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Chapter One

Aldbourne, England

June, 1944

Two lieutenants were walking along the line of tents on the fog covered field talking when a WAC lieutenant joined them. She walked between the two men wrapping her arm around the arm of the shorter of the two and leaning against him. They quietly conversed about the jump that had been delayed for the men as they walked along through the dense fog. As they passed a large crate they sat upon it and when they did the young woman continued to lean against the dark haired lieutenant and rested her head against his shoulder.

The two men were reflecting upon their time in training when they had to be under the horrible command of one Captain Herbert Sobel and were forced to constantly run Curahee, which was now the Company's fond chant. As they reminisced the young woman discreetly reached a hand down she clasped the hand of the other lieutenant.

Feeling her hand on his Lt. Dick Winters looked down at their joined hands before glancing up at the woman whose hand rested warmly upon his. She gave him a warm and caring smile before squeezing his hand. Giving her a small smile he turned his hand so that their fingers intertwined and squeezing her hand in return he turned to look out at the field again.

"So, Evie, what have you heard up at HQ about our jump?" Lt. Lewis Nixon asked the girl beside him.

"Well, cousin, from what I have been able to gather you will make the jump as soon as this fog clears up," Lt. Evelyn Westin replied with an impish grin.

"That was already clear to us, cousin," Nix replied with a feigned look of disapproval. "Can you give us anymore information?"

"They only tell me what I need to know. I'm just a secretary," she responded with a shrug.

"But you are the secretary to a major and that gives you greater privileges and you're as sneaky and crafty as I am so what do you know?"

"Dick?" Evie whined.

"Leave her alone, Nix. Even if she did find something out she wouldn't be able to tell us or the major would be after her," Dick told Nix in Evie's defense.

"Thank you," Evie said with a sharp nod of her head. Sitting up straight she removed her arm from Nix's but kept her hand firmly in Dick's. She stuck her tongue out at her older cousin.

Evie was very close to both of the men she sat with. One she had known since birth and was like a second brother to her. The other she had met more recently and after seeing the close bond he had formed with her cousin had developed her own close friendship with him. Dick and Nix had met during their training and while on leave once they had met up with Evie. She meant the world to Nix and he had hoped that they would get along. They were the only two people that Nix knew and truly cared about in the world. His greatest hope was that they all would make it through the war and be able to live out their lives as close friends.

"They've decided to transfer me," Evie announced rather shyly.

She was stationed as a secretary to a major with the 82nd Airborne and that meant that the two men could easily keep tabs on her. With the shocking news of her transfer they both sat up straight and turned to look at her.

"What do you mean they're transferring you?" Nix asked. Thoughts were already racing through his head of how he could stop it and keep her where she was.

Dick gave Nix a look before returning his attention to Evie. "I think he means to ask where are they transferring you to?"

She smiled at the two of them. "You, boys, are looking at the new secretary for Colonel Sink. I will be following you two around with him." She took hold of Nix's chin and shook his head as she spoke to him in the voice one would use with a child. "So you and Dick will still be able to keep tabs on me."

Nix knocked her hand away and stood up to stare down at her. "Like hell you will be following us around."

Evie stood up so he was no longer towering over her but she still had to look up to look him square in the eye. "Yes, I will. I am the only secretary qualified enough to follow him into combat. Plus, I've worked with him before and he likes having me around. He treats me like I'm his daughter and he won't let anything happen to me. Another added bonus is that Tom is happy about it because it means that we will be able to continue to see each other throughout the war. Don't you want me to be able to see my fiancé more?"

"There isn't a man that can take that job so that you can stay safely away from the actual fighting?" Nix asked.

Dick sat back and silently watched their fight. He knew that Evie would win in the end and that there was no point in arguing with her. Dick also felt that she was competent enough to be Sink's secretary while he was traveling throughout Europe. Both he and Nix had trained Evie so that she could get her jump wings and if there was any woman that he wanted wearing the Screaming Eagle patch it was her.

Evie laughed. "We both know that I am more qualified than any man in any unit of the Army and you helped to train me to get my jump wings. Having those just tipped the scale into having Sink pick me above everyone else."

"I didn't think you would actually be using them when I trained you."

"I still probably won't be using them. Sink just thought that it would be best if his new secretary had her jump wings."

Dick stood up choosing to end the argument now. He wrapped an arm around Nix's shoulders and Evie's and pulled them close to him. "Give it up, Nix. You know that there isn't anyone better for the job than our Evie here. Now we know that things definitely won't get screwed up. We are basically putting our lives in her hands and I wouldn't want anyone else watching my back in this war. Plus she deserves to be able to see Meehan throughout this horrible war because it will bring her a little bit of happiness."

"Thanks, Dick," Evie said as she stood on her tiptoes and quickly pressed a kiss to his cheek.

When she stood back they both looked into each other's eyes and a deep blush spread across Evie's cheeks. She couldn't believe she had actually just done that and she cast her eyes downward. When she chanced a glance back up at his face she found that he had a light blush on his cheeks. Through his own embarrassment he still managed to smile warmly down at her.

Nix watched the interaction between them and couldn't help but smile. He knew that Evie was engaged to 1st Lieutenant Thomas Meehan, their commanding officer, and that she loved the man but he felt that there was still hope that his two best friends would be together. That had been his original intention for introducing the two of them.

With a sigh he chose to interrupt their moment. "I guess you're right, Dick."

"Why is it that as soon as he speaks up for me you suddenly think he's right but you never think I'm right in what I say?" Evie asked like a petulant child.

Nix chuckled and chucked her under the chin. "Don't act like that. Dick is just the more reasonable and logical of the three of us. Always remember that growing up you were the only one that I would trust at all. Although Jack was trustworthy to a point."

Evie chuckled. "He was but it was only to a certain degree."

Pulling her into a hug Nix whispered to her, "If you are confident you can do this job and if Sink is confident in you, too, then I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be confident in you as well."

Stepping back Evie smiled up at Nix. "Thank you." Then she turned to both men and grinned. "So who will be walking me home tonight?"

Both men looked down at their boots and feigned reluctant sighs. Evie crossed her arms over her chest and began to tap her foot impatiently. When neither one of them responded to her annoyance she chose to be vocal.

"Come on. I don't have all night and you both know that it is an honor to walk me home."

"I'll take her home tonight," Dick volunteered with a teasing grin.

"Okay. Thanks, Dick," Nix said. "Maybe I will see you tomorrow," he told Evie.

"You'll only be able to see me if this fog doesn't let up so let's hope that doesn't happen. If I don't see you then good luck with your jump," Evie replied pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"Thanks. You take care and don't let Sink get you into any trouble." Nix kissed her on the forehead.

"Believe me he won't let me get into any trouble."

"Well, good night and good bye."

"Good bye Lew."

"I will see you later Nix," Dick said as he offered his arm to Evie.

"Yep. See you later, Dick."

Evie thread her arm through Dick's and together they set off into the town towards her current place of residence. For the first few minutes they chose to just walk in peaceful silence each of them just enjoying the quiet of the night. The silence was comfortable but Evie chose to break it because she had a question that she had meant to ask either Nix or Dick.

"Are you scared?" she asked as she cast a glance at him.

"Scared of what?" he asked in return.

"Are you scared to make the jump tomorrow if you have to?"

He paused and thought a moment. "I guess in a way I am but I know that it has to be done and I am proud to be a part of something so important. I chose to be a paratrooper because I wanted to know that the man I was fighting with was the best and only the best. I feel confident in that knowledge so I know going into the jump that the men I am making it with are completely trustworthy and won't let me down."

She leaned into him and sighed. "I wish I could be as confident about your jump as you and Nix seem to be but there is a part of me that is scared to death about what could happen to you. Tom seems to be more confident than anyone and he keeps trying to tell me that I have absolutely no reason to be afraid for any of you."

"A part of us is scared too, but we know that we can't let that get the best of us. If we do let the fear take over then it could mean that we and others could die."

"You are an amazing man, Dick Winters," she said with a smile and bright gleam in her eyes.

"The other men in the company are more amazing than me."

Evie shook her head. "You are far too modest."

They came to stop before a sizable house and turned to face each other.

"Well, I guess this is where I get off," Evie said with a sad look in her eyes as she bowed her head and looked at her feet.

Dick placed a finger beneath her chin and lifted her head so that she was looking him in the eye. "I want you to know something." He paused. "You are a lot stronger and braver than you give yourself credit for. I can't think of another woman that would volunteer to be the secretary to a colonel in the airborne division and be willing to follow him into battle."

She laughed. "I'm either brave or completely stupid."

"Stop it. You are brave and strong. Colonel Sink wouldn't have chosen you if you had volunteered out of stupidity. He can't have someone who doesn't know what their doing on his staff because it would risk too many lives. I hope Meehan knows how lucky of a man he is to have you as his future bride."

She gave him a shy smile. "Thanks, Dick, and I think he has an idea as to what he's getting himself into or he wouldn't have asked me to marry him."

"So I guess this is good night and good bye for now."

"I guess it is." She stood up on the tips of her toes and pressed a brief kiss to his cheek. "Take care of yourself out there when you make this jump and keep an eye on Lew and Tom for me…especially Lew. I worry about him and the thought that he at least has you out there in the field makes it only slightly easier for me to send him off."

"I will and you take care of yourself whenever you move out with Sink."

"I am sure that with Sink I will be a lot farther from danger than you will be. Don't worry about me but worry about yourself and your men. If you worry about that then you have enough on your plate without having to think about me."

"Good bye, Evie."

"Good bye, Dick. Take care."

With that he left her standing on the steps. She stayed there watching him walk away until he turned a corner and disappeared from sight. She wasn't sure how long it would be before she saw him again but she now knew one thing for sure that was that she truly cared about that man and that he took a piece of her heart with him into battle. All of the men of Easy Company took a piece of her with them but there were three men in particular that she wasn't sure she would ever be able to live without. Wiping the tears from her eyes she went inside and up to her room where she fell asleep crying into her pillow.

The next morning Evie woke up at her usual time and quickly throwing on her uniform she made her way to headquarters to find out if the jump was actually going to happen. Weather reports looked good and the fog had completely cleared up so the men were already getting ready out by the planes. Getting someone to cover her desk for her she ran down to the field and right to the spot where she knew Easy's men would be gearing up. She ran into several of the guys that she knew and after exchanging quick good byes with them she asked them where she could find any of the three men that she was looking for. The only one she was able to find was the one she looked for the hardest, 1st Lieutenant Thomas Meehan. With as bright a smile as she could muster on her face she ran up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Lieutenant Meehan?" she questioned softly.

He spun around with a serious look on his face but as soon as he saw that it was her a large grin spread across his face. He opened his arms wide to her and when she fell against him he pulled her tightly to him while burying his face in her hair.

"Lord…I am going to miss you," he murmured into her hair.

"I'm going to miss you more," she whispered.

"I don't think that's possible but it's nice to hear you say it." He pulled away but still held her close. He brushed a strand of hair back behind her ear. "Hopefully this jump gives us a whole lot of leverage because I cannot wait to make you Mrs. Thomas Meehan."

She smiled up at him. "I can't wait to become Mrs. Thomas Meehan. I dream about the first time that someone will call me by that name and I really cannot wait." She grew serious then as she rested a hand against his cheek. "Please be careful. I cannot even begin to imagine what I'll do with myself if I lose you."

"Try not to think about that. I will not let it happen because I really do intend to make you my wife."

"I love you," she whispered softly.

"And I love you."

With that he kissed her and then rushed off to get on his assigned plane just before it was to take off. He gave her one last wave from the plane before turning to his men. She watched as every plane took off before returning to headquarters to wait for radio reports to come in as she packed things up to move out with Sink.

Well I hope you liked it and please review. I've actually got the majority of the second chapter written. I just need to finish it up and edit it before putting it up. I'd like to get a few reviews before I put it up so that I can get a feel for whether or not people like the story. Thanks!