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Part of my attraction to her was the fact she was the only American woman for miles around, but more than that, I found her interesting. For one, she had traveled thousands of miles from her home to one of the most dangerous places in the world. That took guts.
As I walked toward her sleeping quarters, I wondered where she lived back in the States. Did she leave a boyfriend behind? The closer I got, the more questions floated through my brain. Getting answers would not be a bad
way to spend the day with her.
I stopped in front of her CHU and knocked on the door. It opened right away. She stood in the doorway, dressed in camouflage pants with another ill-fitting and revealing tee-shirt.
“Yeah?” she asked. “I’m busy right now.”
“You don’t want to go to the village?”
“Oh, you were being serious?”
I nodded.
“Yeah. I got permission from the CO. He doesn’t want me in civilian garb, but I know the village elders here. They’ll talk to you.”
She stared into my eyes. I swore I saw the gears turning in her head.
“Okay,” she said after a few tense and silent moments.
“Great. You ready now or you got something else to do?”
“Max wanted me to come see him about something. I was on my way there.”
“Screw Max,” I said. “You should be careful around him.”
“Yeah? Why’s that?”
“I don’t want to go into specifics. You know we’re on a tight deadline. If we’re doing this, we need to go now.”
“Sure.” She patted her black messenger bag. “I have everything I need in here.”
“You’re lucky. I wish my equipment was that light.” I smiled. “Let’s get out of here. Logan is driving us.”
“You two friends?” she asked as we walked toward where the Humvees and trucks were parked.
“You could say Army buddies I guess. We met in the military. I’m not sure if we’ll meet up after we get out. Why?”
“Just curious. I want my piece on FOB Cobra to be human.”
“You been at this journalism thing long?”
“Ever since high school.”
“And how many years is that?”
“Are you asking my age, Cooper?”
I grinned.
“Not at all. Just curious.”
We reached the parking area. Logan raised a hand into the air.
“Let’s go, people!”
“You’re in the back,” I said, opening the door.
