Joan was half-awake when the doctor said what he said and it stung a little, because she was in a vulnerable state from tiredness and she felt it was unexpected - any other time she would've reacted differently, but she just took it for now. When Chloe stepped in she stated,[B][I]"He's right though... I never plan for anything."[/B][/I] There was a hint of hurt in her voice as her mind traced back to the thought of how Josef was trying to keep up with her before he got bitten. She could understand why Doc woulda responded the way he did, because of his distrust toward Nathan, a stranger to him.. and she was going to introduce everyone properly until Nathan went to puke his brains out. Joan was so use to ignoring Nathan's bullshit commentary that it may have seemed careless of her to not say anything to defend her new friends when he so rudely came in contact with them. They couldn't say she didn't warn them about him though. Maybe they misunderstood his surprised reaction and thought he didn't approve of them. His habitual cussing was often taken the wrong way and the fact was Nathan sucked at making a good first impression. Doc and Chloe had the rest of the day ahead of them to decide if he really was an asshole or if he isn't that bad after all. [B][I]"That's Nathan the Dick."[/B][/I] Joan corrected the doc, when he said that he was her boyfriend. She figured by her saying that, it would ring a bell to the Doc, but he seemed too offended by Nathan's inconsiderate behavior to probably even care.

[I]"I'll get him if you take off his shirt."[/I] Nathan replied to the new asian girl and his face looked to still be nauseous. Most of the blood was on the left side of Josef's shirt where the arm had been amputated and Nathan could just ignore any other small blood stains if the majority of it disappeared out of his sight. He wasn't sure if it was Joan or either Chloe who removed the shirt, but it was off and Josef's southern tanned, toned chest and abs were slightly visible from the distant porch light. Joan lifted Josef carefully on the side of his missing forearm and Nathan assisted by carrying him on the side of his good arm. Isabella met them halfway and immediately ran inside to go prepare the bed in the upstairs room. When they entered, a lamp was on in the living area which was a reminder that the electricity must've come from a generator of some sort. As they finally made it upstairs, Isabella was pulling the sheets and comforter down and removing the stitched pillow covers. Joan and Nathan laid Josef on the bed and Isabella tucked the covers over him. Joan followed Chloe downstairs, but then stopped to sit on the couch for a break. She almost nodded off as she sat there and then Nathan walked over to her to ruin it. [I]"So who are they?"[/I]

[B][I]"Friends."[/B][/I] She said as if she knew them forever. It was strange how quickly strangers bonded when working together to survive life threatening situations. [B][I]"We all saved each other."[/B][/I]

Chloe came back upstairs and Isabella looked to her when she entered the room. "Do you like juice?" She asked her and just blinked. "I have apple-juice if you like to drink juice and I am Isabella." She introduced herself with a pleasant smile. Isabella thought Chloe was the only one who came back with Joan, because no one else came in the house with her.

[I]"Who gave you those clothes?"[/I] Nathan asked curiously and Joan just knew he had a thousand more questions that would follow.

[B][I]"Doc did. I don't think he likes you very much. You could've been a little nicer."[/I][/B] Joan said in annoyance and sank into the couch. She figured Doc was on his way in, because she was off with Nathan when he told Chloe that he was sleeping in the truck.

[I]"What the hell was I suppose to say when I find two random unknowns sitting inside an unfamiliar army truck? I thought you and Josef stole it on your own. Seeing two new faces shocked the fuck outta me."[/I] Nathan replied.

Nathan looked as if he was going to shoot another load of questions Joan's way, so she stopped him before he started, [B][I]"Look, I know you have lots of questions to ask, but I'm about to K.O. so please shut up and save them for later."[/B][/I] She put it as nicely as possible.