Chapter 3 "That Night."
"So, what else have you got in that bag of goodies?" Georgiou
inquired.
"Proximity and remote mines, some real magazines, no more of this
punsy paint capsule crap! I've also got some grenades and n-bombs." Velvet
replied, smiling at the sniper.
"Ok, lets divide all this stuff up evenly," Georgoiu returned the smile.
The two sat down next to each other up against a tree. They each got
two of each of the mines and grenades, and two magazines of real bullets.
The horn suddenly was activated, it didn't know what had happened and
the paintball game had been postponed. Georgiou looked at his watch and
said to Velvet,
"Come on, its getting late. We had better get back to the camp and get
some rest. Also, we should probably move into one tent just in case we
need to move quickly."
Velvet agreed with this but still was too scared to move and go back
to the campsite.
"Come on." Georgiou repeated soothingly, putting an arm around the
frightened young lady. Velvet allowed herself to be led back to the camp
like this, she felt secure with the big man, muscular man protecting her.
After moving all of Velvet's gear into Georgiou's two person tent and
extinguishing all the lights, the two quietly had a quick rations dinner
and went into the tent together.
"Thanks for protecting me in the jungle today. I 'sorta just froze up at
the thought of never seeing Jo again." Velvet stammered quietly and kissed
him lightly on the cheek. Georgiou raised his eyebrows and replied,
"I'll protect everyday of your life if you do that every night." Then
Georgiou, for the first time in a long time, kissed her back, only on the
lips.
"Goodnight Velvet. See you in the morning." Georgiou whispered and went to
sleep. Velvet kissed him again and drifted off into the dreamland.
