15
Over the next week they put their plan into action, Cassie told her idea for a play to her teacher and she explained to him the idea of them getting engaged after eight years and getting married after all this time.
Once he agreed to it, he met with Jack and Sam, who both arrived in their dress blues with Janet along as well. They talked about ideas for the play and that started getting the ball rolling. Sam saw Pete twice that week. It was on Saturday night when he showed up at her house.
"Sam" he called out as he entered her house.
"In the living room."
He walked in and put his overnight bag on the floor next to the door before sitting down next to her; he leaned over and gave her a kiss. Sam was watching a movie.
"So how was your week?"
"Busy"
"Did you show O'Neill the disk?"
"Yes, the Joint Chiefs are not happy with your threats and blackmail."
"Well then, if you live up to your end of the bargain then the world won't know what has been going on in that mountain."
"Pete, I'm going away for few weeks."
Are you going off world?
"What, no. I've been transferred to some place you don't know about. One of the scientists had an accident and will be off work for a couple of months."
"Then I won't see you until just before the wedding?"
"I will be back here for meetings and also to help Cassie with the class play that she is working on."
"Ok, what is it about?"
"About two Air Force officers who decided to get married after eight and half years of being under the same command. One of them retires so he could marry the woman he loved."
"A love story."
"Yes, General O'Neill and I are the two leading actors for the part. I found out that the school is raising money to send Cassie's class away to camp for a week, so she asked us."
"Well, where do I get a ticket and when is it?"
"It is five weeks from today."
"I'll tell my buddies about it and I'm sure they could make it."
"If they want tickets they will have to call the school about them."
"Sure" Sam stood up after turning the TV off.
"I'm going to bed. I'm going to the school tomorrow for rehearsal for the play, good night"
"I'll come to bed as well."
He also got up as Sam walked to her bedroom. Sam lay on her side with her back to Pete. She was thinking about Jack, wishing that it was him there next to her. She knew that would happen in a few weeks time.
The next morning, Sam and Pete went to the school where Sam was having a practice run with the play. Pete got the idea of what it was about. They rehearsed all morning and then they stopped for lunch, before trying it again in the afternoon.