~ Disclaimer: I tried to convince Fox to sell MASH to me, but they wouldn't budge. Therefore, I don't own it, and this is a fan fic, hence it being on fanfiction.com. Got it! Good. A/N: I just changed the formatting on this story. I had it in paragraphs on Word, nut it didn't show up that way on ff.net. Well, it's fixed now (or should be!). Now that that's settled, on with the story! ~

Chapter Two: Letters

Klinger stood in his office, scanning through the mail.

"Let's see, here's on for Hawkeye, one for BJ, one, two, three for Charles, here's one from Ottumwa-" Klinger stopped.

"Ottumwa? It must be from Radar! Colonel Potter!" he yelled while running into Potter's office.

"Good heavens, Klinger, what's all the commotion about?" Colonel Potter asked.

"We just got a letter from Radar, sir!" Klinger said, slightly out of breath from running.

"Well hot diggity dog! Get all the senior staff in here, BJ, Hawkeye, Charles, Margaret, and the Padre, so we can read the letter together. Hurry!"

And with that, Klinger ran to the PA to announce the meeting.

"Attention, will Captains Pierce and Hunnicut, Majors Houlihan and Charles, and Father Mulcahy please report to Colonel Potter's office on the triple?!"

In the Swamp, BJ and Hawkeye glanced at each other.

"Do you have any idea why Colonel Potter would want to see all of us, in his office, for a staff meeting? Did you do something naughty, Hawkeye?" BJ asked in a teasing voice.

Hawkeye smiled innocently and said, "Who, me? I haven't done anything, Beej?I should be asking you that very same question!"

BJ chuckled and said, "I haven't done a single thing. What about you, Charles?"

Charles sniffed haughtily. "No, I haven't done anything, nor will I ever. I would never stoop down to your childish level!"

"I seem to remember more than one occasion, Charles, where you-"

BJ interrupted Hawkeye, halting what could be an argument loud enough to start another war.

"Hey, you guys, why don't we just go see what Colonel Potter wants?"

Hawkeye glared at Charles. "Fine, let's go.'

And with that, the trio headed towards the colonel's office. They entered, and saw the Padre and Major Houlihan already there, looking equally as puzzled as they were. "So, Colonel, what's this all about?" Hawkeye asked as soon as they had all sat. Potter had a big grin on his face. "Well, boys and girls, I have good news for you." "What, the wars over and we can all go home?" Hawkeye asked.

"No, but it's still very good news. In today's mail, we got a letter from none other then a Walter O'Reilly!"

At once everyone started talking.

"Walter O'Reilly? As in Radar?"

"He wrote a letter?"

"Well, come on, Colonel, read it already!"

"Okay, okay, calm down you hooligans!" Colonel Potter pulled the letter out, and began to read.

"Dear Mmembers of the 4077th, I got home about a week ago, and I've been real busy. That's why I haven't been able to write sooner. Sorry about that.

Anywho's, it's been weird being a civilian again. I keep expecting to see you guys come walking in, or hear the PA call out the arrival of wounded. When I first got home, and I heard a helicopter, I yelled out, "Incoming wounded!" Everyone looked at me like I was nuts. I'm still getting used to being a civilian.

Everything is fine here at the farm. We're real busy, like I said. All the animals are fine, and the crops are growing well. Say, how are my animals back at the 4077th? I hope they're doing all right.

I sure do miss all you people. That's the only thing I miss about Korea, you guys. I wish I could see you all again. I wish that we had gotten to say goodbye better, but we got interrupted by wounded. What else is new?

Well, I hope you get this letter soon, and I hope even more that you write back. Ma sends her love to all of you. I hope the war ends soon, so you all can go home, just like I did. I miss you all a lot. Ask Captain Pierce if he got the thing I left him. By the way, how is Klinger handling my job? I hope he's doing okay.

Walter O'Reilly, Radar

Everyone had been sitting quietly, listening to the letter.

"Well, it sounds like he's doing all right for himself." BJ said.

"Yeah, it does. Sounds like he's happy to be a civilian again. Then again, why wouldn't he be?"

"Pierce, what did he mean 'the thing"?

Hawkeye gave her a small smile. "He left his teddy bear on my bunk. I still have it, in my footlocker."

Margaret gasped. "I can't believe he left it. That was one of his favorite things. He loved that teddy bear."

"I think he's grown up a lot. Maybe he didn't think he needed it back home." Hawkeye said quietly.

BJ sighed. "You're right, Hawk. The war does that to people: makes them grow up. Radar did a lot of growing up here; he's not the same little kid we knew. He's a man now. He's running the farm back home, and he's got a serious girlfriend."

Hawkeye chuckled. "I still can't picture Radar with a girlfriend."

"Oh, hush up, Pierce." Margaret admonished.

Hawkeye sobered up. "You're right. He's a great guy, whoever Patty is, she's a lucky girl."

The group sat a moment, quietly thinking about Radar. Colonel Potter got up, and poured drinks for all of them. Once everyone had a glass, he raised his glass in a toast.

"To Radar, one of the best company clerks and friends this unit has ever seen."

The group raised their glasses.

"To Radar." THE END

So, what do you think? I hope you like it, I wasn't sure if I was going to add onto the first chapter, but then I wrote this and decided to post it. Let me know what you think, I need reviews!!!!!!! R&R, please *puppy face*?????