Taking Chances (Colby Brock Fanfic)

Chapter 5

"What time is it?" he asked Sam. "Time to mingle" Sam replied snapping his fingers. Colby rolled his eyes. "It can't always be about the ONE friggin girl man" Sam said to him over his shoulder. "It has to be about the fans. Get with it!"

He didn't want to get with it. He just wanted to sit on that couch over there with her. Get to know her, hold her hand. Tell her everything was going to be ok and how happy he is to have met her. He wanted to see the fans too, but he really wanted to see her and make sure she was ok. So yes, it had to be about the one girl. Sam already had his girl. Hell, everyone in the friend group was engaged or even married. If you weren't, you at least had a steady girlfriend. None of which he had. Elton and Ginger got married a couple of years ago. They even had a kid already! Corey's engaged to a flight attendant he met on one of the TFIL trips awhile back. Jake and Tara still going strong. Jake's very close to popping the question but he gets too nervous and backs out. Carries the ring with him everywhere. Some day Tara is going to find it! Sam and Kat got married a couple of months ago. They hadn't made that public yet. Trying to get used to married life. Everyone else? Coupled. Had been coupled, still coupled, steady. But not him.

He shook himself out of his daze to start hanging out with the VIPs. Shaking hands, giving hugs, taking pictures. He started to enjoy himself. He did constantly wonder if she was somewhere around. Had she gotten tickets? He should have told her he'd put them on the list. He had no way of finding her. He mentally kicked himself. Until he remembered the picture. He excused himself to the bathroom, pulled out his phone and scrolled through his mentions. Nothing on Twitter. No snaps. "Damn it!" he said under his breath. He was just pulling up IG when he saw it. There they were, faces smooshed together. She had tagged him. He grinned and saved the picture to his phone. He messaged her. "Hey, are you in the VIP lounge? If not I can get you guys on the list". He closed the ap. Then he opened the ap. Then he closed it again. Just about when he was putting it in his pocket, he had a notification. "Yes we are here, just coming in. My stomach was upset. TMI srry" He grinned the biggest grin. Pearly white teeth and all. 

Almost tripping over himself to get out of the bathroom, he quickly walked into the main lounge. There she was, back turned, but her friend was there facing his way. She was laughing and talking with a few of the fans. He crept up to her. Her friend's eyes got wider and wider but she just stood there staring at him. He reached her backside and slid his hand into hers, interlocking their fingers. "Hey beautiful" he breathed into her ear.

It was at that moment she froze solid and thought she was actually going to pass out.