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walked past I saw Cindy standing in the back changing her clothes. I quickly turned my head the other way but not before seeing her in only her panties and bra.
                  “Did you get a good look?” Al asked.
                  I could feel my face turning red as Gina burst out laughing. “I didn't see anything.”
                  “Oh your ass,” Gina said. “I'm sorry Cindy. He can’t help himself. He was born with that creeper blood in him. It’s a family problem I think.”
                  “Goddammit. I had no idea she was in there.”
                  “Why did you think I was standing here, for my health?” Al asked.
                  “I never even gave it a second thought.”
                  “Steve, don't let them get to you,” Cindy said, coming out of the back of the truck. “They're just giving you a hard time. Besides it's nothing you haven't seen before.”
                  “Well I'm sorry. After the day you've had the last thing you need is me seeing you naked.”
                  “I wasn't naked.”
                  “In his sick, twisted mind you were,” Al said.
                  This got Gina laughing again.
                  “I hope you're all happy,” I said. “Are we going to spend the night here?”
                  “Changing the subject, good tactic,” Gina said.
                  “Let's take the trucks up to some higher ground,” Al said. “If it rains this creek could overflow its banks.”
                  “Do you think it might rain?”
                  “I don't know Steve. I'll check on the radio for the weather,” Al said.
                  This brought another round of laughter from Gina and Cindy.
                  “Yeah, I'll see if I can get a forecast too,” I said.
                  The laughing stopped and they all just stared at me. Al just shook his head and got in the truck. I climbed into the cab of the U-Haul and waited for Gina. I knew they were kidding me but it pissed me off. The way Gina and Al could be at each other’s throats one minute, then the next they're the best of friends. Laughing their asses off at something. Usually at my expense. Gina got in the truck and sat staring straight ahead. After she couldn't take it any longer she looked over and burst out laughing again.
                  “You two are a couple of cards. You know it?”
                  “Just letting off a little steam. Don't take it to heart.”
                  I started the U-Haul and followed Al up the hill. Gina was right. We all dealt with the stress of this hell we now lived in pretty much the same way. We gave each other a hard time and tried to laugh as much as possible. I just hoped Al and Cindy didn't really think I was really trying to sneak a peek.
                  After about a half an hour the road dead ended. I was hoping to find a cabin or house to spend the night in but we were probably safer sleeping in the trucks anyway. I got the Coleman Stove out of the back of the truck and got it set up. Nobody felt like cooking, or cleaning up, so we decided to have some of the MRE's. They weren't very tasty but at least it was something hot. Gina got our sleeping bags and zipped them together. We would sleep in the U-Haul and Al and Cindy would take the truck. Al seemed to have staked a claim to our new truck. Which was fine with me. After a few days we would probably get tired of sleeping in the cab and start sleeping in the back of the U-Haul anyway. It was just too soon after Rick had died back there. I didn't feel comfortable when I was in the box of the truck yet and Gina made it very clear that she wasn't spending the night in there.
                  We sat around outside for a while but