Author's note: I'll keep updating every now and again on this, in case
anyone is still reading it. It's not as good as "Alex" (which I apologise
for) so I'll try to finish it up pretty soon.
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'Alex, what am I going to tell Mom when I get home? I can't tell her you're still over here!' Dani said when she got the news.
'Dani, you're going home and that's that. You said so yourself on the second day you wanted to go home, and I need to protect you. Go home and do something you want to do with your life,' Alex said.
'I just want one last thing,' Dani said.
'She wants one last thing!' Potter muttered half annoyed, half amused to himself.
'Just let me stay for another week. It's all I want,' Dani pleaded.
'One week isn't a lot. Will you let her stay? Not as a nurse, but as a guest?' Alex asked.
'Alright. Any mischief between now and then, and you're in trouble,' Potter warned. He walked off, but Dani pulled on Alex's sleeve before she got a chance to leave.
'Can you go get BJ and Hawkeye for me? I want to tell them that I get to stay another week,' Dani said. Alex nodded. Dani was only alone for about ten minutes before the two surgeons came in.
'You called?' Hawkeye asked.
'I'm staying another week,' Dani told them.
'I thought Alex wants you outta here as soon as possible,' BJ asked.
'She does, but she's forgotten what day it is next Wednesday,' Dani said.
'What day is it? If it isn't Wednesday, I'm stumped,' Hawkeye said.
'Check her dogtags while she's asleep tonight. Then check a calendar,' Dani replied, grinned. Both men were confused for a second.
'Oh,' BJ said after a moments thought. 'Sneaky.'
'She'll kill you. You of all people should know she doesn't like fuss,' Hawkeye warned.
'I know,' Dani replied.
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'Hey Hawkeye,' Alex smiled as the man entered the supply room. The two kissed and Hawkeye quickly checked her dogtags, just in case. Well, if Radar's calendar and Alex's dogtags were right, it was Alex's birthday next Wednesday, two days before Dani was due to be shipped home.
'How do you feel? Your sister will be safe soon,' Hawkeye asked.
'I wish she was going sooner,' Alex replied.
'You were right,' Hawkeye muttered.
'What? What was I right about?' Alex asked.
'When I first met Dani, you said that although you act like you hate each other, you love each other deep down.'
'Way deep, deep, deep down,' Alex grinned. Hawkeye laughed. Suddenly, Alex groaned.
'What?' Hawkeye asked concernedly.
'I have Post op now. Every time we manage to grab the supply room to ourselves. . .' Alex stood up and left. Hawkeye also got up, and he went to find BJ. He eventually found him in the mess tent, trying to stomach the special of the day.
'Don't eat that, we'll have to ask for a new surgeon,' Hawkeye said. 'Dani's right, it is Alex's birthday on Wednesday.'
'Dani told me she wanted to be here for it. She's turning twenty four,' BJ said.
'Let's hold her the biggest bash she's every known. The biggest one in the whole history of Korea!' Hawkeye said, getting excited.
'I'll go get Radar, you talk to Dani,' BJ said, standing up.
'Get Houlihan and Klinger as well,' Hawkeye said. 'Oh, and tell Potter. He'll be annoyed if we don't say anything about it.'
'Got it,' BJ said and the two men ran from the tent to start organising the party.
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'Klinger, I don't know why I have to do this,' Alex complained.
'It's for a 'pecial occasion,' Klinger said, holding a few pins with his teeth.
'I don't think I'm even your size,' Alex said, staring at the wall. She was on a pedestal and Klinger was pinning the hem of a new dress. He had asked Alex to wear it for him while he did it.
'It's your colour though,' Klinger said, taking the last pin out of his mouth. It was a long flowing dress made out of a light green satin material.
'You are really a good seamstress, Klinger. Did you really make this?' Alex asked.
'Yeah,' Klinger replied.
'I've never been much good at making clothes,' Alex said, still looking down at the dress. 'Maybe you should make a clothes company when you get out of the army.' Klinger smiled modestly.
'Come on, get down, gimme a look,' he said. Alex stepped down carefully and spun around.
'I love it,' Alex said.
'I like it on you, but it's not really the sort of thing I wear. You can have it if you want,' Klinger said.
'Really?' Alex asked.
'Well, it fits you like a dream, and it looks great too,' Klinger said. 'Come on, I'll take you to the officer's club and we'll show you off.'
'Alright,' Alex said, smiling. She quickly brushed her hair with her fingers, and hooked her arm in Klinger's. 'Let's go,' she said. Klinger escorted her to the officer's club and held the door open. Music being played on the juke box warbled out loudly and Alex stepped inside.
'Surprise!' Everyone yelled when they saw Alex. Hawkeye and Dani came up to Alex and hugged her.
'Happy Birthday,' Dani said.
'Wait it's not my. . .' Alex started before stopping and mentally counting the days in her head. 'It is. I forgot my own birthday!' Alex laughed. Radar brought out a large cake on a trolley and put it in front of Alex, who was still laughing.
'Make a wish,' BJ said.
'Who organised this?' Alex demanded.
'Blow your candles out first,' Hawkeye said. Alex grinned and blew hard on the candles on the cake. Everyone cheered after she got the last few with her second blow.
'Come on, who organised all this?' Alex asked.
'Everyone,' Hawkeye said. 'Cut the cake.'
'If you touch the bottom, you have to kiss someone!' Dani yelled out in a sing song voice. Alex cut into the cake.
'You touched the bottom, didn't you!' one of the nurses said. Alex nodded, blushing, and she turned around to pick someone. She grabbed hold of Hawkeye and kissed him. Hawkeye pulled away, he wasn't used to showing his love for Alex in front of an audience. Everyone was laughing, and Alex felt the happiest she'd been since Isaac died.
'This was your idea, wasn't it?' she accused Dani.
'No one would have know it was your birthday if I hadn't insisted on staying,' Dani said. Alex shook her head and grinned.
'You realise, this is the second time you guys have sprung a party on me?' she asked Hawkeye.
'Well you're a special person. You deserve a party every week,' he said. Alex shook her head and smiled. BJ handed Alex a martini and patted her on the back. A few nurses came up to her and wished her a happy birthday, until Klinger pulled her away to a table where there was a few wrapped up gifts on it.
'You didn't have to,' she said.
'Yes, we did,' Margaret said firmly. She handed Alex a large box with a ribbon tied around it.
'It's from us nurses,' Nurse Kellye said. Alex opened it and found a Japanese doll. The second box she opened, from the surgeons and other personnel in the camp had a record in it.
'I got you something separate,' Dani said, giving Alex an envelope. Inside was a photo and Alex started crying hard when she saw it.
Hugging Dani, she said 'It's beautiful.'
'What is it?' Hawkeye asked, taking it from her. A red haired male was in the frame, his arms around both Alex and Dani.
It was about then when the bomb hit the officer's club.
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'Alex, what am I going to tell Mom when I get home? I can't tell her you're still over here!' Dani said when she got the news.
'Dani, you're going home and that's that. You said so yourself on the second day you wanted to go home, and I need to protect you. Go home and do something you want to do with your life,' Alex said.
'I just want one last thing,' Dani said.
'She wants one last thing!' Potter muttered half annoyed, half amused to himself.
'Just let me stay for another week. It's all I want,' Dani pleaded.
'One week isn't a lot. Will you let her stay? Not as a nurse, but as a guest?' Alex asked.
'Alright. Any mischief between now and then, and you're in trouble,' Potter warned. He walked off, but Dani pulled on Alex's sleeve before she got a chance to leave.
'Can you go get BJ and Hawkeye for me? I want to tell them that I get to stay another week,' Dani said. Alex nodded. Dani was only alone for about ten minutes before the two surgeons came in.
'You called?' Hawkeye asked.
'I'm staying another week,' Dani told them.
'I thought Alex wants you outta here as soon as possible,' BJ asked.
'She does, but she's forgotten what day it is next Wednesday,' Dani said.
'What day is it? If it isn't Wednesday, I'm stumped,' Hawkeye said.
'Check her dogtags while she's asleep tonight. Then check a calendar,' Dani replied, grinned. Both men were confused for a second.
'Oh,' BJ said after a moments thought. 'Sneaky.'
'She'll kill you. You of all people should know she doesn't like fuss,' Hawkeye warned.
'I know,' Dani replied.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Hey Hawkeye,' Alex smiled as the man entered the supply room. The two kissed and Hawkeye quickly checked her dogtags, just in case. Well, if Radar's calendar and Alex's dogtags were right, it was Alex's birthday next Wednesday, two days before Dani was due to be shipped home.
'How do you feel? Your sister will be safe soon,' Hawkeye asked.
'I wish she was going sooner,' Alex replied.
'You were right,' Hawkeye muttered.
'What? What was I right about?' Alex asked.
'When I first met Dani, you said that although you act like you hate each other, you love each other deep down.'
'Way deep, deep, deep down,' Alex grinned. Hawkeye laughed. Suddenly, Alex groaned.
'What?' Hawkeye asked concernedly.
'I have Post op now. Every time we manage to grab the supply room to ourselves. . .' Alex stood up and left. Hawkeye also got up, and he went to find BJ. He eventually found him in the mess tent, trying to stomach the special of the day.
'Don't eat that, we'll have to ask for a new surgeon,' Hawkeye said. 'Dani's right, it is Alex's birthday on Wednesday.'
'Dani told me she wanted to be here for it. She's turning twenty four,' BJ said.
'Let's hold her the biggest bash she's every known. The biggest one in the whole history of Korea!' Hawkeye said, getting excited.
'I'll go get Radar, you talk to Dani,' BJ said, standing up.
'Get Houlihan and Klinger as well,' Hawkeye said. 'Oh, and tell Potter. He'll be annoyed if we don't say anything about it.'
'Got it,' BJ said and the two men ran from the tent to start organising the party.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
'Klinger, I don't know why I have to do this,' Alex complained.
'It's for a 'pecial occasion,' Klinger said, holding a few pins with his teeth.
'I don't think I'm even your size,' Alex said, staring at the wall. She was on a pedestal and Klinger was pinning the hem of a new dress. He had asked Alex to wear it for him while he did it.
'It's your colour though,' Klinger said, taking the last pin out of his mouth. It was a long flowing dress made out of a light green satin material.
'You are really a good seamstress, Klinger. Did you really make this?' Alex asked.
'Yeah,' Klinger replied.
'I've never been much good at making clothes,' Alex said, still looking down at the dress. 'Maybe you should make a clothes company when you get out of the army.' Klinger smiled modestly.
'Come on, get down, gimme a look,' he said. Alex stepped down carefully and spun around.
'I love it,' Alex said.
'I like it on you, but it's not really the sort of thing I wear. You can have it if you want,' Klinger said.
'Really?' Alex asked.
'Well, it fits you like a dream, and it looks great too,' Klinger said. 'Come on, I'll take you to the officer's club and we'll show you off.'
'Alright,' Alex said, smiling. She quickly brushed her hair with her fingers, and hooked her arm in Klinger's. 'Let's go,' she said. Klinger escorted her to the officer's club and held the door open. Music being played on the juke box warbled out loudly and Alex stepped inside.
'Surprise!' Everyone yelled when they saw Alex. Hawkeye and Dani came up to Alex and hugged her.
'Happy Birthday,' Dani said.
'Wait it's not my. . .' Alex started before stopping and mentally counting the days in her head. 'It is. I forgot my own birthday!' Alex laughed. Radar brought out a large cake on a trolley and put it in front of Alex, who was still laughing.
'Make a wish,' BJ said.
'Who organised this?' Alex demanded.
'Blow your candles out first,' Hawkeye said. Alex grinned and blew hard on the candles on the cake. Everyone cheered after she got the last few with her second blow.
'Come on, who organised all this?' Alex asked.
'Everyone,' Hawkeye said. 'Cut the cake.'
'If you touch the bottom, you have to kiss someone!' Dani yelled out in a sing song voice. Alex cut into the cake.
'You touched the bottom, didn't you!' one of the nurses said. Alex nodded, blushing, and she turned around to pick someone. She grabbed hold of Hawkeye and kissed him. Hawkeye pulled away, he wasn't used to showing his love for Alex in front of an audience. Everyone was laughing, and Alex felt the happiest she'd been since Isaac died.
'This was your idea, wasn't it?' she accused Dani.
'No one would have know it was your birthday if I hadn't insisted on staying,' Dani said. Alex shook her head and grinned.
'You realise, this is the second time you guys have sprung a party on me?' she asked Hawkeye.
'Well you're a special person. You deserve a party every week,' he said. Alex shook her head and smiled. BJ handed Alex a martini and patted her on the back. A few nurses came up to her and wished her a happy birthday, until Klinger pulled her away to a table where there was a few wrapped up gifts on it.
'You didn't have to,' she said.
'Yes, we did,' Margaret said firmly. She handed Alex a large box with a ribbon tied around it.
'It's from us nurses,' Nurse Kellye said. Alex opened it and found a Japanese doll. The second box she opened, from the surgeons and other personnel in the camp had a record in it.
'I got you something separate,' Dani said, giving Alex an envelope. Inside was a photo and Alex started crying hard when she saw it.
Hugging Dani, she said 'It's beautiful.'
'What is it?' Hawkeye asked, taking it from her. A red haired male was in the frame, his arms around both Alex and Dani.
It was about then when the bomb hit the officer's club.