BRIAN
I do not know what to make of this but the woman that I am completely head over heels with has just left the mess hall while she is laughing at me. I quickly look behind me trying to figure out if she was really laughing at me or something behind me. But there is nothing behind me.
So, I quickly look at my clothes, maybe there is something on it from the toilets that I have been cleaning. But there is nothing. I can not stop a frown forming on my face. I can not understand why she was laughing. Of course, I can also not keep my thoughts away from how beautiful she looked when she laughed like that. She covered her mouth with her hand as if trying to hide that beautiful smile.
But then my thought process is interrupted by a man's voice.
"Do you need some privacy? I would hate to upset you"
The frown is just increasing even more on my face as I see Jim standing at my table with his food tray in his hand. He looks completely concerned and I do not understand what he is asking.
"What are you talking about?"
He takes a seat at the table and then he carries on.
"Listen, man, I do not judge anyone. I mean if you want to go and see a gynecologist, I am sure no one would think that it is weird"
I am completely flabbergasted. I have no idea what is happening and so now I start to feel a little bit angry.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Why would I want to go to a gynecologist?"
"Man, you really do not need to deny who you really are. You can just talk to me"
I see a smile starting to form on his face as it is clear he can not keep his laughter in any longer. I quickly grab for his neck and then I say.
"If you do not say right now what is going on I will hurt you"
"Okay, okay!"
He points to the thing that I used to cover my face with so that the woman that has taken my breath away could not see me staring at her. I am completely shocked as I see it is a magazine and the heading reads.
"10 Things to Ease Your Period"
I have to fight the blush that might be on my face anytime soon as I realize what a fool I made of myself. I let go of Jim's neck as I realized I have to get rid of this magazine immediately. I take it and quickly put it back on the counter where I found it. I look around me, making sure that no one saw me doing that but I guess I am too late to cover my bases.
Then it hit me. That is why she laughed. Because I was holding up the magazine for the world to see what I am reading about and which I do not even have.
"Fuck, man. Why didn't you just say that earlier?!"
Now he is laughing uncontrollably as he does not have to keep in his laughter any longer.
"It is not that funny!"
When he gets a breath he says.
"You are right, it is not that funny...It is hilarious!!"
I just shake my head as I stand up to leave the mess hall. I have no idea how I am going to recover from this embarrassment and then I make my way to the next embarrassment by cleaning the toilets.
LISA
When I first saw the heading of the magazine. I tried my very best to keep my laughter to myself but then when I saw him looking at me I could not contain it any longer. I realize that he has no idea what he did but I laugh all my way back to the tower.
The rest of the day goes by quickly and then I am completely exhausted when I find my room. The day has truly taken it out of me and I guess it is not the amount of work that I had to do but the nervousness of stepping into my old job. Luckily, the supervisor is happy with my work and I guess that is all I should be happy about.
Then my phone lights up and it is my dad calling.
"Dad? What is going on?"
"Why do you always think there is something going on when I call you. I just need to hear my pumpkin's voice?"
I roll my eyes because I know it is a blatant lie.
"That is not the truth, Dad. I know what you want to know..."
I make sure to close the door behind me and Tina is luckily, not back yet.
"...it has only been the first day and it is impossible for me to say whether he is mentally unstable or not"
"That is not true. I just wanted to hear how my daughter's first day was. I heard that you went to see your high-ranked officer yesterday and I just thought it would have been nice to see you"
"Dad...what would you have done if you saw me?"
"I would have done nothing. I just wanted to see you"
I know that everything he is saying is a lie. I also realized the fact that he phoned me the second day that I am here, just confirms to me how much he hates this guy. Even though it is only the second day I do have a clue why he might hate this guy so much. It must be because of his guts.
"Dad was there a reason why you phoned me. I am exhausted and really need to sleep"
"No, I did not have a reason. Just wanted to hear my little girl's voice"
I fall down on my bed and then I say.
"Okay, Dad, I got to go"
I put the phone down and I realized that my dad has changed a lot with age. The dad that I remember when I was younger is not even resembling the one I am talking to now. It is almost that from the minute that I quit the Navy years ago, he became a bit more lovable.
But it is not that easy for me to just love my dad after everything I went through as a child. I can not start to love someone that I never loved in my entire childhood. I close my eyes and try and not think about what happened today with my pilot and my dad.
BRIAN
I feel like a plunger and toilet paper. My day is finally over and my two bodyguards have left me. I do not want to see a toilet for at least a year but I know that my duty is still for the rest of the week. I make my way back to my room to get into my gym clothes.
I like to work out at least three times a week as they allow me to because I know that once I am on a mission I will not be able to do it for a long time. Today I will work on my arms as I like to keep definition in my arms. I lay down to start my bench press and load up my 200 pounds.
"I never thought that they welcome the insane in the Navy"
I would recognize that voice from a mile away as I have completely forgotten about my arch enemy, Brad. I turn around with a smile on my face and then I say.
"I guess, if they allow the crazy, the insane is not such a bad addition"
He laughs but then quickly recovers and says to me while looking at the weights on my bench press.
"I see you are starting out light. If you want to be big boys like us, you are going to have to aim higher"
It is clear to me that he just came to look for trouble and I think for today, I have been in enough trouble. I just smile and say nothing to him and go back to my bench pressing. He starts to walk away but of course, he had to give another jab just to make sure that I know what he wants to say.
"Let me know when you want to come and play with the big boys"
I clench my teeth so hard to keep my mouth shut as I know that I will get into trouble if I open it. We qualified together as Captains but he had it in for me ever since the start of our training. We would sometimes be on toilet duty together because when we see each other we just want to fight each other.
As I work every muscle in my arm, I am trying to find the reason why we do not like each other but nothing comes to mind. I finish my routine and then I go back to my room. My arms are extra sore after using the plunger so many times and it is amazing how many blocked toilets there were.
I fall asleep almost immediately after taking a hot shower. I appreciate the pillow under my head and I get comfortable immediately.
"Mommy! Mommy! Where is Daddy?!"