Climbing out of the car Jess looked around. They had pulled up outside a hotel. It had been over a hours drive and as soon as they lefts the confines of the city and were on the road she could feel the stresses begin to melt away. The wind had picked up but it was a cool autumn breeze. The sun still had some warmth in it.
After checking in to the hotel they headed up to their room. As soon as they stepped in Jess turned. The room was huge and bright with a double aspect window overlooking the beach through the one window and the mountains and national park that surrounded the city through the other.
"this is so beautiful" Jess gasped flopping down on the huge bed stretching out
"see just what you need, to Chillax and recharge" he said dropping his bag on the armchair in the room and throwing open the patio door on to the balcony
"chillax" she laughed "how old are you"
"what's wrong with chillax" he smiled walking over to her
"nothing." she grinned "if your 15 and hanging round the skate park" she smiled
"are you saying I am old?" he grinned
"well I..." she smiled coyly watching as he closed the gap between them. He gently pushed her back against the bed softly kissing her neck.
"i guess we will have to do something about that?" he whispered in to her ear
Giggling softly, she pulled him closer. "so, what did you have in mind to chillax then"
Waking up Jess moved from his arms. Walking out on to the balcony she could see the sun beginning to rise. Inhaling the morning air after less than 12 hours she was feeling more relaxed and calmer. It was just what she needed she had spent the last few months constantly thinking about her training and passing she had forgotten what it felt like to relax. Even when she had been taking her high school exams, she had been the same, always revising and always stressing out convincing herself she had failed to the point she made herself ill with the worry.
"there you are" Dutchy walked out behind her wrapping his arms around her waist. "everything all right" he asked.
Leaning back in to his body she smiled before turning. "fine. I just wanted to see the sun rise" she smiled "so what did you have in mind for today?" she asked
"well I thought we could go to the botanical gardens and maybe when we get back take a walk along the beach to the light house. see the sun set" he smiled
"perfect, I'll go and get dressed" she edged around him walking in to the room.
The weekend flew past all too quickly. Sitting at home Jess stared at her computer screen scrolling through Facebook not really paying attention. She had seen several people on the course post that they had passed and were so excited, she was as yet waiting for her results to come through.
Seeing a notification flash up in the corner alerting her to an email appearing in the corner of the screen. nervously she dragged the mouse over. Clicking on the email it opened providing the link she needed for the portal.
It was a nervous wait for the page to load and log in. Her eyes scanned the page looking down the list. She had passed all her other assessments with flying colours but this was the most important one it counted for most of the course and she needed to pass this one to graduate. her eyes came to rest on the last box. looking along the line it gave the name of the module and the percentage. Then the all-important pass or fail. She kept reading and rereading the line over and over.
Dutchy walked in to see Jess just sat staring at the wall her face showing no emotion. Walking slowly over "Jess?" he called "what's happened" he asked sitting on the edge of the sofa
"nothing" she sighed turning a smiled. "it's just I passed." she dived on him wrapping her arms around him, knocking him off balance they both fell to the floor and in to the table.
"ow" Dutchy moaned sitting up clutching his arm.
"are you okay" she asked through giggles.
"yeah" he hissed in pain. "it is just my shoulder" he shrugged
"sorry" she looked at him through tears scared that she had hurt him
"hey" he whispered sitting up next to her "it's not your fault. The amount of times I landed on it funny and the shooting it sometimes gives me grief that's all. Now how are we going to celebrate you becoming the best medic in the fleet" he grinned pulling her close kissing her.
"can we just stay in. I don't really want to go out, I am still processing it all" she smiled weakly
"whatever you want. When's your graduation?" he asked rubbing his shoulder
"3 weeks on Thursday." she smiled looking over at him. "are you sure your arm is okay?" she asked
"its fine, I just caught it on the table. I am fine, now what shall we order?" he held out a selection of take-a-way menus.
"ummm" she took them out of his hands shuffling through. Pulling out the one for her favourite. "umm Chinese, crispy lemon chicken and rice" she smiled handing him the menu.
"anything else?" he asked
"ooh noodle soup and spring rolls and banana fritters" she grinned
"as you wish" he bowed his head reaching for the phone.
"and can you get some chips as well please" she grinned as he dialled the number.
He grinned he didn't know how someone so small could put away all that food. Less than 45 minutes later the food arrived. Grabbing the plates from the cupboard, jess placed them on the table as Dutchy began unpacking the food from the bags it arrived in.
"see I told you that you would pass" he grinned separating their chosen food
"i know but I need to see it for myself especially when I get like that" she began spooning some of the fried rice on to her plate. "what did you get" she sniffed the air. Whatever it was it smelt amazing.
"chicken with peanuts and chillies" he smiled
Picking up a piece of the chicken keen to try bit in to it. Immediately regretting it. Gasping and panting she grabbed the glass of wine Dutchy had poured for them both gulping it down trying to soothe the sensation of burning in her mouth.
"bloody hell Dutchy how spicy do you want it?" she asked
"it's gunpowder chicken" he grinned looking at her red face.
"how can you eat that its enough to blow your brains out"
"its not that spicy. You just have a very boring pallet" he grinned biting in to a piece of chicken.
"hey, I just don't like my food that spicy and besides that's going to burn on the way out much more." she grinned
Once they had eaten, they both curled up on the sofa. Now she had her results she felt so much better and all the stresses had melted away. She had worked herself up so much inside she had convinced herself she would have to start again from scratch and re-do the course. She couldn't wait for graduation and to collect her badge proving she was a medic she just wished it wasn't almost 3 weeks away.
okay so I have no idea how they get results in the navy so based it a little on how I got most of my university assignment results which were submitted through a online portal. anyway hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.