Next to me, Mendez twitched, dying to say something no doubt. I tried not to fidget while the colonel stared at me. The mulish look was plastered on m... face again, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t wipe it off. ‘Transfer request denied. Until you can give me a good reason to approve it, private, I’ll keep denying it. Dismissed.’ The Major was standing in the open bay near Staff Sergeant Tilden’s desk. He stood straight as we came out of the colonel’s office and quietly closed the door.. They all wanted to know about my first day. But they specifically wanted details about Matt Steiner: Is he as cute as he looks on TV? Is he as funny? Did you see his place? Did he talk to you? Did he tell any jokes? What was he wearing? The questions were so banal that I wrote down my answers before they even called me. I lied and told them the answers that they wanted to hear. I didn’t bother to tell them what really happened because I didn’t want to talk about it. Only one question surprised. While I continued to bitch to myself about the cold, I was able to finish packing and hailed a cab for the airport. I was meeting my parents in Phoenix, and luckily for us the arrival time was within half an hour of each other so we just decided to meet in the airport at PHX. The flight over was relatively uneventful and I had a chance to nap a bit. When I got off I waited outside near their arriving terminal and before long they arrived as well. Hi honey! How were your exams? asked my mom as. " and hung up.I closed off part of the house and took a nap on the sofa. It was warm and I was tired even though I had done little this day. I quickly drifted off into world of white. I was in a long flat field all covered in white, not snow but just white. I was dressed in a thin night gown it was so light I could see right through it. I was looking around and heard the sound of a brook spilling over rocks. I could not see it so I walked toward the sound. There I saw the creek with swiftly.