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<strong>Judaculla</strong> 11<br />
Tim went down Caney Fork. e road chased a creek that plunged<br />
o the Tuckasegee and was made <strong>of</strong> blind curves. He’d run all over<br />
Cullowhee, and Caney Fork was the only road that didn’t bore him.<br />
Beardtongue blooms and baby lilies lined the road and kudzu reached<br />
for his feet. Tim slapped the fat leaves and his palm twitched and<br />
tingled. He ran like he could outrace the wind.<br />
Truth be told, though, Tim was tired <strong>of</strong> running. He’d been racing<br />
since he was eleven, and at twenty years old he was done with it. Back<br />
at Smoky Mountain High School, he was the track team’s pride and<br />
joy. State Champ, twice over, in the mile and two-mile, and he lead<br />
his cross-country team to three state trophies. He was courted by all<br />
the big names: Louisiana State, UCLA, Oregon, and Rice. Even the<br />
Army wanted Tim to run. He had the fastest set <strong>of</strong> legs in all <strong>of</strong> North<br />
Carolina and could have written his ticket to anywhere, but didn’t.<br />
His heart just wasn’t in it. He fell out <strong>of</strong> love with the race, so he<br />
disappointed everyone, stayed home, and signed onto Western’s team<br />
to get a free ride. His parents were more than a little mied; they had<br />
already gotten new jobs down state when Tim copped out. His mom<br />
was from Raleigh originally, and she wanted to move back closer to<br />
Tim’s grandfather. His parents moved anyway and gured Tim would<br />
eventually get sick <strong>of</strong> Cullowhee and want to transfer to Chapel Hill.<br />
He was smart enough, and it was a good racing team, but Tim never<br />
changed his mind. ey refused to let him live alone at the house<br />
and decided to rent it out and make him move into the dorms. Aer<br />
two years, it became abundantly clear that Tim had the will <strong>of</strong> a goat,<br />
and his parents decided to put the house on the market and stay in<br />
Raleigh for good.<br />
Luckily, Tim didn’t hate dorm life, but he did hate his room and<br />
teammate, Sean. Tim couldn’t wait for him to move out. Sean was<br />
supposed to be in the Fraternity Village at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the<br />
summer, but Western lost his room transfer request, again, and they<br />
were stuck together for another week. ey were never the closest <strong>of</strong>
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