A Soldier's Life

Chapter 18 - Chaos

Scarlett's POV:

When the water fight began it was quickly very obvious that personal vendettas were becoming apparent. The husbands and wives were actively focusing on beating the other, Tom and Evans were trying to prove who was the best and I definitely was getting my own back on Lizzie for all of the meddling she had done over the last few weeks. Through all this chaos, Y/n had managed to organise the kids on her team in planned attacks, taking us out one by one.

Sophie, Ava and I decided that we wanted to gang up on Y/n, she was surprisingly dry considering the rest of us were drenched at this point. Her Army training clearly having an impact. We decide to flank her and take her by surprise. Ava and I do our best Black Widow moves and are hiding against the wall where we think Y/n is hiding. When Sophie is in place, she gives the signal, and we jump out at her screaming and firing our weapons.

It takes us a second to realise she wasn't there. "Looking for me?" We hear from behind us. We slowly turn around to see Y/n and Tom stood there with big grins plastered on their faces. Before we can respond, they are firing at us relentlessly. I grabbed Ava's hand and we run away whilst being chase.

Eventually, their guns run out of water and Y/n holds her gun up in surrender. The three of us slowly walk towards her with our guns raised and empty our pistols on her. She erupts in laughter, which is infectious and whilst we're distracted, she runs at Ava slinging her over her shoulder and running to the shore line.

"MUMMY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Ava shouts through laughter as they get closer to the water. "I'm going to throw you in!" Y/n responds, changing her hold of Ava getting ready to toss her in the water. Ava tried to cling on tightly but it was no use. Y/n had her held under her arms and started to swing her.

"One." She counts as she pulls her back and pushes her in the direction of the water. "No Mummy!" Ava pleads. "Two!" Y/n carries on, ignoring Ava who has now started squealing. "THREE!" Y/n shouts and swings her in the air letting her go, but she grabs her just before she hits the water. The rest of us are stood laughing at their interaction as Ava has a pout on her face.

I watch their interaction as Y/n laughs at her daughter's turmoil before pulling her into a hug. "I've got you bug. I wouldn't do that to you!" She says walking back over with Ava on her hip. I don't realise that I'm staring as she makes her way up the sand back towards us. I'm just watching her perfect body sway, finally getting a proper look at her abs, not taking sneaky glances of the photo that Lizzie sent me from the zoo. God I've got it bad!

"I think we won the water fight!" Lizzie argues giving Tom and the kids a high five. "That's not fair, you had a literal soldier on your team." Evans complained whilst opening another beer. "Yes, because this is very similar to the Afghan desert." Y/n mocked, placing Ava down on the sand. Even after the water fight the kids still had a lot of energy and decided to carry on, giving us adults a chance to relax and grab another drink.

Y/n's POV:

After the kids had calmed down a bit and the adults had recovered from the water fight, we decided it was time to bring out the cake. I hadn't seen it yet, but I know that Sophie will have made something amazing. She brings out the cake covered in a box to the table and sets it down whilst Lizzie grabbed the candles and matches.

I went over to get a sneaky peak at the cake, and my God it was amazing. She had made a two tiered black widow cake. It was brilliant and I knew that Ava was going to love it. In fact I knew that Scarlett was going to love it too. "Sophie, you have really outdone yourself here!" I said, pulling her into a tight hug. "Thank you." I whispered into her ear. "Anything for the little one. Besides, I had fun." She responded whilst reciprocating the hug.