already dinner time. Joshua didn’t really want to go eat, if he ate it meant that he wouldn’t be able to chat with Hollie because she normally wasn’t online during the middle of the day. He normally talked to her everyday and hated when he wasn’t available.
Joshua quickly whipped out his laptop and typed a simple “have to go eat dinner, good night I will be home tomorrow xo-xo” and shut it off again. He hid it in the large outside pocket of his backpack and slid it under the bed. He dusted off the clothes he was wearing and went to the inspection lineup.
The inspector eventually went over to his bunker, kicked his backpack to conceal it completely from a bird’s eye view, nodded his head and walked away. Joshua quickly knelt over the bed and patted down his backpack to make sure his laptop was still in one piece. Sighing with relief, he walked towards the cafeteria, content.
He walked to the dining hall for dinner. He located the rest of his battalion at the back of the room and sat down between two guys he barely knew. Ralph and Mason were sitting a few seat away. Joshua just wasn’t in the mood for more talk about Hollie in their presence. He wanted to eat his dinner and rush back to the sleeping quarters in the hopes that she might be online.
Dinner went slowly. Every minute seemed to tick by as if it were ten. Joshua went from content to overly-annoyed within minutes, staring at the big clock, begging it to move faster. The food was mostly good, as far as military food went. They had legs of chicken that were more or less dry, but the rice was pretty flavorful. As soon as they were excused from the table, Joshua rushed to his bunk. Although he was an athletic soldier, he tripped over himself several times within the process.
He opened up his laptop, nestled himself under his covers, and logged onto his DateChat account. Hollie’s name was highlighted in green, she had to be online. He entered the chat room and sent her a chat request, she accepted.
Hey Hollie
Hey babe
I can’t wait for tomorrow
Same
I have the perfect date planned for us
Awe really
Yes, I just hope my flights is on time
Me too baby
I can’t believe I finally get to meet you
It’s really crazy, can I confess something?
Of course Hollie
I never thought that I would meet someone online and at first I was a little scared
Oh yah?
Yah.
Well my friends were skeptical too
OMG! Same. I didn’t want to say anything so that you wouldn’t get paranoid
Oh don’t you worry about that, I went through that phase too lol!
Awe xxxxxxx
Hehe oooooooo
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
I should get some sleep sweetheart
Ok babe goodnight
Goodnight Holl xoxo
Joshua woke up at 2 am the next morning. He couldn’t believe that the day had come but didn’t really have the energy to be excited, he was exhausted. He crawled out of his bed and stumbled to the floor, almost not making the jump. He heaved his backpack over his shoulders and left the barracks.
A guard let him out of the hall to the dimly lit surroundings of the base. It was a little chilly but Josh didn’t mind.
“The airport this morning, soldier?” Asked the guard, routinely.
“Yes, Sir” answered Joshua politely.
The guard brought him to a black car. He told the driver that he had another soldier to bring to the airport. Joshua thought that he just meant that more soldier had gone earlier, but when he was just about to fling himself into the vehicle, he realised that two other men were already sitting in the back and one had shotgun up front.
He squeezed through the door and awkwardly placed his backpack between his legs. The cold air was replaced by hot, musty air that smelt a little like old socks. The ride to the airport was extremely uncomfortable and stiff - there was no conversation between the souldiers. Joshua realised that he hadn’t even met these men before, and that
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