As Fast as She Can

上星期六去新竹吃喜酒，遇到好久不見的同學兼室友獨自出席。稍稍試探之下，才知道原來是分手了。老實說，我是很訝異的，即使，有一段時間沒有和他們聯絡了，而感情的事情本來就沒有一定會怎麼樣。雖然，當多年前他們開始在一起時，給人的感覺是那樣地特別，卻又意外地契合。我總以為，即使他們一直因為一些小問題沒有進入禮堂，但走出這一步卻也該是遲早的事情。

男生很簡單，陪他稍微喝一點，胡亂聊些別的，時間過了就會沒事了。但，我還真不知道要怎麼去看待女孩MSN上面的「心痛」兩字。雖然他們都是我的朋友，但這樣的事情，終究是局外人的。當到了這個年紀，分手除了感情的逝去，也帶著寂寞的徬徨。

我想起了出自喜歡的影集"How I Met Your Mother"裡的一段對話。Stella終究沒有和Ted在一起，而Ted雖然對這段感情早已看開，卻不免為真命天女遲遲未出現而感到著急：

Ted: Okay, I'm going to say something out loud that I've been doing a pretty good job of not saying out loud lately. What you and Tony have, what I thought for a second you and I had, what I know that Marshall and Lily have, I want that. I do. I keep waiting for it to happen. I'm waiting for it to happen. I guess I'm just tired of waiting. And that is all I'm going to say on that subject.
Stella: You know, I once talked my way out of a speeding ticket?
Ted: Really?
Stella: I was heading upstate to my parents' house doing, like, 90 on this country road, and I got pulled over. So this cop gets out of his car. He kind of swaggers on over and he's, like, "Young lady, I have been waiting for you all day." So I looked up at him and I said, "I'm so sorry, Officer. I got here as fast as I could."
Ted: For real?
Stella: No. It's an old joke. I know that you're tired of waiting. And you might have to wait a little while more but, she's on her way, Ted. And she's getting here as fast as she can.

當時間來臨之前，也許伴隨著一些試煉，而我們只能稍微耐心的等待。等待在正確的時機迎接對的人，準備好在上天所安排的時刻走進她/他的生命。