ALL IN THE HEAD 1

A SOLDIER'S LOVE

Andrea awoke a whole ten minutes before her alarm clock was due to go off. She turned on her side and just watched David as he slept. She began to wonder about what the future may hold if she were to ever to lose him. He was and still is after all, a soldier. The possibility that one day he would go away and fail to return with his life was a thought that always weighed heavy on her mind. She kissed his forehead and got up to begin her regular morning routine.

As she continued to ready herself, Andrea's thoughts continued to wander leading her to ponder the life she could have had if she had followed her own dreams rather than settling down and becoming a member of the army wives club. She was not sad with the choices she had made rather more so just curious as to what might have been.

The one thing that is for sure is that David was always great to her. He is tall, handsome, and strong and she knew he loved her. The home they had created together made her the envy of all within that army wives club. Andrea and David had something special, a strong bond that left neither of them with any doubts that having got married so young was in any way a mistake.

Yeah, how odd it is how memories can make you reminisce. Andrea had been a student of Science and Law at the University of Cambridge, and during Holiday Break in her second year of college she returned home to the states with a young man she had intended to marry. It was in the airport shortly after her arrival with her partner where she would be taken by surprise with a man who stood proud in his uniform.

The softness of her plain beauty had hit David like a freight train. She was stunning and he was indeed stunned. This is a moment which came by chance, a moment leaving David feeling as if he had to do something. This could and would be a life changing moment that he would not want to let pass by. David approached the couple. The young lady's bright blue eyes grabbed the attention of his own eyes.

'Can I help you sir?' spoke the young lady's partner.

David just stared.

'Can I help you good sir?'

The tone of the brisk pitched voice prompted David to respond.

'Yeah, you can help me, this girl who stands next to you, is she with you?'

The gentleman scratched his head in confusion, thinking to himself ... well if her arm his embraced with mine then the obvious should be obvious and subscribing to the thought of the gall the wearing of a uniform gives some people.

Andrea smiled slyly; she was definitely and oddly turned on or at least intrigued by the soldiers' gumption and his balls of Steel. The young man whose side she has been and is standing by takes her by the arm and ensures that he and his planned soon to be wedded wife walks around this uniformed fellow.

As the young man tugged Andrea along, she could feel the burning in the soldiers' eyes, the desire that only existed in the dreams of those young women who were not inclined to follow the rules of polite society. Behind her boring beau's back she turned her head and smiled devilishly at the uniformed man. David just like the couple went on about his business, his chance, his opportunity having passed him by.

Back at the barracks where David lived on Fort Knox, in the state of Kentucky the memory of her smile haunted him, and her perfume lingered in the air as if she was yet right beside him. His roommate was perplexed as he walked in the door to find his barrack buddy and long-time friend laid out on his bed staring hard up at the ceiling.

'Signorelli, what the hell is wrong with you dude? Have you been messing with that chick who is being talked about all over base, you know the one with the blue waffle?'

David looked at Corey in disgust, picked up his pillow and threw it at him.

'Has anyone lately told you that you are a dick?'