"Yes, sir!" As if in a competition, they answered in much louder voices than at the beginning.

"Dismissed," Wesley declared.

Then the soldiers relaxed and looked up at the footbridge again, but the young girl was already gone. More than a few rushed up there but saw no sign of her.

They looked around and saw she was descending the stairs on the other side. They began to talk to each other again.

“She said she needed someone. We're all here. Why did she run off?"

“Tell me about it. I saw her face. She's so hot.”

“I heard wedding bells. I was almost married. It felt Like a dream."

While they were talking, Wesley tracked Blair down. She ran down a dimly-lit alley, but it dead-ended. She had nowhere else to go.

He took his cap off and held her chin.

He could smell the alcohol on her. She smelled like a brewery.

"I can't believe you! What got into you? Flirting with my men around me?" She found it hard to focus on him.

Blair stood up straight and retorted coldly, “I was happy. I wanted to.

Why do you care? And who do you think you are? Let go of me!"

“I think somebody misses me.. his head and kissed her lips.

“ Wesley missed her too much. He Lowered

What he didn't know was that two soldiers wandered that way to smoke a cigarette. When they turned the corner, they saw it all.

“Wait. Is that Chief?"

“Probably. It's too dark to tell. Let's keep walking. He's turning.

He's Looking this way. Ah! It's the Chief!"

They also saw the face of the woman he was kissing. It was the girl from the footbridge, the one who said she needed a boyfriend.

The two soldiers decided discretion was the better part of valor and started walking the other way. When Wesley spotted them, they started to run.

On the way back, they came across some other soldiers who were still looking for Blair.

“Forget it. Chief beat us to it. He's even kissing her. It happened so fast. I think he's going to be wearing a ring soon," one of them said.

The others looked at the two in shock.

“Chief is kissing her? Our