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Army Wives

Chapter nine

The Fight

Troy sat up quickly and looked down at Gabriella. He looked confused, but Gabriella only shrugged, not up for answering any questions. She sat up slowly, but Troy stopped her before she could slide off of the bed.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"It's nothing. I didn't mean anything." She said with a shrug.

"Come on, Gabriella, I know you're keeping something from me. I heard you eavesdropping last night and you were acting weird this morning… what's going on?" He asked.

"You sure have a lot of questions." She said in a whisper.

"Well, I don't exactly like being lied to." He admitted.

An offended look appeared on Gabriella's face as she moved past Troy.

"I am not lying to you, Troy." She said.

"Then what is going on? Seriously, Gabs, something is up." He said as he watched her pace in front of his bedroom door.

"Are you going to hold the fact that I was eavesdropping over me?" She asked.

"Should I?" He asked.

"Troy." Gabriella groaned in frustration. "I had a weird conversation with the girls and it made me upset so I ended up at the top of the stairs, listening to your conversation."

"What was the conversation about?" He asked.

"Nothing." Gabriella mumbled.

"If you don't fill me in on what the conversation was then I might not be able to forgive you about eavesdropping." Troy said slowly.

"Are you actually mad about that?" Gabriella asked quickly.

"Just tell me what the conversation was about." Troy said impatiently.

"About Mike and his early training and then you and babies and Halloweens and tradition and me and army wives and maybes…" Gabriella babbled. "You know?"

"I'm sorry, you lost me at babies." Troy said with a small laugh.

"Troy! I am trying to be serious. The army is nothing to joke about." Gabriella said angrily.

"So this is about the army?" Troy asked.

"It's not just about the army. It's about the fact that I have to hear about it from everyone else. When are you going to talk to me about it? I want to hear about it from you because this is going to be your life at the end of the summer!"

"I haven't decided if I'm joining yet." Troy said somewhat angrily.

"Decide." Gabriella said sharply as she stopped pacing. "Decide, Troy, so I don't have to sit by and guess what you'll be doing. I can't handle not knowing how our relationship is going to end."

"End?" Troy said as he stood up from his bed. "Who said it was ending?" He asked.

"That's not what I meant." Gabriella said as she opened the bedroom door and made her way across the hallway to her room with Troy following quickly behind her.

Gabriella walked across her bedroom and towards her bathroom, angrily throwing objects off of her body. She tossed her bracelet on her dresser before opening her bathroom door and stepping in.

"Then what do you mean?" Troy asked in annoyance from the doorway.

Gabriella was angrily trying to get her necklace off as she looked at her stressed face in the mirror.

"I don't know." She spat.

Troy groaned in frustration and pushed Gabriella's hair away from her neck, taking the necklace off quickly and tossing it on the counter.

"Are you trying to say you don't want to be with me?" Troy asked as he crossed his arms across his chest.

"No." Gabriella said quietly as she put her hands on the counter, looking down into the sink. She sighed and turned to face Troy slowly.

"I hate that you avoid talking about the army with me." She said with a disappointed shake of her head. "You openly talk about it with your family and they openly talk about it with me, but when it's you and me together no one talks about it! I'm not some fragile little girl who can't take it." She said as a sparkle of tears glazed her eyes.

"But I don't know what you can take, Gabriella!" Troy said angrily. "From the moment I met you I knew that I wanted to be with you for the rest of my life and when I was with you I thought that I could never be a part of the army because I'd be away from you… but then I come here and my brothers are all a part of it and it's what the Boltons do." Troy tried to explain.

Gabriella pushed past him and went into her room, pushing through her dresser drawers to look for some pajamas.

"If all of your brothers jumped off of a bridge would you do that too?" Gabriella asked.

"Probably." Troy said stubbornly.

"You know, Troy, whatever, but think about what else your brothers do. They miss their kids' lives. They're never with their wives, they hold off having kids, and then they expect everything to be fine once they get home…" Gabriella said as she looked at Troy directly in the eyes.

"Hey!" Troy yelled meanly. "Stop talking about my family like that!" He shouted as he got a little closer to Gabriella. "You'll never know what they go through." He said quieter.

"Fine. I guess we have it settled then. I'll never know. We're done?" Gabriella asked unevenly.

"I guess so." Troy said angrily. "Goodnight." He said as he headed for the door.

Gabriella followed him out into the hallway, grabbing a few things on her way out. She shook her head as she watched him walk through the dim hallway.

"Go to hell!" She shouted at him, chucking a few of his sweatshirts towards him as he opened his bedroom door.

"I'll meet you there!" He shouted to her, slamming the door before his clothing hit him.

Gabriella stood facing his bedroom as she breathed deeply, feeling a few tears escape from her eyes. She jumped slightly when she turned around and saw the entire Bolton family, except for Tommy and the baby, at the end of the hallway. They had shocked expressions clear on their faces and they're eyes were wide as they looked at Gabriella. Gabriella felt a sob escape from her mouth and she quickly got into her room before she could see anymore of the Bolton family.


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