3. All you can do is wait
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"What if something's has happened?" Ravit was walking back and forth in front of the fire place as Kara sat on the couch with Halsey. Frankie was up resting as he had been awake almost the entire night. Not finding peace of mind to sleep. None of them had hardly slept, thoughts haunting them in their minds. "I'm sure they are just being careful." She said, although she was equally worried about them as Ravit seemed to be. It was already evening and they had been gone almost 24 hours now. Perhaps they were ordered to stay put at the base? Or something else had happened..
"So are you and Wolf..?" She thought to ask since Ravit seemed to be rather worried over plain colleagues. "What? Oh no, no. We are just friends." Ravit looked at her and said slightly nervously. "Oh, okay." She met her gaze and then moved on to look and pet Halsey. She thought she had seen fear in Ravit's eyes just now. So if it's wasn't Wolf, it had to be Carlton then. Because it couldn't be Danny.. Thinking back to their road trip, she smiled.
"What are you thinking?" She heard him ask. She had probably been too quiet for a while now. Thinking about the last few days. "Us." She smiled and looked at him. "You worried about something then?" He asked. "Just wondering how this is going to work out, you might be away for months, I might be away for months.." She began telling the facts. He was funny, and made her laugh, but at the same time he could be serious and listen to what she was telling him about her thoughts about life and her dreams. And she could feel the obvious connection between them, the sparks going through her body whenever she felt his touch. He also seemed to understand that she was serious about her career in the Navy. So she did wonder if this would work out between them?
"Hey, we'll make it work somehow, okay?" He reached out for her hand and squeezed it reassuringly. "So we are dating for real now?" He said with a chuckle. "I guess so. Your mother will be happy." She looked at him and saw him smile. So she had a boyfriend now.
"So you and Danny, how long have you been together? Probably not that easy since you're both in the Navy." Ravit asked. Seeing that she needed to focus on something else, than thinking about the three men. But before she could answer, Frankie had come down the stairs and overheard Ravit's question. "Oh they've just hooked up. Although Danny has been pining over this girl for a long time." Frankie was quick with his reply. "Really?" Ravit smiled. It was for the first time after Danny, Carlton and Wolf had left. "I could use the distraction." Ravit sat down to one of the armchairs and Frankie seemed like he wanted to tell the story. Avoid the painful thought that something might have gone wrong. Kara gestured to Frankie that he was good to go.
Well during our last mission we were stationed in the Arctic and on the first day as I walked behind Danny to the wardroom for some well earned food and coffee, I bumped into his back. Because he was standing in the doorway looking at this stunning woman in front of him. She was of course deep in a conversation with her best friend, so she didn't notice when Danny had caused this little scene.
"Earth to Lieutenant Green." Frankie had said behind Danny. Glancing over Danny's shoulder he could see what the fuss was about. Brunette, those hazel eyes.. Could be just the medicine for him after his breakup, he thought. But he'd never break the rules, he added to his thought. Patting the man on his shoulder now, hoping he would stop daydreaming and move on. "What?" Getting a hissed reaction from Danny. "I'm sure she'll fall for your charms if you go and talk to her, but I need food. Now." Frankie had said and Danny had moved on to the food station. "Not sure it is a good idea. I've been single for what? Little over a month?" Danny gave a look to Frankie. "Exactly. You need to get over her." Frankie stated. Hearing a low sigh from Danny, he wondered what he was sulking about now.
They had seated themselves a few chairs from the two women. "Not sure I was that deeply in love with her." Danny then said a tone of sadness in his voice. "I'm sure you were." He tried to reassure his friend. "She has a nice smile though." Frankie said as he had glanced at the brunette. "Yeah. She does." Danny had added and he noticed the brunette give a look towards Danny and he gave a smile back at her. Here it goes, he had thought.
"So from that moment on, me and Halsey had to listen about this stunning brunette for the rest of the cruise." Frankie then said giving a look to Kara. "So did you guys then?" Ravit gave a look at her. "What?" She smiled. Frankie's storytelling had helped for a moment. For a moment they weren't thinking about what was going on around them. "Break the rules?" Ravit glanced at Frankie. "Well.." She looked at Frankie. Not sure if Danny had told him.
It was a month before they were done with the training mission. Time was going by slowly and then Chandler had come up with organized practice drills on different situations that might occur while on the ship such as a blackout. And of course the emergency generator would automatically go on to restore the power, but it wouldn't power all the lighting.
She had been inside of a storage room, feeling her heart beat in her ears as she had heard someone enter the room. And then he had asked her to close her eyes. She should have been scared about it, but she felt excited and it was kinda a turn on. Being in a storage room with a mysterious man during a blackout drill. But his voice had a reassuring tone in it, making her feel safe, that he wasn't going to harm her. So she had closed her eyes and turned around to face the man, even though she couldn't see him. But she felt his presence as he had taken a few steps to stand in front of her.
He had then reached to touch her hand and she felt shivers go through her. And when he had placed his lips on hers, she had felt the strangest warmth, like a burning sensation inside of her. Answering to his kiss, she could feel his hands behind her as she moved hers behind his neck. They had then been lost in the moment of passion as they..
Startled from the conversation they could hear a car approaching. Was it a car? It's engine sounded bigger than Danny's Jeep. Halsey got up from the couch to go by the door and Frankie moved to the window. They could see headlights from a bigger vehicle.
Since this is a AU story, all feedback is appreciated, so if you have any thoughts about the story, let me know. :)