Disclaimer: I don't own anything from MASH, no matter how much I would love too, I don't so please don't sue me!
Summary: Follow Hawkeye and Margaret's life, together from the beginning!
A/N: Thanks for all the great reviews! Keep them coming! I hope you enjoy the this chapter!
Over the past year, Margaret had met a bunch of people, mostly from Peg, but some on her own. Now that Natalie was walking, she could take her to the playground more often and let her run around with the other children. It was a way to keep both of them active and the baby away from television. Natalie was happy running around and playing in the sandbox for most of the time, so Margaret had a chance to sit back and relax. Summertime was hot in California, like anyone could believe, so Margaret would go out before the sun was at full strength so Natalie wouldn't burn.
"Natalie, come here baby." Margaret called, holding the child's sandals in her hand, watching her run over to her, "Do you want to go to the playground? I think Aunt Peg may be there."
"Yes!" She says smiling, as her mother puts her shoes on for her. "Go 'side Mama!" She smiles.
"Do you want to walk or ride in the stroller?"
"'alk."
"Ok... let's go."
The playground was three blocks away from their house, and if she got tired Margaret had no problem carrying her. She has gotten very independent over the past three months that she has been one, and Margaret loved watching her experience everything. They walked to the park and saw some of the usual people around.
"Morning Margaret." Gail called.
"Good morning Gail." She smiles back.
"Hi Natalie!"
"Hi!" She says, running over to Gail's daughter Stacey.
"It's good to see you, how have you been?"
"Fine thank you, how about you Margaret? We haven't seen you around lately."
"It's been a busy couple of months... and we've been here, but we probably missed one another."
"How's your husband?"
"He's well, working of course."
"I couldn't imagine being married to a surgeon..." She said. "The day shifts wouldn't bother me so much but it's when they are gone for days at a time. You and Peg are something for putting up with it."
"Trust me, sometimes I don't know how he puts up with me." Margaret smiles, "And it's not so bad being married to a surgeon."
"No, it's not." Peg says, walking up behind the women.
"Hi."
"Hi Margaret."
"Hi Aunt Margaret!" Erin says smiling.
"Hi Honey." She says, kissing her, "Hello Gillian." She says doing the same as her big sister.
"Hi!" Gill says smiling.
"Where's Natalie?"
"In the sand."
"Erin, why don't you and Gillian go play?"
"Ok!" She says, taking her sisters hand.
"Watch the babies for us."
"Ok Mommy." She says, as the women sit and watch.
"So, what time do you think the boys will be done playing in surgery today?" Peg asks, smiling.
"Who knows with those two?" Margaret smiles.
"Are you heading to Maine this summer Margaret?" Gail asks.
"Yes, but I'm not sure when. Hawk has some days off coming too him, but he isn't sure when. I think we'll spend a few days in Maine and then head down to see my family. My sister's pregnant so I want to see what I can do to help her out a bit."
"Really? That's wonderful!"
"Yeah, so it will be a busy but fun trip."
"So are you two planning on any more kid?"
"Oh definitely... at least one more." Peg says smiling.
"How about you Margaret?"
"I'd like two more, but one in the next year or so."
"What about you Gail?"
"I think three is my magic number." She says laughing, "Having three kids under the age if five is tough, especially when one is five and one is almost four."
"I bet." Peg says smiling.
"Natalie." Margaret calls as she sees her get out of the sand box and head away from them, "Natalie!" She says again, getting her to turn around, "Where are you going?"
"Der!" She says pointing to the slide.
"She's gotten independent." Peg says smiling.
"It shouldn't surprise you; you know who her father is." She says smiling, standing up to retrieve her. "Come here Princess."
"No!" She says smiling.
"Yes." She says, picking her up. "Hi."
"Mama!" She says squirming.
"I want you to go play with Stacey, Gillian and Erin ok?"
"Yes."
"You stay there."
"Kay momma." She says smiling, giving her mommy a kiss.
"Thank you." She says putting her down and watching her run back to her friends."
"She's trouble that one." Gail says.
"And it's only beginning." Margaret laughs. "I have a pretty good idea of what she is going to be like when she gets older..."
"Oh? How so?"
"Well, considering she has the two most stubborn people as her parents, we can pretty much guarantee her stubbornness, and look at her now.
"I think she'll take after you with the personality." Peg says.
"I hope not, but you are probably right... she has to get something from me, and since she looks like Hawkeye, I'm probably the personality."
They let the girls play for another hour, before they discuss lunch plans, "Do you want to go get something to eat?" Peg asks.
"I'm up for that." Margaret smiles, "Gail, would you like to come?"
"No, thank you, next time. I really have to get home and call my in-laws. They are coming tomorrow, so I have to clean the entire house and do a ton of other things."
"Well that sounds like fun..."
"Not if you have my inlaws..." She groans. "They are always butting in, trying to tell me how to raise the kids, and that I have to be the worse parents ever... do either of you know how I feel?"
"No." They both say.
"I really like my father-in-law." Margaret says, "I have ever since I met him."
"And I like my in-laws too. They are a big help with the girls, and they absolutely love them, so it works out."
"You are lucky."
"I guess we are." Margaret says smiling. "So do you want to go out and eat or do you want to come over to my place?"
"Let's go out." Peg says, "We haven't done that in a while."
"Ok." She says, "I have to get my car though."
"No problem. We should probably go soon then, get the girls cleaned up."
"Right." Margaret says.
"Erin!" Peg calls, "Gillian, Natalie, come on girls, we are going to go get lunch."
Erin smiles and gets the younger girls up out of the sand and over to the parents.
"Where are we going?" She asks.
"First we have to go to Aunt Margaret's to get her car, and then we will figure out where to go."
"Ok." Erin smiles.
"See you soon Gail." Margaret says.
"Right, good bye girls. Come on Stacey."
In August, a new nurse came to the hospital and took a liking to Hawkeye. Of course, he being a guy loved the attention. He always had his way with the women, including Margaret, and he would always be that way. Margaret hated the woman, and she never even met her. Hawkeye came home one day laughing about her, and Margaret did everything in her power not to get angry at her. The hospital was having a benefit dinner at the end of September, and Margaret was excited because it gave her a chance to dress up, though Hawkeye was the complete opposite. He wanted nothing to do with this, but Margaret made him.
"Honey?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you watch Natalie for a little while; I have to go pick up my dress and your tux from the cleaners."
"Sure."
"Thanks, then I have to get into the shower, get ready, and do my hair..."
"How about this, I'll take Natalie and we'll go pick up our clothes so you can start getting ready."
"That sounds even better, thanks Hawk." She says kissing him.
"No problem. Natalie, let's go get mommy and daddy's clothes."
"Kay!" She says running over to him so he can put her shoes on. "Bye Mommy!"
"Bye honey." Margaret says smiling, kissing the little girl. "Make sure daddy doesn't get into trouble."
"Kay!" She says.
"Thanks honey." Hawkeye says, kissing her.
"Can you also pick up some food for Natalie?"
"Sure."
"Thanks."
"Anything else?"
"No, thank you." She smiles and heads upstairs.
"Well Nattie, lets go." He tells, picking her up and putting her into the car.
"Daddy..."
"What?"
"Go bye bye?"
"Yes, tonight mommy and I have to go to a banquet, but I'd much rather be home with you princess. You get to stay with Leanne tonight... how does that sound good?"
"Yes." She smiles at him as he looks at her through the rearview mirror.
"We need to hurry up because mommy needs time to get even more beautiful then she already is, and I have to also pick out food for you."
Around an hour later, Hawkeye and Natalie get back home. He feeds Natalie, but while he is doing that, Leanne gets there.
"Hi Leanne."
"Hi Dr. Pierce."
"How are you?"
"Fine, how are you?"
"Great. Come on in. Natalie's in the kitchen eating."
"Great."
"Do you mind sitting with her while she finishes? I have to get a shower."
"No, that's what I'm here for Doc." She says smiling walking into the kitchen, "HI Natalie."
"LEE!" She says smiling in her highchair.
Hawkeye smiles and heads upstairs, "Leanne's here."
"You better get your ass moving Pierce."
"I have an hour till we have to leave."
"Get moving." She says, kissing his cheek.
"I am.. I need to get a fast shower."
"I know your fast... you better use MY fast."
"That's no fun." He grins and jumps into the shower.
Margaret was putting the finishing touches of her makeup on as he got out of the shower, "Thirty minutes." She smiles.
"I know." He says, grabbing his tuxedo from the bed.
"I'm going downstairs."
"Right, I'll be down shortly."
"You better be, otherwise it's your ass." She calls back to him from the hallway, heading down the stairs, "Hi Leanne."
"Hi Mrs. Pierce."
"Mommy!"
"Whatty?"
"'Mere!"
"What?" She says, squatting down next to her daughter.
"'Ook!"
"Pretty honey." She says, looking at her daughters scribbling pictures, "PIERCE!"
"I'll be right down."
"Natalie, I hope you don't procrastinate as bad as your father." She sighs.
"So where are you going tonight?" Leanne asks.
"To a benefit for the hospital at the Hilton. Everything is in the kitchen that you need, numbers and all."
"Ok."
"We won't be back till late, so if you get tired just sleep on the couch, or you could spend the night here. I am going to try and get home by one, hopefully before hand though."
"No rush Mrs. Pierce."
"BEN!" Margaret says shouting.
"Mommy!"
"Sorry honey." She says, kissing her daughter.
"Give me five minutes." He says, tying his tie.
"So how's school going for you?"
"Great, I really like it. I can't wait to graduate." She says smiling.
"I was the exact same way my senior year... but I couldn't wait to join the army." She smiles.
"I just can't wait for college."
"I couldn't either... but it goes fast, and then you end up marrying a guy who loves to make your life a living hell, excuse me." She says, standing up and going to the staircase, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PIERCE!"
"What?!"
"If you don't get your butt down here, I'm really going to be mad."
"Yes mother." He says, walking downstairs.
"What the hell have you been doing?"
"Getting ready." He says, kissing her cheek, "You look beautiful."
"Thank you... can we go?"
"Yes. Leanne, we'll be home hopefully..."
"Bye one, your wife already told me."
"Good. Come here Natalie." He says, picking her up, "You be a good girl ok?"
"Kay!" She says hugging him.
"I love you."
"Ove Ooo." She says, giving him a wet open mouth kiss.
"Bye baby girl." Margaret says, kissing her cheek. "Let's go."
"Right, bye girls."
They drive to the hotel and go in, immediately seeing BJ and Peg.
"You look great!" Peg says to her friend.
"Thanks, so do you." Margaret says to her.
"I believe we have the prettiest girls here." BJ says smiling.
"I agree." Hawk replies.
"Pierce, how are you?" Nathan says smiling.
"Fine Nathan, how are you?"
"Wonderful. Mrs. Pierce, you look lovely."
"Thank you, and please, it's Margaret."
"We better go sit down." BJ says.
"Right." Hawkeye says, placing his hand on Margaret's lower back, guiding her towards their table.
"I need a drink." BJ says, after the girls sit down, "Do you want anything Peggy?"
"Scotch please."
"Hawk?"
"I'll go with you. Do you want anything Margaret?"
"Scotch sounds good too."
"Be right back." BJ says as they make their way over to the bar. "Can I get a scotch on the rocks and one dry martini."
"Yes sir."
"Painfully dry." Hawkeye says, "And make that two painfully dry martinis and two glasses of scotch on the rocks."
"Right." The Bartender says smiling.
Hawkeye and BJ stand, waiting for their drinks, when a pretty young nurse comes up to them, "Hi Hawkeye, hi BJ."
"Hi Marissa." BJ says smiling.
"Hi 'Ris." Hawkeye responds. "How are you?"
"Fine, how are you?"
"Fine. You look very nice."
"So do you."
"Thank you."
"Did your wife come?"
"Yes, she did." Hawkeye says, looking at BJ.
"I haven't seen her."
"You must not have been looking." BJ replies.
"Well... I really enjoyed working with you yesterday."
"Every days a party when you are digging into somebody's gut." He jokes.
She laughs, "You are so funny!"
"I'm going back to the table." BJ says rolling his eyes, leaving his friend to continue the flirting. He knew that Hawkeye was happily married, but he had to flirt. It was in his nature to flirt, even though he doesn't mean anything by it.
"Where's Hawk?"
"Over with Marissa." He says, placing the drink in front of his wife. "He'll be over soon. The drinks are almost ready."
"It figures...." Margaret says crossing her arms.
"Margaret, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I'm just married to a guy who has known nothing but women falling all over him since he was born."
"You gotta go with your strengths." BJ says smiling, getting slapped by Peg.
"You're a lot of help." Margaret grumbles. "Which one is she?"
"The brunette, to the right of him."
"She can't be more then twenty."
"Twenty two actually."
"I'll be back." She says standing up, walking towards her husband.
"She's a pistol." BJ says smiling at his wife.
"Hi." Margaret says, watching the little brunette hanging on her husband.
"Oh hi." Hawkeye says as the nurse continues to lean against him, "Margaret, this is Marissa, 'Ris, this is my wife."
"Oh hi!" She says, standing away from him.
"Oh hi!" Margaret says, sarcastically.
"You didn't tell me your wife was here Hawkeye!"
"Yes I did, you just forgot."
"Well it's swell to meet you Margaret." She smiles.
"I'm sure." She says.
"So I hear you have a young daughter?"
"That's right." Margaret replied.
"I'm sure she's pretty."
"We think so."
"Especially if she looks like your husband."
"Hawkeye, you better make mine a double." She says, "It's nice to meet you, goodbye."
"Bye." She says, "You're wife doesn't seem too friendly..."
"She is." Hawkeye says, ordering her a double and then heading back to her. "Here."
"Thank you." She says, grumbling.
"What?"
"Nothing Pierce." She groans, downing her scotch. She tried to stay mad at him the entire night, but couldn't. As soon as he asked her to dance with him her entire mood changed. She couldn't stay mad at him, it just wasn't possible.
"You look wonderful tonight."
"Thanks." She says smiling. "Do you think she is pretty?"
"Who?"
"That new nurse."
"She's not bad," Hawkeye says, glancing quickly at Marissa, "But she is nothing compared to you."
"She's younger..."
"She's not the mother of my child or my wife... the age doesn't matter."
"She's in better shape..."
"Margaret..."
"I'm just sick of how you flirt with everyone there is!"
"I don't flirt with everyone." He says.
"Let's just drop it...." She says, sighing, knowing that this conversation would just end up in an argument. She leaned her head against his chest as they danced.
"I love you... and you know that."
"I know." She says. They danced for a bit more then sat down at the table. Margaret decided to call the house at around ten to see how Natalie was, "Hi." She says smiling on the other end of the phone, "How is everything?"
"Fine Mrs. Pierce."
"Natalie is going ok?"
"She's perfectly fine. She went to sleep around eight, so she should sleep late for you tomorrow."
"Great. We are still planning to come home around one, so I don't think we will be later."
"It's fine Mrs. Pierce."
"Thanks a lot honey."
"Any time! See you later on tonight!"
"Right, bye." And with that she hangs up. Margaret makes her way back over to the table and sees Marissa there again. She begins to feel her blood boil. That girl was sitting next to her husband with her hand on his knee. She had only been gone a few minutes! How could that girl possibly be on top of him again! She walked as calmly as she could over to the table and placed her arms around his neck.
"How is she?"
"Perfectly fine and sleeping like an angel." She said smiling.
"Good."
"I really want to get home by one though."
"That's no problem." He says smiling up at her, "Do you want to sit down?"
"Yes." She says, as he gets up and offers her the seat, standing directly behind her, with his hands on her shoulders, squeezing gently.
"What time are you two heading home?" He asks BJ.
"When ever you leave."
"Always copying me aren't you?"
"Are you kidding me? You think I want to stay around with half of these clowns alone? I don't think so."
"What time is it now?"
"Ten thirty." Margaret tells her husband.
"Two more hours then?"
"Maybe less... if we can get home a bit earlier I think that will be better."
"Just let me know when."
"Ok."
"You can't leave so early!" Marissa says.
"Early? Midnight is definitely not early."
"Sure it is. I mean the banquet is until three, and you two are leaving so early."
"Some of us have to get up early with children." Peg replies.
"I doubt you have a one year old who will awake at six thirty sharp to care for, do you?" Margaret asked, getting annoyed.
"No..."
"Then you wouldn't know what it is like getting little sleep and having to get up with her bright and early the next morning."
"So anyway..." Hawkeye says hearing the 'MAJOR' tone of her voice, deciding to change the subject, "How busy do you think we'll be tomorrow night Beej?"
"When you and I work together, we always get the tough cases."
The rest of the night went well, and around twelve the Pierces and Hunnicut's decided to head home for the night. Hawkeye got in and paid Leanne, thanking her and went upstairs with his wife. She was in the bathroom washing her face, "Did you have fun tonight?"
"I would have had more fun if Marissa wasn't there."
"Margaret..."
"I'm not kidding Hawkeye! I hate that she was all over you constantly! She is trying to put the moves on you and I don't appreciate it! I was standing right there and she knows you are married with a daughter!"
"She's a kid."
"No she's not. We had girls four years younger than her working in the 4077th."
"Don't get so worked up over this Margaret. I love you. I married you. That is all that matters. Don't let Marissa bother you. I swear, nothing will ever happen between the two of us." He tells her, taking off his shirt and walking into the bathroom, kissing her neck.
"Hawk..." She says, "It's late... not tonight."
"I.... want to... make tonight up.... For... you." He says between kisses.
"Hawk..." She says again, quickly losing her will power. Before she knew anything was happening he picked her up and placed her onto the bed. "Hawk..."
"What..."
"It's late..."
"It's the best time for it... besides we haven't been together in a while." He leans down to kiss her lips.
By this time she had completely given in to him. He certainly knew how to get his way when it came to their love life, not that she minded. By the time they were done it was two in the morning, "I hope Nat decides to take a morning nap tomorrow." Margaret says, lying against Hawkeye's bare chest.
"That would be nice." He says, rubbing her back in circles. "Tomorrow is one of the days I think we should force her to take a nap."
"I think you're right." Margaret says, yawning.
"We have four solid hours to sleep, so we better take advantage of it."
"You're right." Margaret agrees and leans up to give him a kiss, "Good night."
"Good night." He says, pulling her close to him, and they slept for the night until seven when Natalie woke up. Margaret squinted at the sunlight flowing through their curtains and looked at the clock on the nightstand. She smiled when she saw the time and sat up. She then pulled on a pair of her pajama pants and a shirt and headed in to get Natalie, "Hi honey, you slept late today."
"Mommy!" She said smiling.
"Did you have fun last night with Leanne?"
"Yes." She said.
Margaret continued talking to her while she changed and dressed her, before heading downstairs to get her some breakfast. Around nine thirty, Natalie got cranky and fell asleep on the floor. Margaret picked her up and took her back to her bedroom, lying her in the crib. She then went back into bed with her husband. She lied against his chest and his arms immediately closed around her. She smiled and slept for an hour until she heard Natalie calling for her, "I'll go." Hawkeye says, standing up and pulling on a pair of pants and grabs his daughter, bringing her back into their room.
"MOMMY!"
"Natalie!" Margaret says as the child flings herself down on her, "You missed me already? But you just saw me an hour ago!"
Two months went by, and Margaret began to see less and less of Hawkeye. He was working constantly and she didn't understand why. BJ told her not to worry, but she was. She was lucky if she saw him two times a week, sure she talked to him, but it wasn't the same. She was getting very fed up, and finally the day came where everything fell apart. Margaret went to the hospital to see him, and heard the nurses talking about how close he and Marissa have gotten.
"Can you believe those two? I swear if he was having an affair it would be with that one."
"Oh you know Hawkeye would never have an affair." The second nurse said. They must have been new because neither one of them knew who Margaret was.
"Well... it looks pretty shady to me, and plus they have been working a lot of the same shifts..."
"Oh stop it Gwendolyn."
"Excuse me." Margaret said trying to keep her emotions at bay.
"Can I help you?"
"I'm looking for Doctor Pierce."
"He should be in his office."
"Thank you." She says forcing a smile on her face. She headed down the hall and into his office. His door was shut so she knocked.
"Yeah?" He called, and she turned the doorknob.
"Hi."
"Margaret..." He said, "What a surprise. How are you?" He asks kissing her.
"Fine..." She said, looking over and seeing Marissa in there.
"Did you bring Nat?"
"No, she's with Peg..."
"So what can I do for you?"
"What can you do for me?!" She asked, shocked at his comment. "I haven't seen you in two days, talked to you in one and you ask what can I do for you?! Are you crazy?!"
"Marissa, you better..."
"I'm going." She says, smiling at the doctor.
"What's wrong Margaret?"
"Why haven't you told me that you two have worked the exact same shifts?"
"She's a nurse... I'm a doctor... we usually work the same shifts, but you know how that works...."
"Why have you been gone for so long? Couldn't BJ have taken the cases instead of you?!"
"No he couldn't... he has done the mornings and I have done the nights. Sometimes we switch..."
"I don't understand why you are gone all the time Hawk! Then I come in and hear the nurses talking about you and Marissa! Saying that all you two do is flirt and work together, and how you two would be..."
"Since when do you listen to rumors?"
"Since I don't know if I can trust you or not!"
"What the hell are you talking about Margaret?!"
"I don't know what is going on with you Hawkeye! You aren't ever home!"
"It's a busy two weeks!"
"Then this girl is all over you! Jesus Pierce!"
"What are you saying? That I am cheating on you?"
"It seems that way to me."
"Margaret, you are way out of line... I have never and I never will cheat on you!"
"I hope I can believe that." She says, and walks out the door with tears in her eyes.
That night, Hawkeye gets a ride home from none other than Marissa. Margaret had waited up to apologize to him. She felt horrible about the way she addressed him and there was obviously nothing going on, just her paranoia. Hawkeye got out of the car and Margaret went to the door to let him in, when she saw Marissa get out of the car and hand him his bag, and then she saw her worst fear come to life. She leaned up and kissed Hawkeye. Margaret was so furious that she stormed upstairs and threw his stuff in the suitcase.
"What do you think you are doing?" Hawkeye asked, pushing her hands away from him,
"What the hell do you think you are doing Marissa?!"
"I thought that you and I had mutual feelings for each other..."
"I'm married! Married to a wife who I love more than ever and we have a daughter together..."
"Hawkeye, I could give you kids... we could be happy together!"
"No... Marissa no... I could never be happy with you. Margaret is the only one that I have ever loved, and I can't do that."
"But Hawkeye..."
"Please leave..." He said as he turned away and headed into the house. He walked into the house and was stopped by Margaret, "Hi honey."
"Get out."
"What?" He asked her.
"Get the hell out of this house right now! I don't want you in here! I don't want to see you! TO think that I actually thought that I was out of line coming to the hospital to see you! That I thought I did something wrong to suspect that something was up between the two of you, that you were cheating on me! Well you know something, I was right. I want you out of this house right now."
"Margaret..."
"YOU KISSED HER PIERCE! You kissed her right out front of my house!"
"I..."
"No! I don't want to hear it! Get the hell out right now!"
"Mar..."
"No!"
"Let me explain."
"You don't have to explain. I should have know that I could not trust you! Hawkeye Pierce, he's the one who had his way with all of the nurses! You just fooled me for the past three years! I want you out of this house RIGHT NOW! RIGHT NOW HAWKEYE!" She said screaming at the top of her lungs, not caring if she woke Natalie up or not at this point. "Get out of my house, get away from my daughter. I never want to see you again." She said, shoving him.
"Margaret..."
"GET OUT!" She said, as she watched him take his keys and leave the house, as he did this, she turned on her heals and stormed up stairs, slamming the door, falling on the bed and started to cry. She cried until two in the morning when she finally fell asleep, though it was a restless sleep. She didn't know what to do or how to feel about what happened last night. She thought about where he went, and figured that he went to Marissa's house.
Hawkeye was in his office tapping the pencil against the table when BJ came in, "Hi."
"Hi. Hawkeye says sighing.
"I heard..."
"From who?"
"Peg..."
"I didn't do anything Beej..."
"Do you blame her for not being suspicious?"
"No, I blame her for flipping out at me and not hearing me out! She kicked me out and wouldn't listen... out of my own house!"
"Are you going to go back and see if you can talk to her?"
"Yeah, tonight. I haven't seen Natalie in a while, and I really miss her."
"Where did you stay last night?"
"I didn't stay anywhere... I worked." He said sighing.
"Hawkeye?" Marissa called.
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry if I did anything wrong."
"Don't worry about it. I'm busy right now so I'll talk to you later."
"Ok." She said and walked out.
"You were pretty easy on her..."
"I have no reason to be mad at her." Hawkeye says sighing. "I'm going to go see my daughter. I'll talk to you later."
"You on tonight?"
"Yeah."
"See you tonight."
"Right." He says, and walks out. He heads to the house and knocks on the door, Margaret opened it. She looked horrible, and stood with her arms crossed in front of her.
"What do you want?"
"I want to see my daughter." He says.
"Fine. Natalie, daddy's here."
"DADDY!" She says, running into his arms.
"Hi Princess." HE says smiling at her. "I missed you."
"Miss ooo." She says, cuddling against his neck.
"Can we talk?"
"No." Margaret said walking upstairs, "What ever you have to say I don't want to hear it."
"Margaret..."
"NO." She says.
"I didn't do anything wrong Natalie, I just want you to know that. I didn't cheat on mommy."
"Daddy." She says looking at him.
"I love you." He says. He puts her down for her nap and goes in to try and talk to Margaret.
"What are you doing in here?"
"We need to talk."
"I have NOTHING to say to you!"
"Well then you are going to listen..."
"The hell I am! Get out Pierce. Take your cheating ass and leave."
"Margaret... I didn't..."
"LEAVE!"
Finally he broke and started to raise his voice, "Fine you don't want to listen to me! That is perfectly fine with me! I try and tell you what happened and you don't listen so the hell witth it! The hell with it Margaret!"
"The hell with YOU!" She shouted.
"The hell with me? Don't expect me to try to talk to you again... you find me when you are ready. I am not wasting my time with trying to explain myself to some snotty major who has no intention of hearing my side of the story."
"Fine, just leave! It's not like you are ever around anyway! You go back to the hospital and to your little girl and leave us."
"I'll be back only to see Natalie." He says, slamming the bedroom door, storming out of the house.
Margaret sat on her bed, not moving, just staring at the ground. She stayed like that until Natalie woke up. She was very confused when she only saw her mother there, "Daddy?"
"He's working." Margaret said simply.
The entire night was horrible for the two Pierces. Margaret hated herself for yelling at him, and Hawkeye hated himself for not seeing Marissa's signs that she wanted to be kissed. He also hated yelling at her and being away from his girls.
It was two days before Margaret heard from BJ and he said that she should talk to him.
"Margaret, it wasn't his fault."
"I don't care BJ, I am sick of him!"
"No, you are sick of her... not him."
"I don't want to hear this BJ, goodbye." She says and hangs up on him. It was a Friday night, and she was thinking about what to do. She missed him, and hated keeping him away from Natalie.
"I should just go... just go and see him and talk to him... he's at the hospital... I'm going to just go and talk..." She says, looking at the clock, "its 11... it's not too late." She heads upstairs and picks up Natalie, putting her in the car seat they drive into San Francisco. Margaret was driving through an intersection when all of the sudden she sees a car barreling through the stop light and straight at them, "Oh SHIT!" She says, right before the car plowed into the driver side of the car. Her head hit the steering wheel and she went unconscious.
Hawkeye was working on paperwork when the call came in for surgeons of a car accident. BJ was in the office with him and said he would go take this case. He went to scrub up, "What do we have?"
"Car crash, a driver who smelled of sever alcohol in one car plowed into the driver side of the second car holding a woman in her early to mid thirties and a daughter who has to be a bit older than one."
"How's the child?"
"Slight bruising, cuts, and scared, but other then that she is fine."
"The man?"
"Internal bleeding, compound fracture, a lot of bumps and bruises."
"And the woman?" BJ asks.
"Not well at all... she is in really bad shape. Severe Internal bleeding, a collapsed lung, broken ribs, concussion... she needs a lot of work, but she's stable... for now."
"Ok, get me x-rays of her, and I'll start right on. Is there any identification?"
"Not yet... that should be coming soon."
"Alright.... I'm not losing a mother with a young child so let's go people." BJ says. He heads in to the OR where Smith is already working on the woman. He takes one look at the woman's face, "Oh my god!" He almost shouted.
"BJ? Are you ok?" Smith asks.
"It's Margaret..." He said,
"Are you sure... her face is pretty bloody, it..."
"I would know that face anywhere... oh my god... I have to tell him." BJ says, walking out of the Operating room, not caring that he was already sterol, as soon as he hit the floor he ran to get Hawkeye, "Hawk..."
"What?" He asked, looking up at him.
"The accident victims..."
"Yeah?"
"It's Margaret."
"WHAT?!" He asked, jumping out of chair. "Is she ok?! What happened?!"
"She's in bad shape Hawk... she and Natalie were brought in after a drunk driver hit them."
"Oh my god...." He said jumping up and running out of the room to the OR window.
"Jesus Christ... Where's Natalie?"
"In Ped's, she's ok."
"And Margaret..."
BJ did not want to be the one to say this to his best friend, but he had too, "It doesn't look good Hawk. I'm going to go in and work on her now with Nathan."
"I want to scrub in too."
"No, I can't let you..."
"I'm scrubbing in and that's it!"
"NO HAWKEYE! You are a wreck, and you couldn't possibly do her any good... I'll let you know as soon as I know anything." He says taking a deep breath and heading in to re scrub.
"Beej..." Hawkeye says, looking at him, "You have too..."
"I'll do my damndest Hawkeye... I promise you, I will try my hardest... but..."
"No buts... please."
"She's bad Hawk..."He says, sighing and heading into the room. He knew what was going through his own head, but he couldn't even imagine what was going on in Hawkeye's. He started to immediately dig into Margaret, trying to stop the bleeding, praying the entire time.
"Pressure's dropping..." He heard "100/60"
"Pump another unit in." BJ said, "Come on Margaret... stay with me... please stay with me. Don't you die on me... don't you dare." He looked out to see Hawkeye standing by the OR window, looking in, gray. "Come on Margaret...."
"Still dropping..."
"I need another unit of O-Blood..." Smith said, "She's loosing it as fast as we give it to her..."
"Stay with us Margaret, come on... "BJ said, working as fast as his fingers possibly could.... It was a race against time
TBC...
I'm just trying out something different. I always wanted to read a story that followed the way through Hawkeye and Margaret's life together so I figured I'd have a go at writing one. R&R Please, but be kind! There are PLEANTY MORE CHAPTERS TO GO! Forgive the small mistakes...
Thanks for all the great reviews! Please keep them up! Please R&R!
Thanks
STARY