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Chapter 5: Jessica

Fifty Two Hours Later

We just have arrived in Redmond Airport which happened to be the town over from Bend. It surprised me that the soldiers including Standler stayed in their uniforms while flying home. Now that we made it out of the terminal we are now waiting for a ride to pick us up. After a few minutes everyone else hoped in cars and left while we waited. "Is there someone picking us up" I ask. Standler hasn't said much which is making this experience so much more nerve racking. 

"Yeah. My sister" he states. "But I thought you said you sister is blind" I ask shocked. "Either her driver or boyfriend will be the one technically driving the car" he chuckles. I feel my cheeks heat up, "Oh." Its weird to be blushing. My whole life I don't ever remember blushing but now it seems to happen so easily.

HONK! I jump at the sound and thats when i notice the large black suv. "That would be my sister" he smiles. A young blonde practically jumps out of the car and her eyes wonder around. "Your being an ass" she snaps after a couple seconds of silence. Then I realize that his sister is blind and he is defiantly being an ass by not making himself known. "He is to the left of me" I tell her. A smile spreads on his face and she then walks forward and finds him instantly with putting her hands to his face. "You know sis, I really hope you dont go around feeling peoples faces without knowing for sure its the right person" he chuckles as he hugs her. "Ahh i missed you my ass hat of a brother"she says as they separate from their embrace. Standler then breaks out in laughter. "Rachael this is Jessica and Nala" he introduces. "Nice to meet you" she puts her hand out for a shake. I adjust Nala onto my hip and shake her hand.

 "Now the introductions happened lets go" she says. Rachael hops back in the passengers seat. Standler opens the back door and gestures for me to get in. Once I am seated, he enters on the other side of the car.  The person driving the car is wearing a suit and I assume he is the driver stander mentioned earlier. In the middle there was a car seat, but thats all I knew. "Here let me help. Place Nala in the seat" Standler says gesturing to the car seat. I place Nala in the seat and Standler begins to buckle her in. Once she is buckles I notice he pulls on a seat belt buckling him self in his seat. I do the same thing following his example.

After fifteen minutes we pull up into a shopping center. This is defiantly not his house. "Jessica, Ben said you were going to need stuff so thought we would knock it out now especially since you gotta get stuff for you little one" Rachael says from the front seat. "Yeah. Standler, is there a way to access the money from the grant" I ask. "Standler? Really? Ben did you really tell her to call you that" she chuckles from the front seat. Ben smirks, "No, I didn't Rach, but yes Jessica. Im off duty, so call me Ben." I notice he ignores my question about the money.

Rachael tells the driver to park in front a large building called Target. "Dave we will be awhile. Ill text you when we are finishing up" she tells him. We all unload from the car except the driver. "Lets go in here first. Then we can check out the surrounding stores" Rachael says cheerfully. She then pulls out a plastic stick that she extended. Placing the tip on the ground she used to tell her where she is going." We head inside the door and Rachael insists on at least two carts. Ben explains on how to put Nala in the shopping cart. Its crazy how much I don't know and it seems to be including the basic stuff. 

"What would you like to look at first" Rachael asks. "Nala needs clothes that fit" I say as I glance to Nala who is drumming her fingers on the shopping cart handle. "Okay kid section" she says. Rachael puts her stick away and places her hand on the side of the cart Ben is pushing. We end in the clothes section and I dont know where to start. "She is two, right" Rachael asks. "Yea" I answer her. She ends up walking over and touching her arms and belly. "I'd say 2t would work. Sorry I was checking to see if she was a chunky or thinner one" she explains. "Thanks. I didn't have any idea on sizes" I mumble just loud enough for her to hear. 

We go though and pick out clothing for Nala. Then we walk into another part other stuff for kids. We ended up getting diapers, wipes, bath items, blankets, and a toddler bed. "How about toys" Ben asks. "I don't know. Maybe a few" I say more of a question. "You can get what ever" Ben tells me as we walk over to the section. "What would she like" Rachael asks. "Maybe toys that make noise. Sense she can't see might as well get something she can hear" I tell them. "Wait? What do you mean Nala can't see" she asks. "She is blind" I say softly. "Oh. Do you know anything about why she is blind" she asks. "No, but I hope to take her to the doctors office and get some answers" I explain. "If your open to it, I know a great specialist" she says as she picks up a doll that talks. "Yeah, that would be great. I think I have to wait for insurance paperwork, but once I have that I will defiantly take you up on that offer." She nods and then we continue picking through the toys for Nala.

"So since we have Nala covered. What about you" she asks. "Umm, sure" I say unsure of what exactly to get. "Hey Ben why don't you take Nala to check out some story books or kids music" Rachael suggests. "Sure" he says as we switch carts. Rachel and me walk to the women's section. "So lets pick an outfit then you can try it on. It will help us make sure we are getting the right size. "Okay" we walk to the girls jeans and I pick out a size . Afterwards we head to the shirts and I pick out a basic navy blue v neck. "Okay, I got an outfit" I tell her. We then head to the dressing room.

I quickly try on the clothes then after deciding that they fit good, I switch back to my clothes. "Okay so I am size medium in shirts and size 6" I say placing the items in the cart. "Since its getting closer to spring, I would recommend getting more shorts and lighter tops. It gets pretty hot here. When winter comes we get snow so September would be good time to get the warmer clothes. Oh and you should get a swim suit! Ben has a pool. We can get Nala's on the way to meet up with Ben" Rachael says as we start looking through more clothing. "This dress fabric feels gorgeous. What color is it?" she says holding up a lace dress. "Its pretty. Its a navy blue. Lets see if they have it in my size" I tell her. Finding the right size we place it in the cart. We add a few more pants, shirts and then a bikini swimsuit. "There is a better store we can go to for under garments" Rachael says as we head to the kids swimsuits. We end up picking out a cute strawberry one piece for Nala.

We meet back up with Ben and Nala at the front of the store. "Got everything you need" Ben asks. "Yeah I think so" I answer glancing at the two over full carts. "I'm going to take her to one other store. If you could take Nala to Jumba Juice and get her something" Rachael says as we make it to the register. "Sure. Ill text Dave and he can help me load these in the car. You can go now" he says. "Are you sure" I ask hesitating leaving Nala. "She is safe with me, I promise" he says. I look to Nala who is playing with a book that has textures of animals in it. I nod and Rachael and I head out of the large store.

"Which store" I ask. "Victoria secret" she says. After a couple minutes we make it to the store and walk in. "Oh" I say softly. "Let's pick out some cute stuff" she chuckles at my reaction. We get bra's with matching underwear. Then find a couple non matching. "This is pretty" I say softly. "What is it" Rachael asks. "Its lavender lace set. Bra, underwear, garter set, and has a chemise" I tell her. "Well get the right size and lets find more" Rachael says with a laugh. I find another swimsuit there also. "Okay, I think I got everything" I tell her. "Me too" she says holding up a couple pairs of bras and panties. After Rachael pays we head to Jumbo Juice to meet Ben and Nala.

We walk in and notice them at a table. I stopped in my place when I see Nala sitting on Ben's lap laughing. They are sharing a smoothie and snacking on a muffin. I can't believe she is laughing. She looks so carefree. In the compound I only got her to laugh maybe three times. She was always scared so she stayed quiet. He is a great man to be going out of his way to help us. Yes its part of his job, but he is doing so much more for Nala and me.

"Perfect" Rachael says. I look up to her confused, "What?" She smirks, "Them together. Pretty much perfect." I nod. "Yeah seems to prefect to be true" I whisper.