and began a short duet of "Silent Night", but it only lasted about a minute or two and then presents seemed to fly every which way and flashes from cameras lit up the room.

Colin received a snow white, fluffy turtleneck and scarf that would be perfect for keeping him warm and a pair of blue snow boots and thick blue jeans. Also, he got painting materials and two sketch books, a large one and a small one, along with pencils and caligraphy pens. There were plenty other presents, like books, other kinds of clothes, a "How to Study for Dummies" book, a cat calender, and a big book about the most common animals that people have for pets. many other presents were scattered around him, but they were small.

Similar to Colin, Tory got clothes for cold weather and books. He didn't have as many as Colin, but he didn't mind. All the presents Colin was getting now was making up for all the years he wasn't able to get any presents.

Kitchen supplies and make-up went to Tory's mom and Paul got college supplies, including expensive books for his upcoming classes in February.

Now everyone was happy with what they got, but Colin didn't show it as much as everyone else did. He sat there, smiling and holding his fluffy, white turtleneck. Ms. Blake put her hand on Colin's head, "Go try it on!" After a minute, Colin walked back into the room shyly, wearing the jeans, turtleneck, and boots. Everyone clapped and approved of the outfit.

"Well everyone, sorry to leave so abruptly, but I have a project due the day we get back to school and I need to find space for everything I got from you guys!" Paul began picking up his things, "Thanks, all of you for the great time. I'll come by later today, ok?" He smiled at Colin, "Hope you'll still be here as well, you seem like a nice kid." With that, he walked out the door and up to his own place.

"Colin, come with me. I have a present for you." Tory and Colin went back into the bedroom quickly, "Close your eyes!" Colin sat on the bed and closed his eyes, readying himself for whatever was to come. A box was placed on his lap, so he opened his eyes and smiled at the nicely wrapped box. He quickly unwrapped it to find a cardboard box. The box top was lifted to reveal a medium sized photo album that was dark blue with white, puffy snow flakes all over it.

Colin's smile widened and he hugged the present, "It's great! Thank you, Tory, I wish I had something to give you..." The only response Colin received was a poke in the side from Tory, which coxed a small chuckle from the blue-haired boy.

"You... you're ticklish?" For some reason, Colin saw a slight resemblance between Tory and Paul when he grinned that way. Colin put the photo album down and scooted away from Tory, a nervous smile on his face.

"T-Tory... don't be silly, I'm n-not-AH!" The poor boy yelped as he was tackled, but his cries turned to laughter as Tory's fingers traced patterns on his sides. Tory loved tickling Colin, mostly because he had never seen Colin laugh so he wanted it to last for as long as possible, and also, he now had a reason to be close to Colin without seeming too suspicious.

From across the street, one of the curtains of one of the windows was open about an inch, just enough for Dr. Garrets to see into Tory's room and watch the two roll around on the bed, tickling each other, "It's sick... this is not how I've raised him... Colin will be punished when he returns, and this time, you'll help me..." He turned to face a man half covered in shadows, "Won't you?"

"Of course-" The man came from the shadows, a mischievous grin glowing on his face. It was Paul! Though, his hair was slicked back, and he wasn't wearing his glasses, "Father."

Ack, crazy ending! Please don't kill me, Paul-lovers! I mentioned a surprise to someone... so yeah, this was the surprise. Is it too non-suspensfull? Cheesy? Please tell me in your wonderful reviews, and tell your friends too please. Thank you to all of my loyal fans! glomps