When she came out a few minutes later she had the curtains in her arms “Come on Rob, I need your help putting these up” she said as she approached...the stairs. I followed her quickly just to get a good look of her ass as she walked up. As I walked in she was already at the window spreading the curtains across it, her arms were stretched out and holding them. I thought to myself this would be the perfect opportunity to come up behind her and take charge. I watched her for a moment trying to get. I began rocking forward and back, hugging myself. I was alone in the dark surrounded by strangers. Panic began creeping in.I sensed someone was nearby. Then I felt a finger tracing my toes from my big toe down to my pinky toe. Sparks bolted through my body. The finger began tracing the outside of my foot toward my heel. The hand cupped my heel and began working its way up my calf slowly massaging my lower leg as it ascended towards my knee. I was frozen. The hand crested my knee and began its. “And when you do return we will be having one seriously big party for our hero.”“Oh boy, a party! Can’t wait,” I said, not too snarky. “And I’ll be holding you to that.”“You know in these days since I’ve gotten home from boot, those little hearts have absolutely stolen my heart—again,” I said. “You’d think that I would have gotten used to that. I mean you having stolen it from me first.”“Hmm, I love you, Mister. I just need you to come home safe and sound and take care of us. Oh, and no Purple. She would never recall the exact flow of their conversation that night - all she truly remembered were nerves, roaring deep in the pit of her stomach, excitement from roughly the same place and if she was to be honest with herself, a sliver of doubt that she carried through all things in her life now. How easy it was to brush aside those thoughts when he had her laughing so effortlessly. It had been so long since she had thrown back her head and just let it out. Never a thought about whether.