Better days ( graves an child reader)

Base (chapter 15

A/n- short  ass chapter but enjoy !

It's been an hour of driving on the sandy dirt roads and still no base to be seen. You looked out the window with your head leaned on the door of the humvee looking at the starry sky and the dark clouds that lay above the dark shadows of the night. You sat in the back of the humvee with ghost and tried to keep yourself from possibly getting on his bad side. You glanced at ghost for a moment and took note of his skull mask again and you studied him for a while before breaking the deafening silence.

" uh ghost..how come you wear a skull mask?"
Your voice broke the silence , ghost slowly turning his head towards you. His eyes pierced through yours. He didn't answer but instead stood quiet with a menacing look. Soap turned his head while driving real quick and he looked at you for a moment before letting off a small chuckle.
" Are you ugly?"
You asked.
" oooo do you have a scar ?"
Your question's rambled on only to get an annoyed grunt and glance in response.

Ghost never liked questions and he never liked people much , he only really trusted soap but he had a secret soft spot for children of all ages , even you who was 14. He would never admit it to a single soul but soap and the others knew deep down he did but they never mentioned it since none of them wanted to meet the maker himself.
Ghost had it rough and even soap knew that.

It took soap at least 2-3 years for him to get ghost to trust him to an extent. Ghost tended to be closed off and you could see that but ghost could see right through you just like glass.he could see how you struggled and he could see that you had to you then what you had said , more to what you hid.

Ghost stood quiet and soap turned to you.
"Save the questions dusk , he's not much of a fan of them."
Soap chuckled trying to lighten the mood a little despite the current situation.
"Noted. Hey , you think I'll become a good soldier?"
You asked as you looked back out the window and settled more into your spot staying still with the occasional knock against the door from the uneven dirt roads.

Soap gave a thoughtful look towards you and gave a small smile to himself as he drove.
" One day , with proper training and work you'll be one of us."
Soap encouraged.
" Yeah , I hope so. Then I can fight assholes like Hassan." 
You let off a little huff and soap shook his head.
" there's more to just fighting , it's about helping people and as one wise captain told me , we get dirty so the world stays clean."
Soap explained and you gave a hum in response.

"When we get to base we are laying down rules for while you stay here , you will be training with me during the week as we get updates on what's going on. No if ands or buts , you're in this for the long run."
Ghost glared at you before keeping his eyes ahead again.
"So I get to train with dark and broody?"
You joke only to earn a dismissive look from ghost. You sighed and just leaned your head more on the door and looked out the window wondering when you would see your father, graves again

As the drive continued in a good silence , your eyes started to droop and your body became relaxed. The humvees engine being a sort of white noise for you , putting you at some sense of ease along with the gentle rock of the truck.
You let off a yawn and sunk more into the seat and you decided to give in to your sleepiness and you close your eyes letting your mind drift off to nothingness and letting your body recharge and be at peace.

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Your eyes fluttered open as you felt the humvee come to an abrupt stop. As you were still waking up and adjusting to the sudden stop you felt a hand gently shake your shoulder and you looked up to see ghosts' dark eyes looking down at you.
"Get up kid , we're here alright."
Ghosts husky deep British voice spoke quietly as he shook you awake a little more.

You sat up straight and looked outside the window to see a nice sized building with gating around it and some lamp posts set up , illuminating light all around. You stood drowsy still but soap had already gotten out of the humvee and ghost opened the door and got out of his side and came around and opened the door on your side. He stood waiting for you as you adjusted your eyes to the light from the lamp posts.

New days and  better beginnings lie ahead but for now you go and seek to rest in bed.