Anything For YouCopyright © 2013 by Jessica Dawson
Fort Hood, late 2008
)Jen is going to #i$$ you* You #now that+ right,- .ic Carponti too# a $ong pu$$ o"" his e/erpresent Dr epper* ) thin# she has "irst %ibs on your ba$$s* You %ont ha/e e(c$usi/e use o/er the& any &ore*-!ergeant First C$ass !hane 4arrison g$ance% o/er at Carponti an% "ought the urge to use the physica$ therapy ropes to strang$e the younger sergeant* No &atter how &uch ti&e they% spent together training Ar&y pri/ates at 'enning or b$owing shit up %ownrange+ Carponti sti$$ &anage% to push a$$ the right buttons* )Youre not he$ping+ you #now*- !hane was a$rea%y ha/ing a har% enough ti&e trying to "in% the ner/e to ta$# to his "ianc5e about his %esire "or a /asecto&y*)Jen wants #i%s*-) #now that+- !hane grow$e%* 6e $eane% %own to stretch+ bare$y suppressing a groan as the &usc$es in his thighs proteste% the %ai$y pain his physica$ therapist insiste% on* 6e% ha/e thought that si( &onths a"ter being b$own up in ra7+ physica$ therapy wou$% stop being a &orning torture session* 4uess not*)8hy are you so a%a&ant about this,- Carponti he$% up his han% at !hanes "ierce $oo#* )& an e(pert in a&putations+ not wo&en an% babies+ o#ay,-)!he ha% breast cancer* A rea$$y aggressi/e /ersion* " she gets pregnant an% the cancer co&es bac#+ the choice co&es %own to her $i"e or the babys $i"e9an% %ont want to ha/e to &a#e that choice with her* %ont want her to ha/e to &a#e that choice* 4rante%+ it &ight a$$ be "ine* !he &ight ne/er get sic# again+ or the hor&ones "ro& pregnancy &ight not %o anything to her*- !hane wa$#e% o/er to the "ree weights* 6is $egs proteste% each step+ so his ne(t wor%s ca&e out s$ow$y+ one with each step* ) cant ris# it* No &atter how &uch &ight want a #i% with her+ & not going to ris# her $i"e "or so&e se$"ish nee% to "ee$ &y baby growing insi%e her*-) rea$i:e that+- Carponti sai%+ )but why on earth are you $oo#ing at this without ta$#ing to her "irst,-)& going to ta$# to her*- !hane sighe% har%* ) ;ust ha/ent yet*- 6e %i%nt want to a%&it he was a"rai%* Not to Carponti* 6e% ne/er hear the en% o" it*)Di% you e/er thin# youre o/erreacting,- Carponti as#e%+ "o$$owing hi&*)No+- !hane snappe%* )'ecause & not*-)You ;ust sai% theres no ru$e that i" a wo&an gets pregnant a"ter cancer+ shes going to %ie*-)Yeah+ we$$+ /e a$so ta$#e% to the briga%e surgeon* Theres a higher ris# o" the cancer co&ing bac# "or younger wo&en $i#e Jen who ha% aggressi/e cancers* Theres a higher ris# that i" she %oes get pregnant an% the cancer co&es bac#+ it cou$% co&e bac# e/en &ore aggressi/e*- !hane $oo#e% at Carponti serious$y* ) want #i%s with her* ;ust %ont want to #i$$ her*-)!o youre going to get un&anne% an% te$$ her $ater,-)This isnt "unny*-).asecto&ies are a$ways "unny* specia$$y watching a big guy $i#e you s7uir& o/er the "act*-)t is &y ba$$s were ta$#ing about+- !hane snappe%+ grabbing the "i"typoun% %u&bbe$$s* t was one o" those ti&es he% rather not ha/e Carponti chirping in his ear*