*Thanks to all of my reviewers, as always. This time
I'm making the jump from Evelyn's summer to when she joins the Navy . I
don't know how old you had to be and such to join back then, but I think
I'll have her be twenty, just for the purpose of the story. I hope you all
enjoy, and please review!!*~
Age 20, New York, New York
"Evelyn Johnson?"
"Yes? Yes, that's me." she said quickly, leaping up from the spot where she had been waiting and quickly walked over to the women who was sitting behind the large, oddly organzied desk and took the peach colored folder which held her application forms from her smooth hands.
"Thank you." she said politely, before moving aside so the other's in line could move forward, and with a pounding heart shuffled outside and stood beneath the large trees that decorated the side walks and flipped open the folder.
Her dark eyes scanned the paper placed infront of her, and with a sudden jolt of joy she had to use all of her self control to stop herself from screaming out in happiness. She was going to join the Navy.
After she had flagged down a Taxi, she arrived back at the small apartment that she shared with Sarah Lynn, and although she was exhilarted, as she stepped into the small living room and saw her friend sprawled out on the coach reading a magazine she felt a sudden sinking feeling in her stomach.
She knew that Sarah Lynn wasn't going to join the Navy, and she knew that she also was not going to react well to the fact that Evelyn was leaving. The two had just bough this apartment several months ago, and had both been thrilled at the thought of living on their own.
Actually, Evelyn thought as she stood silently in the doorway of the room, another big reason that they hda gotten the appartment together was the fact that Sarah Lynn had seriously been changed by her former boy friend, David. He had never hit her, he wasn't an alcoholic, he had a steady job, on the outside he seemed like a great guy. But in reality, those who knew him best, knew that he wasn't.
He had always wanted Sarah Lynn to change, to be better then she was. And not in the "you can do anything that you set your mind too" way, the "I want you to be like this, and you will" way. Sarah Lynn was a ballet teacher, and she also had been offered the chance to perform in recitals in Boston that past spring, but since wonderful David didn't approve, he made her feel guilty about going and so she didn't. There was also another reason she didn't go. The baby.
Sarah Lynn was now five months preganate, and David had left her. She was out of work because of the baby, but after she had it the company she had been working for said they would be glad to have her back to teach, but until then they couldn't really help her. So it only made since that the two girls would move in together.... The only problem was that now Evelyn was leaving, and she had been paying a little more then half of the bill because she had a job. Evelyn knew that her leaving would leave Sarah Lynn in a horrible dispositon, but she didn't know what else she could do.
"Sarah Lynn?" she said carefully, stepping further into the room and scooting onto the sofa.
Looking up with a smile, she said, "Aw, hey Evelyn! Where have you been?"
Smiling weakly, Evelyn turned to face her friend and said, "Well Sarah Lynn, I think I need to let you know about something..."
Grinning and scrunching up her freckled nose, Sarah Lynn jokingly punched Evelyn's slender arm and said, "What's up Evelyn? You knocked up too?" and then laughed and flipped her deep red hair behind her shoulders.
Swalling hard, Evelyn tried to laugh along with her friend and then said, "Well no, actually Sarah Lynn, I've..I've decided to join the Navy as a nurse."
The silence that followed was horrificly loud. Evelyn stared straight ahead, her eyes seemed to be glued to the partially opened window that revealed the busy streets of the city outside, and Sarah Lynn's gaze merely dropped to her own lap.
"Oh, oh I see." she said finally, in a soft voice and then after Evelyn opened her mouth several times but without being able to find a thing to say fell silent, Sarah Lynn finally said, "So umm, when are they shipping ya out?"
"Sarah Lynn, look I know this is really unexpected and everything, and I know that your having the baby and all, but I mean... I need a real job, I can't just take care of our neigbor's forever Sarah Lynn, I need a real career, and I mean the Navy..." her voice trailed off and her eyes flickered back and forth from her friend's face to the light gray carpeted floor.
Nodding her head, Sarah Lynn said quietly, "Yeah I understand Evelyn, no worries." she gave a little laugh and a weak smile and said, "You'll be a great Nurse Ev, you really will be. And I mean I can move in with my sister, Elise, she can help me with the baby and everything, in fact I should be thanking you for sticking around this long."
Shaking her head, Evelyn frowned and said, "No Sarah Lynn, you've been my best friend since forever, and I won't let this ruin it all. I mean we can still write and stuff."
Shrugging her shoulders a little, Sarah Lynn just said, "Yeah, I guess so..I guess we had better get you packed huh?"
*~Yes I know, it's short as always. The next chapter will have Evelyn meeting one of the nurses, and in your review if you could vote on which one you would most like her to meet up with first, I would really appreciate it. Thanks a ton!*~
Age 20, New York, New York
"Evelyn Johnson?"
"Yes? Yes, that's me." she said quickly, leaping up from the spot where she had been waiting and quickly walked over to the women who was sitting behind the large, oddly organzied desk and took the peach colored folder which held her application forms from her smooth hands.
"Thank you." she said politely, before moving aside so the other's in line could move forward, and with a pounding heart shuffled outside and stood beneath the large trees that decorated the side walks and flipped open the folder.
Her dark eyes scanned the paper placed infront of her, and with a sudden jolt of joy she had to use all of her self control to stop herself from screaming out in happiness. She was going to join the Navy.
After she had flagged down a Taxi, she arrived back at the small apartment that she shared with Sarah Lynn, and although she was exhilarted, as she stepped into the small living room and saw her friend sprawled out on the coach reading a magazine she felt a sudden sinking feeling in her stomach.
She knew that Sarah Lynn wasn't going to join the Navy, and she knew that she also was not going to react well to the fact that Evelyn was leaving. The two had just bough this apartment several months ago, and had both been thrilled at the thought of living on their own.
Actually, Evelyn thought as she stood silently in the doorway of the room, another big reason that they hda gotten the appartment together was the fact that Sarah Lynn had seriously been changed by her former boy friend, David. He had never hit her, he wasn't an alcoholic, he had a steady job, on the outside he seemed like a great guy. But in reality, those who knew him best, knew that he wasn't.
He had always wanted Sarah Lynn to change, to be better then she was. And not in the "you can do anything that you set your mind too" way, the "I want you to be like this, and you will" way. Sarah Lynn was a ballet teacher, and she also had been offered the chance to perform in recitals in Boston that past spring, but since wonderful David didn't approve, he made her feel guilty about going and so she didn't. There was also another reason she didn't go. The baby.
Sarah Lynn was now five months preganate, and David had left her. She was out of work because of the baby, but after she had it the company she had been working for said they would be glad to have her back to teach, but until then they couldn't really help her. So it only made since that the two girls would move in together.... The only problem was that now Evelyn was leaving, and she had been paying a little more then half of the bill because she had a job. Evelyn knew that her leaving would leave Sarah Lynn in a horrible dispositon, but she didn't know what else she could do.
"Sarah Lynn?" she said carefully, stepping further into the room and scooting onto the sofa.
Looking up with a smile, she said, "Aw, hey Evelyn! Where have you been?"
Smiling weakly, Evelyn turned to face her friend and said, "Well Sarah Lynn, I think I need to let you know about something..."
Grinning and scrunching up her freckled nose, Sarah Lynn jokingly punched Evelyn's slender arm and said, "What's up Evelyn? You knocked up too?" and then laughed and flipped her deep red hair behind her shoulders.
Swalling hard, Evelyn tried to laugh along with her friend and then said, "Well no, actually Sarah Lynn, I've..I've decided to join the Navy as a nurse."
The silence that followed was horrificly loud. Evelyn stared straight ahead, her eyes seemed to be glued to the partially opened window that revealed the busy streets of the city outside, and Sarah Lynn's gaze merely dropped to her own lap.
"Oh, oh I see." she said finally, in a soft voice and then after Evelyn opened her mouth several times but without being able to find a thing to say fell silent, Sarah Lynn finally said, "So umm, when are they shipping ya out?"
"Sarah Lynn, look I know this is really unexpected and everything, and I know that your having the baby and all, but I mean... I need a real job, I can't just take care of our neigbor's forever Sarah Lynn, I need a real career, and I mean the Navy..." her voice trailed off and her eyes flickered back and forth from her friend's face to the light gray carpeted floor.
Nodding her head, Sarah Lynn said quietly, "Yeah I understand Evelyn, no worries." she gave a little laugh and a weak smile and said, "You'll be a great Nurse Ev, you really will be. And I mean I can move in with my sister, Elise, she can help me with the baby and everything, in fact I should be thanking you for sticking around this long."
Shaking her head, Evelyn frowned and said, "No Sarah Lynn, you've been my best friend since forever, and I won't let this ruin it all. I mean we can still write and stuff."
Shrugging her shoulders a little, Sarah Lynn just said, "Yeah, I guess so..I guess we had better get you packed huh?"
*~Yes I know, it's short as always. The next chapter will have Evelyn meeting one of the nurses, and in your review if you could vote on which one you would most like her to meet up with first, I would really appreciate it. Thanks a ton!*~