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Chapter Three
Fifteen Years Later
1524 (3:24pm)
October 18th, 2016
Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland
"Lexi! Lexi wait up!" he yelled but she didn't hear him. Keeping up her pace Alexis Rabb kept running, a habit that she had picked up when she was younger, running with her parents every morning. It was her plebe year at Annapolis and she was ready for all of the challenges that she was going to face.
All throughout her life Alexis, Lexi, had strived to be just like her parents. Growing up around the JAG crew it was hard not to be effected by all the military surrounding her. Once she had set her mind to it there was nothing that could drag her away from reaching her goal.
Boy's were never a problem in Lexi's life. She was waiting for someone like her father. 'Prince Charming' as her mother would refer to him as. Sure she had boyfriends, she has boy's that were friends, but never had they ever given her problems, they were never able to drag her mind away from what needed to be done.
But then there was Peter, the boy that was calling her now.
When they first met they both knew that there was something more, there was more than that attraction. But in their first years at the Academy they weren't allowed to date, that privilege was only for the upper class men. Now into their third year they were free to do as they wished, well almost, as long as it wasn't against regulations.
"Alexis Rabb! Stand at attention!" yelled Peter. If she didn't notice him before she did not. Abruptly Alexis stopped running and stood at attention not realizing that it was Peter that had called her. "Thank you," he said coming to stand in front of her. Though they were the same year, Peter and Alexis usually joked around with one another by calling the other to attention when they were trying to get through to the other, quite like now.
Seeing that it was Peter, Alexis relaxed. "Very funny," she said as she started walking back to their dorm. Males and females shared the same dorm, but were separated by different wings.
"I thought so," said Peter. "Where were you just now? You were in your own little world."
"Sorry. I was just thinking about my mom and dad."
"Are they okay?" Peter asked worriedly. When Alexis had brought Peter home for the first time Mac and Harm had loved him from the started, and vice versa. Peter looked up to Harm and Mac as any younger officer, but he also looked up to them because they were great people.
"Yea, their fine," she said, walking a little faster.
"Then what is it?" he asked.
"I was just remembering the story of how dad asked mom to marry him." Of corse Peter had heard the story before. It was one of Alexis favorite stories. It was her fairy tale. "I was just wondering if that would ever happen to me. If I am ever going to get my fairy tale.
"Lexi look at me," he said, but she just kept walking. "Alexis stop," he said grabbing her arm and turning her to face him. "Lexi look at me," when she turned her head away from him, he took her chin in his hand and made him look in his eyes. "Lexi your going to get that fairy tale. I promise."
"Don't make a promise you can't keep."
"Haven't yet," he answered. Neither aware of the parallels of the words spoken twenty years before. "Come on. Let's go home," he said taking her hand.
"Okay," she said and followed him back to their dorm.
1745 (5:45pm)
Alexis Dorm
"Hey Lexi," Peter said a little while later, once they had settled in.
"Hum," she replied, not looking up from her aviation book. She was following in her father's footsteps by becoming a pilot. But she was following her mother by joining the Marine Corps. When she had first told the JAG crew they all just smiled and said that she was just like her parents. Everyone including Admiral Chedwiggen.
"Do you want to go to diner tonight?" he asked.
"Sure," she said. "When?" she asked looking up at him and smiling. It was her father's smile, and like her father she could get almost everything that she wanted.
"Now? We could just head down to Robo and bring it back to eat."
"Sounds good to me," she said going to stand up."
"Let me get your jacket," he said and went into her room and came out a few minutes later carrying her jacket. "Turn around and I'll help you."
"Thanks," she said when she was slipping into her jacket.
"Anytime," he said and turned to open the door for her. "Lady's first."
"Why thank you, sir," Alexis joked.
1830 (6:30pm)
Alexis's Dorm
"I did not think that it would take that long. Could you have imaged if we had tried to find a table? Thank God we brought it back with us," Alexis said. "I'm going to put my coat back. Want me to take yours?" she asked holding out her hand.
"Yea, please," he said handing her his coat and then started unpacking the food.
"Hey Peter," yelled Alexis from her room.
"Yea?" he asked.
"What's this?" Alexis asked still in her room.
"What's what?" he asked playing dumb. He knew exactly what it was. He looked up when she came out of her room. The look on her face was priceless.
"Yes," she said coming to stand across from him at the table.
"Yes?" he asked coming to stand in front of her.
"Umhum," she said kissing him.
"I love you," he said taking the ring from her hand and putting it on her left ring finger.
"I love you, too," she said placing the other object on the table. "Come one, lets go reserve leave for the weekend and head up to Virginia to tell the parents in person."
"Okay. Let's go," he said grabbing their coats. With that they headed out the door.
Sitting on the table where Alexis left it was Alexis's favorite stuffed animal Sam, the cow. Around his neck as a sign saying, "Mill Moo Marry Me?"
Yes, it was a good beginning. A good beginning indeed.
THE END.
