The noise, the sights were overwhelming. The smells of cordite and blood nauseated him. Major William Stewart, King’s Royal Rifles, was scared. He n...ver expected it to be like this. Hunkered down in a fetid shell hole, his batman laying next to him, gurgling his life away, the Major was miles away from home. He lay on his back and looked at the sky. He tried to clear his head and make sense of what was happening. ‘Major, Major!’ the lieutenant yelled into ear. ‘What do you want us to do?. ”“So you moved away from home?”“Yeah. You feel less guilty about staying out until three and four in the morning if your mother’s in another city.”“Daddy wants me to stay local.”“What do you want?”She sat back in her chair and shrugged. “I don’t know.”“Sophie, my cousin gave me the best advice when I was making up my mind. Want to hear it?”She nodded.“Listen to everyone. To your parents. To your friends and to your teachers. Then ignore them and do exactly what you want to do.”She smiled.. He said "damn wish I had that dream" We hit the tables and we did better tonight, we won a few hundred bucks and we were feeling pretty good. When we arrived back at the room, I was excited hoping he would try something again, " "Hey Tom I am really bushed I am going to go to sleep, hey pass me the sleeping pills I want to get a good night rest" "No problem go ahead, I am not tired I going to watch TV" I I didn't really take the pills, but I had hoped that if he thought I was really out he. I told him since we know I'll win just count for as long as I'm down there. We both agree. We simple count down.. 3,2,1.... We're underwater poking trying to make one another surrender. A good minute or so passes by and I see Roger give up. His head emerges out of the water and he got out of the pool. I was only going to assume he was gonna get a toy or something to throw at me to disrupt my concentration. I was dedicated and wanted to stay underwater as long as possible. I felt like my time.