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plopped down on my cot with my
arms folded up behind my head.
“Yep.”
    We laid there for a few hours
before he conked out and fell asleep. I
thumped him between the eyes as
nightfall began to hit.
“What the fuck man?” He called
out.
     
“Eat some crackers, stupid.” I
responded.
     
He sat up on the edge of his bed.
“You woke me up for crackers?”
    “Nope, I woke you up for crackers
and water. Guess you thought I was
kidding about getting healthy or
dying.” I stated while holding out the
crackers.
There was a slight tap at the door.
“Come in!” I called out.
    Bo walked through the door. “Hey
bro, your wife said I could probably
find you in here. I would have come
sooner, but I was helping unload and
stopped by the cafeteria and ate.”
“It’s all good man. Did Karen give
you a cot?” I responded.
    “Yeah, it’s out here in the hallway.
She wasn’t sure where I could sleep.”
Bo answered while Steven remained
quiet snacking on his crackers.
    “Hell, there’s plenty of room in
here. I mean, Steven doesn’t mind,
he’s planning on dying sometime in
the near future anyways.” I stated.
Bo’s eye’s widened. “I don’t want
to intrude.”
    “No intrusion at all. Throw your
cot up right over there.” I stated while
pointing to the biggest portion of the
room.
    Steven looked at me with crumbs
from the crackers still wrapped
around his lips.
“Looks like you need some water.”
I stated while forcing it to his mouth.
Bo walked back in with his cot.
“Are you sure?”
     
“Yeah, you can help babysit.” I
stated.
     
Steven choked a bit from too much
water at once.
     
I started patting his back. “Easy
buddy, burp it out.”
     
He pulled back. “God damnit! I’m
not a fucking baby!”
    Bo’s eye’s widened again like he
wasn’t sure if this was the best of
ideas.
    “Easy brother, I’m going to find
you a playpen for your play time and
some baby bumpers to keep you from
doing stupid things in the middle of
the night without adult supervision.” I
told him.
“You really are a true asshole.” He
told me.
     
Bo started laughing.
     
“How the fuck is any of this
funny?” Steven asked him.
    “TJ has always been an asshole.
That’s not new news there.” Bo
responded while still laughing.
“Everyone’s a comedian.” He
stated.
     
I shoved more crackers at him.
    “Just how many of these do yo
u
think I’m going to eat?” Steven now
pissed off.
I pulled the whole handful from my
pocket. “Oh, about this many.”
He gave me a go to hell look and
proceeded to eat the crackers.
    Bo got all setup and laid down.
“We got anything planned for
tomorrow?”
    I handed Steven the last of the
crackers. “Actually I have something
planned, but I’m only taking a handful
of us and I’m sure it’ll piss off some.”
    Bo raised up. “Like what?”
“You’ll see.” I answered.
“Good, maybe I can get some sleep
with you gone.” Steven chimed in.
    I stated laughing. “You’re going
too, so finish those crackers and I’d
suggest getting some rest.”

CHAPTER TWO
I COULD hear footsteps in the
    hallway when I opened my door.
Steven was hovered over me with his
mouth opening and closing. It
appeared that his body was frozen in
time in some misshapen form. It
startled me and I quickly punched him
in the jaw.
His body shot upward and he
grabbed his jaw. “What the fuck?”
    “I change my mind about the baby
bumpers, I’m going to start strapping
your ass to that bed.” I stated.
Bo sat up and stretched. “What’s
going on?”
    “Zomboy wanted to eat my ass, but
I’m not into that type of thing, so he
got the knuckles.” I threw out
sarcasm.
Steven was still rubbing his jaw.
“Fuck you.”
    “Get dressed and me
et me out at
the storage.” I ordered before walking
out.
    I stopped by Gizmo’s room. “Hey
brother, come with me to the storage
shed.”
Tina stood up. “Are y’all really
going back out?”
    “Yep, but you