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LCpl, Blair Fisher
I sigh as i get off the plane and the heat of the middle east slaps me in the face, something i hate deeply. I look around me to see nothing but miles of desert and sand. Not a plant in sight. Nothing like home.
I wanted to go home, Iraq was the last place I wanted to be. I look down at my uniform on my body then back up in front of me to see other Marines walking around with their backpacks of belongings on their backs.
I groaned and took a step forward and made my way to my barracks room. This heat was killing me, I broke a sweat as I walked through it. As soon as I made it to my room I dropped my things and groaned.
These next 10 months were going to be a living hell and I knew it, I sat on my bed and sighed at how rough it felt. Sleep was what I wanted, but this bed was going to make it impossible.
"Who knew the Government would give their Marines such horrible sleeping conditions" I asked myself aloud.
These 10 months were going to kill me. I heard a door shut behind me and I turned to find a man. A tall, muscular man. A Marine. I sighed and turned around.
"Who are you?" I asked, annoyed.
He chuckled. "Corporal Moore. Shane Moore." He replied. "And you are?"
"Lance Corporal Blair Fisher. Call me Bea or Fisher." I replied.
He smiled and sat on his bunk on the other side of the room. I wanted to cry in this very moment.
"Where are you from?" I asked.
"Vermont, you?" Moore replied.
"Washington state." I said with my head down.
He chuckled and moved over to my bunk and sat down next to me. He looked at my uniform, then my hair. His eyes gazed over me with wonder. I sighed, trying not to notice him.
"Why the Marines?" He asked
I look over at him with a shocked expression. Really? I think to myself. That question cannot be serious.
"Why are you asking, is it because i'm a girl?" I laughed.
He gives me a look and then throws his head back.
"Yeah, you cannot be serious." he says with a laugh "I mean it seriously. Why?"
I look at him once again before looking down at my boots, wondering if i should give him the truth or not. I sigh heavily. I give him the truth.
"For myself." I said. "I did it because i've always wanted this for myself."
He looks at me with a look. I look back at him and laugh for a second before looking back at my boots again.
"Thats really awesome" Moore replies.
I shrug my shoulders before looking up again, noticing it's getting dark outside. I sigh heavily before i started playing with my hands.
"I just want to go home" I say with a whisper.
Moore nods his head and wraps his arm around me with comfort. He keeps his arm still around me so that it won't be seen as anything more than comfort.
"You'll be okay, Fisher." He states. "It won't be forever."
I nod my head before putting my head in my hands. Going home sounds good right about now. Home is where I belong. Not in Iraq. Not in the Marines. Just at home.
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