It was finally here. The day they went on deployment. Alex didn't want to go. She had debated going UA, but decided against it. Alex was forced to do line duty that day. Luckily it went fast and they were soon underway. The first day dragged on and on. But once it was finally over she was happy. She didn't sleep well that night. She found herself working harder and harder as the days wore on. Even the stop in Hawaii wasn't any fun. There were too many rules and restrictions on her there. Huff had become somewhat distant and the Marines she fucked a while ago didn't talk to her at all. She did find time to work out and the stupid khaki rules were gone at the gym. Cleaning stations was the worst; all it was used for was khakis to bully blue shirts. She noticed the lesbian clique was forming again. She didn't know if she wanted to try and be accepted as one of them. The port calls were few and far between.
It was about two months into the deployment when deck department got a few new additions. One was Ensign Ferid Jones. And he wasn't just any Ensign, but one from the Naval Academy, an African American and a big football star. A lot of people were in awe of him and wanted to know him. Alex herself was also drawn to him. She hadn't been with a black guy in a while and wanted to do it again. She tried to find out more about him but found that he didn't care about the blue shirt population and only liked to mingle with fellow "khakis". But Alex still wanted to know more about him. She probably wouldn't like the fact that he scored lower on the ASVAB than she did and that someone took his SAT for him so he could get into the Naval Academy.
The other was another Seaman who Alex helped get acclimated to the ship. Seaman Lois Rivers was very similar to Alex. Both were from the Midwest and both joined the Navy to get away from their homes. But unlike Alex, Lois was a full-blown lesbian and hit it well from people. Alex did like her but wasn't for sure about going all the way with her. Lois on the other hand liked Alex and wanted her.
After a particularly brutal day of work Alex was glad to be off work. She found Lois in their berthing section.
"Hey," Alex smiled as she slid past her.
"Rough day," Lois replied as she unlocked her rack.
"Definitely," she replied.
Alex pulled off her boots and peeled off her coveralls. She looked over to Lois to see her small body and short boyish blonde hair. Lois removed her clothes quickly as well. She looked over her body again to see her body was devoid of tattoos as opposed to her full left sleeve and "tramp stamp". Lois snuck a peep at Alex as she dumped her coveralls in the laundry collection. Alex noticed Lois was wearing very unattractive underwear. Alex made it a point to try and get some decent clothes. But she really didn't care at this point. Suddenly the lights went out.
"Taps all ready," Lois said quickly.
"Yeah," Alex laughed as she turned on her rack light.
Alex lifted her coffin rack up and looked for a clean shirt. Lois noticed the picture of Alex and Cindy.
"Who's that," Lois whispered.
"What," Alex asked lightly.
"The picture," Lois said as she pointed to it.
