Please Come Back To Me

Throughout the week, Frank and Juliet snacked on the food their families kept bringing over when they had a chance, between work and...married duties. Juliet ended up having to go to the doctors due to eating too many cookies. "I told you, only a few cookies after dinner and you'd be fine." Frank soothed on their way out "But they were so good." she moaned, clutching her stomach. Juliet's best friend returned from her vacation in California not long afterward, the perfect opportunity to catch up. "So darling, how's married life treating you?" Anna smiled as she dunked a piece of biscuit into her cup of tea "It's wonderful. It's nice waking up next to the man you love and taking care of each other everyday." Juliet smiled shyly and sipped her tea "Amazing. And how is that handsome best friend of his, Gerard?" "He's fine. Him and his brother signed up for the draft. The whole group of them did. I'm so worried they'll be drafted." "Honey, they won't. What are the odds of five boys from Jersey getting drafted?" "I just don't want them hurt! I hear the war is terrifying." Juliet sniffled "Your Frank and all his friends will be fine. And besides, the girls love a man in uniform." Anna laughed and tossed her head back. Anna and Juliet had been best friends since they started elementary school together, 12 years before. They had lived across the street and Anna had introduced Frank and Juliet at a junior high school dance. Frank and Juliet had become inseparable ever since that night when they were 13

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