A Simple Story Continued

Just because there are responses to the questions in the comments from yesterday's post by someone named Punky Jam Jams - it in no way infers that this person is real - or that this story about a kid named "Shawn" is in any way a real person.

Maybe this could best be described as "fan" fiction.

Maybe.

So Shawn is arrested and taken to jail.

It takes almost 4 hours to get him through booking and then he is giving his orange jumpsuit and brought into the general population cell. In this particular jail - like most, I would assume - there is the cell for violent offenders - and then the cell for drug user/traffic offenders.

Needless to say - Shawn was brought into a cell block that held over 70 people at 4:30 in the morning. He was handed a bin with a bar of soap and a roll of toliet paper. At this point he has just gotten off of a 20 hour flight from a country that is awake while we sleep and asleep while we wake.

And now he does the walk of shame through 70 guys yelling "Fresh Meat."

The good thing about Shawn is that when he gets really tired - he looks really grumpy. Angry even. So being in this really tired - about to pass out state - works for him as he crosses through the guys - not responding to the catcalls.

He makes his way to the back of the block - goes in a room and says to the three guys in there - Where's my bed? They point to one - at which point - Shawn climbs in the bunk and proceeds to sleep for about 12 hours.

He sleeps through breakfast.
He sleeps through lunch.

Each time they wake him to eat - he says he ain't getting up - and gives his food to someone in his cell. Pretty smart - since he happened to choose the cell of the cell blocks ringleaders.

Now - this being a midwestern state - the whole cell block is talking about the mysterious "Japanese" guy who shows up in the middle of the night and isn't afraid to just go to sleep. They say they've never seen "no Japanese" here before - and the legend of Shawn begins. Everyone is talking bout this guy and is really curious about him.

Shawn finally wakes up on the afternoon of New Years Day.

He talks to the guys in his cell who tell him to watch out - cause this guy named Gay Will would really like a Japanese guy like him. Shawn explains that he's not Japanese. They say - it might be better if you only speak Japanese - then Gay Will won't bug you.

And this is where we hit the obligatory shower scene.

Who takes a shower at 4pm in jail?

Happens to be when Shawn woke up - so that's when Shawn takes a shower.

Shawn goes in - and just like many locker rooms in many schools - there are four sets of bars - each holding for showers - all open in a big room.

Shawn picks one and starts his shower. Just when he's all soaped up -

Here comes this guy.
Big guy.
Huge gut.

The entire bathroom is empty - but he goes right to the shower next to Shawn on the exact same bar.

He turns on the water and just looks at Shawn.

Shawn starts to wash faster.

"You know who I am?" The guy asks.

"No."

"I'm Gay Will."

Come back tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion... :)

Tomorrow - High Stakes Poker.