Parks and Smith

1) Rocky start

This first part of the book is a bit rushed but hope you like it!!!!

Zorell POV

The image of their faces is branded into my brain forever and I don't want it to fade away. I can admit that god works in mysterious ways. I feel like I met him at the wrong time though.
I was headed to the first day training for the (SFOC) special forces orientation course. He walks into my class and stands with the other group of men in the room. I was the only black woman in a room full of white men and women. Somehow he stood out to me, his shiny dark brown hair, his multicolored eyes, and his broad posture caught my attention. When he walked past he didn't even look at me but then again he did look at any of the other girls. I tried to shake my mind off the thought of him and stay focus. Luckily our instructor walked in and a wave of dominance washed over me.

"Attention My name is Captain Smith  and that's exactly how you will address me." he bellowed, making me jump into the attention position.
I think to myself : the best thing to do is not to stand out but it's hard in this type of crowd.

"At ease" he commanded, every soldier in the room relaxed. "So someone told me that this is a talented group of soldiers ...I'll believe that when I see it" he said scoffing at the file he had in his hands.

"Today is just a debriefing, tomorrow is when the real work starts"
The debriefing was about 20 mins, then it was off to the mess hall to eat before going to the barracks. I headed to the table in the corner to go sit by myself like usual, after grabbing a salad and some fruit. As I start to eat I feel someone stare at me, so I look up and over to the girls table and Lena lopez staring right at me. The way I was raised if a girl is mugging you then they clearly have a problem with you. I look back at her and she starts talking to friends and pointing at me. What the fuck are we in high school, I tried to ignore it because i know if we were in high school I would have let my attitude get the best of me. However, I'm trying to be a better person, so I get up and leave the mess hall. I was so glad to get out of there that I wasn't even paying attention to where I was going. I walked right into a person.

"I'm so sorry I need to pay attention to where I'm going " I said looking up and finding out that it is the person I can't get out of my head.

"You really should," he said, pushing himself past me.

"rude ass hell" I whispered to myself and kept walking.

"What did you just say?" he said walking back towards me.

"I said your rude ass hell" I said louder so that he could hear me clearly. He stayed silent and walked closer, I kept strong eye contact with him. He moved closer until my lips almost touched his 

"Is there a problem here" Our instructor startled us causing us to jump back quickly.

"No just typical assholes being assholes" I said watching him walk away. All I Could think about was if he was going to kiss me or was he just trying to intimidate me. I walked towards the barracks so that I could get in the showers first. When I got there I went straight to the showers and went to sleep. I woke up at 4 am, a hour before I was supposed to be up. so I got dressed and went to the private gyms above the barracks. I walked in the gym and was greeted by a half naked Captain smith. I quickly made eye contact with him making sure my eyes didn't wonder anywhere they weren't supposed to.

"Captain smith I'm sorry i didn't know anyone was in here, i'll leave" I said about turning around and dashing but he grabbed.

"wait its sergeant zorell wilson, right?"he asked, turning me around. I stayed quiet.

"You don't have to go, I can spot you," he said, letting go of my arm.

"I was going to take a run actually" I said walking over to the treadmill.

"Why do you know we have a 5 mile run in an hour?" he said, trying to warn me.

"yes I'm fully aware of your methods, you like giving surprise runs in the morning. No warm up or stretching, this is merely a warm up." I informed him.

"So you asked around about me?" he asked as I started running.

"It's funny how that's the only thing you got out of what I said but yes I did, I have to be prepared in these types of environments" I said hinting that I'm the only black woman in the unit.

"oh you mean predominantly white environments" he said getting closer.

"yeah, I already feel targeted here." I said stopping the machine.

"Mmm well you're going to get a lot more of that" he said getting closer to me and making me nervous.
"from you?" I asked looking up at him. He backed away and walked out of the gym without saying anything. I ran down stairs to get dressed, so I wouldn't be late. The sun was rising and everyone was just waking up but Captain Smith walked into our barracks screaming.

"assigned partner 5 mile runs" he yelled making everyone move faster. "Hurry up, maybe you need to be more prepared like Wilson," he looked at me and walked away but before I could enjoy the moment Lena opened her mouth.

"kiss ass" she says, making everyone laugh. I was about to turn around and say something but I thought about my future and what was at stake so I headed to the track. I walked up to Captain Smith and tapped him on his shoulder.

"Sir can i have a word with you?" he stepped towards me. "I don't need any special treat, praises or shoutouts from you" he stayed quiet. I fell in line with the other. A part of me feels like I just made the situation worse but I tried to keep a positive mindset.

"wilson tour with parks" Captain smith yelled snapping me out of my thoughts. Who is parks? I wondered until I saw the assholes from yesterday walking towards me.

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I guess zorell has found herself an enemy: Lena Lopez