Carolina picked a name from the hat for Secret Santa. She unfolded the small paper. She blinked a couple times and her eyes widened.
"WHAT?" she mumbled.
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"I got Maine. That guys gonna be hard to get a gift for. Seriously, we just have to get them stuff that we think they'll like. What does he like? Guns, maybe. Who'd you get Carolina?" York asked.
"Texas," Carolina sighed.
"Bad luck! Dang, what do you get Tex?" North patted Carolina sympathetically on the back. "I got Wash."
"Can't tell, it's one of you three," Wyoming cracked his neck and du
"Wake up lazy ass! We're going to get ice cream today, remember?" Washington beamed while he sat at the foot of his comrade's bed. Maine, who had just woken up from a nearly sleepless night, wasn't in the mood for the small man's nagging this early. He growled angrily and rolled over to face his back toward Washington.
Washington frowned, "Come on man, this is more for you than it is for me." Maine let out an irritated growl. "Well sure I want ice cream too but it'll be good for you! Ice cream was all I ever ate when my throat was sore from having my tonsils removed as a kid and it felt wonderful," Wash insisted. Maine growled again. "Not th