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𝙎𝙄𝙓 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎 𝘼𝙂𝙊

1700 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀
𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗦, 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦

Waking up, I found myself in bed with Dinah laying next to me and began to wonder how me and her got here.

I knew we didn't hook up for sure though. The main factor being Dinah was too pure and mature for the causal hookups and I was being too much of a baby to make any move with her drunk or not.

But all I seemed to remember is her beautiful brown eyes staring into mines. And the more my days passed with her around I found myself quickly falling for her though I shouldn't.

With my thoughts running wild, I just laid on my side just staring at Dinah's backside that was covered by a tank top seeing several tattoos causing me to begin tracing them.

She had some words in Japanese on her right shoulder and a tree with pink blossoms sprouting from it under the words that disappeared beneath the rest of her top.

"Good Morning." She then said causing me to stop immediately

"Sorry, I didn't know you were awake." I blurted wanting to punch myself in the face for my dumb actions

"So if I was still asleep you would've kept tracing my tattoos?" She asked with a chuckle while shifting to face me in the bed

"Most likely." I replied beginning to laugh off my embarrassment

"Well I should've pretended to be asleep longer, it tickled." She replied while sighing playfully causing me to smile

"You know you told me a lot of things last night when you were drunk" She then said coyly wanting to hear an explanation from me

"Things like? I only vaguely remember" I replied causing her to laugh

Truth be told, my memory was scattered but I know whatever it was couldn't have been too bad.

"You told me I was gorgeous multiple times and kept asking me on dates." She answered beginning to laugh lowly causing me to groan

"I'm sorry about that. Not the gorgeous part but the date part! But I mean you are gorgeous and I wouldn't mind taking you on a date but I don't think you'd want that. You know what I'm hungover and need to shut up, do you want breakfast?" I rambled as she looked at me beginning to laugh

"Calm down, Lieutenant." She replied causing me to nod in response as I began to look for Max

"You seen Max? He usually sleeps close to me" I asked trying to switch the topic of conversation

"He's sleeping over here beside the bed on the floor" She replied

"So you're stealing my dog too?" I asked jokingly while leaning up in bed, the cold steel of my war tags touching my bare chest causing me to look down seeing I was half naked

"Well in my defense Max likes me." She cooed as Max climbed onto the bottom of the bed coming towards us

"Hey, cheater" I said to him as he licked my face happily before moving over towards Dinah doing the same

"So about that date since you brought it up! Do you mind going on a date with-" I began to ask before she cut me off with a simple, "Yes"

𝙇𝙊𝙏𝙎 𝙍𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙄𝘾 𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎 𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙍

"So what do you think your platoon is going to say about us, Lieutenant?" Dinah asked as we laid in the bed of my truck in the middle of a plain field watching the stars

"They're going to threaten me, ma'am." I replied smiling as she leaned on my chest beginning to play with the hem of my shirt

This was the blunt truth. If I hurt Dinah they would crucify me, luckily I've never been that type of guy.

"Were you married before?" She asked me out of nowhere causing my heart to ache as I remembered of my past fiancée

"Yeah, for a really short time, how'd you know?" I asked

"You always put the toilet seat down and you looked a bit too comfy sleeping on the couch" She replied causing me to laugh lowly

"Well I guess that's how I learned to buy comfortable couches, gotta know how to beat the game." I rebutted jokingly causing her to laugh

"Yeah, well now I know to just throw the good book at you." She replied causing me to shake my head in laughter before she asked, "What happened?"

I took a deep breath as a deep pain ran shallow within me causing Dinah to entangle her hands into mines as she said, "You don't have to talk about it, I understand."

"It's fine. Long story short, I came home early from deployment for the holidays to surprise her and she had a guest of her own in our house." I answered

"You didn't deserve that as much as you try to blame yourself for it." She said as she began rubbing my cheek softly

"Is it that obvious I blame myself?" I asked chuckling awkwardly

"Just had a feeling." She replied lowly before blissful silence fell upon us

"Can I kiss you?" I asked despite my constant spiraling nerves causing her to smile as she slipped on top of me, pressing her lips against mines while my hands found their way to her hips

Out of all the kisses I have shared in my life, how was my little church girl the best? The kiss left me flustered the longer she kissed me while gently holding my cheek.

She then pulled away still on top of me with a smile as she leaned up, "You're definitely a sinner." I mumbled while looking up at her causing her to laugh

"Shut up!" She said beginning to laugh as I leaned up still holding her so she wouldn't fall as I sat up

"What do you see when you look at me?" She then asked while wrapping her arms around my neck looking at me with her eyes glittering under the moonlight

"I see a lot of things, I see a beautiful face and soul but mostly I see a good girl who deserves better than me." I answered truthfully while pulling her tight curls down one by one

"What if I don't want better? What if I just want to fix that aimlessness inside of you?" She replied kissing my forehead while holding my hand

Me and Dinah didn't exactly start off great, two years ago I told her I hated her for no reason and now the woman has me wrapped around her finger without her even knowing it.

She showed more than a thousand reasons why I should fall in love with her and each one was a reason why I was falling in love with her.

"It looks like it's about to rain, do you want to go get some takeout before we head home?" I asked to avoid our conversation getting too deep

It would lead to me talking about my past and I wasn't ready to talk about that yet. I'll tell her eventually but talking about my Mother was never a easy conversation for me.

"Yeah." She replied as I began helping her out of the bed of my truck causing her to slightly look up at me before she asked, "You'll tell me when you're ready, right?"

I then nodded before she wrapped her arms around me, hugging me tightly as she said, "I'm here for you."

"I know." I replied hugging her back

A/N: I love them so much. I'm going to go back to present time soon also! But I'm doing it a certain way because this book is going to be no more than 25 chapters!

How are you guys liking it so far?