Heart Of Glass -Rooster Bradshaw-

Chapter Thirteen

  ~2008~

       Mazy had graduated high school literally two days before today.
She packed all of her stuff up and had a ride to the airport. Where was she going? Virginia. She was finishing out high school on the base in California.
Mav was active still and Mazy wanted to break loose so badly. She couldn't stand to be around him one more day.
It was between teenage angst, resentment, their lack of communication, and singed off father-daughter relationship.

Mazy had walked across the stage gotten her diploma. Went home had lunch with her dad. Then took her two suit cases and a backpack to the airport after he had fallen asleep.
Mazy wanted to be with Bradley till it was her turn to go to the academy the both following in their parents footsteps. Bradley had joined up two years prior, Finally getting in after Mav pulled his papers.

      Bradley had promised to wait for Mazy as long as it took. On her 18th birthday over a long call Mazy admitted after all these years she was in love with him.
She felt guilty as she was literally a teenager still and he was 23. But he was willing to try a relationship since she was of age now.
So now six months later they were both ready to commit to each other and the Navy.

Bradley stood at the airport in a pair of slightly tattered blue vans, Kahki shorts, and a Navy shirt in. His dads aviator sunglasses folded hanging from the neck of his shirt. He looked around awkwardly as he waited for Mazy. He knew her flight was supposed to come in around 2. It was now 2:15ish.
He checked his phone sliding out the keyboard in and out of it nervously.

Then he saw her.

Mazy dragged two suitcases and a backpack slugged across her shoulders.
She had on dirty white high top converse, denim shorts, and a Fall Out Boy shirt on. Her dark brown hair in two French braids something that wouldn't change about her appearance.
She looked around and spotted the tall man with sandy blonde hair.
Her face lit up as she dashed the best she could with two suit cases towards him. Right infront of them she dropped them and flung herself into his arms.

"Bradley," she hugged him tight as he spun her around taking in her scent of bath and body works perfume.
He set her back down and they embraced each other in a tight hug. She was just as short as he remembered her being.

"Mazy," Bradley smiled staring down at her.

"I'm so, I can't believe I'm here and you're here." Mazy caressed his arm.

"I can't believe you're here too," he smiled and kissed her. Both kind of sucked at kissing from the time they had spent as just an online relationship.

~2022~

         Mazy sat at the bar of the Hard Deck before they opened planning out the wedding.
Nat, Amelia, and Penny all sat at the bar with her as they folded up the last minute invitations as they went through the list of guests and addresses.

"I can't believe you're inviting Hangman," Nat chuckled as she sealed the blue envelope and put one of the white bouquet stickers on it. Then wrote out his name and address.

"He may be kind of a dick but he is my friend, let's not forget he actually saved my father and fiancé's life. It would be kind of a slap in the face to not invite him." Mazy leaned down looking at her friend.

"Ice and Mav used to absolutely hate each other. Till they flew together. Maybe this is a time for Jake and Bradley to become friends." Penny shrugged.