I must warn you all right now that this chapter has about as much swearing as the movie. I know its only rated T but I just wanted everyone to know ahead of time that this chapter might be a little more. Ok enjoy!

Adriana didn't know what Currahee was, but by the looks on the men's faces, she knew it couldn't be anything good. Sobel stalked off and who Adriana assumed was their Lieutenant turned around and addressed them.

"2nd Platoon fall out. You have two minutes."

The men all turned on their heels and jogged back to the barracks, and Adriana followed them. She wasn't sure what her plan was for not letting the men find out she was a woman, but she was going to try her hardest. Luckily she already had PT gear on under her uniform. The one thing she was worried about was her chest. It wasn't exactly small. She had it wrapped with bandages, but she wasn't sure it was enough so she wore her jacket.

As she was deciding this, Perconte said, "I ain't going up that hill. Not again."

"What is Currahee?" Adriana asked.

"The Fucking biggest hill I have ever seen," Perconte answered as Martin slammed the door open and stormed in the room.

"Hey Perconte what are you thinking? Blousing your pants."

Martin sounded disgusted.

"Shut up Martin alright? He got everybody," Perconte hissed defensively.

"Yeah well you should know better! Don't give him no excuses!"

"EXCUSES!" Perconte stood up. "Why don't you come over here, look at these trousers, get down, and you tell me if there is a crease on them!"

Adriana was afraid it would come to blows, but thankfully Lipton entered the room at that moment telling them to get moving. Perconte just stood there glaring off at the south wall so Lipton was forced to tell him to move his butt.

As they walked down the gravel road some boys from Able Company were dressed ready to go out on their weekend pass and were taunting the Easy boys because of it. Easy began to run and pushed through the group of Able boys, knocking some of their hats off and even knocking one to the ground. They continued their run, and when they got to Currahee, Adriana really believed Sobel had been joking when he said six miles in thirteen minutes, but Luz warned her, he wasn't.

Adriana had always liked running, but nothing she had ever done compared to this. The gravel shifted unpredictably under their feet, and when it was uphill, it was not just uphill. It was an 80% slope in some places. Sobel shouting the whole time didn't help anyone either.

"What do we run?"

"Currahee!"

"And what does Currahee mean?"

"We stand alone!"

"How far up? How far down?"

"Three miles up, three miles down!"

Adriana didn't know the correct responses, but quickly learned. Not that she could have yelled at the top of her lungs even if she wanted to. She was already exhausted.

"What company is this?"

"EASY COMPANY!"

"And what do we do?"

"Stand alone!"

As they went, poor Muck caught, and twisted his leg in a pothole. As Malarkey tried to help him, Sobel jumped on him and yelled something about not helping him or stopping for him or anyone.

"You have thirteen minutes to get to the top of this mountain if you want to be in the paratroopers! HIGH HO SILVER!"

"Doesn't he… have an… off button?" Adriana panted to Luz.

"Nope," he answered simply.

"Great," she sighed.

She tried to breathe deeply, but she found it was impossible. Luckily Liebgott was running behind her so if she slowed down to much he could give her a little nudge. She thought they would all be annoyed with how slow she was going, but Luz, Liebgott and Bull seemed very happy to help her when she needed it. A horrible thought went through her mind. Did they know? She turned suddenly to look at Luz then Bull, but neither seemed to know anything so she let it slip from her mind.

Twenty minutes later Winters made it up to the top and stood encouraging the next six or seven people coming up. Adriana was right behind Perconte but tripped and almost tripped Luz. All he did was snake his arms under hers and lift her back to her feet. He seemed like he had done that before. He basically pushed her rest of the way to the top where Sobel was yelling about 23 minutes not being good enough for easy company.

The next few weeks were a pain in the butt, although she could say she had new brothers. Adriana could feel any extra fat she had melting off. When she was alone in the barracks, which almost never happened she would look at herself in the small mirror over the door and marvel at how her body had thinned out, not that she was fat before, but all of the extra weight had been replaced by muscle. Her arms and back were surprisingly tense, and her stomach was becoming more defined. If she could thank Sobel for anything, it was making them run Currahee as many times as they did in a week. She knew from discreetly watching the men in her barrack change that they were feeling the effects of their hard training as well. Malarkey in particular had a wonderfully built upper body. She could stare at him for hours if she let herself, but she didn't because she was supposed to be a man. Luz and Liebgott were less muscular than Malarkey, but they were also appealing, and Luz was funny as hell. Liebgott was sarcastic and charming.

The one time they had weekend passes, Adriana watched carefully how all the men interacted with women they met. Luz rarely even got looked at by women. Adriana felt bad for him, but he either didn't mind or he was good at hiding it with his humor. Liebgott was charming but quiet. Women enjoyed the mystery about him. Surprising to Adriana, because she was with them every second of every day, they were all incredibly respectful. Even when they got some liquor in them, they were complete gentlemen.

"So your daddy is the President," Guarnere said one night when they were supposed to be asleep. "Must be nice."

"And why must it be nice?" Adriana asked.

"You grew up in the White House. You probably got everything you ever wanted. Yah Prick."

Apparently she had been wrong about all men being gentlemen when they were drunk.

"Are you fucking kidding me Guarnere?"

By now the whole room was awake and Martin had hit the lights. Adriana was up off her cot and shoving Guarnere off of his before the light was on. He hit the ground and in a flash she was on top of him. She landed a few good punches to his jaw and one in his stomach before he roller her over. Her head hit the ground hard making lights pop before her eyes. Guarnere was on top of her before she could see clearly and he landed a punch in her face and chest. She let out a strangled scream as his fist landed on her chest again. Malarkey was the only one who grasped the situation and he dove on Guarnere. The rest jumped in and managed to subdue him but he was still yelling.

"You think you're special because you're the president's fucking son! Don't kid yourself this is Fucking war! You are going to DIE you little prick!"

Adriana was panting and holding her chest but she glared up at him.

"I'm not… the President's son. I'm his… FUCKING DAUGHTER!" she yelled and stood up ripping the bun out of her hair.

Her brown hair fell to the middle of her back and everyone who was touching her stepped back like she was a contagious disease.

"Holy shit," was Muck's first reaction.

"God damn Guarnere. You just beat up a broa- I mean a lady," Liebgott said touching her back. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Adriana hissed and shrugged his hand off aggressively. "I tried to be a man so no one would treat me differently, but men are just PIGS!" she spit the last word.

She then advanced on Guarnere and put her face two inches away from his.

"And it really doesn't matter because even though I'm a woman, I get to stay and become a Paratrooper, because my daddy says so."

"Get the hell out of my face," Guarnere said pulling against Malarkey's grasp.

"Make me," she said leaning closer.

He said nothing so she pulled back and spit at his feet.

"Pig," she said as she went back to her bunk. "What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a woman before?" she asked Luz as his mouth hung open.

"Turn off the light before it wakes up the C-" but Martin was interrupted by the door slamming open.

"What the hell is going on in-" but Sobel stopped mid sentence when he saw Adriana.

Winters, Nixon and Lipton were there as well staring over Sobel's shoulder at her.

"What the hell is a woman doing in my barracks?" he shouted.

No one really knew what to say so they all looked at one another.

"And why does she have a black eye?" Winter's asked at a lower volume stepping into the room where he got a better look at her. "Roosevelt?" he asked.

"Yes sir," she answered.

"You're a-"

"Woman, yes sir. My name is Adriana. Adriana Roosevelt."

"Does your father know you are going to be shot for this?" Sobel asked grabbing her arm and dragging her from the room.

All the men, including Guarnere began protesting but Winter's told them to stay put.

"I'll figure this out," he assured them when Sobel was out of earshot.

"Sir," Malarkey grabbed his arm and Winter's turned to face him and the rest of the men.

Malarkey looked back at everyone in the room for help. Finally it was Guarnere who spoke.

"Don't let them shoot her Lt."

Winters looked between all their faces. They were worried, Guarnere especially.

"I won't. You guys just stay put," Winter's said with a knowing smile, and then he dashed out the door after Sobel and Adriana.

He caught up to them.

"Permission to speak sir?" he asked.

"Denied," Sobel said speeding up.

"Sir please, let's think about this for-"

"There is nothing to think about Lt. This woman pretended to be a man and joined my Company and should pay the price for it."

"But sir-"

"Don't speak Lt." Sobel hissed as he entered Col. Sink's tent.

"Colonel!" Sobel shouted.

"Why in God's name are you waking me up at this hour Captain? There better be a damn good reason," Sink said emerging from the back part of the tent.

"This is the reason," Sobel said throwing Adriana forward.

She landed on her knees with a sickening crack although she didn't cry out.

"This woman pretended to be a man and joined my Company and-"

"Sir if I may speak on her behalf," Winter's interjected.

"No you may not Lt.!" Sobel yelled rounding on him.

"I don't believe he was talking to you Captain Sobel," Sink said glaring at him. "You may speak Lt. Winters."

Winters stepped forward and helped Adriana off the ground.

"Sir Adriana has excelled in everything she has done. In all the training, running Currahee included, she has been one of the best out of everyone. I was going to recommend a promotion to Sergeant to Captain Sobel tomorrow in fact. She has shown great compassion for the men and great leadership skills. I do not think any of that should be changed because we found out she is a woman."
Winters watched Sink carefully to make sure he didn't overstep his bounds, but all the old man did was smile.

"Lt. Winters, I must agree with you. Not only because you made a very convincing case for her, but because her father wants her here. Although I want her promoted to Lt. Not Sergeant."

"But sir!" Sobel almost yelled.

"You overstep your bounds, Captain Sobel. The President called me personally to tell me his daughter would be joining us. She wanted to act like a man so no one would treat her differently. She will continue her training and get her jump wings with everyone else. Is that clear Captain Sobel?"

Adriana and Winters turned their attention to Sobel whose mouth was open about an inch.

"Is. That. Clear. Captain Sobel?" Sink asked slowly.

He gulped twice to regain his voice and nodded.

"Yes sir."

"Good. And I will have dog tags with your birth given name on them to you tomorrow," he motioned to Adriana and held out his hand to Winters.

Winters took from him the gold bar that stood for 2nd Lt.

"Now everyone get out of my office. It is too damn early for this shit."

They all walked outside silently then Sobel turned to them both.

"Seeing as your 2nd Lt. now you will stay with the officers in their barracks."

"Sir I would like to stay with the men."

"No. you will be with the officers. No go on. Big day tomorrow. Lots to do."

Sobel looked like he was about to crack. Or maybe he already had. As he walked away he pulled out his side arm and shot something on the ground then continued walking.

"What is wrong with him?" Adriana asked Winters.

"He must not like women very much," Winters answered as he put her new yellow Lt. bar on her collar.

"Maybe its women in power," she suggested.

Winters shrugged and glanced over her shoulder.

"You should get back to the men. You can switch to our barracks tomorrow night. They seem to like you. Even Guarnere."

He nodded toward the building. Adriana turned around to see all of them standing on the grass outside.

"Guarnere only likes me because I can hit as hard as he can," Adriana scoffed.

"Well whatever the reason, you are his superior now. You are all their superiors. Get back there and tell them the good news."

"Yes sir," she said then saluted.

Winters nodded and headed for his barracks, and Adriana headed for the mob of men by hers.

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