Here's Chapter 14, the second last chapter. Thanks for the reviews... Chapter 15 should be up shortly!
Enjoy!
Sara's POV
"AMY! NO!" I scream as I jolt awake, shaking and crying
"Sara? It's ok, it's only a nightmare"
I cry thinking back to when Amy died, and the dream I just had. I snuggle into Catherine's side, staring at the wall ahead of me. As I calm down, I start to trace random patterns on Catherine's stomach.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Catherine asks, stroking my hair
"Um… How about I tell you everything about that day and the misunderstanding?"
"Only if you want to."
"I want to"
"Ok, hon"
"Well, it was a quiet lazy day. I was laying in my cot thinking about you, and then I decided to write you a letter to let you know I was thinking about you. I had just finished and put the letter in my front pocket, when our sergeant comes in to tell us the insurgents were coming. We grabbed our equipment and ran out to fight. I heard a cry of pain behind me and I turned around to see Amy falling to her knees. She was shot in the leg; the bullet hit an artery. I picked her up to bring her back to our camp for help. Shortly after I picked her up, I feel a pain in my back and leg but I was so pumped with adrenaline and the need to get Amy back that I didn't really worry about that. They couldn't save Amy. I watched her die" I feel tears filling my eyes, I blink to keep the tears at bay before I continue
"I was so upset and I wanted to be alone so I ran out of there. That's when I was told I was shot. The pain finally hit and I fell to the ground in pain. I vaguely remember being brought back into the tent, but I do remember seeing gauzes soaked with my blood. I thought I was going to die. I was so scared that I was going to die. I thought my promise to you would be broken" I breakdown in sobs thinking back to how I thought my promise to Catherine would be broken.
Catherine pulled me closer and kissed my head "It's ok, honey. Just let it out"
Catherine held me while I calmed down, and I looked up at her
"You ok now?" Catherine asked looking into my eyes
"Mmm hmm" I nod sheepishly. She's seen me cry before, but I've always hated crying. It makes me believe I'm weak.
I take a deep breath and continue,
"Next thing I know, I'm in a plane; I thought it was a dream. I fell back into a deep sleep and I woke up in a hospital bed. A doctor comes by and tells me that I was lucky. The bullets didn't hit anything major, just lodged itself in my muscles. They were able to remove the bullet from my leg at the camp, but the bullet in my back was harder to remove because it was too close to the spinal cord, it wasn't life threatening but they wanted to get me to Germany ASAP for fear that it could move with any movement and paralyze me. They were able to remove the bullet from my back, but they said I needed to stay there for a few more weeks just for observation to make sure everything healed ok, and no infections got in."
"The next day, I was informed that they had sent you a letter saying I was M.I.A. See, a few of my comrades were on the flight to Germany with me. We were believed to be missing because the radio communication was not received to inform them who were on the plane, so the rest of our Division believed we were taken by the insurgents, and it didn't help matters that they found my jacket covered in blood. They only realized their mistake when the medical doctors returned. We were all informed that our families were sent a letter saying we were M.I.A. That's when I called you. I had to let you know I kept my promise. And now I'm here, laying in bed with the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life." I looked up at Catherine and smiled
"Ever the sweet-talker" Catherine said leaning down to plant a soft kiss on my lips. "Ever the sweet-talker" she repeated with a smile on her lips
"Yep. That's me." I said returning her smile
I don't think that's the best writing there... but things had to be explained :-S The final chapter is going to be up shortly