06-22-2015, 06:38 PM
"Yeah I get that,"
Jay responded. Jared had a few years on Jay, that was obvious. Practically a grandpa in comparison. Thirty-one? Thirty-two? Hard to say. But point was, in all that time at home, he should have found someone right? Wasn't that the normal routine of things? Graduate high school. Go to college. Wonder where he went.. Hang out. Eventually settle down. Sounded like Jay's worst nightmare, but that was how things were suppose to go. Right?
"There wasn't a lot of time for that kind of thing. In high school, sure, but that doesn't count, right?"
His smirk suggested a lot. High school was fun. Could have done without the drama, but thats probably why Jay's girlfriends were more often from neighboring counties than what his school's small fishbowl offered.
Good times, but they were in the past. Better times were to come. "And I enlisted right after that. Marine corps."
He shrugged. That kind of thing hadn't a single bearing on his reasons for enlisting. It felt like every day was a mistake. Not that he didn't mind plowing and checking cattle. But something about it was wrong in his bones, like he was suppose to be doing something else. Something bigger. He still didn't quite feel settled in life, but at least the pace kept him distracted from thinking about it. Until Vanders got all sentimental and mushy.
His thoughts wandered from there until he pictured Natalie's face.
Jay responded. Jared had a few years on Jay, that was obvious. Practically a grandpa in comparison. Thirty-one? Thirty-two? Hard to say. But point was, in all that time at home, he should have found someone right? Wasn't that the normal routine of things? Graduate high school. Go to college. Wonder where he went.. Hang out. Eventually settle down. Sounded like Jay's worst nightmare, but that was how things were suppose to go. Right?
"There wasn't a lot of time for that kind of thing. In high school, sure, but that doesn't count, right?"
His smirk suggested a lot. High school was fun. Could have done without the drama, but thats probably why Jay's girlfriends were more often from neighboring counties than what his school's small fishbowl offered.
Good times, but they were in the past. Better times were to come. "And I enlisted right after that. Marine corps."
He shrugged. That kind of thing hadn't a single bearing on his reasons for enlisting. It felt like every day was a mistake. Not that he didn't mind plowing and checking cattle. But something about it was wrong in his bones, like he was suppose to be doing something else. Something bigger. He still didn't quite feel settled in life, but at least the pace kept him distracted from thinking about it. Until Vanders got all sentimental and mushy.
His thoughts wandered from there until he pictured Natalie's face.
Only darkness shows you the light.