Life In Bunkers

Jason walked through the building trying to find a room to sleep in. He turned to the Arabic girl unable to decide himself. That was compounded with him wanting her to have a room she was comfortable with.

"Which one to choose?" He asked himself and followed the question with a hum.

Jason settled on a room with two beds. Behind him walked in the Arabic girl. Jason turned to look at her and cleared his throat. He had a question he had been meaning to ask, but just now got the chance to ask it.

"So do I get to know your name now?" Jason said with a laugh.

The response he got was a giggle. It was as if she thought it was a strange time to ask her the question. It was that or she just found him strange for the question.

"Sure, you funny American man. My name is Adira Issa." She smiled at him before walking over to him and giving him a kiss on his cheek.

Jason's face flushed red as he watched her walk back to her bed to unpack a bag she had. Jason turned and unpacked his footlocker.

"That's a very pretty name." He said with a smile on his face.

"So what do you think it will be like to stay in here while the clouds clear outside?" He asked her trying to clear the silence.

"I think that we will be in here for a bit for a while." She said not looking up from her bag.

"I also think getting these weapons had been a mistake on part of both sides." Adira folded and put away the now empty bag and turned to face Jason.

"I don't know if I will be able to sleep much till I get used to this place." Adira was tapping the sides of her legs while she waited in an answer from Jason.

As Jason turned to face her he had to come up with an answer fast. He felt a little off guard with the question because of usually having time to think of an answer. He took a few seconds before his mind finally settled on an answer. He just hopes that she will be okay with the answer.

"I will stay awake with you don't worry." Jason said it before his brain could think about it but he said it with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry I will keep you safe." He walked and put his arms around her as he said it.

Adira couldn't help but wrap her arms around him as well. In a muffled voice she couldn't stop herself and said "I loved you the moment I saw you."

"What was that? I couldn't hear you well." Jason asked leaning back.

"I—it was nothing!" Adira yelled hiding her face in his chest.

Jason looked at the thick windows that got put into the walls. What he saw were shafts of sunlight creating the look of small dust twisters flying through the air. In his mind, Jason was wondering what they had done to this country. Night had begun to fall as a cart started going room to room handing out small grills. Jason took one and with a nod to say thank you.

"We can cook food now." Jason said smiling at Adira holding up the grill.

Adira gave him a small smile back and held up some bread. The entire building started filling up with the smell of meals ranging from American classics to American fusion foods. Planes roared overhead and you could hear bombs slamming into a nearby city.

"I guess the battle isn't done is it haha." He let out an obviously fake laugh to end his statement.

"It is for foot soldiers." Adira said while she poked at the cooking meat.

When she looked up and met Jason's eyes all he could see was sadness for the losses during this war. Jason dropped the subject of the war seeing she didn't want to talk about it anymore. They both sat in silence as they ate. They didn't even make eye contact with one another.

"Jason, I feel like you don't want this war, and just so you know I don't want the war either." Adira said before sitting her plate down.

Jason took a deep breath before nodding as an answer to her. Jason got up and walked over to Adira embracing her in his arms. They both began to cry over all of this stress. Before Jason knew it Adira was in his bed cuddling close to him. He didn't know what exactly to think but he knew he was happy. Jason for the first time in his life was in love. Jason kissed Adira on her forehead and saw a smile creep across her sleeping face. Jason was planning on having sex with her but he was in love and couldn't bring himself to do that.

Jason slowly slipped off to sleep. He didn't know how long he slept when Adira screaming woke him up. What he saw was someone trying to pin her against the other bed in the room. Jason got up and ran at the man. He saw it was someone from his unit.

"Get off her!" Jason yelled as his fist met the man's face. He could feel the blood come from the man's mouth and he struggled to run from the room.

Adira collapsed into Jason's arms. It almost came to him as a shock, but he remembered what he had told her earlier. He did plan on keeping the promise that he had made to her. He would continue to remind her as well.

"It is okay Adira I am here and I told you I would keep you safe." Jason said as he stroked her hair.

She couldn't bring himself to stop crying. Jason tried to calm her but they both ended up staying up till daybreak. Adira passed out in his arms but Jason stayed awake so that what happened last night wouldn't happen again. Adira in her sleep curled up enough for Jason to pick her up and lay her in bed.

"No one will ever hurt you again." Jason held a grim look on his face as anger poured out of his soul.

Jason put in a request for a door which was approved within hours. After the door was put in Jason walked around the base looking for the man that tried to take advantage of Adira while he slept. Jason spotted the one that came into his room last night. Despite what his mind was telling him he charged the man pinning him to the wall. People made a whole as the scene played out.

"You fucking touch her again and I will fucking gut you!" Jason yelled as his commanding officer walked up behind him.

After the officer put a hand on Jason's shoulder he got escorted to the office for disciplinary reasons. Jason didn't know what had come over him but he took the time during his escort to think about it. He knew what it was, but he didn't want to admit it to himself yet.