him sleeping most of the night, and he had slept fine, except for the few minutes that he held her and kissed her.
She sighed. She was going to hold that memory in the middle of her heart for the rest of her life. She just wished it had been her that he was kissing for real, instead of him kissing Tiffany in his dreams. She told herself she had to stop wishing for things that would never be.
"Can I ask you something?" she said a while later, looking over at him.
He nodded and offered her a cheese stick. She took it and broke a piece off it. "I know you love Tiffany, and I love her, too, but you know now that she's cheating on you with Ron, and yet you're still going after her so that you can marry her. Why are you marrying her when she hasn't been faithful to you?"
She knew it wasn't her business, but it had been eating at her ever since he decided they should get on the road to go to her.
Colby thought a moment and then looked at her with compassionate eyes. "Let me answer that with a question for you. Why are you friends with her?"
Shannon smiled. "That's easy. I'm friends with her because I love her." She saw where he was going with his train of thought. "That's different for me, though. It's not like she's cheating on me with other friends."
He nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes and no. When two people are going to spend their lives together, the most important part of that bond is friendship. Love is what should be built on top of friendship, because even when passion fades with age and young people turn old, friendship is what keeps them together and strong; it's what sees them through all of the years together, and love binds that.
We all make mistakes, Shannon, every one of us, but she said she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me; she wants to grow old with me, and that's a lifelong commitment. What kind of friend would I be to her if I take off at the first sign of trouble, before we've even begun our journey together?"
Shannon shook her head in disagreement. "Colby, that would probably be true and work if it went both ways, but she is all wrapped up in Ron and she intends to continue their affair even after you're married! Doesn't that mean anything to you? Doesn't that make you want to think twice about marrying her? What if she gets bored with Ron and has other affairs after him?"
Colby nodded. "I know what you're saying, Shannon, but I have to try. I have to be sure for the sake of both of our futures; hers and mine, I need to know if she will let him go to be with me."
Shannon didn't say anything back to him. She didn't know what to say, and she supposed it was because she knew too much about what had been going on.
A few minutes later Colby asked her, "What is it about this guy Ron, anyway. What is it about him that she likes so much?"
Shannon bit her lip and glanced at him, and then realized that he really wanted to know. She thought about it and admitted that if it was her in his seat right then, she would want to know.
"She loves the way he looks and she loves having sex with him. She said the naughtiness of them being together makes her feel hot." Shannon regretted saying it the minute it was out of her mouth. Colby grew very quiet and looked out of the window.
Shannon sighed. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told you that much."
Colby just shook his head. "I asked." It was all he said for the rest of the ride until they came to a roadblock.
Shannon pulled over and a sheriff walked up to the window. She lowered the glass and smiled at him, feeling sorry for him having to be out in a white out blizzard.
He leaned in close to the car and raised his voice so he could be heard. "The highway is closed, ma'am, and it looks like it's not going to open up until tomorrow afternoon."
Shannon sighed and asked, "Is there any other road we could take? A state highway or something? We really need to get through."
He
She sighed. She was going to hold that memory in the middle of her heart for the rest of her life. She just wished it had been her that he was kissing for real, instead of him kissing Tiffany in his dreams. She told herself she had to stop wishing for things that would never be.
"Can I ask you something?" she said a while later, looking over at him.
He nodded and offered her a cheese stick. She took it and broke a piece off it. "I know you love Tiffany, and I love her, too, but you know now that she's cheating on you with Ron, and yet you're still going after her so that you can marry her. Why are you marrying her when she hasn't been faithful to you?"
She knew it wasn't her business, but it had been eating at her ever since he decided they should get on the road to go to her.
Colby thought a moment and then looked at her with compassionate eyes. "Let me answer that with a question for you. Why are you friends with her?"
Shannon smiled. "That's easy. I'm friends with her because I love her." She saw where he was going with his train of thought. "That's different for me, though. It's not like she's cheating on me with other friends."
He nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes and no. When two people are going to spend their lives together, the most important part of that bond is friendship. Love is what should be built on top of friendship, because even when passion fades with age and young people turn old, friendship is what keeps them together and strong; it's what sees them through all of the years together, and love binds that.
We all make mistakes, Shannon, every one of us, but she said she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me; she wants to grow old with me, and that's a lifelong commitment. What kind of friend would I be to her if I take off at the first sign of trouble, before we've even begun our journey together?"
Shannon shook her head in disagreement. "Colby, that would probably be true and work if it went both ways, but she is all wrapped up in Ron and she intends to continue their affair even after you're married! Doesn't that mean anything to you? Doesn't that make you want to think twice about marrying her? What if she gets bored with Ron and has other affairs after him?"
Colby nodded. "I know what you're saying, Shannon, but I have to try. I have to be sure for the sake of both of our futures; hers and mine, I need to know if she will let him go to be with me."
Shannon didn't say anything back to him. She didn't know what to say, and she supposed it was because she knew too much about what had been going on.
A few minutes later Colby asked her, "What is it about this guy Ron, anyway. What is it about him that she likes so much?"
Shannon bit her lip and glanced at him, and then realized that he really wanted to know. She thought about it and admitted that if it was her in his seat right then, she would want to know.
"She loves the way he looks and she loves having sex with him. She said the naughtiness of them being together makes her feel hot." Shannon regretted saying it the minute it was out of her mouth. Colby grew very quiet and looked out of the window.
Shannon sighed. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told you that much."
Colby just shook his head. "I asked." It was all he said for the rest of the ride until they came to a roadblock.
Shannon pulled over and a sheriff walked up to the window. She lowered the glass and smiled at him, feeling sorry for him having to be out in a white out blizzard.
He leaned in close to the car and raised his voice so he could be heard. "The highway is closed, ma'am, and it looks like it's not going to open up until tomorrow afternoon."
Shannon sighed and asked, "Is there any other road we could take? A state highway or something? We really need to get through."
He
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