Hello once again. :D This might be the last chapter for the night that I'm updating. not sure. ;D.
Once everything calmed down, Carol had taken Ed back to camp and to their tent. He kind of deserved his beating, but Shane did go a bit too far. I was walking by the RV and Dale was coming down for a bit.
Hey, Avis do you mind keeping an eye on things on the RV? I'm going to check on Jim." Dale asked.
"Sure," I replied. He handed me his binoculars. As I was bout to climb the ladder, Dale stopped me.
"Hey, if you ever need the shower, there's one in the RV." he said.
"Oh, God. That sounds amazing." we shared a laugh and he left. I climbed the ladder and noticed Andrea and Amy walking up the path. They were carrying something. Fish! That looks so good. My stomach jumped in excitement. Even the whole group was excited. Andrea gave Morales the fish and he showed it to Carl.
"You have Dale to thank for the canoe and gear." Andrea said.
"Whoa! Cool!" said Carl. "Can you teach me how to do that?" he asked.
"Sure," said Amy. "I'll teach you all about nail knots and stuff." she laughed. 'If that's okay?" she looked to Lori.
"You won't catch me arguing." she replied.
"Hey, Dale. When's the last time you oiled those line reel?" asked Andrea. "They are a disgrace." I climbed down to go to the group.
"I, uh-I don't want to alarm anyone, but we may have a bit of a problem." Shane and I reached the little group and Dale pointed up at where Jim looked to be shoveling something. I handed Dale his binoculars and he thanked me and went back to his post. I went over to where Lori was sitting.
"Mind if I sit here?" I asked.
"No, go ahead." she replied. I sat down and took a deep breath.
"You know, I've always liked the outdoors. The birds, mostly." I looked to Lori and she smiled.
"I heard you were singing earlier to the girls." she said.
"Oh, yeah. I just figured it'd be something to do to pass time. Ya know?" I chuckled.
"I also heard you're from Clayton and went to cosmetology school? Right?"
"Yep, I learned to do nails, and cut hair." I said.
"Do you mind cutting Carl's hair next time," she rubbed his head. "Because, you know, I'm such a professional."
"No problem." After sitting for a while talking with Lori, Dale came down and said he was going up to check on Jim again. This time the camp went with. The way there was very long. Yes, I do complain, but come on. Once we finally got up to where Jim was I noticed there were some holes everywhere.
"Hey, Jim?" asked Shane. No response. "Jim, why don't you hold up, all right? Just give me a second here, please."
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Well we're just a little concerned, that's all."
"Dale says you've been out here for hours." says Morales.
"So?" asked Jim.
"So why are you digging?" no response. "Are you digging to China, Jim?" Shane asked chuckling.
"What does it matte? I'm not hurting anyone." Jim replied.
"Yeah, except maybe yourself. It's 100 degrees today. You can't keep this up." said Dale.
"Sure I can. Watch me." Jim sounded like a little kid.
"Jim, they're not gonna say it so I will. You're scarring people. You're scaring my son and you're scaring Carol's daughter." Lori said.
"They got nothing to be scared of. I mean. What the Hell, people? I'm out here by myself. Why don't you all just go and leave me the Hell alone?" Jim protested.
"We think that you need to take a break, okay? Why don't you go and get yourself in the shade?" asked Shane stepping forward. "Some food maybe. I'll tell you what-maybe in a little bit I'll come out here. I'll help you myself. Jim just tell me what it's about. Why don't you just give me the shovel?"
"Or what?
K weird stopping point but I'm sooo tired. If you're lucky I'll put the next chapta up. I don't like chapters like these ones, cuz theres not a whole lot of Avis, but watevs.