Tim stares at the banana that one of the girls had laid on the table in front of him. 'They've got to be f*cking kidding me', he thinks to himself as he slowly turns his head and looks at the innocent faces of the two girls that he USED to love like family. He looks back down at the lonely banana.

"Is this some kind of sick joke?" Tim asks, once again looking up at the girls. "I believe that you can tell by the expression on my face that I'm not laughing. I'm not a d*mn monkey. (pushing the yellow fruit away) I've lived on f*cking Gatorade for a week, I want some real food."

"Tim." Nate speaks up, coming to the defense of Esther and Kirstie. "Right now, your digestive system can't handle solid food. It needs something easy to digest."

"So, I'm suppose to live on bananas for how long?" Tim says, looking up at the young doctor.

"12 to 24 hours. But you don't have to stick to just bananas. You can have apple sauce, dry toast, rice." Nate says as he tries to think of foods that would digest easy.

"Rice? With butter and sugar?" Tim asks.

"Uh, no." Nate answers, shaking his head.

"Just. Plain. Rice." Tim says, raising a brow.

Nate nods with a frown.

"Suddenly this banana ain't looking too bad." Tim says as he grabs up the banana and starts to peel it very aggressively. Taking a big bite.

"Better than just Gatorade, isn't it?" Adam smiles as he rubs his husband on the back of the head.

"You guys suck." Tim growls with a mouth full. Taking another huge bite, he throws the peeling down on the table and looks up at the girls.

Kirstie slowly hands him another banana with a slight smirk on her face.

"Shut up, Kirstin." Tim growls once more, snatching the fruit from her hand.

"It's glad to have you back, Tim." Kirstie smiles.

"What's for supper? I'm starved." Avi says as he walks into the kitchen.

"Seriously?" Tim asks, standing up from the table. Taking hold of Avi's hand, he lays the banana peeling in it. "You suck, Avriel."

"What did I do?" Avi asks as he looks down at the peeling as Tim starts to leave the kitchen.

"Tim, Honey, wait." Adam calls out, grabbing him by the hand. "Nate, surely there's something else he can eat? What about mashed potatoes?"

"Yeah, I guess he can eat mashed potatoes. But no butter or gravy." Nate answers.

"Wait. I can have mashed potatoes and you give me a d*mn banana? What's wrong with you, Nate?" Tim asks as Adam leads him back to the table.

"Bananas has some of the nutrients that your body lost." Nate chuckles.

"Screw all that. Just give me some potatoes." Tim says, looking up at Esther.

"So you're not really mad at me?" Avi asks with a pout.

"No, Avi. How could I ever be mad at you." Tim answers in a sarcastic manner.

"YAY!!" Avi shouts as he runs over to where Tim was sitting. Sitting down in his lap, he starts to leave sloppy kisses all over Tim's face.

"Get the hell off of me!" Tim says as he tries to push the clinging man away, like many times before. "KIRSTIN!!"

"Man, it's good to have you back, Tim." Kirstie laughs as she walks over to retrieve her husband.

Soon, the whole gang was sitting around the dining room table eating supper. The girls had made spaghetti. Tim, not being a big fan of spaghetti, was quite happy with his mashed potatoes.

"Guys? I was wondering if I could say something?" Tim asks politely as they all were finished with their meal.

He receives head nods from everyone around the table.

"I want you guys to know just how much I love and appreciate each and everyone of you. Y'all put your lives on hold to help me through this withdrawal and you had to take a lot of sh*t from me. I know I still have a long way to go but knowing that you guys are there to help means the world. And it gives me the confidence I need to make it. I know I could never pay you back for all that you've done for me. But I'd like to show you my appreciation by taking you all somewhere. I don't know about y'all but I'm a little sick of being barred up in this lodge. It's turning colder and you know how much I dislike cold weather. So. I thought that I would take you guys somewhere warm, beautiful and maybe with a beach." Tim smiles as he looks around at the smiling faces. "I guess by the smiling faces that you guys agree?"

"If you only knew how bad of a case of cabin fever I have right now." Chance chuckles.

"Yeah, I can imagine, Chance. And I'm so sorry. That's why I want to do this for y'all." Tim says.

"Perfect timing too." Eddie says. "Esther and I won't have much time once the bar opens."

"The big question is, where do y'all wanna go?" Tim asks. "Any where your little hearts desire."

Tim chuckles as names of places are thrown at him.

"Hawaii."

"Jamaica."

"Belize."

"Costa Rica."

"Australia."

"Honduras."

"Wait. Wait. Wait." Tim laughs holding up his hands. "D*mn, I thought this would be easy."

"I got an idea." Adam laughs. "Why don't everyone just write down where they would like to go. We'll pull them all in a bowl and draw out one place. I mean, I would be happy spending time in any of those places. They're all beautiful places."

"I agree." Chris nods. "And it sounds fair."

Kirstie jumps up and runs to Tim's office. She comes back and hands each person a sheet of paper and a pen.

"I'm not going to put a name in." Tim says, laying his aside. "This is all about where you guys want to go."

Esther goes to get a bowl to put the names in.

"All I ask is that y'all give me a little time to gain my strength back. But during that time, I'll be making all the arrangements." Tim says as everyone puts their request into the bowl.

Adam takes the bowl and mixes up the bits of paper.

"Since this was your idea, you pick the winner." He says as he holds the bowl up so no one could see inside.

"Okay. And the winning place is...." Tim says as he reaches into the bowl and picks up a piece of paper. He unfolds the paper and reads the name. "Belize."

"YES!!" Nate yells as he jumps up and starts to dance.

"Who's idea was Belize?" Tim asks as they all begin to laugh at the young doctor.

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