Al said, "Pa, if they go, I’m a-goin’ too."
Pa looked startled. "You can’t, Al. The truck – We ain’t fit to drive that truck."
"I don’ care. Me an’ Aggie got to stick together."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 30. After days of torrential rain, the cohesion of the Joad family threatens to become unstuck. Al announces that if the Wainwrights leave the boxcar camp he will go with them and his fiancé Aggie. With Rose of Sharon sick and pregnant, Pa pleads with Al to stay.