Served

Chapter3

"Todd!, where are you?" I scream looking around for him I can't see past all the dust around me.

"Eric! Eric please!" I can here him screaming I can't find him there are gun shots everywhere making it hard to locate where the screams are coming from. With the dust settling around me I can see him laying in the brush off to the side if the path,

"Todd! I'm coming!" I yell to him running over when I see him I can tell he can't walk with the injury to his leg.

"I'm going to have to pick you up. Let's go we can make this." I tell him while hoisting him over shoulders off in the distance there is an explosion and more gun fire my breathing is heavy, but I keep moving towards the base. right then I'm shot in my back. I keep moving I need to get Todd back.

"Eric! put me down and run to base your shot you'll lose more blood then me at this pace." he begs me, but I just ignore his request and I can see base from this point. Once again I'm shot, not this time in my shoulder I fall to the ground. I can't make it.

"Eric wake up." I here Todd whispering I open my eyes from my panic sleep to see him in the dark.

"What's going on?" I say back I can tell my face is covered in sweat

"You were freaking out, I wanted toast sure you were okay."

"Oh. Sorry I woke you up."

"Don't be I wasn't asleep anyway. are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I was having a nightmare."

"That's why I won't sleep. the nightmares won't stop."

"I wonder what it's going to be like if we have to be sent out to fight."

"We will be fine, people always think people Ike is are so brave, but I'm scared as shit.

"Me too." I say looking away from Todd

"Don't worry too much okay? just stick with me during training. we will have each other's back no matter what. I won't leave you."

"I won't leave you either." I say choking on the words a little bit. with Todd still leaning over me I look back at him. he is just studying my face I feel my face get hot, I raise my hand up and place it on his chest getting his attention.

"I won't leave you." he states again looking in my eyes

"I know, just try to sleep okay?" I say removing my hand and placing it next to me

"Yeah. goodnight Eric." he says before climbing up into his bed. I lay back down and roll over, thinking about what just happened. Was that just normal conversation? or was there something else there? I ask my self. I can't stop thinking about my nightmare, I spend the red of the night staring at the dark.

In the morning I get up and fix my bunk before the Morning alarm even sounds. I have nothing better to do so I sit on my bed looking at my hand, remembering the feeling of it being placed on Todd's chest. a tingle runs up my arm, as soon and the alarm sounds Todd jumps down and gets started just like the rest of the privates. When he is done he looks at me

"Good morning, why are you up so early?" he asks while chuckling

"I just woke up." I answer back smiling.

"Liar. why are you always lying to me?" He says laughing again

"Why are you always laughing?" I ask tauntingly

"I'm just happy now a days." he says smiling a huge smile.

"A huh."

When we are called for breakfast Todd and I walk over to the table we have been eating at since we got here. We sit down and just talk about things we did before this.

"Yeah, I used to be a male stripper," Todd told me

"You're kidding....right?"

"Yes, but how fun would it be to do something crazy?"

"We are doing something crazy."

"Stop being so serious! If you could do something crazy what you you do?"

"I don't know."

"You're such a square!"

"Am not."

"I plan on changing that."

After breakfast we went back to our common room, we had one day left until training so today we were resting. Todd and I spent most of the day talking. we talked about my father a little bit. I didn't quite mention why my father disowned me in the first place, but he never asked why. he said he didn't want to get too nosey. Thank god he didn't ask because I wouldn't want him to disown me too. All day Todd and I talked and joked around. eventually we had to go back to our bunks, after almost every private was asleep Todd jumped down off his bunk

"Eric? you awake?" he whispered I turn around to face him.

"Yeah"

"I've got something to show you"

"What?"

"Get up, but be quiet."

"Okay."

I get up and and Todd starts walking to the doors that lead out to the hallway.

"Where are we going?"

we can get in so much trouble for this!" I shout to him, but he just turns around and grabs my wrist and keeps going forward. when we reach the end of the hallway there is another set if doors that Todd slowly pushes open. then there was a set of stairs that we walked up. At the top of the stairs there was one last door,when the door was opened Todd pulled me out onto the roof top of the base. I turned around and looked at him as he looked out on the rest of the base. there were lights and trucks, it was like a little city.

"This is so cool!" I said to Todd

"Yeah, I thought you would like it."

"We could seriously get in trouble though."

"Oh my god Eric. stop worrying about getting in trouble and come over here." Todd said while sitting down looking out at the base. I sit down next to him and he turns to look at me.

"I came up here the other night because I felt so cooped up inside, when I came out here I could breathe. it was almost like being home."

"Hey Todd."

"Yeah?"

"I think I know what I want my one crazy thing to be."

"What's that?"

I lean in to Todd and wait a second before I lightly press my lips against his. I nudge him hoping he would react to my kiss, but he didn't. I pulled away fearful of what he would do. his face looked confused, he looked up at me

"That's what you would use your one crazy thing on?" he said with a smile slowly stretching across his face

"Yeah..."

"Well it's a start." he says before he stands up and holds out his hand waiting for me to take it. I grab it and stand up, waiting for something to happen. I take my hand and place it on his chest like I have before and I look up at him.

"I'm scared as all hell." I say to him

"Me too, but I think it's supposed to be scary."

Unsure of what his feeling are at the moment I look at the ground. I can feel blush of embarrassment rise on my cheeks. I know I didn't ruin everything because we are still here; with my hand on his chest and his forehead against mine, but I want to know what he is thinking.