She drove around to her side of the building and told me that there were actually quite a few other military personnel who lived in this apartment building. Not all though. It wasn’t on base, and it wasn’t one that the military set up for us, usually. But when the normal apartments weren’t available, this was the go-to. “I’m on the top floor. But there is an elevator, so it’s not bad. There are 5 floors, and I think the only apartment available, is also on the top floor, but it is the one of the last apartments on the floor. It might be yours. There is the apartment, at the very end, the open one, and then the one on the other side of. I know 2 guys live in the very last apartment and guys live on the other side of the open apartment. So, if it is yours, then you are sandwiched in between 4 guys. Good luck.” She laughed at me. My reaction was not the most pleasant. I rolled my eyes and sighed. “Lovely” I stated thick with sarcasm.
Her apartment was halfway down the hall from the elevators, and stairs, and she pointed the direction down the hall to her right, where the open apartment was. I tried to lean over to count the number of doors, from her apartment to what potentially would be or could be mine. 6. 6 doors down. Not too shabby. “They are all 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartments in this building. The master has an en suite. There is a balcony.” She tried to sell me on the apartment building as she unlocked her door. I smiled and noticed the doorbell on the side of her door. I thought of being a jerk and ringing it, even though she was standing right there. Oh, if I do live in the apartment down the hall, I can only imagine ringing her doorbell, every time I walked past her door. I chuckled to myself. Yep. I would do it.
Walking into the apartment, first it’s a decent sized kitchen, with a small laundry room off of it and a small coat closet. Then it opens to a dining room and living room, to one side of the living room was a bedroom and a bathroom, and to the opposite side, I was sure was the master bedroom. Straight ahead, where the living room was, there was double glass doors, I am assuming was the balcony. “This is cute. I like the setup.” I told Katie and she nodded. “It’s not bad, but it’s home away from home.” Katie is a country girl. From Oregon. She grew up on a cattle ranch, in eastern Oregon, and I know she misses it. She misses her horses and dogs. I got to go with her for a weekend to her ranch, back when we were stationed together the last time. I loved it. I loved everything about the ranch. From the goats to the dogs, to the horses. When she took me, I got to ride the horses, and she even taught me how to round up cattle. The only thing I didn’t like was the rattle snakes. I watched her use a metal shovel and sever its head from its body. That was an experience for me. I am a city girl. But she thinks I fit in well at the ranch. I rode horses a lot before, so I knew that part of it.
I sat on her couch and waited while she showered and got ready for the day. She still hadn’t told me what we were going to do. So, while I was waiting, I was flipping through the tv channels, and ended up on a rerun of Real World on MTV. Man, I haven’t watched this show since high school. It was great. I loved the drama on it. I wasn’t usually one for drama and reality tv, but something about this show made it worth the cringe. Katie came into the living room, dressed in short denim shorts and a teal tank top and flip flops. She had her long light brown hair, braided, and pulled over her shoulder. She didn’t put on any makeup and grabbed her keys and wallet. “Let’s go, you are gonna love today, I promise.” She grinned. Oh, this could be trouble. I turned off her tv and stood up. I grabbed my phone and wallet off her table, and we headed out of her apartment.
This bitch took me to Universal Studios for the day! I was like a kid in the candy store. I have the greatest best friend in the world. We had a great time. I mean the ride was not too long, but long enough that I was complaining by the time we showed up at the park. But it was well worth it. We are both huge Harry Potter nerds, and so naturally, she took me to Harry Potter World. The part of Universal Studios that is like you are in the wonderful world of wizards. I bought a wand, that makes certain areas seem like you are doing magic. It was great. I had a blast. We went on some rides, and ate some good food, and spent the entire day just having fun. “Katie, we need to do the harry potter marathon again!” I squealed. And she laughed. “Yes, we do, with pizza and wine. Just like old times.” She agreed with me. Spending my first full day in Florida turned out way better than I expected, I thought I would be miserable, but instead, I had a blast. It wasn’t something I was expe
We are going to be working the same building but different work centers, so we had to go meet up with our work centers once we made it to the area where the picnic was. Katie and I separated as soon as we got to the ball field where the damn thing was going down. She went one way, and I went the other. I was surprised to see bounce houses, dunk tanks, popcorn machines, cotton candy machines, sumo bubble suits, where 2 guys were trying to wrestle but were laughing their asses off and trying to knock each other over. It seemed like fun. Better than my last command with mandatory fun days. I saw Haller and he waved me over. I started to head towards him. “This is something.” I said as I reached him. He laughed. “Yeah, how long did it take you to find me? Because you don’t know anyone and I know you want to get to the muster sheet, to check in so you can dip out, like everyone usually does expect those who are on duty and can’t leave” he said knowingly. I nodded and he ushered me to whe
After about an hour and a half of going through my clothes, Katie found a little slinky black dress I had, and deep red heels to go with it. She knew I had deep red wine-colored lipstick that can match the heels perfectly. “Sis, you will look killer in this, and the heels will make you taller. I mean, I love ya and all, but your short ass, needs heels. You are barely 5 feet tall. Heels will make you seem a normal height.” She joked and I chucked a pillow at the back of her head. “Leave my height out of this. You already know I am part Asian. And I take after my grandma’s height. She was only like 4’9.” I Katie laughed and I rolled my eyes. She was always making fun of me for being short. Then again, she wasn’t super tall, but she was taller than me. She was 5’6. I was used to being mocked for being short. There was a point in time where I always said, “I am not short, I am fun sized.” After a while of her trying to convince me to wear the outfit she picked out, I gave in. Si
After a couple of rounds or shots and drinks, I knew I was feeling tipsy. Katie was on the dance floor with some very cute, but very fake cowboy. You could tell by how clean his boots and jeans were. I chuckled as I watched. Real cowboys have jeans that have stains that won’t come out, and boots that are scuffed up and broken in. But hey, she was having fun dancing. That’s another thing I don’t do. I don’t dance. I am way too self-conscious to put myself out there. I was about to slam down the rest of my drink when someone cleared their throat behind me. I turned and met glorious green eyes. I mean, they were vibrant and beautiful, but I could tell he could be trouble. The rest of his face matched the glorious green eyes. He was handsome, with dark hair, I couldn’t tell if it was black or brown. His jaw line was sharp and well defined, and his lips, full and curved into a devious smile. He knew he was handsome. He knew he could probably get any woman he wanted. And I knew, this coul
“Navy Lodge” I mumbled, well, more like slurred. I don’t know if I heard the gasp right or if I imagined it. But whatever it was, Tyler wasn’t expecting that response. I know he sat me down on the bench outside the bar, and he was typing on his phone. I think to order an Uber. Sure enough, an Uber came, and Tyler got me into the back seat and slid in next to me. I don’t know how long it was, but we made it to base. The Uber driver couldn’t go on base, but Tyler got me out of the car, and we stumbled up to the security guards on duty. He told them, he met me at the bar, and he wanted to make sure I made it back to where I said I was staying. He pulled out his own ID, and the guards, nodded for him to go through. I fumbled with my ID in my wallet, but managed to show them my ID. Once I got my ID back into my wallet, I stumbled forward, into Tyler’s arms again. He laughed and went back to hoisting me up. “Stop, stop, stop. I can’t walk anymore. My feet hurt.” I complained, very
I hurried up and put Tyler’s ID and wallet back into his jeans pocket, and rushed into the bathroom, before I woke him up. I shut and locked the bathroom door. I was hiding. That’s for sure. I turned on the shower, and stripped out of my undergarments, and stepped into the hot, steamy shower. Maybe I won’t be so embarrassed if I let the hot water massage my very tense and rigid body. Work tomorrow, my first official day, at my new command, is going to be extremely awkward. I am not looking forward to it.I showered, and brushed my teeth, and quickly applied a thing line of eyeliner and put on some mascara. I had a towel wrapped tightly around my body, when I unlocked the bathroom door, and headed back into the main part of the hotel room. He was still sleeping, so I quickly grabbed clothes and undergarments that I was planning on wearing today. I hastily grabbed the clothes and ran back into the bathroom to dress. When I was done, I came out, and bit my bott
I made my way down to the lobby and out to the lot where Katie was waiting for me. As I walked up to the truck, she glared at me and crossed her arms over her chest. I sighed and opened the door to climb in. “Hi Katie, no Katie, don’t yell at me, Katie. I get it. Ok. I messed up. Yes, we will talk about it, but let’s get food first.” I piped up before she even got a chance to say anything. Holding up my hand to silence her, she glared daggers at me, while I put my seatbelt on. She shifted the truck into gear, and we pulled out of the lot, and headed off base. I had no clue where we were going, but I didn’t care. I knew she was boiling on the inside, and I knew I was going to get yelled at all over again.We made our way to Denny’s to get brunch. As soon as she parked, she was about to speak up, but I had already climbed out of the truck and was heading towards the door. At least, she wouldn’t be able to yell at me in public. I held op
I looked down at my plate and moved my French toast from side to side on my plate. I didn’t know how to form the right words. It was annoying her. “Just spit it out” she exclaimed. I jumped at the random outburst. “He is my new Chief!” I squeaked. I saw his name on his ID, and I recalled the command contact slip, my Lieutenant handed me. “Katie, I almost slept with my Chief! I can get in so much trouble for fraternization! What do I do? You have to help me. I have never gotten in trouble in the military before.” I was starting to freak out. “You have never gotten in trouble in life before, not just the military” Katie retorted. That made me stop my oncoming panic attack. It was true. I’ve never gotten in any trouble. Never got suspended in school, never stole anything. Never did drugs or underage drinking. I was the epitome of the perfect kid.I got good grades in school, and never skipped classes or school. I even h