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eat a shoe right
now."
    Greg chuckled again. "How about some roast beef
instead? I mean you'd get more fiber from the shoe I guess but the beef will go
down easier."
    Carol smiled back. "I guess that makes sense. Maybe for
dessert?"
    Greg laughed as headed back towards the kitchen. He got all
the necessary ingredients and set about making their food. They continued to
make small talk and then returned to the living room after Greg was done making
their sandwiches. They ate quickly, both of them being more hungry than they
realized. 
    "Either that was good, or I was really hungry,"
Carol said.
    "Hey now," Greg said, "I make a mean
sandwich."
    Carol smiled and nodded towards the t.v. "Want to see
if they're saying anything new?"
    "That's a good idea," Greg said as he grabbed the
remote. Turning the t.v. on they were just in time to catch a newscast from
Shirley O'Hara. They sat in rapt attention as she related that they were
actually facing an outbreak and the infected were very dangerous. 
    "Do you think that's true?" Carol asked.
"What she said about the bite?"
    "Well, I guess we don't know without seeing it for
ourselves but that makes sense. I fought with 
    Mr. Ramsey and I'm not infected. At least I hope not. If it
was just casual contact we'd both be sick I think."
    "So what now? Do we just stay here and hope the
government gets things under control?"
    Greg frowned in thought. "I'm not sure what we're gonna
do long term just yet. In the short term, we'll head over to James's house
after we rest a bit. I've got a bit a food stored away. Just in case of a
tornado or something. We'll take what I've got and combine it with James and we
should be okay for awhile." Greg paused as he thought for a moment.
    "What's wrong?" Carol asked.
    "Just wondering about James. I think he had to work
this morning so he would have been out in the middle of this."
    "Do you think he's okay?"
    "I hope so. But our rest just got canceled. If
something did happen to him, I've gotta get over there and look after Laura and
the kids."
    Carol nodded. "Alright. So what do we need to get
going?"
    Greg smiled at her willingness to help. You'd think that
just about anyone would be paralyzed from the craziness of the whole situation.
But Carol had a good head on her shoulders. Shame it took something like this
for him to realized it.
    "The food I've got is in the garage. There's a few
cases of water and some can goods. Not a whole lot. I'd only bought enough for
a few days."
    "Alright. I'll start loading the car."
    "We can take what's in the cabinets too. It's not as
much as in the garage but every little bit will help if this goes on."
    "Do you think the government will get this under
control?"
    "I hope the government will get things under
control," Greg responded. "But let's plan in case they don't."
    "That makes sense," Carol replied. "So, I'll
pack up the garage and the kitchen. What will you be doing?"
    "I'll get all my weapons together." At Carol's
raised eyebrow he explained further. "James and I game a lot. We usually
go to the E3 conference every year. We like to buy replicas of weapons from our
favorite games. Some of them might actually be functional. He also drags me off
to the gun range now and again so I've got a few handguns around."
    "Alright. I won't say that's nerdy ‘cause it'll
actually come in handy," she said with a smile.
    Greg chuckled. "Who knew right?" Greg stood up.
"Alright, let's get started. I want to get over to James's house as soon
as we can."
    Carol nodded and headed for the kitchen. "You have
boxes or something for the stuff in here?"
    "I have some of those canvas bangs underneath the
sink."
    Carol nodded and set to work. Greg headed to his bedroom. He
grabbed a gym bag he had lying around and put the two handguns he owned inside.
He had the glock 17 who learned to shoot with and a glock 19 he'd purchased
because James insisted it was better. He also had a box of ammo for that went
in as well. After that, he changed in