Colorado Sunsets

Part Seven: Garrick

I wake up in my bed. Alone.

I pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming this time, and I'm not.

I start to walk down the stairs towards Robin's room when I hear something in the kitchen.

I find Robin in the kitchen grabbing a midnight snack.

"Robin, what are you doing...?" I ask with amusement.

"I'm hungry." he said. When he turned to look at me, his eyes were closed.

He's sleepwalking.

I didn't even know he sleepwalks.

"Okay, Bing." I giggle and go to sleep on the couch.

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I hear something running up and then down the steps frantically.

"Garrick?!" I hear Robin nearly scream right behind me.

I grunt, "What the hell, Robin. I'm right here. You aren't homesick already, are you?"

I totally have to mess with him.

"What are you talking about...?" He asks.

"You've only been here for one night. If you want to stay as long as you plan, you should really man up."

I'm surprised I'm keeping my cool so far.

"Garrick. Tell me what happened last night." He orders.

"Well, I just brought you home and then we saw the sunset. It was okay, I guess."

He gets close to my face "Did we happen to, uh, do anything?"

I get even closer. "You were pretty tired and you went straight to your room when we got home." I say cooly.

He lies on the floor and looks at the ceiling. "Are you messing with me?"

I feel like I could crack out in laughter at any moment.

THIS IS GOLD.

I sit up and lie down next to him on the floor.

"I'm totally messing with you, Bing." I say with a smile.

"You scared the hell out of me. Don't do that." He said.

"Lighten up, Bing. I'm sorry." I say while playing with his hair.

He looks into my eyes.

Is he going to kill me...?

"Seriously, don't do that."

I can see that his eyes are red and I realize that I almost made my Bing cry. That's when he finally kissed me.