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Chapter 7

I put Max down as we enter the eatery, there is a fair amount of people here. I walk over to where they are serving food and Max follows me.

"Hey," I greet the grey haired woman as warnly as I can, "can we please have two bowls?"

"Sure thing sweetie, here you go." Says the woman handing the bowls of what appears to be vegetable soup to us.

"How are you settling in if you dont mind my askin'?"

"We are doing spectacuarly thanks!"

"Oh its great to hear that youre doin' well!" She replies as she turns to serve someone else. I hand Max his bowl and start walking towards an empty table. I sit him down and start to eat.

I finish my bowl quickly and take both Max's bowl and my own up to wash them whilst Max goes to play with the little girls from earlier. I dunk the bowls in the soapy water at the sink and start to scrub them clean. As I push the dish cloth round methodically I feel someone coming up behind me.

"Hey." A familiar voice whispers in my ear. I whip my head around and see Glenn holding his eye, his features distorted in pain.

"Jesus! You whipped me in the eye with your hair!" He says laughing.

"Oh fuck I am so sorry!" You reply,

"let me have a look at your eye?" You cup your hands around his face and look at his eye gently as he takes his hand away from it.

"Well doesn't look like there is any actual injuries..." you tease, tilting his head slightly to the right.

"Well it felt like there was!" Glenn says in fake annoyance.

"From the performance you put on it seemed like someone had shot you!" You reply with a wink.

"So... you want to go for a walk?" Glenn asks as he bites his lip.

You pause, looking at Glenn for a while in silence.

"Why not?"