"Please?" Colleen begged him with her big beautiful blue eyes. "It'll be fun, I promise." she continued. The two of them were sitting together on the couch in the apartment living room. Colleen had gotten a letter earlier inviting them to a fancy 'higher up' party and was now trying to get Blitz to accompany her.
"I'm not comfortable in a tie." he said looking down at her. She looked back up at him, exchanging pleasantries between quick blinks of the eye. "Fine." he said finally. There wasn't much he could do, he owed her. Not only for letting him stay here, but for being there. Just being there.
She squealed in delight, grabbing his hand and gripping it tightly as she stood up, pulling him into her arms. She wrapped them around what she could of his immense figure, squeezing tight.
They stayed like this for a few moments. "Colleen?" Blitz asked, catching her off guard. She looked up at him, giving a gleeful smile and nodding.
"C'mon, we have to get you fitted." she said, dusting his chest off daintily.
After about five hours of relentless shopping, Colleen had found something she liked on Blitz. After which, the two of them decided to go out for a night on the town together. She was finally going to show Blitz all that New York had to see, and she intended to let him see much more.
They were headed back to the apartments to drop off their clothing, walking down a crowded street in the middle of the city. Blitz carried the heavy bags in his hands, Colleen riding on his shoulders, a large smile on both of their faces as they got every odd look in the book. But they didn't care. There wasn't a damn to give about what other people thought of them as long as they were together, and as long as she had a smile on her face.
"Okay, okay." Colleen gasped between fits of laughter. "Put me down so I can unlock the door." Blitz let out one last chuckle and obeyed, setting the bags he was carrying on the ground and reached above his head, grabbing her by the waist and bringing her down in front of him.
"Thank you." she sighed in content as she reached into her pocket for her keys. Blitz looked down at her as she searched her pocket. Even the smallest things she did were incredible. And there they were, shiny and silver as she revealed them, only to put them into the lock of the door and twist them, opening the door. "Alright, come on." she said, bringing him into the apartment once more. "Set those up on the counter, we'll deal with them later."
"Later? Why not now?" Blitz asked as he turned to watch her walk off towards her room.
"I'm gonna freshen up a bit, change, and then I'm gonna take you out to see the city at night." she said with a playful smile forming on the corners of her lips. She then disappeared hurriedly into her room, closing the door behind her.
Blitz toyed with the idea in his head for a moment, not sure whether this would be beneficial or not. He walked toward the counter, setting the bags down with a heavy 'thud' and placed a paw to his chin. Why would she take him out now? It was probably just the excitement of the party getting to her. Either that or she was going to show him these things so he had something to talk about while they were there. Or-The thought crossed his mind, what if she wanted tonight to end with no one on the couch?
That was a scary thought. Not really as scary as it was unbelievable. That would never happen, and Blitz lashed himself for even thinking that may be a possibility among all of the others that had so much more to do with the situation. Besides, she was still trying to get over Hunter. People don't let go of things like that so easily.
His thought was interrupted by the sound of Colleen's door opening. She was radiant. Her hair now curled ever so slightly, cascaded down to about mid-back. She wore a black dress, it shimmered when the light hit it in just the right places, making the first glance even more powerful. It was short cut, stopping with a skirt-like ending at her knees. Leaving the curves of her legs exposed for all to see and marvel over. They were perfect, just like the rest of her.
"Well, stop staring and tell me how I look." she cut through his thought as she put a hand on her hip and shifted slightly to the left. How did she look? Words could not describe how she looked, but should he tell her that? No. He would just go with a typical answer, one that only slightly revealed how he felt.
"You look amazing, Colleen." he said slowly, still taking in her form. Blitz knew that he should have said something a little more witty, but the effect of what he'd just said didn't kick in right away, so it felt good for a few moments. She leaned forward slightly, then posing another question.
"How amazing?" she asked him, a sneaky little smirk lining her lips. He froze for a second, his mind going blank again. It was a little much that he was even living with her to begin with, but he'd learned how to form words and was doing well up until now. They had once again left his mind, completely selfish in the way that when he needed them most, they disappeared.
"Really, really amazing." he managed to get out. She laughed a little, seeing he wasn't able to form statements.
"I see." she said softly, seeming to chase away whatever insecurities he had about what he'd just done. She had a way about her. A way to make just about any situation better than it was. This was one. She moved past him, taking something from behind her back and then swiftly getting behind him.
"What are you-?" he asked, being cut off by the feeling of something wrapping around his neck. Her hands worked quickly, tying something on as she moved to come face to face with him.
"You look good in a tie, Blitz." she said, looking him over and smiling at the job she'd just done.
The larger dog looked down at his neck, "Thanks." he replied, giving a feeble smile back to her. Colleen looked to the window of the apartment, the sun was setting.
"Alright, come on." she said tersely, grabbing the keys from the counter that had been set next to their bags and grabbed Blitz's hand, leading him to the door. "We're gonna have some fun tonight."
More crowded than usual, the streets of New York seemed to be absolutely filled with life that night. There were all kinds of tourists, as usual, visiting the landmarks that the city held to it's reputation. The two of them walked side by side, gazing up at the lights of the downtown district as they continued their stroll. Blitz had never seen anything like it before. It was simply amazing, all of the flashing and flickering of the signs was almost enough to make someone feel as if they were no longer on this planet.
"Look over there!" Colleen said, pointing towards one of the flashing signs. "Do you know what that is Blitz?" she asked, hanging onto his arm.
The large dog put a paw to his chin and looked on at the sign. It's lights reflecting in his eyes as he took a moment of thought. "Nope." he said simply, looking back down at Colleen.
"It's Broadway!" she said, twirling herself around his arm like a dancer on a pole. "God, I've always wanted to be on that stage. If it weren't for my being a...well, you know." Blitz nodded in understanding at her comment.
"I got it." he said, sighing. "Colleen?" he asked her after a few more steps. "Can I ask you something?"
The collie stopped in her tracks just a step or two ahead of him, turning around to face him. "Well, sure Blitz, I don't see why not."
The large canine swallowed hard, shutting his eyes for a second that carried on far too long. "Why did you really let me come here with you?" he asked suddenly, opening his eyes again to see the beautiful blues of hers look down at the sidewalk.
"I-I'm not sure of that yet myself Blitz." she said in a stutter. "I thought I knew, when I brought you here..." she said with a pause. "Listen, I'm way too sober to deal with this sort of thing right now. Let's talk about this after I've had a few drinks or something." she said shakily.
Blitz nodded, "I didn't mean to upset you, if that's what I'm doing." he spoke softly.
"No, no." Colleen began, shaking her head, "I just do better with these situations when I'm relaxed." There. She admitted it right there and Blitz read it like an open book. A page of a newspaper that had just yesterday headlined the world's media, and the title was, 'Colleen Wants You!'.
"What exactly do you mean by that?" he asked quickly, stepping forward so that he was by her side once more.
She didn't respond at first, just a slight shrug of her shoulders as she gripped his arm with both of her hands, pulling him along with her. "A lot of things."