AN: If you were reading my story the cadet, this one is the re-write. I didn't like the way it was heading so I complelty scrapped it but kept the same premise ( girls sees miltary boy ans swoons. Boy sees girl and becomes lovestruck) but in a different setting and a little more grown up in the problems that they all face.

Per Usual: The Story is mine but the charcters are not. SM owns them


The Midshipman's Girl

Summary: When put in a group on a photography class project, three very different girls come to realize there's more to life than themselves after heading to Annapolis Maryland, home of the United States Naval Academy. When these girls bump into three midshipmen, each of whom have question why they are attending the academy, it comes to affect them all.

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Terms:

Midshipman refers to an officer cadet at USNA

OUR NAVY MEN
It takes a special kind of woman to love our Navy men.
A woman who can smile through her tears.
Stay true through to OUR NAVY MEN
It takes a special kind of woman to love our Navy men.
A woman who can smile through her tears.
Stay true through the long and lonely years.
Who can love deep and true in spite of all her fears.
It takes a special kind of woman to love our Navy men.
A woman who can stand to be alone.
When little things go wrong she must not wail or moan.
She must be strong as the deeply buried stone.
It takes a special kind of woman to love our Navy men.
A woman who can be trusted to take a special care.
When searching eyes pull to port, she must be waiting there.
With open arms she should unite to make the perfect pair.
It takes a special kind of woman to love our Navy men.
For it takes a special man to dedicate his life to others.
To keep safe our friends, sisters, brothers, fathers and our mothers.
To do the things he knows he must instead of what he'd rather.
It takes a special kind of man to sail away from home.
To go far out to sea, to wander and to roam.
To sail along above and below the ocean's frothing foam.
It takes a special kind of man to stand and to be proud.
Even when surrounded by an angry hateful crowd.
To do his job beneath that dark and threatening cloud.
It takes a special kind of man to sail away to war.
To sail home again never knowing what's in store.
To walk off that boat or ship and still love you to the core.
Yes it takes a special kind of woman to love our Navy men.
Written By: Lisa D. Earls

Prologue:

If someone were to ask me what event changed my life the most, I could answer them in a heartbeat. It was the day me and some girls from my photography class headed to Annapolis, Maryland for an assignment. That day marked the beginning of the happiest and saddest periods in my life.

I became a Midshipman's girl that day.

Some say it was fate, some say luck. I like to say it was a mere conscience that I met the one. But that day lead me to where I am now; standing at entrance to the academy's chapel, ready to marry the midshipmen I met three years ago.

Fighting the tears in my eyes, I look over to the girls who I came with. They became my best friends that day. They knew what struggles came from being a midshipmen's girl, because they were one too.

We still need to thank our professor for grouping us together. I sit there in thought as I watch them walk towards me.

"Don't cry," they say to me. As soon as the words leave their mouths, I feel a tear run down my face.

I give them a small smile as the nerves take over and the thoughts start to run wild. They were the typical wedding day thoughts. What if he can't stand this and so one and so forth?

My father, sensing my unease, lays his hand on mine.

"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" he asks

"Nothing," I lie to him. He gives me the I know your lying look and I cave.

"Daddy, it's just my nerves. I'm scared that everything between him and I will change after today, and it's starting to get to me," I give him the answer he wants. He nods as he pulls me closer.

"Baby girl, I can't lie and say everything won't change, because it will. But in the end, it just him and you, one day isn't going to change the way you feel about each other." He's right of course one day won't change a thing between us; it will only make our relationship stronger.

The wedding planner comes out.

"Only five more minutes' darling," she says to me.

I try to suppress a laugh. It was only five minutes about a half an hour ago. We waiting for his commanding officers, to him they are like family.

"Thank You," I say to her while nodding and smiling.

My friends make their way over to me. They do one last check of my hair and make-up before they take their places.

The music starts and the doors open. I watch them walk in. The doors shut again.

My father comes over to me. He gives me a kiss on both cheeks before he puts my veil down. I can see him crying. He's trying not to let me see.

"Its ok dad, I know this is a hard day for you," I reassure him as we walk towards the closed doors.

The music changes and the doors open.

At first, I can only see our family and friends. As I walk down the aisle, I see him, in his officer's uniform.

I smile.

I wouldn't be becoming the officer's wife if I wasn't the midshipman's girl.