Paul had snacks and sodas laid out.

"What the hell is this?" asked Tory

"You're always hungry, I always steal your food, I thought I would repay you" smiled Paul

Tory sat down and picked up a chip... all the while keeping an eye on Paul.

"You ready for this? I know you've been hounding me for it for months, so when I saw it today, I thought I would grab it for you."

Tory failed to grip the same excitement Paul had.

"What are you up to, Paul?"

"Why are you always so suspicious? Can't you just relax? Here, you go first..."

"Now I know you're up to something... "

A few moments pass with awkward silence... then Paul broke it

"So, your mom asked me to talk to you..."

"This CAN'T end well..." replied Tory

"This may become... uncomfortable..." warned Paul

"Here it comes now... I guess the nonsesne this morning at breakfast wasn't enough for you..."

"Safe sex..." Paul said with a straight face

"What????

"I don't know how much help I'll be since I have experience with women and you have this thing for Colin..."

"I DIE NOW, OKAY?" Tory interrupted.

Paul laughs "Why are you so uptight about Colin?"

"There's nothing between me and Colin, we're just FRIENDS Paul. And, believe me, I don't need THE TALK because I know all about the birds and the bees and if I DID need THE TALK, it would not come from YOU" Tory threw down the controller.

"What about the game?" asked Paul

"You play with yourself, you should be good at that..." Tory slammed the door behind him.

Paul thought 'That's OK, now I can try this with the good controller...'

Tory sat back in his room, his mind racing. The mention of Colin's name was too much for him to deal with. It should be no surprise that Paul and everyone probably know about this. But why did he had a hard time dealing with this. What was so wrong?

He glanced over at the books he took from the library. 'Alot of good they did' he thought. 'Maybe I should talk to Mandy. She seems to have an opinion about everything. Can I confide in her to talk about my dreams and feelings. Are her opinions vaild?'

"Arrrgh!" he screamed into his pillow before closing his eyes for a nap.