What the hell was I doing. I assumed they had stopped and decided to risk it.I grabbed the coffee from the floor and opened the office door, only to s...e Andrew at his desk, working on his computer and no sight of Brittany. I took the coffee to his desk and smiled innocently.It got to the end of the day and both me and Andy were still sat at our computers. The silence was lingering and I wondered whether to say anything about earlier."I heard you and Brittany. Well, I saw you" I said, the words. I ... I love her more than life itself, sir, and want to marry her. In spite of what I did to her last night, may I have your permission to continue to see her?"The general jumped from his chair and went to Mike. Lifting him out of his chair, he hugged him and then gripped his hand saying, "Major Morris, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have you marry my daughter, Judy. In you she would be getting one of the greatest heroes our country has ever had." Then he looked at Mike and. ” I could hear the smile in her voice.I brought my hand down on her left buttock. “Thank you for reminding me to be a good wife, sir”“And don’t forget to count.”“Yes, sir, one, sir.”I bought my hand down on her right buttock. “Two, thank you for reminding me to be a trusting wife, sir.”And back to her left. “Three, thank you for reminding me I must be confident to talk to you about anything, sir.”And so this went on until I had done five on each buttock, with Tina effectively covering all the. I always seemed to be the "friend" instead of the potential lover.Standing and talking with Patrice, I shared my feelings about how tough this week had been and how much I wanted to get away. She got excited at the idea of doing something away from the office and we discussed what we wanted to do, dreaming about all the options available to us and some that weren't. We weren't talking about doing things together, just about some of the things we wished we could do. Of course, the idea still.