Chapter 6, yay! Now we're getting somewhere: )
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Title: A Kiss To Make It Better
Disclaimer: Don't own anything, don't mean to offend.
Rating: T

'Oh God,' whimpered Hoobler as he rolled around in one of the hospital beds. Almost all of the men in Easy Company had gotten sick because of Sobel's little run in the rain a few days ago. There were hacking coughs, runny noses and not to mention, a lot of vomiting. The military's hospital was packed with soldiers. This got me to meet the other guys like Tipper, More, Wynn, Christenson and Blithe.

The room was filled with groans and coughs, as the ones who were lucky enough not to get sick looked on with concerned faces.

'Are they going to be okay?' asked Webster. Sisk, Spina, the other medic, Grant, Malarkey and Webster stood against the cupboards where all my medical supplies were neatly placed in. 'It'll take a while, but they'll be alright,' I answered when I walked over to them.

I grabbed some bandages and went over to Roe, who wasn't as sick as the others, but had fallen amongst the wet rocks, spraining his right ankle and getting a few nasty cuts on his hands.

I cleaned his wounds and gently wrapped them up. 'Ah, not bad Alex,' he said as he checked his now wrapped palms. 'You got gentle hands, you know, didn't hurt me at all,' he winked at me.

'We've got to keep you off that morphine, Doc,' I chuckled. He smirked.

I moved down to change the bandage from his ankle. 'Spina, can you pass me some more bandages please?' I heard him rummage through the drawers. 'I can't find any,' he said.

'You checked all of the drawers, right?'

'Yeah.'

I froze. Without moving my head, I shifted my eyes up towards the cupboards with all of its drawers pulled out.

'No…bandages?'

'None,' replied Spina, 'You okay?'

I don't know why, but I have this phobia of running out of supplies, and that I'm totally useless without them. Yes I know, "duh, you're a nurse." If I run out of something, I seem to panic and feel guilty about not being able to help someone. I know, it sounds crazy, but its just how I feel.

I cleared my throat, 'Yeah, yeah. Here, stay with Gene. He's a little loony from the morphine,' I said as I threw out the old bandages. I heard Roe give a lazy, 'heeeeey.'

'I'm going to get more supplies. Help if you can, guys,' they nodded. 'Thank you,' I said as I walked out the door. Genny would be scurrying around for the stuff right now if she wasn't in Kansas. The nurses went to different states to train new ones, some kind of shortage or something like that, and I was the one who was to stay behind, not that I hated that idea, I absolutely loved it. I was here with my best friends and with Gordon.

I walked into the medical supply tent and went straight to the cupboards packed with morphine, bandages, pills and some plasma. I was so wrapped up in getting everything, I didn't notice someone standing right behind me. With my arms carrying packs of bandages and some cold medicine, I turned around to come face to face with…'Sobel!'

My arms flew out to my sides, slamming against the counter, causing me to flinch in pain while all the things dropped to the ground.

As I tried to calm my breathing, he just stared at me.

'I'm sorry.'

'Huh?' I gazed at him with confusion.

'I didn't mean to hurt you before…it's just that I don't appreciate women,' he looked me up and down, 'embarrassing me in front of the men.' he said.

'And what's that supposed to mean?' I said shocked. He leaned in closer, his breath smelling like bitter coffee. What is it with this guy? Does he know what mints are?

'I don't have all the respect I deserve here and I'm not going to have some little…princess destroy what I do have. Now, I didn't mean to hit you, I'm telling you the truth about that, but if you get in my way again,' he got so close my body was now painfully pressing up against the edge of the counter, 'it won't be an accident.' He slowly looked me up and down again, 'Got that?' he whispered.

I gave him a disgusted look and nodded. He pushed himself off of me and left. Shaking, I bent down and started to pick up the bandages and medicine that were thrown around on the ground. A minute or two later, Webster came in, 'Hey Alex, what's taking you so long?' he joked. His smile faded when he noticed my hands shaking.

'You alright?' he hurried over and bent down in front of me. I looked down and stared at my hands. He gently grabbed them to stop them from shaking. 'What happened?'

'Sobel,' I whispered. After telling him what happened, Webster gently held my chin, 'Alex, you have to do something, he's going too far with this. I was there when he hit you, who knows what he'll do next.'

Glancing up at him, I gave a firm 'No,' and continued to pick up my things, 'I can't. He thinks he's stronger than me, and I'm not going to him the satisfaction by being weak and telling.'

Webster gave a sigh as we stood up and walked back to the hospital. 'Jesus, finally,' Malarkey kindly greeted us, 'what took you guys so long?' 'Nothing,' replying quickly as I packed the supplies away. I could feel their eyes on me but ignored it as I grabbed some cold medicine and a bandage. As I walked past Spina I threw the bandage towards him and heard an annoyed grumble, my guess was that I had hit Spina in the eye.

I walked to the bed that had Wynn on it. 'Hello Popeye,' I greeted him.

'Popeye?'

'Yeah.'

'Why?'

'Because you look like him,' I shrugged. He chuckled which quickly turned into a cough.

'Ah, you have to take your medicine, Pop.'

Popeye shook his head and turned away. 'Come on, stop acting like a little baby!' I said, but Popeye still kept his mouth shut. 'Fine, I guess I'll just shove it down your throat,' I sighed. The small smile that was curled on Popeye's mouth quickly faded.

"You're kidding, right? I mean, come on, the medicine tastes like shit-GAH!' As Pop was talking, I poured the cold medicine down his throat. 'You-you actually shoved it down my throat!' He sputtered.

'Anything to get my babies better,' kissing him lightly on the head, but receiving a grumpy look from him while he scratched his tongue. 'What about me?' Came a lazy drawl from beside Popeye's bed. 'Of course Walt,' I grinned and walked over to him and gave him a long, tender kiss, not caring if I got sick too.

Someone across the room clicked their tongue and gave a drowsy 'Aww.'

'Shut it Roe!' hissed Grant.

A couple days later, the boys were finally better and Roe was sane again, but had to do extra training for the time they missed. Genny and two other nurses came back, the others decided to stay where they were.

Weeks went by, Walter and I were closer than ever, going on lunch dates and dinners together, and before we knew it, it was the evening of the Airborne Dance. I had already bought my dress, an ivory halter top that had a true circle skirt and waltz hemline with my favorite pair of black high heels. Genny looked fabulous in a green strapless dress with white heels.

When we answered the door, it was the same group of guys from the carnival, with Spina and Webster included. A few of them had dates, probably girls from around town.

'Beautiful as usually,' Walt smiled at me. Gen yelped as she jumped on Skip, frantically making out.

'Keep it in your pants and skirts, kids,' Luz said, dragging them along. The dance was on the base, in the large building, used for social events. When we got inside, we were welcomed with soft music coming from the stage where there was a big band playing, the room was decorated nicely and there were tons of soldiers in their Class A uniforms.

Everybody split up, half of the guys running towards the bar. 'Want to dance?' Walter whispered, offering me his hand. 'Sure,' I smiled. The band was already starting a new song when we got on the dance floor. I gasped, 'Its our song! Moonlight Serenade!'

'Our song?' grinned Walter.

'Yes, it is now officially our song.'

'Alright,' Walt smiled as he began whispering the words in my ear. The song ended and was replaced with a quick one. 'Oh, do you think you can dance to the beat of "In the Mood"?' Walter wiggled his eyebrows. 'Well, we'll just have to find out,' smiling, Walter and I did quick moves around the dance floor. I could feel everyone watching us and heard some cheers from Luz.

When the song ended, Walt dipped me and gave me a sweet kiss. Cheers and applause filled the room. We walked to the table with Gen and Skip, completely out of breath. 'You guys were amazing,' clapped Genny.

'Want a drink?' Walter offered.

'Coke, please,' giving him a peck on the cheek.

'Ah, come on Alex, you have to try beer sometime,' Luz poked me as he took a seat at the table next to us.

'I don't know, I don't like it that much. I think it smells bad.'

Luz choked on his drink, 'It smells wonderful, what are you talking about?' he asked looking bewildered, shaking his bottle. 'Luz, she's a lady, she don't drink,' Bill said as he sat next to him, 'the day she touches a spider is the day she'll drink.'

I shuddered as Walt placed the Coke on the table, 'You don't like spiders?' I shook my head. Walt smiled, 'Come on, you don't love their long, hairy legs crawling everywhere, their webs, and lets not forget, their fangs?' he teased. 'Walt! Quit!' I mumbled, upset. 'What are you afraid of, huh?'

'Why?' he asked.

'So I can make fun of you too,' I stuck my tongue out.

Walter thought for a moment, 'losing you.'

I stopped drinking my Coke. 'Losing me?' I asked.

'Yeah,' he said, 'I'm afraid of losing you.'

Looking directly into his eyes, I said, 'Baby, you'll never lose me,' and kissed him. A few minutes later, we were all talking to the guys, mostly about random things, finding out that Walter's nickname was "Smokey", things like that, when I realized that I drank all of my Coke. 'I'm going to get another one,' I said and went to the bar. After grabbing another bottle, I bumped into someone. 'Jesus! Oh my…I'm sorry, sir,' I apologized as I realized I bumped into Winters.

'It's alright,' he chuckled. We talked for a while, and as the band started a new song, Dick asked me, 'Would you like to dance, Alex?' 'Hmm,' I glanced over at Walter and pointed at Dick then at the dance floor. He smiled and I took that as a yes. I didn't want Walt to think I was hooking up with his lieutenant, when I was already thinking of us as a couple.

The song was slow which let Winters and I talk even more. 'So, what do you think of being a nurse to so many paratroopers?' he chuckled. 'Not bad,' I smiled, but a thought quickly rushed to my mind. I've been thinking about it ever since I first came to the base, and I haven't told anybody about it, not even Genny or Gordon.

'Uh, sir? That reminds me, I've been wanting to talk to you about this for a while now,' I said.

'What is it?' he asked.

'I-I've been thinking about…joining the airborne…'

He looked at me with an intense gaze. 'Are you sure about it?' he asked. 'Do you know how serious it is?'

'Yes, sir, I know. But I've been really thinking about, day and night…and I'm definitely sure about this.'

He sighed, 'I don't know.'

'Please, just talk with Colonel Sink…please? I don't want to be a nurse anymore.' I begged him.

He thought for a moment and said, 'I'll talk to him.' I squealed and hugged him, 'thank you,' I whispered. We finished our dance, with cheers and applause. The night was absolutely amazing, Walt and I danced some more, with a couple crazy dances with a drunk Luz, Bill and Toye.

After the dance was over the guys walked us back to our room and said goodbye and getting a tender kiss from Walter. He held me in a tight hug, not wanting to let go. We stood there alone for a few minutes, Gen and Skip went inside and the rest of the guys had already left. He leaned in and gave me another tender kiss, moving his hands down to my waist. The kiss became more passionate as I ran my fingers through his hair. An odd buzz rushed into my head and my heart began to beat faster.

'I love you.'

With my fingers still tangled in his hair, my heart still going wild, the odd buzz shaking my mind around and then I finally realized it. I was in love with Walter "Smokey" Gordon.

'I love you too,' I smiled.

We started to make out again when we heard Genny give a high pitched, happy squeal.

'What now?' I sighed.

We turned to see Skip stumble out a bit after with an incredibly huge smile, his hair sticking up everywhere and red lipstick marks all around his face. 'She loved it…ha, she loved it,' he whispered and walked away.

I chuckled, 'I better go see what that was about.'

'No,' Walt shook his head and stuck out his bottom lip.

'Damn it, don't you dare use the puppy face on me again!' I joked.

But do you think he listened? Nope. He continued to widen his eyes and blow up his cheeks. I sighed and, still holding onto the back of his head, kissed him. 'I have to go,' I whispered. Walter groaned, hugging me once more. I waved goodbye and walked into my room.

Gen was sitting on her bed, staring at something in her hand. 'What happened?' I asked. She was glowing when she looked up at me, 'Look what Skip gave me!'

I walked over and saw that she was holding the most beautiful necklace I have ever seen. It was gold with a heart in the middle that had ruby stones covering it. She opened it to reveal two small pictures; one was of Skip with a huge, goofy grin, while the other one was of him and Gen holding each other and smiling at the camera.

'Jesus Gen, this is beautiful!' I said gawking at the necklace. I helped her put it on while she giggled. 'So, I'm guessing you had a nice evening?' I smiled. 'Oh definitely,' she sighed happily, 'I'm never going to take this off,' she said as she gently traced her finger around the heart. 'Did Smokey get you anything?'

I nodded my head, 'Yeah.'

'What was it?'

'His heart...He told me he loved me,' I smiled.

'Aww,' she giggled, 'did you say it back?'

I nodded again. 'Aww,' she giggled even more.

'Shut it, you're making it sound cheesy' I smirked, throwing my pillow at her, smacking her across the face. She gasped, 'how dare you!' I screamed as she whacked her pillow around like a mad man. After a few minutes of good ole pillow fighting, we decided to go to bed. Even in the dark, I could see Gen's new necklace gleaming. I sighed as I replayed Walter's words in my mind.

'I love you.'

All I needed was Walter's love. That was enough for me.