Cosmic || crb

1.0 a drunken colby

I kept feeling and hearing a buzzing noise as I was trying to sleep. For a moment, I thought I was sleeping through my alarm.

I quickly opened my eyes in a rush to get ready. It was still dark outside though so I didn't sleep through my alarm.

I looked at my phone to see Seth was calling me. Kat was still asleep while I answered the phone.

"Hey, is everything okay?" I whisper into the phone. I checked the time and it was one in the morning.

"I need your help. Colby's super drunk and he keeps saying your name." When he says that, I'm suddenly wide awake.

"I'll be there soon." I hang up the call and get out of bed. I had on a random theater shirt and leggings.

I slipped on my checkerboard vans and rush out the dorm. I jogged over to the frat house as fast as I could.

I walked in whenever I get there. I saw the kitchen light was on so I walked over there.

Both Sam and Seth were standing there. "Hey." I grab their attention. "Hey, I'm so sorry I called so late." Seth apologized.

"No, it's okay. What happened? I thought he didn't drink." I ask curiously. Both boys shrugged while looking sad.

"It happens every once in a while." Sam told me. I bite my lip, not wanting him to tell me if he can't.

"Where's he at?" I question. "Out back." I nod my head and head towards the back.

He was sitting on a random chair, drinking straight from the bottle.

"Colby?" I ask causing him to turn around and look at me. If he's mean and hateful sober, how is he gonna be drunk?

He didn't say anything as I slowly stepped forward. "Are you okay?" I ask him softly.

"Did Seth call you?" He ignored my question. I nodded my head. "He said that you've been saying my name." I tell him.

I don't really know why Seth called me. I don't know how to help. He chuckled a little bit while I get closer to him.

"What's wrong?" I ask him. I try to study his face, and he looks a little bit pissed off.

He chuckled a little bit while he looked at me. "Haven't you heard? My brother got a job at the New York Times."

I didn't know he had a brother. He started laughing more before I could say anything.

"The favorite son of my parents is now a journalist at the New York Times." He laughed while he took another swig.

"I can't even pass journalism. That's what I do best though, disappointing my parents." He was shaking his head.

"I doubt that's the best thing you do." I try to reason with him.

He started laughing and shaking his head towards me like I was wrong. "How would you know that though?" He kept his eyes on me.

"I bet you have the perfect family and you live in an expensive house." He judged me.

I might live in a decent sized house and my parents may show my sister and I love but it doesn't give him the right to judge.

"Just because you're drunk and pissed off at your family, it doesn't mean you can judge mine." I don't even know why I came out here.

It's the middle of the night and I have class in the morning. I don't have time trying to help someone who's just gonna judge me.

I got up so I could start walking away from him as he started laughing. I can let Sam and Seth deal with his drunken ass.

"That's the thing I like about you, Aspen." He started speaking. I stopped in my tracks so I could hear what he had to say.

"Most people are afraid to speak their mind to me so they won't. No matter how much shit I give you, you give it right back." He was now standing up.

I looked at him to see he was staggering towards me. "I just know how to defend myself." I shrug towards him.

My mom always taught me to defend myself and not let people treat me like shit.

"So you're not afraid of me?" He stepped closer to me. I could smell the alcohol on his breath.

"No, I know you won't hurt me." He looked surprised I said that. "What makes you say that?" He asked as I looked up into his eyes.

"You would've let Brad hurt me." I simply say. He looked defeated for a moment.

I know he won't hurt me, no matter how much he dislikes or hates me. "I wanna hate you, but I don't think I can." Now this is just getting weird.

"You're just drunk." I remind him. Before he could say anything, I could hear Seth clear his throat.

"Everything okay out here?" He asked making sure. I glare at Colby before looking back at Seth.

"Yeah, I was just coming back inside." I walk inside with Seth, leaving Colby standing outside.

I didn't realize how cold I was until I walked back into the house. "Is he okay?" Seth asked as we walked back to the kitchen.

Sam was still standing there. "He was just complaining about his brother getting on the New York Times." I inform them.

I could hear Sam sigh as he stood next to me. "I'm just confused cause I thought you two hated each other." Sam admitted.

I looked at Seth to see if I should explain it to Sam. He's the only person that knows that I've been tutoring Colby and what happened to Brad.

"We can trust him." Seth told me as I sighed. "For the past month or two, I've been tutoring Colby for his journalism class." I start out.

"Also, at the Halloween party, some guy was about to take advantage of me but Colby came and stopped him." I tell them.

Sam looked surprised about it. "Shit, I didn't know he was failing journalism. I'm glad he helped you out though." Sam admitted.

"Yeah, Seth encouraged him to let me tutor him. The only way he would do it was if I told no one about it." I figured he wasn't going to tell anyone.

Sam about it for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking. "So, does he not get along with his brother or something?" I question.

I looked at Seth to see he was looking over at Sam. That caused me to look over at the blonde boy.

Sam sighed while he looked over at me. "Colby might be my best friend, but I'll let him explain it to you, if you get to that level. No offense." I sigh in defeat.

"I completely understand." I don't try to push it anymore. I look at the time to see it was almost two thirty in the morning.

"I would love to stay up, but I have an early class. I wish I could be more help." I frowned a little bit towards them.

They both thanked me for coming and would keep me updated. Seth walked me back to my dorm so I wouldn't have to walk by myself.

Once I'm back in my dorm, I lay down in my bed. I laid there for the longest time, trying to go to sleep.

My mind was racing though so I eventually gave up. I couldn't stop thinking about Colby and why he was pissed about his brother getting the job.

One conclusion that I got was that his parents favored his brother, and possibly compared the two together.

It makes sense for his bad attitude and why he treats people so shitty. If my theory is true, then maybe treating people like shit is all he knows.

It makes me honestly feel a little bit bad for him. Maybe that's why he only talks to Seth and Sam.

They're the only two people that have showed him compassion when his parents haven't

There's for sure more under the surface than what he leads on to show.

I think it's a lot of pain.