AN: Thank you guys so much for your support! I know this is a short chapter, but it's something. Enjoy! -LB

It had been eight weeks since the night Tegan beat Sara. Since the night Tegan kissed Sara. Since the night she ran away from Sara. Both of them had cried themselves to sleep. Neither of them had spoken to each other again outside of what was absolutely necessary. And neither of them were the same.

Every night, Sara struggled to fall asleep because she knew she would dream about Tegan and wake up in the morning without her. She could barely handle it. She had to dump all her liquor because she had started to drink heavily. For the first week after, she was falling into deep depression.

But she had decided that she had to do what was best for her. She had to pull herself up by her bootstraps, move on, and dedicate herself into getting out of that base. And finally, two months after General Anders told her she wasn't ready to leave recruit training, she got another call from him. It was on a Friday afternoon and Sara had been buried in paperwork when her phone rang.

"When can you be ready to ship out?" he asked.

"Tomorrow morning," she answered, trying not to sound too eager.

"Good. A major will be there to pick you up in the morning. You sure you can wrap everything up by then?"

Sara nodded vigorously. "Yes, sir. I'm sure." She was ecstatic. She was getting back in the field. She was going to be commanding troops again. She couldn't wait. But even though she was excited, she also felt a twinge of sadness. She would be leaving Tegan. And while that was definitely good for her mental health and keeping herself out of trouble, she felt like she was going to be leaving someone she had grown to care about.

In the past few weeks, she had seen Tegan grow a lot as a soldier. She was at the top of her class in every single aspect of her training, even compared to the men. She had worked her ass off, and it was paying off. Once Tegan finished Phase III of her basic training in a few more weeks, she would move on to any Advanced Individual Training school that she wanted too. Sara was more than pleased with Tegan's progress. She was impressed. She didn't think that Tegan had it in her.

Sara decided that before she left, she was going to write a letter of recommendation for Tegan, which would basically get her any job she wanted once she finished training. Sara wanted Tegan to be able to do the very best she could, and she was willing to help however she could.

That evening, when the recruits were all gathered together after dinner, Sara went out to tell them that she would be leaving. She introduced them to the captain that would be taking her place, and she gave them a last salute.

As she was getting ready to leave, Sara allowed herself to catch Tegan's eye for the first time since they had kissed. She was shocked to see a tear rolling down Tegan's cheek, and her stomach dropped.

Tegan was crying for her. She didn't want her to leave, even though Tegan knew that there could be nothing between them if she did stay. She was going to miss seeing Sara's face and knowing that she was nearby. But most of all she was scared that something terrible might happen to her while she was in the field. Tegan knew that she most likely would never even hear about it if something did happen. And that thought, the thought that Sara could die and she might never know, scared her to death.

After she was in her bunk for the night, Tegan decided she had to see Sara one last time. She had to say goodbye.