Resigned to the fact that he has a few years to kill, sitting on an airplane, peering out a misty window into the darkness into downtown San Antonio, about to start a new chapter in his personal Odyssey, Marcus thinks back. What had he left behind? A few saplings of relationships. A train wreck of one with Darlene. She had been pressing him for a proposal of marriage for some time now. Certainly she was a good fuck but he was not looking for spouse material. She became an excuse to get out while the getting was good. Besides where he was at was a certain dead end and whoever it was he would be with would also be there. Every day. He could hear it in his ears. Gripe. Moan. Nag. Hell no! Boot Camp was to begin at the baggage claim counter.
Many weeks in the company of nothing but other drifting souls for the next few weeks in a process of being deprogrammed of the civilian world and indoctrinated into the military world. Marcus found the training a joke that few except him seemed to be catching on. Wash and fold clothes into 4 inch squares, beds made with hospital corners at the foot. Hell boot camp was a lot like his youth. His own parents required at least this much. Instructors invaded his personal space attempting to thrown him off his game. This would be the most valuable lesson learned here. Saved and filed for later. All things come out in the wash and before the end of week one he had found a small group from around the country that were his intellectual and social equals. Equilibriumβ¦
Inside every cloud there is the proverbial silver lining and Marcus was adept at finding it. In a testosterone cesspool Marcus could find the source of estrogen for miles around. Midway through basic training males and females were allowed to intermingle after duty hours. There were a few choice spots and depending on your preference of music. Arnold Hall was the spot. Both basic trainees and permanent duty personal frequented the joint. The only difference between the two, as far as the guys were concerned, was the length of the haircut and that active duty personnel were allowed to drink alcohol. Upon entrance to the club Marcus could smell unattended to pussy. The only obstacle was the military's policy for PDA, public displays of affection. It was frowned upon severely.
Marcus had picked her out and plucked her from amongst the surrounding fruit and corralled her to the dance floor where prying eyes had a difficult time spying. Names were unimportant as time and opportunity was fleeting. A slow record from the DJ. Thank you very much. She melted into Marcus' arms and moaned every so softly as he had his hands up to the wrist inside her olive drab utility uniform pants. She pressed her breasts against his chest. His free hand filled with her most than ample ass. He had to keep turning and spinning on the dance floor so that not any one person could get a glimpse of his covert activities. Her misted over cunt felt like satin to his touch. He knew that there would not be time to bring this to a glorious finish, but a little sexual activity is better than none at all. The slow dance ended and his hand withdrawn and her pants re-zipped in the shuffle of a new record starting to play ended their little tryst. Marcus looked up to the balcony area and if it wasn't his entire unit standing there looking back many with mouths agape. Their Dorm Chief had gone where none other had dared. That was the last evening he ever saw her as all the other times he went back to Arnold Hall she was not to be found.
Another airplane ride and this one might be the death of poor Marcus, so he thought. At the end of basic training Marcus had caught a head cold. It carried over through graduation and by the time he realized how serious it was he was at cruising altitude with his head pounding with a major ear infection. Monterrey, CA was the final destination and he could hardly see straight in the terminal. Nevertheless, there was this final honey Rebecca, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, on the plane with the same final stop; DLI, Defense Language Institute. They were even to be in the same class. First day out of boot camp, head pounding and all Marcus had her attention and had attempted to make some initial inroads to her sex. Time would be a well received luxury as the course they were enrolled in was to be 52 weeks in length. There was another Rebecca, Provo, UT, also in their class who was trying is attention.