The Kings Of Cool

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“Is he coming home?” O asks.

“No,” Ben says. “Also classic Chon. He’s hoping they can ‘put him back together’ enough so he can go back to his team.”

“Jerk,” O says. When Chon calls her a couple of hours later she asks, “They didn’t shoot your dick off, did they?”

“No, it’s still there.”

She feels good hearing him laugh. She says, “Okay, I’m going out and buying a nurse’s uniform…”

He laughs again. “ A Farewell to Arms. ”

“Is that some kind of sick joke?”

“No, it’s a book.”

“Yeah, I don’t do books,” she says. “Okay, ‘Navy Nurse’ or ‘Candy Striper’?”

“Candy Striper. Definitely.”