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you win?” Liz
liked getting down to the nitty gritty.
    “If we win, you buy us dinner.”
    “Oh, I see. So either way, you
guys get to go to dinner with us.” Liz looked at me and we both shook our
heads. Smooth guys.
    “But we want steak.” Drew added.
    “You get steak, but we get tacos?
I don’t think so. You can have hamburgers. And of course, because we are kind,
we will let you have all the dinner rolls you want.”
    “Well if you’re going to be cheap
about it.” Colin conceded, and racked the balls.
    As expected, Colin got
significantly better with the second game, and since I only hit one ball in my
first turn, they were already discussing what we were going to buy them.
    “So, Lucy what’s your major?”
Colin asked while leaning in close to me. He did it under the guise of hearing
each other better, but I noticed that throughout the night he kept making small
gestures that ended up with him touching me or being near me in some way. Not
that I minded.
    “I am going to school to be a
journalist. I am hoping to be one of the little guys for the news. You know,
the one who does the grunt work that you don’t see? Fingers crossed that will
be me.”
    “I better get my autograph now.”
Colin nudged me.
    “Oh, my turn,” I realized, when
both Liz and Drew looked at me in anticipation.
    “So, it looks like there are a lot
more solids on the table than stripes.” I leaned toward Drew like he had been
doing to me.
    “Looks that way.” Colin answered.
    “And the girls are solids, right?”
I asked analyzing the table as best I could.
    “Yep.”
    “Then I need some skills pretty
quickly. Maybe you could help me?
    “Sure. I could teach you.” Colin
smiled.
    “Okay. I’ll go, and you tell me
what I’m doing wrong.”
    A small smile spread across
Colin’s face. “I would love to help you with your form.”
    I glanced at Liz, who nodded once.
After lining up my shot, I hit most of the remaining balls in. Turning to Colin
I murmured, “How was that?” before returning to the game.
    Two more shots and the game was
over.
    “Did she just hustle our hustle?”
Drew asked, while Liz and I high fived.
    “Just so you know, your hustle sucked.”
Liz said. “You guys need better game.” As soon as the words left her mouth,
Drew came up behind her and pinched her side.
    “Hey! Are you guys really that
upset because you have to buy us tacos? Just for that we want margaritas too.”
    “Top shelf too. None of that
Cuervo nonsense.” I added.
    “Keep it up, ladies. We may just
take you to Taco Bell.” Drew tried to look menacing, which just made us laugh.
    After the game, we called it quits
to hang out with Annie and the soccer guys. After a few rounds of quarters, Liz
took Drew to her room to “show him her art.” He must have been quite the art
connoisseur, judging by the length of time it took him to check it out.
      Eventually, Colin and I ended up outside
on my mom’s old porch swing, looking up at the stars. As the evening wore down,
the Indian summer temperatures dropped, and it started to feel more like
October. When I wrapped my arms around myself to warm up, Colin put his hands
on my shoulders, and rubbed my arms. Once he felt I was sufficiently warm, he pulled
me against him.
      He held me like that for a long time. We talked
about life and tried to find constellations. And when we realized we had no
idea where most of the constellations were, we made them up.
    All of that ended up a vague
memory. The only part I remember in detail was when, after the tap had run dry and
most everyone was gone, Colin made a joke about how I had yet to fully
experience his awesomeness. I laughed, and told him that I would believe it
when I saw it. His smile remained, but he raised his eyebrows, letting me know that
he accepted my challenge.
    The song 'Pull Me Down' had just
started to play. He tilted my chin, and leaned in so close I could almost feel
his lips against mine. Instead of kissing my lips, he