Marine's Daughter

ME: ‘Come on Kim, when will you ever get the opportunity to spend the fourth of July on a military base? Never.’ I IM’d Kim on Facebook trying to get her to make a trip down here since I had to practically beg the general to let me do it, he put up a fight first but since I’m “irresistibly adorable” as everyone says he just couldn’t say no.

KIM: ‘I wish I could but Jared and the guys wouldn’t let me go down there alone. They’re a bit over protective as you know.’ She sent back.

ME: ‘What are they afraid of, that you’re gonna get eaten by a vampire or something? Lol n.n’

KIM: ‘he he he yea. :P’

ME: ‘well tell them that they’re no vampire here in sunny California, plus there are 2,000 US Marines with guns so I think they can protect you as well as they can protect me >.< PLLLLLZZZZ KIMMIE!!! I NEVER HAVE FRIENDS COME AND SEE ME SO THIS IS HUGE THAT I’M ALLOWED TO HAVE SOMEONE COME ON BASE...PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ’ I sent the message and waited for her to reply when another IM box popped up. I looked at the name and smiled JACOB BLACK. ‘JAKEY!!! =D’

JAKE: ‘JAZI!! Wat r u doing up so early?’

ME: ‘had to help the general with something and I couldn’t fall asleep after also im talkin to Kimmie’

JAKE: ‘nice wat r u girls talkin about at 630 in the morning?’

KIM: ‘let me walk to the guys and I will let you kno’

ME: ‘YAY!!! LOVE YOU KIMMIE!!!’

ME: ‘the general is letting me invite her onto the base for the fourth of July celebration that we have, but she says that you guys (mostly Jared) wouldn’t let her come down here alone so I told her to invite all of you…would you wanna come down here?’

KIM: ‘luv u to Livia, oh g2g Jared’s here to pick me up…text me later kk?’

ME: ‘kk have fun @ school n.n’

KIM: ‘ha-ha NOT! Bye’ KIM SUTHERLAND IS OFFLINE. I sighed as I waited for Jake to reply to my message. I clicked on his page and looked through his pictures that he had of the gang, his dad and a few more. I couldn’t help but when I saw pictures of him I got butterflies and kinda giddy. I looked at a picture of him and Paul covered in cake icing and laughed. Jake and Paul both have their birthdays in the same week so they had a double party which I attended VIA Skype like every other birthday party. Every year we all sent each other gifts for Christmas and stuff. I would get their gifts in a bundle and everyone got my gifts at different times.

JAKE: ‘of course I would but you’d have to talk to Sam about that cause we had duties up here and he is kinda strict about leaving state because of it. But txt me later cause I gotta get to school…Embry, Quil and Paul said hey.’

ME: ‘and we’re back to the Sam thing? Ok, if that’s what it takes then I will…HEY GUYS!! TALK TO YOU L8R H8R!’

JAKE: ‘HA HA…be careful today. Bye’ JACOB BLACK IS OFFLINE. I sighed as I closed out IM window and continued to look at his pictures. I noticed he has some new pictures so I clicked on the folder and gasped. These new pictures were of him and the gang but he was different, A LOT different. His hair was no longer long, it was short, he had a TATTOO on his right shoulder just like the rest of them and he was definitely ripped. He was HOT! Yeah I always thought he was hot before this but…WOW!!! I looked at the picture and noticed that Quil was the only one with long hair, he was shorter than the rest and he didn’t have a tattoo. What was going on?? I looked at the rest of his pictures, most of them were with some chick who had long brown hair, brown eyes and she was shorter than Jacob. I clicked on the comment box and wrote ‘waddup with the change and is that your girlfriend ? >.<’ I couldn’t believe Jake possibly had a girlfriend and didn’t tell me about her. Some friend he is. Ha-Ha probably didn’t want me to embarrass him. I signed out and closed my laptop then put it away. In the distance I heard the horn blaring signaling it was time for breakfast in the mess hall. I totally lost track of time so I ran to my bedroom and changed out of my pajamas since we weren’t allowed to wear pajamas during meals.

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I pushed my phone into my pocket and ran to the mess hall. Once there I took my seat where ever since almost everyone knew me I always had someone to talk to. There were some teens there who were my age that were serving so it was good to talk to them even if they didn’t get to stay long. I usually sat with Samantha Lewis, , Kendall Thomas and Randy Smith. Samantha is from Los Angeles, Randy is from Brooklyn, NY and Kendall is from Minneapolis, MN. Samantha is 20, Randy is 18 and Kendall is 22. They are surprising the youngest three here that are soldiers. I sat down at the table like always and we did everything we normally did; prayer, sang the national anthem, got updates on the war and a lot of other stuff. Finally we were able to eat and talk amongst ourselves. I always had a blast talking to Sam, Randy and Kendall. Randy had a little crush on me but I thought of him more like a brother. While we were eating I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket which caused me to jump and giggle, I’m extremely ticklish on my sides. I pulled it out and saw that I had a text from Paul. I had a HUGE crush on him so I smiled when I read it. ‘Mornin sunshine!!’ I glared at the phone when I read sunshine. He started calling me that a few months ago when I accidently fell asleep in the sun got burnt really bad.

‘Morning asshole…you promised u would stop callin me that. ’

‘promises are meant to be broken every now and then. :P

‘grr u…anyways y r u txtin me?? Thought u had school…’

‘I did but I called in sick’

‘im gonna laugh when u get suspended’

‘nah I won’t…teachers like me too much’

‘well aren’t we just so sure of ourselves lol’

‘well they do’

‘sure…if u say so n.n so wat r u doin since ur not in school?’

‘hangin out at sam and emily’s.’

‘ tell em I said hi’

‘they said hi and sam said that the guys r beggin him to come down there…something about the fourth of July?? Wats that about?’

‘o.0 oh the general here on the base said that I could invite kim down here for the fourth but since you guys r so over protective she said that you all wouldn’t let her go alone so I just told her to invite all of you’

‘:o sweetness!!’

‘yea…so u have to pester sam into coming down here it’s soo much fun.’

‘wat do u guys do?’

‘have a major cookout, there is usually a two hour firework show, um we go to the parade that’s in the next town, do some games, just the usual I guess…just on the base >.< wat do u guys usually do?’

‘the same…well somewhat, we have a bon fire/cookout on the beach, we go to the parade in Seattle, watch the fireworks there then come back and light our own on the beach.’

‘ah the beach…I haven’t been to one in YEARS!!’

‘0.o that sucks’

‘yea’

‘listen I g2g but I’ll call u l8r and let u kno wats going on if kim hasn’t done it already’

‘she probably will but ok…ttyl’

‘ttyl’ I locked my phone and finished eating breakfast thinking about the beach. The last I was on a beach was three years ago in Hawaii with my dad, just before we came to Twenty-Nine Palms. After I finished eating I went about my day like I normally did; helping the instructors direct the new marines, helped with the equipment, hung out in my cabin, slept and got homeschooled. This was my routine every day except sometimes I got to go off base with the general and some soldiers to meetings, run errands. The only time I was allowed off base was if I asked for permission. The only time I ever went off base was to get parts for the car, personal stuff or to just get away. I don’t like to stay off base for a long period of time because the last time I tried I was almost robbed at gun point but thankfully I was just outside of the gate getting ready to cross the street and the solider at the gate saw me. That scared the crap out of me even though i could've taken care of myself. You see…when you live on a military base your entire life you pick up a few skills that you can use any day like I learned from the mechanics; who work on the jeeps, Humvees and the other vehicles, how to change plugs, change the oil, fix several thing and how to replace stuff. I also picked up some self-defense stuff that could knock an attacker out for hours on end if used correctly. Living on the base is very educational. Every now and then when we get new cadets I run the training courses with them to motivate them cause they see me; a seventeen year old girl who doesn’t look very strong but that’s not the truth. I’ve worked out with generals who could bench press me so I’ve got some strength behind me. I love watching them go through the training process especially when I get to command them. If someone messes up, they have to drop and give me twenty. Some of them couldn’t even do that so I would make them run the course again. Every now and then I would get bored so I would challenge them; if they could beat me then I would let them move on. Only a vast majority have beaten me, which means they are touch. Also I’ve combated with some of them. I can definitely throw a punch, I’m like their test dummy as you could say. Since I’ve lived on the base I know every move, every step, every action, every command, every code and EVERYTHING. Every now and then we had drills about if there was a sudden attack what actions would need to be taken, how fast we could get it down, etc. Well I wouldn’t have to but I like to jump in because it keeps me entertained. Even though all this stuff sounds fun and exciting…it’s also very dangers, upsetting and more. While doing the combats, drills, and all that stuff you do get hurt. I have scars on my legs and arms from the barbed wire from the obstacle course, I’ve gotten a concussion from the first aid area…the dropped the back board and I hit my head on the cement ground. I’ve gotten SEVERAL bruises all over my body, I’ve had two broken arms and a busted blood vessel in my eye. All this is a sacrifice for training the cadets. The general thinks that I need to stay away but I love preparing them and knowing that every time one of them come home safely from war. It feels good to know that I taught them something without even having to shoot a gun or anything. So currently I am laying on the couch in the mess hall doing my homework with CNN playing the background. I hated doing my homework in there because it was always quiet but I wouldn’t be able to do it in my living room cause it’s too loud with the tanks, machine guns and everything else going off near it. You’re probably thinking ‘They’re shooting machine guns near your apartment!? What if you got hit by a stray bullet?’ That wouldn’t happen cause the bunkers and apartments and the buildings are bullet proof so I wouldn’t get hit. Trust me I know. But when they are having target practice the sound is so loud that it echoes of the walls in my rooms and annoys me. So here I am laying on the couch doing my math homework which so happens to be my WORST subject. I absolutely hate it, I would rather take apart and reassemble an AK47 a million times then do this but in order to get into a good college you have to take it…unfortunately. Just as I was about to finish it my phone started vibrating in my pocket. I pulled it out and looked at it. INCOMING CALL: DAD I instantly answered it. “HEY DAD!!” I said smiling.

“Hey sweetie, how are ya?” he asked as a machine gun echoed faintly in the background.

“I’m doing good…just working on my math homework. What about you? Kill any Afghanians?” I asked knowing he hated when I asked him stuff about killing the enemy.

“Olivia.” He said in a stern voice.

“Sorry daddy, what I meant was how are you?” I laughed.

“Just got to camp, had to do a look out.” He answered.

“Fun fun. Oh guess what?” I said smiling into the phone.

“What?” he asked.

“General Worthington is letting me invite Kim down to the base for the fourth of July.” I said excitedly.

“From what I heard you begged him for three days and hid his uniform until he agreed to let you.” My mouth dropped open. O.0

“Wha-How did you know?” I asked shocked.

“Just because im overseas Olivia doesn’t mean I’m not gonna call to check up on you.” He said.

“Dang.” I said snapping my fingers.

“Ha-Ha, have you told Kim yet?” he asked. He knew how close Kim and I were, he’s even talked to Sam online too.

“Yeah this morning before she left for school. She said that she doesn’t know if Jared and the guys will let her come down by herself since they are so over protective of her but I told her to invite them too.” I said writing an answer down for one of my problems.

“Have you talked to General Worthington about them all coming?” he asked. I heard him move the phone from his mouth and say something to one of his fellow soldiers.

“No but I don’t think he would mind…you know how he can’t say no to me since I’m like a daughter to him.” I smiled. Before he could answer I heard a lot of yelling in the background and gun fire that was pretty loud.

“Honey I gotta go. I love you and be sure to ask him.” He said quickly.

“Ok I love you dad. Be safe.”

“Love you too honey.” He said. I hung up the phone and as soon as I did that the five doors that led to the mess hall and people started rushing in turning on the six TVs to the news. I put my stuff up and stood up to get a better look. I saw General Worthington walk out of one of the doors quickly so I grabbed my stuff and followed him. “GENERAL!” I yelled following him. He stopped and waiting for me to catch up. I noticed he was joined by two guys I’d never seen here before. “What’s going on?” I asked as we started to walk again.

“Afghan is retaliating on Camp Kindsling.” He said as we walked into his office.

“But that’s where my dad is.” I said standing in the door way as he turned on the TV. I put my bag on the floor and turned my attention to the TV once the picture showed up.

“Breaking News, we have just received word that Camp Kindsling has become under attack by Iraqi soldiers. Sources say that a truck claiming to belong to the US drove to the camp claiming they had a new shipment. Once in the gate soldiers jumped out and opened fire. We’ll have more for you after this break.” The news caster said as the news went to a commercial.

“I thought you said that was the safest camp over there?” I asked General Worthington who was on the phone seconds after the commercial started. I sat in the chair and couldn’t stop thinking about my dad who was under attack over there.

“Yes sir.” General Worthington said into the phone. I looked at him and tried to listen in on his conversation. I thought I heard the guy on the other end say something about the camp and sending more soldiers. “Yes sir. Very well.” He said then hung up the phone. “COLLINS!” he yelled. A second later one of the men walked into the room that had followed us here.

“Yes sir.” He said standing at attention.

“Gather the troops in the rec hall immediately.” He said.

“Yes sir.” Collins said before saluting him and turning to leave.

“What’s going on?” I asked looking at him.

“We’re sending more troops in the morning.” He said. I looked up at him still freaked out that the safest Camp overseas was under attack and my dad was there. “Don’t worry Olivia…your dad is going to be fine.” He said.

“I know…just nerve wrecking.” I smiled up at him. He snickered at me and wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

“Let’s go make the announcement.” He said. I smiled at him as we headed out. I loved when we had to call the troops together to make announcement because I always got to call them to attention. Once we got to the rec room I walked in and everyone looked at me.

“ATTENTION!!!!” I yelled using my powerful voice. General Worthington smiled at me as he walked in and I followed him to the stage that was always set up for announcements like this. Once he got up there I stood next to him and he nodded at me. “AT EASE!!!” I yelled. All six hundred of the soldiers put their hands behind their backs and relaxed. I smiled up at him and sat in a chair that was behind him. He stood in front and made the announcement about sending two hundred soldiers overseas at 0600 hours tomorrow morning. Then he continued to tell them what was going on over there. After the announcement everyone went to their barracks to start packing or went to call their families to tell them they were leaving. Those days were always the worst, because even though none of them were my family they still meant a lot to me because I had spent time with them, gotten to know them and stuff so I just usually stayed away from the deployments. A few hours later I went to my apartment with my bag in hand and decided to make something to eat. While I was cooking my phone started ringing off the hook. I grabbed it and saw that it was Kim. “Hey Kim, what’s up?” I asked stirring my noodles.

“OMG ARE YOU OK?? SAM HEARD ON THE NEWS ABOUT CAMP KINDSLING BEING ATTACKED!!” She yelled into the phone making me pull it away from my ear.

“KIM!! Stop yelling.” I said putting the phone back to my ear.

“Sorry, oh you’re on speaker phone by the way. I thought that camp was the safest one over there?” she said.

“Hey guys. Well that’s what General Worthington said but I don’t know anymore.” I answered.

“Have you heard from your dad?” Quil asked.

“I was on the phone with him when the attack happened. He said he had to to then we hung up.” I replied.

“Oh are you ok sweetie?” Emily’s motherly voice asked faintly in the background.

“Yes and No. I know my dad is strong and extremely good with a gun so I have faith but then again…I’m a nervous wreck, my dad is supposed to be at the safest base camp overseas and they were just attacked.”

“So now what’s going to happen?” Paul asked. Everytime I heard him talk I couldn’t help but smile, the same thing happened with Jake too.

“Well in the morning we’re sending more troops over there. Other than that the only thing to do now is-“ BEEP. I had another call. “Hold on a sec.” I pulled my phone away from my ear to look at my phone. When I saw who was calling in my heart sped up and I smiled. DAD “OH MY GOD IT’S MY DAD…HOLD ON!!! DON’T HANG UP!!” I yelled excitedly. I clicked over quickly knowing he probably didn’t have long to talk. “DAD OH MY GOD YOU’RE OK!!” I yelled turning the stove off.

“Hey sweetie… I don’t have long but I just wanted to let you know that I was ok.” He said gasping for air like he had just got done running.

“I’m just glad that you are ok, I was on the other line with the gang talking about what happened. Oh we’re sending more troops in the morning at 0600.” I said quickly.

“WATERMAN!!” I heard someone yell in the background.

“I gotta go honey, I love you and talk to you soon.” He said quickly.

“Love you too dad, be careful.”

“Always.” He said. We hung up and I clicked back over.

“Well he’s ok.” I said. There were cheers from the other end of the phone.

“THAT’S AWESOME!!!” Embry yelled.

“Yeah…now I will be able to sleep in peace tonight.” I sighed sitting on the couch with my pasta. I stayed on the phone with all of them for a while with Embry and Seth eventually leaving. “So have you guys thought about what I asked?” I asked rinsing my bowl out while they were on speaker.

“Yes we have.” Sam’s deep voice said.

“Aannnddd?” I asked putting the bowl in the drainer. There was a silence on the other end.

“Olivia…I’m so sorry, please don’t be mad but…” Paul started to say. My smile that I once had on my face fell, I was so looking forward to them coming. “But Leah won’t be able to come down with us.” He said. My heart stopped.

“WHAT DID YOU SAY!?” I asked not believing it.

“We’re coming down!!” Kim yelled into the phone.

“WOOHOO!!! Oh yeah, uh huh, oh yeah. WOO WOO!!” I yelled doing a silly dance.“Calm down Olivia.” Jared laughed.

“Sorry.” I said sitting on the couch.

“We have a few things to work out so thankfully we have a while to get it done.” Jake said.

“SWEETNESS!!!! I am so excited, finally after what? Eight years I’m finally gonna get to see you guys in person!!! YAY!” I said bouncing up and down on the couch.

“I know, I am soo excited. But we have to go so we can get stuff taken care of so we can leave sooner.” Kim said.

“Ok, I better go tell the general you agreed to come.” I said.

“Ok, we will talk to you later.” Quil said.

“Ok, bye guys.” We hung up and I jumped off the couch and went to tell General Worthington the news while I danced the whole way there.

~Paul’s P.O.V~
“So when are we meeting up with the Cullens?” Jake asked Sam as we all walked out of the house after talking to Olivia.

“Carlisle said that they can meet us at the treaty line after they finish hunting.” Sam said. I couldn’t help but make a grossed out face.

“I can’t believe you’re gonna let them come on our land.” I said walking next to Embry and Jared.

“Well do you wanna go see Olivia or not?” he asked turning to look at me.

“Of course I do.” I said. They all knew that I had a crush on her, well they think I’m lusting after her but I do think she is really cute.

“Then we have no other choice. It’s either that or leave La Push unprotected and I don’t think you want that.” He said. I didn’t respond, instead I stripped down and shifted so we could start our patrol before meeting up with the Cullens. This is gonna be a long night.

~Olivia’s P.O.V~
Telling the general that more people were coming with Kim was kinda hard. He protested for almost an hour, he said that he didn’t wanna be responsible for all of them but I convinced him that I would take responsibility for them and that he would hardly know they were there. After a VERY long begging process and a small talk with his wife, who took my side since she understands that I don’t have any friends to hang out with, he agreed to let them come. He and his wife are going shopping tomorrow so we could get a few things for the guest quarters which are just down the street from my apartment. I was so excited that they were coming, I couldn’t wait to see Jake and Paul and especially Kim. EEKK!!!