Chapter 19: This conversations going to suck

Finn POV

"Okay brother I'm going to grab a quick shower and a nap" I say as we're heading out of the office

"I just spent 45 hours and 3 plane changes to get here, I'm sure I'm pretty ripe" I joke.

"Do you want me to bring your breakfast to your room when it gets here or do you want me to wake you up at lunch?" He asks.

"Hell I can eat" I answer back as I run my hand over my head.

"I'll shower, eat, then nap" I say with a laugh.

"Well with two women living in the house bro, we've got a pretty good water heater so take your time.

I know you don't get a lot of hot water out there" he laughs slightly.

Sounds like I'll have time to jack off. You don't get much time out in the desert.

I can tell by the look in his eyes as he turn back to me that this is going to get serious.

"So Finley, how long you here for this time?" He says slightly worrisome.

"Only six days man. I really wish it was longer but I'll be getting my new assignment here in 5 days" I say unable to look him in the eyes now.

Playing with my hands I look up at him

"Lincoln they're talking about a twenty five months tour maybe more on this one though" I tell him with a sad tone in my voice

I know he hates when I'm gone so long and he worries for me

I can see the pain and worry in his eyes

"Okay" he says sadly as his taking a deep breath

"Then brother we're going to make the most of it, how about dinner tonight?"

"The girls work at a pretty great Steakhouse" he says

"I would love to but can we rain check it? Sorry man, I have a few friends from Vegas, who are here for a few days too. We haven't seen each other since basic and we made plans to meet up tonight"

"Tomorrow I'm all yours then on Sunday we can surprise mom and dad at Sunday dinner"

"For sure" he says

He then quickly reaches over and pulls me into a hug

"It's really great to have you back Finn, I've missed you"

"I've missed you too Link"

"Okay clean towels are in the closet in the bathroom" he adds as he clears his throat then he quickly kisses the top of my head like he used to when we were kids

I give him a soft reassurance smile and head for my first hot shower in month's

Time to take the kids to the water park, I think of images of River's smile and the way her face blushes for me race through my head.

"Throw your clothes that need to be washed out in the hall and we'll get them cleaned for you. There's a basket in your closet" he tells me as he walks back down the hallway

River POV

Lincoln returns as we're sitting at the table drinking our fancy coffees from our new fancy coffee machine that one of Lincoln's coworkers gave us for a housewarming gift.

I guess it comes in handy to have rich lawyer friends

Chailor gives him a little worried look as he comes and sits by us

"He's jumping in the shower then he'll come eat and nap" he tells her

She continues to look at him while it seems they're having one of those conversation that only they can hear

He takes in a few deep breaths and I see his shoulders kind of slump as he looks at her and sadly says

"It's only 6 days this time hon" I can see the sadness in her eyes then as if they're having their own private conversation again he says

"He has some plans tonight with some old friends from basic but then he's all ours tomorrow he's going to give us the day and wait till Sunday dinner to let our parents know he's back" he says to her

She stands and quickly embraces him around his waist

She then lays her head on his chest for a brief moment and I hear a slight sniffle in her voice as she's now pulling his face down towards her

Then she cups his face and says

"Just tell me baby"

I love how easily they can read each other

"Twenty five months maybe longer" He says with sadness in his voice

I hear a slight gasp in her voice as her eyes start filling with tears

She grabs him and starts kissing his mouth and cheeks

"It's okay, he'll be okay honey, He'll come back to us its okay" that last part sounded a little bit more like she was convincing herself rather than him

I decide I'd better head back to my room to give them a little bit of privacy

Damn I knew he is special forces and he's gone for long periods of time but twenty five months that's so long

My heart hurts for all of them

He was just gone for 18 months this last time

I know Lincoln misses his brother and worry's about his safety when he's gone

I'll have to help them think of some special things that we can do with him while he's here

I'll have to talk to him and find out what are some of the things he misses the most

I think that's a good starting point

Hopefully I'm be able to talk to him without all this crazy school girl blushing I keep doing

It's like stareing at the sun and not being able to look away

He should come with a warning sign

His eyes and his stupid dimpply smile

It's enough to drop a girl to her knees

This is crazy

I haven't ever found a guy who has had this affect on me and it's low key kinda scary