Chapter 4 love conquered

"hey ben you probably can't hear me but I'm still going to talk "she put her left hand on his right cheek and spoke" ben please dot be mad at me it's not quite my fault Charles lied to me he said you wanted nothing to do with me and I believed him I don't know why but I did I don't want to marry him I swear that I only agreed so I can try and forget you but I can never forget you and our daughter needed a father because her real father was somewhere in crab apple cove forging a life without her and me, oh ben I'm sorry I never told you before but… Caterina is yours"

Everyone outside heard that and inhaled the information Sherman looked at the sleeping girl in his arms and then pieced it together "well I'll be…" he looked at B.J and as if reading his mind shook his head no to answer the unspoken question of did he know

"ben I am really sorry I thought you couldn't handle a baby after what happened in Korea, and I thought if I told you that … you wouldn't want anything to do with us. Do you remember that night in the officer's club about 6 years ago, after what happened with Scully, and I gave that man standard requirement speech about what I want in a man, well I was wrong instead of 10% of you I want 100% of you in a man, I want you ben, when we were playing that game what was it called … double solitaire scrabble? "she smiled at the memory "and I asked what happened if I found L-O-V-E and you said I would win the game well looks like I won ben I found love I found what I was looking for and it all tied to you ben I love you I have for a very long time since basically that night, ben I need you, your daughter needs you, we need you, please don't go ben stay strong and fight you survived a war you can survive this "hot tears silently fell from her ice blue eyes " ben please don't leave me, please don't go please don't die…"she set her head down on his chest and she sobbed harder and louder, everyone outside watched the scene take place own tears in their eyes, they left the couple alone and sat outside the room as she continued to cry.

3:00 am rolled by and Hawkeye woke up taking in his surroundings his eyes fuzzy he felt someone beside him and everything came into focus he was in the hospital his chest hurt a lot and he looked beside him and found Margaret on the bed with him her arm draped over him tear stains on her flushed cheeks she looked beautiful he thought she always looks beautiful then he remembered something he thought it was a dream he remembered hearing her voice and remembered every word she said in his dream but too bad it was only a dream or maybe not it didn't seem like a dream he felt really tired and he took one look at the woman beside him and kissed her forehead and whispered "I love you Margaret" she stirred and opened her eyes to find Hawkeyes looking straight in hers and without hesitation she kissed him hard and passionately and spoke through tears of joy "oh ben I thought you were gone oh my god your alive ben don't ever leave me don't ever let go, oh ben I love you " she cried harder as he grabbed her and pulled her basically on top of him and held her tight "I promise I'll always be here Margaret I won't ever let go oh god I love you "

Everyone woke to the sound of cries and rustling in the room and without hesitation jumped up and ran in to see what was going on and they found a picture perfect moment in front of them Margaret laying on top of Hawkeye, her hands on the sides of his head and his arms wrapped around her waist tightly kissing each other hard and tears on from both sets of eyes Sherman cleared his throat and they pulled away but their heads still so close to each other's and looked at the people they care for in front of them everyone embraced the couple and more tears were shed Hawkeye spoke

"Sherman give me my daughter "he held out his arms ready to take his baby girl into his arms for the first time he held her out to him and he grabbed her and held her close between him and Margaret kissing her head and more of his own tears made their way down his face Margaret asked

"how … how did you know she's yours ?" he smiled up at Margaret and answered "I heard what you said last night " she smiled and kissed him again and pulled away when a nurse walked in

"Mr. pierce is supposed to be resting could you all please leave "she then turned to the couple on the bed and smiled "hold on one minute " she ran from the room only to return a minute later with a polaroid radar then asked "what's the camera for?"

"I am going to take a picture of and his wife and daughter because this is a picture perfect miracle "she took the photo of them on the bed and their daughter in their arms each kissing her head Hawkeye then asked

"my wife?" Margaret looked at him sheepishly, he smiled "do you want to be my wife " her face grew a huge smile and kissed him again" oh yes ben I would love to marry you" the happy couple kissed again and everyone congratulated them

Charles then spoke with trouble "I am very happy for you 2 … and I am also eternally sorry for the pain I have caused you could you ever forgive me ?"

"In time Charles in time" Hawkeye replied swiftly and went back to kissing his new bride to be…

A/N I have an idea all ready set up for a sequel if my valued readers would like a sequel or would you like me to leave it where it is ? thank you for reading please Review