Fort Bliss Page #3

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and stay with us for a while.

Why?

'Cause I want

what's best for Paul.

And you don't think

I can take care of him?

I think if you wanted

to take care of him...

you wouldn't have

stayed in the Army.

Need anything?

Hello?

Hey, Dad.

Maggie!

God, they've been jerking me

around for about six weeks.

She'll be back

on this day, on that day.

I'm very proud of you, sweetie.

Thanks, Dad.

And how's my little man?

Paulie, I bet he

was excited to see you.

Yeah, he was excited.

And Richard?

No, he's still Richard.

Do you remember when you were

little, I read you stories?

The one about Rip Van Winkle?

Yeah, I think it was a guy who

fell asleep for like 100 years.

One day the guy wakes up, thinks

everything's gonna be the same.

Can't get his head around the

fact that everything's changed.

That's what I went through

when I came back.

You just have to be

patient, sweetheart.

Were you patient?

No.

Hey. Hey.

We're gonna start over, okay?

And that means we're gonna pretend like

we've never met each other before.

My name's Maggie.

What's your name?

Paul.

Paul? Nice to meet you, Paul.

How would you like some

space to run around in, Paul?

Okay.

Hey. Want to give me a hand?

Right.

Don't judge, just eat.

Wow.

Mm-hm.

Wow. That's a kick-ass

burger. You're right.

I swear it's worth deployment just

to come home to eat and f***.

Here I'm still trying

to work on that second part.

See? I'm married,

otherwise I'd happily oblige.

Shut your face.

God, you're so gross.

So what's up with the

reassignment?

Mm, Charlie Company, 2nd Platoon, the platoon

sergeant was killed in a car crash, so...

I heard about that.

I also heard that CO

is a bag of d*cks.

Mm-hm.

Good luck with that.

Thank you.

What's up?

I don't know, f***.

You know, I just couldn't wait to

get out of that hell hole, and...

I don't know, now since

I've been back...

I don't even know what to do

with myself half the time. So...

I know. Me, too.

Hey.

This must be Paul.

You see that bed over there?

That's yours if you

want to keep sleeping.

You're gonna have fun.

You're gonna make some new friends, okay?

I don't want to go, Maggie.

Hey, we're gonna do something

special for dinner tonight, okay?

Okay.

Iron soldier, sir.

Team Bliss.

Iron soldier, sir.

Team Bliss.

Sergeant Swann! Come on in!

Reporting for duty, sir.

At ease.

I've heard a lot of great

things about you, Sergeant.

I commend you

on your Bronze Star.

Thank you, sir.

Glad to see you re-enlisted.

You are a glutton

for punishment.

You want some tea?

My wife's got me drinking tea.

No, thank you, sir.

So how does it feel?

Be back second time around?

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