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War Torn
Chapter Sixteen: Visions Of You
Tai couldn't believe what was happening to him. In a split second, he was being kissed by his nurse in a foreign country. Tai thought about Sora, and how much he missed her and longed to hold her in his arms. The next thing he knew, he was kissing Francesca back, his tongue finding its way into her willing mouth. The couple moaned, and Tai stopped. He looked at Francesca with confusion, then stepped away from her. Francesca looked down at her feet timidly.
"What was I doing? I'm engaged to Sora! I'm going back to her today." Tai exclaimed, stuffing some of his personal effects into his duffel bag. Francesca sat on Tai's hospital bed and sighed.
"I couldn't help myself. . .I'm so sorry, Tai." Francesca replied softly. Tai put his arm on the young girl's shoulder.
"We're very young. You're seventeen, for pity's sake, and I'm eighteen. And we're both stuck in a horrible position, the both of us. You steeped in blood day after day, and I fight and defend my country. This isn't a place for us. I wish we had never had to meet. Don't get me wrong, I am glad I met you, Francesca, but we shouldn't have ever had to be where we are, and therefore should never have laid eyes on each other." Tai said quietly. The fact that he was still a child fighting in a man's war had never dawned on the young man.
"You're right. But now that we have met, I have fallen in love with you. I cannot deny that. Wherever you go, I will be thinking of you until my love for you dies." Francesca stated.
"If I wasn't so in love with Sora, I would stay here with you. But I love her. I think when I kissed you, I envisioned her instead of you, and I apologize." Tai said, wiping a strand of dark brown hair from his eyes.
"It is alright. I knew I couldn't take you from her. She is your love. You must go now, or you'll miss you ride home." Francesca answered, a tear dripping from her eyes to her lap. Tai sat down next to the young nurse and took her hands.
"I will never forget you." Tai said quietly, kissing Francesca on the cheek ever so lightly.
"And I will never forget you, Tai." Francesca replied. Tai stood and walked away, leaving Francesca alone on his hospital bed, tears dotting her face.
Mimi walked through the door with Matt, who carried her things. She turned around and smiled, grateful to be home. Matt smiled back and pointed to the living room, where Mimi gasped when she saw the massive amounts of fresh picked flowers all around the room.
"Oh Matt! You gathered these for me!?" Mimi cried, smelling a group of peonies in a pink vase.
"Yea. . .I figured you would like to come home to a sweet smelling home." Matt replied, setting Mimi's bags down on the floor.
"I've been so sick of that cloistering hospital! I hope I never go back!" Mimi gushed, walking over to another vase and smelling the fresh flowers.
"You're going to have to go back sometime, although I would much rather it be in three months when you have the baby." Matt replied. Mimi nodded nervously and touched her stomach.
"I can't believe it's only going to be a matter of weeks before I have this baby. I don't know if I can do it, Matt. I mean, I'm used to this whole being pregnant thing. I can handle it now. But the pain that's going to come when this child comes. . .I don't know." Mimi said, walking into the kitchen. Matt followed Mimi and sat her down in a chair.
"It's a little late for this. You're going to have a baby, whether you like it or not. I don't want to be mean, but you're six months pregnant. There's no turning back now." Matt replied.
"I know, I'm just nervous." Mimi sighed, twisting a brown strand of hair with her fingers. Matt hugged her gently.
"You'll be fine. I know it." Matt stated. He jumped when the baby moved inside his wife.
"I'm still not used to that yet." Matt commented as he kissed Mimi's forehead.
Sora sat on her bed, a letter from Tai in her hand. A soft tear rolled down her face as she read it. The handwriting was not his, but a woman's.
'What's going on over there, Tai, and why haven't you written me for two weeks?' Sora thought to herself. It wasn't like Tai to quit writing. When he went to Pearl Harbor, he wrote every day. And now he hadn't written in two weeks.
"Something's wrong." Sora said to herself. Could he have cheated on her over there? No, he was wounded, he couldn't be cheating. He promised he would marry her, why would he take advantage of her? Questions floated through Sora's mind, plaguing her until she couldn't take it anymore.
"He isn't cheating on me. . .he loves me. . ." Sora said, growing frantic. She left her room and got on the next bus to Mimi and Matt's house. If anyone knew Tai, Matt did. Sora was going to find some answers.
Matt and Mimi sat in their living room kissing softly when the doorbell rang. Matt got up and opened the door to find Sora standing on the porch. She was soaked to the bone.
"Sora, what are you doing out in the rain?" Matt asked as he ushered the wet girl inside. Sora walked in and stood on the doormat, her clothes dripping.
"It wasn't raining when I left. I need to ask you something, if I could." Sora replied. Mimi struggled to get off the couch.
"You can ask him after we find you some clothes to wear. Come with me." Mimi instructed, leading Sora back to her and Matt's room. Mimi rummaged through her closet until she found a small green dress. Sora changed into it while Mimi chatted.
"I haven't been able to wear that for about three months. Sad, isn't it?" Mimi joked. Sora laughed half heartedly.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Mimi asked, concerned about her friend. She hadn't been herself for weeks.
"I'll tell you when I tell Matt." Sora answered. Mimi shrugged and walked back into the living room where Matt sat patiently.
"Is Tai a cheater?" Sora asked bluntly. Mimi and Matt's eyes grew wide, and they exchanged glances.
"Not Tai. He's a one girl guy." Matt replied.
"Why would you think that?" Mimi asked. Sora sighed and pulled out the letter. Matt and Mimi both read it, their brows furrowed.
"That's not Tai's writing. It's loopy." Matt stated, handing the letter to Sora.
"That's a girl's writing." Mimi added nervously.
"That's what I thought. I think he may have cheated on me. He hasn't written me in weeks. Maybe he's not coming back after all." Sora said angrily.
"Wait a minute, he says in the letter that he's hurt pretty bad. Maybe his nurse took the letter for him." Matt explained, his blue eyes trying to find a way to clear the misunderstanding. Mimi nodded.
"Matt's nurse did for him. If I recall, it was the girl you were supposed to be going out with instead of me." Mimi stated.
"I don't care. He didn't write me since then. I think he's up to something." Sora wailed, beginning to cry.
"Oh Sora." Mimi whispered. She hugged Sora as best she could, her belly getting in the way.
"He's not a cheater. I promise you that." Matt said. Inwardly, he prayed that he was right and Tai didn't cheat on Sora while he was gone.
Tai sat on the plane nervously. He wanted to get off the plane and get to Sora as soon as possible. Would she believe that there was no way to send letters out after a bomb took out the post office? Would be tell her about Francesca? Thoughts barreled through the teen's head as the plane flew through the clouds.
'Sora. . . ' Tai thought before drifting into a dreamless sleep.
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War Torn
Chapter Sixteen: Visions Of You
Tai couldn't believe what was happening to him. In a split second, he was being kissed by his nurse in a foreign country. Tai thought about Sora, and how much he missed her and longed to hold her in his arms. The next thing he knew, he was kissing Francesca back, his tongue finding its way into her willing mouth. The couple moaned, and Tai stopped. He looked at Francesca with confusion, then stepped away from her. Francesca looked down at her feet timidly.
"What was I doing? I'm engaged to Sora! I'm going back to her today." Tai exclaimed, stuffing some of his personal effects into his duffel bag. Francesca sat on Tai's hospital bed and sighed.
"I couldn't help myself. . .I'm so sorry, Tai." Francesca replied softly. Tai put his arm on the young girl's shoulder.
"We're very young. You're seventeen, for pity's sake, and I'm eighteen. And we're both stuck in a horrible position, the both of us. You steeped in blood day after day, and I fight and defend my country. This isn't a place for us. I wish we had never had to meet. Don't get me wrong, I am glad I met you, Francesca, but we shouldn't have ever had to be where we are, and therefore should never have laid eyes on each other." Tai said quietly. The fact that he was still a child fighting in a man's war had never dawned on the young man.
"You're right. But now that we have met, I have fallen in love with you. I cannot deny that. Wherever you go, I will be thinking of you until my love for you dies." Francesca stated.
"If I wasn't so in love with Sora, I would stay here with you. But I love her. I think when I kissed you, I envisioned her instead of you, and I apologize." Tai said, wiping a strand of dark brown hair from his eyes.
"It is alright. I knew I couldn't take you from her. She is your love. You must go now, or you'll miss you ride home." Francesca answered, a tear dripping from her eyes to her lap. Tai sat down next to the young nurse and took her hands.
"I will never forget you." Tai said quietly, kissing Francesca on the cheek ever so lightly.
"And I will never forget you, Tai." Francesca replied. Tai stood and walked away, leaving Francesca alone on his hospital bed, tears dotting her face.
Mimi walked through the door with Matt, who carried her things. She turned around and smiled, grateful to be home. Matt smiled back and pointed to the living room, where Mimi gasped when she saw the massive amounts of fresh picked flowers all around the room.
"Oh Matt! You gathered these for me!?" Mimi cried, smelling a group of peonies in a pink vase.
"Yea. . .I figured you would like to come home to a sweet smelling home." Matt replied, setting Mimi's bags down on the floor.
"I've been so sick of that cloistering hospital! I hope I never go back!" Mimi gushed, walking over to another vase and smelling the fresh flowers.
"You're going to have to go back sometime, although I would much rather it be in three months when you have the baby." Matt replied. Mimi nodded nervously and touched her stomach.
"I can't believe it's only going to be a matter of weeks before I have this baby. I don't know if I can do it, Matt. I mean, I'm used to this whole being pregnant thing. I can handle it now. But the pain that's going to come when this child comes. . .I don't know." Mimi said, walking into the kitchen. Matt followed Mimi and sat her down in a chair.
"It's a little late for this. You're going to have a baby, whether you like it or not. I don't want to be mean, but you're six months pregnant. There's no turning back now." Matt replied.
"I know, I'm just nervous." Mimi sighed, twisting a brown strand of hair with her fingers. Matt hugged her gently.
"You'll be fine. I know it." Matt stated. He jumped when the baby moved inside his wife.
"I'm still not used to that yet." Matt commented as he kissed Mimi's forehead.
Sora sat on her bed, a letter from Tai in her hand. A soft tear rolled down her face as she read it. The handwriting was not his, but a woman's.
'What's going on over there, Tai, and why haven't you written me for two weeks?' Sora thought to herself. It wasn't like Tai to quit writing. When he went to Pearl Harbor, he wrote every day. And now he hadn't written in two weeks.
"Something's wrong." Sora said to herself. Could he have cheated on her over there? No, he was wounded, he couldn't be cheating. He promised he would marry her, why would he take advantage of her? Questions floated through Sora's mind, plaguing her until she couldn't take it anymore.
"He isn't cheating on me. . .he loves me. . ." Sora said, growing frantic. She left her room and got on the next bus to Mimi and Matt's house. If anyone knew Tai, Matt did. Sora was going to find some answers.
Matt and Mimi sat in their living room kissing softly when the doorbell rang. Matt got up and opened the door to find Sora standing on the porch. She was soaked to the bone.
"Sora, what are you doing out in the rain?" Matt asked as he ushered the wet girl inside. Sora walked in and stood on the doormat, her clothes dripping.
"It wasn't raining when I left. I need to ask you something, if I could." Sora replied. Mimi struggled to get off the couch.
"You can ask him after we find you some clothes to wear. Come with me." Mimi instructed, leading Sora back to her and Matt's room. Mimi rummaged through her closet until she found a small green dress. Sora changed into it while Mimi chatted.
"I haven't been able to wear that for about three months. Sad, isn't it?" Mimi joked. Sora laughed half heartedly.
"What's wrong, Sora?" Mimi asked, concerned about her friend. She hadn't been herself for weeks.
"I'll tell you when I tell Matt." Sora answered. Mimi shrugged and walked back into the living room where Matt sat patiently.
"Is Tai a cheater?" Sora asked bluntly. Mimi and Matt's eyes grew wide, and they exchanged glances.
"Not Tai. He's a one girl guy." Matt replied.
"Why would you think that?" Mimi asked. Sora sighed and pulled out the letter. Matt and Mimi both read it, their brows furrowed.
"That's not Tai's writing. It's loopy." Matt stated, handing the letter to Sora.
"That's a girl's writing." Mimi added nervously.
"That's what I thought. I think he may have cheated on me. He hasn't written me in weeks. Maybe he's not coming back after all." Sora said angrily.
"Wait a minute, he says in the letter that he's hurt pretty bad. Maybe his nurse took the letter for him." Matt explained, his blue eyes trying to find a way to clear the misunderstanding. Mimi nodded.
"Matt's nurse did for him. If I recall, it was the girl you were supposed to be going out with instead of me." Mimi stated.
"I don't care. He didn't write me since then. I think he's up to something." Sora wailed, beginning to cry.
"Oh Sora." Mimi whispered. She hugged Sora as best she could, her belly getting in the way.
"He's not a cheater. I promise you that." Matt said. Inwardly, he prayed that he was right and Tai didn't cheat on Sora while he was gone.
Tai sat on the plane nervously. He wanted to get off the plane and get to Sora as soon as possible. Would she believe that there was no way to send letters out after a bomb took out the post office? Would be tell her about Francesca? Thoughts barreled through the teen's head as the plane flew through the clouds.
'Sora. . . ' Tai thought before drifting into a dreamless sleep.
**And there's another chapter for you all! I hope ya like it, and don't forget to review it for me! I'm happy when I read lots of reviews from cool people like you all!!**