Two months later…
William pulled on his marine dress uniform and stared at all this pins and badges in the mirror. He was going to a soldiers funeral.
Olivia slowly came into the bedroom and leaned on the door frame. "Hey, I'm going to get some food with Casey. You want anything?"
"No. I don't have time. Thank you." He answered in his shy manner. He sat down on the bed and pulled on his nice, shiny, black shoes.
Olivia came in and sat down by him. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah."
"Want to talk about it?"
"No." He answered and got up. He took his hat and placed it under his arm. He fixed his white belt and grabbed his car keys.
"I thought your marine buddies were going to pick you up." Olivia reminded him. She knew he wasn't all there when he was attending a friend's funeral. It happened very often.
He nodded and put his car keys down. "I forgot."
"It's ok." Olivia got up and went over to him. She placed her palms on his cheek and made him look at her. "I love you."
"I love you too." He whispered. "Look about last night, don't tell anyone ok?"
She raised her eyebrow at him. "Who am I going to tell?" She took him in a hug. "And you have nothing to be ashamed of. Your friend died, it's ok to cry." She whispered.
"You say it, I still don't believe it." He slowly hugged back.
"Well I'll keep saying it until you start believing it." She kissed him on the cheek and hugged him tighter.
Casey knocked on the door. "Hey, sorry to interrupt, there are three marines by your door…I'm guessing it's for William."
William let go of Olivia and nodded. "Yeah." He walked to the door and attempted to walked past Casey. Casey instantly hugged him. He stopped, hugged back and gave Olivia a confused look. "Case?"
"I had a bad day." She stated. "I needed a hug"
"You didn't work today." William reminded her.
"So? Can't a girl have a bad day without rapists and murderers?"
"Of course. I'm sorry." He nodded and gently stroked her hair. "It's ok honey."
Olivia smiled a little knowing it was Casey's way of comforting William without him knowing it.
"You done? I have to go." He told her.
"Yeah." She pretended to sniffle. "You're a sweet man. Thank you."
"You're welcome." He nodded and walked past her. "Hey guys." He nodded at the three marines by his front door dressed in the same way he was. He looked over at Casey. "Next time, when three men are by the front door…don't leave the front door open."
"Ok, dad." Casey rolled her eyes.
"Oh don't yell at her sergeant, she's cute." The youngest marine stated with a grin toward Casey.
William looked over at him sternly. "Wipe that grin off your face."
"But that's not your girlfriend." He kept looking at Casey. "My name is Adam, can I take you to dinner?"
"Yes." Casey instantly smiled.
"No." William answered. "You may not Smith."
"C'mon man." Adam begged.
"Walk." William ordered. All three marines quickly turned around and walked away from the door.
"You're an ass." Casey told him. "I hate you."
"Goodnight." William nodded and closed the door behind him.
"He is just protective." Olivia told Casey.
"Smith was cute." Casey pouted. "He is worse than a big brother, never lets me meet anyone cute."
"I know. I'm sorry. Now let's go eat." Olivia grabbed her jacket and shoes.
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Olivia sat in her living room on the couch watching TV and eating Chinese takeout while Casey went to buy them ice cream. William still wasn't home from the funeral.
A couple minutes later, she heard the door unlock. She heard mumbling and William talking. "If he pukes in my house, I am holding you personally responsible." William ordered. Adam was wasted and had one arm around Williams neck and the other around another Marines neck.
"I know sir, I would let him sleep in my house but my wife is a real bitch." The marine stated.
Olivia looked over and quickly raised an eyebrow at the sight. "Need me to get off the couch?"
"Please." William answered.
Olivia got up and took her food with her. "Is he ok?"
"Wasted." William answered and placed the young marine on the sofa. "You're coming to pick him up in the morning right Peterson?"
"Yes sir." Peterson answered. He shook hands with William and nodded toward Olivia. "M'am." He turned around and left the apartment.
Olivia looked at the drunken Marine and then William.
"I'm sorry about this." William quickly explained. "He doesn't have a place to go except the army base and if he shows up there wasted, they will kick him out of the military."
"It's ok." Olivia answered. "Doesn't he have a home here?"
"No." William shook his head. "He joined the military because he was a foster kid…doesn't have a place to live if he gets kicked out. I'm sorry Liv."
"It's fine babe." She nodded and gave him a kiss. "I'll get him a pillow and a blanket." She went to the bedroom.
William let out a breath of relief and started undoing his belt and uniform. He walked to the fridge to get food as he got undressed. He put his belt over the kitchen chair and unbuttoned his uniform jacket. He took it off and put it over the chair.
He pulled out a salad he ate earlier in the morning and began eating it standing up as he kept undressing in the kitchen. He was down to his tank top and his blue pants undone and unzipped. He started walking toward the bedroom.
Casey suddenly came into the house and instantly slammed straight into William. "Son of a bitch!"
"Oh c'mon!" He yelled back realizing the melted ice cream was all over him.
Casey looked down and the dressing from the salad was on her. "What the hell man"
"Watch where you're going."
"I was opening the door. You watch where you're going." She stated and went to get a towel for both of them.
"This is where I live Casey." He shook his head and pulled his wife beater off. He threw it in the laundry.
Olivia came out of the bedroom with a blanket and pillow in hand. She stopped and looked at both of them. William was wiping ice cream off his bare chest and Casey was wiping dressing off her hoodie. She shook her head and kept walking.
"Why is the ice cream melted?" William asked.
"Why are you eating a salad at eleven at night?"
"Because I live here and I can do what I want." He shook his head.
"Well then I melted the ice cream on purpose. Smart ass."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go shower." He walked past her and went to the bathroom.
"Wait!" Casey quickly ran and knocked on the door. "I have to pee. Please open before you shower."
"Casey I'm already undressed." He told her. "Hold it for ten minutes."
"No. I really have to go, please William? Please?"
"You're such a pain." He finally opened the door with a towel around his waist. "Hurry up." She quickly ran past him and closed the door. William shook his head. "I swear, I feel like I'm a father already. She's such a pest."
Olivia smiled and put the blanket over Adam. "Would this be considered tucking in our kids?"
"Make Casey take care of him. She likes him."
"I can't do that." Olivia put the pillow under his head.
William knocked on the door. "C'mon lady."
"Shut up man." Casey called back. A couple seconds later, she finally came out. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He nodded. "Olivia?" He glanced at the bathroom knowing she always had to use the bathroom because she was pregnant. Olivia said nothing and simply went to the bathroom.
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At 3 am, everyone was asleep. Casey was asleep on the other sofa in the living room because Olivia promised they would go shopping tomorrow morning in upstate New York and they wanted to leave early.
Adam was down to his t-shirt he had under his uniform and boxers under the blanket. William asked Casey to help him undress him to make him more comfortable and not throw up on his uniform.
Adam slowly woke up with a pulsing headache. He looked around and slowly started realizing whose living room he was sleeping in. He spotted Casey sleeping in the other sofa. He slowly got up to get water.
He went to the kitchen and started opening cabinets quietly to find a glass. He finally found one. As he was about to close the cabinet, it slipped from his hands and slammed shut. "Damn it." He mumbled under his breath. He turned around and spotted Casey waking up.
She got up and spotted him in the kitchen. "Hey, feeling better?"
"Yeah. Thanks." He nodded. "Um…where's the light in this place? I'm sort of working blind here."
She got off the sofa and turned on the kitchen light. "Need some Tylenol?"
"Yeah. That would be great." He smiled a little.
She got the bottle and opened it for him. "Adam right?"
"Yes m'am."
"Casey." She put her hand out.
"Nice to meet you Casey." He shook her hand. "Um…I'm hoping you undressed me, not Sergeant." He looked down at his appearance.
"He helped. It's hard to lift dead weight." She smirked.
"Sounds good." He nodded. Suddenly they heard someone fumbling with the door handle. They quickly exchanged looks. "They aren't expecting anyone are they?"
"No." Casey whispered.
Adam put his finger by his mouth to motion for her to be quiet. "Stay here." He whispered. He walked over by the door and stood behind it waiting for it to open.
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Olivia's eyes flew open hearing noise. "William." She whispered and shook him.
He quickly woke up. "What's wrong?" He turned around to look at her.
"I heard noise."
"Oh. It's probably Smith or Casey going to the bathroom." He laid back down.
"Go check."
"Olivia c'mon." He mumbled sleepily. "It's nothing."
"Go."
"You're so paranoid-" His sentence was caught off by Casey's scream. He instantly jumped out of bed and rushed out of the room.
He stopped for a second to realize what was going on. Adam had a masked man against the wall and holding onto his neck while another masked man was trying to get Adam off his friend.
William quickly grabbed the other man and yanked him off Adam.
The one Adam was holding kept struggling and punched Adam across the face. Adam punched him right back and threw him on the ground. "Stay down!" Adam yelled and kneeled on his back.
William pushed the burglar against the wall and twisted his arm behind his back.
Olivia came out of the bedroom with her weapon to her side.
Suddenly, something hit Adam in the back of the neck and quickly made him unconscious. The burglar that Adam was holding quickly got up and grabbed Casey and held a knife to her throat.
William heard the blow and quickly turned around. A third member was holding a gun pointed toward William. "Let him go."
William quickly turned around with the burglar still in front of him and twisting his arm behind his back. "Get out of my house."
"I'll kill your friend." He pointed the weapon at Adam lying on the ground in a pool of blood.
William quickly grabbed the masked man around the neck. "And I'll kill yours."
The third man pointed the weapon at Olivia. "Or I kill her and her baby." He pointed at her stomach.
Adam slowly opened his eyes and fought the urge to pass out again. The blood loss was making him extremely sleepy.
"Leave my house and no one gets hurt." William ordered. "I won't even call the cops."
Adam stayed on the ground and looked around without anyone noticing. He wanted the gun aimed toward him, not Olivia. He quickly jumped up and tackled down the man with the gun. They started fighting over the gun.
Casey let out a piercing scream as the man cut her neck with the knife.
Adam stopped fighting over the gun hearing the scream. He quickly backed away and stood in front of Olivia. He grabbed the gun from her hands and pointed it at the man. "Leave."
The man was steaming from anger. "Not before I kill you." He lifted it toward Casey.
Adam quickly pulled the trigger without thinking and shot him straight in the head. He quickly turned the weapon toward the man holding Casey. "Let her go." He whispered from shock of what he just did.
The man stared at the dead body and started pulling down the knife down Casey's neck in anger. Adam gulped, aimed and shot.
Casey stood there in shock and looked to her side. The man had a bullet hole in his head and instantly fell to the ground.
William punched the man he was holding and knocked him out. He quickly ran into the bedroom and got Olivia's handcuffs. He hand cuffed him and grabbed his phone. "Call Don." He told Olivia.
Olivia slowly nodded and dialed her captains number.
William went over to Adam. He gently pulled the gun out of his hands. "You ok?"
"Yeah. Check on her." He stated and stared at Casey in complete shock.
William went over to Casey and took her arm. "You ok Case?" He led her to the bedroom. "C'mon, you'll be ok." He whispered. "Smith, get a towel." He ordered. Adam quickly moved and went to the kitchen.
William sat Casey down on the bed and kneeled down in front of her. "Take a deep breath." He whispered. "You're just in shock."
Adam came back holding a towel on his wound and one for Casey. He kneeled down by her and put the towel on her cut on her neck. "It's not a deep wound." He explained.
Casey looked over at him. "You almost killed me."
"I didn't."
"You almost killed me." She snapped at him louder this time.
"Casey." William said. "He is a sniper shooter in the marines, he wouldn't have missed."
"Whatever." She shook her head.
"Come here." William took her in a hug. "It's ok." He whispered and stroked the back of her hair. She started crying on his shoulder in a matter of seconds.
Adam gently touched her shoulder to comfort her. She instantly jerked away from him.
"I'm sorry." He whispered and got up. He looked over at Olivia as she got off the phone. "Should I go or do I have to stay to give my report to the cops?"
"Stay." Olivia whispered. She gently rubbed his shoulder. "It's ok." She glanced at Casey.