Before I am Famous

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GI Blues Song Chapter 22

The drive back to Biloxi is quiet. Jason says nothing to Daylene and she really doesn’t want to talk anyway. About 3 am they pull inot the driveway and go inside. Jason goes to the fridge and grabs them both a beer and sits next to her on the couch. She takes a drink and [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 21

Daylene and Jason wake up early to go to West Virginia to spend Christmas with his mother. The drive to his childhood home is nice as they leave the warm south to a snowy north. They stop at a Wal-Mart just right over the border to buy her a winter coat and some gloves. It [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 20

Daylene wakes Saturday morning to a knock at the front door. She puts on her robe and answers the door.
It is Sandy, Jason’s mom.
“Hi, Daylene. I know this is surprise but I wanted to come down and get to know ya. You know when Jason is away for the weekend.”
“Sure come in,” Daylene says and [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 19

Daylene and Jason near their one month anniversary. Yet, she doesn’t feel that newlywed bliss that she hears so much about. He is still very nice to her and treats her like a queen. For whatever reason she feels unhappy. I know I love him she thinks to herself as she gets ready for the [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 18

Daylene is still worried about the slim chance of being pregnant. She knows why, too. She is afraid that she just made the biggest mistake of her life. Only a short time ago she was a happy go lucky girl and now she is married to a man that wants a child already. She knows [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 17

He carries her into their new home. She goes back into the bedroom to take off her wedding dress. He turns on some Ella Fitzgerald, lights the candles in the living room and pours champagne. She reappers wearing a silky robe. He smiles at her and she smiles back.
“Come on over Mrs. Mulrooney,” he says [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 16

Daylene sits in the master bedroom, waiting for the time to come. Jess, her matron of honor comes in.
“Hey there, Day. You look beautiful. Not too much longer you’ll be Missus Mulrooney. I wanted to say thanks for asking me to be your witness. Ya know ya didn’t have to.”
“Well. Jess I was thinkin that [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 15

Daylene comes home after picking her dress up from the seamstress to hear the phone ringing. She picks it up and it is Jess.
“Hi there, Jason told me you all are gettin married in a couple of weeks. I wanted to let you know if you want to get married and have the reception at [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 14

Daylene sits quietly in the car and Jason notices her distance from him since they left Paul’s home.
“What’s wrong, Day. You’ve been quiet since dinner.”
“Nothin really. Just thinkin.”
“Whatca ya thinkin about? You can tell me. We are getting married soon.”

She turns and looks at him, “That’s what I’m thinkin about. Us gettin married. Doncha ya [...]

GI Blues Song Chapter 12

Jason wakes Daylene with a kiss on Sunday morning.
“Mornin, beautiful.”
“Mornin. What time do we have to be at Paul’s?” Daylene asks.
“Sometime around noon. They go to church.”
Later that day, Jason and Daylene drive out in the bayou. Paul and Jess live in a little blue house with a chainlink fence around the yard. Two kids, [...]

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