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Remember when Andrew and Kevin were drinking while Neil was standing at the edge of the balcony, watching his friends dancing and having a good time, knowing he could never be a part of that? Well:

• The whole team goes on another trip to Columbia to celebrate their victory
• Neil’s debating whether or not to go dancing, but of course he isn’t going to say anything and he likes staying with Andrew too
• And Neil knows there is no point in asking Andrew to dance because even if he agreed to, Andrew would not be comfortable on a packed dance floor
• And Neil wants Andrew comfortable a lot more than he wants to dance with him
• When the upperclassmen and Aaron and Nicky are heading off to go dancing, Renee asks Neil if he wants to come along
• Neil hesitates for just long enough to reveal he’s considering it
• Aaron takes off without waiting to see Neil’s verdict while Nicky starts up the “Come on, Neil. You never dance with us. Just once can’t you follow someone other than Andrew and Kevin’s lead and actually try to be fun?”
• And Allison’s already trying to drag him out of his chair while Dan tries to talk him into it and Matt chants his name in encouragement

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