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about the damned hose.
    “ Look at this
baby.”
    “ What’s with you and
vans?”
    “ What do you mean? Vans are
cool. I’ve always had a van, and I’ve never needed a hotel room, if
you know what I mean,” Jon said, grinning like a
juvenile.
    Eddie shook his head, “So we’ve been
traveling in your sex den, is what you’re saying.”
    “ Well, not lately, but
sure.”
    Eddie turned to his brother with a
look of disgust, Joseph simply said, “It’s better than riding in
zombie goo.”
    “ Look around back, while I
check the driver’s side?”
    Eddie just nodded.
    Jon-Jon peered inside the driver’s
side—it looked clear. Eddie looking around the back and side of the
truck found nothing, so he called out to Jon-Jon, “Looks
good.”
    Jon-Jon then opened the door, he
smiled that it wasn’t locked, and climbed in looking behind the
seat to make sure there were no passengers—living or otherwise. It
didn’t smell like anything was dead inside either and it smelled a
hell of a lot better than his old Astro Van. There was no key
conveniently in the ignition so he checked all the usual spots; the
visor was empty, under the floor mats was clear, cup holders were
empty aside from pennies and nickels, the glove compartment looked
like a file drawer, and just as he was about to give up he heard
the sound of keys jingling as they fell off the seat he was sitting
on.
    “ Son of a gun,” he said to
himself, snatching the keys up.
    “ Got ‘em?” Joseph asked,
disbelievingly.
    “ Hells yeah. Look at this
sweet ride.”
    “ Man, I’d rather be rolling
around in that Lexus.”
    “ Keep looking.”
    Scott came over and threw in his two
cents, “If we don’t need it, we should leave it, and get the hell
out of here. I’d rather get as far north as we can, and then go car
shopping.”
    “ I wasn’t serious, man,”
Joseph said, “I want out of here as soon as possible. I was just
saying.”
    “ No, I know, hell I’d
rather find a Hummer, but as long as it’s gassed and good to go
I’ll hop in and push the pedal to the metal.”
    “ So are we good to go
then?”
    “ I don’t see why not.
Unless we need anything else, we should keep moving.”
    Eddie stepped closer to the others and
said, “How is everyone on food and water? So long as the coast is
clear it can’t hurt to find out what we have and search a few more
cars to see if we can find it.”
    Scott nodded in agreement, “Sounds
good. Let’s tell the others to at least move forward, though.
Anyone want to run back and give the word?”
    “ I’ll do it, I want to move
the van up so I can swap out my shit.”
    “ Ask everyone to check if
they need anything,” Scott called after.
    Jon-Jon threw out a thumbs-up and kept
walking.
    Chung-Hee and Chuck—an odd couple if
there ever was one—hopped back in the van as Jon-Jon had notified
them of the pending trade-in.
    “ Do you mind I continue
riding with you?” Chunge-Hee asked.
    “ Not at all, man, unless
you want out of course. Having everyone taking shifts driving, and
just having people to talk to is great.”
    “ I agree. I hate taking
long trips by myself. I tend to get pretty sleepy after an hour or
so in the car.”
    “ Damn,” Chuck chimed in,
“maybe you shouldn’t be taking any shift then!”
    The three of them laughed at
that.
    Jon-Jon had pulled the van to the
grass median and drove it to close proximity of his new van. The
three of them got out and started carrying over what few supplies
they had left. They were able to bring it all in one
shot.
    Dawn had met them as they were putting
the supplies in the back of the new van and she had acquired some
new things from scavenging through the cars.
    “ You can shop just about
anywhere, huh?”
    “ You better believe
it.”
    The rest of the convoy shortly
followed after.
    Alexis walked over to Joseph. She
smiled warmly at him and he couldn’t help but smile back. His
cheeks grew warm and reddened a touch.
    “ How are they