Standing Outside Aubrey's Office, I Knocked
Lightly, "Come In!" Aubrey's Voice sounded.
I took a deep breath before walking In, I Sat
On the Couch Right across from Aubrey as she sat In The Black Rolling Chair, She now
Wore a Long Bright Pink Dress and Red Lipstick on her full Lips, "Welcome Back!"
I chuckled Slightly at Her Greeting, "Thank
You" She crossed Her right leg over her left as she asked, "So, How did You sleep? You looked as though You didn't....get Very Much"
"That Obvious, Huh?" I asked, "You Have Purple Bags Underneath Your eyes" Oh....
I Shifted In my Seat Uncomfortably, "You Had a Nightmare, Didn't You?" She asked Me,
"I....Did" I whispered, "Would You Like to talk about It?" She asked, I Cleared my throat as I Shifted Uncomfortably, "Daniel....You don't have to talk about It if You don't want to"
I...Had needed to talk to someone about
What Happened between me and Ellie....
I had wanted to tell my parents, And sister
But....I had the distinct Impression that They
Would not have believed me.... I've been told
All my life that Men could be Physically abused or sexually abused by women....I Had Began to believe it, and the first time
Ellie Had Physically Abused me, I Believed
That I Had done something wrong like many
Other abuse victims would Believe....and I
Was also shocked at the fact that....Ellie Had Slapped me, Punched me, It tore down what
I believed and....When Ellie sexually Abused
Me...My Brain went Numb with shock....and
I was Powerless to stop her, "Daniel? Are You Okay?" Aubrey's Soft and kind voice brought
Me to reality, "I-I am, And....I do want to talk
About It" I say Softly, Aubrey gave me her
Full attention, "In The Nightmare....I was with My Ex-Girlfriend Ellie-" I trailed off as I Shuddered which Aubrey noticed, as I Began to explain, I Noticed that with Each Sentence I would say, Aubrey's eyes would darken further which I didn't know was Possible, "I'm sorry that You went through that...." Aubrey Told me softly, I Looked shocked at the Fact
That she believed me so Easily and Quickly,
"You're....not the first man that Had been abused by their Girlfriends or wives" She told me softly, Her Voice filled with Sympathy,
Oh...., "Now....Tell me, have You had any nightmares about Your first two Tours?"
"I....Did for awhile....But They stopped shortly before Lily-" I trailed off as My Breath Caught
In my Throat, Aubrey Wrote something On
Her Clipboard, Me and Aubrey Began to talk
A Bit more....before My Hour was Up, I didn't notice the first time I was Here....But Aubrey seemed so Familiar to me....I did not know
Why, "Unfortunately....Your hour Is Up"
She sounded Genuinely sadden by that,
"Would....You Like my phone number?"
Aubrey Perked Up as she nodded Softly,
Afterwords, I stood Up from the Couch and Stretched, "I'll see You Tomorrow" I say,
"or...maybe sooner" Aubrey said With a giggle, "Maybe" I say with a chuckle, with that, I Left her office, I sighed as I walked
Down the sidewalk, I Debated rather or not
I should walk Into the House.....I Decided to
Walk Into the House, Fortunately, It Did Not
Look like anyone was home, "Thank God" No car being In the Driveway should have been
The Clue, I walked Into the Living Room to
Sit On the Couch, The Next Thing I Knew....I Fell asleep, Of course.....I Had a Nightmare
Me...and My First Squadron were walking
Through Afghanistan When We encountered
A Young woman with medium Length Pink hair and Dark blue eyes....almost Black, she
Stood about Five-Foot-Four, she had C-Cup Breasts, she wore a Long dark blue Robe
Her Sandals was a sandy Brown, She looked
To be around Twenty-Nine years old, she
Had Tan skin, she looked to be Frighten,
"help Me! My Village Is In Trouble!" She said,
Of course....We Believed Her, once we got
To her supposed Village....There was No
One there But Us and her, "There's No one Here...." My Second In Command had mumbled to me, I turned around to face the
Woman, But she....Simply smiled, "It's a Ambushed!" I shouted In Alarm, I shouted
It to Late as me and My First Squadron were
Surrounded, "Weapons down!" The man I Had assumed to be the leader Ordered,
I gritted my Teeth as I Ordered, "Weapons down" My Squadron Had Listened to me,
We were Being Led...to a Base of Operations
Not to far away from the Village, "Stay Close to Each Other" I ordered Quietly to my Squadron, They've nodded, But Unfortunately We were Forcefully Separated,
"No!" I shouted as I Tried to fight to stay with
My Squadron, next thing I Knew, I woke Up
In a cell, "Is everyone okay!?" I asked, "Yeah!" I let out a breath of Relief, I then heard one of my Squad Mates being tortured
"Hey, Leave Her alone!" I shouted, Desperation Laced my Voice, "Not Until either she or you and the others tell Us what we want to know!" One of the Afghanistan Military men Told me, "Know what!?" I asked,
"The Nuclear Passcode!" The man replied,
I Froze, What? The Nuclear Passcode!? Why would they think that we would know It!? We were not a high enough Clearance! "Me and my Squadron Wouldn't Know It!" I shouted,
"do Not try to lie to Us!" The man told me,
"I'm Not! We're not a high enough Clearance!" I say, The screams from Sarah
Continued, The Man sneered Coldly,
Tears filled My eyes As I say, "I'm being Truthful!" The Man replied, "Why would we
Believe an American Soldier?" My Breath Had become Heavier, I was Having a Panic
Attack, "Bring The Girl Here!" The man Ordered, Next Thing I Knew, Sarah was In
Front of me, Her short dark blonde hair....was now Pitch black, Her once Bright blue eyes
Were dulled, Her shirt was tore off leaving
Only her Bright Pink Bra, Her Stomach has
A deep wound from what Looked to be a
Knife blade, "S-Sarah!" My tone was Laced
With Fear and Desperation, "D-Daniel?"
She said Weakly, "S-Sarah-" before I could
Continue....One of the Afghanistan men
Slit Sarah's Throat, With that I Jolted Upright
Tears were streaming down my cheeks, "I-I'm Sorry Sarah, I'm sorry Joe, I'm sorry Jerry
I-I'm Sorry Jayla, I-I'm Sorry" I Sobbed,