Boomhauer found himself waking up. His eyes flickered to Dale who was sound asleep near him. Boomhauer found himself staring at Dale. His sandy blond hair was a mess, with those eyelashes of his fluttering. He was snoring so lightly. Boomhauer got up since he didn't want to wake up Dale. He knew his sleep schedule after all.

Boomhauer decided to go to the living room. It was just 8:00 am on a Saturday. Boomhauer grabbed the remote and began to flicker through the channels. He saw reruns of The Flintstones. He remembered how he and Dale watched this show together, even with Hank and Bill. Boomhauer decided to just let that stay on. Boomhauer heard footsteps approaching.

"Y'up Gribble?" Boomhauer asked. "Yeah, for the first time, i actually had a decent sleep." Dale said as he stretched his arms. "Eggs fine for breakfast?" Dale asked has he took out a carton. "Sure man, thanks." Boomhauer said. Dale noticed the sounds playing on the TV. "Hey, isn't that the episode we watched a lot of times?" Dale asked as he cracked the eggs. Boomhauer smiled. "Dang ol yeah, wanna sit and join me?" Boomhauer asked. Dale smiled. "In a minute." Dale said. As soon as the eggs were done, Dale quickly set them up on a plate and joined Boomhauer.

Boomhauer and Dale were both enjoying watching what used to be their favourite show as kids. Dale kept on giggling. What a unusual sound for a man, but it suited him so much. Boomhauer couldn't help but feel something whenever he would hear Dale laugh, or smile. It's all very strange to him.

After breakfast, they both joined the gang in the alley. "So here I was, just entering my job, and he came up to me! He told me the words I so longed to hear-
"What? He said I love you too Hank?" Dale said. Boomhauer and Bill began to laugh. Hank got angry. "I'll kick your ass for that Dale!" Hank said. "But him giving you senior assistant manager must mean he feels the same!" Bill said.

Hank grumbled. "Well asides from the dang joking, dang congrats man." Boomhauer said. "Thank you Boomhauer! I wish these two were like you I tell you h'wat." Hank said as he took a sip of his alamo.  "Oh... we should go celebrate!" Bill said cheerily. "Celebrate?" Dale questioned. "Well yeah, Hanks been wanting this forever! and he finally got that." Bill said. "You're right Bill... we should acknowledge this in a good way! I'll make a plan you guys!" Hank said as he went to his house.

"Oh right, i gotta go to SteakLand! i heard they have a new item available!" Bill said as he ran. This left Boomhauer and Dale. "I'm hoping it's New York." Dale mumbled, which Boomhauer caught. Boomhauer chuckled. "Dang ol he's gonna love that." Boomhauer chimed in. Dale smiled.

"Dang ol wanna go to Whataburger for old times sake?" Boomhauer asked. Dale smiled. "I'd like that." He said. Boomhauer and Dale got on Boomhauer's car and began to make their way. They reached their destination in a short time, since Boomhauer knew shortcuts. "What will y'be having?" Boomhauer asked. "I'll have what I had 27 years ago." Dale said. Boomhauer smiled as he got his turn.

"Dang ol Ill have a vanilla milkshake and two dang burgers." Boomhauer said. After receiving their orders, they went to a nearby park to have their food. "I'm surprised you were able to keep your promise." Dale said. "T'letters?" Boomhauer questioned. Dale nodded. "I still have them safe in the house." Dale said. "Y'kept those? Dang ol Gribble I kept rambling on n on bout sports." Boomhauer said. Dale giggled.

There was that feeling again. Boomhauer found it indescribable. Boomhauer didn't get it, what was so special about Dale's little laugh? every time he did it, Boomhauer would feel strange. He was fine with it before, so what's all this commotion?

"Dang ol I jus missed Arlen, n y'so much." Boomhauer realized what he said. "T'dang ol gang too!" Boomhauer said, trying to recover. Dale just stared at Boomhauer. "Well, for a year it wasn't the same. I'm glad you came back." Dale said, being oblivious. "So dang ol Gribble missed me?" Boomhauer said, smirking. He was quite relieved Dale didn't focus too much on what he just said.

"Well yeah, Bill and Hank were out of control. You kept all of us composed." Dale said. Boomhauer chuckled. "Dang ol catch me up on that year." Boomhauer said. "Gladly." Dale said as he began to tell the story.