injuries.
Colin looked up in confusion,
clearly not expecting me.
“Hey, Lucy. Did you forget
something?”
“No. I just wanted to make sure
you’re alright. You know, hanging out here at 1:00 AM, by yourself. You never
know what kind of unsavory characters you might run into.” I smiled trying to
lighten the mood.
“Nothing I can’t handle.” he
smiled in return.
“Okay, so you can totally take
care of yourself- but what about me? My roommates left, and I don’t want to leave this place alone.
“Well I guess that means I’ll be
doing the honor.” Colin finished up, wiped down the weight bench and grabbed
his towel. He wasn’t his usual playful self, and despite myself I was starting
to worry that something was wrong with him.
“Are you okay, Colin? Do you want
to talk about anything?” I asked.
“What? Oh no, I’m fine. I just
need to grab my gym bag from the locker. Can you watch my stuff for a sec?” He
motioned to his water bottle and mp3 player sitting on the bench.
I nodded. “Sure. ”I waited a second
before deciding to speak up. “Colin, I know that things didn’t work out with
us, you know, dating. But if you need a friend...”
Colin smiled then walked away.
While I sat there waiting for him,
I suddenly had a thought. I wonder if he
really does listen to Knight Rider?
Curiosity got the best of me, so I
opened up his music. A feeling of relief washed over me as I flipped through
his songs, seeing a lot of the same artists as I had on mine.
I decided to check out his
playlists, but he didn’t have much other than a few genius mixes.
My curiosity piqued again when I
saw a playlist called ‘Lucy.’ I clicked on the playlist, and saw the first song,
‘Pull Me Down.’
He has the song that was playing when we first kissed.
My heart skipped a beat as I
looked through the list of songs that were playing the night of the party.
Before I had a chance to think too
much about it, I heard Colin coming back. I grabbed his water bottle from the
bench.
“Ready to go?” Colin motioned for
the front door.
We walked for the first ten
minutes in relative silence, until I finally couldn’t take it anymore.
“So why do you work out this
late?” I asked, trying to break the ice.
“Truth? Part of it is that I am
really busy and this is when I have time, the other, bigger part of is that I…”
he stopped, embarrassed to continue.
“What?” I smiled, urging him to go
on.
“Don’t laugh.”
I shook my head to let him know I
wouldn’t.
“I just started exercising
recently. When I ran into you, I had been running all of two days. I was in
track in high school, but once I hit college, there was just too much partying
I had to accomplish to also keep up with the running.”
I nodded in understanding, not
wanting to interrupt.
“Something happened recently, and
it got me thinking. Drew and I had just left the store. This lady around my
Grandma’s age was carrying her groceries in the parking lot, and she seemed
like she was struggling. We were just about to go help her, when a guy ran up
and grabbed her purse. Her bags fell. Her groceries went everywhere. The poor
woman was distraught. We ran after the guy, and tackled him...because you know
I’m good at that part.” He winked at me, and I laughed. It was good to see him
loosening up a bit.
“But he was able to get away. We
got the purse, but everything had fallen out. He grabbed the wallet and took
off running. By the time the cops got there, he was gone. It made me start to
think. If I could have skipped a few parties, drank a few less beers, maybe
this poor lady would have her stuff. “
I started to shake my head. “Colin,
you can’t think...”
“I know. I know. I’m not going to
beat myself up about it. I just decided then that I want to be... I don’t know,
better. Stronger. Faster. Do you know what the saddest part of it was? That
little old lady actually tried to give Drew and me each a dollar from the
Colin looked up in confusion,
clearly not expecting me.
“Hey, Lucy. Did you forget
something?”
“No. I just wanted to make sure
you’re alright. You know, hanging out here at 1:00 AM, by yourself. You never
know what kind of unsavory characters you might run into.” I smiled trying to
lighten the mood.
“Nothing I can’t handle.” he
smiled in return.
“Okay, so you can totally take
care of yourself- but what about me? My roommates left, and I don’t want to leave this place alone.
“Well I guess that means I’ll be
doing the honor.” Colin finished up, wiped down the weight bench and grabbed
his towel. He wasn’t his usual playful self, and despite myself I was starting
to worry that something was wrong with him.
“Are you okay, Colin? Do you want
to talk about anything?” I asked.
“What? Oh no, I’m fine. I just
need to grab my gym bag from the locker. Can you watch my stuff for a sec?” He
motioned to his water bottle and mp3 player sitting on the bench.
I nodded. “Sure. ”I waited a second
before deciding to speak up. “Colin, I know that things didn’t work out with
us, you know, dating. But if you need a friend...”
Colin smiled then walked away.
While I sat there waiting for him,
I suddenly had a thought. I wonder if he
really does listen to Knight Rider?
Curiosity got the best of me, so I
opened up his music. A feeling of relief washed over me as I flipped through
his songs, seeing a lot of the same artists as I had on mine.
I decided to check out his
playlists, but he didn’t have much other than a few genius mixes.
My curiosity piqued again when I
saw a playlist called ‘Lucy.’ I clicked on the playlist, and saw the first song,
‘Pull Me Down.’
He has the song that was playing when we first kissed.
My heart skipped a beat as I
looked through the list of songs that were playing the night of the party.
Before I had a chance to think too
much about it, I heard Colin coming back. I grabbed his water bottle from the
bench.
“Ready to go?” Colin motioned for
the front door.
We walked for the first ten
minutes in relative silence, until I finally couldn’t take it anymore.
“So why do you work out this
late?” I asked, trying to break the ice.
“Truth? Part of it is that I am
really busy and this is when I have time, the other, bigger part of is that I…”
he stopped, embarrassed to continue.
“What?” I smiled, urging him to go
on.
“Don’t laugh.”
I shook my head to let him know I
wouldn’t.
“I just started exercising
recently. When I ran into you, I had been running all of two days. I was in
track in high school, but once I hit college, there was just too much partying
I had to accomplish to also keep up with the running.”
I nodded in understanding, not
wanting to interrupt.
“Something happened recently, and
it got me thinking. Drew and I had just left the store. This lady around my
Grandma’s age was carrying her groceries in the parking lot, and she seemed
like she was struggling. We were just about to go help her, when a guy ran up
and grabbed her purse. Her bags fell. Her groceries went everywhere. The poor
woman was distraught. We ran after the guy, and tackled him...because you know
I’m good at that part.” He winked at me, and I laughed. It was good to see him
loosening up a bit.
“But he was able to get away. We
got the purse, but everything had fallen out. He grabbed the wallet and took
off running. By the time the cops got there, he was gone. It made me start to
think. If I could have skipped a few parties, drank a few less beers, maybe
this poor lady would have her stuff. “
I started to shake my head. “Colin,
you can’t think...”
“I know. I know. I’m not going to
beat myself up about it. I just decided then that I want to be... I don’t know,
better. Stronger. Faster. Do you know what the saddest part of it was? That
little old lady actually tried to give Drew and me each a dollar from the
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