" Yes, Sir." I say without even thinking.I clean up his plate and glass and then we head back to work. After work he invites me to his place again for...games and dinner. I agree and ask what we're having."Nothing special. I though we'd just get a pizza." That sounds good." I replied."Tell you what, why don't you go home and shower and change then bring the pizza over. Say about 6:30." Yes, Sir." I replied without even realizing I had said it again.So at 6:30, I knocked on Mark's door with pizza. After all, you made it possible for me to have my own place. It's just that I'm so angry with you, I could... I don't know what I could do. I'd say I'd slap you silly, but I'm not a violent person. I'm usually pretty calm, but... oh, God, I'm babbling."She wrapped her arms around my neck, and moving against me, she kissed me silly instead of slapping me silly. She leaned back from the kiss, gazed into my eyes and shook her head."Come in, come in," she said. "When did you climb out from under. Jake had been in his new body exactly two years that day. Melissa sat up in bed and turned on her bedside lamp.“You are what?” she asked sharply.Uh-oh.“I’m joining the National Guard, and going to basic training this summer,” he repeated.Melissa did not look or sound angry. She was just bewildered.“Why on earth would you do that? You don’t need the money, there is no draft to avoid now that Vietnam is over, and you will be away from me.”“Yeah, that last thing will be the hard part, but it’s. She resisted at first, but he soon encouraged her to kiss him back with passion. He loved her passion and fire. He also realised that he just loved Mary. He suspected she had stolen his heart the first night when he had joined with her.He considered being bonded to Mary a small price to pay for what he believed they could and would have together. He knew that he made her happy and felt assured that somehow, they would sort the rest out. “I love you, Mary,” he said after he released her.