Lover《Bob Floyd》

Slight Debriefing

Walking into the lounge area Bob and I only saw Mav. I smiled slightly but got worried as to where everyone else was. "Where is Everyone." I asked. "I didn't want to talk to anyone else. Just you two."  I looked at Bob and Mav curiously. "What's wrong with us?" I asked. That made Mav laugh but shake his head. "Not a damn thing. I just feel like you are the only ones that are ready for this. This whole mission. I don't know what you did to my niece but you better keep it up. She never had a RIO before you, never thought she could work with one. She was reckless and dangerous, and that means something coming from me. Never have I seen her fly with care. Not only for herself, but for you. She is out there fighting and making sure that you make it home after this. You knowing who she is just proves that to me even more. She has never told anyone that she is a Kazansky. You two work together in ways that I have never seen before. In all my career I haven't seen a pilot go from never having a backseater to liking him. Let alone loving him. " When he said that our faces both turned bright red.

I smile up at Bob before quickly looking away. He was right. I was in love with my backseater.
"Aww, there's that shy smile. You know, you can try and say I have no idea what I'm talking about but I know my niece better than anyone. She really likes you kid. Treat her good. And he really likes you kid. Keep him safe. " Mav said, putting emphasis on safe.  I looked over at Bob. I knew that I would keep him safe at all costs. "I will. Ill keep him safe."  "You better, in this mission its exactly that, or you have to tell his family that you let him down. and you let all of them down." I look away from Bob, to Mav. "I guess thats why he was put with the best God damned pilot in the entire aviation program. Best pilot the naval aviation will ever have." I said sternly. I knew I wouldnt let him down, not a chance in hell.

"You know, I will never fully believe that you were ready, for all this. I mean shit kid, you're only 23. Most people dont make here until late 20's. Dont let people like me tell you, you arent ready." Mav told me. I smiled though because I knew who that was for. "You go tell Bradley that, not me." I said patting his back. "Permission to do some laps?" I asked pointing to my plane. He shook his head but smiled. "No, but you shoudd get a swim suit." I stop walking and turn to him witha  funny look on my face. "What?" I ask. "You heard me." He said smirking. I looked at Bob with the same look but he just shrugged. "I have one in my locker." "he do this often?" Bob asked. I shook my head no but at this point with Mav, nothing really shocked me. "What are we doing?"  I asked. "Training." Is all he said. I shook my head but smiled at him.  "You know I hate it when you do that." He smiled but shook his head. "Oh I know. Thats why I do it." He said.

He was looking over at the old picture from his flight calss here. It made me sad. "You cant send him." Is all I said. He knew what I meant. "If I dont he will never forgive me. I risk loosing him either way." That made my eyes water, so I turned to go to the locker room, I didn't look at Bob on my way there.

~~Mav's POV~~

"She is braver than you think she is you know. Elenore. I have only seen her like this with you,  its a good thing. She doesnt trust people. But she trusts you." I told Bob. he turned to me and smiled. "Thank you Sir. but what did she mean about 'You cant send him.'? Who was she talking about?" He asked me. I shook my head and sigh. "She was talking about Rooster. He and her grew up as brother and sister, but when I had pulled his papers at the academy, he shut the both of us out. He is jealous of her because she made it and he didnt plus she is younger than him. They would have graduated at the same time, same class, but I shaved off 4 years of his career. He has never forgiven me. but he just wasnt ready. He flies too much like his dad, he doesnt know how to fly on his own. He only knows what the book told him. Elenore, she never did what the book told her, if she was told to go 600 knots, she went 700. If she was told to stay over 5000FT, she went 4000. She didn't fly with a RIO or a Wingman, she was completely solo. She did things that would take a full squadron to do. Nothing got in her way. Until she did a course with someone. almost died and she got those 4 air-to-air kills. last time she ever flew with someone.

When she was told that she was given a RIO she was not happy. She was scared, but she saw you, and for some god unknown reason, she liked you. She trusted you, and the more she got to know you, she fell in love. I saw the same thing with my sister, her mother, and Ice. Thats why I know. You mean more to her than you would ever understand." I told the kid. He needed to know that she loved him, but that she also trusted him. He nodded, tears in his eyes. "Yes Sir. I will keep her safe." That earned a smile from me, "I know, i know, because she knows."