Here is a list 15 of things about Liron that didn't make it into the story and I'm sharing now because I like beating a dead horse.
1. Liron once refused to attend Maddock's soccer game because Maddock said that art was stupid.
2. Liron forced Maddock to audition for a school play. Maddock was cast as Romeo and Liron was cast as Paris.
3. Liron failed his final math exam on purpose. Sadie forced him to rewrite it while Natasha secretly applied him to an Art program.
4. Liron had a collection of bras in college that he didn't know where they came from. His friends thought he was a player until Alenna admitted that she planted them in order to seed chaos. The two became fast friends because of that.
5. Liron was evicted from his dorm for painting on the walls. Natasha convinced the College Panel that it promoted culture and raised the property value.
6. Natasha once sent Liron to Bible camp by accident. Maddock spent that summer at an arts camp alone, where he met Jesse.
7. Jesse once punched Maddock for suspecting he had been secretly meeting up with Alenna, while it had been Liron all along.
8. Liron pitched in to help Natasha and Sadie buy Maddock a car. They sold it when they moved to the city to help save on fuel costs and the environment.
9. Maddock stopped smoking in college because Liron wouldn't speak to him.
10. Liron set Maddock up with a girl in his art program, but when that didn't work out, Liron tried to set Maddock up with her brother.
11. Liron started working for an advertising agency in his final year of College, but quit because he didn't like the rigorous corporate structure. He worked at a florist ever since.
12. Liron is afraid of hippos, even though he's never seen one. This is because he confused hippos and alligators as a child.
13. Liron once met Kirk Hammett and admitted that he didn't like Metallica. He's never told Maddock, who would have murdered him instantly.
14. Liron used to play video games competitively, but admitted that his success was more luck than anything else.
15. Liron can't cook. He's really really bad it.
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Stand By Me
Short StoryWhen Liron is diagnosed with a fatal condition, best friend Maddock and he must work through the anticipatory grief as they try to cope with Liron's worsening condition and imminent death. A tale about brotherhood, friendship, love and loss.
