Assilem's Rant!: Okay yeah I know I'm slaking off..but I got exams and a
performance nearing. I really should update more, I know..but then again
I'm lazy!!!!!!
Now for A Mutual Friend.You ppl are gonna have to wait, cause I'm waiting
on something.and with my others..well you're reading the world's most
procrastinator...I should really get on it, but like I said, I
procrastinate.
Well I would like to thank my Beta's HM Writer, Falcon and Sweet Preserves
with their help! I love you three! And everyone wish Falcon a Happy Belated
Birthday!! Lets Sing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FALCON HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Happy Birthday hon! This chapter is for you!(
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When Christmas rolled around, things were becoming more and more normal. Rory was turning two on Christmas so she was more excited then the rest of the kids. Hawkeye invited Margaret and Sabrina to spend Christmas with them. He had a huge house, so Margaret accepted. Christmas was only a week away when Hawkeye was forced to go to a banquet. Margaret was doing rounds just before lunch when Hawkeye spotted her.
"Margaret."
"Hi Pierce, what can I do for you?"
"Lunch? I have Rory over lunch. If you didn't hear, she bit Jane yesterday."
"I would believe it. I met the woman, and I don't trust her."
"Yeah well she's the only person that would look after six kids. And now she went and quit on me."
"Well we can go back to the system if we have to. I know the kids don't mind hanging out with me."
"They don't. They love it." He said with a smile. "Beej has the baby, gotta go get her first."
"Okay," She smiled placing a clipboard in its slot. The two walked up to the pediatric floor to find the nurses playing with Rory. When she saw her father and Margaret she toddled over to them.
"Hey baby Doll." He smiled picking her up. Rory smiled and looked at Margaret.
"Hi!"
"Hi Rory, are you having fun?"
"Uh huh." She smiled holding her arms out. Margaret smiled and took her.
"Where's Uncle BJ?"
"Dere." She said pointing to his office. Hawkeye smiled and walked in. He was sitting in his desk talking on the phone.
"I wouldn't recommend that Mrs. James. its not that. Mrs. James, listen.I can't.giving cosmetic surgery to a child is out of my league.look, I wont.okay, good bye Mrs. James." BJ sighed and hung up the receiver. "Hey,"
"Hey. Greta James?"
"The one and only."
"Chase is the same age as Rory, been trying for just over a year to get her son's eyes fixed."
"What's wrong with them?"
"Nothing. They're a little pointed, that's it." BJ replied. "I've seen the child, absolutely nothing wrong. He got the recessive gene for his eyes, and she doesn't like that."
"Oh,"
"Well ready to go for lunch. Peg is meeting us."
"Okay, sure." Margaret smiled. Rory clapped her hands together and wiggled down from her arms.
"Me awk." She smiled taking the hand her father offered. Together the three walked to a small little reseraunt in the hospital. "Otty." Rory said looking at her father. Hawkeye smiled and picked her up.
"Okay, let's go potty." He smiled. "We'll be right back." He said to BJ, Margaret and Peg who was sitting at the table. BJ and Margaret sat down and waited for the two to get back.
"So Margaret, you got a date to the Christmas fund-raiser?"
"No, I don't think I'm going."
"What are you talking about; these things are always so much fun. This year they're raffling off Doctors."
"They do that every year, each department at a time. This year Pediatric and Surgical."
"That means BJ is being raffled off."
"Sure doesn't. Hawk is, but he doesn't know that yet." BJ smiled. Margaret laughed until she saw the two coming back.
"Hey what did we miss?"
"Nothing much, just what department doctors their raffling off this year," BJ commented dryly.
"Oh yeah, who are the unlucky Doctors?"
"Pediatric and Surgical." BJ said talking a drink of water to hide his smile.
"What? I can't be raffled off! I have six kids!" He exclaimed.
"Too bad Hawk,"
"What are we giving them this year?"
"I don't know. I do know they never make the people that are married get raffled."
"Arg, Margaret marry me right now so I won't have to go through this."
"What, no." Margaret said in surprise. She never thought she would hear those words come out of his mouth. She hoped that one day he would say them out of love, but she knew he would never feel the same way. He couldn't believe he said that. He wanted to say that for real, and have her accept, but knew she wouldn't, she would never feel the same way, they were too different.
"Fine, Rory, you wanna marry your old man?" Rory just looked at her father in confusion and then at Margaret.
"Wink?" She asked.
"Sure." He smiled handing her the glass of water. "Arg, Margaret could you watch the kids that night."
"Sorry, I'm going to the fund-raiser." Margaret said looking at the man in front of her. "I could get Jenny's sister to help, and Jenny and Christy can watch the kids."
"Sounds good. Since we're going, wanna be my date? I can't show up without one."
"Sure, sounds fun. As long as I get to wear a really nice dress."
"Oh you will. And you know that Sabrina and Katelyn will want a new one too. Those two are so much alike it scares me."
"Oh me too." Margaret agreed. BJ and Peg sat listening to the two talk. They could tell that they belong together, but they wouldn't admit it. They were both too stubborn or say that they can't. It was now up to them to get them together. Peg decided to work on Margaret; they spent time together when Margaret didn't have to work.
The following Monday, Margaret had the day off so the two made a trip to the dress shop. Rory came with them. Margaret was going threw cocktail dresses when Peg saw the perfect dress. She knew Hawkeye for ten years, and knew exactly what he liked and disliked. Margaret saw the dress and smiled. That dress would certainly tease him. It had a low enough neckline so that he could see the top of her breasts, there was barely any back, and it went down to her knees. . It was a black that looked more like the sky at midnight. She decided to buy it. After that they went shoe shopping and picked a couple things for the kids.
When they arrived back at Margaret's place the kids were running up the street. They all loved that Margaret was there to help them with their homework. Hawkeye would usually get upset if they weren't cooperating, and when Jane was taking care of them, well she wouldn't help at all. Margaret smiled when she heard all ten children run into the house. Peg had told them to get off the bus there, since she would be there. When Sabrina saw her mother she smiled and ran to her. Margaret gave each kid some cookies and milk and she and Peg sat down to help with homework. By five o'clock Peg took her kids home and left Margaret with the seven. Katelyn and Sabrina went up to her room, Dorby, Finn and Vincent went outside and Rory after missing her nap was sleeping on the couch. Baylee came up to Margaret and smiled.
"Margaret?"
"Yes Honey?"
"You like my Dad right?"
"He's my friend, yes."
"No I mean like, like." Baylee said. She was going through the puppy love phase.
"Honey, come here." Baylee smiled and walked over to Margaret. Margaret bent down to be eye level with the eight-year-old. "Now, I do like you Dad, he's one of the best friends I ever had. He helped me a lot, and still does. And I love him for that. Do you understand?"
"Yup." She smiled. "Margaret?"
"Hmm?"
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Being here. We don't see much of Dad, but with you here, it makes it better." Margaret smiled at the little girl and watched her run off.
By Friday all the kids knew that Margaret was going on a date with Hawkeye. His six kids loved the idea, and so did Sabrina. Even though they tried telling them it was for the hospital. Sabrina and Katelyn didn't believe it. They wanted their parents to get together. On Friday night Baylee and the boys all decided to spend the night at friends. Katelyn wanted to sleep over with Sabrina, and Rory would be spending the night with Margaret. By the time they arrived home it would be too late to take her home. So after school the other kids went over to their friends, Vincent was only three but he wanted to sleep over with his friend Greg, and his parents never minded. Sheryl took care of Vincent a lot. He never listened to his babysitters, only to Sheryl.
Margaret smiled when Sabrina and Katelyn walked in. They had only known each other for four months, but were closer than most people were. Margaret and Rory went to meet the two girls.
"Mama!" Sabrina smiled.
"Hey baby girl. Hi Honey." Margaret smiled when Katelyn came in.
"Hi Margaret." She smiled.
"How was school?"
"Good. Mama my class is having 'Daddy Day'." Sabrina said looking at her mother.
"Do you want me to come?" Margaret asked looking at the small girl.
"Do you think Katelyn's Daddy will come? I know he's not my Daddy. But he takes care of me sometimes and likes to take me skating. And since Granpy died, I got no one."
"I'm pretty positive Hawkeye will go with you."
"Okay, can you still come Mama?"
"I wouldn't leave you." Margaret smiled. "Why don't you two go do your homework?"
"We don't have any! Mrs. Curtis says that all we have to do is find a baby picture. And Katelyn can't do that until she goes home. And I know you're going out, so I can get one later."
"Okay, go watch TV then. And don't let Rory get into anything. I'm going to get dinner started, and then Jenny is going to come over."
"I thought Christy was going to come too?"
"No, since it's only you three Christy is going to stay home. Jenny is going to come take care of you."
"Okay." The little girl said content with her answer. Margaret smiled and watched the two girls walk into the living room. She looked down at Rory who was staring at her.
"Wanna help me?"
"Yup." She smiled standing up and toddled into the kitchen. After the three girls ate and Jenny arrived Margaret started to get ready. Working with Rory made a simple dinner a lot harder, but so much fun. By the time seven o'clock rolled around, Rory was just about in bed and Margaret was ready to go. Hawkeye came, said goodnight to Katelyn and rocked Rory to sleep. She was his baby, and he treated her like one. He only hoped one day that maybe he would have another child with the woman he loves more than life itself. After the little girl was sleeping the two left. Margaret made fun of him the whole way there. He really didn't want a bunch of strangers bidding on him. He ended up convincing Margaret and Peg to bet on him. Either way he wouldn't have to go on a date with someone he didn't like. When they arrived everyone was surprised to see the prestigious Dr. Piece with the new Nurse Houlihan on his arm. Some of the older couples thought that they belonged together. When it was time for the bidding, they took their seats. Hawkeye was last so he got to see all the poor men being bought.
"Well ladies, this is our last bachelor. Ladies Doctor Hawkeye Pierce." Ladies in the audience started to whistle as the middle aged surgeon made his way onto the stage. "Hawkeye is 182 pounds, has been a surgeon for the past thirteen years. A Veteran from the Korean War, and ladies, he has six children." The announcer said. She knew he wouldn't go, but then again it wouldn't be right to the kids.
"$25.00." One woman screamed. Hawkeye hated her; she had been after him since before his divorce. He looked at Margaret and Peg.
"$50.00."
"$75.00"
"$200.00." Margaret said. The other woman looked at her in disgust. Margaret just sat there, she just bid $200.00, on a man she was supposed to be just friends. Somehow she felt a little angry that the other woman was betting on him. After all he was hers.
"Sold to Nurse Houlihan for $200.00." Hawkeye smiled and stepped down. He walked and sat down next to her.
"Why did you bid so much?"
"I don't know." Margaret lied. She knew, but she wasn't going to tell him. How would you tell your best friend that you're madly in love with them? Well you cant. After the fund-raiser was over they headed home. When they got back to Margaret's house he walked her to the door.
"Thanks for coming with me tonight."
"No problem I had fun."
"Me too." Margaret looked at Hawkeye. She loved him so much, but she couldn't tell him. Hawkeye smiled down at the gorgeous blonde and smiled. He bent down just to place a kiss on her cheek, but that didn't work. As his lips touched hers Margaret moved up so that she could reach his lips better. They kissed like that for a while, until Hawkeye let his tongue slip into her mouth, as his hands moved over her back and rested on her ass cheeks. Margaret moved her hands above his head and pulled him down. He moved them towards the door and pinned her there as his mouth explored hers. They were to busy kissing that they didn't see Katelyn and Sabrina smiling at them. The two girls looked at each other from Sabrina's bedroom window and smiled. A few moments later the two parted and smiled at each other.
"Would you ah like to come in for ah a drink?" She asked kind of nervous.
"Sure. And I can check on my rugrats." He smiled. The two walked into her house and saw Jenny sitting in the living room reading a book.
"Hi Jenny."
"Oh hi Ms. Houlihan." Jenny smiled closing the book and standing up.
"Thanks for watching the girls tonight. I hope they weren't any trouble."
"No they were great. Rory did wake up with a fever around 11 or so," Jenny started. Hawkeye's eyes lit up with worry and walked off to find his little girl.
"Well it seems that Hawkeye is gone to check on her. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Sure will." Jenny smiled.
"Bye honey." Margaret smiled as Jenny ran to her car. Jenny was Sabrina's regular baby-sitter. She got paid once a month and they had a terrific system. Margaret walked into the room where Rory was sleeping. "How is she?"
"She's got a fever." Hawkeye sighed. He always hated when his children we sick. It made him sad that he couldn't make them feel better right away. "Maybe I should take her home tonight."
"Don't bother, you can spend the night here if you want." Margaret smiled rubbing the little girls back.
"Thanks, but I couldn't."
"Pierce, there's a bed in here, you can sleep with her."
"Okay." He smiled when Katelyn and Sabrina walked in. "Hey pumpkin."
"Hi daddy. Daddy what's wrong with Rory?" Katelyn asked walking up to her father.
"She's sick." Her father said. "What are you doing up?"
"I dunno." She smiled. "Are we going home?"
"No, I'm going to sleep over and stay with Rory."
"Oh okay." Katelyn smiled as she crawled onto his lap. Hawkeye moved Rory so he could accommodate the five-year-old. Sabrina stood there and stared. She never had a father's lap to crawl on when she was tired or sad, or any reason whatsoever. She wanted that so much, and hopefully she could have that with Hawkeye.
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When Christmas rolled around, things were becoming more and more normal. Rory was turning two on Christmas so she was more excited then the rest of the kids. Hawkeye invited Margaret and Sabrina to spend Christmas with them. He had a huge house, so Margaret accepted. Christmas was only a week away when Hawkeye was forced to go to a banquet. Margaret was doing rounds just before lunch when Hawkeye spotted her.
"Margaret."
"Hi Pierce, what can I do for you?"
"Lunch? I have Rory over lunch. If you didn't hear, she bit Jane yesterday."
"I would believe it. I met the woman, and I don't trust her."
"Yeah well she's the only person that would look after six kids. And now she went and quit on me."
"Well we can go back to the system if we have to. I know the kids don't mind hanging out with me."
"They don't. They love it." He said with a smile. "Beej has the baby, gotta go get her first."
"Okay," She smiled placing a clipboard in its slot. The two walked up to the pediatric floor to find the nurses playing with Rory. When she saw her father and Margaret she toddled over to them.
"Hey baby Doll." He smiled picking her up. Rory smiled and looked at Margaret.
"Hi!"
"Hi Rory, are you having fun?"
"Uh huh." She smiled holding her arms out. Margaret smiled and took her.
"Where's Uncle BJ?"
"Dere." She said pointing to his office. Hawkeye smiled and walked in. He was sitting in his desk talking on the phone.
"I wouldn't recommend that Mrs. James. its not that. Mrs. James, listen.I can't.giving cosmetic surgery to a child is out of my league.look, I wont.okay, good bye Mrs. James." BJ sighed and hung up the receiver. "Hey,"
"Hey. Greta James?"
"The one and only."
"Chase is the same age as Rory, been trying for just over a year to get her son's eyes fixed."
"What's wrong with them?"
"Nothing. They're a little pointed, that's it." BJ replied. "I've seen the child, absolutely nothing wrong. He got the recessive gene for his eyes, and she doesn't like that."
"Oh,"
"Well ready to go for lunch. Peg is meeting us."
"Okay, sure." Margaret smiled. Rory clapped her hands together and wiggled down from her arms.
"Me awk." She smiled taking the hand her father offered. Together the three walked to a small little reseraunt in the hospital. "Otty." Rory said looking at her father. Hawkeye smiled and picked her up.
"Okay, let's go potty." He smiled. "We'll be right back." He said to BJ, Margaret and Peg who was sitting at the table. BJ and Margaret sat down and waited for the two to get back.
"So Margaret, you got a date to the Christmas fund-raiser?"
"No, I don't think I'm going."
"What are you talking about; these things are always so much fun. This year they're raffling off Doctors."
"They do that every year, each department at a time. This year Pediatric and Surgical."
"That means BJ is being raffled off."
"Sure doesn't. Hawk is, but he doesn't know that yet." BJ smiled. Margaret laughed until she saw the two coming back.
"Hey what did we miss?"
"Nothing much, just what department doctors their raffling off this year," BJ commented dryly.
"Oh yeah, who are the unlucky Doctors?"
"Pediatric and Surgical." BJ said talking a drink of water to hide his smile.
"What? I can't be raffled off! I have six kids!" He exclaimed.
"Too bad Hawk,"
"What are we giving them this year?"
"I don't know. I do know they never make the people that are married get raffled."
"Arg, Margaret marry me right now so I won't have to go through this."
"What, no." Margaret said in surprise. She never thought she would hear those words come out of his mouth. She hoped that one day he would say them out of love, but she knew he would never feel the same way. He couldn't believe he said that. He wanted to say that for real, and have her accept, but knew she wouldn't, she would never feel the same way, they were too different.
"Fine, Rory, you wanna marry your old man?" Rory just looked at her father in confusion and then at Margaret.
"Wink?" She asked.
"Sure." He smiled handing her the glass of water. "Arg, Margaret could you watch the kids that night."
"Sorry, I'm going to the fund-raiser." Margaret said looking at the man in front of her. "I could get Jenny's sister to help, and Jenny and Christy can watch the kids."
"Sounds good. Since we're going, wanna be my date? I can't show up without one."
"Sure, sounds fun. As long as I get to wear a really nice dress."
"Oh you will. And you know that Sabrina and Katelyn will want a new one too. Those two are so much alike it scares me."
"Oh me too." Margaret agreed. BJ and Peg sat listening to the two talk. They could tell that they belong together, but they wouldn't admit it. They were both too stubborn or say that they can't. It was now up to them to get them together. Peg decided to work on Margaret; they spent time together when Margaret didn't have to work.
The following Monday, Margaret had the day off so the two made a trip to the dress shop. Rory came with them. Margaret was going threw cocktail dresses when Peg saw the perfect dress. She knew Hawkeye for ten years, and knew exactly what he liked and disliked. Margaret saw the dress and smiled. That dress would certainly tease him. It had a low enough neckline so that he could see the top of her breasts, there was barely any back, and it went down to her knees. . It was a black that looked more like the sky at midnight. She decided to buy it. After that they went shoe shopping and picked a couple things for the kids.
When they arrived back at Margaret's place the kids were running up the street. They all loved that Margaret was there to help them with their homework. Hawkeye would usually get upset if they weren't cooperating, and when Jane was taking care of them, well she wouldn't help at all. Margaret smiled when she heard all ten children run into the house. Peg had told them to get off the bus there, since she would be there. When Sabrina saw her mother she smiled and ran to her. Margaret gave each kid some cookies and milk and she and Peg sat down to help with homework. By five o'clock Peg took her kids home and left Margaret with the seven. Katelyn and Sabrina went up to her room, Dorby, Finn and Vincent went outside and Rory after missing her nap was sleeping on the couch. Baylee came up to Margaret and smiled.
"Margaret?"
"Yes Honey?"
"You like my Dad right?"
"He's my friend, yes."
"No I mean like, like." Baylee said. She was going through the puppy love phase.
"Honey, come here." Baylee smiled and walked over to Margaret. Margaret bent down to be eye level with the eight-year-old. "Now, I do like you Dad, he's one of the best friends I ever had. He helped me a lot, and still does. And I love him for that. Do you understand?"
"Yup." She smiled. "Margaret?"
"Hmm?"
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Being here. We don't see much of Dad, but with you here, it makes it better." Margaret smiled at the little girl and watched her run off.
By Friday all the kids knew that Margaret was going on a date with Hawkeye. His six kids loved the idea, and so did Sabrina. Even though they tried telling them it was for the hospital. Sabrina and Katelyn didn't believe it. They wanted their parents to get together. On Friday night Baylee and the boys all decided to spend the night at friends. Katelyn wanted to sleep over with Sabrina, and Rory would be spending the night with Margaret. By the time they arrived home it would be too late to take her home. So after school the other kids went over to their friends, Vincent was only three but he wanted to sleep over with his friend Greg, and his parents never minded. Sheryl took care of Vincent a lot. He never listened to his babysitters, only to Sheryl.
Margaret smiled when Sabrina and Katelyn walked in. They had only known each other for four months, but were closer than most people were. Margaret and Rory went to meet the two girls.
"Mama!" Sabrina smiled.
"Hey baby girl. Hi Honey." Margaret smiled when Katelyn came in.
"Hi Margaret." She smiled.
"How was school?"
"Good. Mama my class is having 'Daddy Day'." Sabrina said looking at her mother.
"Do you want me to come?" Margaret asked looking at the small girl.
"Do you think Katelyn's Daddy will come? I know he's not my Daddy. But he takes care of me sometimes and likes to take me skating. And since Granpy died, I got no one."
"I'm pretty positive Hawkeye will go with you."
"Okay, can you still come Mama?"
"I wouldn't leave you." Margaret smiled. "Why don't you two go do your homework?"
"We don't have any! Mrs. Curtis says that all we have to do is find a baby picture. And Katelyn can't do that until she goes home. And I know you're going out, so I can get one later."
"Okay, go watch TV then. And don't let Rory get into anything. I'm going to get dinner started, and then Jenny is going to come over."
"I thought Christy was going to come too?"
"No, since it's only you three Christy is going to stay home. Jenny is going to come take care of you."
"Okay." The little girl said content with her answer. Margaret smiled and watched the two girls walk into the living room. She looked down at Rory who was staring at her.
"Wanna help me?"
"Yup." She smiled standing up and toddled into the kitchen. After the three girls ate and Jenny arrived Margaret started to get ready. Working with Rory made a simple dinner a lot harder, but so much fun. By the time seven o'clock rolled around, Rory was just about in bed and Margaret was ready to go. Hawkeye came, said goodnight to Katelyn and rocked Rory to sleep. She was his baby, and he treated her like one. He only hoped one day that maybe he would have another child with the woman he loves more than life itself. After the little girl was sleeping the two left. Margaret made fun of him the whole way there. He really didn't want a bunch of strangers bidding on him. He ended up convincing Margaret and Peg to bet on him. Either way he wouldn't have to go on a date with someone he didn't like. When they arrived everyone was surprised to see the prestigious Dr. Piece with the new Nurse Houlihan on his arm. Some of the older couples thought that they belonged together. When it was time for the bidding, they took their seats. Hawkeye was last so he got to see all the poor men being bought.
"Well ladies, this is our last bachelor. Ladies Doctor Hawkeye Pierce." Ladies in the audience started to whistle as the middle aged surgeon made his way onto the stage. "Hawkeye is 182 pounds, has been a surgeon for the past thirteen years. A Veteran from the Korean War, and ladies, he has six children." The announcer said. She knew he wouldn't go, but then again it wouldn't be right to the kids.
"$25.00." One woman screamed. Hawkeye hated her; she had been after him since before his divorce. He looked at Margaret and Peg.
"$50.00."
"$75.00"
"$200.00." Margaret said. The other woman looked at her in disgust. Margaret just sat there, she just bid $200.00, on a man she was supposed to be just friends. Somehow she felt a little angry that the other woman was betting on him. After all he was hers.
"Sold to Nurse Houlihan for $200.00." Hawkeye smiled and stepped down. He walked and sat down next to her.
"Why did you bid so much?"
"I don't know." Margaret lied. She knew, but she wasn't going to tell him. How would you tell your best friend that you're madly in love with them? Well you cant. After the fund-raiser was over they headed home. When they got back to Margaret's house he walked her to the door.
"Thanks for coming with me tonight."
"No problem I had fun."
"Me too." Margaret looked at Hawkeye. She loved him so much, but she couldn't tell him. Hawkeye smiled down at the gorgeous blonde and smiled. He bent down just to place a kiss on her cheek, but that didn't work. As his lips touched hers Margaret moved up so that she could reach his lips better. They kissed like that for a while, until Hawkeye let his tongue slip into her mouth, as his hands moved over her back and rested on her ass cheeks. Margaret moved her hands above his head and pulled him down. He moved them towards the door and pinned her there as his mouth explored hers. They were to busy kissing that they didn't see Katelyn and Sabrina smiling at them. The two girls looked at each other from Sabrina's bedroom window and smiled. A few moments later the two parted and smiled at each other.
"Would you ah like to come in for ah a drink?" She asked kind of nervous.
"Sure. And I can check on my rugrats." He smiled. The two walked into her house and saw Jenny sitting in the living room reading a book.
"Hi Jenny."
"Oh hi Ms. Houlihan." Jenny smiled closing the book and standing up.
"Thanks for watching the girls tonight. I hope they weren't any trouble."
"No they were great. Rory did wake up with a fever around 11 or so," Jenny started. Hawkeye's eyes lit up with worry and walked off to find his little girl.
"Well it seems that Hawkeye is gone to check on her. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Sure will." Jenny smiled.
"Bye honey." Margaret smiled as Jenny ran to her car. Jenny was Sabrina's regular baby-sitter. She got paid once a month and they had a terrific system. Margaret walked into the room where Rory was sleeping. "How is she?"
"She's got a fever." Hawkeye sighed. He always hated when his children we sick. It made him sad that he couldn't make them feel better right away. "Maybe I should take her home tonight."
"Don't bother, you can spend the night here if you want." Margaret smiled rubbing the little girls back.
"Thanks, but I couldn't."
"Pierce, there's a bed in here, you can sleep with her."
"Okay." He smiled when Katelyn and Sabrina walked in. "Hey pumpkin."
"Hi daddy. Daddy what's wrong with Rory?" Katelyn asked walking up to her father.
"She's sick." Her father said. "What are you doing up?"
"I dunno." She smiled. "Are we going home?"
"No, I'm going to sleep over and stay with Rory."
"Oh okay." Katelyn smiled as she crawled onto his lap. Hawkeye moved Rory so he could accommodate the five-year-old. Sabrina stood there and stared. She never had a father's lap to crawl on when she was tired or sad, or any reason whatsoever. She wanted that so much, and hopefully she could have that with Hawkeye.