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Who Is The Marine Corps?

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Jamie always measures her life by the weekends she spends in Washington. It’s the only way she knows how, it’s always been that way. The time she is spent away from Washington are, in their entirety, spent thinking about the next time she’ll be there again. It’s where her happiness is, it’s where her favorite childhood memories took place, and it’s where he is. This time, she was especially anxious, though. Nick was getting ready to go into the military. The Marine Corps, to be more specific. “You ready to go?” Nick asked her as he shut the car door. They were going out to get ice cream, he picked her up from her condo in downtown Washington. This would be the last time they saw each other until he completed boot camp. “Of course!” she …show more content…

What happens when YOU do something?” she replied. “C’mon, you know nothing’s gonna happen. And it’s really not THAT long if you think about it,” he said. Jamie rolled her eyes and shifted uncomfortably in her seat, fidgeting with her seat belt. “Okay well if I’m the only one who thinks we can make this work, that’s a problem,” he said. “When did I ever say we won’t be able to make this work? When did I s-,” she began. “That’s what it sounds like,” he quickly countered. “Well I didn’t. So. Maybe it’s you that really doesn’t. Wouldn’t surprise me,” she said angrily. He stayed silent while he pulled the car into the ice cream parlor parking lot, put the car into park, and turned off the engine. “How could you even say that?! Are you implying that I don’t care about you or love you?! You KNOW damn well that isn’t true, I can’t even believe you’re saying this,” he snapped back. “Whatever,” she said as she looked away, pretending to be occupied by looking at something outside of the car. “Are you kidding me,” Nick said. “You know, maybe it’d just be better to end things right now. Save ourselves the trouble later. I mean that’d be easier, right?!” she said, calmly. “Wow… Okay,” he said. Nick unbuckled his seatbelt, got out of the car, and slammed the door. Surprised and upset, Jamie also followed. “So you’re just walking away? Wow, that’s great,” she said, almost yelling at him. He turned around and began walking toward her. “I’m the one walking

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