I just want to say thanks for everyone who is reading. This is a story I posted a few years ago. I just recently found it and decided to post it here and actually finish it. These first few chapters will be coming fast because I already have them written. I have changed a few story lines because I did not like where they were going. If you have any questions or something doesn't make sense please point it out so I can fix it. Thanks
Chapter 4
It's June 20th and another night of fireguard. Benson and Ace are just walking around the bay to make sure things are squared away. Davies and I are sitting at the desk as we wait for our shift to end.
"I never thought I'd miss my dad so much"
"Did you get to talk to him today?" She asked me
"Yeah. I'm just glad my mom didn't answer. Things aren't great between us."
"I know what you mean"
"Did you call your dad?" as I ask the question I see her face drop to sadness "ughh…I mean who did you call?"
"It's ok…" I guess my cover didn't work as well as I thought, "He passed away 2 years ago. I called my old manager."
"Oh" Why on earth would she call a manager "What about your mom?"
"Well she's not really in my Fav Five if you know what I mean" she lets a small sigh escape her lips "We can just say my mother and I don't agree on my lifestyle"
"I defiantly know what you mean" I'm glad I'm not the only person who doesn't get along with their mother "You got any other family around?"
"You can say that" Davies lets a small laugh out as she continues, "I have a half sister. She's a year younger than me. She was kind of busy so I couldn't call her."
"Oh…Does she live in LA too?"
"Yeah. We've become really close over the last year. She's become my best friend"
"That's like me and my brother." I do miss Glen
"So Carlin, what's Ohio like?"
"Do you really want to know" I say with a pitiful face and she nods yes "Well I'm from a really small town, I'm talking 49 people were in my senior class. Pretty much farm area but I only live about an hour away from the city. For fun we like to play stupid games and most people play sports"
"What kind of 'stupid games' do you play" I love her use of air quotes
"There's corn hole"
"What?" She asked as she laughs at me
"You have two boards that are inclined like this" I took out my note pad and drew the set up "with a hole near the top. You toss bean bags into the hole and whoever gets more in wins"
"Oh…ok" She looks really confused now "Sounds fun" as she finishes with an eye roll
"Yeah"
Ace is walking towards the desk "Davies did you want to wake up the next shift"
"Yeah!" Well that was pure excitement
With that I head back to my bunk and start to doze off. I hope tomorrow brings something more exciting than classes. Sitting in a packed room of 250 people is not my idea of a good time. As I am almost asleep I hear people whispering.
"It'll be ok. Things will get better. Don't let it get you down. You know you got me" Is that Davies
"I know. I'm glad you are here. Part of me feels guilty…" She's cut off
"Don't" She pauses for a minute "Don't feel guilty, I joined on my own free will. I could never let you go through this on your own. Plus we're still together right" Davies gives the other girl a hug
"Right"
I see Davies come back to the bunk and lay down. I know something is going on between these two. I need to figure out it's starting to drive me crazy. They must know each other because she said they are still together. Maybe they are best friends. Why wouldn't she tell me that then? Well…they could be more than that. I guess that's where the don't ask don't tell policy comes into play.
Today we're doing a team-building course. It's basically about problem solving. You are given certain materials to complete different tasks. We are competing with another team as well. Woods, Oaks, Nelson, Walker, Davies and I are on one team. We have 8 males on our team too.
"I love puzzles, it's like a puzzle right" Oaks sounds like a little kid full of excitement.
"Yea. You think you can figure it out?" Walker asked.
"I sure hope so. I don't feel like 40 pushup every time we lose" We all share in a laugh at Oaks child like personality.
"Walker" Nelson says in a serious tone "How upset would you be if I called you Texas Ranger?" Our whole group starts laughing hysterically.
"I guess I won't be that upset." She answers with a smile "But what is everyone else's nicknames?"
"Well my friends back home call me Frick" Nelson can tell we are all waiting on a story
"When I was little my parents called me and my sister Frick and Frack. We were always together and it kinda turned into this big joke so then everyone on our softball team used it. For some reason it just stuck"
"Mine is Spence, which isn't much of a nickname"
"Why's that?" Davies asked
"Because my first name is Spencer…so I guess I just drop the R"
"Well how about what Sams called you" She remembers that "Miss Ohio. I mean you look like you could win a beauty pageant…even covered in dirt"
"Thanks" I say blushing, she really is good at giving compliments " I guess that can work"
"I go by Ash, just short for Ashley" Davies says quickly "So if anyone thinks of one for me, I'm all ears"
"I have lots of names. Spaz, Tree, Green, Whiff, and Pete" The group once again looks at Oak and is speechless
Until Walker asked the question we all wanted to know. "Pete…really. People call you Pete?"
"Yeah" She answers defensively "My middle name is Petula"
"There's so many options. I'm not sure which one I want to use" Nelson says
"Well Walker has been calling me Woody so that works for me" Woods answers
"So we have Texas Ranger, Miss Ohio, Woody, Pete, Frick and Ash" Davies says "Well I think mine needs some work but we sound like an amazing crew"
We worked on the team-building course the rest of the day. We lost 3 of the 7 courses, which means we only did 120 pushups. I saw Davies giving help to Woody who doesn't really know how to do a pushup correctly. I'm assuming that was the other whisper was last night. It would make sense seeing as she is always helping her with things. Maybe we'll talk more on fireguard. I'm really starting to enjoy our fireguard chats.