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2024-10-29 19:42:56After 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
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“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
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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
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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
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