Authors note: This is a might bit of a weird chapter... Sorry.

William yelled as he threw his helmet across the room. Carrington walked in and picked his helmet. She put it on his bunk and wrapped her arms around his abdomen tightly, and rested her cheek on his chest.

"What happened Will?" He put a hand on her back and sighed.

"They told me just after I got on this ship that I am slightly mentally unstable. Captian Laskey and Commander Palmer choose to keep me aboard instead of shipping me back home."

"Do you want to stay?" He looked down at her. She was only a few inches shorter than him and he liked the fact that she seemed to fit against him just right.

"At first I would have done anything to stay but now, I'm not sure." He stared down at her green eyes and for a moment, everything seemed to stop. He was caught off guard when she brushed her lips against his. She pulled back before he could react and walked out of the room, leaving William alone and confused.

William stepped out of the shower stall with a towel wrapped around his lower body, and walked to his shower locker. He opened it and a picture fell to the floor. He picked it up and leaned against the cool metal. It was a picture of himself before the Spartan IV program. He was on Reach standing next to his older brother Matt, their little sister Sophia was in front of them both, and their father Michael was standing behind them all like a tower. William remembered when this photo was taken. Three months before the Fall of Reach. It seemed so long ago, a different time, different world, a different life. Williams eyes stung with tears and his throat felt tight as he stared at the photo.

"Will?" He snapped up and looked at Carrington. She was out of her under armor top and had a towel around her neck that covered most of her upper chest.

"Sorry I was day dreaming." Carrington opened her own locker.

"I can see that. You have been doing that a lot lately. Why?"

"I'm just having flash backs about my life before I joined the UNSC."

"Was it good?" She sat on the bench that ran through the rows of lockers.

"It was an easier time for me. I had my brother and father still. I didn't have to worry about the Convent. I didn't have to worry about if I was going to die that day. I didn't have to worry about a lot of things." He let out a heavy sigh. He ran his hand over the back of his neck. "It was a better time."

"Do you regret joining?"

"Joining what? The marines? The ODST's? The Spartans? I don't regret any of it. I just wish it turned out differently." They stayed silent for a while. William's hand went to the Phoenix tattoo on his shoulder. Carrington final spoke.

"What happened to your family?" William looked at her for a moment, then took a deep breath.

"My father was killed at The Fall of Reach. My brother was mortally wounded by a brute spiker and my little sister lives on Earth."

"What were they like?"

"My father was a tower of strength. Everyone relied on him. And he never said a word about it. My brother was much like him, just a little shorter. My sister is like our mother. She puts everyone ahead of herself without thinking of the effect on herself." The door to the locker room opened and Price walked in.

"Commander." He nodded in Will's direction, and opened his locker. William looked at Carrington, who got up and head toward the shower stalls. When she was out of view, William grabbed his clothes and got dressed.

A/N: Review and suggest ideas. And get them characters in. I got two teams of six [twelve (12) spots] left.