Hawkeye lay on his cot and stared up at the top of the tent. Trapper lay on his cot flipping through his newest edition of dirty magazines. The silence was irritating Trapper, he wasn't use to his bunk mate being so quiet.

"Alright Hawk," Trapper said eventually, "What's bugging you?"

"Meh, nothing really."

"Anyone knows that saying 'nothing' means that there is something that's bugging you."

"I said it's nothing!" Hawkeye snapped.

"Phh yeah right," Trapper said, "So, you wanna booby trap Hot lips's tent?"

"No."

"Oookay, you want to go bug Henry?"

"No," Hawkeye replied.

"You want to go bug Frank?"

"No."

"You want to go to the mess tent?

"No."

"You want to play poker?"

"No."

"You want to go home?"

"No... I mean yes." Hawkeye said

Trapper sighed and looked back at his magazine, but now he could concentrate. He sat up and looked over at Hawkeye.

"Do I have to beat it out of you?"

"Go away Trapper," Hawkeye muttered, "I'm not in the mood."

"Oh come on Hawk, tell uncle Trapper what's bothering you."

Hawkeye sat up and glared at Trapper, "Fine, how hard is it to adopt?"

"Well," Trapper said, "When I was going to adopt Kim... wait... adoption? Why do you ask?"

"No reason," Hawkeye said, "Just wondering."

Trapper stared at him then laughed, "Bring out the cigars, Hawkeye's gonna be a dad!"

"Shuddup Trapper" Hawkeye said, "I'm still thinking about it."

"What's there to think about?" Trapper asked, "Adopting's a great thing, so who's the lucky kid?

"Er..."

Trappers jaw dropped, "Wait, you mean..." He bent in closer, "Sara?"

"Yeah," Hawkeye said, "Why not? She's got no where to go to, besides if no one does then she'll have to go to a stupid orphanage and you can just tell she's the kind of kid that would hate that."

"Well what are you waiting for then?" Trapper asked, "What's the hold up?"

"Nothing," Hawkeye replied, "I've got the forms, I just need to ask her, Im not sure how to though."

"Well why don't you just leave them on her cot, then when she sees them she can either sign them or not."

"Isn't that a bit blunt?" Hawkeye asked.

"Sure but it works, then you don't half to talk about." Trapper replied.

"But wont it make the situation a bit strange if she says no?"

"Sure," Trapper said, "But you'll never know if you don't try." Trapper smiled, "Go for it Hawk, she need's a family."

And he did.



Author's note~ No that wasn't the "big thing" just wait ;)