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hot. A plaid button down shirt and jeans
replaced his track pants and t-shirt. His clean scent was mixed with the faint
smell of alcohol.
    “Yeah, our boy Colin here started
the party a little early.” Drew laughed while patting Colin on the shoulder.
    “It’s okay, we’re celebrating.”
Colin whispered as if sharing a secret, but his ‘whisper’ was loud enough for
anyone within a five-foot radius to hear.
    “So what are we celebrating?” I
asked, raising my eyebrows in question.
    “She’s gone.” He put his fist
towards me for a bump, as if I should know what he was talking about.
    I didn’t want to leave him
hanging, so I bumped his fist, then looked to Drew to fill in the rest.
    “Mia and I broke up.”
    “Oh. I’m...sorry?” I wanted to
sound genuine, but Colin’s happiness was contagious, and I just couldn’t bring
myself to feel bad for him.
    “Yeah, I can tell. It’s too bad too.
I think the two of you could have been great friends.” Drew joked.
    “Dude, she had to take a quiz to
figure out if she was cheating on you too much. I think Lucy’s ‘sorry’ is about
as sorry as anyone’s gonna get.”
    “I’m not gonna lie. He’s not
wrong.” I added.
    “Yeah. You’re right. I think my
dad said something along the lines of ‘it’s about damn time.’”
    “And his dad is a minister.
Forgiveness is in his job description. Even he didn’t like her.”
    “Even who didn’t like whom?” Liz
had just finished her pool game, and decided to join our conversation.
    "Oh hey, Liz. You remember
Colin. This is his friend Drew. Drew, this is Liz. Drew just broke up with the
spawn of Satan, and Colin is nursing his sadness."
    Colin laughed, but I don’t think
Drew even knew I said anything, since he suddenly seemed to think that Liz was
the only one in the room.
    “Hi.” Liz laughed, noticing Drew’s
blatant staring.
    “Hi. Drew recovered himself and
returned to his previous aloof state. “You really seemed to know what you were
doing with those balls over there.”
    “Oh yeah. I’m a pro. Why, you
looking to get hustled?” Liz teased.
    “I saw how good you are. Too late
to hustle me. I guess the question to ask would be how good my partner and I
are.” Drew motioned to Colin, who glanced in my direction and winked.
    “Well if the two of you are going
to play me in pool, I need a partner.” Liz looked around the room trying to
find someone she could work with.
    “Um… roommate right here?” Colin
stood behind me and put his hands on my shoulders.
    “Oh no, count me out.” I raised my
hands in protest “I like to play for fun, but when people start getting
competitive, I have to fold. Pool is not my sport.”
    “Well, you’re in luck, because
Colin’s not that good either.” Drew said, earning him a punch in the arm from
Colin himself.
    “Sounds like we have ourselves a
game.” Liz clapped her hands together. “Girls against guys then. And since you
guys are guests, feel free to go first.”
    Drew broke and the balls
scattered, several of both the solids and stripes going in. “I call stripes.”
He continued to land stripes in twice more before he missed. “Your turn.” He
nudged Liz with the pool stick.
    Liz walked up and easily sank
three solids. I loved to watch her play pool. For such a small girl, she was
powerful when she needed to be, and completely focused.
    The way Drew looked at her proved
to me that her skills did not go unnoticed.
    Since there was no use in
hustling, Liz took her time, sending half the solids down before handing the
pool stick to Colin.
    Colin was decent. He lined up his
shot like he knew what he was doing, but he only sunk one before missing his
next shot.
    He’s wants us to think he’s not very good. He’s trying to hustle us.
    I looked in Liz’s direction to see
if she caught it, and from her barely there head shake and eye roll, I gathered
that she did.
    I, on the other hand, clapped when
two of my balls landed in the holes, even