Hey everyone. Sorry for not updating sooner, but I've been so busy lately and all. Here's chapter 10. Enjoy :-)

4 AM, 31 AUGUST 1956, Crabapple Cove

Margaret awoke with a nauseating feeling. She didn't know what was wrong because she was still half asleep, but she did know that she had to get up at that moment.

Margaret's thought: What is wrong with me? I feel terrible. All I want to do is throw up… and I think I'm about to!

Hawkeye stirred a bit as Margaret got up, but he didn't wake up. He was never very good at waking up. He had to be in surgery in 3 hours anyway, so he was in a deep sleep.

After throwing up, Margaret felt more awake. She couldn't go to sleep anymore. Instead, she walked down to the kitchen to prepare a coffee. As soon as she got there, she felt sick again. There was a smell that made her ill. It was the tomatoes that were in the kitchen table!

Margaret's thought: Ok, I've thrown up and I get sick from the smell of tomatoes. I think that something's not right. (She smiled)… I think I'm pregnant! I can't tell Hawkeye yet. I don't want to excite him before I go to the doctor to make sure.

Margaret was definitely awake now and very excited. Hawkeye woke up about an hour later and realised that Margaret wasn't with him. He walked down to the living room where Margaret was watching an old film.

"Morning Margaret. How come you're up?" Hawkeye kissed his wife.

"I just wasn't tired. I wanted to be up before you were. I made you breakfast." (After she had thrown the tomatoes out).

"Thanks hon. So, what's for breakfast? I'm starving!" Margaret laughed.

"Hawk, since we got back you're always hungry. Maybe you're learning to enjoy real food."

Hawkeye was smiling. "I don't just enjoy good food, I enjoy your food. I didn't even know you could cook until we got together."

"I guess that's because I was always trying to be Major Houlihan. Military. Efficient. Not a housekeeper."

"Honey, I still don't think that you're a housekeeper. Remember, I cook too!" Margaret smiled.

"I know you do and I love that you help."

Hawkeye looked at Margaret and a thought occurred to him. "What are you going to do on your day off from the hospital?"

Margaret had already thought that Hawkeye would ask this. "Well, I was thinking of doing some shopping and maybe even visiting Charles in Boston."

"You're going to Boston for the day? Why bother?"

"I got a call from Charles and he said that he wanted to see us. I told him that you were working a lot lately, so he said that he and his fiancée would take me out to lunch."

"Oh… Ok. I guess that's ok then. Are you going to leave soon?"

"Yeah, I thought I'd go when you left for work. I want to enjoy a full day in Boston. I haven't been there in a while and I miss it sometimes."

Hawkeye smiled. "It's ok honey. You should go and enjoy yourself. I'll see you at home tonight?"

"Of course. I'll be home at around 8."

With that, Hawkeye gave his wife a warm kiss and got ready. Margaret did the same. She was going to Boston to see if she was pregnant. She didn't want the town to find out before her husband did.

IN BOSTON

Margaret looked around Boston Mercy. It looked the same and she sometimes missed working there. As she walked to reception, she saw Charles.

"Charles! How are you?"

"Margaret, you're here already? I was expecting you later. When you called this morning I thought you'd be here in a couple of hours."

"I called from a diner on the road. How are you Charles?"

"I'm doing very well. The new head nurse here is not as good as you, but she's capable."

"I thought that she'd be. Remember, I trained her before I left."

"Yes, you did. So, what brings you to Boston?"

Margaret smiled a bit. She wanted Charles to help her. She knew he was a surgeon, but she didn't think he'd mind. "I wanted to see if you could run a test on me?"

"Why Margaret? Are you ill?"

"No, I don't think so. I think I may be pregnant!"

"Why Margaret, have you told Pierce? This is great news."

"No, I wanted to have the test before so I wouldn't raise his hopes prematurely."

Charles smiled. Despite the fact that he and Hawkeye had had their ups and downs, he was happy that Pierce's wife might be expecting his child. "Margaret, of course I'll do the test. Come on."

A FEW HOURS LATER

Charles and Margaret sat in the cafeteria of the hospital anxiously waiting for the results.

"Margaret, if you are pregnant, what do you want?"

"Well, I'd like a daughter. I guess though that I just want a healthy happy child."

"I'm sure your child will be healthy and very happy." Charles smiled warmly at Margaret.

"Thank you Charles."

Then there was an interruption from the hospital PA. "Dr Winchester. Please report to the lab."

Margaret and Charles looked at each other. The news was soon to come.

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Sorry to leave it on a cliffhanger, but I had to do it. What's the news going to be? Stay tuned :-)