Dreams Of An Empire

We sat together that day, the hint on together. She has been staring at me for the last 5 minutes. I was thinking of when I went into the army and when I had told her she seemed happy for me. Now that we were sitting here alone, she seemed as if she wanted to cry. I held her, as she began to cry, "It's not fair, you don't have to live in your fathers shadow, he's gone now. I can't wait for you to come home, it'll take too long." She stuttered, breaking into a long silence. I couldn't speak, she was crying and I could do nothing about her feelings. She had came all the way from Arizona, just to see me. We spent our whole entire high school career together. She was there when my father passed. I wish I had a choice, But at the moment I feel as though I no longer did.