Shattered

Chapter 5

Carter

I swear my jaw dropped, I nodded and followed her to the bar. The place seemed to have emptied out some and I noticed Beny flirting hard with that waitress, but she wasn't giving in. Cap chuckled, "He's wasting his time, he lacks the necessary equipment to land Tammy." I look at her and she is trying not to laugh, green eyes twinkling with mischief. I cock an eyebrow and she leans close, "Watch this." I smell her soft vanilla scent and my knees weaken, she tosses me a wink and saunters up to Benny. 

She gives Tammy a sly wink and the waitress smiles like it's an inside joke. "So, I'm Lee and you are?" She asks Benny, leaning against the bar. He smiles at her, "Benny." She shakes his hand and Tammy moves away to deliver her order. "You know, maybe I could show you a thing or two about getting someone like Tammy in your bed." Benny snorts, "What are you talking about, I have mad game." Lee grins, "First, never say that again. You are not a fifteen-year-old boy. Now about those pointers. The first thing you need to do is shave, she is a sucker for the clean shaven ones, and I don't just mean your face, she likes the whole body to silky and smooth." Benny looks horrified already as I bite back a laugh. "Next, you might want your voice to be a bit high, she likes softer tones, but the most important thing you need to do it lose the twig and berries, she doesn't have the slightest attraction to that sort of thing." 

Benny looks absolutely appalled, the rest of us are roaring with laughter, Lee's face is the picture of calm, "So, in a nutshell, she likes women, Benny." She pats him on the shoulder and strolls back to me with two beers in her hand and Tammy slaps her on the ass as she walks by. "Naughty girl" She playfully admonishes and Lee chuckles, handing me my beer. "So, that was fantastic, Lee." I tell her, wiping the tears from my eyes. She smiles before taking a swig of her beer. "Tammy's a nice girl but gets hit on a lot. She dresses that way for tips, not to be treated like meat. I have no doubt that Benny isn't like that, but it so much fun to fuck with people." 

I nod, "What are you doing tomorrow?" She eyes me for a minute, "Training day with the General, he says just because I am a civilian now doesn't mean I can slack off." I nod, looking her over, she definitely doesn't slack off. "What kind of training?" She smiles, "The course, he built it when we were kids and then added to it as we got older. He has a special section for when I was recovering and when my leg acts like a dick."  Soon, the bar closes and she heads off with a wave, climbing in a small Ford Ranger pickup and speeding off. Davis claps me on the back, "You have something there, Carter. Work with it, she hasn't come out of her shell in three years. Go see her tomorrow." I shake my head, "Can't, it's training day." 

"So go train, or watch her train, you would be amazed what a wounded soldier can do." He pokes and I shake my head, "The General won't like that."  He grins, "I'll call him in the morning and we can go together. She likes you, you like her. It's easy." I hand him my card with my cell on it and he's gone. I go home thinking about bright green eyes. Just before dawn, my cell rings. I'm already up and dressed for my run. "Hello?" I answer. "It's Davis, meet me at the address I just texted you in twenty minutes." He hangs up and I look at my phone, it's just outside the base. 

I jump in my car and head there. I see Davis leaning against a beat up Chevy truck. "Come on, Carter, we can get a good seat so she won't see you. You need to watch this." I nod and follow him to the back of the house where I see a vicious course that makes the SEAL run look like a kindergarten playground. I look at Davis, "Holy shit, she can do this?" He chuckles, "She has the best time out of both her brothers, too." I furrow my brows, "Brothers?" He snorts, "Grant and Jackson. They were all named after famous Generals" Then a deep voice from behind me speaks, "Yeah and had I known then what I know now, I would have named Lee after old Stonewall, that girl's got more guts than a platoon of men." 

I turn and see a tall man with black hair that has streaks of gray through it, but the eyes, they are just like Lee's, bright green. "I'm General George Marshall." I shake his hand, "Master Chief Carter Stevens, sir. Nice to meet you." He looks at Davis and nods, "Good to see you here. Now, get in your places, she should be out in a moment." I nod and Davis leads me to a crop of bushes. We get in place when she comes out, flanked by two enormous men, both look exactly like her father, one about two inches shorter than the other. "That's Grant and Jackson, they are home and when you are home, you train. Even injured, she can beat them." I snorted, they were massive. 

"Watch and learn." He grins and they line up, the General yells go and they are off like a shot. She moves with grace and speed. Deftly moving through the course, her brothers were a few seconds behind her. Wow, I was blown away. I could still see a slight limp in her left leg, but it didn't seem to slow her down at all. When she reached the other side, she turned and did it again in reverse, passed her brothers who looked at her and she flashed a smile. She finished both before the boys finished the first time.