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Athens
April 27, 2010
Cole shoved his way through the crowd of people lining up along the sidewalk in downtown Athens. I waved at him, jumping a little so that he could see where I was standing. I’d staked out the perfect spot to watch the annual cycling competition, Twilight. It was optimal primarily because it was on a corner to watch the inevitable crashes, which was what people really came downtown for.
Oh, and beer.
Cole passed me a drink and squeezed in tight to me. Barry and Tony, much to the crowd’s dismay, shuffled around us.
“Thanks for holding our place,” Cole said. He bent down and captured a kiss.
“We should have probably left Tweedledee and Tweedledum,” I said, gesturing to his friends. “They take up more space.”
“Hey!” Barry said.
“We take offense to that,” Tony
