TOP GUN: BACK TO MY ROOTS

OLD FRIENDS

i woke up the next morning and rolled over to find rooster next to me
"hello there" he said
"i had the weirdest dream we went to the hospital and dad was there and then jake was there" i said and he laughed a little "that wasn't a dream babe, i had to call an ambulance, you wouldn't wake up" he said
i looked at him with wide eyes, realizing that we were in his bed and not mine,
"you did?" i suppose i thought it was a dream because of how blurry it felt, i could feel a pounding in my head
"you were on a lot of drugs, im not surprised you don't really remember it" he wrapped his arms around me "it was scary" he said
"what happened, am i okay?" i asked him
"yeah your okay, you had an ovarian cyst" he said
i moved my hand up to my head, feeling the pounding sensation grew more and more persistent
"that's good, that's im okay" my heard hurt more
"are you okay?" bradley asked me
"yeah just a headache" i said
he handed me two ibuprofen and i took them quickly, wanting the pain to stop as soon as possible
"better" he asked
"will be" i said "what time is it?" i asked him
"noon, we left the hospital at about 7 this morning" he said sitting down next to me
he pulled me into him and held me for a moment before i spoke up
"are you okay?" he rested a hand on my head
"i just love you, so much" he said his voice cracking lightly
i moved my head to look at him "what's wrong?"
he took a deep breath "just seeing you, in the hospital, driving behind an ambulance, not knowing what had happened or of you were gonna be okay" he buried his face i his hands and i pulled him back into me
"i'm right here bradley, i'm okay" i said
"i know im sorry" he wrapped his arms around me
"you gonna be okay?" i asked him
he nodded against me "yeah i'll be fine"
he took a breath
"what are you wanting to do today, we about a month until i start teaching, so we have a lot of down time" i said
"we should get food, im hungry" he said
i nodded
"oh yes please i need food" i said a si stood up
"technically your only on liquids for the next 12 hours" he said
"your kidding me?!" how on earth was i supposed to be on pure liquids, i love food way too much
i crossed my arms
"i'm sorry honey" he said
"can i have a smoothie?"
"i don't see why not"
i gave him a smile and we headed downstairs
when we got i got the car an old song we both knew used to play, we sang along to it and made stupid faces at each other, it was moments like this that i wish i could just freeze in time, not having to worry about planes, or parents, or weddings
as we pulled up to the shop, i hopped out of the car and bradley followed me i opens the door for him "ladies first" i said
"yeah okay" he laughed before walking inside
once we walked in i noticed a couple of pilots, although i didn't recognize any of them, non of them seemed to be from around here
i sat down and bradley walked up to order for us
i pulled out my phone
"do my eyes deceive me? Y/N mitchell is that you?" i heard a voice say
i looked up searching for the source of the sound
before finally finding it, my eyes went wide
"sabrina anderson!?" i yelled recognizing my best friend from high school, she had moved out junior year to Washington with her family, and due to the distance we just grew apart
"what are you doing here!?" i asked her as i gave her a hug
"i moved down here just a few months ago! i was gonna text you and tell you but i just hadn't found the time" she said
"well it's good to see you, it's funny that i would run into you here if all places!" i said as i sat back down her sitting across from me
"oh actually i'm here with my boyfriend, he was in the naval program in Washington and we moved here together" she said looking into the sea of pilots
"what a boyfriend? who" i asked also looking at the pilots
"lieutenant powers, he's the tall blonde one" she said as they made eye contact and she waved him over
she stood up as he got closer and gave him a hug
i had stood up aswell
"ben, this is Y/N my best friend from high school" she said and i reached out to shake his hand which he took
"an so this is the infamous Y/N" he said
"i've heard a lot about you"
"is that a good thing or a bad thing" i asked making us all laugh
"it's a very good thing" he said
"what are you doing here Y/N?" sabrina asked me
"oh i'm actually here with my boyfriend, i'm on a liquid diet until tomorrow, had a fun hospital trip yesterday due to an ovarian cyst" i explained
"oh those suck, my sister had one one time" sabrina said
"so who's your boyfriend? i gotta meet the man who could put up with the one and  only Y/N fawkes Mitchell" she laughed
"oh his names bradley, he's a naval aviator for top gun" i explained, i had always kept my personal and school/work lives very separate, going to separate schools than brad played out to be quite helpfull
"actullay here he is" i said as i saw bradley walking up to us
"ooh a top gun man" ben said
bradley looked at me with a confused face as he walked up, clearly hearing ben's words
"bradley this is sabrina, my best friend from high school, and her boyfriend lieutenant ben powers" i said
"well it's nice to meet you two, where do you fly?" he asked ben
"the naval base in Washington, but i'm actually here to take a course through top gun" he explained
"nice, maybe we'll see you around on base sometime, Y/N ready to go?" he asked me
"oh sure" i said  and he began to walk out
"text me okay" sabrina called as we left
"eager to leave are we?" i asked him
"those Washington pilots are bad news" he said
"really, why? i mean you could safely say the exact same thing as top gun pilots, i mean look at jake" i said
"i don't know, it just seems that every time i encounter a pilot from the northwest, they're bad news" he said as he pulled out of the parking lot
'well then let's hope ben is different, on sabrina's behalf' i thought to myself
when we got home we decided to watch a movie
"what movie do you wanna watch babe?" i asked him as i turned the tv on
"i don't care, just don't make me watch anything mushy" he said as he handed me the popcorn and sat down
"oh please, you love my mushy movies, oh how about mission imposible?" i asked him
"sure" he shrugged
as i turned on the movie i moved so my legs were propped up on his thighs, and leaned back on the arm of the couch, given that we were so close our thighs were touching, and i started messing with his hair
halfway through the movie i got up to use the bathroom and when i can back i sat next to him
"ya know, the main actor kinnda looks like mav" he said as i sat back down
"hmm i don't know, maybe a little"
twenty minutes later and bradley had fallen asleep, i decided not to wake him up, but lay him down and put a blanket over him, he's wake up in an hour or two
i turned off the movie and went upstairs to take a shower
after i had done so i checked my phone to see i had some texts from jake
'hey, text me when you can'
i replied
'hey sorry i was in the showers whats up?'
'just wanted to know if you were free tonight, i haven't seen you in a while and i feel like we need to talk'
'i should be, let me check'

i walked back downstairs to see bradley still passed out on the couch, i texted jake
'yeah im free'
'great i'll pick you up in ten'
i closed my phone before heading back upstairs to on clothes more appropriate for the outside world
jake said we needed to talk, i really hope everything's okay