Baker never feels bitterness, but itâs nights like this he really yearns for the normalcy of home. Wishing wonât fix it, thinking about the days back working on the farm wonât bring it back, but he can always go back to think of days when everything was much lighter and happier. Life now is what you make it, and despite the horror-esq nature the world is now forced to deal with Baker always tries to keep a positive outlook. His number one reminder of keeping positive is always going to be miss sunshine Julia.
So, heâs sitting quietly now, pushing away sad thoughts of Mum and Dad to focus on his sister and the fact he at least has her. Aside from Julia, too, he does have the people heâs become good friends with during his career with the military. Men that fight together stay together, and Baker is grateful for all of the bonds heâs formed. Julia, though, is the one who really keeps him going. Twins are always said to have such strong connections like that, and Baker wouldnât doubt it. Not ever.
Heâs staring down into the cup Julia poured and starts to smile when she goes off on a memory he is fond of. Fifth grade camp⊠they must have been around ten or eleven years old. Even over a decade later Baker remembers that little punk trying to put hands on his sister. He was not having it, and Julia is not exaggerrating with how bad Baker made him bleed. He was always a sturdy boy growing up, and that little asshole learned first hand when Baker drove his fist into his face. âPunk deserved it! I have no regrets.â And heâs laughing now at the end of the story because they are such a dynamic duo that they canât be seperated.
âOur tent was better than their cabins, anyway, they kept us apart.â For understandable reasons, Baker knew coed camps seperated the boys and girls when it came to bed time. He gets why, but camping in the backyard under the Alabama night sky and telling ghost stories to Julia was so much better than rough housing with the boys in the camp cabins. âOur camp out was better, even if Dad was mad that we sorta wasted him money. But I donât care, I couldnât let that kid try to do that and get away with it! Ugh, Jules, you donât know how much stress your pretty face has caused me throughout all of high school, too.â Heâs smiling still as he doesnât pace himself and downs the generous amount Julia poured him.
Such is the problem with having a pretty sister is all the boys like to swarm her, Baker remembers plenty of times on the baseball team in which he heard some of the boys talking about his sister. Pretty, athletic blonde cheerleader⊠it came as no surprise, but when the guys started getting a little crude Baker shut them all down. They could talk about any of the other girls on the cheerleading team for all he cared, but not Julia. He became a pro at meddling in business that wasnât his own. âI almost got into so many fights at parties and in the locker room with the guys because of it. Dad always made it a big deal to keep an eye on you with the whole blood is thicker than water deal, but he never had to tell me.â Juliaâs been his best friend for life, and although he is probably overbearing with it, heâll do as their father said and keep her safe. From infected to horny guys in the QZ just itching to get laid, Baker will keep her safe.
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