"I'm right here." I say as I step off the last stair in my home and stand on the ground floor.
"Your girlfriend is in the kitchen." Sofia says.
"Thank you." I say then I head to the kitchen
When I get to the kitchen I see my girlfriend talking with my parents.
"Okay I know you three like Blake which is great." I say as I wrap my arms around my girlfriend.
Blake and I went out to dinner last night with my parents so that I could introduce Blake to my parents.
"But stop hogging her." I say then I squeeze Blake. "My Blakey."
"Aww." My Mommy says then I look at Blake.
"You need to put that stuff up?" I ask as I point to her bags.
Blake nods then we head up to my room.
Once in my room Blake locks the door.
"Everything okay?" I ask.
"That depends on how you react to this." Blake says then she hands me a ziplock bag.
"You're pregnant?" I question as I look at the ziplock bag then I look at my girl and smile.
"Mhmm." Blake says with a smile.
"AH." I squeal then I toss the ziplock bag behind me, pick up my girlfriend, pin her against the wall, and smother her in kisses.
"Well someone's happy." Blake says.
"Very." I say then I passionately kiss my girl.
"Mmmm." Blake moans into our kiss then she pulls my hair back to break our kiss. "We can finish this later."
"Yay." I say then I set Blake down on her feet. "You wanna wait to tell everyone?"
"Yeah." Blake says.
I nod then we make sure we're presentable before we head back down stairs.
"There's my favorite golden retriever." Blake says as Waffles comes up to us.
Waffles smiles at us then she walks with Blake and I to the theater room.
"Alright people." I say. "Who wants to get their ass whooped?"
For the rest of the night my friends, family, and I are having an NHL 25 video game tournament.
"Oh you are going down Isabella." Jessie says.
"We'll see about that." I say as Blake and I are handed a piece of paper then we look at it.
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"I chose the teams through a random draw." My Dad says as I hand the list to him.
"Cool." I say then Blake and I lay on a couch together.
"First game is Christen and Jasmine versus Katana and Mikaela." My Dad says then Blake and I watch the two teams pick their jerseys.
"Color jerseys only." I say. "No white jerseys allowed."
"Why not?" Alex asks.
"White jersey's bore me." I say.
"Oh." Alex says as the two teams select their jerseys then the game begins.
As the first period is being played I feel my phone buzz so I grab it and see Tolani texted me.
Tolani: Are you going to the Colorado v Army game in a couple weeks?
Me: Yeah
Me: Why?
Tolani: We're gonna be in New York for Monday Night Football, but we're coming in Saturday Morning to avoid the snow storm that's forecasted for that Sunday.
Tolani: Can you get tickets for me, Kaipo, Jason Kelce, Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, and DeVonta Smith to go to the game.
Tolani: Obviously I'll pay you back
Me: Yep
Me: Good thing Dad has a big boat
After my dad got rich he bought his dream fishing boat and he and my parents always used it to come up and visit since it's easier to get to West Point than to go by car.
If you were to travel by car from NYC to West Point then it'd take you about an hour and half on a good day, but if you travel by boat then it only takes around 50 minutes.
"WHEW." Katana cheers when she scores.
"Boo." Sahara says.
"Twins." Aurora says.
"Sorry." Katana and Sahara say then the game resumes.
"Pooheads." Aurora says then we watch the rest of the first period.
As the first period ends, Kiara's phone rings.
"Ooh." Kiara says then she picks up. "Hey Mari."
Mari is Kiara's nickname for Omari.
"Yeah she's right here." Kiara says as she looks at me. "Omari has two questions for you."
"Uh okay." I say.
Don't know why he didn't just call me.
"Okay you're on speaker." Kiara says.
"Hey Sis." Omari says.
"Sup dude." I say.
"Couple questions." Omari says. "One for school and one for personal knowledge"
"Alright." I say.
"I'm doing this assignment on what I think combat is like." Omari says. "And I just wanted to know what your experience was."
"Well what happens is you enter a zone where you shut down your emotions and focus on what you need to do to survive and protect your soldiers, you have no time to process feelings, there's enormous chaos, but you're acutely aware of everything around you." I say. "At least that was my experience."
"Wow." Omari says.
"At one point there were waves and waves of enemy soldiers running towards us, but my sole focus was to stop them from getting too close." I say. "Obviously I didn't do that though."
"You held them off for 12 hours." Omari says. "I think that's a huge fucking win."
"I also lost 22 soldiers." I say. "What's your next question?"
"Did you really try to kill yourself?" Omari asks. "Like you said in your latest song."
"Yeah." I say. "I couldn't deal with everything after Iraq and I thought I was alone at the old Casa de Salazar so I did it, but thankfully dad was in the house and heard it and he saved my life."
Casa de Salazar is what my siblings and I call our parents house.
"You don't have any scars?" Sofia says.
"Mama had one of her colleagues use a laser thingy to do something and now you can't even tell." I say. "Medicine's weird."
"Do you regret it?" Amara asks.
"I do not." I say.
"What?"
"I'm here now." I say. "And I like where my life is now."
