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A Short Story : 'Catching Up'

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Catching Up
It was early in the afternoon. They were having lunch at a small dinner that was across the street from the university.
‘You still with Marissa?’ Henry asks.
‘No, that was a long time ago,’ George laughs.
‘Shame. She had a nice ass.’
The waitress comes and refills the two gentlemen’s cups of coffee.
‘Thanks,’ Henry says.
‘Thank you,’ George says.
The waitress smiles and leaves.
‘She was the hottest cheerleader, man. Remember that? Her ass would always jiggle after she kicked her leg up. She had this jump.’ ‘I remember,’ George says. Opening a sugar packet and pouring it into his cup of coffee and stirring it with his spoon, he gentles blows the steams and lifts the cup so high that it covers his entire face for a brief …show more content…

No non-senior won Homecoming King, but you somehow did,’ George says. ‘Who won Queen?’ ‘Amanda Domenici,’ Henry says matter-of-factly. ‘Boy, she had a nice ass.’
George shakes his head: ‘Did you ever date her?’
‘Did we date? No. She was nothing more than a booty-call. She said I was her first. I broke her in,’ Henry says proudly.
‘She was known as many things: promiscuous was one of them.’
Henry now takes a drink of his coffee: ‘Yeah. You heard anything about her?’
‘Last I hear she graduated from law school,’ George says.
Henry turns the other way, acting as if he didn’t hear this, but his facial expressions tell the fact of his amazement over hearing this information.
‘I always thought Victoria was prettier,’ George says, trying to find a connection.
‘Yes! She was a fine peice of ass,’ Henry says with notable enthusiasm.
He’s obsessed with buttocks, George thinks. He looks at his watch and nods: ‘Are you still with her?’
‘We’re on and off. I mean, we have a kid together,’ Henry shrugs.
‘Oh, that’s wonderful,’ George says genuinely.
‘Eh, the kid’s a loud mouth. Always talking shit.’ George looks at his watch again and smiles, wanting to laugh but prevents himself.
‘You married, George?’
‘Engaged. She teaches North American and French literature.’
Henry, with a hollow gaze in his eyes, only nods. The waitress comes back but this time has another waitress with her, putting on her apron: ‘I’m going on my lunchbreak but if you two need anything,

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