We Are Doing a Thing

I was stationed in Athens, GA in late 2009/2010, and Michael was in Job Corps. One day while on liberty I went down to the Pizza place on the corner. As I was going inside, Michael grabbed the door from behind me before I could get it. My friend made the comment of "Damn a cute white boy that stills opens doors, and he's a red head? Okay then." As he laughed and I internally blushed Michael kicked back with "Yea I'm a rare-breed so what's up?" at that point we all laughed. We sat down and waited for our order and we got to talking, but decided to just be friends because I was seeing someone at the time. We stayed in contact every now and then throughout my time there and even when I left Georgia for California, but unfortunately life happened and my number had changed and we stopped communicating. One day in a Facebook group I came across a thread asking about all the red heads and sure enough there was Michael. Ten years later and one August weekend meet up, and we have been together ever since.