I rushed over and took the gun away and held him close. He looked up at me, his face in my hands and he kissed me.I woke up with a gasp. What the actu...l fuck was that? I had never had a dream about Aden before, and I sure as fuck had never though of kissing him."You okay babe?" Allie asked, with a worried look on her face. She reached over and ran her fingers through my hair. It felt good. I leaned over and kissed her cheek.I could not bring myself to go back to sleep, so I just watched the. And when the hug was over or I got up from his lap, that was it.After years of being the center of my universe, my father got dropped like a hot rock when Jack came along. The fact that this is normal and he was by no means the first father this had ever happened to didn't really make a bit of difference. I'm sure it was comparable to my mother running off in his mind. There were different dynamics involved, to be sure, but I know he felt deserted, betrayed, tossed aside; all that and more.I. " But why me?"Katie now looked a little uncomfortable. She didn't want to answer that, obviously.I decided to take another tack. "Katie, will you go to the prom with me?"She nodded. "NOW ... why me?" You wont get mad?" No." He wants me to go with someone harmless."I'd always considered myself a nice guy, but never 'harmless'. Though in retrospect, I guessed I was."Oh? What did he say exactly? It's alright, you can tell me." Well, what he actually said was 'a skinny, glasses wearing, bookworm'". ”Having delivered his message, it was time to change the subject.“You Army guys ... when are you going to learn that the proper way to say yes is Aye-Aye.”“You know what they say about old Army dogs.”“What?”“You can’t teach them any new tricks,” Colonel Wynn said.Handing his notebook back, Admiral Roberts laughed, “Get back to your elves.”“Aya-Aya, Sir ... No ... that’ not right. What was it again? Uh-Uh, Sir?”“Uh-Uh, Sir? That’s a good one. There for a minute you sounded like the kid dating my.