Chapter 13- (A 3am phone call)
*riiiing..... riiiinng..... riiiingg* "MASH 4077th, do you have any idea what time it is?" Radar answered the phone with a yawn.
"Ummm... 2pm?" A woman's voice replied.
"Try again, it's 3am, here. Cpl. O'Reilly speaking what can I do?"
"Oh, I'm very sorry, I keep forgetting the time difference. I'm trying to reach BJ Hunnicutt."
"This had better be important or they'll hide my glasses in the meatloaf again..."
"Oh," she said with a laugh, "it's important."
"Oh, OK, OK," Radar grumbled. He stumbled across the compound in the dark, putting his robe on as he walked, trying not to trip over his untied bootlaces. "Cap'n Hunnicutt? Cap'n Hunnicutt, sir?" he shook him gently. "Cap'n Hunnicutt, sir, you have a phone call from the States."
"Uuuugh, Radar, it's 3am."
"I know sir, she said it's important."
"OK, I'm coming," Beej said, sitting up.
"Hunnicutt here," he answered the phone.
"Well hello, Daddy," he heard, with a baby squealing in the background.
"What?" he exclaimed, snapping wide awake.
"You heard me, it's a boy! 6lbs. 7oz. born at 10:53am."
"A boy?!"
"Yes, a boy, Steven Hunnicutt. He looks just like his father."
"Yaahooooo! That's great Carrie!"
"Oh, BJ, I wish you could see him, he's so beautiful."
"I wish I could have been there, Carrie."
"I received your letter yesterday morning, BJ. I'm sorry, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in this situation, I'm really very sorry BJ."
"It's not your fault, Carrie, it was a mutual experience. It's my own fault my stupidity cost me my marriage."
"Still, Beej,"
"Carrie, it's OK. Listen, why don't you get some rest, you and little Steven, OK?"
"OK, BJ, goodbye."
"Bye."
As Beej stood up, he looked around with excitement. "Yahhhhoooooooo!" he exclaimed, throwing papers around the office.
"Hey what're you doing Cap'n Hunnicutt? You're mixing my daily reports with my weekly inventory reports and my supply requisitions with my duty rosters!" Radar exclaimed taking the papers from BJ's hands.
Beej ran over to the PA system, flipping it on.
"ATTENTION: ALL PERSONNELL: BEFORE YOU ALL KILL ME FOR WAKING YOU AT 3AM, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MASH 4077TH, STEVEN HUNNICUTT, BORN 10:53AM 6LBS. 7OZS." the proud new father announced. Soon there were cheers and congratulations coming from all over the camp, no one was upset at being disturbed at such an early hour.
*riiiing..... riiiinng..... riiiingg* "MASH 4077th, do you have any idea what time it is?" Radar answered the phone with a yawn.
"Ummm... 2pm?" A woman's voice replied.
"Try again, it's 3am, here. Cpl. O'Reilly speaking what can I do?"
"Oh, I'm very sorry, I keep forgetting the time difference. I'm trying to reach BJ Hunnicutt."
"This had better be important or they'll hide my glasses in the meatloaf again..."
"Oh," she said with a laugh, "it's important."
"Oh, OK, OK," Radar grumbled. He stumbled across the compound in the dark, putting his robe on as he walked, trying not to trip over his untied bootlaces. "Cap'n Hunnicutt? Cap'n Hunnicutt, sir?" he shook him gently. "Cap'n Hunnicutt, sir, you have a phone call from the States."
"Uuuugh, Radar, it's 3am."
"I know sir, she said it's important."
"OK, I'm coming," Beej said, sitting up.
"Hunnicutt here," he answered the phone.
"Well hello, Daddy," he heard, with a baby squealing in the background.
"What?" he exclaimed, snapping wide awake.
"You heard me, it's a boy! 6lbs. 7oz. born at 10:53am."
"A boy?!"
"Yes, a boy, Steven Hunnicutt. He looks just like his father."
"Yaahooooo! That's great Carrie!"
"Oh, BJ, I wish you could see him, he's so beautiful."
"I wish I could have been there, Carrie."
"I received your letter yesterday morning, BJ. I'm sorry, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in this situation, I'm really very sorry BJ."
"It's not your fault, Carrie, it was a mutual experience. It's my own fault my stupidity cost me my marriage."
"Still, Beej,"
"Carrie, it's OK. Listen, why don't you get some rest, you and little Steven, OK?"
"OK, BJ, goodbye."
"Bye."
As Beej stood up, he looked around with excitement. "Yahhhhoooooooo!" he exclaimed, throwing papers around the office.
"Hey what're you doing Cap'n Hunnicutt? You're mixing my daily reports with my weekly inventory reports and my supply requisitions with my duty rosters!" Radar exclaimed taking the papers from BJ's hands.
Beej ran over to the PA system, flipping it on.
"ATTENTION: ALL PERSONNELL: BEFORE YOU ALL KILL ME FOR WAKING YOU AT 3AM, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MASH 4077TH, STEVEN HUNNICUTT, BORN 10:53AM 6LBS. 7OZS." the proud new father announced. Soon there were cheers and congratulations coming from all over the camp, no one was upset at being disturbed at such an early hour.
