Brothers in Arms Page #5

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But one of our boys managed to hit

one of them in the leg as he fled.

Good.

Have we already got

officers on hospital watch?

- Right after the incident.

- Good.

We'll get them yet.

[police radio]

Where are we going?

Trust me on this.

[John] Do you think

he's telling the truth?

He is.

Really? Cause he didn't warn us.

He would have left us,

if that was the case.

He got us out of there

just fine too.

He also go Levi shot.

That was on all of us.

What are we doing here?

She's the only person

who can help us.

John you got to be kidding me.

It's either her, or jail.

[John] Stay with Levi.

Why are you here?

Nice to see you too.

- Jesus Christ, that didn't take long.

- [Michael] Shut up Levi.

- You hate the sight of blood.

- I got better.

What the hell happened to him?

Ah we went uh, hunting and

someone accidentally shot him.

Jesus.

Why didn't you take him to a

hospital, I'm a veterinarian.

Yeah dude, really?

- [Ann] F*** you, Michael.

- If we went to the hospital,

they would have taken away

our hunting licenses.

Get his leg leveled.

That's only if the bones

broken.

It is you stupid f***.

[grunts]

Crushing my testicles

right now.

[Ann] Ok, it's either this

or I call an ambulance.

- Give me my clamps.

- What?

It's in the medical kit.

Christian, Michael,

I need you to hold him down.

- Ah what?

- [Ann] Try not to move, and I'll be quick!

Right Michael?

[all chuckle]

Ok, John grab his ankles,

Michael get me my clamps.

[Ann] Ok Levi, hold still.

Tweezers.

Ok.

Still squeamish?

I'll manage.

Ok Michael, I need you to look,

if you see the bullet, tell me.

- Can't you?

- Michael, stop being a p*ssy.

Help!

- Levi hold still.

- You try have a f***ing bullet removed, ok?

[grunts]

There! Right there.

Ok Levi.

I'm not going to lie to you.

This is going to hurt

really bad.

Michael, get ready for

the pressure.

Guys hold him tight.

[exhales]

Chris, f*** you Christian!

I got this.

[grunts]

Thank you.

He's gonna be ok, right?

Lucky for him it missed

his artery, but,

he's got a minor fracture

to his bone, so.

He can see a doctor tomorrow.

Do you have anything to drink?

Hey John.

Why don't you take Christian

and go grab a drink?

You look good.

What really happened, Michael?

Went hunting.

And we got drunk.

Jesus Christ.

I know.

- You could have killed one of your best friends.

- I know, I'm sorry.

Don't tell me,

tell him.

Michael, if you didn't come to me or

anyone else, he could have lost his foot.

Look we've kind of being going

through uh, rough time.

Since graduation.

Them or you?

You had your chance, remember?

I mean, you wanted to stay here

with your idiot friends.

You're right.

I should have told him then and

there, that we were gonna leave.

And start fresh.

And maybe if I'd kept

that promise.

You wouldn't have had

to stay here.

It's my fault you're

living in this dump.

- Hey!

- Hey, sorry about that too.

And I'm sorry about ending

what we had.

You called me a b*tch

in front of your friends.

I've been regretting that

for a while.

You deserve better.

You know you shouldn't

smoke inside.

[Ann] Yeah, why would

you care?

[Levi] Smooth.

You coming?

- [coughing]

- [chuckles]

Oh, you're a p*ssy now.

When's the last time you smoked?

Probably like a year back.

[both chuckle]

Hey, do you remember that time

at Duke's house party?

Parts.

Ok well, do you remember

asking me if,

I ever thought about us,

you know, getting married.

Not really.

Yeah, you were pretty wasted.

Yeah, thank God I don't

remember that.

Does explain though why I vaguely recall

John calling me a homo the whole night.

Oh, God.

You know who I feel about him.

But I can see that

he's a good friend.

I guess I can see why

you stayed.

Yeah I just,

couldn't leave him by himself.

Or the others, you know

they're like brothers to me.

It's what I've always

liked about you Michael.

You've always been loyal.

[chuckles]

What?

Remember that time

at Dolph's house?

Is that the same night that Christian

ran like bat out of hell from the cops?

No that was a different night.

But remember Fay Anderson?

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,

she was really nice.

Yeah.

She tried to make out with me

while you were in the bathroom.

- What a b*tch.

- [chuckles]

- Wait what did you do?

- I just walked away.

Well why didn't you tell me?

Cause you were drunk and you've

got a hell of a right hook.

Yeah, that's true.

Doesn't mean that

I'm loyal though.

What do you mean?

Like yeah, I didn't

do anything with her...

Honestly I just didn't want

to change what I had.

What we had?

I don't know.

Now if that was the case, I would have left

with you instead of screwing you over.

You wanted to stay

with your friends.

[Michael] No, I didn't.

That's the thing...

I didn't even want to...

To stay...

I was just scared.

I was scared of change.

I had...

Everything, I had...

Best friends, best girlfriend.

Best life.

I was afraid to lose it.

Don't, don't.

Michael, you can't beat

yourself up over this.

Honestly, I said you were loyal,

not perfect.

We come from a small town.

It's better to stay somewhere

where you can be happy.

[scoffs] But look at

what happened.

I almost got Levi killed just because I wanted

to do something different, something exciting.

[Ann] So you wanted to drink

and shoot,

- it wasn't your fault.

- It is.

I convinced him into doing

something dangerous, just because,

I wanted some excitement.

Michael. [scoffs]

You, you can't let one slip up,

stop you from doing what you

feel like you need to do.

You really believe that?

Just, just, don't be an idiot.

[scoffs] Though you know, with John

around that might be kind of a problem.

[chuckles]

You know.

I meant every word

I said downstairs.

I know.

You know, it's not hard

to tell when you're lying.

[John] What the hell are

you doing up there?

What do you want?

Hey how's Levi doing?

[John] Levi's fine,

he's been up for a while.

Where have you two been?

How you doing?

Besides the constant throb

in my leg, not too bad.

And how are you feeling?

I've had a few of these, so.

Better.

Alright, let's go.

[Levi grunts]

[Levi] Thanks Ann.

[Ann] Goodnight guys.

Hey, how uh,

much we get off with?

Plenty.

Keep adding zero's to mine.

Yeah, not to be a dick, but,

shouldn't I be compensated for you

know, taking a bullet to the leg?

- We took you to the doctor.

- You took me to a vet.

Oh yeah, reminds me.

What's this for?

My heart worms?

- Oh painkillers.

- [chuckles]

- F*** off.

- Come on, hook it up.

I earned these, dick.

Better get well soon, man.

We're gonna hit another bank.

What?

You're kidding right?

Well I mean like not right now,

but you know like,

whenever you get better.

Dude, the last time

we almost got caught.

- But this time we almost died.

- So we're gonna plan better.

[Levi] I don't know Michael, I was

down for the last job, but...

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