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Shades of Blue
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SkyGirl5
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Chapter 5
“Dude you reek! Why don’t you take a shower?” Eric suggested with a grimace when he found his sweaty friend in their kitchen, gulping down a bottle of water.
“Um, I just walked in the door, I’m on my way to do that now thank you very much,” Michael told him.
Eric shrugged slightly. “How was your run?”
“Eh… you know…okay,” he said casually. “Ran with someone…”
“Ooo a female someone perhaps wearing one of those teeny tiny partially see-through running bras?” Eric asked sounding far too intrigued.
“Gee, Eric, you wanna take up running?” Michael asked with a slight laugh. Eric grimaced. “Anyway, it was a female someone, yes. We’re going running next weekend,” he said, purposely leaving out the identity of the female someone.
“That’s great – you should ask her out to, you know, do something less strenuous… although,” a wicked grin crossed Eric’s face. Michael rolled his eyes dramatically before leaving the kitchen.
As he showered and changed into clean clothes, Michael debated his decision to go running with Sydney that following weekend. He would have been lying if he said his change in appearance and lifestyle was one hundred percent to do with Eric’s heart scare. True, that had been the initial catalyst, but ever since Sydney’s heart wrenching dismissal of his dating invitation, he had been questioning the way he lived. After all, he had been a twenty-eight year old single man who played video games on Saturday nights. That certainly was not a normal way to live, at least, in his mind and in the opinion of several others including his mother, who pointed out her disapproval at nearly every opportunity.
Sydney turning him down that day in his office had put Michael into a month-long funk. He couldn’t help it; he had truly thought she liked him at least a little bit in the way that he liked her. Unfortunately, he had been wrong and, since he had felt that way about her for two years, it wasn’t something he got over in the blink of an eye. Eventually, though, he did move on and dated a woman for three months before breaking it off with her.
Keeping in mind that he had, in fact, moved on, Michael rationalized with himself that running with Sydney would be alright. After all it was just a jog in the park, not a marriage proposal, and, most importantly, she had apologized. Her apology was really the main reason he had agreed to see her once more. She could have not mentioned their awkward moment at all, but she apologized and seemed genuine about it, which was why he was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and give her a second chance.
~*~
“Hey, you made it,” Sydney greeted Michael with a smile the following Saturday. She was sitting on the bench where they had met, waiting for him, but stood when she saw him approaching.
“Yep. Thank god it’s not as hot today, right?” he said with a slight laugh.
“Oh I know, but, uh, I feel so bad, but I can’t really run today. I went jogging after work on Thursday and I rolled my ankle pretty bad,” she said, gesturing towards her foot.
Michael looked down and saw that, beneath her sock, her foot was wrapped in a flesh colored bandage. “Ohh… well, that’s okay; you wouldn’t want to hurt it anymore,” he said.
She nodded. “Well, um, I guess I’ll go, then. I don’t want to infringe on your run with my gimpiness,” she laughed slightly. “Maybe some other time…”
“No,” he said quickly. She looked up to him, looking slightly curious and half offended. “I mean you don’t have to go we could…sit or walk or something…”
“Walking’s okay,” she told him with a smile. He smiled back and then they started walking down the park’s path. “So…what made you go into the IT profession anyway?”
“Oh well… it’s stupid really, you don’t wanna hear about that…”
“I do; I asked,” she said with an insistent smile.
“Well,” he sighed. “I was planning out my schedule for my freshmen year of high school and I had no idea what I wanted to take. All the girls were taking home ec with the cooking and sewing and stuff and the guys were taking shop, but I had suffered through shop enough during eighth grade and I definitely wasn’t in the mood to suffer more if I didn’t have to, so I took computer science. Before then, I wasn’t really all that into computers. I mean, I could type up school papers and play solitaire but that was about it,” he laughed slightly.
“So basically you were like me,” she said.
“Well not quite that pathetic,” he said with a playful grin. She elbowed him lightly. “Anyway, I dunno… I just had a knack for it and started obsessing over it and got better and better and became the giant dweeb that I am.”
“You’re not a dweeb,” Sydney told him. “You’re good at what you do. I, for one, am lost without you.”
“Still pathetic?”
“Definitely. Although, I’m not quite as pathetic as I once was. I was forced to learn a few more things since the IT guy at my new office wasn’t as appreciative of my ridiculous questions as you were,” she told him.
“Ahh yes, well I am known for my patience,” he smiled.
“Right,” she laughed. “You were probably patient enough to hold in your laughter while you showed me how to turn my computer off and then went back to your office and laughed, calling me a freak.”
“Hey, now that is completely untrue,” he said in a very serious tone. “The word ‘freak’ was never used. I only called you a pathetic loser,” he grinned. She laughed loudly. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Trust me, you’re a computer wiz compared to the questions my mom calls me with.”
“Really? There’s someone worse than me?” she asked hopefully. Michael nodded. “Ah well then I guess I don’t feel so bad.”
They continued their walking and talking for almost an hour before Sydney noticed what time it was and realized she was going to be late for her lunch date with her parents and sister. “I’m sorry to run like this…”
“It’s fine,” Michael assured her. “I had a nice time… and I hope your ankle feels better soon.”
“Thanks,” she smiled. She was about to walk away, when she stopped herself and looked up at him. “You wanna maybe grab some dinner sometime? Or lunch… coffee…whatever?”
“Um…,” Michael sighed. He wasn’t sure what their jog-turned-walk had been classified as but hat was definitely a date invitation. Did he really want to do that to himself? After he was silent for a few moments, Sydney’s hopeful expression turned to one of obvious disappointment, which made his heart twinge. “Sure. Coffee… tomorrow?”
She nodded. “Eleven at the Starbucks right over there?” she asked, gesturing towards one end of the park. Michael nodded in confirmation. “See you then,” Sydney smiled softly at him before walking towards her car.
“Dude you reek! Why don’t you take a shower?” Eric suggested with a grimace when he found his sweaty friend in their kitchen, gulping down a bottle of water.
“Um, I just walked in the door, I’m on my way to do that now thank you very much,” Michael told him.
Eric shrugged slightly. “How was your run?”
“Eh… you know…okay,” he said casually. “Ran with someone…”
“Ooo a female someone perhaps wearing one of those teeny tiny partially see-through running bras?” Eric asked sounding far too intrigued.
“Gee, Eric, you wanna take up running?” Michael asked with a slight laugh. Eric grimaced. “Anyway, it was a female someone, yes. We’re going running next weekend,” he said, purposely leaving out the identity of the female someone.
“That’s great – you should ask her out to, you know, do something less strenuous… although,” a wicked grin crossed Eric’s face. Michael rolled his eyes dramatically before leaving the kitchen.
As he showered and changed into clean clothes, Michael debated his decision to go running with Sydney that following weekend. He would have been lying if he said his change in appearance and lifestyle was one hundred percent to do with Eric’s heart scare. True, that had been the initial catalyst, but ever since Sydney’s heart wrenching dismissal of his dating invitation, he had been questioning the way he lived. After all, he had been a twenty-eight year old single man who played video games on Saturday nights. That certainly was not a normal way to live, at least, in his mind and in the opinion of several others including his mother, who pointed out her disapproval at nearly every opportunity.
Sydney turning him down that day in his office had put Michael into a month-long funk. He couldn’t help it; he had truly thought she liked him at least a little bit in the way that he liked her. Unfortunately, he had been wrong and, since he had felt that way about her for two years, it wasn’t something he got over in the blink of an eye. Eventually, though, he did move on and dated a woman for three months before breaking it off with her.
Keeping in mind that he had, in fact, moved on, Michael rationalized with himself that running with Sydney would be alright. After all it was just a jog in the park, not a marriage proposal, and, most importantly, she had apologized. Her apology was really the main reason he had agreed to see her once more. She could have not mentioned their awkward moment at all, but she apologized and seemed genuine about it, which was why he was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and give her a second chance.
~*~
“Hey, you made it,” Sydney greeted Michael with a smile the following Saturday. She was sitting on the bench where they had met, waiting for him, but stood when she saw him approaching.
“Yep. Thank god it’s not as hot today, right?” he said with a slight laugh.
“Oh I know, but, uh, I feel so bad, but I can’t really run today. I went jogging after work on Thursday and I rolled my ankle pretty bad,” she said, gesturing towards her foot.
Michael looked down and saw that, beneath her sock, her foot was wrapped in a flesh colored bandage. “Ohh… well, that’s okay; you wouldn’t want to hurt it anymore,” he said.
She nodded. “Well, um, I guess I’ll go, then. I don’t want to infringe on your run with my gimpiness,” she laughed slightly. “Maybe some other time…”
“No,” he said quickly. She looked up to him, looking slightly curious and half offended. “I mean you don’t have to go we could…sit or walk or something…”
“Walking’s okay,” she told him with a smile. He smiled back and then they started walking down the park’s path. “So…what made you go into the IT profession anyway?”
“Oh well… it’s stupid really, you don’t wanna hear about that…”
“I do; I asked,” she said with an insistent smile.
“Well,” he sighed. “I was planning out my schedule for my freshmen year of high school and I had no idea what I wanted to take. All the girls were taking home ec with the cooking and sewing and stuff and the guys were taking shop, but I had suffered through shop enough during eighth grade and I definitely wasn’t in the mood to suffer more if I didn’t have to, so I took computer science. Before then, I wasn’t really all that into computers. I mean, I could type up school papers and play solitaire but that was about it,” he laughed slightly.
“So basically you were like me,” she said.
“Well not quite that pathetic,” he said with a playful grin. She elbowed him lightly. “Anyway, I dunno… I just had a knack for it and started obsessing over it and got better and better and became the giant dweeb that I am.”
“You’re not a dweeb,” Sydney told him. “You’re good at what you do. I, for one, am lost without you.”
“Still pathetic?”
“Definitely. Although, I’m not quite as pathetic as I once was. I was forced to learn a few more things since the IT guy at my new office wasn’t as appreciative of my ridiculous questions as you were,” she told him.
“Ahh yes, well I am known for my patience,” he smiled.
“Right,” she laughed. “You were probably patient enough to hold in your laughter while you showed me how to turn my computer off and then went back to your office and laughed, calling me a freak.”
“Hey, now that is completely untrue,” he said in a very serious tone. “The word ‘freak’ was never used. I only called you a pathetic loser,” he grinned. She laughed loudly. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Trust me, you’re a computer wiz compared to the questions my mom calls me with.”
“Really? There’s someone worse than me?” she asked hopefully. Michael nodded. “Ah well then I guess I don’t feel so bad.”
They continued their walking and talking for almost an hour before Sydney noticed what time it was and realized she was going to be late for her lunch date with her parents and sister. “I’m sorry to run like this…”
“It’s fine,” Michael assured her. “I had a nice time… and I hope your ankle feels better soon.”
“Thanks,” she smiled. She was about to walk away, when she stopped herself and looked up at him. “You wanna maybe grab some dinner sometime? Or lunch… coffee…whatever?”
“Um…,” Michael sighed. He wasn’t sure what their jog-turned-walk had been classified as but hat was definitely a date invitation. Did he really want to do that to himself? After he was silent for a few moments, Sydney’s hopeful expression turned to one of obvious disappointment, which made his heart twinge. “Sure. Coffee… tomorrow?”
She nodded. “Eleven at the Starbucks right over there?” she asked, gesturing towards one end of the park. Michael nodded in confirmation. “See you then,” Sydney smiled softly at him before walking towards her car.
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SpygirlAmy
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YEY!!!!
that was SO SO SO good!
i am really glad that he accepted and i hope that she isnt quite as mean this time!
cant wait for more
that was SO SO SO good!
i am really glad that he accepted and i hope that she isnt quite as mean this time!
cant wait for more
cookiemonster
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^ love that smiley.... fits so peeeerfectly
texasalias2004
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Should have known that Sydney was going to be the one to ask him out instead of him asking her. cute
texasalias
texasalias
scullymulder1234
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Hee! I'm glad Vaughn is being so good about this, since Syd was awful. I'm dying for tomorrow's update already, lol; I want to see how their date goes. Wonderful job!
derevkointraining
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gee, that sounds a lot like how michael felt a year ago when HE asked sydney. his hope turned to disappointment.
he should have been like, no. haha. then she would have had a taste of her own medicine.
but in a way, syd is superficial here, b/c she noticed michael this time for his new hot bod before getting to talking with him.
do you think she would have asked michael to run if he was still the glasses and pudge boy he was??
SkyGirl5
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um no :lol:
xMountineer02300844x
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YAY! They're going on a date, they're going on a date! WOOOOOO! I am so happy for Syd and Michael. I can't wait to find out how their date goes.
-erin
-erin
fieldstation
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syd needs to think of michael as the sweet-cool guy and not only as the hot-shot-holy-awesomely-sexy-god guy.
BrownEyedGirl
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YAY!! i just hope vaughn doesnt get hurt with all of this.
Nicky_Bristow
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Yay!! she asked him out, that's so good!! I'm glad Michael accepted, I can't wait for tomorrow's update.
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derevkointraining
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seee.. superficial syd. now down the road when they get married (and they will, cause well, it's a janet s/v fic, and I doubt eitherof them are dying), and their kids ask how they met.. michael will be all like "well, i asked your mom out once and she was a huge meanie to me and said no, only to say yes a year later when i turned into an adonis."
LOL.
mbellsdiva
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Michael had been somewhat a loser. At lease something positive came from Sydney's turning him down.
He did get in better shape and he did date someone else.
It was nice of Sydney to wait for him even though she couldn't run with him.
A coffee date is a good start.
Plus, Sydney asked him.
He did get in better shape and he did date someone else.
It was nice of Sydney to wait for him even though she couldn't run with him.
A coffee date is a good start.
Plus, Sydney asked him.
