A Marine Story Page #2

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Drunk driver ran

a red light.

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Killed both her parents

and her brother,

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but somehow she walked away,

which is a friggin' miracle.

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This is her grandmother.

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Mrs. Snow.

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Alexandra, you remember me?

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Of course.

You were friends with my mother.

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I haven't seen you

since she passed.

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She'd be so proud of you.

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She had such plans

for this place.

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So look...

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I was wondering

if you could help us out.

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That stunt the other day

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was pretty much

the last one for Saffron.

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The judge gave her a choice:

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go into the military

or go to jail.

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With those friends she keeps,

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I'm afraid she'd choose

going to jail.

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She's old enough

we're not talking Juvee, either.

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She's got to the end of the

month to get her act together

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and make a good impression

on a recruiter, or else.

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We thought if you'd just

have a few words with her,

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get her motivated.

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- I'm no recruiter, Max.

- I know.

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But she's a good kid, Alex.

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Please...

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She's stopped listening to me.

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I just don't know

what else to do.

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All right.

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Better get her out of

that car before she cooks.

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Great.

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Thank you, thank you.

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I know you know

how she must feel.

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Now you listen to

that lady, you understand?

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Hey, Max, just leave her here.

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I'll run her back home later.

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There's water over there

if you need it.

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You learn how to

do that in the Army?

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Marine Corps.

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Ain't you supposed to

give me some sort of pep talk

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about the military

or something?

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I don't think so.

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Uh, OK. Why not?

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Your grandma said you

don't listen much anymore...

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I don't think

I'll waste my breath

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until I now I've got your

full attention.

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I'm sorry, you say somethin'?

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I'll tell you what.

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Come back here tomorrow morning,

on your own,

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and I'll help you out

If you're interested.

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OK. Whatever.

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You got another car?

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Nope.

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But you said you'd drop me back!

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Oh, you heard that, did you?

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All right,

then can I use your phone?

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Use your legs.

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I live like

five miles from here!

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Shouldn't take you

too long then.

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You know I didn't

steal anything!

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You saw me, you know I didn't!

I was just there!

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March back here

tomorrow morning, early,

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without that stud

in your nose, and we'll talk.

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F*** you!

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[various radio announcers]

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Our message to the

commanders in the field

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and to our leadership is that,

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based on our current

deployment model,

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the troop levels

associated with the surge

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cannot be sustained indefinitely.

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That said, I have heard...

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Here's your

Pentagon Channel Report...

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Diplomatic commitments

from Iran

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to help stabilize and improve

the security situation

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in Iraq remain unfulfilled.

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That's according

to Major General...

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Everybody offered me

a lift but you.

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Looks like you

need the exercise.

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Hey, girl.

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Get him another one,

would you?

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I'll have the same.

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Will we be startin' a tab then?

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Yeah, why not.

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So what else is going on?

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You seen Holly?

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I think she's livin'

up in Fresno now,

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but I haven't spoken to her

since she went off to college

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and you went off

to get the tattoo.

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Wow...

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That's been a while then.

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Strange how you just

lose track of people.

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At least I see the flag up

once in a while.

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That's a reminder.

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I should have stopped by

to say hello a lot sooner.

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I'm sorry.

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Ah...

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You got married.

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I did too.

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You didn't miss much.

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So...

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When do you go back?

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I am planning my next move...

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I got my honorable discharge.

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