Gunslingers

"She just stormed out?" Brian stopped strumming his guitar. Surprisingly, all the fly boys were starting to grow on me. "Just like that?"

I nodded and dropped my pencil down on my pad of paper. "Yes! I know it was four days ago, but it's eating at me!"

Johnny snorted while picking at his base. "Never had a girl storm out on you?"

"No."

Zach looked at me in awe. "Be happy it wasn't Rae Martinez. She actually would kick your ass."

Brian nodded to Johnny's tune. "Yeah, she's the first woman to ever be in combat. Her unit loves her. You should be so happy it wasn't her."

Oh, shit. I'd made a huge mistake. Sighing, I picked up my paper again and wrote down some more lyrics. The woman had driven me slightly insane.

"You look like you fucked up," Zach said and joined in Johnny's tune. "Did you tell us everything, Shadz?"

I shook my head. "She said she wants to be the first female Special Forces operator... she is... Rae Martinez."

The music stopped and all the guys looked at me. Zach signed and patted my shoulder.

"That's always been Rae's goal," Jimmy said and stomped on the kick drum. "And you laughed? You're an ass, Sanders."

The other three guys nodded. How did they all know this about my Marine? Did I just think my Marine?

"Let's just jam," I said with frustration.
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"I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die," I sang quietly. We really were getting the hang of this whole band thing.

Brian smiled and played a jaunty tune. "We're good at this."

Zach smiled and nodded. "Yeah, we are. But Matt and I have a mission to prepare for. Til next time boys?"

Jimmy nodded. "We're flying out soon too. Hey! We should name our band."

"Lips of Deceit?" Johnny suggested. Zach nodded, contemplating the name. It sounded more like a song title than a band name.

"Pinkly Smooth is what Jimmy and I called our band." Brian rubbed the back of his head.

We all laughed at that. Even Jimmy shrugged at the name. We shouldn't have high school band names.

"Avenged Sevenfold," I said and grabbed Zach's upper arm. "Mull it over, we have to go."

Zach raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. I guess he was thinking about the name too. We rushed down the hall to the meeting room. Dan would kick our asses if we were late.

V opened the door, and we took our seats. Cory was still missing, so at least we weren't the late ones. Although, Cory was always late.

"Welcome, Sanders, Baker. Cory will be late, so let's just start because we have a lot to go over. Part of our mission requires teaming up with a Marine division. They're getting us through part of Fallujah."

Dan pulled up the projector screen and started to tell us our mission in great detail. Literally, Dan could not be more boring with this. Fallujah was going to suck hardcore. But this whole war sucked.

I grabbed a pen and started jotting down a phrase that was stuck in my head. I'd developed an ability to multi-task in these briefings. Dan always assigned me the same job anyway: sniper.

My pen softly scratched against the paper. Fight for honor, fight for you life. That was an apt summary of war. I sighed and watched Dan click to another map. This one was of a compound.

"This is where the Marines will drop us off." Dan pointed at the map. "Our main operative here is to find and apprehend Saddam's fourth in command, Allad Ackman. Matt, we'd prefer not to kill shot here. He might know where Saddam is."

I nodded. "You do know my job is to kill shot, right?"

The guys chuckled and looked to Dan. "Yeah, I know. We need that information, Sanders. Do not kill shot unless absolutely necessary."

"Got it, continue."

Dan nodded and went through the rest of the presentation. He went back to the map of the compound to explain in greater detail the information the Department of Defense had gathered.

"Alright, now we're going to through it all over again with the Marines." Dan flipped back to the beginning.

We groaned and glared at Dan. We always had to review these things twice. Why didn't they just do the part the Marines needed to hear and then our part?

The door opened and in walked four Marines. These must be the commanding officers and team leaders. One of them was burly and blond. The next two were about Zach's size with dark hair and the last one was... Rae.

Shit, I ducked my head, hoping she wouldn't notice me. I had no idea she was a tam leader. Granted, we had only fucked when we were together so I guess I wouldn't have known that. Damn, I really was an asshole.

"Men, these are the people that will be helping us and leading their own team. This is Jeff." Dan pointed at the blond. "And Mark, Greg, and Rae."

The Marines sat down and looked at the projector. Rae folded her arms across her chest, pressing her breasts up. It was like my eyes were magnets connected to her tits. I couldn't stop staring.

"Rae, you'll be leading team four with Sanders. You'll actually be the only one going with his team into the compound. Jeff said you're an amazing spotter?"

She nodded and looked at me. My eyes were still glued to her tits. "Mmm... yeah, I'm a good spotter. Is your sniper the one who won't stop staring at my boobs?"

Now all eyes were on me, and I finally looked away from her chest. Dan cocked an eyebrow at me.

"Yeah, that would be him." Dan rolled his eyes.

Zach's mouth was slightly dropped. "Um... I'm his spot?"

"Yes." Dan nodded. "We need a second for this particular situation."

"So get another SEAL," I said.

The SEALs nodded and muttered agreement. A Marine, especially a female one, was going to take an important sot on our mission.

"Gotta agree with Sanders on this one," Cory said, "I could spot."

Rae stood up and slammed her hands on the table. She looked each of us in the eye and ten stared me down. A small smile crept onto her face. "Listen here, I've spent the last few years of my life honing my skills just so I could be the first woman in combat. I am a highly trained Marine have killed me just like you have. Sp, shut up and let me spot. His spotter does the hard work, I just make sure the two won't die. Okay?"

We nodded. Rae didn't yell or raise her voice which made her announcement even scarier. It was like the mom "disappointment" voice.

"Good, please continue Liutenant Abel," she said and sat back down.

Dan nodded and went back to the map. I went back to my paper. Two million soldiers can't be wrong. That was a good line too. Man, we should have more of these meetings to help the writing process. To challenge me you must be strong.

"Alright, any questions?" Dan asked the room.

We all shook our heads and stood up. The Marines shook our hands, except Rae didn't shake mine. She gave me a look and followed her friends out.

Zach leaned into me. "I can't believe you fucked her."

"Yeah, me either." I watched that toned ass leave.

Notes

Oh boy! What's gonna happen on tour?

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