knows when that will happen again? And lastly, I am sure Heaven would be happy to marry you two.” I kissed the top of her hand and gave her my warmest smile.
She brightened and that smile came back. It was like looking at two different people, when she transformed from the warrior to the excited woman in front of me. “Do you really think Kuppers will be ok with this? I mean, it’s known as fraternization in the military, and it’s frowned upon.”
“I’ll talk to him, if you want.”
“You would do that?”
“Of course I would Apache. I have a meeting with him in a little bit and I’ll deal with this. Why don’t you go talk to Hase and make sure he is ok with this?”
She dialed the wattage up on the brightness of her smile and leaned in close kissing my forehead. “Thank you, Dan. Do you think Julie would be my bridesmaid?”
“She would attempt to kick your ass, if you didn’t ask her.”
“Awesome! I will go talk to Hase and then go find her and ask her.” With that she stood and jogged out of the room and down the hallway.
I looked over and caught Kuppers attention. I waved him to come over, he turned to his team said something and then trotted up the stairs. “Dan, ready for our quick meeting before the big one?”
“Yup, should we go into a meeting room or have a couple of words here?”
“We can do it here, nothing is classified. First I want you to deal with that interview, with our special guest. Would you like to take Brian again?”
“Yeah, I think Brian would be a good choice to help me get what I want. On a side note, I just spoke to Apache.”
“Oh yeah? Did she tell you Hase asked her to marry him?”
He surprised me with that information. I must remember to never underestimate him. “She didn’t tell me she’d told you.”
“She didn’t,” he said with a sly grin on his face. “Nothing goes on around this base that I don’t find out about.” He eyed me to let me know that is how he’d known about my little talk with the Librarian.
“Well then the next question I have for you should not be a surprise then. She told me she was going to wait to get married, but I told her that with how fleeting life is now, that she shouldn’t wait. She will not do it without your permission, though.”
Kuppers sat down on a nearby chair and leaned back. His back popped and I could see a little bit of exhaustion creep into his features. “Of course she has my permission. But I will need to separate their missions, for obvious reasons. So, when does she want to do all this?”
I reached over and took my ever present notebook and looked through my notes and agenda for the next two days. “I say we do this tonight.”
Kuppers looked down into the front of the auditorium-like room and whistled out loud. A woman looked up grabbed her yellow legal pad, and ran up the stairs to us. “Yes, sir?”
“Clear the cafeteria for tonight 1900. Also clear my schedule,” he ordered.
“Yes, sir. Is there anything you want me to order from the cafeteria? Is this to be a private event or an open event?”
Kuppers scratched his day-old growth on his chin and smiled. “I want a regular dinner made for twenty, oh and for dessert tell them to bake a cake. I don’t care what kind of flavor.”
“Yes, sir.” She wrote it all down and waited for a second. “Anything else, sir?”
“Yes, have a Humvee and driver meet the Major and his aide outside in twenty minutes. That will be all.”
“Yes, sir.” She turned on her heels and ran back to her work station to get Kuppers orders moving.
“So, you don’t need me for the big meeting?” I asked.
“Nope, but I spoke to the General on a secure satellite channel, that Amanda set up for us last night. He wants people to start flying out today; all non-essential people and all citizens. He is having them transferred to Travis for now, and then will move them around from there. Also, he wants the fighters flown out toward the horde, bomb
She brightened and that smile came back. It was like looking at two different people, when she transformed from the warrior to the excited woman in front of me. “Do you really think Kuppers will be ok with this? I mean, it’s known as fraternization in the military, and it’s frowned upon.”
“I’ll talk to him, if you want.”
“You would do that?”
“Of course I would Apache. I have a meeting with him in a little bit and I’ll deal with this. Why don’t you go talk to Hase and make sure he is ok with this?”
She dialed the wattage up on the brightness of her smile and leaned in close kissing my forehead. “Thank you, Dan. Do you think Julie would be my bridesmaid?”
“She would attempt to kick your ass, if you didn’t ask her.”
“Awesome! I will go talk to Hase and then go find her and ask her.” With that she stood and jogged out of the room and down the hallway.
I looked over and caught Kuppers attention. I waved him to come over, he turned to his team said something and then trotted up the stairs. “Dan, ready for our quick meeting before the big one?”
“Yup, should we go into a meeting room or have a couple of words here?”
“We can do it here, nothing is classified. First I want you to deal with that interview, with our special guest. Would you like to take Brian again?”
“Yeah, I think Brian would be a good choice to help me get what I want. On a side note, I just spoke to Apache.”
“Oh yeah? Did she tell you Hase asked her to marry him?”
He surprised me with that information. I must remember to never underestimate him. “She didn’t tell me she’d told you.”
“She didn’t,” he said with a sly grin on his face. “Nothing goes on around this base that I don’t find out about.” He eyed me to let me know that is how he’d known about my little talk with the Librarian.
“Well then the next question I have for you should not be a surprise then. She told me she was going to wait to get married, but I told her that with how fleeting life is now, that she shouldn’t wait. She will not do it without your permission, though.”
Kuppers sat down on a nearby chair and leaned back. His back popped and I could see a little bit of exhaustion creep into his features. “Of course she has my permission. But I will need to separate their missions, for obvious reasons. So, when does she want to do all this?”
I reached over and took my ever present notebook and looked through my notes and agenda for the next two days. “I say we do this tonight.”
Kuppers looked down into the front of the auditorium-like room and whistled out loud. A woman looked up grabbed her yellow legal pad, and ran up the stairs to us. “Yes, sir?”
“Clear the cafeteria for tonight 1900. Also clear my schedule,” he ordered.
“Yes, sir. Is there anything you want me to order from the cafeteria? Is this to be a private event or an open event?”
Kuppers scratched his day-old growth on his chin and smiled. “I want a regular dinner made for twenty, oh and for dessert tell them to bake a cake. I don’t care what kind of flavor.”
“Yes, sir.” She wrote it all down and waited for a second. “Anything else, sir?”
“Yes, have a Humvee and driver meet the Major and his aide outside in twenty minutes. That will be all.”
“Yes, sir.” She turned on her heels and ran back to her work station to get Kuppers orders moving.
“So, you don’t need me for the big meeting?” I asked.
“Nope, but I spoke to the General on a secure satellite channel, that Amanda set up for us last night. He wants people to start flying out today; all non-essential people and all citizens. He is having them transferred to Travis for now, and then will move them around from there. Also, he wants the fighters flown out toward the horde, bomb
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