How could she think that I would let her in let alone let her stay the night with me? I ended up letting her into my apartment. She set her suitcase d...wn in my bedroom, then came out and poured herself a drink."Missed me?"She was being friendly and bright, like she had been on a trip home and none of the last few months had ever happened. I just looked at her, trying to understand what she was doing. My anger had dissipated and since I couldn't just figure out what was going on I decided to. You have to take you time at these parties or it will all be over in a flash... I asked the new girl how she wanted to begin. I suggested they just watched and took their time and she nodded nervously. I can still remember my first time, nervous as hell being taken along by Mrs B who had been swinging since she was in her early 20s with her first husband. She had always loved group sex ever since she was a teenager at a party copping off with a guy on the couch then realising his friends were. " I'd like that very much. Not only would it be nice in itself, it would lay one more very minor ghost. Every time I pass it I'm aware of what might have been."And that's the way we left it. We kissed, a proper loving but not passionate kiss as we parted at the bottom of my staircase.For the rest of Sunday my mind could think of nothing but Beth. Did I want to get back with her? Could I really forgive her? Could I forget? Had she changed? Was she really different? And if so, did I like the new. But I amglad that you want to find a healthy mixture of both. The best leadersare that way and their troops will do anything for them." said I.After I reported in to the base I found I was to be in the same platoonas both Sue and Mary Lu. Sue was not in my squad, but under a real jerkof a Sergeant, Sgt. Jason Merwin. Sgt. Merwin was the type of Sergeantwho Hollywood would use to play the Thug Soldier. I could help Sue, butonly to a point. I had my own squad to deal with, and I did not want.