Restoration by J. F. Krause

Author:J. F. Krause [Krause, J. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic
Published: 2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00

October 30

Lunch was fun. There are only 12 people on the SLO leadership team, but it includes my oldest friends. Because I was there, and so was Marco, several of the team brought their significant others. Kevin even managed to join us, but he came late and missed the food. He did get there for the conversation and that was the best part. The group was over twenty when we all sat down to our sack lunches. Food court food can be pretty basic. If you want to take something home to prepare, you can order the ingredients and they’ll be waiting for you after work, as long as it’s one of the four or five menu items for that day. Of course, you can also go by the farmers’ market, but I’m usually in too big a rush to do that. Then again, every few weeks we have more small restaurants opening. Those only take reservations though. For a group lunch like this one, it’s usually best to just bring in a sack lunch for everyone. Call ahead; pick it up. The nice thing is that it’s fresh and wholesome and very healthy and always includes a cookie, a big cookie.

At lunch, Marco started us out by regaling us with stories from the Gap Year. His first was about Enrique. “It seems that when Enrique first got off the bus from SLO, he started attracting quite a following. First of all, the entire July cohort was dedicated to the military. They all came dressed in their uniforms that look alike except for their home country flag insignia and community colors. They also all sort of present themselves with a little more confidence, or perhaps swagger, than the typical kids arriving at Pendleton. So Enrique comes walking down what we call the ‘belt line’ that is becoming a tradition at Pendleton. It’s the complete opposite of what a belt line used to be; this one is just to give them a warm welcome. It started when the staff lined the entryway for the very first Gappers. The veterans line the street and cheer them all on as they walk about two hundred yards to the intake station. Lots of kids cry, even the veterans cry. Of course, Enrique didn’t cry; he laughed. It was clear that Enrique was having the time of his life, and his laughter just added to the joy of the group. Unfortunately for Enrique, the first installment of the TV show about the Gap Year was filming all of this, and here comes tall, dark, handsome Enrique with the most heartwarming smile around. He was carrying a bag with his guitar hung over his shoulder. Enrique became the poster child, literally, for the TV show. Next to Bobby, he’s now the most recognized name and face in the world! Officially, he hates it, but unofficially, I think he kind of likes it, too. The fact that he was a bodyguard to Executive Caldwell and fought in the Battle of Indianapolis is just icing on the cake.

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