>>18744396As if by premonition, or perhaps subconscious, Carmody leads to Colby in Sola’s mind. All those weeks of texting a random number. And they didn’t even have the decency to reply. Rude, Sola thinks. It’s not hard to send a simple message -- well, except that Sola had had Colby’s number for a while now, and couldn’t yet bring herself to send that text message. Even though she knows it was because the number was wrong, Sola wants to wait before talking to Colby about... everything. About Jen -- uh, Sapphire. About Nikki, who Sola has since learned was the other ‘incident’ Colby was referring to. Heck, about Carmody herself, of course. About Amy. Maybe one day, about Nika. But now is not the time to think about Colby. She could walk into this Dojo right now and Sola wouldn’t --
>>18743270>[Colby Jefferson walks in the doorway of the WWA Dojo.]Sola does her best to hide behind the weights machines. She thankfully doesn’t have her jacket on, and can conceivable just be another of the rookies, but -- well, maybe that’s not what Sola wants? Choosing not to text someone isn’t quite the same as avoiding them altogether, and perhaps Sola should own that choice instead of pretending it was an accident. She straightens up and returns to her boxing.
>[Smaller glove. Back and forth. Keep your form. Control your breathing. If Colby wants to talk, she will. You have a match to prepare for.] 