"Johnny, sweetie, let me take you back to your hootch. You're making a
scene, let me help you." She again walked up to him putting her arms
around him, and then she took his beer bottle. "Come on, let's go.
Alright, everybody the shows over. Come on, we have to get you sobered up,
you have to fly tomorrow, remember?"
Mckay stopped and slurred, "Yeah, I got ta fly and go get Purr sell, your boyfriend, ssince ya don't wants me."
She led him out then set him gently down on a beer crate. "Mckay, you got drunk 'cause of me didn't you?" Mckay sat there, silent. "Oh, Jeez. Mckay, I'm not something to get drunk over."
"Yes, yesss.you are Alex, you surely are." "Alex, whose Alex?" Beth looked at him, but he had passed out. "Dammit, Johnny wake up!" She slapped him a little, but he only shook his head and mumbled . Beth shook him until he was semi-conscious, "Come Mckay, come on." She helped him up and almost fell over from him leaning his weight on her. "God, Mckay, you could help a little here." Talking to Mckay was absolutely useless since he was completely out of it. Beth heaved him all the way to his and Goldman's hootch. She set him down on a box that was by the door, then propped the door open, and let Mckay in. Laying him in his bed, she sighed, relieved. "Beth?" She sat down on the edge of his bed, "Mckay, what is it?" The she grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "I loved her so much, but so did Goldman, and she loved him, but now she's gone. I didn't even get to tell her goodbye. Beth was completely puzzled, who was Johnny talking about. "Don't leave, just hold my hand." "Sure Johnny, of course I'll stay. I'm here to listen." Her words fell on deaf ears because he had again passed out. Slowly, she pulled Johnny's hand out of hers, then quietly pulled his black leather chair to his bedside. She slipped her sandals off, curled up into the chair, leaned over, grabbed his hand, and just watched him sleep. Slowly Beth drifted off to sleep, but clutched Johnny's hand. The men came back early the next morning. While Anderson and Goldman went to debrief, Taylor, Ruiz, Percell, and Doc went to their hootch only to find it empty. Percell was the first to speak, "Dammit, where the hell could she be?" He threw his gear onto his cot and ran his hand through his hair. He thought for a second, then exclaimed, "Man!" "What is it Danny?" Ruiz asked. "I know where she is! She's with Mckay!" "Hey, you, Danny, you don't know that for sure." Taylor put in. Danny stormed out the door, slamming it as he went. Ruiz shrugged and followed. Doc smiled at Taylor, and he frowned, but followed anyway. Percell walked to Mckay's hootch. He saw what he hadn't wished for, but something better than what he had though he'd see. Beth sleeping in a chair and Mckay passed out on his bed. He bent down, kissed Beth's forehead causing a slight stir. Percell put one arm under her knees and the other behind her back, then picked her up and bent further down and grabbed her shoes. After Danny was outside Beth woke up. "Hey, sweetie. Did you have fun while I was gone?" He motioned for Taylor and the guys to leave.
"Percell, you're back early." She looked around her. "It's still dark." Beth closed her eyes, but a few moments later she mumbled, "I missed you."
Pretending she was asleep, Beth nuzzled up close to him and put her arm around his neck. Slowly she lifted her head up, then whispered, "Percell?" He looked down at her and she kissed him. "That's what?"
He walked straight passed their hootch and heading for a small spot near the perimeter. Gently, Percell set her down on a sandbag. "What are you doing?" She asked as she looked at him as he sat down on a sandbag next to her.
"Just watch, you'll see."
She shrugged her shoulders, but shivered from the coldness of the morning and her sleeveless dress. Percell saw her shiver, took off his field jacket and placed it around her shoulders. He scooted next to her and wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. She leaven in close and put her head on his shoulder.
Danny whispered, "Look."
She looked up, "Oh, Danny, it's beautiful!" Beth squealed as they watched the sun slowly rise.
In his deep drawl he said, "Though you'd like it, sweetheart."
Beth looked at Danny, "I have a question and I want a straight answer, alright? Last night when I was helping Mckay to his hootch he kept calling me Alex and saying how he loved her, but her and Goldman loved one another, so he just left it be. Whose Mckay talking about, whose Alex?'
He cleared his throat and shifted a little. "Alex, Alex Devlin was a reporter who cam to Tan Son Nhut and became close with Goldman, he really fell for her. Don't mention her around Mckay or Goldman. Mckay fell for her too, but backed off when Lt. and Alex fell for one another and became her friend.
Mckay stopped and slurred, "Yeah, I got ta fly and go get Purr sell, your boyfriend, ssince ya don't wants me."
She led him out then set him gently down on a beer crate. "Mckay, you got drunk 'cause of me didn't you?" Mckay sat there, silent. "Oh, Jeez. Mckay, I'm not something to get drunk over."
"Yes, yesss.you are Alex, you surely are." "Alex, whose Alex?" Beth looked at him, but he had passed out. "Dammit, Johnny wake up!" She slapped him a little, but he only shook his head and mumbled . Beth shook him until he was semi-conscious, "Come Mckay, come on." She helped him up and almost fell over from him leaning his weight on her. "God, Mckay, you could help a little here." Talking to Mckay was absolutely useless since he was completely out of it. Beth heaved him all the way to his and Goldman's hootch. She set him down on a box that was by the door, then propped the door open, and let Mckay in. Laying him in his bed, she sighed, relieved. "Beth?" She sat down on the edge of his bed, "Mckay, what is it?" The she grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "I loved her so much, but so did Goldman, and she loved him, but now she's gone. I didn't even get to tell her goodbye. Beth was completely puzzled, who was Johnny talking about. "Don't leave, just hold my hand." "Sure Johnny, of course I'll stay. I'm here to listen." Her words fell on deaf ears because he had again passed out. Slowly, she pulled Johnny's hand out of hers, then quietly pulled his black leather chair to his bedside. She slipped her sandals off, curled up into the chair, leaned over, grabbed his hand, and just watched him sleep. Slowly Beth drifted off to sleep, but clutched Johnny's hand. The men came back early the next morning. While Anderson and Goldman went to debrief, Taylor, Ruiz, Percell, and Doc went to their hootch only to find it empty. Percell was the first to speak, "Dammit, where the hell could she be?" He threw his gear onto his cot and ran his hand through his hair. He thought for a second, then exclaimed, "Man!" "What is it Danny?" Ruiz asked. "I know where she is! She's with Mckay!" "Hey, you, Danny, you don't know that for sure." Taylor put in. Danny stormed out the door, slamming it as he went. Ruiz shrugged and followed. Doc smiled at Taylor, and he frowned, but followed anyway. Percell walked to Mckay's hootch. He saw what he hadn't wished for, but something better than what he had though he'd see. Beth sleeping in a chair and Mckay passed out on his bed. He bent down, kissed Beth's forehead causing a slight stir. Percell put one arm under her knees and the other behind her back, then picked her up and bent further down and grabbed her shoes. After Danny was outside Beth woke up. "Hey, sweetie. Did you have fun while I was gone?" He motioned for Taylor and the guys to leave.
"Percell, you're back early." She looked around her. "It's still dark." Beth closed her eyes, but a few moments later she mumbled, "I missed you."
Pretending she was asleep, Beth nuzzled up close to him and put her arm around his neck. Slowly she lifted her head up, then whispered, "Percell?" He looked down at her and she kissed him. "That's what?"
He walked straight passed their hootch and heading for a small spot near the perimeter. Gently, Percell set her down on a sandbag. "What are you doing?" She asked as she looked at him as he sat down on a sandbag next to her.
"Just watch, you'll see."
She shrugged her shoulders, but shivered from the coldness of the morning and her sleeveless dress. Percell saw her shiver, took off his field jacket and placed it around her shoulders. He scooted next to her and wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. She leaven in close and put her head on his shoulder.
Danny whispered, "Look."
She looked up, "Oh, Danny, it's beautiful!" Beth squealed as they watched the sun slowly rise.
In his deep drawl he said, "Though you'd like it, sweetheart."
Beth looked at Danny, "I have a question and I want a straight answer, alright? Last night when I was helping Mckay to his hootch he kept calling me Alex and saying how he loved her, but her and Goldman loved one another, so he just left it be. Whose Mckay talking about, whose Alex?'
He cleared his throat and shifted a little. "Alex, Alex Devlin was a reporter who cam to Tan Son Nhut and became close with Goldman, he really fell for her. Don't mention her around Mckay or Goldman. Mckay fell for her too, but backed off when Lt. and Alex fell for one another and became her friend.