18.) Shots*
Jocelyn had refused to let him talk to Joanna, and the good friend that he was, Jim had taken him out drinking. They had been kicked out of half a dozen bars and left another five when Jim had dragged him into the last bar for the night.
Settling their tab, Bones was ready to stumble into bed when someone bought jello shots for everyone in the bar. Keeping Jim from killing himself by drinking a strawberry jello shot, he somehow found himself in a competition to see who could drink the most shots with the other men in the bar. He had tied for first with Jim.
"Bonesy, we should be pirates. We can kidnap your princess and make the evil witch walk the plank. I'll be the captain and you'll be my first mate."
"We don't even have a ship or the clothes."
"No problem, leave it to me Bonesy."
"Aye aye Captain Kirk."
In the morning, neither would remember how they ended up as pirates in the jello pool, but if he had, Bones would blame the jello shots.
Written: 7-6-2011
Word Count: 182