For some backstory, there were five us in the beginning, all army brats. Our parents all knew each other, and we were all going to follow in their footsteps. There was Dean- the optimist, Ralph- the charmer, Will- the straight shooter, Garth- the quiet one, and me… the smart one I guess? We met when we were all kids. I was obviously the girl of the group. The rose among the thorns.
We all ended up in different units, and that was somewhat on purpose. I wanted to be a tech. Somewhere along the way before this, Ralph and I hooked up and became a couple. No one batted an eyelid because they were expecting it. We made it all the way up to his deployment, but when he came back, he was a different guy. I stayed with him long after that, and long after I finished serving out my contract, but I had checked out a while back. I mean, he obviously had too. It wasn't his fault. His deployment had changed him far more than mine had changed me… and we couldn't go back to how it was before.