Page 12 of Don't Fall For Her
Felicity covers her face and giggles. I take her hand and kiss it.
“So, I have two options. I can reenlist or I can get discharged. I wanted to see what your thoughts are on it.”
Felicity
I stare at Levi. I don’t really know what to say to him. On one hand, I want him to be home with me. But on the other, I don’t want to say that if he wants to stay in. I’ll never be that woman, who tells her man what to do. It has to be his decision with something as big as this.
“What do you want to do?” I ask him.
Levi laughs. “I want to know your opinion on it.”
“But I don’t want you to feel like you have to do something because of how I feel about it.”
“Baby, it’s you and me. So every decision I make is one we make together. And the reason I want to know what you think is because I’m torn. Part of me loves being a Marine, but the other part of me doesn’t want to be away from you anymore.”
“That’s how I feel too. I see how proud you are to be a Marine and I don’t want to be that person. The one that says ‘I’m more important.’ Because I’m not, I want you to have your dreams too.”
“Our dreams, Felicity. Ours. The other question is, if I leave the Marines, where will we live? Do you think it’s possible to split our time between Wintervale and Lake Renegade?”
“You want to live together? Now?”
Tristan laughs more from his bed.
“You stay out of this, Dribble,” Levi grumbles at him
“Can I live with you two?” Tristan laughs more.
“Nope. You need your own house,” Levi says back.
“Aww, come on, brother.”
“Ignore Dribble over there. We need to decide what we’re going to do, it’s what I was going to talk to you about when I saw you. I have six months to decide what we want to do.”
“We can definitely split our time between Wintervale and Lake Renegade. But are you sure that’s what you want?”
“Well, what do know is that I want to be with you. No matter where that is. I’ll be happy with whatever path we choose. I’ve also thought about joining the reserves. That way I’ll be with you and I can still be be part of the Marines too.”
“I love that idea.” I kiss him.
“I love that idea too,” Tristan says.
“You love what idea?” Leighton asks as she comes back into the room.
“Well, I’m going to live with Levi and Felicity. The other parts, I have no idea. That’s all I was focused on.”
“You’re not living with us.” Levi laughs.
“Aww. You made Tristan sad.” I pout too.
“Wait. You want him to live with us?”
“Um. I don’t know…he’s just making me sad.” I giggle.
“Don’t let him fool you, he’ll be okay in Lake Renegade. In fact, with all the family there, I know he’ll be fine.”
“Why don’t you looooove meee?” Tristan wails from his bed.
We all start laughing as Giovanna walks in.
