A Fishy Beginning

Sara was enjoying hanging out at the campfire with her friends and the guy that she was currently interested in. She laughed as did Troy when she heard the banter between Ziggy and Thomas. She definitely wasn't the drinking type and her companions who traveled with her knew that. So when the whiskey bottle was handed to her she stared at it and looked around for a moment as she felt all eyes were on her but as her eyes got to Troy she saw him smirking. "You don't have to drink it." said Troy casually to Sara who rolled her eyes and smirked as she opened the bottle and took a swig from it. As soon as the liquor hit her mouth she made of face of disgust and shook her head as she coughed. Troy chuckled and took the bottle from her as he took a swig from it and a smile appeared on his face as he let out a sigh of relief. "Jesus I have had a drop in me since I left that gas station in Georgia. That was...A lifetime ago." said Troy to Sara as he shook his head as he thought about it for a brief moment before he turned his head as he heard Laura asking if she could sit with them. Troy looked at Sara and she looked around at everyone before turning to Laura as she smiled at her. "Of course! Come sit." said Sara to Laura who sat down near Maria and a small smile could be seen on her face as she felt accepted.




The bottle was about to go to Maria but Sara grabbed it from her and shook her head at her younger sister. "But sis-" said Maria in a pleading tone but was quickly cutoff by Sara who shook her head. "No you are fifteen and dad would kill me if he were here." said Sara to Maria who let out a disappointed sigh and looked around as felt like Sara was treating her like a baby. Sara handed the bottle to Cutler who took a swig and looked at Maria who still looked upset. The older man just chuckled and he took out a joint from his leather vest and he lit it up with his zippo lighter. The biker took a few drags off of it before handing it to his fellow biker Troy who had a big smile on his face and took a nice drag off the joint. He held the smoke in and started to cough as it had been awhile since he last smoked. "Where did you get this?" asked Troy to Cutler who had a smirk on his face and took the joint back.




He took a drag off his joint before answering his friend. "Remember the Jokerz? Well when shit hit the fan I was at a deal and needless to say when the dead came back to life it was a shootout trying to get out of the building we were in at the time. As me and a few of the guys were getting out I saw a baggie just laying there on the table so I grabbed it." said Cutler with a smirk. Troy just chuckled and shook his head as he smirked at his friend. "How much do you have left?" asked Troy to Cutler before he could answer Frank put his arm around Cutler and took  the joint from Cutler taking a small drag off it before handing it back to him. "Well if you guys want more liquor or beer we brought some over that we had stocked up in one of the vans. Just wanted to throw the offer out there." offered Frank to the people at the campfire. As he left the other bikers followed expect for Cutler who looked at Troy answering his question. "I got about a good amount left." said Cutler to Troy who nodded as he smirked. Cutler then looked at Ellie who was near him and he held out the joint to her as he offered it to her.

Sara took off her glasses and put them in the pocket of her flannel shirt before standing up. "Give me one minute I'll be back." said Sara to the others as she left them for a moment heading over to the bikers where at. The bikers had their own little section in the camp I mean that's how it looked like since a few of the other campers like to avoid them at first but as of recent they seemed to be more friendly well some of them did at least. Sara arrived at their tables and the bikers were just unloading beers and liquors that they had in their bags. Sara looked and could see that they had to make more then one trip to get all of this stuff to camp.




She walked over to a table where a group of bikers were sitting playing cards. Max turned to girl and looked at her with a smile. "Need something?" asked Max with a smile to Sara was still unsure about a few of the bikers but seeing his smile put Sara at ease. "Hey I was wondering could I grab some beers for me and my friends?" asked Sara to Max who nodded as he put his cards down and got up from the table as he looked to the other bikers with a serious look on his face. "Look at my cards and I'll beat the living shit outta any of ya." said Max in a serious tone the other bikers chuckled and they shook their heads. Max guided Sara to where they kept the beer and Sara looked at the crates of beer as she was impressed. "This is wow...I've never seen so much beer. I'll be honest I don't even know what to grab." said Sara as she looked at the crates of beers that laid out before her. Frank came by and he already had a beer in his hand as he looked to her and Max. "Oh Sara right? You've been spending a lot of time with Fox? You like what you see?" asked Frank to Sara as her face was slightly red at the thought of someone noticing her spending time with Troy. Frank just smirked and lightly chuckled at the girl as he found it cute that her and Troy were spending so much time. "That's young love right there Max never forget it." said Frank to Max. The trio laughed at his comment and Sara looked back at the beer. "Umm...To be honest I don't know what to grab for me and my friends. I've honestly never have had beer." said Sara to Frank who looked over the selection of beers and grabbed a crate. He emptied the crate and started to mix a few different beers in there. Once he was finished with the crate he looked to Sara and gave her a nod. "There ya go, I put in a few Heinekens as that is Troy's beer of choice and I noticed we had German beer called Warsteiner so I'm sure the German girl will like that if she doesn't well that's more for you to drink." said Frank as he chuckled at his comment. Sara picked up the crate and looked at Frank as she smiled at the man. "Thank you. Do I owe you anything?" asked Sara to Frank. Normally he wouldn't do anything like this without wanting a return but he figured he would play nice for now as the last thing he wanted was to catch a bullet in the back for something he said. "Nah you're good go on now." said Frank to Sara with a smile.




She left the tent and came back with a crate of beer. Troy was impressed that she came back with a crate of beers and he grabbed a warm Heineken opening it up with his knife before putting his knife in his sheath on his belt. "How did you convince Frank to give you a crate of beer?" asked Troy to Sara who smirked as she grabbed an Angry Orchard. Troy once again took his knife out and opened her bottle for her before handing it to Cutler who shook his head as he grabbed a Guinness and opened the beer with his teeth ripping the cap off before spiting the cap in the fire. Troy turned back to Sara who took a few swigs from her cider beer and moved closer to Troy as she smiled at him.




"I used my charming smile to win him over." said Sara to Troy who chuckled and put his arm around her. Laura grabbed a beer and as she did she was struggling to open it as her arm was still in a sling but Cutler came through and open the bottle for her with his teeth. Laura took the bottle back and looked slightly disgusted but she looked back at the big biker and nodded quickly changing that look of disgust into a smile as she didn't want to offend him. "Thanks." said Laura to Cutler who nodded. Sara looked at Maria who was looking upset still and she let out a sigh and handed her a cider beer as she smiled at her younger sister. "Only one understand?" asked Sara to Maria who looked surprised and nodded as she took the beer. Maria's face let up as she felt like she was one of the cool kids and Sara was happy that she could do that for her sister. She turned to Troy who was smiling at her and as they locked eyes she leaned her head against his enjoying this moment with her friends and wishing it could last forever.

Having been asked by three different people what she liked to drink Ziggy thought about it for a moment. She was a beer fan, that much was certain but she didn't know which one she liked better. She knew where she would go look for it though.

"I know I'm kicking my own German shins when I say this but... I would like a Belgian beer." Ziggy said. "Yeah, German beer is good but the Belgians have the best stuff. Where I'm from, Aachen, is fifty kilometers from the Belgian border and me and my friends would cross into Belgium whenever we would throw a party to get the good stuff. So yeah, I'd like a Belgian beer like Jupiler, or Duvel, or an abbey-brewed one like Grimbergen or Leffe."

Sara was surprised by how Cam reacted as she thought the whiskey was for everyone. But hearing that it was her father's whiskey she felt guilt and embarrassed that she didn't even bother to ask Cam if it was okay. Seeing her walk away she felt bad as she didn't want to be on bad terms with anyone before the battle. "I should talk to her." said Sara softly to Troy who shook his head as he didn't want to break up a fight or get involved at all. "Nah just let her chill out. You guys will talk when you need too." said Troy to Sara who let out a heavy sigh as she looking away feeling bad. She took a sip from her cider beer while Troy was enjoying his Heineken he heard the German girl's comment calling it Dutch dishwater which made him chuckle. "Hey now Heineken is one of my favorites. It's a pretty damn good beer." said Troy in response to Ziggy. Troy took a swig from his beer and he noticed Sara eyeing it. "You want to try some?" asked Troy to Sara who smiled and nodded. "Sure." said Sara with a smile. Sara took Troy's beer and looked at the green bottle for a moment before taking a swig. As the beer sat in her mouth she shook her head not liking the taste at all but she swallowed it nearly gagging. Troy, Maria and Cutler chuckled at Sara as she handed Troy his beer back a look of disgust was on her face. "Oh god you drink that? How?" asked Sara to Troy who smirked at her as he shrugged. "You get used to it." said Troy to Sara who took a swig from her cider beer to wash the horrible taste from the Heineken out of her mouth. After having two more hard ciders she leaned on Troy feeling quite a buzz. Troy looked on surprised that she was buzzed but he figured because she was an extreme lightweight. As Ziggy played her next song she smiled as she knew it. Memories of her and her family going to see the movies came to her mind and it was one of the best times that she could remember.





Troy and Cutler were smoking their joint and the two of them clapped as they enjoyed the song. Once the song finished Sara looked at Troy as he had the joint on his lips and he looked at her catching her looking at the joint. "You smoke?" asked Troy to Sara who looked at joint which was now in Troy's hand. "I umm...I've never tried it." said Sara softly to Troy who smirked and nodded. "Alright then allow me to help you." said Troy to Sara who smiled. Troy took a hit off the joint and leaned in close to Sara when their lips were just inches away from each other he slowly blew the smoke in her mouth. This little trick was called a "smoke kiss". Troy had this happen to him many times and their was a funny story to how he first learned about it. He was at the clubhouse a Prospect when it happened to him by he was blindfolded and a male member of the club did it to him. If you were a Prospect you always got the short end of the stick. Sara's heart was beating like crazy as Troy's lips were near her's but as she inhaled the smoke a few moments went by before she started to cough. Troy once again just smirked and he lightly shook his head as he found her attempts at trying to impress him cute. After a few moments Sara held out her hand waiting for the joint to be handed to her but Troy looked at her and shook his head causing Sara to look at him confused. "Why not?" asked Sara to Troy who looked at her his eyes slightly bloodshot from the weed and beer in his system. "Are you sure? I mean are you really sure you don't have to do this to keep impressing me. You are already doing that by being you." said Troy to Sara with a smile. Sara's confused look turned into a smile and she kissed Troy on the cheek and then she turned her eyes to Cam who was with Ayita. She let out a sigh and walked over there getting on her knees as she looked at Cam. "Cam...I'm sorry I really am. I got so caught up in trying to protect Maria from drinking it I didn't consider to give it to Thomas or Brody. I just passed it off to the closest person to me and I didn't think about it. I'm sorry." Sara said to Cam in a genuine tone as the last thing she wanted to do was hurt Cam. She was hoping that all would be forgiven and they could continue their night of fun. "Friends?" asked Sara to Cam as she had her arms open ready for a hug hoping Cam would accept it.


 

Ziggy had gone to give Manbun his guitar back while Cam and Ayita spoke about her. The only thing she caught when she came back was Cam saying she was glad they rolled through there. And frankly, so was Ziggy. It felt nice being part of a big group.

"Feelings mutual Cam!" Ziggy said. "And to think I was five days away from flying back home for the summer!"

Ziggy didn't like to think about what could have been, instead she liked to focus on the here and now. She didn't think to much about the future either, but one thing was certain: she'd never want to be without Ayita again.

"Would be great if this was just one of those 'only in America' type of things." Ziggy continued. "You know, like everything else in about every horror of disaster movie. Imagine if the rest of the world is just fine and they're like 'nah'."

In movies things did have a tendency to only happen in America. Although having Godzilla or the Cloverfield monster running around would be preferable over the undead. At least those guys could only be in one place at once.

At a certain point though, Sara and the biker shared a joke and Ziggy didn't like that one bit. At least not now on the eve of the big attack. She feared he was going to be a bad influence on her and was about to say something, but then remembered Sara's story about always being the misfit and the one time a guy asked her out for a dare. So Ziggy bit her lip for the time being, figuring Sara had earned to let her hair down for a while. But what she did do was give him a dirty look when she made eyecontact with him, if only to let him know he was in her sights. Figuratively speaking of course, although it would be best for him not to make that literally, because Ziggy wouldn't miss.

Cam then started speaking about how she got the whiskey and her father, and Ziggy could feel the pain in her voice. How her father died too... it seemed Cam would have a score to settle if she was confronted with her dad's killer. Still, grief seemed to quickly turn into joy when she gave Sara an old fashioned Wet Willie. Even though it was funny, Ziggy couldn't help but cringe a bit.

"And that's another thing that only happens in America!" Ziggy said, not recalling she ever saw anyone get a Wet Willie in Europe, other than in American movies. She then gave Brody a Wet Willie too who in return grabbed Cam lovingly. But Cutiemon?

"Ugh, that was terrible!" Ziggy said remarking the fact he called her 'Cutiemon'.
"And what would you have called it then Zigs?" Brody asked.
"I don't know!" Ziggy said. "Boobasaur? B-cupshu?"

Jokingly, Ziggy pretended to stare at Cam's boobs. "Make that C-cupshu." she said, looking at her own breasts. "At least Bigger-than-mecupshu."

Ziggy liked to make jokes about others, but she made equally as much about herself. It kind of evened the balance she figured. She finished the bottle of Warsteiner and felt her face glow. Her eyes were getting tired too. Just a little longer and she was going to turn in. She put her head on Ayita's shoulder and rested it for a moment, entangling her hand in hers. They had the whole next day for themselves, and she planned to make the most of it before the big battle.

Sara listened to Cam as she heard her tell the story behind the whiskey bottle. She remembered Cam's dad Carlos he was a friendly man to her at least the few times that she had met him. Tears were almost forming in her eyes and as Cam hugged her she felt relief as their was no bad blood between them and when she suddenly felt a wet finger in her ear she squealed and jumped back. The campfire got a good laugh over it and Sara just shook her head as she laughed. Troy then caught the German girl Ziggy giving him a dirty look as well as Sara's other friend Ayita. The young biker just looked at the girls, a calm yet serious look could be seen on his face. "You got a problem with me?" asked Troy in a calm and serious tone to Ziggy and Ayita.





Cutler could see the look in Troy's eyes and he shook his head as he held the joint in his mouth while he tied his hair back. "Hey now we are all friends here alright? Cam right? I'm sorry I drank your whiskey it was a momentary lap in my judgement." said Cutler to Carmin in a genuine tone. Troy looked at Cutler and he could see that he was trying to calm things down before they even started. He turned to Carmin and he took a swig from his beer before saying what he had to say to her. "I'm sorry as well. It wasn't cool of me to do that and I fucked up. I can understand where you are coming from in a way." said Troy to Carmin as he lifted up his pant leg to show her and the group an old nasty scar. "You wanna know how I got this? My old man did that to me because I talked back to him when I was a Prospect. When you are a Prospect it's like trying out for the Army. You don't talk back and you are due as you are told no questions asked. Well one day after cleaning up the Clubhouse he wanted me to dance on one leg. This went on for two hours and I got sick of it and talked back to him. He didn't like what I said...So he shot me in a drunken rage. The other bikers stopped him. I was laid up for a couple weeks and then during that time he died in a drug deal gone wrong." said Troy to Carmin in a serious tone. Cutler just looked at the ground as he remembered Troy's dad and how harsh he was to him.

Troy then continued on as he let out a chuckle and shook his head. "The limp that I have that's what my old man left me." said Troy to the group he was angry now. The rage he had in him was slowly coming out and Cutler turned to him as blow smoke in his face and Troy coughed it before taking a hit off it. His rage slowly left him as he was now enjoying the weed. It's amazing what weed can do. He handed it back to Cutler who took another hit and held it out for anyone around. "Anyone want a hit? Come on don't leave us hanging." said Cutler as he coughed afterwards. Sara sat back next to Troy and leaned on him as he took a sip from his beer. She was sad for him as she wonder what other hell he went through before all this?