Lahat ng Kabanata ng Love, and Military Life? What was I thinking?: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

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

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

Around 6:20, Katie sent me a message and told me she was pulling onto base, and to meet her outside. I jumped up and put my blouse on and made sure to do a final glance over in the mirror, before brushing my teeth quickly. I lost track of time watching the news, and the weather forecast for today. I have to say, I looked good. I felt good in this uniform, and I was happy I get to wear it again. My last command, we didn’t wear this uniform. We wore our NWUs. This uniform made me feel proper.I grabbed my wallet and my phone, shoving it into the pocket of the wallet, and made sure my ID was in the easy slip pocket, since I will have to use it to get into the building. I made my way down to the lobby and got outside at the same time Katie pulled up in front. I smiled and jumped into her truck. “Hey” she grinned and handed me a Starbucks drink. And this is why she is my best friend. I laughed and took the drink. “Sis, should I be scared and nervous with to

“Uh, Hi Chief, what can I do ya for?” He laughed as he steadied me, so I didn’t fall over. “I heard LT said no PT for you today, and that you didn’t have to come back after lunch, so you can go move into your new apartment.” I nodded. I sighed, great, they talked about me, since they work in the same office, and I am in the office across the hall. “Yes, Chief. That’s right. I also noticed he hadn’t assigned me a duty section yet, so maybe I have a free week, besides working. I have a lot I have to get done, since transferring here to Florida. I have to make it to the DMV, and then hopefully find a car, this week. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get back and forth to base.” I didn’t mean to blurt out all of that, but Tyler seemed amused by my word vomit. I blushed. “Sorry, I am just overwhelmed. I hate moving, and I hate having no way of getting shit done. I didn’t mean to blurt all that out. It’s not your problem.” He shook his head. “Walk with me, I have a few minutes be

At 4:00 on the dot, my doorbell sounded, and I got up from my place at the counter and peeked through the peep hole. It was a delivery person. I unlocked the door and opened it up. I smiled and started getting handed my bags of groceries. I had 17 of them. I felt bad, so I handed the guy a $40 tip. A $20 for him and a $20 for the other kid helping him. I thanked them and closed my door. I was putting the groceries away when my phone started going off. Whoever it was, didn’t have an assigned ringtone because it was my main ringtone. Jurassic Park Theme song. Only special people in my phone had assigned tones. I grabbed my phone and was shocked to see Tyler’s name flashing across my screen. I stammered for a second, then answered the call. “Hello?” I cautiously asked as soon as the line connected. “Hey there Beautiful.” Oh smooth. Real smooth. “Chief.” Was all I said, and I heard him laughing. “In my defense, I didn’t know you were going to be in my work center, the new 1