Author's Note: Hey everyone, well this is my first BoB story, so I hope you like it! I was thinking about posting this up a long time ago but I was so nervous, I didn't have the guts to. Now with summer here, I have so much time to write so I thought I would share it with all of you! Please review and tell me what you think. :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Band of Brothers nor its characters; I just admire the men in the series. :)
The people of Aldbourne watched as the ship docked. More soldiers and nurses had arrived, preparing themselves for the Day of Days. Two nurses in specific were hurrying themselves to the deck, anxious to get on solid ground. "Ev, what company did you get assigned to?" Allie said to her best friend. Evelyn looked at her. Allie was tall, fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, the typical American girl.
"Hmm…it says here I'm being put as a nurse for Easy Company. How about you?" Evelyn asked in return.
"Dog Company," Allie and Evelyn walked hastily off the ship; glad to be off. The city of Aldbourne welcomed their eyes. It was a nice sized town, but very much different from the city life Evelyn was accustomed to. The pair walked around for a bit trying to find the hospital where they would be staying with the other military nurses. After fifteen minutes of walking around town, lost and exhausted from hauling their luggage, Evelyn decided to ask one of the soldiers she spotted not to far from her.
"Excuse me, Sir; do you happen to know where the hospital is?" Evelyn asked. The man turned around and she got a better look at him. Her dark eyes met his bright blue ones, which matched his very bright blonde hair. Evelyn was about to ask him if that was his actual hair color but decided against it.
"Oh yeah, I was headed in that direction so I'll take you there. The name's Lynn Compton but everyone around here calls me Buck," he said with a smile, "are you two nurses?"
"Mmhhmm, I'm Evelyn and this is Allie. I'm the nurse for Easy Company and she's the nurse for Dog Company." Evelyn answered him.
"So you two are field nurses! You ladies must be very qualified then. I heard they're only taking a few nurses with us and that the nurses are probably even more qualified than our surgeons. Did you say Easy Company? That's where I'm at. The boys are great but with a nurse as pretty as you are, you might have some trouble…" Buck laughed. Evelyn raised an eyebrow. Not only did this blonde man talk more than a girl but he just said she couldn't handle herself. "Not to offend you, Miss Evelyn, but…you're…quite…small..," Buck said hesitantly.
"Buck, she may only be 5'3", but Ev can hold her own," Allie put in. She watched as Evelyn made a face at Buck, not realizing that he clearly saw her stick her tongue out at him. In retaliation, Buck took Evelyn's purse and lifted it above her, just out of her reach.
"BUCK! Give me that back!" Evelyn struggled as she tried to get her purse back. She tried jumping up to get it but Buck would only lift it higher. Both Allie and Buck laughed at Evelyn and her predicament.
"Already acting like siblings," Allie commented. After a few more minutes of laughter, Evelyn got tired of trying to get her purse back so she did what any other girl would do in the same situation. She stepped on Buck's foot. Hard. Buck yelped and dropped the purse, which landed in Evelyn's hands. She gave a smirk of victory and waited for Buck to stop acting like a girl so he could lead them to the hospital.
"Here you are, ladies," Buck said as the girls thanked him. "Hey Ev, how about you come over later? I want you to meet some of the boys."
"Alright, that sounds like a plan, I'll see you then!" Evelyn replied as they walked into the hospital. She and Allie turned around to wave to him.
"Okay, I'll be by around seven tonight. I'll see you!" Buck said as he went off. Evelyn and Allie walked into the hospital and were lead to their room by the receptionist. Two other girls were already there.
"Hi! You two must be the nurses we were expecting. I'm Jennifer and that's Christine." Jennifer pointed to the blonde across from her. Jennifer was a tall girl with a pretty smile. Well, everyone seemed tall to Evelyn.
"Hello, I'm Evelyn and this is Allie." After their introductions the girls got settled and decided to get to know each other better.
"Are you two with any company?" Evelyn asked.
"Oh no, we're stationed here permanently. We pretty much just take care of the incoming soldiers. You know, eye exams, shots and such," Jennifer continued, " I heard that only the top nurses get assigned to companies, which makes sense, because they already have medics dealing with the basic stuff. Plus, I overheard that they're short on surgeons, so they plan to have the nurses help out there. Are you two with any?"
"Easy for me," Evelyn replied.
"And Dog Company for me," Allie answered soon after.
"Oh, Evelyn, you're with Eugene! He's amazing…"Christine said with a dreamy expression on her face. All the girls laughed at how Easy's medic could turn her back into a love stricken high school girl.
"Buck is in Easy too. Make sure you take care of him for me, okay?" Jennifer said with a worried expression on her face.
"Don't worry Jen, I will," Evelyn and Allie continued putting their belongings away in the room and got to know Jennifer and Christine better. At seven, a knock halted the girls' conversation. Jennifer opened the door to find Buck Compton.
"Oh, Buck! It's really nice to see you," Jennifer said as she turned as red as a tomato. Buck only smiled at this.
"It's good to see you too, Jen," Buck replied. "Is Ev ready to go? I promised her I'd introduce her to the guys tonight."
"Coming!" Evelyn's voice echoed back to him. She rushed out to meet Buck and they started walking from the hospital to the house where some of the boys from Easy were stationed.
"How was your day?" Buck asked as they walked, the chill of nearing winter hitting their faces.
"Oh it was good, Allie and I just got settled in and talked with the girls. How about you?" Evelyn pulled her coat around her; her small body doing nothing to produce enough warmth for her. Buck laughed to himself when he saw this. How could Evelyn think she could even defend herself against those damn boys when she can't even keep herself warm? He promised to himself that he'd look after Evelyn from that point on.
"Well, I had a practice jump today with the boys. Nobody is really sure when the real drop is going to be though. Here we are!" Buck opened the door to reveal a group of five men around a table playing cars. "Hey boys, I want you to meet someone." They all turned to look. "This is Evelyn; she's the nurse for Easy." They all stood up as Buck began to introduce them. "Alright, that's Joe Liebgott, George Luz, David Webster, Joe Toye, and our medic, Eugene Roe." Evelyn gave them all a polite smile.
"It's nice to meet you all," Evelyn said, trying to remember their names.
"All the other companies are going to be jealous, Buck, since we've got the prettiest little nurse," Liebgott said with a wink and a smile. Before he could do anything else, Buck smacked his head.
"Ev, if they ever give you a hard time just let me know, yeah? I'll teach them a lesson," Buck said as he cracked his fingers.
"Heh, well, care to play cards with us?" Webster pulled out a chair for Evelyn. "Oh yeah, you too, Compton." That earned him a smack on the back of his head as well.
The boys looked back and forth at Buck and Evelyn. They all folded earlier and it seemed that Elizabeth and Buck had engaged in a staring contest rather than a poker match. Buck's eye twitched and Evelyn raised an eyebrow. "Ready, Ev?" Buck smirked, "Full house." Evelyn frowned.
"Well, Buck, it looks like…" Evelyn started and Buck just smiled.
"It's alright Evelyn, I know I'm the best," Buck gloated. Evelyn could already see Buck's ego growing ten times its size.
"What are you talking about Buck? I won." Evelyn put down her cards. A straight flush. Buck gawked and the boys cheered. Evelyn only sat there, a small smirk forming. "That was payback for earlier today, Dear," Evelyn patted his head.
"Looks like you've met your match Compton," Webster said as he punched his shoulder. The other boys laughed at Buck's expression. His mouth was slightly open; disbelief written all over his face.
"Christ, Evelyn, why didn't' you tell me you were so good?" Buck said, still astonished that their little nurse had just wiped the floor with him.
"Well, Buck, I'm not as helpless as you think I am," Evelyn answered. After a few more minutes of talking, Buck looked at the clock and saw Evelyn yawn from the corner of his eye.
"Ev, it's nearly ten! You should get going." Evelyn nodded, stood up, and stretched.
"It was nice meeting you all," Evelyn gave each one a hug.
"Hey, let me walk you. It's late. Let me just go get my jacket," Buck said already walking into his room.
"Okay, I'll be outside!" Evelyn shouted at his back while she opened the door. Evelyn turned to walk and until she hit something; a very tall, solid something. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Evelyn repeated over and over, staring at her feet. She was too embarrassed to look at the person she had just run into. She was expecting to be scolded for being so careless but instead all she heard was a soft chuckle. She looked up. Brown eyes met blue and for a moment, everything seemed to stop.
"Evelyn?" Buck called out. She turned to face him. "Oh, I see you've met Lieutenant Winters and Lieutenant Nixon. Dick, Nix, this is Evelyn; she's the nurse for Easy."
"It's nice to meet you," Evelyn gave a small smile; her cheeks still slightly red from the incident that happened only a few seconds before. Dick smiled at the young, petite woman in front of him and shook her hand. Nix soon followed suit.
"Ready, Ev?" Buck said. Evelyn nodded.
"I'm sorry about earlier, and I'm sorry for leaving right when you got here, but hopefully I'll see you around?" Evelyn said as she walked out the door.
"Yeah…" Dick said as he watched her figure disappear out into the darkness of the night.
"So you're rooming with Jennifer?" Buck asked her. They were walking down the street, nearing the hospital.
"Yeah…why? You like her?" Evelyn teased. She looked at Buck and saw him turn red. "You do! You do!" Evelyn laughed as she jumped up and down. Even though she had just met Buck, she already thought of him as an older brother; protective, yet an easy target for teasing.
"Hey, Little One, you shouldn't be talking. I saw the way you were ogling over Dick back there." That shut her up. Buck snickered at this.
"You should ask Jennifer to the dance next week. I happen to know she's quite attracted to a big blonde oaf in Easy, I have no idea why though. Evelyn braced herself, knowing Buck would get her for that one. Instead, all Buck did was smile.
"How 'bout you and Dick?" Buck asked, trying to get the subject off of him and his love life.
"Are you kidding me? I barely even said two words to the man!" Evelyn replied.
"But you have to admit, he did look awfully stunned when he saw you." Evelyn scoffed at him. "Alright, here we are. Good night, Buck," Evelyn said, giving him a quick hug before heading inside the hospital.
"G'night, Evelyn. I'll see you soon!" Buck walked off back to the house, allowing himself some time to think about the day's past events.
