Ava

I had my whole life figured out, down to the very last detail.

I was the good girl, top of my class.

Never went to parties or stayed out late.

I had a plan.

And that plan didn't include him.

He left. I begged him not to go and he left anyway.

I wanted to hate him. I really tried to.

Then he came back. Or at least his body did. I'm not too sure where his mind is most days. Not anymore.

He says I'm still his good girl, but he doesn't know what I've done.

Will he feel the same way when he finds out?

Noah

The tiny dancer had more fight in her than most guys at recruit training.

I've been watching her grow for a few years now, from a distance.

One night, that's all it took to change both of our lives.

I'd say for the better.

She'd tell you for the worse.

Just when I had her where I wanted her, under me, around me, consuming me,

I was deployed.

I will come home to her though, because no matter how much ocean separates us, that tiny dancer, the good girl, is now mine.

I'm not sure what's worse: the internal war raging inside my head, or the one I'm about to enter in order to get her back...