She searched my face, and then, in
all seriousness said, “I promise to put
a bullet in your leg if you ever don't 
look right.”                           
     “What?! No, no, no...”            
     “Don't worry. It might take a     
couple years, but I promise you'll be  
able to walk again, and I'll be there  
with you, every step of the way. I'm a 
pretty good shot you know,” She said   
and pulled her gun out.                
     “I think, I'd rather you just ran 
away instead... Beth? What are you     
doing?”                                
     “I won't ever leave you, not for  
anything. I love you too much. I'd     
rather shoot you first.”               
     “I really think that I'd rather   
you just ran away instead. Please,     
Beth.”                                 
*      “We'll see,” is all she said and    
put her gun back after checking to see 
if it was loaded, I think, and refused 
to talk about it for the rest of the   
night.                                 
     I tried one more time, and then   
waited until after our second Halloween
Patrol together, before bugging her    
about it again. I even went so far as  
to tell her how sadistic that sounded, 
but all she did was give me one of her 
crooked little smiles, kiss me, and    
then say, “We'll see.”                 
     Sometimes, I wondered who the real
crazy one was here, but after that last
try, I finally gave up and turned on   
the TV to watch some other kind of     
mindless entertainment, and the next   
thing I knew, Sunday morning was here. 




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