Forrest, Forrest Gump

"Hey Forrest," a Louisiana-accented voice said, I looked up to see Bubba's dark face looking down on me, his bottom lip stuck out too far so his slightly yellowing teeth always showed. "Hey Bubba," I answered.

Bubba motioned with his rifle for me to get up, we was sitting all quiet-like in the mud under these bushes waiting for some men to come by so we could surprise them. Lieutenant Dan said we shouldn't talk if we wanted to surprise 'em properly, so I didn't know why Bubba was talking to me right then.

"Forrest," Bubba kept saying "When we get out of here we… we gonna be shrimpin' partners, right?" Bubba asked.

I looked at him all funny and said "Of course, Bubba. You're gonna be the captain and I'm gonna be your first mate, and we're gonna split the profit 50/50."

"50/50," Bubba nodded.

Now, I don't really know why Bubba hugged me right then, but he did, in fact, he hugged me for so long that Lt. Dan had to come and tell Bubba to stop hugging me.

"What are you two shitheads doin'?" Lt. Dan asked "We're at war here, boys, and I'm not gonna let my entire platoon get killed just 'cause you two want to hug, got it?"

"Yes, Lieutenant Dan!" Bubba and I shouted.

"Good… and keep it down, we're tryin' to station a surprise attack here." Lt. Dan said as he chewed on an unlit cigar.

And then the rain started…

A/N: This was an English project from way back in December, I liked it and I never got the mark back, so I decided to post it. :D