while i'm away , simone

[DYLAN COLLINS]

dear simone,

had a dream last night, i'll save you the details but it was nice, and you were in it, i'll tell you that. mason is writing to his girl everyday, and slightly slacking off because of it but i can't write that much...i'm too distracted but i guess i thought i should let someone know that i am okay even though my mother is well aware but she is not in myrtle beach, you are. i guess i don't know what i'm doing when i decided to sit down and right this letter. i'm not allowed to tell you anything about my whereabouts, not even the weather really but i will say that it's raining. one of the guys wanted to have a rainball fight which turned into him being a target for mudpies. we got really dirty though...it's fun, it's scary and it's thrilling but it's my job, right? i left without telling you, or really warning you about my job but this is it basically--i leave. i leave all the time and yet i have found nothing to keep me grounded to even want to stay in the place that i'm assigned. eh, oh well. no regrets then, i'm watching my buddy pour his heart and soul into a letter right now and also throwing a certain kind of plant at his head while he does so. i'm giving him a hard time but this girl has torn him up and he needs to stay focused, at least when he's mad and annoyed, he's aggressive and exactly what we need when the time counts. no shots have been fired and this letter just proves that i'm alive. hope all is well, i guess write to you eventually..not sure when

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dylan

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Dear Dylan,

You dreamt a nice dream with me in it? Aw, cmon you can't just go and tell me that and hold the details.
I gotta say im surprised to get a letter from you. Pleasantly surprised, dont take that the wrong way. I was disappointed that I didn't get to say goodbye to you but I figured it was because of such short notice. I'm relieved to hear you're okay, I was a little anxious when I heard your group had left, I have to admit. It's been quiet around here without you guys causing trouble.
Sounds like you're all just a bunch of silly teenagers, having mud fights and all that haha. Good to hear that you're getting in a bit of downtime while you're whereever you are though. I'm sure that helps with morale.
I understand leaving is part of your job, im not mad or anything like that Dylan. I mean, I have no right to be anyway. You're doing a job for your country and i'm proud of you and the other guys with you. It takes courage and you sure have that.
Oh dear, well I hope your friend can keep his mind on his job. There isn't much room for mistakes out there, im sure. I hope everything turns out for him, I've seen a few of my friends go through heartbreak and it's horrible.

I've never really written a letter to anyone before, but I guess I'll give you a little blurb about what I'm up to, if you're interested. I went on a snow trip with a group of friends from College. We went up to Sugar Mountain ski resort and it was really stunning up there. I got a bit of snowboarding in, but I was the only one that snowboarded so that kinda sucked. We spent the weekend there and came back for school on monday. Other than that, there hasn't been all that much going on with me, just the usual, so i'll leave it at that until your next letter.

Stay safe,
Simone.

[DYLAN COLLINS]

dear simone,

well eventually has come many days later, we lost two of our boys today and ...well it's a rather sad day. we are all dark and down and not really looking forward to anything. in a village and suddenly under fire, mason got lucky and i'm thankful for that..don't know what i would do if that son of a bitch died. it just opened my eyes to how dangerous this is, but this is what i trained for, this is what i look forward to every single time that i am stationed somewhere. i'm returning back to myrtle beach though so i guess that's good news--stability and all. that sounds thrilling, i mean the whole...skiing thing though it's really not skiing weather but i guess whatever floats your boat. glad to hear that you didn't injure yourself either because at this point, i wouldn't mind playing nurse for you. the only way that i would come home early is if i end up dead...or i end up hurt. i guess i'm writing to you so incase something happens, someone knows and someone might care. anyway, it's time for shut eye, and i got to pull mason away from his own letter so that we can actually sleep.

by the way, you are always in my dreams...the dirty ones at least.

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[sim]

Dear Dylan,

I'm so sorry to hear about your friends... I hope you take extra care of yourself and the others Dylan. Keep your head clear, where ever you are sounds like the worst kind of place to get distracted. And yes, what you're doing is obviously extremely dangerous and the news about your friends has made me even more nervous than I already was. Just be careful, okay?
Good to hear you'll be coming back, whenever that may be. It's always good to have stability, I agree, whatever the source is. Just know that when you do get back, I'm always here to hang out if you want.

Yes well the trip was exciting, it's always good to get back into doing something a little risky, but I almost regret it now. I've come down with a horrible cold and have the next week off school. I haven't left my apartment in two days, practically living in my bed with a box of tissues, a stack of magazines and a pile of movies. Tomorrow i'm taking a trip to the doctors to get checked out and i'll probably get some antibiotics or something. I usually get this when the wheather is so up and down so I just gotta tough it out.
Well maybe when you get back, I'll let you play nurse for me next time I get a papercut, haha, but I don't wish you home early if it takes you being either dead or injured.
I feel kinda privileged to be the one you're writing to really. I do care about whether you're doing okay and everytime I get a letter it'll definitely put my mind at ease to know you're doing okay enough to write me.

You're having dirty dreams about me?! I hope they're flattering.

Take care,
Simone.

[DYLAN COLLINS]

dear simone,

i'm trying, can't even tell you how much training did not prepare me for this shit. we can't fire either unless we are fired upon, i was further ahead, kind of teasing my commanding officer about something. according to mason, i'm a prick but i guess that much is true. but yea....the pain, the blood, the death, training was not like this, neither was my first mission so i really just feel pumped actually. i want to get this mission over with and go home, to you, to my apartment, ...my plants are probably dead now. sucks about your cold, drink lots of fluids and who knows, maybe you can play nurse for me instead. nice outfit with it, another dream of mine. well i'm okay, little saddened, little hurt but all good, just bruised is all but my ego is still well intact.


they always are.

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dylan

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Dear Dylan,

All I can ask is for you to try and stay safe, there's not much more you can do. It's not like I can give you advice either because that would be awfully pretentious of me. I'm sure you'll be fine though, you have a good head on your shoulders. I've become even more nervous for you and i've often found myself googling all sorts of things about SEAL operations. Call me crazy but I just can't help it when it's always on my mind.
Do you even know how long you're gone? I bet you couldn't tell me even if you did though, which sucks a lot. Ever since you left, things are so boring. I guess that's an ego boost to how entertaining you are, haha. As for your plants, I could swing by and check on them if you'd like? I don't have much better to do, plus i'm feeling a lot better since last time I wrote.
Oh, speaking of that. I went to the doctor and got the antibiotics just like I said, and I got him to look at my elbow because it's been hurting me quite a bit lately. Unfortunately he said that there's a lot of scar tissue, more than normal and it's putting pressure on the joint which is what's causing me pain... So he said either I get an operation or keep taking painkillers that make me drowsy. I wasn't happy after hearing that, to say the least. So I've booked surgery for next month, which means i'll probably have to have my arm in a sling again... Goody. My life's been full of marvellous things since you've been gone, Dylan. Note the sarcasm. Can I blame you for my badluck? hahaha. hurry back so I can have fun again.
I'll play nurse for you if you bring me a souvenir. That's the deal.

Hurry back,
Simone.

[sim]

Dear Dylan,

So I haven't got a letter from you in awhile and i'm more than a little worried right now... I hope you're okay and just too busy to write. You better not get hurt or i'll be so mad. Ha, yeah, like that's scary, haha. Just stay safe, okay?
i'm going into surgery tomorrow morning and it never gets any easier. I'm really nervous. Charlie, a friend from college, offered to drive me to the hospital and pick me up afterwards because I was telling him how nervous I was. So nice of him. Even when I was sick he brought school work that i'd missed to my apartment everyday and even brought me soup. It was a huge help. But yes, I hope this time they fix my elbow completely so it wont hurt anymore. Fingers crossed I suppose.
Even Pepe seems nervous. I must be rubbing off on him.

Anyway, this is just a small letter to make sure you hadn't forgotten about me, or that you were even still alive.

Oh god, now i've gone and made myself a whole mess of nerves. Just please write me back.

Hope you're okay,
Simone.

[DYLAN COLLINS]

dear simone,

yea i can't find the time to write day after day like my buddy who is an asshole and fucking went on leave..just packed up and left for two weeks. i think he might be the one to keep me sane as i am going crazy not having anyone to pick on or play soccer with, kind of sucks terribly. not hurt, got a bruised ego as i tripped in front of my commanding officer and know they call me dylan fall. so nice of them, but i guess i deserve it, i'm not the nicest guy on this team but usually i can get them pumped at the same time. sorry to hear about you being sick and your elbow, i can't say that everything is going to be okay but i'm sure everything will work out for the best. i'm a little down right now, we lost another yesterday, our numbers are dropping a little quicker than what we were told as this wasn't meant to be anything violent and we can't shoot unless shot upon. i haven't forgotten about you, i just don't have the time to be anything that you need or want. here is me writing back while waiting to move to a new spot....but hopefully i will be able to go on leave soon.

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Dear Dylan,

I didn't expect you to write day after day, I just got a little worried because it didn't come as fast as the other letters... But i'm relieved to hear it wasn't because of anything serious, that's the only thing I was worried about.
Your friend went on leave huh? Does that mean you get leave too? Or are you gonna just tough it out and wait until it's over? I don't really know how all that works so you'll have to explain that one to me. If you do go on leave, you better come see me though! I need a nice distraction from school, I've had a bit of drama from a girl in my class... Some people are just so narrow minded and stuck up and just so full of themselves! She really gets me angry, and not many people are capable of that, I assure you...

My elbow is okay, they managed to clear it out with minimal intrusion on the joint and now im just left with a sling, no cast. Thank god for that or then I'd be the crazy one. I can't stand being restricted like that.

Oh gosh Dylan, you lost another teammate? I'm so sorry... Sounds like you guys are going through the ringer. I can't imagine what the families are going through... That's just horrible... I hope they pull you out of there if that's the way things are going. The rules sound absolutely ridiculous! This letter is just making me so angry right now.

No Dylan don't worry about writing to me on time, I get it, I was just a little stressed out by all that was going on. Things are more settled now. Keep your mind on the task, dont worry about pointless things like writing back to me. Just stay focused, like always.

Take care,
Sim.

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DYLAN,

So hi. Haven't heard from you in forever so once again, i'm writing to make sure you're alive. My life is really boring right now. My elbow's okay enough now so I took the sling off and went out with Kahlan again tonight and oh mon dieu... That girl knows how to dance. I swear she had all the guys watching her by the end of the night. I can't speak the same for myself because I'm more classically trained... I don't know much about the club scene. Anyway, you weren't there for me to find the inspiration to. Such a shame... I wouldn't mind getting a taste of you again. I guess you better just hurry back, or i'll turn into a maneater. It gets very lonely here at night, sleeping in this big bed all by myself. What's a girl supposed to do when she wakes up all hot and bothered after dreaming about a sexy SEAL and she's all alone? Because I sure as hell have no answer to it.
So anyway, Dylan. You're driving me crazy right now. I may've just had my own body weight in Pina Coladas and I have no idea how i'm holding this pen, but I want you right now... Your lips, your body... What was I saying?

I need sleep I think.

Come fuck me,
Simone.

[DYLAN COLLINS]

dear simone,

i'm not going to lie and say that the last letter did not make me laugh hysterically. your writing was a little off so i'm curious...were you drunk when you wrote that little number? well, you should add a picture next time so that i can have a nice visual of your "hot and bothered" self plus it would help me get through some of these long and hard weeks without my bro here to bug the shit out of me. he's still gone on leave but i happened to have broken my left wrist, don't worry, i'm all good. i got a little too cocky and i got a huge lecture about how irresponsible i am so i heard it all. my left arm is currently in a sling and just hanging there, it's kind of annoying but we have leisure time. i wish i could fuck you simone...that was blunt but it needed to be said but this is what happens when you get involved with a SEAL and maybe that's why it's best not to get involved with them. tensions run high and emotions get frayed and i don't want to see you upset ..okay i need to take my pain killers before these guys hold me down and shove them down my throat, once i take them, i can't really do anything but sleep so i'm alive, just slightly injured but no big. sleep well and try and hold off on the booze, wouldn't want you to make a mistake...

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Dear Dylan,

Oh god... Dylan i'm sorry about the last letter... I barely remember much of it at all... I just remember being... A little wound up, I suppose you could call it. I was very drunk, you're right on that. I'm definitely gonna lay off the alcohol from now on... I think I called my neighbour a sexy minx... A 72 year old woman. God, Dylan, what a disaster.
You broke your left wrist?! What were you doing to accomplish that? I bet you got a huge lecture, silly man. What did I say about taking care of yourself hmm? You gotta start listening to me. Slings suck, I know that from experience.
You want to fuck me? Well, you had a chance after that night at the club... I practically threw myself at you, I remember that much. As for being involved with a SEAL, you'll have to brief me on that one, soldier. I've never been involved with anyone in the military before and I didn't think it'd be that different, apart from the long time overseas part.
It's not best to get involved with them? Well, I'll be the judge of that, i'm not afraid of taking risks, Dylan, and if you're risky, bring it on. I don't get upset very easily.

I hope the painkillers are working for you and the other guys lay off for a while to let you rest.

Take care,
Simone.

P.S Maybe i'll play nurse for you when you get back...
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