This story is a continuation of
Loser goes down
and flows chronologically with the rest of the chapters.
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One cold, but sunny afternoon a few weeks before Christmas, I was walking to the main ISAF DFAC with some of my team members when we bumped into Kristen and a few of her team members from the public affairs office. As our groups neared each other, I noticed she now wore a "combat" patch on her right shoulder under the American flag patch. We both stopped to talk to each other and let our other team members continue to the DFAC.
Kristen was also wearing a sleek pair of Oakley sunglasses, which made her look even sexier.
"I see you're no longer a virgin," I joked.
Kristen laughed as she turned her right shoulder towards me.
"We just had our patching ceremony the other day, I feel official now," She said referring to the formal ceremony where soldiers are awarded a combat patch after reaching the first thirty days of their deployment in a combat zone.
I admired the United States Forces Afghanistan, or USFOR-A, patch on her shoulder. With its long sword, crossed olive branches and Afghan mountains in the background, it was an impressive looking patch. Kristen, as did I, both wore the USFOR-A patch on our left shoulders since we were assigned to ISAF. I could have also worn it as my combat patch but I chose not to.
"Do you remember your first patching ceremony?" she asked.
I had to stop and think for a minute. As I did, memories of Iraq came into my head and I began to recall being presented with the 4th Infantry Division (ID) combat patch while I was stationed at a forward operating base south of Baghdad back in 2006.
"Yes, I remember it well," I replied as I glanced at the 4th ID patch on my right shoulder.
Kristen turned to look at her other unit members walking towards the DFAC and we both continued walking after them.
"What are you up to tonight?" I asked.
Kristen thought for a few seconds.
"I'm downloading the first season of
Gossip Girl
from the ISAF shared network onto my laptop and I'm going to binge the entire season later in my room!" she said excitedly.
I had no idea what
Gossip Girl
was, but I wanted to see her later.
"Can I come by your room later?" I said with a smirk.
"If you'd like, though I don't think you'll like this show."
"It's fine," I said.
"Ok," she replied as if to say
you've been warned
.
We then rejoined our respective team members and entered the DFAC to have lunch.
By the time eight o'clock rolled around, I was pretty tired but I really wanted to see Kristen and I had ulterior motives. I didn't appreciate that she had left me with a bad case of blue balls last time we'd been together in her room.
I arrived at her barracks, slowly entered and made my way to her room on the third floor.
I gently knocked on the door and Kristen invited me in.
"Hey," I said as I walked inside and closed the door.
"Hey," she replied as she sat on her bed typing on her laptop. She was wearing her usual, grey short shorts and a blue Emory college t-shirt. Right away I noticed she wasn't wearing a bra underneath as her hard nipples were showing through the shirt. Her hair was also down though it looked a little greasy. I didn't smell the usual scent of her grapefruit shampoo.
"Did the show finish downloading?" I asked.
"Yeah, it just finished a couple of hours ago. Now I have the complete first season on my laptop," She said with a beaming smile.
I smiled back at her.
"Come sit down, I need you to rub this knot out in my lower back" she said as she patted a spot on the bed next to her. I then bent down and took off my boots and my uniform top; hanging it on her open cupboard door.
She then got the show up and running on her laptop and I sat down next to her on the bed. As I leaned towards her, the faint scent of her perfume and sweat after a long day at ISAF aroused me and I started to feel my erection growing.
She then lifted her t-shirt in the back, and pointed to the area on her lower back that was bothering her.
"Can you please rub me for a few minutes."
I began to rub her lower back in a firm circular motion as we watched the show. After a minute, I lowered my hand into her shorts and began to caress her butt through her panties.
She immediately flinched.
"Don't! Just rub my back, please." She said.