Soap's Sister (Ghost love story)

Eyes

I woke up on Soap's sofa, he left so it was just me. I walked to my dorm and bumped into Price.

'Ah Paige just the girl I was looking for. We finally have duties for you to attend to. So tonight you will be in the watch tower with Ghost. From 7pm-7am. Hope that's ok. You will need to get a lot of rest in today'

'Yeah sure. Where is the watch tower?'

'The one you and Ghost will be on will be on east'

'Noted. See you later Price'

I napped on and off through out the day trying to get as much sleep in as I could. I woke up again at 5:30pm by my belly rumbling. I made my way to the mess hall, it was relatively quiet as most of the rookies ate at 6:30ish. I got a tray and filled my plate up with food, I sat down and ate it by myself. I felt eyes on me and I looked to my left to see a man staring at me. I guessed he was a new recruit. He stood tall, dark hair tussled back with steel grey eyes. He had a scar running over his left eye. I recognised him from somewhere but I couldn't work out where so I put it down to just seeing him around the base.

I finished my food, and headed down to my dorm with the man's eyes still on me. Fucking freak. It was now 6pm I had an hour before I needed to be at the watch tower. I washed my face and chucked my hair into a very messy bun with my stupid glasses on my face. I felt a headache starting and I knew it would be a long night if I didn't wear my glasses. I put on cargos, with a tight black jumper that covered my arms. I threw on my jacket and laced up my combat boots and headed out the door. It was 6:39 now, so I walked to the tower as my dorm was on the south side as quick as I could. I had done over night watch before and with the right person it was pretty fun but with Ghost I wasn't sure what it would be.

On my way there I grabbed the kit I would need for it, I lugged all of it up the stairs and eventually made my way to the top of the watch tower. Ghost wasn't there yet, so I put in my AirPods and started listening to my music. I got absorbed into setting up the sniper making sure it was too my liking. I wasn't the best sniper but I wasn't the worst either. I remembered to bring blankets as it got cold at night. I bent over looking through the sniper one last time making sure I was satisfied before I felt a tap on my shoulder.

'Fuck me Ghost!' I exclaimed turning off my music. He laughed slightly.

'Don't say things you can't handle'

I felt my cheeks fire up, because what the fuck did he mean by that. I rolled my eyes and turned around hoping Ghost wouldn't notice. I leaned against the wall and lit up a cigarette, offering Ghost as well. I leaned against the wall watching the sunset slowly glow different colours, tonight it was orangey with spots of purple with a yellow outline. The sun burned into my eyes but it was always so hypnotic to me, never the same sun rise or sun set. I felt eyes staring at me and turned to looked at Ghost who quickly diverted his eyes to look at the floor. I took one that drag of my cigarette and stomped it out on the ground.

'Do you always have to stare or am I the exception?'

He laughed 'Please. Don't flatter yourself love.'

Love...

The way he said that almost made me melt, his blue eyes were bright in the orange hugh of the sunset. He seemed to be in deep thought yet he broke the silence first.

'I erm... I'm sorry about all of this with Amelia' he avoided my eye contact when he said this.

'It's fine. A bit of a shock to the system. It's weird, I still have so much love for her. All I want to do is run and hug her, hold her. Tell her everything with be ok. That I will fix things, yet deep down I know she chose this path. She has done this to herself. I can't save her. It is taking everything in me to not try and save her.' Talking to Ghost came easily to me he didn't say anything really but I knew he listened.

'I want her to say she was a spy, that she couldn't tell me. I want her to do well in life and succeed. I want her to find love. I want her back Ghost.' I turned to look at him and I was met with his eyes staring into mine. I looked away not wanting him to see me getting teary eyed.

He took a step closer to me, and lifted up my chin with his finger making me look up at him. His finger ran over my jaw line I parted my lips slightly perhaps to take in more oxygen as my lungs felt as if the air had been sucked out of them, or perhaps I was inviting him in. He dropped his head down to whisper in my ear. The hairs on my neck stood up and I felt a tingle fall straight down my spine. My heart leaping out of my chest at his words.

'My darling, you can't constantly save people. Save yourself first.' He raised himself back up and turned away setting up his equipment.

'Save yourself first' the words echoed around my head over and over again. A statement I knew was true yet hearing it was something I didn't anticipate.

Ghost's POV

I had duty, at 7pm with Paige and if I was being honest I was quite happy about that. I took my equipment and headed up the East watch tower. I found Paige already there setting up her sniper her music playing. She truly was in a world of her own. She looked happy, at peace almost.

She was so absorbed she didn't notice me there, I watched as she expertly set up the gun. She sun light washed over her hair, the dark curly hair had flecks of red in it which I hadn't noticed before. I tapped her in her shoulder making myself known.

'Fuck me Ghost!' She exclaimed whilst turning off her music and taking her glasses off. I didn't know she wore glasses. I laughed at her expression.

'Don't say things you can't handle' I said with a small smile. One she couldn't notice because of my balaclava. I watched as her cheeks went a shade of rosey red as she quickly turned away rolling her eyes. She leaned up against the wall and lit up a cigarette, she offered me one and I watched as she stared into the sunset. Her dark brown eyes now suddenly became lighter. They were golden brown, flecks of darker brown in through out it. I had never seen her eyes in such a light before. I wasn't bothered about watching the sunset. Her eyes felt hypnotic to me. Her eyes darted to mine and I quickly let go of my gaze. Not wanting to be caught staring like some sort of creep.

'Do you always have to stare or am I the exception?'

I laughed at her words. 'Please. Don't flatter yourself love.'

She stayed quiet but stared into my eyes. She looked as if she could see right into my soul. The eyes...they never lie. I could tell she was in pain, I thought she could do with some sort of an apology. Even though it wasn't my fault.

'I erm... I'm sorry about all of this with Amelia' I avoided eye contact with her. Nervous I might have over stepped.

''It's fine. A bit of a shock to the system. It's weird, I still have so much love for her. All I want to do is run and hug her, hold her. Tell her everything with be ok. That I will fix things, yet deep down I know she chose this path. She has done this to herself. I can't save her. It is taking everything in me to not try and save her.'

She started rambling on, it brought yet another small smile to my face. It was nice hearing her ramble on. I liked listening to her so I tended not to say much as she spoke. I just listened and heard.

'I want her to say she was a spy, that she couldn't tell me. I want her to do well in life and succeed. I want her to find love. I want her back Ghost.' I noticed her eyes well up as she quickly looked away from me. As if she was ashamed to be seen this weak.

I took a step forward, as I put my finger under her chin tilting her head up to look at me. Those eyes. I ran my finger along her jaw, I couldn't stop myself. I just needed to feel her. I watched as her lips parted taking in a sharp breath. As much as I wanted to kiss them I couldn't. Not now.

I dropped down to her ear and whispered 'My darling, you can't constantly save people. Save yourself first.'

I turned around and started setting up my equipment. I couldn't kiss her, it wasn't as easy as I wanted it to be. Sure I had been my fair few barrack bunnies before but this was odd. Different.

She was my best friends sister. She was going through a lot as well and I didn't want to make it any worse.

Authors note:

Hellooooooo, I hope you enjoyed this cute little chapter. I'm literally smiling because of how cute this chapter is!!!

Love you xoxo