In the quaint chocolate box
English Village of Mornington-By-Mere, which was the beating heart of the Finchbottom
Vale, David Cooper was sat on the sofa
with his girlfriend Sharon Taylor.
Sharon was a soldier in the Downshire Light
Infantry and had only recently returned after 3 months away on exercise only to
drop the bombshell that she had been posted to Cyprus for a 12 month tour.
The bonus was that she had a month’s leave
before she had to report for duty.
So they made the most of the time and spent
as much of it as possible together.
“You’re very quiet, what’s wrong?” he asked
“Nothing” she replied
“Come on, there’s something on your mind”
he insisted
“I’ve only got four days left of my leave” She explained “before I have
to report to barracks in Nettlefield and
then a week after that we go to Cyprus”
“I know” he said
“Well there’s something I want to do before then” she said
“You’ll have to wait for my mum to go out first” he said
“No not that” she retorted
“It must be something important then” he said with concern
“I want you to take me to the Regimental Ball in Nettlefield?” she asked
and tensed up
“Is that all?” he asked
“Yes, but it’s important” she replied “I’ve never been before, because I
never had anyone special enough before to go with, but now I do”
“Of course I will darling” he said
“Good because I’ve already bought the tickets” she replied cheekily
David lived in the centre of Mornington in a house in The Close with his
family, whereas Sharon lived on the opposite side of the village on the other
side of Manor Wood where there were a
number of cottages and small houses on the Purplemere Road and Dulcets Road
which formed the part of Mornington Village known as Manorside and the
Taylor family lived in Dulcets Road in a house called Green Fields.
Which was where he picked her up from on the night of the Regimental
Ball and when he saw her his jaw almost hit the floor, she looked so stunning
in a burgundy coloured cocktail dress, borrowed from her mother and matching
shoes and handbag from her best friend.
He thought Sharon looked like a proper girl, not the daring soldier, afraid of
nothing and nobody, she was a girl, gentle and vulnerable, and little bit
frightened, and he couldn’t have been more in love with her than he was at that
precise moment and when he walked into the Ball with Sharon on his arm he felt
so proud.
They had a wonderful night, excellent food, a live band and lots of
dancing, and neither of them really wanted the night to end, but end it did and
at 2 am they were walking through Memorial Park in the moonlight heading
towards the Hotel when David broke the silence as they were passing the
bandstand.
“There’s something I need to talk to you about” he said and her heart
was in her mouth, her worst fears were being realised, he was breaking up with
her because she was being posted to Cyprus.
“I don’t know the best way to say this” he began and her stomach turned
over.
“I’m going to take two months off work, unpaid mainly, like a
sabbatical, so I can come to Cyprus right in the middle of you tour, I’ve
already spoken to my boss and he’s happy, so we’ll be together for Christmas
and New Year” He said without pausing for breath.
“What do you think?”
“What do I think? I’ll tell you what I thought, I thought you were going
to dump me” she said and slapped his arm
“Why would you think that?” he said
“Because I’m going away” she replied
“Which is why I want to come and spend time with you”
“Won’t you get bored while I’m on duty?” she asked
“No, Cyprus is a nice place with plenty to see” he replied “and there
will be plenty of pretty girls to occupy me while you’re serving queen and
country”
“You do know that I’m trained to kill don’t you?” Sharon said and
laughed before adding more seriously
“Are you sure you want to come to Cyprus?”
“Look I’ve only just got you back in my life and I’m not letting you
slip through my fingers again” he said
“I’ve decided that you’re a keeper”
“Does that mean what I think it means?” she asked
“It better had, otherwise I’ve bought this for nothing” he said “and
took a ring box from his pocket”
“Oh my God” she exclaimed “Really?”
“Well what do you think?” he asked
“I…” she began and then put her head in her hands then she took a deep
breath and stood to attention
“I think you need to ask me a question” she said
“Oh it’s like that is it?” he said and knelt down
“Sharon Elisabeth Emma Taylor, will you marry me?”
“Oh I don’t know” she said indifferently
“Fare enough” he replied and put the ring back in his pocket
“I got the ring on sale or return anyway” David added
“Don’t you dare” she said and got him in a half nelson until he gave her
the ring “of course I’ll marry you, it’s all I’ve ever wanted”
“What to be married?” he asked
“No, to be married to you”
“Then I am your dream come true?” he said
“Well now you put it like that I appear to have set my sights rather
low” Sharon jibed
“Is that right?” he said taking her by surprise and extracting himself
from her head lock and turned the tables on her and bent her over the hand rail
and spanked her arse hard
“Ow” she barked
“Sorry did I spank the rufty tufty soldier too hard” he said and spanked
her again
“Oww” she said “that hurt”
“So what’s your answer?” David asked and slapped her buttock again
“Ok you brute, I’ll marry you”
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