We both laughed and went to pick up my clothes. When we returned with my clothes I thanked the Cpl and went to put everything away.. Every where I loo...ed there were smiles. It seems the Cpl was not too popular.The next morning at 0345 we fell out with fifty pound pack for a leisure 5 mile hike, to us country boys it was a walk in the park. After the hike we cleaned up ourselves and the barracks. Then it was off to breakfast.. After breakfast we fell out on the Parade Ground. The Colonel. Our conversation turned to the club we were going to go to, and Tamsin decided she didn't want to go. Which was fine with me as the club was just a meat market where every girl would be surrounded by at least four guys. As we left Tamsin asked if I would go back to the office with her as she'd left her phone there.*** We get to the office and I start searching her desk. As we search the floor around her desk she softly grabs me, pulls me to face her and softly kisses me. I instantly wrap my. ” Then, she added, “As a man. Tell me what thoughts go through your head.” I looked at Karla again, standing there, in that purple dress, dolled up from the reception, but without any shoes, and I tried to think of her as a random girl I didn’t know. “Okay,” I started, “I’d think, ‘She’s tall, I like that. Pretty face, and those deep brown eyes don’t hurt one bit. Cute mouth, too. Just a hint of a pout. I think I’d like to kiss that mouth.” Karla smiled at me, and tilted her head, as though she. Do not use what you know until it is safe," she whispered urgently. "It may be many years, but you will know when it is the right time. And even then, be certain anyone you share such things with is someone you trust with your life."Sala pledged to honor her entreaty. At the older woman's insistence, the pair walked away from each other in opposite directions and went about their business as if the previous discussion had not occurred.The next morning, Mala fell ill with nausea and a cold.