A/N Thank you to everyone who read the first chapter. I appreciate it! I know that this one as a bit shorter but here is the second chapter. Hope you enjoy
Over the past week Xander, and Kendall did everything together, not that they technically had a choice. Kendall thought about the boys that Xander had introduced him to. They didn't get to see them much other than during meals briefly because they were in a different division. Kendall was alright with it though. He had Xander who was always there for him even on the not so great days.
One night after all the lights had been turned out for the night Kendall turned to Xander in the bed next to him. "Hey, are you awake?"
Kendall heard the other boy roll in his bed before he muttered, "What?"
"I was just wondering. What's going to happen if we don't get sent out together?" Kendall had been thinking about this over the past few days and it was festering within his thoughts.
"I don't know dude. Don't you think it's a little late to have a deep conversation?" Xander mumbled into his pillow before curling onto his other side.
Kendall was left to think about this once again by himself. He thought, I was sent here by myself and now I'm going to lose my best friend as I get sent to another place after graduation. I'm going to have to make all new friends in a new terrifying place. Then he thought of James and how he never seemed scare of anything. How he held himself tall even when he had no idea what he was doing. Kendall didn't know him very well. Only when he was eating with him and the other four. When they talked during their meals they seemed like normal boys. They didn't have to be disciplined and scolded for every stupid or immature thing they said. They talked about the girls back home and where they were from. Kendall wanted to be friends with the other boys but he knew that if he got to close those would be just more friends that he would have to forget about when he left this hell-hole. Kendall threw himself to his side trying to push his own insecurities out of his active mind.
As the weeks passed and the excitement grew with the knowledge that graduation was just around the corner. Kendall was growing more restless. He wondered if anyone else was thinking about this next step as much as he was. After graduation they were to be sent to different schools around the country to be taught specific tasks such as aviation, weaponry, or technology. Kendall wanted to be a corpsman. A bit ironic he thought. He came to this conclusion thinking about how he wanted to save lives though he signed up for the marines to kill people. He didn't want to hurt other people but he knew that in order to defend his country and his family he had to live with the sacrifice. He thought about his mom and his sister, Katie. How he missed them so much. He felt a pang in his stomach as he felt the home sickness setting in. He pushed them out of his mind.
One more week until graduation day. Graduation was on a Friday and today was Saturday. Kendall was still thinking about how he was going to be separated from Xander when that day came recalling the conversation they had had just days before.
"Xander we have to figure out what we are going to do after Graduation. They are down our throats to figure this out so they can ship us off." Kendall thought about all the possibilities though he knew that he wanted to go into the health care field. Xander looked at him with a thoughtful stare.
"I think I am going to go into technology. I have always loved making and fixing machines." He paused as he finished whipping down the bathroom sink as they wrapped up their cleaning duties. "What about you buddy? What are you thinking about doing?"
He asked now looking up.
Kendall debated whether or not he was going to tell him exactly what he was thinking but decided that there was nothing else that had stuck out to him as this did. "I think I want to be a corpsman. I want to help the wounded and hurting."
"We are going to go to different places…" Xander said in a soft tone. Kendall thought it was strange that is seemed this was the first time that his best friend thought about them going separate ways.
"That's what I have been trying to tell you." Kendall blurted out before he could stop himself. "I told you we were going to be going different places after graduation. We are going to have to meet new people, new friends, get used to a new place and setting all over again."
Xander looked at him as though he were an alien form. "I had never really thought about it until now. I had always focused on exactly what I was doing at this moment. That is the only way I have made it through this entire hell whole. Having those fucking men scream at us for nothing." The expression on Xander's face became flustered. Kendall didn't mean to upset him. He just wanted to know what was going through his friends mind, and apparently it wasn't the same as what had been going through his own.
Kendall put a firm had on the boys shoulder and reassured him "We are going to make amazing new friends and we are going to live our dreams doing the jobs that we are going to be passionate about." He was saying this for his friends benefit but he also knew deep down inside that he was trying to convince himself as well.