Basic Training
Kerry flopped onto the uncomfortable single bed with a sigh of relief. She’d survived yet another day of gruelling basic training, and was one step closer to being a fully-fledged soldier in the British Army. And she’d do it, too, of that she had no doubt. She was too stubborn not to.
It helped that she and her roommate, Adeline, were the sole females in the group. Granted, they took a lot of teasing from the lads, the occasional inappropriate comment—but the fact the two of them were expected to be bottom of the class only made them more determined to claw their way to the very top. They’d worked harder, pushed harder with each consecutive task, until the boys realised they were being left behind. The stupid remarks and borderline s****l harassment stopped, and were repla
