A solider came home

Standing in an airport on a hot humid sunday was not something i had planned. My white dress was begining to stick to my skin because of the heat and the flim camera around my neck began to weigh me down. I was waiting on "Noah" he was the grandson of my neighbor. I had just transfered from the university in vermont to Flordia State University about a month ago. I moved into a small one bedroom log house. It was owned by a lady name Mrs.claudia who was renting out to me and suprisingly we had gotten very close in the past month. She was a very nice and respected woman around town. But yesterday during our daily walk she asked me to pick up her "baby Noah" as she put it, at the airport because she had alot to do and had to finish some things for his welcome home party. She had explain to me that he was twenty six and just finished a four year tour in Iraq. But now i was kind of regretting saying yes to picking him up because i am so hot, tired, starving, and a sweaty mess. I so wasn't prepared for the Flordia heat. I mean i should have been use to some heat having been born and spending some of my childood in South America. I moved around alot, i was a miltary bratt so I lived somewhere different almost every year. I spent my teen years mostly in England and vermont where the cold was brutal. Even though i moved around alot i still kept my dominican accent partly because my mom usually spoke spanish to me alot although my dad didnt speak it he taught me his native american lanuage. But now my accent was slightly mixed with a british sound. It wasnt that bad moving around so much since i love photography i pretty much had pictures from all over the world, which helped a lot with my night photo classes and my internship as a wedding photographer assistant. I actually got to do much more than an assistant now a days since my mentor has been out a lot I've actually gotten a chance to take pictures but I didn't have work again until Tuesday. But back to the heat, it was too hot even though it was a early july day. Walking through the crowd of people my white sandals smacked agaisnt the ground as I pushed my thick Afro behind me. I walked over to the front desk but before i made it something caught my eye. A group of around 10 soliders stood waiting. I turned my head to see many families coming from different directions in a rush to greet their soliders. One soldier in paticualr stood out. He was around 6'5 or 6'6 with dark brown messy hair sitting on top of his head under a camaflouge hat and electric blue eyes. It seem though he wasnt looking around for anyone as he stood with a duffle bag. He seemed so mysterious .Before i knew it my feet were carrying me over to the group, my gross condition and hunger suddenly forgotten. I walked up to the man looking at his name plate realizing this was Noah, finally noticing my apperance he looked down at me and I froze. All i could see was a deep ocean of electric blue. My whole body relaxed as I was transfix by his eyes that seem to constantly fade from electric blue to gold.

"Hi i'm Melissa a friend of your grandmother Claudia. She asked me to pick you up from the airport". I said awkwardly feeling weird under his gaze.

"Shit Noah man is this your girl" said a man with big brown eyes. I looked at him and Noah confused waiting for him to answer.

Noah looked down at me and i notice how huge he was. Like completely huge my head reached atleast the middle of his chest. I tilted my head back looking at him in a daze.

"She isn't my girl" he said still starring at me.

"I'm a friend of his grandmother, i'm Melissa SahTo Sanchez". I said shaking his outstretched hand.

"Thats a beautiful name you're really pretty too where you from ?" said the blonde girl on the soldiers arm.

"Aww thank you" i said while smiling "and i'm half dominicano and native american".

"Thats so cool I'm mariah by the way and this is jack, but omg do you speak both lanuages"

"Si, me gusta hablar espanol, Nai mou arései na miláei elli̱niká, y I ndáiríre maith ag labhairt na hÉireann." I said laughing lightly at the look they gave me.

" So you speak spanish, greek, and irish! Wow gosh this is perfect cause i'm an esol teacher and i've been looking for a guest speaker to talk to my kids down at John Hawkins Highschool" said the blonde with a squeal.

"Thats so cool" I said

" Well we are going over to Noah's and Mrs.claudia house for dinner tonight too, so maybe we can talk more about the esol visit if you decide to do it"

"It was nice to meet you mariah and i'd love too" i answered before they turned around left. I let out a sigh. Noah grumbled and i jumped at the sound. He opened his mouth begining to say something then he paused running his hand down his face. What a beautiful face i might add. He had a chisel jaw which was cover by a sexy beard. My eyes moved downward to his uniform he looked really hot. I've never actually had a boyfriend i mean i kissed this guy when i was thirteen but it was gross and his braces cut my tonuge.But noah lips looked soft and warm. They were perfect.

"Sólo quiero besar tus labios rojos rosados" I realized i began speaking in spanish something i did when i was nervous. He looked at me confused.

"I took spanish for all four years in highschool and i still have no clue what you just said" his deep voice rumbled out.

"Umm. I sorry it was nothing, you ready to go Noah". I said with flush cheeks. He nodded and i turned away walking out of the airport feeling his gaze still on me. We made it to my car i unlocked the door and we hopped in. I started fidgeting with the keys and my breathing came out fast. The car ride was silent with so much tension in the air. This will be fun i thought.

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