What If? III

"Babe." he sighed as he kissed her forehead. "You should know that if I could have, I would have stayed home. This wasn't my choice, I had to go. I didn't like being away from you and I hated that I was. It wasn't easy for me either."

"I know that now." She told him. "I wasn't thinking clearly then." she said. "The bottom line is, at the end of the day, you were in the army long before you met me. It was in your life before I was. I couldn't expect you to choose it over me."

He nodded a bit. "If I had met you before the army, I would have picked you." he chuckled.

"It's not like you could have said no either way." she laughed a little. "I'm just glad you're here with me now."

"Me too." he said as he kissed the top of her head. "In person and not on facetime."

"At least you were there for it, I guess."

"It was weird." he said. "But I enjoyed facetime with both of you when you were back home."

"Oh yes, with me being all fat and Brandon being quiet." she laughed a little.

"You were not fat." he snorted.

"I was and I still have a long way to go." She snorted a little at him.

"Well I don't think you need to, but it's your body.' he said.

"I wanna look good for you, babe." she said.

"You look good to me, but like I said...it's your body, whatever you want."

"Do you prefer me as I am now or before I had Brandon?" she asked. "Be honest."

"Hm well, I prefer how you are now. You're a little more fuller and have more curves." he smirked. "I like it a lot."

"So you don't think I should go back to being.. well.. skinny?" she snorted a little at the word.

He chuckled. "If you want to be skinny again, then I wouldn't mind. I just prefer how you are now and I wouldn't want you to change a thing."

"...well okay," she said.

"Why? You don't like how you look?"

"Not really." She said. "But I've always been conscious about stuff like that."

"Well...knock it off." he joked as he tickled her sides lightly. "You know I love you either way. Do what you want to do." he nodded.

"Phil." she laughed a little, squirming under his touch. "I will stay the way that you like the most."

"How about... in-between?"

"Well how do you want me?" she laughed a little. "I do this for you, y'know."

"Well then for me, stay how you are." he nodded.