After being escorted into the barracks that served the main gate, I simply gave the Marine Lance Corporal my name and the phone number to the White Ho...se and settled down to wait. Sixty to ninety minutes was my bet on how long they’d make me wait before they showed me the door, or worse, the brig. I should have known better than to wander onto a naval base while wearing my sword, but my mind was on how badly I had hurt Adriana and the others and I had forgotten I had it on.I lost. Again. This. The waitress a young, skinny, blonde with legs that went on for miles stopped, giving me a smile. I instantly liked her, good thing for her. Saying she'd be right back I finally decided on a rare T-Bone steak, very rare the bloodier the better. I thought coffee? No I already couldn't sleep hell I hadn't in days.The young lady was glad to take my order, saying I was her last and then she was going home. Smiling I thought good, she was young she deserved to get older. I ordered and waited, soon. The important thing right then was to get Val the hell out of there. I wiped my hand on my pants, scrabbled around for our notebooks and stuffed them in the back of my pants (they were those small steno kind and I'd carried them there before.)Puberty had hit Val and me at the same time in May. We'd spent the summer moaning and groaning to each other, falling down and knocking each other down. We'd both shot up at least six inches, and I'd put on a lot of size and muscle on my chest and. Valentina lifted her mask and let it fall to the floor behind her. She stared at Giancarlo with fire in her eyes. “Unhand me. I am not that type of girl,” she hissed. Giancarlo released her. Valentina did not move away from him. The feel of his body against hers, aroused her. She shivered and suddenly had found it difficult to breathe. “You are a one of a kind girl, Valentina. A once in a lifetime girl. You do not need a blade or words to wound my heart. Your beauty has pierced it, deeply..