A/N: so my power went out on Thursday. And now it's Saturday and it just
came back on. Stupid Ice storms. Ok so anyway, I wrote this while I was
bored without electricity. I hope you like it, and sorry if it seems a
bit.uncharacteristic of BJ. Here ya go.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone/anything/show/etc.
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BJ stepped off of the little plane in Sacramento, California and into the waiting arms of his father-in-law.
"Hey Roger," the doctor said, smiling through unshed tears.
"Hey there BJ, come on let's go drop off your things at the house. You can take a nice hot bath and eat a good meal." he trailed off slightly when he saw that BJ was shaking his head.
"I'll leave all that for later, I need to go see Erin, and I need to get things settled for Peg's fune." he took a deep breath, "funeral."
"Well I've got things done pretty much, you can look it over and see if you want to change anything. Here, just throw your stuff in the back, I'll take you to see Erin." Roger said, pointing to his car and getting into the driver's side.
The trip was made in relative silence. When they got to the hospital Roger led BJ to Erin's room. BJ sat next to his little girl's bed and held her hand gently.
"Hey sweetheart, Daddy's here, the real thing to, no dreamin' or anything." He said softly.
"I'll just go out in the hall." Said Roger as he stepped out the door. BJ just waved his free hand to acknowledge that he had heard it. He dropped his hand down to Erin's face and he wiped a stray piece of blond hair out of her eyes.
"Ya know what? I came all the way from Korea, just to be here with you. Oh yea, here, one of my friends wanted you to have this," he said as he placed the stuffed rabbit from Renee next to her. "Come on, wake up, I don't know what I'd do if I lost you too," he said with tears running down his cheeks.
Suddenly he felt a little squeeze on his hand and he looked down into brown eyes so like his own.
"Don' cwy. Be stwong. Daddy come home soon." BJ smiled, as she was obviously repeating something her mom had told her when she cried. She looked at him closely and looked at his clothes as if she were trying to figure out why he was there and someone else wasn't, "You right daddy this time? Not daddy's friend?" she said hopefully, remembering Radar.
"Yea, I'm Daddy, I'll be right back ok hun?" He stood up and stepped into the hall, "She's awake, her doctor should come in here. I need to make sure he's doing the right things with my little girl." He smiled a little wider as he sat back down next to Erin's bed.
"Where mommy?" she asked softly. BJ's face fell as he tried to explain to the little girl what had happened. He decided to use Renee's idea on the explanation and the little girls agreed, but decided to ask another question.
"If mommy angel, me angel too?"
"Absolutely." BJ said smiling through tears, "You're the prettiest little angel that I've ever seem." He smiled at the little girl lying in the bed.
Doctor Brindes walked through the door with a smile, "And you're her father right? We didn't think she'd make it, much less wake up, but it looks like she's going to be ok now since she's talking." He walked over and did a short examination, "We've already put her arms and legs in casts, she broke some ribs, but other than that there wasn't any open wounds except here on her abdomen. She went into shock yesterday but now she's stable."
"You didn't have to do any surgery did you?"
"Oh no, we just stitched up that laceration on her stomach here," he pointed out the bandage just below the bandage on her ribs, "I know your father-in-law was saying you served in Korea?"
"Yes, I'm a doctor too, I serve at a MASH unit."
"Well, that nice, I guess I'll leave you alone with your daughter then, have a nice day, call me if you need anything." He smiled as he walked out the door, scribbling down notes on a clipboard.
"That's nice?" BJ just shook his head, "I think it's nice that I'm back, don't you angel?"
"I sleepy. I love you Daddy, nigh-nigh." Erin said as she hugged the little rabbit tighter and closed her eyes. BJ sat there watching her sleep for a while. Finally Roger convinced him to come home, but he only stayed long enough to get ready to go back to the hospital.
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Two days after BJ's arrival was Peg's funeral. Which Erin had been released from the hospital just before it was to occur.
"She had a miraculous recovery Dr. Hunnicut. I'm surprised she made it, let alone out of the hospital in a couple days after the accident. You should be proud, your little girl is a trooper."
"Well thanks for all your help Doc, but I can take it from here I do believe." He smiled as he took the wheelchair from Dr. Brindes. BJ rolled the chair to the awaiting car that would take him to his house so that he could get ready for the funeral.
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"Daddy, where we goin'?"
"We are going to say goodbye to mommy."
"But you said mommy was in heaven."
"She is, but she can still hear us from here."
"You mean where we going. She can hear us from there."
"Yea, that's it." BJ smiled as he turned to roll the little wheelchair out the door.
"Wait! Rabbit."
BJ smiled as he handed her the rabbit that Renee had given her, and they went to the funeral.
After the funeral was over and everyone had gone home Roger took Erin back to the car waiting to take them home as BJ kneeled down next to the grave to say goodbye.
"Peg.I don't know how I'm going to live without you. You know how bad of a cook I am, how is Erin going to survive on it? Well I survived on army food but I don't think a little girl could handle that torture." He smiled and traced a finger over the name on the headstone, "What am I gonna do Peg? How am I supposed to take care of a little girl when I'm a man? She's going to grow up liking to get dirty and playing army doctor. I already have nightmares about the war, what's gonna happen if something like that happens?" he covered his face with his hands and just cried. He sat there for sometime before looking up at the headstone again, "And I'm gonna go back Peg. I know Erin needs me but Roger can take care of her for a while, they need me back at the 4077th. I have to go back, I don't think I can stand being over here safe and sound when my beast friends are possibly dying. I wasn't here when you passed, and I want to be there for them if some emergency happens. I love you Peg; no matter how many times I wrote you letters, or told you on the phone, I love you just isn't enough to express it. I miss you. I'll take care of Erin the best way I know how. I love you Peg Hunnicut." He leaned over and kissed the carving of her name before standing up and walking back to the car.
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End of Episode 4. Episode 5 coming soon.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone/anything/show/etc.
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BJ stepped off of the little plane in Sacramento, California and into the waiting arms of his father-in-law.
"Hey Roger," the doctor said, smiling through unshed tears.
"Hey there BJ, come on let's go drop off your things at the house. You can take a nice hot bath and eat a good meal." he trailed off slightly when he saw that BJ was shaking his head.
"I'll leave all that for later, I need to go see Erin, and I need to get things settled for Peg's fune." he took a deep breath, "funeral."
"Well I've got things done pretty much, you can look it over and see if you want to change anything. Here, just throw your stuff in the back, I'll take you to see Erin." Roger said, pointing to his car and getting into the driver's side.
The trip was made in relative silence. When they got to the hospital Roger led BJ to Erin's room. BJ sat next to his little girl's bed and held her hand gently.
"Hey sweetheart, Daddy's here, the real thing to, no dreamin' or anything." He said softly.
"I'll just go out in the hall." Said Roger as he stepped out the door. BJ just waved his free hand to acknowledge that he had heard it. He dropped his hand down to Erin's face and he wiped a stray piece of blond hair out of her eyes.
"Ya know what? I came all the way from Korea, just to be here with you. Oh yea, here, one of my friends wanted you to have this," he said as he placed the stuffed rabbit from Renee next to her. "Come on, wake up, I don't know what I'd do if I lost you too," he said with tears running down his cheeks.
Suddenly he felt a little squeeze on his hand and he looked down into brown eyes so like his own.
"Don' cwy. Be stwong. Daddy come home soon." BJ smiled, as she was obviously repeating something her mom had told her when she cried. She looked at him closely and looked at his clothes as if she were trying to figure out why he was there and someone else wasn't, "You right daddy this time? Not daddy's friend?" she said hopefully, remembering Radar.
"Yea, I'm Daddy, I'll be right back ok hun?" He stood up and stepped into the hall, "She's awake, her doctor should come in here. I need to make sure he's doing the right things with my little girl." He smiled a little wider as he sat back down next to Erin's bed.
"Where mommy?" she asked softly. BJ's face fell as he tried to explain to the little girl what had happened. He decided to use Renee's idea on the explanation and the little girls agreed, but decided to ask another question.
"If mommy angel, me angel too?"
"Absolutely." BJ said smiling through tears, "You're the prettiest little angel that I've ever seem." He smiled at the little girl lying in the bed.
Doctor Brindes walked through the door with a smile, "And you're her father right? We didn't think she'd make it, much less wake up, but it looks like she's going to be ok now since she's talking." He walked over and did a short examination, "We've already put her arms and legs in casts, she broke some ribs, but other than that there wasn't any open wounds except here on her abdomen. She went into shock yesterday but now she's stable."
"You didn't have to do any surgery did you?"
"Oh no, we just stitched up that laceration on her stomach here," he pointed out the bandage just below the bandage on her ribs, "I know your father-in-law was saying you served in Korea?"
"Yes, I'm a doctor too, I serve at a MASH unit."
"Well, that nice, I guess I'll leave you alone with your daughter then, have a nice day, call me if you need anything." He smiled as he walked out the door, scribbling down notes on a clipboard.
"That's nice?" BJ just shook his head, "I think it's nice that I'm back, don't you angel?"
"I sleepy. I love you Daddy, nigh-nigh." Erin said as she hugged the little rabbit tighter and closed her eyes. BJ sat there watching her sleep for a while. Finally Roger convinced him to come home, but he only stayed long enough to get ready to go back to the hospital.
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Two days after BJ's arrival was Peg's funeral. Which Erin had been released from the hospital just before it was to occur.
"She had a miraculous recovery Dr. Hunnicut. I'm surprised she made it, let alone out of the hospital in a couple days after the accident. You should be proud, your little girl is a trooper."
"Well thanks for all your help Doc, but I can take it from here I do believe." He smiled as he took the wheelchair from Dr. Brindes. BJ rolled the chair to the awaiting car that would take him to his house so that he could get ready for the funeral.
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"Daddy, where we goin'?"
"We are going to say goodbye to mommy."
"But you said mommy was in heaven."
"She is, but she can still hear us from here."
"You mean where we going. She can hear us from there."
"Yea, that's it." BJ smiled as he turned to roll the little wheelchair out the door.
"Wait! Rabbit."
BJ smiled as he handed her the rabbit that Renee had given her, and they went to the funeral.
After the funeral was over and everyone had gone home Roger took Erin back to the car waiting to take them home as BJ kneeled down next to the grave to say goodbye.
"Peg.I don't know how I'm going to live without you. You know how bad of a cook I am, how is Erin going to survive on it? Well I survived on army food but I don't think a little girl could handle that torture." He smiled and traced a finger over the name on the headstone, "What am I gonna do Peg? How am I supposed to take care of a little girl when I'm a man? She's going to grow up liking to get dirty and playing army doctor. I already have nightmares about the war, what's gonna happen if something like that happens?" he covered his face with his hands and just cried. He sat there for sometime before looking up at the headstone again, "And I'm gonna go back Peg. I know Erin needs me but Roger can take care of her for a while, they need me back at the 4077th. I have to go back, I don't think I can stand being over here safe and sound when my beast friends are possibly dying. I wasn't here when you passed, and I want to be there for them if some emergency happens. I love you Peg; no matter how many times I wrote you letters, or told you on the phone, I love you just isn't enough to express it. I miss you. I'll take care of Erin the best way I know how. I love you Peg Hunnicut." He leaned over and kissed the carving of her name before standing up and walking back to the car.
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End of Episode 4. Episode 5 coming soon.