Going Overboard by L.A. Witt

Author:L.A. Witt [Witt, L.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2017-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

We had the next day off, so when we wandered down to the beach again, there was no hurry and no alarms set on our phones to make sure we didn’t stay too long. If we ended up here until the sun went down, fine. I had Chris, a gorgeous beach, and nowhere else to be. It was perfect. There was a good chance we’d wind up in his bed later too—I hadn’t slept in my barracks room in days.

So why did I feel like shit?

Oh right—because the advancement exam was fucking tomorrow.

I shivered like a cold wind had suddenly smacked into me.

The exam. Tomorrow. Shit.

My concentration was improving. I had to fill out reams of paperwork as part of my job, and my brain was finally starting to level out enough to focus on those things. I could count out change without any problem. I could drive again. Chris and I had even started playing on the Xbox, and I could handle that as long as I stopped when I got a headache.

So in theory, I’d be fine tomorrow. I was just worried because so much was riding on it.

“Hey.” Chris elbowed me as we walked along the high-tide line. “You’re somewhere else today.”

“Yeah, I know.” I paused to scoop up a small rock, and I played with it, turning it over between my fingers like it might soak up some of this nervous energy. “I’m just freaking out about tomorrow, and I still don’t know what to do about my job.” I tossed the rock into the surf, before I stopped walking and turned to Chris. “I mean, I’m a Sailor and a coxswain. It’s what I do.”

He wrapped his arm around my waist. “We talked about this. You’ve got time. It hasn’t even been that long.”

“No, but . . .” I glanced warily at the ocean before looking up at him again. “I won’t lie—I’m scared.”

Chris nodded. He cupped my cheek and kissed me lightly. “Anyone would be. I’d be worried if you weren’t. Yeah, it’ll take some time to get used to being on the water again, but you’ll get there. I know you will.”

“And probably just in time for the Navy to show me to the door.”

“Hey. Hey. Don’t talk like that.” He brushed his thumb along my cheekbone. “Your last eval was solid as fuck, your PT scores are all outstanding, and you’ll nail the exam tomorrow.”

I sighed and covered his hand with mine, wishing like hell some of his enthusiasm would transfer through that contact.

“You’ll be fine,” he insisted. He pulled me in for a soft kiss. “Come on. Let’s sit down for a bit.”

I didn’t protest. If there was anything that could relax me, it was sitting on the beach with Chris’s arms around me. So, I sat on the sand and toed off my sneakers. It was chilly today, but not cold. Oregon didn’t get cold like Nebraska did, so this was comfortable for me.

Chris took off his shoes and socks, then moved behind me.

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