Here we are at Chapter 6. Usually I remember small details, but in this story, forgot that Tory had bunk beds, so I knida tried to fix that in a goofy way. More at the end... enjoy for now!

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Tory's eyes opened and he realized it was morning. For a few seconds his mind was at ease. Then

he thought about Colin... and everything that happened last night. He shot up and looked on the bed.

The bed was made, the sheets smelled... fresh. No Colin anywhere.

"Oh shit" he thought to himself. Then he heard "honey, come down for breakfast."

Mom.

Tory checked every room before going for breakfast. He could not find Colin anywhere... until he got

to the kitchen and there was Human/Colin.

"Tory, this is Colin from across the street. He came by this morning, said you had lost this."

It was the notebook. THE lost notebook.

"Aaahh... heh! Thanks." Tory saw the expression on Colin's face and, to his surprise, it wasn't nasty or mean.

He was actually smiling.

"No problem" was Colin's response. The tone seemed genuine. He went right back to eating breakfast.

"I have French Toast or Pancakes. If you want, you can have some eggs sweetie"

"I'm not hungry mom."

"Sweetie, you should eat something. How about some oatmeal? Colin likes it".

"No, it's OK. I think I'll be in my room."

Tory excused himself from the table.

"Why is he so moody lately... maybe when you're done Colin, you could go upstairs and visit with Tory... to cheer him up!"

Tory quietly laid on his bed. It was nice to stare at the celing for a change. The bunk bed was cool, but he had outgrown it and decided that a nice big single was more to his liking. Although, the bunk WOULD have come in handy last night.

He was trying to think about anything other than Colin... then Tory's door opened just a little and Colin popped his head in.

"You busy?" he asked.

Tory shook his head. "I guess he can't read thoughts in human form" he thought.

"Listen, you dropped that on the train. I had ditched school because I wasn't feeling well, but didn't want to go home. I followed you home on the train. I figured if I had an episode, I could find you and you could help me get home."

"So I guess you read it."

"Not all of it. But enough."

Colin was embarrassed somewhat that he had violated Tory's privacy.

"Well?" asked Tory

"Well what?" Colin sensed confrontation...

"What part or part-sss did you read?"

Colin looked for something to say. "Without going into the gory details... "

"Nice" thought Tory

"I kinda know how you feel about me."

Tory moaned and rolled to face away from Colin

"But we know something about each other. I know how you feel and you know something about what I really am..."

"What ARE you?" asked Tory

"Trying to adapt to this place." Colin's voice had a touch of disappointment and failure.

"You mean Earth?"

"Just... being human"

Tory thought about Colins answer, but was still pissed. "Don't make me feel sorry for you. You're the one who read my notes... it's really freaky that you can see in the dark and read people's minds. It gives you the upper hand."

"Not really. At night, when I'm like THAT... it's hard to sleep because I can hear so many voices. It sounds like millions sometimes." Colin was staring at the floor, almost ashamed of the fact that he had this special power.

"And last night when you were reading my other notebook?"

"To find out how long you felt that way about me."

"Jesus. Well, I guess you know everything now." Tory was almost starting to cry. He turned away from Colin again, only to feel Colin's hand on his shoulder.

"How do you feel about me now that you know?"

TO BE CONTINUED

NOTEBOOK DISCLAIMER

My original intent WAS to have Colin end up with Tory's notebook when I started this in June. Of course, Ms. Jen Quick had it LOOOOONG before I even thought of writing ANY fanfic, and I had obviously no idea something like it was going to be in OB2 (OB2 rocks and one should get a copy ASAP if they don't have it yet)...

Anyway, I'm hoping this is fresh (different?) angle because of the WAY Colin acquired the missing notebook (finding instead of taking) and the different approach at the information Colin GOT from reading Tory's notebook(s)... Focused more of Tory's affection for Colin and not so much about the spying aspect.

Now, how will Colin USE that information and how open is he to the idea? And what of Colin's "unusual" problem?