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\u201cHey Harv!\u201d a voice boomed as a foot kicked the front door \u201cI\u2019ve got a hog sized keg! You got a few mugs?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvey groaned, knowing that yes, tonight was the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His better half was visiting her mother, taking with her their two little ones. Weekends like these, Harvey got some quiet \u201cme time\u201d which usually meant falling asleep on the sofa. Good enough for him, but since he had mentioned the free weekend to his old college buddy Jules, the man had insisted on coming over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello Jules,\u201d Harvey thinly smiled as he answered the front door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Standing, six foot six, Jules Dante was still baby-faced, save for a few creases across his forehead and a few more grey streaks in his hair. He was Peter Pan in that he aged but never grew up, still possessing a little of the wild undergraduate in him, even at forty-five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHarvey!\u201d Jules bellowed \u201cLook at you man, gained a little weight, lost a little hair. Ha!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True but Harvey didn\u2019t need to be reminded. His wife showed tact these days by making his sandwiches with a little less meat and a little more lettuce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat ya up to, huh?\u201d shouted Jules and before Harvey could murmur a response, he rambled on: \u201cnow as for me? Well let\u2019s see. Shot a guy, no, not like you\u2019d think, he was coming at me with a knife. Got sent to rehab after I almost OD\u2019d. Played bass last year for a punk band, didn\u2019t have too many gigs. I also had a kid with some woman, or at least I think it was mine, can\u2019t tell you what she\u2019s up to nowadays and oh yeah, I acted in a TV series. You ever seen \u2018Cider with Apples?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan\u2019t say I have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, you will, it\u2019s got a few Emmys in the bag for sure. Hell, I\u2019ve got two lines in episode three. Might have been cut but fuck me, I\u2019ve acted on TV, how many guys do you know who can say that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNone,\u201d Harvey replied, knowing that he had no life outside of his job or family but found himself oddly proud of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExactly,\u201d laughed Jules, poking a sausage finger into Harvey\u2019s chest \u201cNot a goddamn one. Anyhow, we have got to get it hot in here man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jules took control of the evening as he always did, cranking the temperature on the thermostat just a little too high. His (probably empty) keg went untouched as he helped himself to the beer in the fridge. Likewise, he insisted they watch a gory horror film that he swore was a masterpiece, but Harvey found beyond tedious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever, you said yes to Jules because he never let you say no. You watched the guy live it wild whilst you were content to sit on the side lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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