The soldiers promise

Billy

This chapter isn't edited so please excuse any spelling mistakes etc :)

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Grace's POV

It was a relief to have that weight off of my shoulders but i couldn't help but think i may have caused him more worry, i knew that if i didn't tell him and god forbid he didn't come home that i would regret it for the rest of my life, these thoughts twisted and twirled around my head whilst i stood on the platform of the dusty station watching Joe leave on the train for what i hope won't be the last time i see him.

~2 weeks later~

I recieved my first letter from Joe this week, a small brown envelope which enclosed 4 long pages landed lightly on my floor each page telling me how he was and how he was coping , he even asked me to tell Billy he owes him a drink when he gets home, i'm not sure if it's a joke but i'm guessing it is. It was a huge relief to hear from him after what had happened last week..

Joe's POV

*One week ago*

The sound of screaming and gun shots echoed into the sky it was like one of those big Hollywood films the ones you only see in the cinema, yet i didn't find myself enjoying this i found myself scared and defenless against enemy attacks. In the cinema if you don't like a film you can cover your eyes or better yet leave but that's not the case here, i can't just cover my eyes and wait for the ending credits i couldn't walk out even if i wanted to i had to stay and fight. 

I wasn't fighting for my country anymore, no, i was fighting for the soldier who stood beside me, My beautiful Grace and my unborn baby who i will meet when i get home because i am going to make it home. It felt like i had been thinking for hours when in reality i had only been thinking for a few mere seconds, that's when i heard it this huge bang like some sort of air raid siren that had been strapped to a bomb i ducked and put a hand down for support only to find a warm liquid substance..    I looked at my hand cautiously to find it covered in blood i looked down to my right and saw him, my best friend laying lifeless on the ground, I couldn't breathe all i could think about was the fact that my best friend Billy might be dead.

After what felt like forever i checked for a pulse, he was alive, just. I picked up his limp body and ran back to base i'm surprised i didn't get shot, i was in such a daze that i don't even think i'd realize if i'd been shot, When i finaly got him there he was put onto the ground and 'doctors' stemmed the bleeding, at least that's what i think they said. Me on the other hand, i was told to get back out there that they would save him..

*Present day*

It's been a week since Billy was taken in, they took him home in the end he was well but not up to going back on the front line, he could hardly walk, when i said well i meant alive.                                                 I wrote to Grace telling her everything that happened and asking her to tell Billy i wish him well and that he owes me a drink when i get home, i laughed when i wrote it, i know he'll get the joke even if Grace didn't.

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