Secrets of an Officer’s Daughter part 11

Once again I do not want to bore all of you with several pages recapping everything for you but if you jump back just a few chapters you should be able to pick most things up. Thank you for your continued support with this series and now enjoy the next installment.

Part 11: Emma’s New Awakening.

The following morning at Cpt. Tom Wilkinson’s office at the Pentagon:

Promptly at 06:30 Emma Watson arrived at the office of Captain Tom Wilkinson. She knocked on the outer office door but no response came and knowing how important it was to be on time she decided to just go in anyway. When she opened the door and slipped inside Captain Wilkinson’s aide was not at his desk then she noticed the Captains office door closed as well. Emma thought she would take a chance to see if he was in or not. She took a deep breath with her eyes closed and collected herself then she looked over her appearance and when she was satisfied she knocked lightly on the door then she heard, “Come…. Cruz you better have my coffee this time?”

Emma smiled as she opened the door trying to make a good impression as she stepped into Captain Tom Wilkinson’s office. Tom had not noticed her as he was intent on what he was reading so Emma quickly closed the door behind her then as she spun around she came to attention. With a sharp clear voice she barked out, “Emma Watson…. reporting for duty sir….. and no I don’t have your coffee sir.”

Tom’s head was down buried in a folder as thick as his arm. Then when he heard Emma’s sweet sounding voice he stood to greet Emma and saluted her. Looking her up and down Tom was pleased with her appearance she was everything he remembered from the day before and with a shit-eating-grin said, “Well, if you’re Cruz then the surgeon did a great job!” They both began to laugh together then Tom pointed to the seat in front of his desk, “Take a seat Emma. I am very pleased that you are on time. That’s a very good start for our working relationship.” Tom quickly put the large file away and then took a file that seemed like it was just born compared to the other and he looked up at Emma again and said, “So, let’s see here I have some good news for you, I’ve cleared all of your upcoming classes for you.” Tom was scanning through several pages then looked up at his young attractive and soon to be apprentice, “You will only have to take your final exams and Emma I expect that you will graduate with honors.”

Emma smiled and was clapping her hands rocking back and forth on her seat as her feet left the floor, “Wow, thank you sir, I promise you that you have not made a mistake by picking me. I will ace my exams and graduate with honors.”

Tom said, “Well let’s not jump ahead of ourselves here Emma. Like I’ve told you before in about ten days you will be starting your SEAL training as well. So let’s get you started here first, okay.” Tom stood and led Emma out of his office and he said, “Let me give you the ten cent tour. Oh, you can leave your coat and purse here in my office they are safer here than at Fort Knox.”

Emma stood and asked, “Sir, what exactly will my duties here consist of?”

As Tom opened the door there were various people slowly filtering into their desks some were bringing coffee and other were just arriving. “Tom turned to Emma and said, “This is known as the bullpen. Out here is where the real work takes place. These ladies and gentlemen that work here in the bullpen are the best when it comes to Navy-intel. They are a well oiled machine that I hand- picked myself. If I hadn’t picked you to be my assistant I would have probably offered you a position here in the bullpen about a year after you graduated. Okay now follow me.”

Emma and Tom went back towards his office and she noticed the outer desk, “So, I guess I will be sitting here then – huh – so, you said Cruz earlier is he you’re current assistant?”

Tom said, “Yes. He’s just been promoted to Lieutenant and I got him his new Commission on a California Class Submarine under their current Ex-O. He just happens to be an Ex-aide of mine as well from several years ago. Well, there will be certain times that you will be sitting here but this will be your secondary desk.”

Emma’s was trying to be the sponge that the Captain told her to be the day before at the Academy. He’s replacing his personal assistant because he was just promoted. Then her curiosity got the better of her, “Secondary desk? I don’t understand sir?”

Tom said, “Well, this is where you begin to learn certain secrets. Here will be the first secret that you may never reveal to anyone. Not anyone, not even the people that are right outside this door in that bullpen.” Tom was pointing out of the office as he spoke then he walked over and shut the outer office door and locked it. Then he walked over to the desk and pushed a button under the desk top. Once he pushed the button there was a click in the windows and they went from being clear so you could see everything to where they were grey like frosting in which you could not see anything at all.
Emma looked at her new superior officer and said, “Impressive!”

Then Tom moved his hand then pulled Emma into his office then shut his office door and locked it behind her. ”When the outer office door is locked and the windows are frosted everyone in that bullpen knows that I am not to be disturbed under any circumstance. So, even if the President were to call the bullpen which would be odd, because when these windows are frosted I am either speaking with the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chief of the Navy or even the Vice-President or the President his self.”

Emma asked, “So, what about Cruz? You’ve locked him out sir.”

Tom giggled, “Don’t worry about him he knows the drill when the windows are frosted.” Then he walked behind his desk where there was the picture of the President. Tom moved it to the left then the left wall moved backwards revealing a secret hallway.

Emma stepped backwards a few times, Whoa…. Now I thought the windows were impressive but this…. This is something else sir.”

Tom walked directly in front of her and with a stern look he said, “Once you go thru that door there Ensign Emma Watson there is no coming back but if you walk out of my office door back out to the bullpen there will be no reprisals from me or any other officers that may want you to work for them. I will actually stick my neck out for you if you want to go in a different direction with your career.”

Emma stood there as her heart was slowly rising up her throat and she thought ‘Ensign… I’m not even out of the Academy yet and I am a commissioned officer already…’ This was much more intense then she was actually ready for but being a daughter of a high ranking officer the one thing that she learned was to push through your fear and find your answer on the other side. She turned to Tom and said, “Well, sir, your life comes down to very few cross roads and today I stand at a cross road. Do I follow you down that hallway where you can help me mold and shape my career or do I go back out that door there and mold and shape my career on my own?” She stood there thinking for a minute then she looked at Tom and didn’t say a word then squared her shoulders and thru her head back and strutted thru the hidden door in the office. As she was about to disappear she said, “Aren’t you coming Tom? You have me – all of me now!”

Tom smiled and grabbed his cup of coffee and with a Getty-up in his step he was thru the door he hit a button on the other side. His office shifted back to the way it originally looked. At the end of the hallway Emma stood waiting for Tom, “Well, I hope that you can make up your mind faster than that when we are in the shit, Ensign.”

Emma smiled and her body tingled just a little as she just realized that the Captain just called her Ensign yet again and is now a real commissioned officer, “No, problem Sir I will be better in the future Sir.”

Tom smirked, “Okay, Emma, follow me okay?” Tom turned and led her down another hallway to an elevator. There were three other separate hallways that all led to the same elevator and Tom looked at Emma, “Okay, we just came down the Naval hallway, to the right is the Marine hallway to the left is the Air Force hallway and that one is the Army hallway.