I was asleep in my bed. It was nice and warm, and I was very comfortable. That was when I felt someone shaking me awake.
"Come on kid, wake up. You've got school," I heard Captain Price yell.
"Ugh, I don't want to get up yet."
"Too bad. You're in the country, so you have to go to school. That was the agreement," Price said.
I groaned, but didn't move. Captain Price took my blanket and pulled it off of me.
"Don't make me go get Nikolai," Price said.
"Ok, ok I'm up," I said getting up. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I noticed that Price was trying to hold in a laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" I asked.
"Have you seen your hair?" Price asked me.
I rolled my eyes, grabbed my towel, and went into the bathroom. I fixed my hair and got dressed in my work clothes and walked down to the mess hall.
"Hey kid," Soap said when he saw me.
"Hey Soap," I said grabbing a bowl of cereal.
"Hang on a sec, your hair is sticking up," Soap said trying to flatten my hair.
"Good luck with that. I already used hair gel and it still won't stay down," I said.
"Yeah, I can tell," Soap said pulling his hand back and wiping the hair gel off of his hand.
I just laughed. I sat down next to Soap, and we ate breakfast. Soap was one of my best friends at the base. We could always find something to do.
"Hey my friend, save some for me," I heard someone with a Russian accent say behind me.
"Hey Nikolai," I said. I looked down at my plate. I had taken a lot of eggs.
"Sorry," I said. "Do you want some?" I asked.
"No, it is alright," Nikolai said grabbing some bacon and pancakes. "But you have to hurry if you don't want to be late for school."
"Ugh, I really don't want to go today," I complained. I had just gotten back from Pakistan, and I was tired and very sore.
"You know what Price would say," Nikolai said.
"Yeah, yeah, I know…"
I got up and went to go pack up my book bag. It sucked, because I was the only person on the Task Force in school. I was actually the only kid and the only girl. So when they didn't call me A.J. (Archer Junior, but that's another story I might write) they called me kid. I was cool with it though. I got my book bag, and my gun that I was supposed to carry around with me, and put my book bag in the hummer. Surprisingly, my school let me carry a gun. It probably had something to do with Captain Price having one out when he asked. SO I got a few extra rounds and some stun grenades. Price didn't trust me with frags, because he thought that someone might accidently pull the pin. He figured the worst a stun could do was stun me for a few seconds, so he let me carry those.
"Hurry up Megan, you're gonna be late," Ghost said. They only called me by my first name when they were annoyed.
"Coming Ghost," I said dragging my book bag behind me. My book bag was actually a suitcase, so it was a bit hard to drag down the stairs.
"Fix your hair," Ghost said. "You look a mess."
"I used two handfuls of hair gel. It's not going to stay down," I said.
Ghost just sighed. He helped me get my suitcase/book bag into the humvee, and drove me to school.
"Soap's gonna pick you up later alright?" Ghost asked me.
"Car rider, right?" I asked hugging Ghost goodbye.
"Should be," Ghost said climbing back into the humvee. It looked like he was about to go back to sleep.
"Later Ghost," I said.
He waved bye and was gone. Little did I know that this day was going to be a far cry from any normal day. This day was going to be interesting, and test my skills like they have never been tested before.
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