It was a beautiful hot day in Afghanistan very quiet, 2 section were very restless. Molly had finished up all her paperwork and cleaned the medical tent, the lads had completed their tasks were getting fed up.

Challenges with 50 sausages in 50 minutes and endless volleyball championships had become boring. Captain James spoke to Major Beck and arranged for 2 Section to have a weeks R&R, leaving the following afternoon,

As Captain James round up 2 Section for a meeting they looked decidedly miserable. When he told them they were all heading off to Cyprus for a week they were all very happy and thanked their captain.

Nud Nut and Baz Vegas were get the paddling pool ready when Molly saw a hose pipe attached to a tap so without the others looking she switched it on and soaked all the boys, including Captain James. Stalking over to her, he whispered in her ear "I'll get you back for this" with a smile. They were all having fun and laughing, but Smurf wasn't liking how close Molly and the Captain were getting.

Eventually they all stopped and got clean and dry. Molly was in the medical tent reflecting back on the day and wondering how the captain was gonna get her back, she was interrupted by Smurf wondering if she wanted a cuppa so they sat and talked until Captain James came through and asked for his blisters to cleaned and checked.

The conversation started with james asking if she was looking forward to going Cyprus. Molly said she was as she never been there before. As he was leaving he left a note on the bed. It said: 'I loved watching the stars at night with you. I am enjoying your charm and magnetism! I want to spend hours under the stars with you. PLEASE say you will join me.

CJ x'

The next morning they were already packed for their R&R, but just before going Molly left a note in the Captain's tent, it said 'I would like to spend hours sitting under the stars with you, not sure how we will do it with the c*** wombles though but I'll leave that to you.

Molly x'

Once they were in Cyprus they all went their own way, most of the lads stayed together and others found their loved ones. As for smurf, he tried to be with Molly but she told him she was meeting a sister and was off to do a bit of shopping.

At 20.00 hours that evening, Molly was getting ready when she got a message from Captain james saying meet me in 10 minutes. The message came with a photo of a lighthouse which was at the other end of the beach. She text him back and said "Ok, I'm on my way."

Molly kept looking back checking whether anyone was following or saw her, but she was sure they weren't. Once she got to the bottom of the beach where Captain James was he handed her a glass of wine they sat on the sandy beach together.

The night was black, the stars shone bright and the sea was dark and deep, they enjoyed talking to each other. He stood up and put some nice gentle music on then held out his hand to help Molly up, he pulled her towards him so she was close in his arms. Her head was on his chest while they slowly danced side to side.

They were like that for a while when he moved his hands from her waist to cup her face with his hands they looked into each other eyes, but as it was now 01.00 hours Captain James said they should head back. They walked with their arms around each other and once back at the hotel they had a few more drinks of wine in molly's hotel room laying on the bed. She leaned over and started kissing him and they ended up sleeping together.

The next morning Captain James woke first. He checked his watch to see the time it was 08.00 so he got out of bed, put on his clothes and leaned over to give Molly a kiss on the top of her head and left before the others woke. Down at breakfast when everyone was there Mollu and Captain James couldn't keep their eyes off each other and smiling.

2 Section were happy to see their loved ones. Smurf called out across the dinning room to Captain James, "How are your wife and son? I thought they would be here with you?"