NOTE: Small chapter to bridge us to the main part of the story... with a little surprise I didn't have when I started. Based on art from Jen Lee Quick, I got the idea to move the story in this direction. Hope you enjoy!
Colin slept like a baby after what sounded like some tossing and turning.
Tory stared at the ceiling.
This went on for what seemed like an eternity. Even though he was obviously tired YAWN he just couldn't wind down and get to sleep. Too much was on his mind... his notebook for one. That was almost overshadowed by the fact that the scenerio he DIDN'T play out in his notebook was happening. Colin in HIS bed on the first night of summer vacation. But he was sleeping on a spare mattress on the floor.
Then there was the odd Colin/Mandy creature who came home with him.
2:00
"Fixing your gaze on something usually helps" he thought, so he looked at the blinking VCR clock... 12:00 -- 12:00 -- 12:00 --
He even tried thinking of a song in his head, in time with the incorrect time blinking on the VCR. No good.
2:25
Colin does snore. I wonder if he sees a doctor for THAT?
2:45
Wonder where that notebook went?
3:00
Staring under his bed... "I do keep a neat room" he thought to himself. He didn't even notice that the bedroom door was wide open.
THE BEDROOM DOOR WAS OPEN!
Tory looked up and saw Colin was gone. He didn't even hear footsteps. He would have heard him walking to the door? This was an old house and the floors creak. Tory flipped on the lights and saw what looked like water on the floor. On his bed, one of his... notebooks... opened to a page that had stuff about Colin. Not THE missing notebook, but all of his notebooks had things that Colin shouldn't REALLY see.
Oh, this was bad. Tory turned but couldn't see the light on in the bathroom in the hall. Where was Colin?
"How was he... I mean I must have left it open and it was just there. But the lights were out, he couldn't have been reading it. I didn't see a flashlight, I would have noticed it."
Tory went to pick up the notebook and noticed it was wet as well. He quickly dropped it, his heart pounding.
"What IS this?" he said softly. Tory decided to go and look for Colin. He didn't have to go far. Suddenly he could hear the toiet flush and there was running water.
"He's taking a leak in the dark? What the fuck?" he said to himself.
The bathroom door opened. "Tory, can you kill the lights" said Colin.
Tory froze when he saw... "Colin"?
TO BE CONTINUED
