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Chapter Eight
Zack walked into the bedroom, closing the door softly behind him. Eve was still sobbing as she sat on his bed, a total mess. "Eve, what's the matter?" Zack asked softly, sitting down beside her. "What is it?"
"He's gone again." Eve said in between her sobs. "I can't keep saying goodbye to him, Zack. It kills me. It kills me each and every time I have to say goodbye to him!" She cried. "I don't want to say goodbye anymore," she said softly. "It makes me feel tired. So tired Zack…"
"Shhhh," Zack said softly, bringing her into his arms. "I know it makes you tired, Eve. I know. But you have to remember how much Mike loves you, and how much you love him. True, strong love will get you through anything. The two of you should know that. The love you two have for one another is unbreakable."
Eve shook her head. "Maybe it was at one point, but I can't take this anymore, Zack. I don't want to do this anymore," she explained.
"You don't want to do what, Eve?" Zack asked, stroking her cheek softly as he brushed the hair out of her face. Her beautiful, usually bright, green eyes were now red, and her cheeks were soaked with tears. Zack hated seeing one of his good friends so sad all the time.
"I don't want to be with Mike anymore," she whispered. "I can't be with him anymore."
Zack stared at Eve for a while before he finally spoke again. "Eve, you don't mean that. I know you don't. Do you hear yourself? Do you even know what you said?" The Long Island native asked, shaking his head. "Because I don't think you do."
"Yes I do," Eve argued. "I said I don't want to be with Mike anymore."
Zack's face fell. "You aren't thinking clearly, Eve. This isn't you talking right now. I don't know who it is, but it's not you."
"Yes it is, Zack. I know what I want, and it's not Mike."
Zack's hazel eyes searched Eve's green eyes for an answer. Any answer. Because he was highly confused, and had no idea what was going on right now. But he knew this wasn't good. "What are you trying to say, Eve?" He finally asked after many moments of not saying anything at all. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know to be honest.
"I'm saying I want you, Zack. You've been taking such good care of me these last few months, and it's been wonderful. You've been wonderful to me, and you've shown me what it's like to love someone again. You're perfect, Zack, and I want to be with you. I think we would be perfect together," she whispered. Her voice was soft as was the look in her eyes as she stretched out her arm, and brought her hand to his cheek. "I've fallen for you, Zack."
Zack sat there with a million thoughts running through his head, as he looked at her dumbfounded. Sure, he cared for Eve. Hell, he used to have feelings for her a while back. Strong feelings, the type of feelings that made your head spin, and your stomach fill with butterflies. But he couldn't hurt Mike. Or Eve for that matter, Eve was only doing this because she wasn't thinking clearly, and Zack knew that. Or, at least he hoped that was the reason for all of this.
"Eve…we can't do this. We can't be together. You're with Mike. You love him, and he loves you. The two of you are meant to be together."
Eve shook her head; a few tears began to form behind her eyes. "Not anymore. It's you, I want, Zack. It's you."
Before Zack could even think of a reply, Eve's lips were on his, and she was kissing him.
For some unknown reason, Zack couldn't push her away. Maybe it was because of the feelings he used to have for her. Maybe it was because he felt sorry for her, and he didn't have the heart to push her away. It was probably a mixture of both.
Deepening the kiss, he fell on top Eve, being careful not to put all of his body weight on her as he trailed kisses down the base of her throat.
He could feel Eve running her fingers through his hair as he nibbled at her neck and throat. She instantly relaxed. "I love you, Zack." She breathed.
Zack replied by covering her mouth with his own. "I love you too," he whispered.
Eve deepened the kiss as she blinked away the tears behind her eyes, and brought Zack closer to her body. He was giving the feeling she was so desperate for.
Eve Torres gasped as her eyes flew open. She had fallen asleep. The laptop was still open, and everything was still the way she left it. She sat up, and went into the bathroom that was in Zack's master bedroom. She had just dreamed of kissing Zack. She had a lot of thinking to do.
Splashing cold water on her face a few times, Eve then dried her face off with a towel before looking at herself in the mirror. "You're a mess, Eve." She whispered to herself. "You miss him more than you realize, and you need him. But he's coming home. Mikey promised you that he would be home." She sighed to herself as she hung the towel back up, and then made her way downstairs.
Zack was watching a movie as he sat on the couch, laughing to himself every now and then. "What are you watching?" Eve asked, sitting down beside him.
"Oh, hey, there you are." He said, smiling at her a little. "I was getting worried about you, but when I went and checked on you, you were sleeping. Are you feeling any better? And I'm watching Big Daddy," he said, chuckling. "Adam is too funny for his own good."
Eve smiled back. "Yeah, I'm feeling better," she whispered softly. "Talking to Mikey really helped. Thank you so much for that, Zack. It meant everything to me that you were able to get him on Skype with me. Even if it was for ten minutes, and I love this movie!"
Zack eyes softened as he looked at Eve. "Eve, you're dying inside, and I know that even though I'm trying my very best to help you, it's not much help at all."
Eve was going to speak, but Zack shook his head. "Don't worry about it," he smiled. "I know that I'm helping you somewhat, and that I'm helping you get through the nights, and that's what matters. Don't worry, Eve, Mike is going to come home. I promise. I'm gonna do anything I can to get you through this, all right?"
Eve nodded her head as she stole some of the popcorn Zack was eating out of a large bowl. "I know you're sick of hearing it, but thank you."
Zack shook his head. "Nothing to be thanking me for, I'm just helping my best friend," he smiled before eating another handful of popcorn as he turned his attention back to the movie, and laughed again.
Eve laughed along with him as she grabbed a nearby blanket, and Zack turned on the fire place. Eve subconsciously rested her head on Zack's shoulder as she enjoyed the rest of the movie with him, and her dream slipped into the back of her mind. Maybe it was better that way.
Mike and Luke were walking back to their place where they lay in their bunks at night. They had their guns close to them as they looked for anyone who might be of danger of them.
Mike heard gunshots fire through the air, and the next thing he knew, Luke was laying on the ground next to his feet. "Luke!" He cried, dropping to his knees. "Luke, can you hear me?" He asked shaking his buddy, his pal, the guy he had become great friends with since his first day here.
When Luke didn't respond, Mike's heart sank. "Don't leave me, Luke. Don't leave your wife, and your daughter. You keep fighting, you hear me? Keep fighting!" He yelled, as he spoke into his radio, indicating that he was in the need of help. "Stay with me, Luke…stay with me." He begged as he put pressure on the best friends wound. "I'm not going to let you die," he promised. "You and I are going to get out of here, and we're going to get out of here together. That was the plan. Don't change it now…" he whispered. He looked at the sky. "Don't let him go. He has a wife, and a daughter to live for. Don't let him go…" he repeated.
Mike's sergeant appeared before him. "Mizanin, get inside now! Go!" He demanded.
Mike stood to his feet, and pointed to Luke who was beside him. "I can't leave him," he said in a faint whisper. "Please don't make me leave him…"
His sergeant shook his head, as a helicopter landed, and Luke was placed upon it. "He's being flown to the hospital now. But you need to go before you join him on that helicopter, now go."
Mike watched sadly as the helicopter took off, and just like that, Luke was gone.
Mike sighed as he went and lay down in his bunk, his mind racing a million miles per hour. He thought of Eve, and he thought of Luke. Then he thought of Luke's family, and how there was a possibility of his wife living the rest of her life without a husband, and their daughter growing up without a father. It brought tears to his eyes. Luke was a great guy. He didn't deserve this. But neither did any of his brothers or sisters. No one ever deserved this.
Eve then crossed his mind again as he thought of Eve being in the shoes Luke's family was most likely going to be in, and that scared him. It scared the hell out of him. He had to make it back home to Eve. He just had to.
Mike Mizanin laid in his bed wide away as tears soaked his face, and his emotions began to overwhelm him.
He pealed the picture of Eve he had taped to the corner of his bunk away from the bed and brought it into his hands as he clenched onto it.
Tears fell from his eyes as he held onto the picture with all he had. He was crying because he just watched his best friend more than likely lose life. He was crying because he missed Eve, and because he was slowly beginning to fall apart. But most of all, he was crying because he was now starting to see that it wasn't so easy to keep the promise to Eve that he would make it home alive.
He shouldn't have made that promise to her, because he wasn't so sure he could keep it anymore.
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