DISCLAIMER: Okay we own nothing except Alex, Kathy and Ruth. Nothing written here is intended to be disrespectful of the real Band of Brothers.

Okay so this is posted under my pen name, but this is actually a three-person story. My other writers in crime are; ILoveboyswhosparkle and Ber1719…we are working together to try and make something funny and a little different. Hope everyone out there enjoys our efforts…we know we are. :) Okay this story is rated "M" for not only language but also sexual situations…you've been warned.

Chapter 14

Stepping in front of him, Kathy smiled, "I'm so proud of you Dick, congratulations and well deserved." Quickly before she lost her nerve she kissed him on the lips then quickly moved away to leave a stunned Dick Winters standing in the road.

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"Alex, can you please do me a favor?" The whinny voice currently filling her ears made her want to scream. The only time Ruth ever did this to her was when she really wanted something, or needed bail money.

Putting down the papers, she'd been reading and heaving a sigh, "well that all depends if you'll stop that whinny voice I hate so much then yes I might consider helping you."

Pleased with herself Ruth plopped her butt on the desk. "Well you see, I seem to have this little problem and since you're sleeping with the commander of Easy…"

"Whoa, wait, stop right there. I am not sleeping with the commander of Easy, we had sex once and that was it period, I barely speak to him."

Holding up her hands to stop the tirade, "okay, so maybe I made it sound better than it was, but you actually have a closer connection with him than me and I just thought you might ask him where Nixy went."

Alex lifted her eyebrow, "that's what you want to know? Why don't you just go ask Dick he could tell you where Nixon is?"

"I did that already and he told me he would be back in a few days but that he couldn't tell me anything else."

Alex sighed again, "well then what makes you think that Speirs would tell me anything?"

"Well I know you have to have some power of persuasion over him." Ruth said giving her a mischievous wink causing both of Alex's eyebrows to lift.

"I'm sorry; you have met Ron Speirs right? Nothing works on the man, he is cold as ice."

Ruth couldn't believe what she was hearing, "you mean to tell me that the Ice Queen has finally met someone with less feeling than her…shocking. However, I think, no I know you're wrong, he's crazy about you."

Alex snorted and started to give a smart-ass reply when Kathy came running into the room. "Oh there you are Ruth, I've been looking everywhere, Dick wanted me to find you and have you come up to battalion as quick as you could."

Kathy watched Ruth leave before turning back to Alex, "did I interrupting something?"

"No, she was trying to convince me that Speirs was crazy about me, but other than that, what's going on?"

"Oh that, yeah well Nixon is back and I think something bad happened. He just walked past all of us like we weren't there and then Luz went to find Dick. I didn't stay to find out what happened, Dick told me to get Ruth and I left."

Frowning Alex looked up at Kathy, "yeah well you know what's bad for him is bad for her and usually bad for us. God, I hate how shit rolls down hill."

When Ruth made it to battalion Dick was sitting at his desk staring into space. "Hey Dick, Kathy said you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, well I thought you might like to know that Nixon is back." He grabbed her arm before she could go into the other room. "He's a little upset right now, so don't take anything he says or does to heart, he's had a really bad day."

Ruth frowned, "what aren't you telling me?"

"It's not for me to tell Ruth, you need to talk to Lew and he'll tell you if he thinks you need to know."

"Okay, well I'll see you later." Placing her hand on the closed door she thought about knocking and decided against it, this was just Nixy after all."

When she entered the room, she quickly closed the door behind her when the realization of what Dick had been trying to warn her about hit her. Nixon was currently sitting with his back to the door not moving, except for his hand that was caressing the bottle of Vat 69 like a lover.

Ruth walked around so she could stand beside his chair. His eyes were glassy and he was just staring into space. Crouching down in front of him Ruth tried to get his attention by calling his name with no response. Finally, when she said his first name his glassy eyes shifted to her face. The weak smile that crossed his face had her worried.

"Oh hi ya Vat, would you like a drink." He shook the bottle at her as he lifted it to his lips.

Using his first name again, "Lew, what happened, what's got you so upset?"

"Oh not much really, they sent me to jump, they told you right, no wait probably not," pausing he took another large drink from the bottle, "so yeah any way the plane blew up, me and three others got out, so there you go."

Grabbing the bottle out of his hand Ruth took a healthy swig before handing him back the bottle. "Okay then that definitely calls for a drink…you're okay right?"

"Oh yeah, I'm good." His crooked smirk made more so with the amount of alcohol he'd ingested.

"Well okay Mr. Nixon, I think it's time we get you to bed while you're still capable of standing."

When he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her down on his lap she let out a loud humph. "So I guess this means you aren't tired?"

Pulling her closer he started to kiss down her neck, mumbling against her "not in the least, I have better plans for you."

Suddenly he didn't act nearly as drunk as she knew he was. "Okay slow down big boy, maybe I'm not interested?"

He merely lifted an eyebrow and kept working on her shirt, he knew her too well, there was no way she wouldn't want sex with him. "Nah, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to convince you, besides, I think I've had just enough to drink so that I can enjoy this."

As he removed, her shirt Ruth let her head fall back as he lips returned to her neck and his hand alternated between breasts.

Swinging her around so she was straddling his lap, she had one moment of warning as the smile on his face grew, and then his hand was between her legs.

Ruth could feel the orgasm building and somewhere in the back of her mind, she remembered that Dick and half the company were just in the next room. Instead of screaming in pleasure as she came, she bite down on his uniform.

Panting against his neck, she felt the world shift and Nixon stand up with her in his arms. "Hmm, where are we going?"

He chuckled as he dropped her on the bed, "does that answer your question."

Ruth smiled up at him, "so I guess this means I'm in for a long night huh?"

Dropping his clothes on the floor, he crawled onto the bed next to her. Sliding one finger down from her neck to the top of her legs, "oh yeah, a long, hard night is what I have planned for you."

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Kathy glanced over at Alex again. They had been sitting in silence for the last couple of hours. Kathy hated to bother Alex when she was working but there were questions she was dying to ask. Before she could summon the courage, Alex saved her the effort.

"Okay, what's bugging you? You've been looking over at me every ten minutes, whatever is on your mind spit it out."

Kathy twisted the edge of her jacket, "well I know Ruth is always pestering you over Speirs and I was just wondering…"

Alex sighed. "You were just wondering what if anything I felt is that what you wanted to know."

"Well, yeah I was just curious, that's all."

Alex picked up her papers, and headed for the bedroom. "All I'm going to say is yes, I feel something for him, but I'm pretty sure it's just lust, after all I'm my father's daughter."

Kathy watched as Alex quietly closed the bedroom door. For one moment she could have sworn she actually saw regret in her friend's eyes. Why did Alex and Ruth have to make everything so hard?

Well sweetheart, it's not as if you've been upfront with Dick, Kathy frowned in acknowledgment of the little voice. No she hadn't really told Dick how she felt, but nor had she lied or tried to hide it, he just wasn't around enough to see it.

Hmm, maybe she should take her own advice and seek out the source of her affections, what could it hurt?

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The last person Dick expected to see walk into the battalion CP this late at night was Kathy.

"Well you're up late, is there anything wrong?" He asked, still confused as to why she would be here.

Kathy glanced around the room to see it was empty except for the two of them. Licking her lips out of nervousness, "well you see, I know you are busy and I just thought if I wanted to see you I could stop by and see you late at night. Is that okay?"

Dick had been too interested in watching her lick her lips to hear more than 'see you' and 'is it okay.' Trying to control his excitement of finally having her alone, sure it's more than okay and to be truthful, I've been thinking a lot about you."

Kathy knew her face was red, "really, you've been thinking about me? That's nice to know, you've been on my mind as well."

"Well it's nice to know the feeling is mutual."

Kathy sat on the desk beside him and stared at her hands. "Uh Dick, since no one is here right now, you think I might be able to do something I've been dying to do?"

Dick frowned and did a quick glance at the door where Ruth had gone into a couple of hours ago. Chances are they weren't coming out tonight and he really wanted to know what Kathy was going to do. "Sure I don't see any problems with that. What is it you'd like to do?"

Sliding off the desk and easy closer to him, she tried to her best to imitate the seductive look she'd seen Ruth and Alex give men. "Well, close your eyes; I want it to be a surprise."

Dick felt his pulse kick up a notch, but did as she asked and closed his eyes. When he felt her lips against his he had to concentrate not to open his eyes in shock. The gentle brush of her tongue had him parting his lips more in shock than expectation.

When she felt his lips part, she took it as an invitation to slip inside his mouth. The moan that came from him encouraged her. While she continued to explore his mouth, she let her hands slide down from his shoulders to his chest.

Not wanting to break the spell too soon, Dick slowly cupped her face in his hands, tilting her head slightly so he could take control of the kiss. He could feel her pulse race underneath his fingers and he had to admit he was pleased that he excited her that much.

As he was about to deepen the kiss, the sound of breaking glass and giggling came from Nixon's room and Kathy had jumped away from him before he could stop her. He was shocked to see her face was beet red and she was stumbling over her own feet to get out the door.

"I'll see you later by Dick." Kathy had never fled a room so fast in her life. It wasn't that she regretted kissing him, she was actually surprise she found the guts to do it. She was more embarrassed at having almost been caught by Ruth, that she'd never live down.

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Dick almost laughed the next morning when Nixon and Ruth finally emerged from the battalion CP wearing sunglasses. Ruth gave Nixon a smile and headed off in the direction of where the girls were staying while Nixon joined Dick beside the jeep.

"Well I'm glad to see you are doing better this morning Lew."

Nixon grunted, "better is a generous term Dick, functioning I believe would be better for what I'm doing right now."

Nixon noticed that Dick hadn't really been paying attention instead he was focused on Nixon's uniform. "Well Dick, I didn't know you had become a tailor and were that deeply interested in the sewing pattern of my uniform?"

Dick cleared his throat, "do you want to tell me why there happens to be a bite mark on your uniform?"

Nixon looked over at him, dropping his glasses just enough to look over the top of them at Dick. Seeing his look, Dick held his hands up, "wait! I don't want to know!"

"Dick is that a need or a want on that know?" Nixon smirked sliding his glasses back into place. "So now that we've established you aren't a tailor or that deeply interested in my social activities, what's the plan?"

"Actually, not much, just another day spent fighting the Hun. I'd like to go over some intelligence reports with you, if you feel up to it?"

For a brief moment Dick saw the old Nixon, "sure I'm always up to."

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While they had been in Sturzelburg, it had become common to see Alex playing cards with Welsh, Speirs and Lipton. For his part, Lipton had tried to warn off the others about Alex's skill at cards, but luckily, for her, they hadn't listened.

"Full house boys, pay up." Alex's smile grew as all the men slammed their cards on the table.

Harry looked over at Lipton, "are you sure she's not cheating. Ron, you're not helping her are you?"

Speirs smirked, "if I was do you think I'd have lost as much money as I have? Nope she's just good. I think I may have to find something else to occupy her at night."

Alex met his gaze across the table; the subtle innuendo didn't slip past her. She knew what he would rather be doing, for that fact so would she, not that she'd let him know. "Well gentlemen, since Nixon's back it give me a chance to beat someone else…you wouldn't want to take all my fun away now would you?"

Laughing from Harry, "oh no, we wouldn't want that."

Alex looked over at Ruth who was sitting behind Nixon and from the looks of it he was ignoring her. She really hadn't believed Kathy when she'd said he was different, but now after watching him drink Vat like others drink water, yeah even for him something was definitely wrong.

Nixon shook the bottle of Vat and found it empty. Putting it down on the table, he looked around for a moment before making his decision. "Just go ahead and deal me another hand" and walked out the door.

Harry watched him go then looked around the table, "are we waiting on him again?"

Sighing Lipton sat back in his chair, "yep."

Ruth watched as Nixon walked out the door, looking at Alex with a confused look on her face. Alex's head nodded toward the door and Ruth grabbed her jacket and followed him out into the rain.

The crashing of glass caught her attention and as she looked down the street, she saw Nixon walk back through a broken widow with a bottle in his head. Running past the two military police that arrived she followed him finally catching up to him. She had to grab his arm to make him stop walking. "What's happening to you, Nixy, why are you doing this?"

Turning, Nixon dropped his head, the cold rain was having a sobbing effect and that was so not, where he wanted to be right now. Turning to face her, he suddenly realized that just like his wife she was starting to become too possessive and controlling. Throwing her a smirk, he jerked his arm out of her grasp, "the war's happening Ruth, it just finally caught up with me."

Ruth stood in the rain watching him walk away from her. Looking up at the dark sky, she was grateful for the rain that hid the tears. Something was going very wrong here and she felt powerless to stop it.