SO LONG, OUR CHILD
July 18, 2010
Eddward "Double-D" Antonucci slowly looked at his friends as the party was in full swing. The cake was in his honor, the bobbing for apples, the beer, the passed out people on the floor. Everyone was throwing Double-D the party of the year. Nazz and Kevin had even shown up. Ever since that tiff with Eddy's Bro. everyone had decreed that the Eds were no longer an issue.
Eddy ate up the attention, Ed saw it as a way to start dating May Kanker, and Double-D found other activities to occupy his mind. And it was the letter he had received that morning that led to the party. He knew he would have to tell everyone in the long run, so he wanted to wait till everyone was in a good mood, his fiancé Marie Kanker, didn't even know about it.
"Speech, speech, speech!" the teens had all started to yell. Jonny and Plank were passed out, Kevin and Nazz nodding in the corner, Jimmy and Sarah were watching. And Eddy and Ed were making out with their Kanker Girlfriends. Rolf was away.
Double-D straightened his hat and got on a soapbox of red solo cups and beer pong table. He then said, "Thank you for coming to my party, everyone. I can't tell you how happy I am to be here. I can't tell you how much the last few months have changed…and I can't tell you how much I will miss you all…"
Miss us? Everyone thought.
He looked at them and said, "My friends, this is a going-away party…I'm going away…"
"Where?" Marie asked, starting to cry. Eddy glared and Ed stared. Double-D then said, "I've been deployed…to the Iraq War…"
Everyone gulped, gasped, fainted or screamed.
2 hours later-
Double-D laid in bed with Marie. He looked around and then he said, "Marie…I'm sorry…I should've told you…but I figured to killed 11 birds with one stone…"
Bad analogy…
"Double-D, I just worry about you…your going somewhere I can't…," she moaned and turned around to hold him close. They both sobbed and hurt…Double-D knew he was going in feet-first in this…
-The next day-
Double-D was at the troop airport. Eddy, Ed, and Marie had gone out to see him off. He looked at them, handing Marie his hat, revealing his flat-top hairstyle, and then he said, "I'll be back before you know it. I'm only serving 2 years and then we'll get married…"
She hugged onto him and held him close. She sobbed, "Double-D, don't forget that I love you…forever…"
Eddy smiled and hugged him too, "Go get 'em sockhead," he said as he broke down too. And then Ed lifted them into a huge bear-group hug.
"Move out!" the red-faced Sergeant shouted off. Double-D pulled away from them, Marie reluctantly letting go of his hand, and he looked back at her. She cried and Eddy held her close. "I'll write to you every night!" Double-D yelled.
They boarded the plane and sat in their seats. Pvt. Kaminsky looked at his friend, PFC Antonucci (Double-D) and said, "Your lucky to have a girl like that."
"I know…"
The flight lasted forever, and finally, in the heat and dryness, the sunlight and blazing frustration, mirages and bullets, massacres and death…Double-D found himself in Iraq…
"Well," Double-D said aloud, "I'm here."
Well, Double-D made it, question is…will he survive?
R/R and see what happens.