"When did you join the Navy?"

"When I was…20 going on 21. I remember having my first drink after passing boot camp. What a lovely time."

"Were you scared? Nervous?"

"Not really. I was young, wild, and crazy. I will say the Navy taught me to calm my ass down, though."

"Ooh, come on! You weren't THAT bad, were you?"

"Oh, I did some crazy stuff."

"What made you decide to join the Navy?"

"I never thought about joining the military or really doing much after high school. I just decided to check it out one day when I was driving home from work one day and I saw a recruitment building. I wanted to do something different with my life, you know?"

"Well, I'm glad you did because I get to hear cool stories of you being overseas!"

"And I'm glad you moved here to San Diego because now I've met a new friend and I get to tell you all about my adventures!"

"See how things work out?"

"Yes!"

Renee and Jon both laughed at how goofy they were but quickly remembered that they still had an ice cream sundae to finish.

"How're you enjoying the ice cream?" Renee asked.

"It's good!" Jon said. "You know what, though? I want more. I'm going to buy us some ice cream sandwiches after this and then we can head to the beach. Sound good?"

"Yes, it does."

Renee munched on her ice cream sandwich as she enjoyed the cold breeze and watched the waves crash onto the shore. Her and Jon had been sitting on a blanket near the water and were glad that the beach had lights so they could see each other. She handed her sandwich to Jon who politely declined to have a bite as he already ate his but Renee insisted. Jon gave in and took a bite which satisfied Renee.

"You know…I think I will go ahead and reenlist. Talking to you about my adventures has made me want to go on more adventures and create more memories. And that means more stories for you."

"Aww. But you should enlist because you want to, not because of me. I mean…I'm not special."

"Yes, you are. To me, you're special. Hopefully, we can be friends for a long time."

"Well, since you're so kind and sweet, I'd absolutely love to be friends with you for a long time. Take another bite of my sandwich."

"You won't have no more sandwich if I take another bite."

"That's okay, you'll buy me another one."

"Funny!"

"Where have you been, Miss Lady!?" Renee's friend said. She had been waiting all night for her to return and was finally glad to see her.

"Out."

"Oh, I see that smart ass! But you kept me waiting all night…for too damn long actually because I want to know all the details."

"Sarah…he was amazing. He was so sweet and kind…he even told me I'm special."

"Sounds like you two are definitely lovebirds already. When's the wedding?"

Renee sat down next to her friend on the couch and plopped her legs onto Sarah's lap.

"Now, you know damn well that I'm not thinking about marriage right now. And who knows if we'll make it to being girlfriend and boyfriend? What if we're better off as friends?"

"Anything can happen, darling. Anything. But as long as you had fun tonight and he didn't do anything weird, I'm glad. I did see you guys talking when you were serving him his food."

"I honestly found him very attractive when I was serving him. I just didn't think that we would actually start talking…making conversation…damn I wanted to kiss him tonight."

"Better off as friends, huh? You already want to make out with the man."

"Shut up, Sarah." Renee giggled as she playfully kicked Sarah in her leg.

"I'm going to make us some popcorn and you're going to tell me more about your date."

Jon laid down on his bed, propped his feet up, put his hands behind his head, and relaxed while watching t.v. He had reenlisted in the Navy earlier that day and soon he would be back on duty. He had been thinking about Renee all day and decided to give her a call to check on her. She answered her phone immediately as it rung, to Jon's amusement.

"Hello there, Mr. Good!" Renee said.

"Hello there, Miss Paquette! How are you today?"

"I'm great. Just got off work."

"This early? It's only a few minutes past twelve."

"I had a short day at work. I only had to work for four hours."

"That's good. I had reenlisted in the Navy today so I have another four years to serve."

"That's fantastic to hear! I'm very happy for you!"

"Thank you! I wish I could take you on adventures with me."

"I wish you could, too. Say, are you doing anything right now?"

"Nope. I'm just watching t.v. and chilling out for the day."

"I'm just watching t.v. and chilling."

"I'm bringing over pizza, chips, and soda and we're going to pig out. Alright?"

"Okie dokie."

"See you soon!"

"See ya!"

Jon quickly hung up and began to tidy up his apartment before Renee came over. He was going to throw all his dirty clothes into the hamper before deciding to throw them into the washing machine to wash them. Renee had arrived two hours later with the food and had begun to make their plates.

"Renee, I can make our plates," Jon offered.

"No, that's okay. I'm a busy body. Here you go."

"Thank you." Jon sat down beside Renee to eat his food.

"You're welcome. I love this counter right here…you can just serve someone's food right to them. I really love your apartment. Nice and cozy."

"Thank you. I'm actually surprised you like it. It doesn't stink in here, does it?"

"No. Why would it stink?"

"Because my laundry smelled like crap."

"You do know that laundry is supposed to stink? That's the point of laundry: put your stinky clothes into the washer so they can get washed. Silly goose!"

"Okay, Miss Smarty Pants!"

"You know you like the fact that I'm a smarty pants!"

"Yeah, you're right, hehe."

"How's the pizza?"

"It's very good it's just like the pizza I had at the pizza parlor where you work."

"That's because I made that pizza. I went back to work, made it, then went to buy chips and soda while it baked and then got it out of the oven and brought everything here."

"You're a keeper, you know that?"

"I'm sure I am! And so are you!"

After they finished their pizza, Jon put the leftovers in the fridge and brought the back of chips into the living room so they could munch on something while watching t.v. Hours and hours went by and the lovebirds lost track of time as they laughed and shared stories with each other, forgetting that they were supposed to be paying attention to a movie.

Jon had grabbed some wine out of his fridge and brought two wine cups with him. He poured Renee some then himself a cup and held it up for a toast.

"To our friendship," he said.

"To our friendship," Renee said.

The two of them ended up drinking half of the bottle and continued to laugh and talk to each other until it was almost one in the morning. Renee was glad that she had remembered to text Sarah earlier to tell her she wouldn't be coming home that night and that she didn't have to wait up for her.

Jon had gotten up from the couch but hit his foot on the table and fell to the ground.

"SHIT!" he said.

"Oh my gosh…are you okay?" Renee asked. She swiftly got up to help Jon to his feet.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just being a clumsy dork is all."

"Aww, but see you're an adorable clumsy dork!"

"Aww, gee. Thanks!"

"You're welcome!"

Renee stopped speaking as she looked Jon straight in his face and ran her hand through his short hair. Jon did the same as he twirled a strand of Renee's long locks in his fingers before leaning in for a kiss. Jon gently picked Renee up and pinned her up against the wall as they deepened the kiss. Renee put her legs around Jon and squeezed him as hard as she could while she kissed his jawline and neck before kissing his lips again. She could feel herself getting wet as Jon felt his manhood become hard like a rock and before they knew it, they were close to stripping each other naked.