I have given this a lot of thought and I have come to the conclusion that it’s the right thing to do. Have fun." She turned and walked out of the ro...m leaving me to pick my jaw up off the floor. I looked at Mary and could see she was as shocked as I was. “What the fuck is going on here?” I asked Mary. “Is she serious?” I got up to leave. I was going to find Angie and find out what was going on. Never in my wildest did I think something like this was going to happen. “Wait Al, I think she is. It was grueling.The first thing to deal with was the morning meeting with Mrs. Runkle, and I knew she wasn't going to be thrilled. We started off by her reviewing my and Alison's assignments and the notes from our teachers."Everything is looking good you two. I am glad you are both meeting the standards we put down for you. Both your teachers say you are having no issues with the increased pace."Alison jumped in before me, "Thank you Mrs. Runkle. I don't know about Cas, but I am really enjoying. The first time was on the mall, when I first nodded to him as I caught his blue eyes surprisingly locked onto mine. I could sense something going on there, but it didn’t quite look or feel like someone blatantly hitting on me - and if he was, he clearly wasn’t studied or comfortable with it yet.The next time we crossed paths was maybe 7 minutes later at an intersection nearer to the beachfront, where it was clear he had circled back to see me again. There was eye contact and a little better. Uniform. My primary DS ( Drill Sargent) is named Shank and he is a hard ass. He walks through screaming at all of us as he stops by me.“ Private where the hell are you from?” He asks while I answer him without looking into his eyes since he said the first motherfucker to look him in the eyes he'd fuck up“ Dexter,Missouri DS Shank.” I answer while he looks at me as he starts to talk to the platoon“ The only things from Dexter are steers and queers. I don't see no horns so what does that make.