I love that story, short though it is. I have three buddies from the old neighborhood when I was a kid: a guy named Jessie, who lives on a horse ranch about one mile down the road from my parents' house. And then there's Danny and his brother, Lachlan, who moved into the house across from mine, when I was around twelve or thirteen-ish.
Even though we've all gone our separate ways, we still keep in touch, and we meet about once a month or two. Danny is straight, Lachlan is gay, and Jessie is asexual. Almost makes you wonder if there really is something in the water.