The Military School (En)

First Evening

Classes had just finished.

-Do you want to come to my house? "asked the Italian girl.

- "yes with pleasure"

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- "wait but... Your father is the Colonel?!"

- "yes"

- "ah fuck but DeLuca, it didn't even click for me! "

- "is that a problem?"

- "no no, I didn't think I was going to have a friend that high up"

- "I am not the daughter of a brigadier or division general..."

-"Oh yes, you're right, it sucks... I should go and try to find something better! "Said she laughing and pretending to leave

- "ha ha ha ..." She said falsely blasé

- "your house is beautiful"

- "thank you ... But I'm not the interior designer..."

-"Amore Mio? "Says a woman from the kitchen.

- "Si mama, I'm with a friend"

- "a friend?" Asked her mother as she poked her head through the kitchen door in surprise.

- "yes mom, a friend"

- "Nice to meet you, I'm Lucia, Carina's mom." She said as she reached out to Maya after wiping her hands on her apron.

- "Nice to meet you Mrs. DeLuca, I'm Maya"

-"Please call me Lucia. Maya are you American? Carina doesn't often bring friends home."

- "By not often she means... Never" Carina said

-"yes I am American ma'... Lucia"

- "You want some Cannoli? I just finished them".

- "what is it?"

-"These are Sicilian pastries, you really have to try them, my mother's cannoli are a killer! "

- "with pleasure then"

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- "hummmm but it's so good! Thank you ma'am"

-" Lucia"

- "sorry, Lucia"

- "I warned you, my mother is a great cook"

- "Carina needs to learn how to make them and cook in general if she ever wants to get married!"

- "mammaaaa I'm 16! I'm not getting married, not tomorrow anyway"

-"At your age I already knew how to cook, you can't learn that in one day cara Mia".

Carina rolled her eyes at her mother's words, which made Maya laugh.

-"Mommy I love you but... Maya do you want to go to my room? "

- "no worries, I'll follow you"

- "See you later, girls"

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- "your mother is adorable"

- "my mother has an ideal of life that does not necessarily correspond to me"

-"You're not the kind of person who dreams of the perfect wedding in a white dress, with the ideal man since you were little?" she said to tease her.

-"I didn't say I was against marriage..." Maya looked surprised, was she against... men?!, then Carina added "but I'm too young to think about it".

For once she had a friend on the base she was not going to spoil it as it had been the case with Arizona.

Arizona, Carina's exe, her first and only girlfriend. They had gone out together a little less than a year ago. Only Andrea was aware that his sister had dated a girl.

They had started dating six months before Arizona, who was two years older than her, had to leave the base. Her father had been transferred shortly after her arrival.

Arizona had been her friend, then ... No more. However Carina knew that the risk of families being transferred quickly was a possibility. It hadn't made things any easier and she had suffered for it.

Arizona's father had been transferred to Rota, Spain, where she quickly forgot about Carina for a pretty Spanish girl, Callie Torres.

Carina did not want to fall in love with any more military girls, especially foreign ones.

- "and then you don't like anyone on the base? Unless you have someone out there?"

- "out there ... I feel like I'm in prison when you say that... There was someone, but that's ancient history. The father was transferred to Spain and I... I was forgotten at the expense of another girl"

- "I can't believe we can forget you"

This thought made Carina blush, when someone knocked on the door.

- "yes? "

Andrea put her head through the door.

- "Maya, my mom wants to know if you want to stay for dinner?"

-"It would have been a pleasure but I would have had to warn my father, now it's too late to warn my home" she answered before adding, looking at Carina, "another time maybe?"

- "another time with pleasure" said the Italian

- "MAMMAAA SHE CAN'T STAY HERE" shouted Andrea as she closed the door

-"I'm going to go, thanks for this afternoon, it was ... Cool. See you tomorrow? "

- "Sure. I'll walk you downstairs."

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- "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" said a man's voice

-"Dad, I didn't know you were back! Daddy, this is Maya Bishop, Maya this is my father Colonel DeLuca"

- "Nice to meet you colonel"

- "Bishop, are you Lieutenant Bishop's daughter? "

- "yes sir"

- "he has a good reputation. I'm delighted too. Will you stay for dinner with us, Maya? "

- "she can't daddy"

- "Another time then, Maya" he said before slipping away.

- "waaaaa your dad is awesome!"

-"Not so much... He takes himself seriously... I never bring anyone home. When you come to eat he will be more... Relaxed."

- "and it will be my pleasure"