This story is between "Service Above and Beyond" and "Saved by the Bells."
Lee ran into the room from which he heard Amanda's scream. He saw her lying on the bed not moving. As he passed by the mirror, he saw that he was wearing a t-shirt with a panda bear on it and running shorts with a bandage around his right thigh. Lee went to lift Amanda from the bed in the beautiful blue dress she wore to the party which was supposed to be an easy assignment. There was a streak of red coming from a bullet wound on her forehead.
"Oh God Amanda, no!" he said to her.
Amanda's eyes slowly opened, and she said "This is what partners do for each other."
"You're not my partner!" he said to her in a strained tone.
"Then what am I?" She asked in a dreamy voice.
"You're my wife!" he replied as he brought out her ring from his pocket to show her.
He woke up and nearly jumped from his bed. "What the hell was that!" He said aloud as he flipped the light next to his bed to a brighter setting. He took a few deep breaths as he got his bearings back. It was all just a dream. As he closed his eyes again, he turned his head and saw the light glinting off of an object on his dresser. It was the rings he and Amanda wore during the mission to the Betsy Ross Estates. "What the hell!" he said with a shake of his head. "God I need a vacation." he muttered and then returned to sleep.
The next morning he went to the office and finally returned the rings. Leatherneck just happened to be manning the property desk that day.
"These are three weeks late." Leatherneck said.
"I've been busy." Lee replied.
"Well, I can certainly understand that. How did it fit Mrs. King?"
"Just fine."
"And yours?"
"It fit fine too" Lee said exasperated.
Leatherneck put the rings in an envelope and noted on a form that ring set 1911 fit Lee Stetson and Amanda King for the next time they were going undercover as husband and wife.
Luckily Lee's next mission did not involve Amanda which gave him a little breather, and that is when he decided he needed to get away.
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