several occasions since their deviation in Germany.
It was located less than five miles from their housing at the Ramstein Air
Base.
“Sure, man. I’m game,” Joshua replied, mentally
kicking himself as he did so. They were all going to pay for it tomorrow.
They were scheduled for an early morning jump exercise. Joshua turned his head
toward the parked jeeps, and saw his best friend standing in the middle of the
group of the soldiers. Will’s hands were gesticulating wildly. No doubt, he
was telling one of his epic stories. Will always had a way of drawing in the
people that were around him. Where Joshua was more of a listener than a
talker, Will typically was much more garrulous.
Finishing his story, Will walked over to where
Joshua and Luke were standing.
“Yo! You all ready see what fine ladies are out
this Saturday night, here in this wonderful hinterland?” Will yelled.
This part of Germany wasn’t exactly the
backcountry, but it wasn’t exactly New York City either. Will had grown up in
Texas (he even had the cowboy boots and line dancing skills to prove it), so he
wasn’t exactly a stranger to rural-living. However, after almost a decade of
living in sunny Southern California he preferred big cities to small towns.
“Yeah. You can count me in,” Joshua said with as
much enthusiasm as he could muster. To tell the truth, Joshua wasn’t all that
up to drinking and carousing around tonight. Tonight, was the first year since
he and Victoria Sanchez had officially called it quits. He shouldn’t have even
been thinking about her. He sure as hell didn’t have a reason to. He hadn’t
spoken to her since she’d burned half his wardrobe—she did at least spare his
military uniforms.
“Excellent. By the way, what’s the problem with
your doctor friend?” Will asked.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ve been running into her almost every day now
for the past couple of weeks. You know that jogging route by our housing
complex that goes by the hospital and ends up at the river?” Will paused just
long enough to register Joshua’s nod in the affirmative. “Well, I’ve been running
that route in the morning. You know, I always run a few miles when I wake up.
Well, apparently Doctor Lewis also runs that route. A few times now
she’s almost run smack dab into me, and I swear that chick hasn’t even said as
much as a hello or a get the hell out of my way. Wait, I take that back. She
did flip me off onetime, but I do admit I definitely deserved it.”
The very fact that Will was even asking about
Olivia was telling. “Yeah man. That sounds like Olivia. She can take a while
to warm up to people.”
“Yeah, well Miss. Priss seems pretty ice
cold.”
Josh laughed at his friend’s exasperation. He had
an idea about how to make this evening out on the town a little more
interesting. He picked up his phone and dialed.
****
Olivia Lewis was in a dark mood. She hardly ever
drank, but here she was, well on her way to tipsy in a dim, rinky dinky little
pub in Germany.
At first, she’d tried to back out of hanging out
with Josh and his military friends. It really wasn’t her scene, but he’d
insisted and after two weeks of cajoling, and a text that she received from him
tonight begging her to come out, she’d relented.
She decided to let her hair down for the occasion,
after the day she’d had, she’d needed to unwind. First, her twin sister,
Sienna, had emailed her to ask for a loan to bail her ne’er do well fiancée,
Frank, out of jail. Sienna and she had always bumped heads together, even when
they were younger.
Though they’d both had a history of having poor
choices in men, Sienna hadn’t learned from her past mistakes, and was stuck in
a train wreck of a relationship. As the older sibling, by a whole two minutes,
Olivia felt that she was her sister’s keeper. Therefore, she usually ended
It was located less than five miles from their housing at the Ramstein Air
Base.
“Sure, man. I’m game,” Joshua replied, mentally
kicking himself as he did so. They were all going to pay for it tomorrow.
They were scheduled for an early morning jump exercise. Joshua turned his head
toward the parked jeeps, and saw his best friend standing in the middle of the
group of the soldiers. Will’s hands were gesticulating wildly. No doubt, he
was telling one of his epic stories. Will always had a way of drawing in the
people that were around him. Where Joshua was more of a listener than a
talker, Will typically was much more garrulous.
Finishing his story, Will walked over to where
Joshua and Luke were standing.
“Yo! You all ready see what fine ladies are out
this Saturday night, here in this wonderful hinterland?” Will yelled.
This part of Germany wasn’t exactly the
backcountry, but it wasn’t exactly New York City either. Will had grown up in
Texas (he even had the cowboy boots and line dancing skills to prove it), so he
wasn’t exactly a stranger to rural-living. However, after almost a decade of
living in sunny Southern California he preferred big cities to small towns.
“Yeah. You can count me in,” Joshua said with as
much enthusiasm as he could muster. To tell the truth, Joshua wasn’t all that
up to drinking and carousing around tonight. Tonight, was the first year since
he and Victoria Sanchez had officially called it quits. He shouldn’t have even
been thinking about her. He sure as hell didn’t have a reason to. He hadn’t
spoken to her since she’d burned half his wardrobe—she did at least spare his
military uniforms.
“Excellent. By the way, what’s the problem with
your doctor friend?” Will asked.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ve been running into her almost every day now
for the past couple of weeks. You know that jogging route by our housing
complex that goes by the hospital and ends up at the river?” Will paused just
long enough to register Joshua’s nod in the affirmative. “Well, I’ve been running
that route in the morning. You know, I always run a few miles when I wake up.
Well, apparently Doctor Lewis also runs that route. A few times now
she’s almost run smack dab into me, and I swear that chick hasn’t even said as
much as a hello or a get the hell out of my way. Wait, I take that back. She
did flip me off onetime, but I do admit I definitely deserved it.”
The very fact that Will was even asking about
Olivia was telling. “Yeah man. That sounds like Olivia. She can take a while
to warm up to people.”
“Yeah, well Miss. Priss seems pretty ice
cold.”
Josh laughed at his friend’s exasperation. He had
an idea about how to make this evening out on the town a little more
interesting. He picked up his phone and dialed.
****
Olivia Lewis was in a dark mood. She hardly ever
drank, but here she was, well on her way to tipsy in a dim, rinky dinky little
pub in Germany.
At first, she’d tried to back out of hanging out
with Josh and his military friends. It really wasn’t her scene, but he’d
insisted and after two weeks of cajoling, and a text that she received from him
tonight begging her to come out, she’d relented.
She decided to let her hair down for the occasion,
after the day she’d had, she’d needed to unwind. First, her twin sister,
Sienna, had emailed her to ask for a loan to bail her ne’er do well fiancée,
Frank, out of jail. Sienna and she had always bumped heads together, even when
they were younger.
Though they’d both had a history of having poor
choices in men, Sienna hadn’t learned from her past mistakes, and was stuck in
a train wreck of a relationship. As the older sibling, by a whole two minutes,
Olivia felt that she was her sister’s keeper. Therefore, she usually ended
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