Thank God I Found You
"You know what I'm thankful for?" Lucas asked me as we walked up the stairs to the Captain's family home.
"What's that Broody?"
"You…and how fine you are looking in that dress."
"Luke!" I lightly slapped his shoulder.
"What? It's true." I started to blush. "Love you Pretty Girl…Happy Thanksgiving."
"Happy Thanksgiving. I love you too, and I'm thankful I found you." I leaned in to give him a kiss and he pulled me into a hug. We stood there content while we rang the doorbell and waited.
"Lucas! And you must be Brooke. Perfect timing, we are just taking the bird out of the oven. Come on in and make yourselves comfortable."
"Yes sir."
"Let me introduce you to everyone and show you were you guys are sitting at the table." The captain ushered us towards the open kitchen over looking the dining room.
"You have a really nice and welcoming home." I finally spoke up.
"Thank you, Brooke." The Captain's wife said as she walked out of the kitchen, placing food on the table.
"Brooke, this is my lovely wife Camilla. Next to her is her sister and mother. And in the living room is…"
"Lucas! Holy smokes, did not expect you to see you here. I'd thought you'd be home with your family."
"You too…I can't believe it. How long has it been?"
"A year at least…you didn't want to go back overseas, I did."
"Wow. B, this is Jay. He was my partner and wing man while we stationed. We've been together for four years. Jay, this is my girlfriend Brooke."
'It's nice to meet you, I've heard so much about you." I stuck my hand out for him to shake, but instead he pulled me into a big hug.
"It's so nice to hear that Lucas here has finally domesticated himself." Jay said after he let go of me. The Captain soon joined in on the bantering of my Broody.
"Ya, we never though we'd see the day…Brooke must be an amazing woman then."
"That she is you guys.." Lucas pulled me close and just wrapped his arms around me. "Jay, how's Jackie doing? Where is she?"
"Where is who?" Jackie stepped out of the kitchen, she must have been with the other girls, plating the food.
"You. How have you been?" Lucas said after releasing her from a hug.
"Good." She placed her hand on a tiny yet noticeable bump.
"You are absolutely glowing…congratulations you two. I'm Brooke by the way."
"It's nice to meet you. Thanks we are thrilled." Jackie and I drifted off to the dinning room table. It was really nice to talk to someone else who is essentially going through the same thing I am. I got to ask her questions and understand a little bit more of how being in a relationship with an army many really is like: the night terrors, constant fear of him leaving, and the secrecy about missions and other things.
I quickly peeked over to where Lucas was standing and he was truly happy; it was written all over his face. These people where his second family, just how the girls at work were mine. He caught me looking at him and winked back. I returned that by blowing him a kiss. It wasn't long till he was seated next to me along with everyone else. Lucas had me on one side and Jay on the other; on my other side the Captain was sitting. It was a very nice meal. It started off with just little conversations going on, but towards the end of the meal it was one giant conversation.
"Hey babe…" I whispered in Lucas's ear. "…if you want to stay here instead of going to Haley's for dessert that's ok with me." He was still so happy and I didn't want to take that away from him.
"Thank you, but no…you should see your family today too." He just placed a gentle kiss on my cheek and rejoined the conversation. Not long after that, I saw him pull his phone out of his pocket and pass it to me, which was strange. I looked down and saw that it was a text from Haley.
Hey Lucas, you guys don't have to rush to get here…we aren't just waiting for you, other people are coming for dessert as well…just get here whenever…no rush.
Tutor Mom it's Tig, we are just finishing dinner and will probably leave once we help them clean up and what not, I'll call you when we leave. I quickly text back so I didn't offend anyone at the table. I handed the phone back to Luke, who glanced at the messages and put the phone back in his pocket, not before giving me an approving nod.
"Lucas, where you happen to get any interviews? Or pick a date that you are leaving?" The Captain asked, and I was completely lost…interviews, leaving, what is going on? What was worse was that Lucas was utterly shocked by these questions.
"Uhh, nothing yet and I don't know." That boy sure had a lot of explaining to do. I was so mentally out of it, trying to figure out what Lucas was hiding from me that I did not even realize how quickly they all finished eating and cleaning off the table. It was now time to leave and I was still in a fog. All I knew was that Lucas and I are going to have a major talk tonight. I was thinking the worse, I need him to calm my fears and tell me that everything was going to be ok because it certainly feels like the rug is right about to be swept out from underneath me.
