You Musn't Tell Part 4

"You better all tell me right now what the hell your issue is." Calhoun barked.

Her troops turned around with scowls on their faces.

"Why did you guys leave?" She asked.

The troops all looked amongst themselves seeing who was going to speak up.

"Tell me. Now." Tamora said harshly.

"You know why serge." One of her troops said.

Tamora stood up straight. He was right she did know. "Brad." She whispered.

The troops nodded their heads.

Tamora stood in shock. She felt as every muscle in her body was paralyzed. She hadn't thought about Brad for a long time.

"We all remember you saying how you were never going to love another man and how Brad was the only man for you. " A troop piped in.

Tamora shook her head slightly almost as if she was waking herself out of a trance. "That was then. This is now." She said turning her back.

"Well. I guess the truth is, we don't want you to be hurt again." A troop said.

She turned back around. "Hurt? I don't think you understand that Brad was never real. There was no Brad. There will never be a real Brad. He's a memory and that's all he'll ever be to me." Calhoun barked.

"But, we all know him in our memories, serge. All those things seemed so real. Him being in the squad, fighting alongside him, the wedding." A troop said.

Calhoun tried to hold back the tears. He was right. Even thought she knew for a fact that Brad never existed, he seemed so real to her. "I don't love Brad, and even if it states in my program I love him….I don't. I never knew him and yes, he might be a big part of my back story but I feel no connection. He isn't real. He is only a memory." Calhoun repeated looking down.

A tear fell from Tamora's eye. Her face turned red and she glanced up to her troops. "You just don't want me to be happy, do you?! You want to stay in the game because you're all afraid I'm going to die outside of it and then all you pussy willows will be left on your own with only each other to order around. Then you'll be shut down and unplugged and all of you will be history." Tamora stopped herself.

She took a deep breath in. The troops looked at her. "That's not it, we want you to be happy. We just don't think you're ready for another relationship…well that and you and Felix just aren't a good couple together.

Tamora's anger started up again. She punched a wall column next to her and left a dent. "Not a good couple?! THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?! Screw you. Screw you all. I don't need you to tell me who's good for me and who's not. YOU HAVE NO POSITION TO TELL ME WHAT I'M READY FOR. YOU IDIOTS DON'T KNOW ME! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME. You have no idea. You all…just know….nothing." Tamora said trying to catch her breath and balance by leaning onto a wall.

"We're sorry serge, but that's just what we thi-" One of the troops started to say.

"No. I don't care what you think. I love Felix, and that's all that matters. And if any of you assholes have anything against that then you can pack up your gear and your locker and get the hell outta my game." She said turning back towards Felix's apartment.

When Calhoun closed the door to Felix's apartment she wiped her tears and stood up straight. A little smile wiped on her face when she saw Felix doing the disco with some Nicelanders. Felix saw Tamora giggling at him and waved and smiled at her. Tamora pointed towards his bedroom and mouthed. "I'm going to go lay down." Felix looked concerned but nodded.

Tamora crashed down on Felix's bed. She was still shocked by the fact that none of her men supported her with dating Felix.

She heard the bedroom door open and sat up. It was Felix.

"I sent everyone home when I saw you go to the bedroom." Felix said.

Tamora kissed his forehead. "I had fun tonight." Tamora said.

"Everyone loves you Tammy. I had many people come up to me tonight telling me how lucky I was to be dating a gal like you." Felix mentioned.

Tamora blushed. "They're too kind."

"Why did you go into the hallway?" Felix asked.

Tamora sighed. "My troops left and they didn't look happy, so I followed them to the hallway to confront them."

"And what happened?" Felix asked.

"Well…for one, they don't think I'm ready for a relationship and two, they don't think we're good together." Tamora said.

"Did they know-?" Felix began to say.

"Brad was never real, Felix. He's just programmed into my memories. So they technically never knew Brad, none of us did, but he's all in our memories." Tamora sighed.

"I'm sorry." Felix said embracing her.

"I could give a rat's ass what my troops think. All that matters is that I love you and you're more than just some programmed memory, you're a real person." Tamora said.

Felix leaned in and kissed Tamora. The two wrapped their arms around each other and snuggled up on the bed.

A/N: And that's the end of part four! I will be writing and adding more to this story soon! So please stay tuned. Also, a huge thank you to all of you who reviewed, favorited, and follow this story. You are wonderful supporters and I am extremely thankful for all of you.