Somewhere in the early hours, I woke up. He didn't notice.
I stood up and stretched every muscle. A new day and I was feeling full of myself - proud and strong.
Right away, I could feel her soft skin against me as she cuddled. Ever since she came along, my mornings are no longer lonely.
How can he just lay there, inert, with this going on? As usual, I will need to take charge.
"Hey stupid! There's something going on over here you're not going to want to miss."
Nothing. What an idiot.
Being right up against her asshole is warm and nasty. Just the way I like it.
"Mmmm..." she exhales, half asleep herself.
That's okay. I can wait.
For the past 25 years, I've seen it all.
Let me tell you the whole story.
I signed up for active duty as young as I could and saw action almost immediately. However, my first time in the field, I really let the whole unit down. Embarrassingly, I was nervous and quite frankly, scared. We were hidden in the bush and all was quiet. I just felt so antsy. After all, it was my first time in battle, holding a gun I'd never fired in anger...face it I was scared shitless!
I looked to the squad leader and...nothing. He was just laying on his belly with his eyes closed. I needed some leadership from him at this most tense moment of my life...nothing. 'Shit, this guy is useless!'
My nerves were about shot. I was trembling. Without knowing what I was doing, I let off a salvo into the darkness and all hell broke loose. The entire outfit was going off like a Roman candle. All I could do was ride it out and keep firing till I was out of ammo.
Then, it was all over. I just sat there, deflated and ashamed. I vowed to never let that happen again.
Yea, easier said than done.
The next time I found myself in battle it was more like a wrestling match. Mano e Mano. It was in broad daylight, the summer wind whistling through the straps on my helmet. Suddenly I was grabbed from behind. I was pushed and shoved like never before.
Pumping myself up with more bravado than I actually felt, I queried, "Really, is that all you got?"