12
Athens
September 26, 2008
“Cole?” I asked as I slipped into his house.
“He’s out back, on the phone,” his roommate Tony told me.
“Thanks.”
I dropped my overnight bag at the bottom of the stairs and went to find my boyfriend. Cole was leaning against the back deck railing with his iPhone pressed to his ear. He smiled when he saw me. He pressed a kiss into my hair, and then held up one finger to say he’d be just a minute.
“Yeah, yeah. I don’t think that should be a problem.” He chuckled softly. “I know, and I do appreciate that. Sure, yeah, I’ll see you later. Bye.”
Cole hung up and then tugged me into him. “There you are!” He dropped his mouth onto mine. “I thought you were coming over right after class.”
“I would have come over earlier, but I had to pack first.”
“For what?”
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