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 expecting. I am so happy to have Katie with me, that it took my mind off about being at a new command. This was exactly what I needed. Here, I dreaded the fact that I was being stationed in Florida, only to find out, I am not far from Disney, my best friend is stationed here too, and I wasn’t too far from home. Only a 3-hour flight back to New York. Not bad.
By the time we got back to the base, so Katie could drop me off at the lodge, I was exhausted. I could tell she was too. Good thing her apartment was maybe 15 minutes from base. I smiled and hugged her and thanked her for a great first day in Florida and told her to text me when she made it home, so I didn’t have to worry. She nodded and hugged me back. “I am so glad you are here Sis, I really needed a friend. There is so much going on, and it’s nice to have someone who understands.” I poked out my bottom lip, like I was going to cry, and it made us both fall into a fit of giggles. “See you tomorrow at the mandatory fun day?” I questioned. She groaned but nodded. “Hey, come here early and hang out before we have to go muster with our respective work centers or our work center supervisor.” She agreed to come early and hang out.
The next morning, instead of groaning, and being groggy from lack of sleep, I felt refreshed. I guess spending the day at Universal Studios was much needed in aiding my sleep. I turned my sound on my phone on, just in case Katie called, and as soon as I got into the shower, sure enough she did. I groaned slightly and reached out of the shower to the counter where my phone was and hit answer. “Yeah Sis?” She laughed and said she was outside the hotel; she didn’t know what room I was in. Kicking myself in the ass for not telling her, I told her I just jumped in the shower. “Go to Starbucks and get us something to drink, and I will be out of the shower by the time you get back. I will pay you back when you get here. My room is 307.” She laughed at me, but did she expect anything less of me? No. She knows me well enough to say something like that, instead of rushing in the shower just to open the door for her. She also knows my usual order, so I didn’t have to worry about her messing it up.
By the time she came back, I was done in the shower and doing my hair. She knocked on the hotel room door. I jumped up to open the door for her. She ended up getting us both croissants with our drinks. My drink, was a Venti Vanilla Chai Tea Latte with a shot of espresso, also known as a Dirty Chai. Hers was a Venti White Chocolate Mocha with caramel drizzle. We haven’t changed our orders in as long as we have known each other. We sat down on the hotel bed, that I hastily made up, and we enjoyed our breakfast and drinks, while mindlessly watching whatever was on food network. Neither of us really wanted to go to the mandatory fun command picnic, but since we had to go, we might as well try to enjoy it.
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
As we were driving back to the base, I saw lightning flash. Yep, a storm was definitely happening. Then came the thunder. I jumped. Damnit. Why am I scared of loud booms? I can handle guns, no problem, but thunder, freaks me out. Same with fireworks. They scare the hell out of me. Ever since I was little. The rain started pouring down as we were on the interstate heading towards base. We weren’t far from base. 30 minutes, tops, with no traffic. The sky got darker, and I was trying to not freak out from the thunder. Katie pulled up to base, and showed her ID, and my ID to the security guards on duty. The nodded and we proceeded onto base. I felt bad, they had to be out in the storm.She pulled up to the lodge, and under the awning by the main doors into the lobby, and parked. Waving goodbye to her, I jumped out of the truck, at the same moment a loud roar of thunder happened. I squeaked and ran into the lobby. I am sure Katie was laughing because she knew I hated thunder