"Daddy, I think we had better have that talk now, before you go. I have a really bad feeling about this. Something is wrong, terribly wrong. There's s...omething I've missed, or that I'm not seeing. It doesn't add up; it doesn't make sense. I can't send you out there without you knowing everything I know." She turned to Amy, tears in her eyes."Amy, you know I love you more than I can tell you, don't you?" She seemed really concerned. Amy nodded. "Do you trust me, Amy? Really, really trust me?" Amy. Ted was silent. She was a grown woman and if she wanted to get sloppy drunk it was her business. Freda told her uncle how lonely she was. She missed Jerry. Ted listened to her complaints and tried to find an excuse to leave."I have to go home now, Mary is waiting" said Ted."I turned out the pilot light on purpose just to get you here, don't leave now" sobbed Freda."What did you do that for?" gasp Ted."I want you to make love to me" she said wiping away her tears.Ted put down his beer and sat on. I have to fill out an online questionnaire within two weeks and I have to schedule my testing within thirty days. But technically, I can start service any time before my nineteenth birthday. I’ve been thinking right after Independence Day would be good. That way I’ll be out in time to start college in the fall before I turn twenty-one.”“Two years. Wow,” I sighed. I needed to find out more about this before I let slip that I had no idea what the hell was going on. I didn’t think we were at war. "I guess I should go home first but..." I hesitated."What is it?" She asked."I'm just a little worried that you might...change your mind later," I admitted."Oh, don't be silly," she said with a warm smile. I wondered if she had thought the same thing of me. "Get your things together and I'll drop you off."Charlene took hold of my hands and pulled me to my feet; we shared a quick kiss then got ready to leave. I took off the mini skirt and put the longer one on then zipped up my bag and got my.