For those of you that have or are still following my last work, I've decided that I'm going to step away from it for another month or so just to gather my thoughts; but I promise I will come back to it to wrap it up. Moving on though, I was hoping that I could put this new idea down and see what sort of response I get, whether I should expand it or not.
Bella is an eighteen-year-old military "brat" whose father is one of the lieutenants on base. Her mother died shortly after birth leaving her with a father who was genetically incapable of loving her like a daughter, instead treating her like one of the young men in his platoon. She enrolls and plans on leaving for university excited for the chance to live like a teenager. However, the road ahead of her is not one she ever would have expected.
AN: I was challenged to write something in where everyone was human, only taking into account their personalities, just to warn you now. THEY ARE ALL HUMAN! Also, Bella meets Edward… and Jacob shortly after arriving on campus; she is not with him at this point.
As always these characters belong to S.M I have only borrowed them.
Two days. Forty-eight hours until my life finally begins, but first let me take you back a bit. My father, Lieutenant Charlie Swan, is the only family I have after my mother died in childbirth. Also, it must be mentioned that Sir (my father, though I have never addressed him as that) is one of the most revered lieutenants in Fort Lewis, Washington. Though to me, he is just the silhouette of a cold and broken hearted man that seemingly hated my existence more than life itself. Everyone who knew him prior to my existence and my mothers' death describe him as light itself.
My mother was said to be his happiness, meeting her changed him for the better, while losing her because of me changed him for the worst. More than that, though I had never known her or seen even a picture, I was said to be her twin, which I assume is the reason why my father could never love me as his daughter- because in me he only saw his late wife. Sir was not in any way prepared for a girl: there are never any terms of endearments, no make-up, piercings or dresses. I don't have any female friends, none live on the base. The greatest thing I can take away from this harsh lifestyle is that I have gained six brothers, the young men in my father's platoon who love and treat me like their sister; especially Jackson. The other guys make fun of us saying that we're denying the inevitable, but we could never be anything more than friends: he's under my father's command and while I love him it's just not like that.
I want someone who makes my heart stop when he enters the room, my breath hitch when he looks at me and shivers when he touches me. Okay, I know you think I'm weird but like I said I've never experienced that living with Sir. Going off to university will be the first time that I can be myself, whoever that may be. I knew that I should be getting dressed, knowing that if He came home and saw me lounging around he would kill me. So I showered and dressed so that I at least if he made an impromptu stop at home I was decent. I logged on to my Hotmail right after to see if my roommate Angela- Angie, had responded to my last message.
Hey roomie,
I don't know about you but I'm getting so excited I can't sleep. Can't wait to meet you, this will be a blast!
I figured if we started talking, before we moved in together, that would only help us to get along better come the first meeting. My phone vibrated on the desk, a text message, so I closed the message and opened my phone.
Jackson- How's my girl this morning? You awake?
Me- Yeah I'm up, what's up?
Jackson- Your father is headed back to your house to shower up; we had an early drill this morning. Wanted to give you the heads up.
Me- UGH! Thanks for the warning.
Jackson- If you're dressed, the boys have some time to kill before we have to report back. Meet us outside in 2 minutes.
Me- The boys huh? You gonna be there?
Jackson- Yea so get a move on ;)
Like I said he always has my back and the playful banter, well that's just him I'm sure he does it to a million girls. Not wanting to cross paths with Sir, I grabbed my keys and coat and ran out the back. I didn't see them before I heard them, the jokes and teasing that must just be a guy thing. As I rounded the corner they all looked exhausted and gross but, truthfully, it didn't bother me.
"Aw, what happened guys did the mean, old monster kick your ass?" I laughed knowing full well that my dad was probably a slave driver in his past life.
"You keep laughing there Swan and I'll throw you across the yard" Carter was the newest to join and thought he was the toughest, though common sense proved him otherwise.
"Don't pick on my girl; she's right we all look like shit." I ran up to Jackson and gave him a hug, trying to make as little contact as I could, the dirt didn't bother me but I had just had a shower.
"How much time do we have to kill?"
"Couple of hours, what did you want to do princess?" Jackson still had his arm snaked around my waist, holding me to him.
"Well, I haven't eaten so why don't you all shower quickly and we can grab a late breakfast? Sound good?" They all smiled and shrugged and cleared out quickly, I just hoped that they would be as quick showering, I was starving!
Breakfast was a memory that I tried to make sure I never forgot. In that line of work you never know where you'll go or what you'll be doing and I would miss my "family". We finished and they headed back to work, hugging me and telling me that tomorrow we would all celebrate my last night together. I held back the tears until I turned my back to them.
"Bella!" I quickly wiped my face and turned back to Jackson.
"Something wrong?" He took my shoulders in his hands and leaned into my ear,
"I finish around eleven tonight and thought maybe you'd just like to take a walk with me after? I know tomorrow's your last night but I don't want to share that time with anyone else. Is that okay?" That small declaration of emotion from Jackson, from any of the guys in fact, was hard for them I knew. Though they had to be tougher than nails to do what they did, underneath they were all still human.
"Sure, but I don't know if Sir is going to agree to that, you know how he is." He smiled sheepishly.
"Well… your dad will be working so as long as I have you back before one we're good to go.' I laughed, Jackson was so cheeky, and I loved him for it.
"Sounds great, you gonna text me or am I meeting you somewhere?"
"I'll text you in a bit, but I'll meet you at the backdoor right at eleven don't be late just wear something warm, it's getting colder at nights."
He gave my shoulders a final squeeze made I made my way back to the house. I was excited to spend my last nights with him, but in the back of my mind all I could think about was what my life had in store for me when I got to Uni!
I hope it wasn't terrible. Just be patient for me, I wanted to give a more detailed look into her life on base before I moved right into the story. Go ahead, go press that button below and keep an eye out for chapter two, depending on the response it should be up by tomorrow, and then let the fun begin TGL