Mister MP Ch4

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Ch4: Hello, Ms. Renee Jones

I was packing a suitcase, what do you pack when you are going to an army place? Smith asked me to bring a dress, I picked a black spaghetti strap dress. I continued to pack stuff, I heard Lindsay run up the stairs.

"mom, there is a cute army guy at the door" she said jumping on my bed.

"who is he?"

"sergeant major Smith... You know him?"

"tell him to come up" she ran back down, a minute or two later I heard a knock on my door.

"are you decent, ma'am?"

"yes, please come in" he came in and had an extra uniform and boots and everything. "what is all this?"

"it is part of your undercover identity, you can't go on an army base in civilian clothes... So here you are Sergeant Riley Trenton, you are in the national guard and an old friend of mine, ma'am"

"Riley? That is my name?"

"yea... Why is that a problem, ma'am?" he asked confused, too bad it was a huge problem. I hate that gun-ho Riley twat, she causes more problems than anything I guess it is just karma that I earned this name.

"no.. It is fine" the uniform looked like it wouldn't fit. I zipped my suitcase and headed for the door.

"umm, ma'am you have to put the uniform on, here... So when we get to base I know it fits and that you wear it properly. Besides we have a meeting with the lieutenant general once we get there" he said, I let a loud sigh. I walked in my bathroom and put the shirt on and tried to put on the pants but they were too big.

"umm... Sergeant Major these pants are too big"

"there are adjustment scraps on the sides try to mess with them" he said, I tried but I couldn't even find them.

"um, I can't find them"

"come here ma'am" I walked out of the bathroom and towards him he was sitting on the edge of my bed. He pulled on something it startled me and I fell on him, he practically lifted me right off the ground. We both started to laugh, my hair fell in his face, and he gently tucked it behind my ear. I stopped laughing, as did he we looked at each other. My hands fell onto his strong shoulders, his fell to my waist. I leaned in to kiss him, the moment called for it I felt the passion and I know he was feeling it. Matter of fact I felt his feeling on my leg.

"... Mom..." I heard Lindsay say I was able to get off Smith before she came in.

"yes Lindsay," I said leaving my bedroom I saw Vartann at the door. I had the worst knot in my stomach, I slowly walked down the stairs. He watched me intently he had the worst bruise on his face.

"Cath... What are you wearing?" he slurred his jaw was really messed up.

"it is for the case... What are you doing here?"

"what do you mean?"

"after last night... you made yourself pretty clear"

"look I was angry... I'm sorry, I mean what didn't you want me to do? And besides today? You guys were practically just having sex in the hallway!"

"oh my god, I fell he caught me, that is all that happened"

"yea because I stopped him"

"I think you should go... I'm not having this conversation now" I said strongly

"so that is how it is going to be!" I just shut the door. I heard him

pull out of the driveway. Lindsay came out and gave me a hug.

"I'm sorry, mom, Monica's mom is here"

"thanks baby, tell her mom I said thank you please be safe I'll call you tonight" I gave her a hug and she left. I walked back upstairs and

saw Smith playing on his phone. "sorry about that"

"umm its fine ma'am" he said putting his phone away "you are just..."

he said strangely, I just got offended by it. He stood up.

"I am what?" he walked towards me and gently grabbed my face as if he

was going to kiss me. I felt his cheek brush up against mine, I felt him breathing in my ear.

"you drive me crazy... I don't know if it is a good crazy but I do know, it scares me... And the thing that scares me the most is that I like it" He reluctantly pulled away, and took my suitcase. "I will see you in the car," he left and I was completely speechless.

After we had our meeting with the lieutenant general, we walked throughout the base. I do not remember a single thing that that old man said, all I remembered was what Smith had said to me. He did not speak a word since then, he carried my suitcase throughout the base as I nervously fidgeted with my beret.

"stop messing with that" he said in a harsh whisper.

"I can't it feels weird"

"well when we walk inside this building makes sure you take it off... And don't make sure you don't look at any of the soldiers weird they will think you are there girlfriend" he said, I nodded we walked inside an office building run by men in uniform.

"Sergeant Major Smith you have several calls from your daughter, Karine" another man in uniform said "who is this?" he said smiling, Smith moved in front of me blocking my sight of the man. The young man looked very frightened by Smith as did others in the room.

"she's from the guard, she's visiting for awhile... How many times did Karine call?"

"four, Sergeant Major"

"alright have this suitcase brought to me bunk and have my class A's picked up, private"

"yes Sergeant Major" he said, he left quickly as other soldiers started to leave. Smith gently took my hand and led me to his office. He sat at his desk typing away at his computer, I looked around at his wall full of certificates.

"this will only take a second..." he said

"you have a lot of awards"

"my daughter decorated this.."

"she didn't win all these awards"

"no but she put them all up"

"where were they before?" I asked sitting down across from him I took

a picture off his desk. He looked at me.

"I don't know around... mostly at Karine's house and my locker" he said returning to his computer. I reached and picked up a picture, he was in full combat gear, Kevlar vest, helmet, and a weapon. He was smiling with other soldiers.

"where was this taken?" I asked he looked absolutely gorgeous in his gear. He peeked away, from his computer.

"it was from my last tour in Iraq" he said looking at the picture. He turned and clicked on his mouse and the biggest smile came across his face.

"hi daddy..." a woman said happily I turned to see who was on the computer, it was his daughter. "can you say hi to grandpa?" she said to a younger girl maybe two or three.

"ahh.. Hi papa" the little girl held up a picture and babbled.

"we just thought we would say hi, and happy birthday! Eva can you say happy birthday to grandpa?" Karine said, Eva put her fingers in her mouth and smiled. Eva was very petite, had dark brown curly hair, which was in a ponytail.

"happee birt-day papa" she said waving in the camera.

"please be safe daddy. We are thinking of you, love you bye"

"love you! Bye!" Eva said waving at the screen, before it went blank. Smith smiled from ear to ear and I did too, it was the cutest thing ever.

"today is your birthday?" I asked surprised, it was the only question that formed in my brain.

"yea.." Smith said turning off his computer.

"well we have to celebrate"

"nah it is really late besides we have an early wake up tomorrow preparing for the ceremony"

"no we have to celebrate I mean especially getting a video like that we have to do something"

"it is late, and there is nothing opened on base it terms of celebrating something... Come on" he said

"can I use the bathroom first please?"

"yes but try to remember that in an army we call it the latrine" he pointed to a door. I can't believe him he totally acted like he didn't care that it was his birthday. I know it sound immature bit I love my birthday, I go out and celebrate he didn't even want to do that. The bathroom... I mean latrine, was empty when I got inside, however when I was finished three other woman came in.

"who are you, Hun?" the older woman said.

"sergeant Trenton" I said washing my hands.

"I don't recognize you?"

"I'm in the guard... I just came for the ceremony"

"are the one that came in with the NCO?" the younger one asked, I had completely forgot what NCO means... Dammit I'm made.

"girls leave her alone besides Smith is always miserable, and she seems normal" the older one came to my defense thank god it felt like I was high school.

"yea well Renee Jones shouldn't stay to long" the younger one said as her little clique left. Army life is confusing, what an NCO is and who is Renee Jones because I remember telling them who I was!

"wait... Why did you say Smith is miserable?" I asked

"that is just his character, he's really quiet, well... you will be

good for him" she said, she looked like she knew more but just didn't want to tell me.

Smith was waiting for me outside we walked together. What if this Renee Jones is like his ex oh my god, what am I doing?

"are you alright?" he said confused.

"what does NCO mean?" I whispered in his ear.

"non-commissioned officer"

"I forgot... Oh um please don't get like offended I'm just curious... who is Renee Jones?" I whispered in his ear, he turned and looked mad.

"who called you that?" he said angry

"some other girls when I was in the bathroom, why who is she?"

"not who, what is she?"

"what?" I said confused

"Renee Jones is the name given to the female soldier who sleeps with higher ranked soldiers to get herself promoted... Basically she called you the slut of base" Smith said

"I am not..."

"I know that... This usually happens when a new female comes on base they're just jealous" he said, we walked for a little longer. When we reached a building, he turned to me. "I hope you feel comfortable staying with me because I wouldn't want to go into a room with bunch of horny army guys, pardon my expression" he said, I laughed.

"thanks..." I said, my suitcase was already inside.

"I'm going to put some pajamas" he said unlacing his boots. This apartment thing was tiny it had a sofa, a desk, and one bed, there was a small bathroom and just a small fridge as the kitchen. I heard the shower turn on and I took this time to snoop around. I looked around and saw that this man had no style he only had two pictures and not color. One was with both his children and two other people both strongly resembling Smith, and the other was Karine and Eva. I turned it over and there was a note 'daddy please be safe love you Karine and Eva'. It sounded from everything I had gathered about Karine is that she really worries about her father. If Lindsay ever expressed this much worry about my work I would leave, especially if I was ever hurt I would quit or retire and my job was a lot safer than Smith's too. I heard the shower turn off and I quickly moved to the sofa. I tried to unlace my boots, and I fell off the sofa as Smith

came out.

"are you alright?" he said helping me up, gosh he smelt so good.

"yea" he took a five minute shower.

"you can take a shower if you want" he said I tried to take a quick shower I took a 30 minute shower but the worst thing was a forgot body wash so I used his. I put on a tank top and plaid pajama bottoms. I got a peek at Smith he was ironing his uniform he was wearing a white tank top and gray shorts which looked a lot like boxers. I walked out and sat on the bed, and watched him. He had a tattoo on his back in fancy lettering 'DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR' the tattoo looked worn down. He had two other tattoos, Karine and Breland, he had below. His muscles were bugling out of his shirt.

"I can feel you staring at me, there are drinks in the fridge" he said turning to looking at me. I blushed, and walked to the fridge he had water, Gatorade, and in the very back I saw a bottle of scotch.

"where are your cups?" I asked he pointed to his desk putting away the iron board. I pulled out two glasses, the scar on his neck went to his chest in a crescent shape.

"thanks..." he said as I handed him a drink.

"so tell me about yourself?" I said he drank his drink and looked at me.

"what do you want to know?" he said pouring another.

"how old is Eva?" I asked he immediately smiled.

"two" he said, relaxing back on the sofa he rested back on his hands.

"in the photo on your desk who were the others?"

"my sister Rhea and my brother Adam, Rhea lives in New York and Adam lives new jersey" he said.

"why are people afraid of you?"

"I don't know, they just are" he said shrugging his shoulders.

"have you ever done anything to make people scared of you?" I asked he did another shot as I finally finished my first.

"it depends on what scares you?"

"...what scares you?"

"you do"

"why?" I asked shocked

"I don't know... I have only known you for a few days and there is just something about you... That just drives me crazy, it just I don't even know how to react to it... It just I am surprised" he said, he sipped his drink. He played with his glass "well... awkward silence"

"well, I feel the same feelings... So I have a question, how come you never talk about Breland like the way you do about Karine?"

"Breland lives with his mom, he and I do not get along... Breland and Karine don't have the same mother, Breland's mom and I don't get along and he lives with her so we don't see each other too much. Karine lives at 'my house' in Victorville, her mom died about ten years ago" he said, I am starting to understand why he is the way he is.

"oh, I understand... So he doesn't write or call? I saw Karine's letters"

"no he doesn't... All of Karine's letters say the same thing, it's not that I don't like them, I love them... She wants me to get out so bad"

"have you ever tried to get out?"

"yes actually I did after my last tour, I was stop-lossed... It's funny actually all the other times I was offered to get out I didn't want then I tried to get out and can't"

"that actually sucks" I said laughing he started to laugh too.

"oh man I am started to feel buzzed" he said swaying as he stood up. He took both our glasses putting them in a basket. He fell on the couch, "good night"

"good night" I said back, I fell asleep quickly on his bed as he slept on his couch.