Snow fell on the adjacent hills, sleet on the airport. After they announced the delay, she smiled and asked: "Still drinking Coke?" The motley beer-tap handles looked like a group of childhood friends grown apart. He turned away from them and responded: "Okay." As they sipped their sodas, she studied his eyes - blue like hers. "Did you finish all your work?" "Everything except this essay on abortion. It's just hard to write about something with no bearing on you." She coughed up some cola. "You know, it was considered an intractable issue only 20 years ago." "I guess." "Do you have any choice?" Staring out at the amorphous white hills, he shook his head. "What were the different sides, again?" "I was worrying they taught you not to ask questions."
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