”Gary said, “Somebody else will have to sleep with Precious in the future.” That earned a laugh from me, and we had to explain it to Bixley.Bixl...ey said, “Well, at least you won’t have to lug around the M-249 yourself. An M-4 is a lot lighter.”“You going to have any problems with me carrying an M-14, Sergeant? I know I’m not a trigger, but if I do have to take a shot, I know I’ll drop him if I’m firing NATO 7.62,” I asked.“That’s fine, but I’ll be watching your performance. The whole fucking. Well, we're kind of... you know... lovers now." Teena blushed a very deep red. Gordon was trying not to meet Stick's eyes."What? You mean, like you're dating? Or..." Stick put two and two together, seeing the way they were sitting together and realizing that Teena's blush and nervousness meant something more than just a date. "Did you two DO it?!"Teena and Gordon were stunned. Was it that obvious? "Huh?!" Teena grunted. "How did you know?" I just guessed. You mean you two actually did it? Got. Then I thought about you and decided I didn't wantto leave you. I know I love you and I think that is the main reasonI am not leaving. I then decided to go along with what you seem tobe pushing me into. I don't know where it will end and I am scaredthat when I find out I will not like it at all. So where it standsnow is like I told you in the car. I will wear what you say, eventhough I may not like it." She saw tears in his eyes and for a moment was sorry she startedthis, then said, "When I. This made me happy, and whatever crimp this put in Mom's plans, she saw she was outnumbered and the matter was settled. Starting on July 5th, I would begin depositing all but five dollars of each paycheck into a savings account. Except that Mrs. Nileson had already mentioned that we would be getting paid on Monday the 3rd, rather than Wednesday the 5th, to allow for the holiday.Mom and I had already been to the bank in Hermiston to set up a dual account which required both our signatures to.