'Sir, new nurses,' Radar said to Colonel Potter.
'Ah, the two who asked to be transferred here together. Shall I go out and meet them, or will you send them in?' Potter asked.
'I'll go get them. You continue doing whatever you were doing, sir,' Radar said before leaving. He left the tent just as the jeep appeared around the corner. Two ginger haired nurses were sitting in the jeep, and hanging on tightly, as the driver brought the jeep recklessly to a halt in front of the mess tent. Radar went over, and smiled.
'Radar!' Alex yelled, leaping out of the jeep.
'I'm taking a chopper next time,' the girl beside her said as she followed her. Alex gave Radar a quick hug, and pointed to the girl beside her.
'My sister, Dani,' she explained.
'I thought so, you look a lot like each other,' Radar said. Dani and Alex glanced at each other, trying to think if they really looked so much alike. Suddenly, someone launched themselves onto Alex. Alex gave a half scream, and Dani started trying to pull whoever it was off of her. She stopped when she realised it was a man wearing a dress. Alex was laughing.
'Klinger, you're squashing me! Get off!' she was saying.
'Everyone's missed you a lot!' Klinger said, finally moving away a little.
'Oh, this is the screwball who wants to go home,' Dani said in recognition.
'Klinger, this is my kid sister, Dani. Dani, this is Klinger and Radar. And Klinger may want to go home, but he's no screwball,' Alex said firmly. 'You've got no manners at all.'
'Uh, Alex? Colonel Potter would like to see you two in his tent,' Radar said.
'But we haven't even blown anything up yet! Why does he want to see us?' Dani asked loudly.
'I'll take your bags to the nurse's tent,' Klinger offered, taking the bags from the back of the jeep.
'Thanks Klinger. I'll probably see you at lunch,' Alex yelled over her shoulder as they followed Radar to Potter's office. Both stood in front of his desk a few minutes later, and saluted.
'You're the new nurses?' he asked from the report he was signing.
'Yessir,' both of them replied.
'You sisters or something?' he asked, looking up.
'Yes,' Alex was saying, but Dani got a cruel look in her eye.
'No, sir, Alex was left on our doorstep,' she said.
'Dani! This isn't some new principal you're talking to! This guy could have you sent home with dishonors!' Alex hissed. Potter grinned to himself.
'I take it you're lieutenant Alexia Dustin?' he asked Alex. Alex nodded. 'And you're lieutenant Danielle Dustin?' he asked Dani.
'Yessir,' Dani said, standing up straight.
'Well, Danielle, you may leave. I'd like to talk to Alexia,' Potter said. Dani shot Alex her "you're in trouble" look, saluted, and left.
'Is there any reason you wanted to talk to me, sir?' Alex asked, feeling a little nervous.
'I hear it's not your first time in Korea,' Potter said.
'No sir. I was sent home on a hardship discharge by the last Colonel who was here,' Alex said, still standing straight, looking at one of the photo's of horses' above the Colonel's head.
'And you took that scar home as a souvenir,' Potter said. Alex's hand flew up to her left check to hide the pale line running down her face. 'Sit down,' Potter said in a friendly voice. 'I ain't going to bite your head off, just want a chat.' Alex sat.
'I see you like horses,' Alex said, nodding towards the back wall. Potter looked back over his shoulder.
'Yes, started in the Calvary. Hooked on horse ever since. You like horses, Alexia?' Potter asked.
'Just Alex, sir. And Danielle prefers to be called Dani,' Alex said. 'But yes, I like horses. Never had enough room at home to have one though.'
'Pierce told me about you after he got back from Seoul last time. He seems to be quite fond of you, you know,' Potter said carefully, watching her. Alex blushed a little.
'Uh, yes, I'm very fond of Hawkeye too,' she said.
'I know what you two are doing. Don't try and pretend I don't, it's bad enough with Frank and Margaret,' Potter said. Alex grinned.
'Yessir,' she said.
'Ah, the two who asked to be transferred here together. Shall I go out and meet them, or will you send them in?' Potter asked.
'I'll go get them. You continue doing whatever you were doing, sir,' Radar said before leaving. He left the tent just as the jeep appeared around the corner. Two ginger haired nurses were sitting in the jeep, and hanging on tightly, as the driver brought the jeep recklessly to a halt in front of the mess tent. Radar went over, and smiled.
'Radar!' Alex yelled, leaping out of the jeep.
'I'm taking a chopper next time,' the girl beside her said as she followed her. Alex gave Radar a quick hug, and pointed to the girl beside her.
'My sister, Dani,' she explained.
'I thought so, you look a lot like each other,' Radar said. Dani and Alex glanced at each other, trying to think if they really looked so much alike. Suddenly, someone launched themselves onto Alex. Alex gave a half scream, and Dani started trying to pull whoever it was off of her. She stopped when she realised it was a man wearing a dress. Alex was laughing.
'Klinger, you're squashing me! Get off!' she was saying.
'Everyone's missed you a lot!' Klinger said, finally moving away a little.
'Oh, this is the screwball who wants to go home,' Dani said in recognition.
'Klinger, this is my kid sister, Dani. Dani, this is Klinger and Radar. And Klinger may want to go home, but he's no screwball,' Alex said firmly. 'You've got no manners at all.'
'Uh, Alex? Colonel Potter would like to see you two in his tent,' Radar said.
'But we haven't even blown anything up yet! Why does he want to see us?' Dani asked loudly.
'I'll take your bags to the nurse's tent,' Klinger offered, taking the bags from the back of the jeep.
'Thanks Klinger. I'll probably see you at lunch,' Alex yelled over her shoulder as they followed Radar to Potter's office. Both stood in front of his desk a few minutes later, and saluted.
'You're the new nurses?' he asked from the report he was signing.
'Yessir,' both of them replied.
'You sisters or something?' he asked, looking up.
'Yes,' Alex was saying, but Dani got a cruel look in her eye.
'No, sir, Alex was left on our doorstep,' she said.
'Dani! This isn't some new principal you're talking to! This guy could have you sent home with dishonors!' Alex hissed. Potter grinned to himself.
'I take it you're lieutenant Alexia Dustin?' he asked Alex. Alex nodded. 'And you're lieutenant Danielle Dustin?' he asked Dani.
'Yessir,' Dani said, standing up straight.
'Well, Danielle, you may leave. I'd like to talk to Alexia,' Potter said. Dani shot Alex her "you're in trouble" look, saluted, and left.
'Is there any reason you wanted to talk to me, sir?' Alex asked, feeling a little nervous.
'I hear it's not your first time in Korea,' Potter said.
'No sir. I was sent home on a hardship discharge by the last Colonel who was here,' Alex said, still standing straight, looking at one of the photo's of horses' above the Colonel's head.
'And you took that scar home as a souvenir,' Potter said. Alex's hand flew up to her left check to hide the pale line running down her face. 'Sit down,' Potter said in a friendly voice. 'I ain't going to bite your head off, just want a chat.' Alex sat.
'I see you like horses,' Alex said, nodding towards the back wall. Potter looked back over his shoulder.
'Yes, started in the Calvary. Hooked on horse ever since. You like horses, Alexia?' Potter asked.
'Just Alex, sir. And Danielle prefers to be called Dani,' Alex said. 'But yes, I like horses. Never had enough room at home to have one though.'
'Pierce told me about you after he got back from Seoul last time. He seems to be quite fond of you, you know,' Potter said carefully, watching her. Alex blushed a little.
'Uh, yes, I'm very fond of Hawkeye too,' she said.
'I know what you two are doing. Don't try and pretend I don't, it's bad enough with Frank and Margaret,' Potter said. Alex grinned.
'Yessir,' she said.