" Margaret, when we were in Korea, I thought I had everything figured out.
I thought everything in my life was exactly the way I wanted it. When I
came back here, I felt lost. I felt like an outcast. Nobody here could ever
understand the things we went through or what we saw over there!" He paused
taking a deep breath. Then he continued. "Margaret, I spent a lot of my
time chasing nurses knowing very well I'd never settle down with any of
them. But sometime, in the last 3 months we where in Korea I decided I
didn't want that. I don't want that, Margaret." Hawkeye looked up at
Margaret, who was on the verge of crying. She knew Hawkeye could be sweet
but he was being so sincere and she almost didn't know what to say.
"W..Well." she stuttered. She was trying to find the words to say what she was feeling but instead. "Hawkeye, what do you want?" She sat there waiting for an answer. She wanted to tell him so badly how he felt but she just couldn't. She didn't know how he'd react.or worse. he wouldn't feel the same.
"I want to settle down. I want a wife, a home, and kids, you know? I guess it sounds silly." He laughed and said, "Hawkeye Pierce wants to settle down. How ironic is that?"
Once again, he had left Margaret absolutely speechless. This was sort of an akward moment between them.
"It doesn't sound silly. I think it sounds nice. Hawkeye, those things are not impossible. You just have to find the right woman for you. Then, everything else will fall into place."
Margaret wanted to be the woman for him. She had loved him for some time now, but no matter how strong she used to be, she had just been hurt one too many times. Hawkeye sat looking out at the sun sinking below the horizon. He turned to Margaret and opened his mouth as if he were about to say something. He paused and then said, "Margaret. if you could have one thing that you thought was never possible, what would it be?" Margaret smiled and sat in thought for a few moments. After a long pause, she took a breath and sighed.
"Love. True love. The kind that doesn't run out on you. The kind that doesn't deny you anything. Actually," she said with a sad smile, "I don't thing that kind of love exists. So, what about you? What would you want?"
Without hesitation, Hawkeye turned to her. He took her hands into his and gently helped her off the ground. He looked into her eyes and gave his answer. "You." And that was all he said. He turned around and started down the hill back to the car. Margaret was shocked. A smile spread across her face. She walked down by Hawkeye and said, " I thought you said something that wasn't possible."
Hawkeye looked at her for a moment before saying, "Margaret, the kind of love you just described isn't impossible either! You've been loved like that for awhile now." Margaret was really confused now.
Hawkeye was so afraid of her not feeling the same way but he knew that if was ever going to tell her how he felt, now would be a good time. He had to tell her before she left him again.
"Margaret, I love you. I love you just like that. That's why I said I wanted you. I didn't think it was possible though. I know you've been hurt so many times that you won't let another man get close to you and you won't let yourself get closer to another man. But let me tell you something Margaret, I'm not Frank Burns and I'm not Donald Penobscott . When I give my heart to someone, it's for good, and Margaret, you've got it for life, no matter how you feel about me." He turned and walked farther down the hill.
"Hawkeye!" she shouted, walking towards him. Hawkeye turned to face her. "Aren't you going to wait to hear what I have to say? I mean, you just told me you loved me!! Why didn't you wait for me to say something?"
"Margaret, I already know how you feel. You won't let yourself be close to another man and I understand that. Let's go." Hawkeye said to her, as turned around again, but before he could take one step Margaret started talking again.
She was upset with him for thinking that and upset with herself for not telling him how she felt.
"Hawkeye, you have NO idea how I feel!! You think that I was scared to get close to another man because I had been hurt?! Well, you are wrong! The only reason I haven't gotten close to any man is because those men weren't you!! Damn it, Pierce! I was waiting for you. I've always been waiting for you, Hawkeye. I loved you. I loved you then and I love you now!!" She took a deep breath as tears poured down her face. "I will always love you, Hawkeye. I knew before we even left Korea that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you!! Because I knew that I would never be happy unless I had you. I was just too damn afraid to say something until now!!"
Margaret could barely even talk now, she was crying so hard. She was scared and upset. She stood there, looking at Hawkeye, waiting for him to say something. He just stood there for a few minutes. Then he smiled from ear to ear. The woman he had loved all this time just told him that she loved him too.
Hawkeye walked up to where Margaret was standing. He grabbed her in his arms and finally, after all this time, he kissed her. He kissed her the way she always wanted him to. There are very few kisses that ever make history but if any ever did, that kiss was one of them. Standing there in his arms, she felt safe. As they broke from the kiss, which lasted for what seems a lifetime, Hawkeye looked at Margaret, wiping away her tears.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Hawkeye asked as he brushed her hair out of her face.
"I guess for the same reasons you didn't tell me. Because you thought that it was impossible."
Hawkeye smiled and put his arm around her. " Margaret, now that you know how I feel. There's just one more thing."
"Well, what is it?" she asked.
"Marry me? I may not be perfect, but nobody will ever love you as much as I do."
"I know. That's what makes you perfect to me. Yes, Hawkeye. I would love to be your wife."
Hawkeye never thought he'd hear those words come out of his mouth, but he loved her and this was right.
"Let's go." he said. "I can't wait for my dad to meet you. He's going to love you!"Hawkeye opened the car door for Margaret and helped her in. The two drove off as the sun had finally sunk below the horizon and Margaret couldn't wait to meet the man who had given her the man she loved.
"W..Well." she stuttered. She was trying to find the words to say what she was feeling but instead. "Hawkeye, what do you want?" She sat there waiting for an answer. She wanted to tell him so badly how he felt but she just couldn't. She didn't know how he'd react.or worse. he wouldn't feel the same.
"I want to settle down. I want a wife, a home, and kids, you know? I guess it sounds silly." He laughed and said, "Hawkeye Pierce wants to settle down. How ironic is that?"
Once again, he had left Margaret absolutely speechless. This was sort of an akward moment between them.
"It doesn't sound silly. I think it sounds nice. Hawkeye, those things are not impossible. You just have to find the right woman for you. Then, everything else will fall into place."
Margaret wanted to be the woman for him. She had loved him for some time now, but no matter how strong she used to be, she had just been hurt one too many times. Hawkeye sat looking out at the sun sinking below the horizon. He turned to Margaret and opened his mouth as if he were about to say something. He paused and then said, "Margaret. if you could have one thing that you thought was never possible, what would it be?" Margaret smiled and sat in thought for a few moments. After a long pause, she took a breath and sighed.
"Love. True love. The kind that doesn't run out on you. The kind that doesn't deny you anything. Actually," she said with a sad smile, "I don't thing that kind of love exists. So, what about you? What would you want?"
Without hesitation, Hawkeye turned to her. He took her hands into his and gently helped her off the ground. He looked into her eyes and gave his answer. "You." And that was all he said. He turned around and started down the hill back to the car. Margaret was shocked. A smile spread across her face. She walked down by Hawkeye and said, " I thought you said something that wasn't possible."
Hawkeye looked at her for a moment before saying, "Margaret, the kind of love you just described isn't impossible either! You've been loved like that for awhile now." Margaret was really confused now.
Hawkeye was so afraid of her not feeling the same way but he knew that if was ever going to tell her how he felt, now would be a good time. He had to tell her before she left him again.
"Margaret, I love you. I love you just like that. That's why I said I wanted you. I didn't think it was possible though. I know you've been hurt so many times that you won't let another man get close to you and you won't let yourself get closer to another man. But let me tell you something Margaret, I'm not Frank Burns and I'm not Donald Penobscott . When I give my heart to someone, it's for good, and Margaret, you've got it for life, no matter how you feel about me." He turned and walked farther down the hill.
"Hawkeye!" she shouted, walking towards him. Hawkeye turned to face her. "Aren't you going to wait to hear what I have to say? I mean, you just told me you loved me!! Why didn't you wait for me to say something?"
"Margaret, I already know how you feel. You won't let yourself be close to another man and I understand that. Let's go." Hawkeye said to her, as turned around again, but before he could take one step Margaret started talking again.
She was upset with him for thinking that and upset with herself for not telling him how she felt.
"Hawkeye, you have NO idea how I feel!! You think that I was scared to get close to another man because I had been hurt?! Well, you are wrong! The only reason I haven't gotten close to any man is because those men weren't you!! Damn it, Pierce! I was waiting for you. I've always been waiting for you, Hawkeye. I loved you. I loved you then and I love you now!!" She took a deep breath as tears poured down her face. "I will always love you, Hawkeye. I knew before we even left Korea that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you!! Because I knew that I would never be happy unless I had you. I was just too damn afraid to say something until now!!"
Margaret could barely even talk now, she was crying so hard. She was scared and upset. She stood there, looking at Hawkeye, waiting for him to say something. He just stood there for a few minutes. Then he smiled from ear to ear. The woman he had loved all this time just told him that she loved him too.
Hawkeye walked up to where Margaret was standing. He grabbed her in his arms and finally, after all this time, he kissed her. He kissed her the way she always wanted him to. There are very few kisses that ever make history but if any ever did, that kiss was one of them. Standing there in his arms, she felt safe. As they broke from the kiss, which lasted for what seems a lifetime, Hawkeye looked at Margaret, wiping away her tears.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Hawkeye asked as he brushed her hair out of her face.
"I guess for the same reasons you didn't tell me. Because you thought that it was impossible."
Hawkeye smiled and put his arm around her. " Margaret, now that you know how I feel. There's just one more thing."
"Well, what is it?" she asked.
"Marry me? I may not be perfect, but nobody will ever love you as much as I do."
"I know. That's what makes you perfect to me. Yes, Hawkeye. I would love to be your wife."
Hawkeye never thought he'd hear those words come out of his mouth, but he loved her and this was right.
"Let's go." he said. "I can't wait for my dad to meet you. He's going to love you!"Hawkeye opened the car door for Margaret and helped her in. The two drove off as the sun had finally sunk below the horizon and Margaret couldn't wait to meet the man who had given her the man she loved.