I drove to Justin's house "bye" i said "wait I broke up with Selena I'm sorry she had no right to punch you" he said "You broke up with her because of me" I said "no not really" he said "bye I'll talk to you later" I said he got out and I left I grabbed my dads laptop and went to his grave I Sat down Criss cross apple sauce in front of his stone I spent 2 hours there making the Power point
Justin's prov
I was driving passed the cemetery and looked at it is that Jade I pulled over and parked and got out
Back to me
I was still making it and constantly saving it to my flash drive the power point is a mash up of all the pictures and videos me and my dad took before he died I added a few songs about dads in the military
"Jade". Someone said I looked over "justin what are you doing here" I said I finished putting together my presentation then shut his laptop Justin sat down next to me "get away" I snapped "Sargent Noah 2012 rest in peace dad the toughest fighter I knew love your daughter Jade" justin read his grave "thats your dad" justin says "yeah he died last year he was coming home from being overseas when his plane crashed I was waiting and waiting for him to return on the porch and then when I got the call I screamed at god and for the first time in my life I cried I was in pain for the first time in my life but tough is my middle name
my dad I was his soldier I never showed pain until my protector was gone" I explained to him he was crying I wiped his tears
"man up and toughen up soldier hide your pain and you'll be ready for war" I told him "but I'm not tough I'm shy and quiet" he said
"Your a girl" I said "you don't have to be so tough all the time" he said "bye dad" I stood up and grabbed his laptop Justin stood up "is that his truck" he said "yeah" I said
Next day I was wearing pic above I was in language arts "so our last presentation is jade's so jade come on up" the teacher said I walked up to the front
of the room "so the most important thing to me is my dad" I said "lame" Selena said "grow the fuck up I had nothing to do with you and Justin" I said
"Anyways my dad means everything to me he always thought me to be tough he was a fighter he was in the army and he never showed
pain but last year I lost him to a plane the man fought everyday like it was his last and I lost him to a plane that was supposed to bring him home forever" I explained to them I pressed play on the power point presentation and turned the lights off
The presentation started and first was a video of me in the hospital as a new born my dad is holding me "Sargent Noah reporting for duty of father hood" my mom says behind the camera
"This here is my little soldier cadet jade" he said "princess jade" mom said "no cadet jade she's daddy's soldier she's a fighter" he said
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There were more pictures and videos until we got to one I was five "jade jade" mom says "mommy its cadet jade to you" my five year old self said
"You don't want to be a princess" she asked "no mommy daddy's soldier" I said
.....more videos and pictures and words to go then we got to last year the last time I saw my dad "Sargent Noah permission to hug" I said standing on the chair in the living room "permission granted soldier" he said I hugged him tight
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The bad news I hated. the video started out with me on the pouch waiting for my dad to return my aunt was filming my mom comes out and sits down next to me I
looked over at her she was crying "mom why are you crying" I said "I'm afraid we lost a soldier" she said "Sargent Noah" I said she nodded I broke down in tears "it's okay baby girl mommy's here" my mom rubbed my back as I cried "Sargent Noah loves you" mom said "mom no it's not Sargent Noah it's my dad the one who protected me from bad things hes gone mom he fought he was a fighter" I cried I looked at the camera "turn the camera off turn it off" I cried
Then the rest were videos of me grieving the loss of my dad plus his funeral and stuff then the presentation ended with a picture of my dads grave and above it said rest in peace dad
I turned the light on everyone clapped I was about to cry "I have to go" I said and walked out of the room I walked down the halls
I broke down in tears "Jade wait" justin says I turned around I ran to him and wrapped my arms around his waist and cried into his chest I cried so hard
10 minutes later I was still crying I looked at him he was crying "even soldiers cry too" justin says he wiped my eyes I grabbed his hand
"come with me" I said and pulled him him outside "what are you doing" he said "shut up" I said we walked to my dads truck "get in" I said and unlocked it we got in and I drove to my dads grave I parked and got out and shut the door Justin got
out I pulled him in front of my dads grave "dad this is Justin do you approve give me a sign or something" I said the wind blew and a flower pedal shaped like a heart
fell into my hand I looked at Justin I grabbed his hand and put the heart in
it "permission to kiss soldier" he said "permission granted" I said he kissed me passionately it started raining then he pulled away he grabbed my hand and we ran to the truck
