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Sorry for not updating for a long time and I know this is short but with school and stuff, hard to post. I ll post the next chapter next week.

The first couple of days of the training were pretty hard and intense. My muscles felt like they were on fire and every evening after I didn't have the energy to do anything except to sleep. So safe to say that it's a giant leap for basic. For that reason I didn't have time to think about Carlos or even ogle at him when I saw him. It's day 8 of training and I have settled into a comfortable routine. Training all day breaks only for lunch and dinner, more training until lights out.

Carlos hasn't changed much only he is more bulky and has authorial confidence which scares the shit out of you if you get on his bad side. We haven't spoke that much except him giving me orders.

Today we are having a mini competition between all of us, just to see what skills we are missing.

"Let's kick ass Plum," says Mike with a smug grin on his face.

"Ya know that I am gonna kick your ass" I said.

"We'll see about that Steph," Mike said. Though he know that I've rather years all the little sparring matches we have had I have simply won them but you never know that with all the training we have done he can be better.

"So we'll see."

So Mike and I joined the others in the gym for the matches. We spot the others mingling and then comes Carlos.

"Morning, warm up and then I'll give the order of the matches and who spar who."

Rangers POV

I never thought that I would be a drill sgt. Though here I am at ft. Jackson training soldiers who officers believe are going to be the best if they got the right training for the best.

I didn't think that I would never see Stephanie again or that she would be one of them I would train.

The bigger surprise for me was that she is the same charming, sweet girl with all the fire power in her to work her way through the army. We have set a date, now it's not for a wedding but to TALK our issues through so we either can move on or be together. Personally I hope she and I could be together like old times, I mean the only reason I left her was that I joined the army and I knew a that if I died out there then she would be heart broken.