March 1, 1973

"I got a job offer," I told Two-Bit as we drove through town and I sat in the back seat with KJ in his carrier.

I could hear the smile in his voice when he said, "That's great, Rain! Where's the job?"

"It's at the radio station in the center of town. The offered me a job as a disc jockey in the afternoon show. It'd be from eleven in the morning till two in the afternoon."

"Rain, that's amazing! Are you gonna accept the offer?"

As I said, I got offered a job at the radio station in center of town. The frequency of the radio station made it possible for the station to reach nearly all of Oklahoma. Believe it or not, it actually reached even a little past Oklahoma state borders. I was shocked when I got the call, and even more shocked to find out it wasn't a scam. Apparently they saw my high school records and some things that must've been in the town department of records.

When I was in my last year of high school, a club was started where the students could get themselves a ham radio license. It seemed pretty interesting, so I signed up. To be honest, I actually had a lot of fun in that club- and I never did extra-curricular school activities. Sure, I was the only girl in that club- which gave me a pretty respectable reputation, at least in the club- but it was really fun. Plus, it was possible for me to get a ham radio license, which apparently is something that is a good thing to have at a radio station.

I shrugged. "I don't know, I might… but who'll watch KJ then?" I asked with a concerned tone.

Two-Bit pulled up to the house and parked the car. "I could ask Rusty if I could come home for those hours," he shrugged as both started to get out of the car. He came by me and helped get KJ's carrier out of the car, "I mean, it'd only be a few hours."

"I don't know… I already feel kinda bad. He's helped us out a lot, even since we were both still teenagers, and even more when I was pregnant."

"That's true… and when I asked him about it, he said he wanted to do whatever he could for: the best desk girl he ever had. And those were his exact words," Two-Bit chuckled and took the carrier.

I couldn't help but chuckle at what he said as we went inside the house. "Either way, we''ll have to repay him in someway sometime."

I liked Rusty. He had come over to where we lived a few times, more in the past couple months, especially a month or two before KJ was born. I felt bad cause whenever we needed help with something or anything of the sort, he would come or offer his help and he basically would not take any form of no for an answer. Whenever we asked about why he would do everything he did, he said he wanted to do them. Don't get me wrong, Two-Bit and I were more than grateful for all his help, but we still felt kind of bad how he helped with everything that we needed help with, no matter what the situation was.

My thoughts were interrupted when the phone rang. "I got it," Two-Bit said and answered the phone. I took KJ from his carrier and brought him to his room. I sat down on the chair we had in there and took the opportunity to play around with KJ to make him laugh and smile- which honestly wasn't that hard to do. You know how there are those happy babies that are even happier than usual and almost always smiling? Well KJ is one of those babies.

I turned the volume up a bit on the baby monitor, being the nosy wife I was. I had a feeling that all women tried to hear the phone conversations that their husbands have. To be honest, there were a lot of times when I had been talking with Mrs Curtis while Mr Curtis talked to the boys in the next room and she had stopped talking so we could listen in on what the boys were saying or talking about. It would work nine out of ten times, and as far as I knew, none of the boys had ever found out.

Excuse me for wanting to know everything is fine and nothing's wrong. Sue me.

"Yeah, you got him… oh, hey Captain, how are ya?... yeah, both me and Sodapop heard about that, why?... oh, uh, yeah… yeah, sure, I guess it's no problem… how long, exactly?... I guess that ain't too long, I've been gone longer… so soon? Are you sure?... I'm just checking cause, y aknow, I got a wife and a kid now too, and Soda's got himself a fiancé… oh, you are?... alright… yeah… I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Captain… it's alright, I get it… yeah, see you tomorrow… bye," he said and it stopped. I heard a sound then that sounded like a slight sigh.

I heard footsteps coming from the hallway. I quickly turned the volume back down to its regular volume and gave my attention fully back to KJ, who started to smile instantly, causing a smile to form on my own face despite my slight concern for the meaning of the phone call.

Two-Bit came in and sat down on the floor across from me cross legged. I looked up at him. "Who was that?" I asked, trying to hide any evidence that I had been listening over the monitor.

He cleared his throat a bit, "Uh… the captain of my unit from back in Vietnam."

I nodded. "What'd he call about?"

He hesitated a bit. "Ok… remember how I told you how the Vietnamese are letting American POW's go since the war is pretty much over cause of that cease fire that was signed?" I nodded slowly and he continued, "Well, according to my captain, my unit has to go to help and get them all transferred."

I felt my eyes widen and I placed KJ down gently in his crib and crossed my arms nervously. "Both you and Soda?"

He nodded, "Yeah."

"And when do you leave?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"When do you guys come back?"

"Middle of May."

I let out a small sigh, "Alright, that's not terrible, I guess… I kinda wish they gave you a little more notice but whatever." I gave a weak smile.

He let out a small chuckle. "I wish they gave no notice at all."

I sat down next to him on the floor. "Did your captain call Soda?"

"He said he would after he got off the phone with me?"

"Then we should expect a call from him and Candy before the day is over, yak now that, right?" I laughed and he did the same.

The rest of the day was spent packing a few things he was allowed to take with him. To be honest, it wasn't a lot and you didn't need a lot. Two-Bit had told me that most guys just took some pictures with them from home and close family members or close friends, sometimes a few select items or small pieces of clothing but that was really it.

Two-Bit did that. He had a few pictures that had everyone in them from New Year's Eve, on that had Keilah and his mom, then one that had me and KJ. Shockingly, he still had the switchblade that I have him from when we were teenagers and he was able to bring it with him too, apparently.

By a little before eleven, everything was packed and he was ready to leave the next afternoon. It was helpful that KJ was already asleep by eight o'clock. Two-Bit and I were about to go to bed until the phone rang. "How much you wanna bet that's Candy?" I asked while laughing.

Two-Bit got up and went to answer the phone and I followed behind. "Hello?... oh yeah, I did… yeah, I am… could you hold on for a sec?" Two-bit covered the phone and looked at me, "It's Soda and Candy."

Im watching I love lucy again for the second time today except it's on television instead of my dvd XD

Ok so I mentioned about her listening on, most women do that right? I mean, me and my mom do that to my dad, is it normal? Oh well

Oh by the way, I know about the POW's during the Vietnam cause for these stories, there was a lot of research involved since the Vietnam war was a serious matter and lasted nearly fifteen to twenty years so yeah

Anyway, hope you all liked this chapter! Peace from all the hippies of the world!