Most Dangerous Love

"Gary I have some good news to tell you." Lay-Lay said.

"What's up what happened baby ?" I asked.

"I will tell you later at dinner alright?" She preferred. I nodded my head and gave her a kiss before I left out the house to go see my mother. It's been tough for everyone since my father's death

When I gave her a hug she was crying and holding three letters in her hand. I gave her a kiss and hugged her even tighter. "Mommy what's wrong?" I asked. She just looked at me and handed me my letter and cried harder. I saw the letter said Woodrow Wilson and I didn't finish.

It is the Selective Service Act so when I read the name I already knew what it was. I'm married to a beautiful wife and is committed to my family. I didn't mind going but I don't want to leave my wonderful life. I sat and wondered how was I going to tell my wife. I'm the oldest son and my mother really needs me.

I ran to my room and started to cry. I cried myself to sleep and woke up when it was time for dinner. I had cold feet as I walked down the stairs to get to the kitchen. I pulled me up a chair to sit next to my wife. I sat down and ate the chow. I sat quietly thinking whole everyone was chatting away with each other.

As I finished I put my plate in the sink. I left to go outside and Lay-Lay shortly followed after.

"What's wrong baby you haven't spoken to me since this morning?" Lay-Lay asked.

"I've been drafted to goto war and I'm not ready to lose you." I answered while grabbing her hands. She just stared and busted out into tears.

I wiped her tears off her face and hugged her tightly. I had to stay strong for her so I had to camouflage my feelings.

"Why Gary, why do you have to go?" She asked while more tears came out.

"The Germans sunk the Lusitania last week and that was the icing on the cake." I responded. My other two brothers received a letter also John and Wilfred will be joining me.

In the back of my head I forgot to tell her about the Zimmerman Note.

"Gary I don't want you to leave I need you, me and Gloria." She said.

"Who is Gloria?" I asked.

"She is our daughter baby I'm pregnant." She replied with a huge smile. I just smiled and hugged her I didn't want to let her go until we was interrupted by my mother.

"I'm so happy it's with you but why keep it away from me?" I asked after kissing her. We went to my room to sleep but I couldn't sleep for anything. I kept thinking about am I going to live to see my child.

I didn't sleep for the whole day I hated the thought of living in trenches. While everyone went downstairs I stayed thinking about why would Franz Ferdinand kill ArchDuke. My brothers were excited about the war I was regretting every minute of it. My wife is slipping away from me. The Great War is the last thing on my mind I was thinking about my main priority.

No guy wants to choose from death or war. I choose family over the two personally so that's what I did. I putt clothes on and and ran three miles to Lay-Lay house. There were a couple of fleabags around her house. I knocked on her door and she stepped out with a very sad face.

"Baby it's time for me to break new ground. Without you I don't exist you are my everything and I love you so much. No I don't want to go but I have to and I don't want you or Gloria to go anywhere as long as you and her is by my side I don't need money or weapons just your love because I will forever Love you." I said while crying tears of love.

"I never knew you felt this way of me but our love for each other is more powerful than a machine gun and it kills me that Gloria, you and I won't be like the triple alliance if we lose you in the war and that's what I fear the most." She responded while crying with me.

We hugged and kissed for about twenty minutes. Her dad then gave us a ride to my house where she helped me get ready for tomorrow. She fixed us a nice dinner which may possibly be our last dinner EVER together. Later on that night we slept until 6:00 am. John, Wilfred, and I then deployed.

During the time we are at war the Great Migration was going on. We were known as the doughboys and was on a killing rampage. A lot of my soldiers died from the flu epidemic. A couple of soldiers suffered from trench foot/mouth. As the German and Austria-Hungary men was dying rapidly Kaiser Wilhelmina fled the country. After the war we were shipped back home.

My mother and wife was so happy to see us but we was missing somebody.

"Gary where is Wilfred?" My mother asked.

"Mommy I'm so sorry he died from a counterattack." I answered while handing her the dog tag. I squeezed her tight and ensured her everything was going to be on.

"Mommy don't worry I know it's hard but you still have Gary, Markus, and I to love and help you forever and always." John said while giving her a kiss.