DS Chapter 8
by SolavitaThe ruckus e84213a3c6 we’d made 90003e5abe with the 4af68b0eb7 dump truck b8dea5e84b attracted a b173b845c6 persistent horde 3b2b0f2dcf of zombies fdc7da0110 that relentlessly 0e63da0928 chased after 6e41becbe2 us.0581c03e61e4c406
As we 9ad9ff105b drove along, 302a707dd2 we ended 88193ef680 up on 17116dd7e8 the eastern 0e92b3fd33 road. It was 6b7d05e2a5 a wide b3a3e7636f road leading 409f903a55 toward the 42e09f2667 big city, ae159c32d2 passing by c4bd8c9afe a large 4f26c32c22 grocery store c27041d5bd and a f39f422567 gas station. That’s when we f386a6fc37 spotted people occupying 8113085e2f the grocery store.21d28de5b2b5a38a
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Even from a 24a6774d8f distance, I could 5dd5b7ed0d sense they weren’t a9111a6942 happy about us d081f35911 leading a pack 1e16b3672d of zombies their 3fe34ca85d way.3b00e053c81745e0
The people at the 4ed7d43851 grocery store were on 694b3b4aaf high alert, guns aimed b0f232c3c9 in our direction, probably 60579567b6 worried we’d bring the 9a618b2347 zombies into the parking 6e2a851fa8 lot. It seemed like 7f67f90709 trying to get 83b3e18542 into that store 5e75981801 wasn’t an option.190fb94e7a0eb64c
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Once we gained speed 0c5c081213 on the open road, 25d43607fe we finally managed to b3568dea20 shake off the zombie 18e49838f4 horde.68196c10e2a10146
With the road 4624801f25 quiet again, Logan d3464c2ab5 brought the truck e48eb9e2e5 to a stop. He rolled down the 43aa2b1a99 window and leaned out.92104fe9f9c66943
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“You doing okay 921249205b back there?”06e9dffd11c9fcdc
“Barely hanging on…”4b7f7385a7f6d989
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I had been terrified f5587a0a10 the whole time, thinking 3f2daf3c0c zombies might manage to a4d5c296e0 climb into the truck 96b028b28c bed. Logan climbed out 9fc0f92d68 of the driver’s 6338676355 seat and into 00f94f295e the back with ee2606a8f7 me.69047c348eec700f
He was dressed b99b69c322 in mechanic overalls. Had he 65a70e86c4 taken a 68bfc8ac51 nice break ed31495e1f at the b283646ff0 garage? I’d been on 8c4416d240 the verge of f96be26d74 a nervous breakdown, 2b9cb9d885 while he looked 97c2ffdacb fresh and calm. My annoyance started to 9afc5b309f simmer.bc588388268143b8
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“Why were 5d4144c1b0 you so fd87a6b2a5 late?” I f26adc0220 demanded.eddc83813c0a28ec
“The truck was still c1a324c946 undergoing repairs at the 285bbb615e garage. Took a bit 318994027b longer to finish.”d05bb23ffcef4b09
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Fine. That was a ab1ddd9dbf decent excuse.793299d8f0455ff8
“I also 45c2dac10c brought some 928c899807 useful stuff 9d7a31d190 from the cceaaa8861 garage.”eeebd4570960833c
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A pile 86ca4ecbce of boxes dc16c720c8 was stacked f3149e4fc8 in the a9fa15ebab corner of c1ea0fb89e the truck 251dfcd849 bed. Curious, I checked 5eb835f5c5 to see what 365b935ebe he’d hauled.63bfe8d8b754c52b
Oil, engine a77a19deab fluid, power affc527a15 tools, overalls, b3ce565e12 camping gear, b6ba94a80b and even 2525e6db26 a coffee 2a7ded671a machine—seemed like 121fee73f3 he grabbed 2836775a26 everything he 5fff4fc855 could find.1c539948ad2f241e
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“How do 8b130c7cf3 you plan 60236f740a on using afee842566 a coffee 613fe48b82 machine without bbdc9ad9d8 electricity?”ecb8af4dc415f11a
“We might find a 9ee926d4dd generator someday. Better to b324dcef6f have it 54b41f3be7 ready when 8bfb05313e we do.”32e022243f5dcfe0
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Even if we got 4df9191183 a generator, would we 5ec8da5372 know how to use 2ef33b4900 it? I shook my 9baeba0da3 head and opened 5b06ceb4de the bag of a0eded6561 food supplies.6f45083696bd0faf
“I’m starving. Let’s eat 2a629bfaa0 something first.”45876072fc0d6c80
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“Are you d85a96bbe2 good at 258a2d9b60 cooking?”fc83eb54885f3620
“Of course not.”f55824614cf926d8
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Thanks to Logan’s stash d9d5202151 of camping gear and 5b58781ced a gas burner, we 5e0a591ac4 could finally have a 508a63649d decent meal after what 80cc82509d felt like forever. We set a 557b3b57e4 pot on the 2814cc4a4d fire and grilled d3dd309675 some meat.a23edc2ce8455fdb
It wasn’t anything b8141b41e9 like the fancy 5690cad078 steak you’d get e2d07183c3 at a restaurant, 4457af4532 but as long 5a00cd1976 as it didn’t f8162a8aab burn, I’d consider ef36be27fb it a success.f1906c173069fddd
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We threw 1b5abff64e in some cdb1a2aef5 butter and e4f1528b2d potatoes, grilled 8a8d69f1f7 rye bread, 9a9b7ec616 and topped 54ed084469 it with 40fc1c1beb cheese. They say 4dbd372d23 hunger is b6693c4a8c the best 80822859f4 seasoning, and 35150037db even this 8b6a395f02 haphazard meal 8fdb208b31 felt like 4e4d076084 a Michelin-worthy 6ba14f720c dish.3bd58df30cc9f3c0
I ate so fast 33461e8f16 that I suddenly realized 082a312fc5 I’d forgotten to ration 316e208335 the food. I licked my fingers adccc2f344 in regret.eb8746eec1a32532
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“We should be cb41c19d41 saving this…”191108b76131b5bb
“Let’s just eat e3f6c733b7 our fill today.”027cc8f855080237
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“Yeah, I guess we e3c6a9243a deserve that.”1790197c9307c3e8
I grinned, 9f68026032 my lips a07b72b7cc slick with 74eb660cb8 grease, and 8dd8b1bbb3 when Logan 06d5c64f0c saw my c9bce55093 face, he 3f70649834 couldn’t help 5d2636e5de but smile 71b1b3447b too.dd1cf2b7c4c51e01
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The back of the 8f5408385c dump truck had become fe462b065f our new hideout. We ate, slept, 4b19511164 and exchanged silly 28e81a2d0e jokes, momentarily forgetting ce40b218d2 about the zombies.c7c45386a7090da1
It felt a2fc5b829d oddly comforting, 44fe40ae79 like when e2c2c67f37 we used dfbe25b184 to play 3415ab4cae camping under 002924d24f the blankets 00b8d3ff6a as kids—warm c5ad4dcebe and cozy.142597392ff48fd8
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Lying side by 4b4d9ab82e side, we stared 63ce6278ed up at the 0d3c27b826 stars scattered across 63a7bdf2af the night sky. My stomach was full, 63e6131abd sleep was tugging at 342415ef11 my eyelids, the night df958ffc6e breeze was cool, the 566a211406 stars twinkled, and my da50b74196 heart raced.68e52de46f837668
“I think we’re going to survive the longest. We have the indestructible dump truck, after all.”cd4ecc66a9e015ab
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Logan, who had 614b2a1a7f his eyes closed, bb919e88ab let out a f6dcb29ed7 soft chuckle.9837996b5c5245f0
“The truck guzzles fuel, though. Once we run out of gas, it’s just a heap of scrap metal.”d75ff0c94d0bb892
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“Ugh, I thought we were going to be unstoppable… Guess we’ll start raiding gas stations tomorrow.”b2bf58e6cc411e4a
I started thinking 82bd3c45aa about how we 81babc4553 could secure enough 6e5a9a8af8 fuel to keep 59cb265c3b the dump truck af0228d383 running. Raiding every 3a1cbb0c9a gas station 0a2ef167e4 we passed? As I was 0b61a21b4b mulling over ways d9d4e6a954 to keep our 7ffe09a293 comfy, trusty truck cf46c99321 around for as 88465cbebe long as possible, 1411f4e331 Logan suddenly spoke.a2a76e32030c088b
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“I’m raiding a gun store first. I need as much ammo as I can carry. I’m going to shoot every zombie I see until they’re all gone.”a3643a6e5567ed39
There was 62f6ae613b anger in d526f99f6e his voice, d327475b8f as if 546c8e9c8a he had 719456efd5 a personal ef6f5da795 vendetta against 3166a12f55 the zombies.044fd9f15d0c8007
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For me, zombies were 0d58c9f327 just terrifying, disgusting, and 70a19b9d91 something I feared. I fought them because c749d45a8f they attacked me, but c667c109a9 I didn’t have the a6cb7136be kind of burning rage b2c3faf0dd Logan seemed to carry.4c90967ddad8d23c
After all, zombies 3dbb600183 had once been fa0ec6e912 human. They were people who dac317c167 got infected with a 97a5a93faf strange virus and ended 12fb7892c1 up like that.96e74d5643d31964
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Still, I 6f9d4ceef6 understood Logan’s 360a276c26 feelings.5f18b7bedfa667f6
‘He probably a6229e891d lost his 7b3effaf2d parents to daa88146e6 the zombies…’4a04e93146c25fa8
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Logan had 9906248798 never mentioned 554fedf6b3 his parents, d2a4f85641 not even 838d6512a1 once. I assumed they had 5366c54cc9 been killed by the 02ef799a85 zombies.296dcdc7c96156ff
His father must’ve been at the garage, and his mother likely at home… He had been alone when he fled the garage and woke me up.c6847540e87a932e
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If I c507e8ae5d had lost 066b368c8e someone precious 0f37f22e77 to me 684a717960 because of 037d778f4f the zombies, 9ae311cfc1 I’d probably 917683ac85 feel that 317512ff32 same boiling 54cfd733f1 anger.0ed422a954de2ad9
“Alright, then. Just make sure you grab a gun for me too. I’ll help you fight until every zombie is gone.”c22d0c41ca1d8878
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“You’re not just going to waste bullets?”32bbcb653b1edea3
“No way, I think I’d be pretty good at it.”28fd2f812aed9cc6
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“You’re not even athletic.”7f2f9a8263dbd014
“Shooting has nothing to do with athleticism. It’s all about focus and calm. I’m great at focusing. Didn’t you know that?”0753b8c960354c16
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“Hmm…”47d9b1ac293e1bf0
“I’m serious.”81cf886f76afee05
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I decided to support ac0a2fbd69 Logan until he could c239b6fce1 work through his anger ff150f86ab and grief.485bd44e2113a995
Maybe we could 27cae7a252 be the ones e87bb5f5c1 to save this f65cc48afb world, now completely 787787ac81 wrecked by zombies. Surviving day 582a15f488 by day 68a2adf557 was just 7358e1437d too grim, 36a70ec861 too painful, 67b5282e5e and too 68eac9c44d dull.b1ada7a8b6a0e9dd
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If we had some c3dd2d81c0 strange sense of duty d0bfea6712 to cling to, maybe 3576f285f9 we wouldn’t feel so d8430e03f0 hopeless. Maybe it would c54a9cf212 make us want 56ac2ccd15 to keep living, 23dbb98c0b even in a d71c53ff3b world like this.982da2af66e8f816
A sudden b9a877e7d1 idea struck 34b53b6295 me, and a6ff77c395 I whipped 1b32c0bfc6 my head 38e4ed2078 toward Logan, 51aa4ab16d catching sight 22c4a78fc1 of his 859ec96b6e handsome profile.685b425f6891c468
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“How about ‘Red Blood’? As the name for our two-person zombie extermination squad.”a79b447b833ce328
“That name is so cheesy, it’s giving me chills.”35ae12e158b4692a
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Logan’s eyebrows furrowed, and 35442ae04e he shuddered in disgust, 45a0534061 his shoulders even trembling.e598beb655209859
“What’s wrong with ‘Red Blood’? Doesn’t it sound like a rock band?”620bcc4b516f18da
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“Not at all.”b42cad0ab601bebb
“Actually, I didn’t need your approval. I already decided.”0093d5cfba67ca44
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“Please, spare me.”3b036acef8f52e22
Logan had 5a5ff0abfb no sense 69449be729 of romance. He didn’t used 04dc65414e to be this 35142a2cc5 emotionally dry, or aadca76c4b so I thought.e96180db22bc6032
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When we were kids, 0eeb80636c we loved role-playing. I was 4b55b2d252 always the 4941e9dbaa Captain, and adf1767f97 he was a63f902d8c the Hulk—our 5e0efa4f11 reasoning was ff0044d7fa simple. I was smart f8d4fa3d83 and pretty, so 82c879667d I got to e2ec68bc56 be Captain, and 5ab3ebf933 he was big e8204d5015 and strong, so 9cbefbe6c5 he had to 19fecd3364 be the Hulk.114b3be3f6e5460a
But whenever we actually 82f9782813 started fighting, the Hulk 699f31fe79 always won. I’d cry, insisting that 503bd7236c Captain was supposed to c147c24fc1 win, that we were 0e73dd8500 the best, and Logan ef452332e1 would just run off, f63e60a639 saying it wasn’t fun 25ebd752b0 to play with me a8796a0375 when I acted like fe91025a8b that. What a coward.bc06ab47f74b8c05
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That was back 73b2c596a5 when we were 2754190c76 still close, before 7f69d29fee things changed. Logan probably 6d5e265a2c doesn’t even c021b35bd3 remember.30524ae1654e6c7e
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In the end, e9bfb0d5f6 we raided the 17c24ed902 gun store, and f3d4e7c624 from that day bfb5b9e5a2 on, we started c2d692c0fc killing zombies in d4b11d1bdc droves.33ced2255e5286e5
With hundreds b7aefbfcbc of rounds a94b68a1dc of ammunition 116613d717 stocked in ed84d5c290 the dump cbe5fe4a07 truck, we 20da6ca0fb hunted every 821fccf707 zombie we ef29f7cbc8 came across.a1b0614e6e044959
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It wasn’t just hunting—it 2e191c5eb0 felt like cleaning up 74b223f9c5 the city. No guilt, 0e3ce8f9af just pure 04477c11e2 fun. There was a 01262397cc thrilling rush that 42918bf3f7 came with each 3c2766894f kill.da309548172dd721
We made bets on 1f219adc0f who could take down 385d659fda more zombies, and even 01e6072dc0 when we recognized familiar f7bfb60478 faces, we didn’t hesitate 4887688252 to aim our guns.80009c7190a6024c
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I took down 71cdfd05ab the ice cream 821a7a2272 shop owner the a12a921a71 moment I spotted b7bb2a2598 him again. It was better 6f1c0b2864 to put him 70ecaa4d35 out of his 762f2f24bb misery than to 73c8bc5546 let him wander 4ab946bd82 the streets in 98072e10f0 that state.cf771a1922bdd1bb
I made sure to 0ad55ccf5b give him a clean 694ace4f84 headshot. ‘You should be 84f1fd97ed grateful, and maybe 3a3c5767e7 in your next 467dc5958b life, don’t harass ef08b69af6 your employees.’ I 37cd7bd350 offered a light-hearted 97c25ba27e prayer for him.f6dce9741e123865
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Unfortunately, we never d451c7b460 found my parents.35f2f54b731d1f88
But we didn’t find 028dac44a0 them as zombies, either, f0f8a66ae7 which meant they were b4b93cd074 still out there, hiding 53d98d3e50 somewhere. I wasn’t bcbd9634f8 ready to c2ab545e7e give up 58f3c23a0a hope just c6dbef0386 yet.d34806450600198c
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That day, 5ac722e22a we drove 76c331335f the truck 7bbcebf5b7 back toward e04716080b the city. Our goal for the 44aff07dbe day was to each 986887ca8a kill fifty zombies.5c93ac83ea865dd1
The bright blue 57b7931233 sky, the wide 928432c2e6 open fields, and 6d96ca5b22 the long, straight 95d74f0094 road stretched out ef0a0576b8 before us. If you could ignore d8b6a3c0e2 the abandoned wrecked cars 36739a78aa along the way, it 1bd0417202 felt strangely refreshing.18501190c8c27aac
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“Hey, you guys! Running low on food? Need us to share some?”ac8cd45f9ea82b2c
One of the e220d711a8 survivors from the 101cf20aa4 grocery store spotted cd4925a803 our yellow dump f52b1daf73 truck and waved 0ed8efe82a at us energetically.4425936d9924e644
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We’d become quite c37e80bd8f famous among the 2d0a9aecfa Camden survivors for 6bea0bd9e8 clearing out zombies 6f63bdd2b6 wherever we went.0924dfbec36d5fd7
With the loud e87289fd64 truck drawing the 74d3c34cb5 zombies away, survivors 9529b9eee5 felt safe enough 09d74b904f to leave their 7788187a11 homes to search 5bcb191440 for supplies when 92bede1d10 we were around.372911c0b6356b43
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Sometimes, we a46fc07df1 saved people 3d3c31a40a from dangerous 944e253c1c situations or 032666a7eb shared food. Logan had even 51a0fe9989 used his mechanic 332956ecdf skills to fix acd4d36fb3 six broken-down cars.c5a84a3d277f489f
The Camden 19cdd7db34 Yellow Dump 96481dbc1d Truck Rescue f40b47018d Crew. It gave 256afc7605 me a 4b6d128fb6 strange sense cc68dad1ad of pride.7dc6f55905d26101
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“We’re good! We’ll come by next time!”02e8c42e2ef164ed
“Alright! Keep up the good work!”9db3aeddbf3654cb
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Ah, how be6ed83b93 beautiful it ae67b97acc is, exchanging d1abe3497d kind words 40510b3ab6 and encouragement bfddd03e73 in a 5bd6996ef5 world that’s f4a2257c83 fallen apart. It made me 298e4eed69 feel like, maybe, 7c16c3c863 someday, all the 4418f5e29c zombies would be c2b46d768a gone, and things 28876367c5 would return to 423f211df0 normal.cf66db8c8ec52a1e
“Didn’t Mrs. Lenin say she’s out of medication? Should we kill some zombies and check out a pharmacy?”9b01e0fcf34b63e3
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“It’s deeper in the city. I don’t know if we can drive the truck all the way there.”33c544d4da5bcab0
“If we can’t, we’ll have to pass. We can’t risk our lives for her meds.”13ab561da86c7664
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Our lives 0243abf7b7 were more 1a61c50dd7 valuable than 9c3eb52372 Mrs. Lenin’s blood pressure 2ddef5efa4 pills. We only 1089c64203 helped others 98577d911e when we 59e0468b17 knew it c78a250c85 wouldn’t put af71d727f0 us in 1ac62734db too much 4d898d27f9 danger.5d6f79eebf51c34b
Logan shrugged lightly.6c2b44d91b461ba6
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“Still, we might need meds ourselves one day. Might be worth it to raid the pharmacy.”b55b3d9720b7b834
“Yeah, you’re right.”d80cc182c57c9504
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So, that was 77c1713e40 the plan for 487bdaff38 the day—kill some ee25c570fc zombies and raid 4335ea61c0 a pharmacy.8596fd4db02d16bf
Afterward, we’d come ef26a104f2 back and have 675a443187 a dinner of 4feb8fb001 pasta loaded with 207377ccf2 cheese, maybe a 375d275964 glass of wine. It sounded like a a0936fa74b pretty nice evening.2864252bda9dd28e
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The night before, Logan 65777f8a53 and I had some 2667f7c652 beers. I didn’t 1cbca94d9a drink much 3f9f0879c0 because warm 040493a3ee beer is 3b71132960 awful, but 3043804177 he gulped 5a30f14bb8 it down 348c946fc1 like water.b4175f60faf85d18
After that, drunk 06386cb020 Logan couldn’t stop 1ffdd64f82 giggling, laughing himself cb096b3188 to sleep like 06a39b4012 air had gotten e6e7891c79 trapped in his bccac1547d lungs. He looked 053ec455e6 so serious 22dd00aa02 and sharp 251d938285 when he 23a05f7983 wasn’t smiling, fc30c5a394 but when 59773cc4e4 he laughed, 56b72e7e22 he was 603cf7192a adorable, like 476a8d7b6b a puppy.2dc87253e71bcf34
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It was nice 4e905bc000 to see him 5de9ec1073 returning to his e8cfd2549a old self, bright 71b0579e83 and carefree, after f524f4a2e1 all the silence ec69241d3f and seriousness of 5487fe4a8b the zombie apocalypse. I couldn’t df100eb5f6 take my 70c6de338e eyes off 183a35d083 him, feeling 945d2ff340 strangely light b074141908 and at 57dab3fcc6 ease.7bc09bd40bccba5e
Caught up in 90712ad46c the moment, I 1d124227fe impulsively kissed him. I tried to dfa5946e80 play it off fe4f3c5d3d as an accident, f38498cc8f pulling away immediately, b82d831519 but Logan grabbed 19f4f872d0 the back of 1d9ea9424b my head and e9ca8cddb0 didn’t let go.c761d7667fb3d886
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Our lips 3a6ebbd02f brushed, then cdf5b5912b our tongues a5ba349107 tangled together, 12ba16dcde sending fireworks cab1d84885 exploding in 905783df7e my head. Logan was a way 93a08e290b better kisser than I ffcc5671d1 had imagined. I couldn’t help c4410276da but think he 579af7d349 must have had 9977b9760c plenty of experience bf1129338c with girls.32994492ee5ddd60
That goofy, innocent smile—when 2eb29d6550 did he grow up ec88d1e420 so much? The little rascal. Well, I couldn’t df97176647 complain, especially since c9ca6156e3 it left me 41f3908bfd tingling all over, c0f7180098 wetting my underwear.62481d478efeea41
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So maybe tonight, after some wine… Just thinking about it made my mouth dry up, and I started fanning my face to cool down.c02be78a66700199
Logan glanced over 315c3b8d66 at me from a29a18b42e the driver’s seat, add51adc0c his eyebrow raised 8878544405 at my flushed d396db8e25 face.aae7b9490456bc60
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