A/N: Finally I've gotten the chapter up. I am so sorry for taking so long. Summer has killed all of my creativity. Thank you all for replying. I really appreciate those who helped me decide which way I was going to have this story go.

Present

"Jessie? You mean Kay's mom?" Eleanor asked me.

I nodded my head and Eleanor's eyes went wide. "She never said anything about her mom being a army nurse."

"Of course not. War is something that we prefer to forget." I told her. "Besides her husband, Kay's father, also died in that war. It is no surprise that she would want to forget."

"You mean just like you?" She wasn't accusing me when she asked this, which was a bit surprising. Before that was completely different, but now since I had finally opened up to her, she seemed to be growing and understanding more as well.

I nodded once again but didn't say anything. An awkward silence surrounded us, and no one said anything for a few moments.

"Um, what happened after that thing with James? Did he bother you two again?" Eleanor asked, trying to break the silence.

"Only a little," I told her. "It was nothing compared to what he use to do, and most of the time Daniel and I was able to dodge his attempts. He didn't stand a chance with us together. However that all changed a few weeks after that incident."

One eyebrow went up and she looked at me quizzically. "What do you mean it changed?"

I let out a sigh and shook my head slightly. It was something I wasn't happy about even now. It robbed me of so much time. "A few weeks later I got a letter," I told her. "I was being sent overseas. However not everyone was getting this letter. They were slowly sending us over and I was selected to go then. However Daniel had not been."

Sixteen Years Earlier

It was a quiet day in the barracks, actually it had been quiet ever since James had waved the white flag. I was currently absorbed in a new book that I had just gotten recently, and Daniel was in the bunk above me doing God knows what. I had just gotten into a really good section of my book when I was drug out of my thoughts by mail delivery.

"Letter for McNeal, Antony," the kid called out.

This perked both the interest of me and Daniel because I never got mail, and I hadn't contacted Jessie yet.

"Here," I said very curious and grabbed the letter. I looked it over and was even more surprised to see that it was from the army.

"Who's it from?" Daniel asked as he dropped down onto my bunk.

"The army."

"Well open it," he told me.

I looked at him and it was clear I was reluctant to do that. But then I finally started to open it. When I saw what it read I felt my stomach drop. This couldn't be happening.

"Antony what is it, what is wrong?" Daniel asked but I didn't reply, I was too shocked. Finally he tore the letter out of my hands and began to read it.

"What!" he finally shouted after he had read enough, this caused me to snap out of my shock.

"They, they are transferring me," I said numbly.

Daniel shook his head. "But this can't be right. You're with this squad. You shouldn't be sent over just yet. You should be goin' over when the rest of us go. How can they do this?"

"I don't know but they are."

"No they ain't," Daniel said as he stood up. "We are goin' to our CO."

"But what is he going to be able to do?" I asked him.

Daniel shook his head. "I don't know, just come with me."

I sighed and stood up, and then I followed him. It didn't take us long to reach the CO's office.

"What are you two up to now?" he asked when he saw us. He still thought we were really troublemakers and even though we hadn't been getting into trouble lately.

I took the letter from Daniel's hand and then handed it to our CO as I said, "Um I just received this in mail call."

He looked over the letter and then looked back at us after he had finished reading it. "You're being transferred. What's the problem?" he asked.

Daniel leaned over our CO's desk, which wasn't a move most men would try, and then pointed at the letter. "This has to be a mistake," he said. "Antony is part of our squad. He's supposed to go over there when we go over there, not before."

The CO glared at him for a moment, Daniel got the hint and then backed away slightly. After he did the CO said, "It's not a mistake. They are sending people over there so that we can get ready, you know that they've been doing this for months, McNeal got selected for that. Besides they need a good sniper over there and there's really no reason to have two snipers in the same squad." It looked like Daniel was about to say something but the CO cut him off. "There is nothing that I can do and I'm not going to argue with you about this Jackson!" the CO snapped. "You're both dismissed. McNeal get packing you're leaving tomorrow and don't say a word Jackson! You are still under my command and I can make sure you're real busy while your friend is gone."

I grabbed the letter and quickly left, Daniel followed me without arguing. We both knew that he would make good on his threat if Daniel pushed it. We walked back to the barracks without saying anything, there was nothing we could say. However when we finally reached the barracks the silence broke when we saw what was going on.

"What the blood hell?" I asked.

"I ain't got a clue," Daniel replied confused.

A group of people were together laughing and carrying on, and this group seemed to have surrounded James. It didn't make sense because we didn't usually do that and most people stayed away from James except for his lackeys. However we were soon about to find out what all the trouble was when James managed to see us and went through the group of people to get to us. I suddenly got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach, one like the ones I would get before James had been shown his place. Whatever was going on couldn't be a good thing for me.

"Well boys it looks like this is our last night together," James said when he reached us. My eyebrows quickly went up. Being free of him is something I had wanted for so long. It seem like it was too good to be true and of course it was.

"What did you do? Get dishonorably discharged?" Daniel asked him.

James glared at him for a moment before he shook it off. "No I'm being transferred to Europe. I'm finally getting out of here and into the real thing!" he told us.

The moment he said this my heart sank down into my stomach. James was being transferred to Europe. I was also being transferred to Europe. By some twisted fate I was being stuck with him again and Daniel wouldn't be there to help me. I was as good as dead. If the Axis forces didn't get me, James sure would.

"That's great James," Daniel told him. "They picked a perfect person to send first."

James smiled at what he thought was a complement and said, "I thought that to."

"Yeah you'll make great fodder," Daniel deadpanned.

James glared at him and then hustled back to the group. Normally something like that would have sent both of us into a fit of laughter however neither of us laughed this time. We both knew how serious this situation was. Also the thought about James being sent as fodder didn't make me comfortable because I was being sent over as well.

"Daniel you don't really think they are sending the fodder over first do you?" I asked him however I didn't look at him. I couldn't bring myself to do it.

I could see Daniel look at me out of the corner of my eye before he said, "No of course not. I was just doin' that to get on his nerves."

I nodded and then went over to my bunk. I sat down on it and looked down at my hands. What was going to happen to me now? I looked back up when I felt a pair of hands on my shoulders.

"I know what you're thinkin' and I want you to stop right now," he told me. "You ain't going to die and you ain't going to let that idiot get to you, you understand me? You're goin' to go over there and do your job."

I nodded but didn't say anything. I couldn't help but feel afraid. Ever since Daniel had gotten there I had depended on him. Now that he wasn't going to be around I didn't know how I was going to make it.

"Look they might not even send you out on the front for a while. I'll probably be sent over soon anyway and they will probably put me in your squad," he said.

"You heard what our CO said, there is no sense in having two snipers in the same squad," I told him.

"Well a squad nearby," he said, "and there is no guarantee that James is going to be in your squad either."

I just nodded again and looked back down at my hands. I felt him squeeze my shoulder and then heard him say, "You'll be fine, you ain't going to die over there, so don't even worry about that."

I still didn't say anything and nodded once again. Daniel sighed and then climbed up onto his bunk. I didn't say anything because it wasn't dieing that I was worried about anymore. What I didn't like was that I was going to be separated from him, and it wasn't just because I needed him to protect me. It was because I just needed him and couldn't bear being separated from him.

I sighed and laid down on my bunk and continued to think over what was happening. Time seemed to be so slow and yet so fast at the same time. Before I knew it, it was time to turn in and my last day there was over. I continued to stare up at the bunk above me until I heard something drop down beside me and sit on my bunk. I looked over and sure enough it was Daniel.

"You okay?" he asked.

"I'm terrified," I told him. "Can that be classified as okay?"

"I guess it can. I mean James doesn' even look like it's botherin' him and we both know he's not right in the head, so that must mean you're alright.," he told me.

He was trying to make me laugh and it got the desired result. I started laughing hard and he laughed as well. It took us both a few moments to calm down. When we did Daniel got serous.

"Look you are goin' to be fine," he insisted. "You're smart and really good with that rifle, and I'm sure that if James does cause you problems you can get him to do somethin' stupid enough to get himself captured or somethin'."

I smiled up at Daniel and shook my head. "I never thought of that before. Thanks for the idea," I said.

"Oh really? I was thinkin' about doin' it the first second we got over there," he said.

I shook my head again and laughed. Daniel laughed as well and then he got serous.

"Hey look after this is all said and done with we should find each other and get together sometime," he said.

I looked at him for a moment before I nodded, then I sat up. It would be hard for him to look me up because Antony McNeal didn't exist. I sighed slightly, it was time to tell him who I really was. He needed to know and this might be the only chance I would get to actually tell him. Who knows what would happen over there?

"Daniel there is something important that I have to tell you before I leave," I told him.

He looked at me curiously. He could tell by the tone in my voice that this was something that was greatly important, and it was. "What is it Antony?" he asked me.

"Well it's kinda complicated and I'm afraid to tell you but I have to," I said.

"Go on," he said.

"Well my name," I started to say before an officer came into the barracks.

"Lights out all of you. If they aren't out in three seconds and completely quiet in here you're all on KP duty!" the officer said.

"Tell me tomorrow," Daniel said and then jumped back up onto his bunk. I sighed and only hoped that I would see him and get a chance to tell him tomorrow, I never did.

A/N: Okay please forgive me for taking so long. I had trouble figuring out where I wanted this to go even after asking all of you. However now I finally got the general idea of what is going to happen in the upcoming chapters. Hopefully my creative spell will keep up and I'll get a few more out. This story is going to be a long one and I hope I haven't lost any of my readers. I am so sorry for taking so long. Please tell me how this one was and any ideas or tips are more than welcomed.