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! Please R&R

Margaret was a lot happier back at home, which made living with her a lot more bearable. Hawkeye has been working a lot. The medical conference that him and BJ were suppose to attend fell through because Hawkeye couldn't get off for it. He was short a doctor and also ones were on vacation it seems like every week, but soon it would be his turn. In June they were heading out to Hannibal for a HUGE reunion. Kimberly would be almost one, and that would make the trip a bit easier. She was in a stage now that mommy and daddy were tops in her book. If they were around, then she was happy, but if they weren't… that was a different story. She was quite shy around people she never met before, which would prove to be quite interesting when they are around all new people, to the children.

"Mommy?"

"What Zack?" She says, cleaning the dishes.

"When we going to Grandpa Potters?"

"In a week." She smiles down at her son.

"Yay!" He smiles. "Daddy going?"

"He is."

"Good! I miss him."

"He misses you too."

"You miss him?"

"I do, very much."

Hawkeye has been busy working a lot of days and nights. They had a doctor on vacation and one who could only work in the mornings this month. The kids were lucky if they saw him twice a week.

"Mommy?"

"Whatty?"

"Can we go see daddy?"

"Not today. He is very busy. He should be home tomorrow though. "She smiles.

"Really?"

"He is hoping too."

"I want him to come home now."

"I know you do, but he has to work."

"He has to come home."

Margaret smiles. Both of her girls were daddy's girls and she loved it. Watching the kids with him was amazing. The kids have him wrapped around their little finger. However, when he raises his voice, the kids know that he means business. "How about this Natalie… tomorrow, daddy is coming home late, but if you are good, you can stay up till 9:30. He should be home by then."

"Yeah!" She says with enthusiasm and a smile on her face, before frowning, "Mommy?"

"What?"

"Can we call daddy later?"

"I think we can." She smiles. "We'll call him in a little bit."

"Kay."

Hawkeye was having a pretty horrid night. They were very busy, but he was never too busy for a phone call from his family. He answered his phone at 7:30 and smiles at the voice.

"Hi daddy."

"Hi Natalie, how are you?"

"Good. How are you?"

"I'm doing great now." He smiles, sitting back in his chair, "Are you having a good night?"

"Yup!"

"Are you helping mommy?"

"I am! We have to pack soon!"

"Yes, we do. We have a busy few days coming up kiddo."

"A busy two weeks." She says.

He laughs, "A busy two weeks."

"Daddy…" She says, her voice becoming serious.

"Yes?"

"What time you coming home?"

"Tomorrow late."

"I am going to stay up."

"You are?"

"Yup."

"Did mommy say?"

"Yes, because I want to see you."

"I want to see you too."

"Mommy wants you."

"Ok. I'll talk to you soon!"

"Ok daddy I love you."

"I love you too."

"Night daddy."

"Night Nattie."

"Hi." Margaret's voice flows over the receiver.

"Hi yourself."

"How are you?"

"Oh just swell, yourself?"

"Fine."

"That's good. I'm glad you called… I needed a pick me up."

"Are you definitely home tomorrow?"

"I should be."

"Good."

"Miss me?"

"Of course I do, what kind of a question is that?" She asks.

"Just checking. How are the other two doing?"

"They are fine. Kimberly is all over the place crawling, almost walking… and Zack, well, I think he is ready to head out to Missouri."

"Well… like father like son, and I can't wait to get there too."

"I am looking forward to it too."

"It will be nice seeing everyone. It's been a while."

"Yeah, it has."

"Well, listen, I have to get Kimberly to bed, she's clawing at my leg to be picked up."

"Wow, it's later then I thought." He says, looking at the clock on his wall, "That's fine. I'll talk to you later. Give the kids a kiss for me."

Right." She smiles. "I love you."

"You too." He grins, "See you tomorrow."

"Bye."

"Night."

They hang up, and Margaret looks down at the baby who was pulling up on her, "Are you going to start walking soon Kim? Hmm? You look like you are. You're ten months! Your sister and brother began walking around this time." She smiles.

"MAMAMA!" Kimberly calls, holding onto her trying to get her to pick her up.

"What?" She plays.

"MAMAMA!" She says, again as she pulls on her mother's pants.

"Do you want me to pick you up? Is that what you want?" She says as her daughter falls on her butt, smiling at her, before pulling herself up again, "I think you are almost ready to go to bed aren't you Angel?" She says, picking her daughter up. She lies her head against her mommy's neck and coos. "Natalie?"

"What?"

"GO get ready for bed honey."

"Zack too?"

"Zack too." She smiles.

Natalie grabs her brother from the basement and the five and almost three year old run upstairs. Margaret always has the kids things laid out on their beds, so they can easily dress themselves. Zack still needs some help, so on her way up to dress Kimberly, she stops into Zack's room, "How you doing buddy?" She asks, placing Kimberly on the ground, "Do you need help?"

"Yes please." He smiles, holding his shirt out to her. She smiles and pulls it over his head, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." She smiles, picking Kimberly back up, "Alright, now it's your turn." She smiles. "You are so easy…" She says as her daughter smiles up at her. "You are getting tired aren't you? I bet you are. It's a bit past your bedtime. Daddy misses you."

"Dadadada." She smiles.

"That's right, dadadada." Margaret laughs. "He misses you soooooo much." She says in a playful voice for the baby who just giggles, "Ok… you are alllll ready for bed." She smiles, kissing her cheek, "I'll see you tomorrow morning honey."

She lays the baby down in her crib and she falls right to sleep. Margaret watches her for a few minutes before going into the living room and getting the kids a snack before bed. She talks to them for a little while and then puts them to bed. For the seventh night this week, a full week, she sits alone downstairs, first cleaning, then resting, and lastly she goes to bed, alone. She truly hates sleeping alone. She is spoiled most of the days, and hates sleeping alone, in the king size bed, when her husband is working. She sighs, and turns off the light, sleeping straight though the night till seven when her daughter wakes up. The older kids sleep till 7:30, but Kimberly was 7:00 on the dot, most days, 6:30 others.

The kids and Margaret go out to the store to buy some clothing, and then go to the playground. After that, they come home eat dinner and Kimberly goes to bed. Margaret lets the two kids stay up and wait for Hawkeye. At 9:30, he comes through the door, and the kid were all over him. They miss him so much when he works, and he misses them. His car pulls into the garage, and both kids jump up from the books they were reading,

"DADDY'S HOME!" Natalie shouts.

"Natalie!" Margaret scolds, "Kimberly is sleeping, you must be quiet."

"Ok." Natalie says smiling, "DADDY!" She says, jumping into his arms.

"Hi honey." He says, picking her up, hugging her, "I've missed you Princess."

"Missed you too."

"I missed you too." He plays.

"Daddy, you said I miss you first then I said it."

"I know, then I said it again." He laughs, kissing her cheek, before placing her on the floor and picking his jumping son up, "Hey buddy."

"Hi daddy." He smiles, kissing and hugging him. "Did you miss me?"

Hawkeye laughs, "I did. Did you miss me?"

"A little." He jokes, as he gets tickled and hung upside down, "Daddy! Put me down!"

"Where's mommy?"

"Down!" He squeals.

"Down? Mommy is down!"

"No! Put me down!"

"Tell me where mommy is first." He jokes with his son.

"IN there."

"IN where?"

"Daddy!"

"In where?"

"There."

"Oh… there." He says, placing his son down on his hands, flipping over the laughing child. "I'm going to go see mommy." He tells his two kids as they follow him into the family room. "Hi."

"Hi yourself." She smiles, getting a kiss, "Now, who are you? You somehow look familiar, but I'm not sure… you look like someone who I knew about a week ago."

"No, I buried him." He winks, and sits next to her, as the kids pile onto his lap. "What are you two doing up still?"

"I missed you." Natalie smiles.

"Me too!"

"Well, I missed you two too. But… it's almost ten, and I think it's time for you two to go to bed."

"Will you come with me?" Natalie asks.

"I would love too."

"Me too daddy!"

"You bet buddy. Say good night to mommy."

"Night mommy." Natalie smiles kissing her mom, Zack saying and doing the same. He always says or does the same as Natalie now a days it seems.

"Night kids." She smiles, letting Hawkeye put them to bed. He'd tell them a story or read them one and then they'd be happy with daddy time and go to sleep, which would be the time he comes down and spends the rest of the night with her. She was looking forward just being with him. They don't even need to talk as long as they are together that is all that matters. They talked a bit, Margaret showed him what she got the kids for the reunion, he approves like normal, and they head up to bed. Margaret was so glad to have him back and her being able to sleep in his arms again. A week away from him was too long.

Two days before they were ready to leave for Missouri, Hawkeye came home rather annoyed, and walks up to Margaret, "I have to work Thursday."

"You WHAT!" She shouts at him.

"I have to work on Thursday."

"We leave on Thursday, are you kidding me!"

"No… Marcus is going to be out at a conference till Thursday night, and no one else could cover."

"Unbelievable Pierce… Un-Fucking-Believable!" She shouts at him, "I can't believe you! We have plane tickets for 7:00 AM!"

"You can still go, I am just going to have to meet you there…"

"So you expect me to fly with three kids out to Missouri, rent a car, drive to the hotel, and lastly go to Potters? Hawkeye, Kimberly is only 10 months… Zack 2, and Natalie 5. How do you expect me to do this alone!"

"I don't…"

"You don't?"

"No."

"So then what are you saying? Are we not going?"

"NO! NO NO NO! We are going. I just was thinking that I could take the kids with me, or I could take one or two of them when I leave."

"What?"

"I would be leaving on the 2:00 flight, so why don't you let me take Kimberly and you take the older two?"

"That could work… but I don't know if the older two would approve."

"Well then, I'll take the older two and you take the baby."

"Why don't we see which of the older ones wants to go with you? You don't need both kids on you during the trip down, especially after working."

"Well, I have to go into the hospital at 7:30, so I'll drive you guys over to the airport and then I'll head to work. My dad can take whichever kid wants to come with me."

"Why don't we ask Nat first."

"Ok." He says, "Natalie!" He calls as his five year old runs into the next room.

"What?"

"I have a question to ask you."

"What mommy?"

"Well, daddy has to work on Thursday."

"You cant come!" she asks, quite alarmed at the situation.

"No no, honey I'm going." He smiles, picking her up and setting her on his lap, "I just have to take a later flight."

"And, we were wondering if you wanted to wait with daddy and come on the plane with him."

"Will we see Grandpa Potter that day?"

"Oh yes honey, you will just be there a bit later. Mommy and the younger kids will go and get the hotel all set up and you and daddy will come right over for the picinic."

"Oh! That's a good idea! Just me and daddy flying out!"

"Just you and me." He laughs. "Except, in the morning you and Grandpop will be spending the day together."

"Can I go to work with you?"

Hawkeye things for a moment, "Sure, I don't see why not."

"YAY! Then we can go to the airport right away!"

"You got that right." He smiles.

Natalie always likes going to the hospital. She loves going around with her dad on rounds, and having her there really cheers up a lot of the patients, especially the younger ones. Hawkeye always says that she would be a doctor when she grows up, and he still sticks to that.

Thursday came, and Hawkeye and Natalie brought the three to the airport, gave them a kiss and told them that they would see them in a few hours. They were expecting to arrive at around 6:30pm Missouri time, and would take a cab right on over to the house. After dropping off the trio, Hawkeye and Natalie go to the hospital.

"Good morning Dr. Pierce." Joyce smiles, and looks down at Natalie, "And Miss Pierce." She grins, winking at the girl."

"Hi!" Natalie says with excitement, as she held onto her fathers hand.

"Hi! Are you helping out today?"

"Yup! I am going to help out daddy, and then we are going to see my Grandpa Potter!"

"That sounds wonderful!"

"It is. And we get to stay there for a whole week!"

"Wow, wonderful. I think your daddy will like to have the extra help."

Hawkeye laughs, "Today, I'll take anything. Come on Nattie."

"Daddy, what are we going to do first?"

"We are going to go make our rounds and then I have to go into surgery, and you can stay in my office and watch some TV."

"Ok! Who are we going to see?"

"Mrs. Cutler first."

"Lets go!" She smiles.

Normally, children weren't allowed on the surgical floor, but they made an exception for their Chief Surgeon's kids. They didn't get in the way, and listened very well, so she was able to get away with walking around with Hawkeye during the day.

"Alright, you know the rules."

"Yup!" She smiles, as she follows him into the first room.

"Good morning Mrs. Cutler."

"Good morning Dr. Pierce."

"Good morning." Natalie says repeating her father.

"Well hello young lady, who are you?"

"Natalie." She says very polite.

"Well Natalie, you look just like your daddy. Are you helping him today?"

"I am!" She smiles.

"Well it's nice to meet you."

"Are you feeling better?"

"Your daddy fixed me up yesterday morning, so, yes, I am."

"I'm glad." Natalie smiles. She keeps talking, standing away from the patient at a comfortable distance until her father took over the talking and they went to another room.

"Natalie, this little girl had her appendix out last night. She is your age. Maybe you can keep her company when I am going into surgery." He says, looking at the nurse who was next to the child, and nodded. "Kate over there will be glad to watch you."

"Ok daddy." She smiles at him.

At 9:00, Hawkeye is called into surgery, so he turns on the TV for Natalie, and tells her to stay put, and he heads into three hours of surgery. By the time he is out, it was 12:30, and they had to leave right away. He goes into his office and doesn't see Natalie, "Gayle, where's Nat?"

"With the appendix girl, Katherine and her mom playing cards or doing some sort of kids stuff."

"Right. Thanks." He smiles, and goes into the room holding the child. "Natalie…"

"Hi daddy!"

"Hi." He smiles, "Are you ready to go to Missouri?"

"Yeah!" She smiles, before turning to her new friend, "We are going to see my Grandma and Grandpa Potter for a WHOLE WEEK!"

"You are very lucky." The girls mother smiles.

Hawkeye checks Katherine over quickly, and smiles, "Looks like we will shoot for tomorrow for letting you out. How does that sound?"

"Good." Katherine says.

"So, when I get back here, I expect you to be home and almost ready to run around again, ok?"

"Ok."

"And we'll set up an appointment for next week sometime, just to check out her progress." Hawkeye says, speaking to her mother.

"Right. Thanks a lot Dr. Pierce."

"Any time." He smiles, "Let's get moving Nattie."

"Ok!" She runs to her dad's office, and then they head out to the car, and drive over to Hawkeye's house where his father was waiting. Hawkeye's taking most of the bags with him. It would be hard enough to get two kids under the age of four to the hotel minus the luggage. He has their LARGE suitcase. It was so large all the kids could fit in it, close the lid and have about an hour of air. Hawkeye even threatened that he would be keeping the kids in the suitcase if they didn't behave. Dan drives them to the airport and they say their goodbyes and Natalie and Hawkeye board the plane.

"Daddy?" Natalie asks, sitting by the window.

"What?"

"Did mommy get there yet?"

Hawk looks at his watch, "No, but she will be there soon."

"How soon?"

"Probably about fifteen minutes."

"What are they doing?"

"Well, I think Mommy is going to go to the hotel, and then Zack and Kimberly will take a nap, and then they will head over to Grandpa Potters to wait for us."

"What time will we be there?"

"Dinner time." He smiles, looking out the window. They take off, and a few minutes later, Margaret's flight lands, surprisingly both kids were still awake, but they were exhausted. Margaret is glad and wants them to take a nap. She rents a car and drives over to their hotel.

"Hi, how can I help you?" The hostess asks.

"Hi, My husband signed out a room for us, it's under the name of Dr. Pierce."

"Doctor Benjamin F. Pierce?"

"That's him." She says, balancing Kim and the bags, while keeping her son at bay. Kimberly had her thumb in her mouth and her head lying on Margaret's shoulder. She was exhausted, but still fighting to stay awake.

"Do you want both sets of keys or are you still awaiting your husband?"

"I'm awaiting him, so I'll just take one set."

"You are in room 515. Enjoy your stay!"

"Thank you. Come on Zack." She says, taking his hand.

"Mommy, I tired." He says.

"We are all going to take a nap when we get up there."

"NO!"

"Yes!"

"NO!" He says, "I not that tired."

"Ok, well then, we will just sit and watch some TV while Kimberly sleeps. How does that sound?"

"Good." He says as they make their way up to the Suite.

It was a beautiful room, two bed rooms, a sitting room, and a balcony. She lies Kimberly down in the crib that they provided and she instantly fell asleep. Zack lies down on Margaret's bed and she turns on the TV. He falls asleep soon after he lies down. Margaret unpacks a bit, and then decides to take a shower. She felt so grimy after the long plane ride that she had too. She dead bolts the Hotel Door, and leaves the bathroom door open a crack incase the kids got up. Margaret lets the water run over her for about fifteen minutes, before getting out and getting dressed. She knew that she has just enough time to fix her hair and do her makeup before the kids woke up. "Ok… now" She says aloud, "what should the kids wear?" She looks through the kids drawers and closet, grabbing Zack's first. She pulls out a pair of khaki shorts and a navy blue shirt. Then she grabs a purple sundress for Kimberly and a pair of white sandals, lying both items on the bed, "Ok, Natalie…" She says, thumbing through her clothes. It would be easier on Hawkeye to already have something laying out for Natalie rather than fighting with her to wear something that she doesn't feel like wearing. She grabs a blue and white sundress for her to wear. It was one of her favorites. She also pulls out matching blue and white sandals for her. She only brought one dress for herself, the rest were in the bag that Hawkeye is bringing. She knows that he will wear his blue Hawaiian shirt tomorrow, so today he may actually look presentable. She smiles to herself at the thought of his blue shirt. She hates that shirt, but he still insists to wear it.

At 3:00, Zack wakes up in a great mood, "Mommy?"

"What honey?" She calls, putting on her earring.

"I want a snack."

"I have pretzels in the kitchen." She smiles, "Is that ok?"

"Yes." He smiles, hugging her leg. She pats his hair and smiles at him.

"We have to get you dressed pal."

"I am!" He says, pulling at his shirt.

"I know you are now, but you are all wrinkly, and you need to wear a bit nicer clothing to Grandpa Potter's."

"Ok mommy."

"You're such a good boy." She smiles and the two walk into the kitchen and get something to drink and a snack. "Mommy."

"What?"

"When daddy coming?"

"He'll be here by dinner time ok?"

"Ok." He smiles.

"Do you miss daddy?"

"Yup!" Zack smiles.

Margaret hears Kimberly starting to cry so she walks and gets her, "Good afternoon Kimberly."

"Mama!"

"I missed you baby." She laughs kissing her cheek. "Lets get go get you dressed ok?"

Margaret puts the baby in her dress and she giggles the entire time. Both kids were both in good moods and she hopes that Natalie will be in just as good of a mood as her other two. Margaret puts Kimberly on the floor and she crawls around the entire place, pulling herself up on different pieces of furniture. "Are you going to start walking soon Kimberly?" She asks the baby as she watches her pull herself up again, "I think you should." The baby smiles and falls back down on her butt, "You are such a brat." Margaret laughs.

"Mama." She says, crawling over to her, raising her arms.

Margaret picks her up, "Do you want a drink or a snack? I think you do." She smiles, and makes up a bottle of apple juice for the baby. She puts her down in the highchair and gives her the bottle and teething cookie. The baby happily takes it and smiles at Margaret.

At 4:30, they make their way to the Colonels house. "Mommy, where we going?"

"To Grandpa Potter's house." She smiles. "He can't wait to see you again. It's been a while since he's seen you."

"Yup!"

"And he can't wait to see Kimberly again. I don't even think Kimberly will remember him, will you Kimberly"

Margaret parks the car on the street and gets the kids out of the car. She picks up Kimberly and takes Zack's hand, walking through the white picket fence's door. She knocks and is greeted with a friendly smile, "Well hello Major."

"Hi Colonel." She smiles, as they embrace and he gives her a kiss.

"You look wonderful."

"Thank you. So do you." She says, continuing smiling.

"Well, young man, you have gotten a lot bigger since the last time I saw you." He smiles at the lad, "How old are you now son?"

"Two and a half." Zack smiles.

"Two and a half! Wow."

Zack smiles at his grandfather, and gives him a hug. The colonel picks up the almost three year old, "Where is your daddy and sister?"

"On the plane. That is my sister too." He smiles pointing at his baby sister.

"I know. And she too has gotten a lot bigger since the last time I saw her." He smiles at the baby who instantly plays shy and leans against her mommy's neck, "And it seems that Kimberly here is a lot shyer than you are." HE laughs, rubbing the baby's back, "But she looks like her daddy that one."

"She does. She is a true daddy's girl too." Margaret laughs. "She'll open up to you, just keep at it. Kimberly, say hi to Grandpa Potter." She smiles, kissing her cheek. The baby lifts her head up just enough to look out at the new face.

"Look at those eyes." Potter says, "Come on in. Some already have arrived."

"Did BJ and Peg get here yet?"

"Yes. They arrived shortly before you came." He smiles.

"Good."

"That little one looks just like her mother."

"Yeah, she does." Margaret smiles, as they walk through the living room and out to the backyard. Zack spots Michael and runs over to him, immediately beginning to play.

"Zack, go say hi to Uncle BJ and Aunt Peg." She smiles as she bends down to say hello to her Nephew.

"Uncle BJ!" Zack smiles and runs to him.

"Hi Zachary." He smiles. "How are you pal?"

"Good."

"That's good." He laughs as he hugs him. Peggy does the same.

"Aunt Margaret?"

"What Gillian?" She asks, hugging the young girl.

"Where's Natalie?"

"She'll be here soon. Uncle Hawk and Natalie had to take another plane."

"Why?"

"Uncle Hawk had to work."

"Ohhh." Gillian smiles. She understands being the daughter of a surgeon. "Ok, when are they coming?"

"Six… I hope."

"OK!" She smiles and runs over with her brother and her cousin.

"I missed you Aunt Margaret."

"I missed you too Erin." She smiles, kissing her niece, shifting her daughter. She goes over with her niece and daughter to BJ and Peg, hugging and kissing them.

"Hello Kimberly." BJ smiles at his niece, getting a smile back from her. "How are you Angel? Will you come and see me? I haven't seen you in a while." He says, as the child easily goes into BJ's arms.

"I think she missed you too." Margaret laughs.

"Well, I'll be…" The colonel smiles, "She wouldn't even look at me."

"She knows me." BJ laughs, kissing her cheek, as Margaret takes Katie from Peg's hands. The two babies are giggling and baby talking. "I think they missed each other."

"Just like their fathers." Peg laughs.

"So Colonel, when is Charles coming?" Margaret asks.

"Tomorrow morning he'll be here. They have two children now."

"Yes, I heard, Lana is four now isn't she?"

"Yes, she is. And they have a boy who is two, Charles Emerson Winchester the Fifth."

"Another Chuckles." BJ laughs.

"I think they call him Charlie now. Klinger has the twins, David and Maddie, and they now have Cameron, who is 2 now."

"What about Radar?" BJ asks. "We haven't heard from him in a while."

"He ended up marrying this girl Patty, who he met over in Korea."

"What happened to the other girl?"

"Patty came back into his life, and he said Sayonara. Now, him and Patty have two youngsters, the oldest is two, Henry, and the youngest is about 3 or 4 months old, Jessica, Jessie for short."

"When is he due in?"

"Tomorrow early as well. The only two who are going to be here today is your two families."

"We always did like to be the first ones done." BJ laughs, "Right Kimmy?" He asks, getting a smile from Kimberly and a scowl from Margaret. She hates her being called Kimmy. She was warming up to Kim, but still didn't like to too much. Hawkeye calls her Kimmy sometimes too, and Margaret hates it. "What?" BJ smiles, causing Margaret to roll her eyes.

"You know very well what Hunnicutt." Margaret smiles looking down at Katie who was now looking at her. "What Miss Kaitlyn?" She smiles, before handing her over to BJ. He has both girls now and they were as happy as two clams.

"They really are cute together." Peg smiles.

"It's a shame we don't live around each other anymore." Margaret sighs.

"Yeah it is." BJ says, and places the girls down on the blanket next to him. They have toys for the girls there and they were happily talking to each other.

At 6:15, Hawkeye comes down, Natalie runs as fast as she can over to her Uncle BJ, and hugs him.

"Hi Nattie, how are you?"

"I missed you!"

"I missed you too! How was your flight?"

"Good." She smiles, hugging her aunt and then her mommy.

"Where's daddy?"

"With Grandma Potter." She smiles, and then runs over to her Grandpa Potter, "Hi!"

"Natalie, you have gotten prettier my dear, since the last time I saw you." He says, pulling her up onto his lap. "How are you?"

"Good!" She smiles. "Where's Gillian?" She asks, looking at her Aunt Peggy.

"She's over there." She says, pointing to her daughters and son running around.

"Bye!" She says, kissing her Grandpa and runs over to her brother and cousins.

"DADA!" Kimberly squeals and pulls up on Margaret's leg.

"Go see him Kimberly." She smiles. "Go on!"

The baby smiles and crawls over to her father, "Aren't you going to walk to me?" He asks, the crawling baby who pulls herself up on his leg, as he picks her up. "I think you are just being lazy." He says, kissing her cheek.

"Dadadadad." She says, wrapping her arms around him, laying her head against his neck.

"I missed you too Angel." He says, rubbing her back, kissing her cheek. "Hi there Colonel." Hawkeye smiles, as the older man stands up, the two embrace.

"How are you son?"

"I'm well, how are you?"

"Well also. Good to see you got here ok."

"A bit late, but better late than never." Hawkeye laughs, putting Kimberly back down on the blanket. "What did I miss?"

"Radar is married with two kids."

"Really! Was it that woman he brought about a year or two ago?"

"No, they split up, this is someone the boy met in Korea, Patty her name is." The Colonel smiles.

"Excellent."

"They have two children. Henry and Jessie, they are two and four months."

"Outstanding. What about Charles and Klinger?"

"Klinger has three kids now, the twins, Maggie and David, and a new one Cameron. Charles has Lana, and the new baby Charlie."

"Figures." He smiles. "I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow." He smiles.

"So, Margaret, I heard that you are working again?"

"I was working again. My friend Lorraine's brother needed help at his hospital for a few months, well it was from January till March, and now I'm done."

"How was it?"

"It was nice for a bit, then I really missed being with the kids. It got old very quick." She sighs, "I wasn't home with the kids as much as I wanted. It wasn't too great of an experience."

"Will you work again?"

"Oh yeah, I will, but not yet. The kids are too young."

"I don't blame you." Mildred smiles, "When my children were your children's ages, it was practically unheard of for the mother to work, and I don't think I could have handled it either."

"Me neither." Peg says, looking at the kids running around.

"I felt bad because Natalie ended up getting sick and I couldn't stay with her. She wanted me to stay, I wanted to stay, but I ended up having to go in till the afternoon and came home. It was the worst feeling in the world."

"My, my, my, look at you Major." Potter smiles. "All grown up." He laughs.

"Oh really now." She says, using her old Major tone.

"That's more like it." BJ laughs.

"They're picking on me Kimberly." She smiles at her daughter who looks up at her and smiles back.

That night they all go back to the hotel rooms, put the kids down in Peg and BJ's suite, and stay there for a while talking. It was midnight before Hawkeye and Margaret take Zack and Kimberly back. Natalie would be fine staying the night with Peg and BJ, but if the younger two woke up, it wouldn't be too easy. The next morning they would all report to the Colonels house for day one of the reunion.

"Hawk?" Margaret says when the alarm goes off.

"Hmm?" He says, opening one eye to look at his wife lying next to him.

"Do you want to get a shower or should I?"

"I don't care. It's 6:15."

"Well then get up." She smiles.

"Ok." He says, "But you have to get off my chest…"

"Another thirty minutes?"

"Yes." He smiles, "Or till Kimberly wakes up."

"Even better." She smiles closing her eyes again.

The two parents fall back to sleep for about another hour and a half before Kimberly wakes up. Hawkeye gets the baby while Margaret takes her shower, then they switch.

"I have to pick out something for you and Natalie to wear." She tells the baby. "How about we put you in pink today? I love this dress." She smiles, taking her pajamas off and her and pulls her dress over her head. The dress was a pastel pink with little white flowers embroidered all over it. Margaret bought all the kids new outfits before they left. She likes them to look nice, and she has great taste. She pulls out of the closet Natalie's new blue dress. It was a pastel blue with purple stripes, and Natalie absolutely loves the dress. She has wanted to wear it for weeks, but Margaret wouldn't let her. Margaret loves her in blues. Like all the kids, the blue makes their eyes shine, but it really looks nice on Natalie against her skin tone. Kimberly looks just as nice in blue. Out of the two girls, Kim had the fairer skin. Margaret moves over to pick out what her son was going to wear today. She grabs him a pair of blue short-overalls and a stripped short sleeve-collared shirt. After Zack wakes up and dresses, and Hawkeye is changed, Margaret goes down to the Hunnicutt's room to retrieve her daughter. She knocks on the door and Erin opens up, "Hi Aunt Margaret!"

"Hi honey. You look very pretty." She smiles.

"So do you!"

Margaret laughs and kisses her cheek, "Thank you. Hi Natalie."

"Oh hi mommy!"

"Oh Hi." She laughs. She was busy playing with Gillian to notice her come in. "Did you have a good night?"

"Yup!"

"How was she?" Margaret asks as she turns towards Peg.

"An Angel." Peg smiles.

"Good. What do you think Princess. I have a dress in the room for you, shall we go see Daddy and get into some new clothes?"

"But mommy, I'm playing!" Natalie says in disgust that her mother would even think about leaving her cousins.

"You'll see Gillian as soon as you are done."

"Gillian, you have to get ready too honey." Peg says smiling, as she juggles Katie.

"But Natalie is here."

"Come on Nattie." Margaret laughs, "Go on down, your daddy wants to see you too! He misses you."

"Ok." She says, sighing, but follows her mother out.

"We'll see you in about fifteen minutes for breakfast."

"Ok." She smiles, "I'll get BJ moving."

"Same with me for Hawk." Margaret laughs, "Come on Nat."

Natalie runs down to her room, and opens up the door, "Hurry mommy!"

"I'm hurrying honey." She says laughing.

"Can I wear my blue and purple dress mommy?"

"Yes. I have it laying out on my bed."

"Yay!"

"Go have your father help you with it."

"Ok!" She says, running into the bedroom, "Daddy!"

"What?"

"Mommy says help me."

"Well daddy says get over here and give me a hug and a kiss." He says to his daughter.

"Oh yeah!" She smiles and runs over to him, "Did you miss me?"

"I did." He laughs, kissing her cheek, "You didn't wake me up today."

"Nope, Kimberly had too."

He smiles, putting her down, "Ok, now, let's get you into your dress."

"I can do it! I can't zipper it though daddy."

"Ok, well then you put it on, and I'll finish getting ready, and when you are ready to have it zipped up, I'll be glad to do it for you."

"Thank you."

"Anything for you Princess." He says, smiling. A few seconds later, he was brushing his teeth, and she appears right next to him.

"Daddy, I'm ready!"

He holds up his hand for her, before rinsing, and zipping her up, "All set."

"Let's go! I want to play with Gillian! You can play with Uncle BJ!" She smiles.

Hawkeye laughs, "We can play?"

"Yes! Well… talk because big people are boring." She says.

"You don't even know what boring is!"

"I do too!"

"What is it?" He says, trying to catch the five year old.

"When you are tired and you don't wanna listen anymore."

"Close enough. Let's go."

"FINALLY!"

"You have only been in our room for ten seconds!"

"I know!"

"Well slow down." He tells the rambunctious five year old.

"So," Margaret begins as she comes into their bedroom, "Peggy and I were talking and we decided that we will keep all seven of the kids on Tuesday night, and they will keep the seven of them on Monday night. I figured we can use a night out." She smiles.

"Sounds good." Hawk replies, smiling back.

"You guys aren't going out that night are you?"

"When, Monday? No, I don't think so."

"I need the night off." She laughs.

"You and Peggy both. Let's go, I'm hungry."

"Ok." She says, as she walks back into the sitting room. She picks Kimberly up off the floor and the baby shows her disapproval.

"DADA!" She says, reaching to Hawk.

Margaret laughs as Hawkeye takes the baby out of her grasp, "You are such a brat."

"Dada." She says again, lying her head against his shoulder.

"I think she missed you."

"I missed her too." He says, kissing her cheek. "A lot." He adds in. "Come on Nattie, let's go Zack."

"Do you have a key?"

"Yes Major."

"Mommy, is Gillian going to sleep at our room?"

"Yes honey, on Tuesday."

"YAY!" She smiles, "Mommy, can we move?" She asks, dead serious.

"Move! Move where!"

"To California again."

"No honey."

"Why not?"

"Because we live in Maine now. Grandpop would be sad if we moved, and Daddy's work would miss him too."

"Oh." She says, thinking for a moment, "Well, can Uncle BJ move to Maine?"

Hawkeye laughs, "Ask Uncle BJ."

"Ok!" Natalie says as they walk out into the hall. "UNCLE BJ!" She calls down to him.

"What?"

"Can you move to where I live?" She asks, running up to him.

"What!" He sputters.

"Mommy won't let me move to my old house so you can move to our new place."

"I can't." He laughs, "My hospital needs me there."

"Oh, ok." She says, "You'll just have to visit me more."

"I think we can do that." He laughs, hugging the child. She reminds him a lot of Hawkeye with her attitude on life, but her attitude in general is Margaret. She is the perfect mix of both parents… and no one was too sure if that was good or bad yet.

"So, breakfast than over to the Colonels?" BJ asks.

"Yes." Margaret answers, "It will only be us till one or two o'clock. Most of them will want to get settled before the reunion."

"Excellent."

"Mom, Grandpa Potter said that I can ride a horse if you let me!" Erin tells her mom.

"I don't know honey… you're a bit too young I think."

"No, the says that if you are old enough to go to school, you are old enough to ride!"

"We'll see Erin."

"Please!"

"Erin don't beg, you look like a dog." BJ says, getting a scowl from her. "If looks could kill."

"We would be dead 1000 times over, right MAJOR!" Hawkeye laughs.

"More." She says, smiling.

"Daddy, I wanna ride the horse too." Natalie says.

"Me too!" Gill replies.

"Me!" Both boys smile.

"No." Both mothers say.

"Please!"

"Alright… enough." Margaret says, using her 'Major Tone', quieting the kids. They all eat and make their way over to the Colonels.

Kimberly is still playing shy with the Colonel, but she's slowly beginning to open up. They get to the door, knock and enter. The Colonel is outside preparing for the picnic, so the two former Captains decide to help him out.

"Grandpa Potter?" Erin calls.

"What honey?"

"Can we go ride a horse?" She asks, looking over at her mother who was now frowning.

"That's up to your mom."

"Please mom!"

"Me too Mommy!" Both younger girls say.

"Well…" Peg says looking over at Margaret.

"Sure." Margaret smiles, standing up and in the process, picking Kimberly up from the ground and placing her on her hip. "We'll all go over."

"Where are the boys?" Hawk asks, smiling as he and BJ come over.

"With my grandsons, playing with their cars or such." He says pointing over towards the four kids.

"Where are you going?"

"To see the horsy." Natalie smiles.

"Oh? Is Grandpa Potter going to let you ride one?"

"Yup!" She smiles.

"You want us to keep them?" BJ asks, pointing to the babies.

"Lets ask them." Margaret laughs, as she directs her attention towards her daddy.

"DADA!" Kimberly smiles and lunges at him as if she hasn't seen him in years.

"That's my girl. What about you Katie" Hawkeye asks, "Are you going to stay with us too?"

"Dada." Katie smiles and goes easily to BJ.

"Daddy, I want you to come with us." Natalie says, pulling at his hand.

Hawkeye looks over to the boys and sees Mildred watching them. Sherm calls over to her, telling her that they were all heading to the stables. She smiles, waves, and continues to play with the boys. "Looks like I'm going." He laughs.

"What do you think Pierce, would you like to ride a horse too?"

"Hmm… no. Trapper and I already did that." He laughs at the memory.

"Be careful with them Colonel." Margaret says.

"Margaret… have I ever made you think any different?"

"No sir." She smiles, looking at her youngest, who is smiling brightly, "Are you happy to be with daddy Kimberly? Did you miss him?" The baby lies her head against his neck and smiles.

"Daddy's girl." Hawkeye says simply, kissing her head.

"Through and through." Margaret replies and rolls her eyes.

"Well, I'm going to take these little soldiers over with me and mount them up."

"Do you need help?" BJ asks.

"Nope, we'll just impress you. And I'll keep the younger two on a (spelling it out) Pony."

"Thank you." Both mothers say.

The girls have a lot of fun riding the horses, especially when Colonel Potter takes the two little ones on the BIG horse. "Climb aboard Major." The Colonel smiles.

"No…" She says, smiling up at him.

"Major… climb aboard. You remember how to do it." He smiles. She sighs and looks at her husband for a bit of help.

"It's been a while since I've done this…" She says, as Hawkeye passes Kim over to Peg for a second and helps his wife up onto the horse. Hawkeye smiles at her. The Colonel was like her father, a more loving one, but like her own father. She loves and respects him more than almost anyone in the world, and he loves her just like she was his own daughter.

At 1:00, Margaret and Peg put the younger four kids in the bedroom upstairs for a bit of a nap. Zack and Mike were starting to get cranky, and the girls were borderline screaming their heads off. The girls all play outside while their siblings sleep. They really miss each other when they aren't around, and will love to spend all day and night with each other. Margaret and Peg weren't worried about leaving the kids inside. Mike and Zack would come down when they woke up, but with the girls, they would have to check on them around 3:00, off and on. The window was open, and they probably could hear the kids, but still, they didn't want to keep them crying while they trekked back to the house and upstairs.

The adults all talk while the kids play or sleep. At 3:00, the boys come out, and at 3:20, the babies are awake. When 3:30 rolls around, people start to arrive. First was Radar.

"Radar, you old son-of-a-gun!" Sherman smiles standing up walking over to him, "How are you?" He asks, hugging him.

"I'm fine sir, how are you?"

"I'm fine son." He smiles, looking at the blonde hair woman who took the heart of the boy in Korea, "You must be Patty, it's nice to meet you."

"You too Colonel."

"Please it's Sherman. And look at these little tykes, they look just like their mother."

"Say hello." Patty coaxes the boy.

"Hi." He says.

"Well hello Henry." Sherman says, patting the boy on the head, "Come on, everyone's waiting to see you."

"Hawkeye here?"

"Hawkeye and BJ have been here since yesterday."

"Really?"

"Yes, come on back son." Sherm says as they all walk out to the back yard. "Look who I found."

Hawkeye and BJ turn their attention to the Colonel and Radar, "Radar, how are you?" BJ smiles.

"How the hell are you?" Hawkeye repeats, almost at the same time as BJ's question.

"Hi Hawkeye, BJ." He smiles, as the men embrace.

"You've been busy I see." Hawkeye jokes, "I take it you are Patty."

"I am."

"We've heard about you. It's nice to meet you." BJ says, shaking the woman's hand.

"And who are these two?"

"Henry and Jessie."

Hawkeye smiles, "It's nice to meet you kids too." He says, patting the boy on the head, "Our son's are around his age."

"I'm sure he'll love to play with them." Patty smiles.

"You're up to three kids now right?"

"Yeah, Natalie, Zachary and Kimberly."

"All ending in the same sound." Patty laughs, "I think that's cute."

"We didn't plan on that." Hawkeye laughs, "In fact, I don't even think we realized it till someone pointed it out to us. Look who's talking anyway, Henry and Jessie?"

"How about you BJ… four now?"

"Yup. Four… Erin, Gillian, Michael and Kaitlyn."

"Where are they? I'd love to see them." Patty smiles.

"The girls… well Erin, Gill and Nat are probably off playing with each other, and the boys are off playing with Sherm's grandkids, and the babies are over with their mom's."

"We'll get the kids, hold on." BJ says after Hawkeye looks around the yard, "Girls!" He calls, as he sees them coming running towards them, "Get the boys too."

"Say hi to Uncle Radar." Hawkeye says.

"Hi!" All of the kids say at the same time.

"Hi." Radar smiles at the children.

"Wanna play?" Michael asks Henry.

"Yup!" He says and the boys run off.

Margaret puts Kimberly down on the ground and gives Radar a hug, "How are you Corporal?"

"I'm fine Major, how are you?"

"I'm well, thank you. You look good Radar."

"So do you Ma'am."

"Our little Radar, all grown up." Hawkeye teases, patting his head.

"Aww, cut that out." He smiles.

Hawkeye looks down as he feels something pull on his leg. He smiles as he sees Kimberly pulling herself to a standing position, balancing herself on him. "Dada."

"What?"

"Dada." She says again, beginning to fuss.

"What?"

"Dada!" She says, fussing.

"What?" He teases her again.

"Pierce, pick your daughter up." She says to him, knowing that he would do it anyway.

"Is this what you want?" He asks as he picks the 11 month old up. "Huh?" He asks as she lies her head on his shoulder, burying her face at the new faces who were around her.

"Kimberly…" BJ says to the baby, "Kim… Kimmy…." She looks over to him, "Quit being shy." She smiles and buries her head again.

"Kaitlyn's the same way, isn't that right Katie?" Peg laughs.

"Will Kimberly come to me yet?" Potter asks.

"Try it." Hawk says, passing her over to him. She looks a bit confused at first and looks over to her daddy, "What do you think Kim? Do you know him enough yet?"

She smiles at her daddy and then the Colonel, "She likes Colonel Potter."

"Grandpa Potter." Margaret corrects Radar with a smile.

"That more like it little one." The Colonel smiles, "I'm not so bad of a person."

"In your own opinion." Hawkeye laughs as he watches Kimberly continue to smile at the man holding her.

By 5:00, everyone was at the Colonels house. Margaret was busy talking to one of her nurses and the former MASH Surgeons were talking with their friends. The nurses weren't at the last reunion and don't know that Hawkeye and Margaret are married till that day.

"Well if it isn't Hawkeye Pierce." A voice calls from behind him.

"That has to be Nurse Bigelow." He says turning his attention to the Bigelow. "How are you?"

"I'm well thanks." She says smiling. "How are you?"

"Fine, thanks." He says smiling.

"BJ, how are you?"

"Good Bigelow, how are you?"

"Well thank you." She says smiling. "Hawkeye, BJ this is my husband Larry."

"Ah, no longer Bigelow are we?"

"No," She says smiling.

"So what is the new name Bigelow?" BJ asks.

"Lori Hamilton." She says smiling.

"I like Bigelow still, what about you Beej?" Hawkeye says smiling.

"I agree." He says.

"Is that alright with you? Lori and Hamilton just doesn't fit."

"That's fine." She says smiling. "I had a feeling I'd be called that this weekend."

"Well Larry, it is nice meeting you."

"You too Hawkeye." He says smiling. "I've heard a lot about all of you."

"What have you been up to Hawk?"

"Marrying, kids, nothing else, you?"

"Same, well minus the kids." She smiles. They talk for a bit before she spots a few others. "Able! Baker!" Bigelow calls to them.

"Bigelow! Hawkeye! BJ! How are you all?"

"Hi there Able, Baker, and significant others." Hawkeye says smiling.

"Hello Nurses." Potter calls to the girls.

"Hi Colonel." All the girls answer at the same time.

"Oh come now, no more of the formality, just call me Sherman."

"Old habits die hard Sherman." Able says smiling.

After a while just about all of the nurses have arrived and are sitting around talking.

"Do you think the Major are going to come?" Able says, not seeing her sitting at the other side of the yard.

"I doubt it. She probably doesn't want to see us after all the shit we put her through." Baker says, shaking her head.

"Yeah, who would blame her though, but that was ages ago. I would like to see her again and see what she is up too." Bigelow says.

"Me too." Walsh says smiling, turning her attention to the kids playing in the yard. "Look at all of those kids. You can definitely tell people have been busy. Who's the little brunette?

"I don't know." Able says. "Hey BJ, whose kid is the Brunette?"

"Which one?"

"The little one, with the dress."

"That's Hawkeye's daughter."

"You're kidding me." Able says. "Hawkeye has a kid?"

"Three actually, and a wife too." He says, smiling, taking a sip of his beer.

"Really? I for one would have never thought of Hawkeye to have kids." Bigelow says.

"Yeah me neither." Hawkeye says grinning. He had just come over when they started talking about him.

The nurses immediately turn red. "Sorry Hawk, it's just…."

"I know. I never thought I'd have kids either. I have three kids, and like Beej said, and I have a wife too."

"Where is she?"

"She's around." He smiles with a teasing glimmer in his blue eyes. He knows that the nurses don't know about him and Margaret.

"So three kids? What are there names?" Baker says smiling.

"Natalie, Zachary, and Kimberly. They are 5 years, 3 years and 11 months old."

"Where are they?" Able asks.

"Nattie's playing with BJ's daughters down there, Zack is over with the kids, and the Colonel has Kim."

"Who's your wife?" Walsh asks.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." He says smiling.

"Oh come on now Captain." She says smiling.

"Honestly Walsh, you wouldn't…"

"Trust me; it took me by complete surprise." Charles says, shaking his head, remembering their wedding.

"Try us Hawkeye." Able says smiling.

"Zack! Come here pal." Hawkeye calls to his son who runs over to him. "I want you to meet some people. These are the Nurses mommy and I worked with."

"OH my god." Able says, shocked at seeing the resemblance of the child and their old head nurse.

"Hi." He says smiling.

"Hi honey." Bigelow says. "You and the Major? I don't believe it."

Hawkeye smiles and says, "Believe it."

"It's not possible, you two were at each others throats all the time." Walsh says.

"What's your mommy's name honey?" Baker asks.

"Margaret Pierce." Zack says smiling.

"I don't believe it." Able says. "I am completely happy for you, but I just don't believe it."

Hawkeye, BJ and Charles sit there and laugh at the baffled nurses. "What's so funny?" Kelley asks, walking over to everyone.

"Kelley, you aren't going to believe this…." Able says starting.

"What am I not going to believe?"

"Guess who Hawkeye's married too?"

"Who?" She asks.

"Houlihan."

"Margaret Houlihan?"

"The one and only." Wash says. "Look at his daughter.

"I would have never thought Hawkeye." Kelley says smiling.

"Me neither." Hawkeye says grinning.

"Where is the Major?"

"Sitting over there with Mrs. Potter and Green."

"I think we better go over and say hello." Able smiles.

"Well be back." Bigelow smiles as the women head over with their husbands in tow to see their former head nurse. She was thrilled to see them and they were thrilled to see her.

"Hello Major." They smile.

"Hello Nurses." She replies, smiling back at them, "How are you all?"

"Well, yourself?"

"Well thank you." She smiles, "It's great to see you all."

"You too Margaret." Bigelow smiles. "I hear you are married to Hawkeye?"

Margaret laughs, "Yes, we are."

"How the hell did that happen… if you don't mind me asking." Able asks.

"It's a long story…" She laughs.

"It's a good thing we have all day, because I want to hear about it Major." Kelley says.

"Alright." She smiles and goes over how they came to be married with three perfect children.

They all talk the day away and through the night. Everyone has a really great time that night and ended with a drink. Tomorrow was Monday, and Hawkeye and Margaret wouldn't be joining them that night because that was the night they have set aside for a romantic night, which Hawkeye decided to re-nig on.

"Where are we going tonight?" Margaret asks as they dress for the night.

"Huh?" He asks, "I'm going to the bar… where are you going?"

"WE are going OUT tonight, remember!"

"I can't tonight Margaret, everyone's going to the bar, but you are more than welcome to come."

"Hawk… you said that you wouldn't be going to the bar tonight…"

"Margaret…"

"I don't believe you!" She shouts, "You told me that tonight it would be just us."

"So what's the problem? We'll go out tomorrow night."

"Tomorrow's the Poker night."

"Then Wednesday."

"Wednesday we have BJ's kids."

"Thursday then…"

"You know what? Forget it, it's fine, we'll go out another time." She says, trying not to be too upset with him. She knows how excited he is to see his friends, but she was still upset with him, she just doesn't wanna show it.

"You sure?"

"It's fine, go out, have fun, the kids and I will go swimming or something."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

He kisses her, "We'll go out sometime this week, I promise."

"Have fun." She sighs, not really wanting to make him feel bad, it was just something she had to do.

"I'll see you tonight."

"I'll see you."

"Love you." He says, kissing her before doing the same with the kids.

"You too."

"Mommy, where daddy goin?" Zack asks as his daddy walks out the door.

"He's going out tonight with Uncle BJ, Grandpa Potter and some other boys to play." She says smiling.

"Oh! We go with Uncle BJ now?"

"No, because daddy went out." She sighs, "So you'll be spending the night with your sisters and me."

"Kay." He smiles.

At the bar, Hawkeye is just finishing his second drink, laughing with the others. It was 9:30, and he felt guilty for leaving his wife when he promised her they would go out. He made a decision then and there, "I think I'm gonna call it a night early. Do you think Peggy is up for all the kids still?" Hawk asks BJ.

"Sure." He smiles, downing the last of his beer, "I'll be there too."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Tomorrow we have poker night, so I'll be fine." He laughs.

"Alright, we'll see you all tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Klinger and Potter say.

BJ and Hawk walk to the elevator and head upstairs

Margaret gets the kids into bed and looks at the clock, "What a boring night." She sighs. She goes into the bathroom and starts the shower, listens once more for the kids and gets into the hot water for a long shower. She wasn't mad at Hawkeye, she was just annoyed, but the shower was helping her loosen up.

Hawkeye and BJ come into the room and hear the water running, Hawkeye looks at his best friend, "If you get Kim, I'll get Zack."

"What about Nat?"

"She can be woken up." He says going into the kids room. Natalie was awake and Hawkeye told her the plan. She was very excited to spend the night with Gillian. Hawkeye and BJ take the kids, get them settled and Hawkeye comes back into the room.

He quietly locks the doors and walks into the bathroom striping down, "Need someone to wash your hair?" HE smiles.

"What are you doing back?"

"I wanted to be with you." He smiles.

'I'm glad to see you too." She smiles as he steps into the shower. "We have to hurry…"

"No we don't."

"The kids…"

"BJ and Peggy took them."

"Good." She smiles. The tub they have is huge, so big that Margaret and Hawk could easily fit into it comfortably.

"Fill the tub, I'll be right back." He says, getting out and wrapping a towel around his waste. He walks into the kitchen and grabs a bottle of wine from the refrigerator and two wine glasses from the cabinets. He then proceeds to turn on music and heads back into the bathroom and climbs in the tub behind his wife before he hands her a glass and pours the wine in it. She leans her back against his chest and he kisses her cheek.

"I'm glad you came back." She smiles.

"Me too."

"I missed this." She replies, taking a sip of her wine, "It's been a while since we've been alone like this."

"I know." He says, rubbing her shoulders, "You're not that tense." He remarks.

"That's because I'm with you." She says as she smiles up at him.

"We'll I'm glad I can help." He says finishing his wine and pours another glass. He kisses the nape of her neck and nibbles on her ears playfully.

"Honey…"

"Hmm?"

"We should take this to the bedroom…"

"I think you're right." He says standing up. He steps out of the tub and scoops her into his arms, bringing her over to the bed, lying her down, "What now?" He asks.

"What!" She says, shocked at his comment.

"I forget what to do…" He teases.

Margaret laughs and kisses him… "Is that a good enough reminder?"

"Hmm…" He says, lying back on the pillow, "Nah, not yet, try again."

Margaret leans down and kisses him again, "Now, that's more like it, my memory is beginning to become jogged."

"Good."

"So, is this for fun or for work?"

"What?" Margaret asks.

"Do you want to try for a fourth one or are we just gonna have a little fun?"

"A fourth? Are you crazy? Kimberly's only eleven months old!"

"Just checking." He smiles.

"Argh…" She groans, before he turns and kisses her. "You want more kids, you have to push them out."

"Well then, it's a good thing we are just having fun tonight." He smiles.

"That's how Kimberly started." She laughs and kisses him.

They spent the night romancing and relaxing. Around 12:00am, Hawkeye and Margaret take a blanket and sit outside for an hour in silence, just enjoying each others company.

Around 1:00, Hawkeye breaks the silence, "You still awake?"

"Mm-hmm." She says, her eyes closed.

"Barely?"

"Barely." She says again, not opening her eyes.

"Are you ready to go to bed?"

"If you are."

"I don't feel like carrying you back in, so let's go." He says, pushing her up and then they walk into the hotel room and get into bed. Hawkeye pulls her next to him and they fall asleep until the morning when the sun came through the window.

"I don't wanna get up yet…"

"You don't have too, it's only six." Hawkeye mumbles.

"Good." She says, turning and burying her head in Hawkeye's chest. "What time do we need to get the kids?"

"Breakfast is at 8:30, so I am assuming around 8:00."

"Good. I'm sleeping till the alarm goes off." She says, yawning.

"Same here."

At 7:00, the alarm goes off, and Hawkeye reaches over to shut it off, "Well, the alarm rang." He says.

"I heard it. Let's get a shower." She says, pulling her up with him.

"I have no objections." He smiles, following her into the shower.

After the rather lengthy shower, they get dressed and Margaret gets clothes out for the kids while Hawkeye goes and gets them. By 8:30 they were on their way to breakfast and by 10:00 they were over at the Colonels. Kimberly was very excited to see her Grandpa Potter and smiles brightly at him from Margaret's arms, "Well, this is a pleasant welcoming from you Kimberly." He smiles as she reaches for him. He takes her from Margaret's arm and kisses her cheek, "Much better than you have been with me the past two days."

"She knows you now." Margaret smiles.

"Yes she does." He smiles, looking at his granddaughter, "So, Kimberly, what's new?" The baby talks to him and he talks back to her. After a while Kaitlyn decides that he is ok and he then has 2 babies in his arms rather than just the one.

"So, Margaret, I heard you are working again?" Charles questions.

"I was."

"Was? What happened?"

"I worked for my friend Lorraine. I'm sure you remember her Charles." She says slyly.

"Indeed I do." He responds, smiling, getting a playful slap from Clara, "I mean… I…"

"She caught you Chuckles." BJ laughs.

"Well…" Margaret says, "Her brother Nick is head of a hospital and he needed a nurse temporarily, and I took the position. I loved it at first, then it got old."

"Old? How so?"

"The kids were too small and I wasn't around as often as I would have liked too be. Kimberly was a mess after a while, Natalie hated it as did Zack. Then Nat got sick with the flu and that was a mess because she wanted me with her and I had to work, so Hawk had to take off and… well, to make a long story short, it was quite inconvenient."

"Ah, so are you planning on going back to work?"

"When the kids are older. I'll probably wait till Kim is in 1st grade."

"Going back to the army?" Clara asks.

"Never." She says. "I like my time off to myself and not traveling, but I wouldn't mind being head nurse again."

"I don't think you could handle anything less." Hawkeye laughs.

"What does that mean!"

"It means MAJOR, that you are too damn use to being in charge, and you couldn't handle being under someone." He laughs. He was the only one who could get away with pushing her buttons and he knew just what to do to drive her crazy. She shoots him a look to kill, but doesn't say anything. BJ and Hawkeye smile at one another, and drink their beer.

"I for one couldn't see you as any other position Major." Klinger laughs.

"Me neither." She laughs. "Are you having any more kids Clara?"

"Maybe one. We have our boy and girl so if not, the two we have are just fine." She smiles. "How about you?"

"I don't know… probably not. I'm not getting any younger." She smiles, "And unless Hawk wants to have a kid, then we are most likely not going to have anymore. How about all of you?"

"I would like another." Klinger and Radar say.

"Same here." Clara says.

"I think 3 is my limit." Margaret laughs, taking Kimberly into her arms.

"I'd have 10 more."

"Good, so you can have the next kid or two we have." She smiles.

"Physically impossible… I'm a doctor, I should know." He laughs, "So, poker tonight?"

"Yes, after we get the tykes off to bed and pick the padre up… not in that order." Potter smiles.

"What time is he due in?"

"4:00 is when I am going to leave to pick him up."

"I'll be glad to see him." Margaret smiles putting Kimberly down so she can play with Katie in the grass.

"I'm grabbing a beer." Hawk says standing up, "Anyone else want a drink?"

"Surprise me." Margaret says.

"Anyone else?"

"I'll go with you." BJ says as they walk up to the house.

"Dada!" Kim calls as he pats her on the head.

"He'll be back Angel." Margaret says, shaking her head. A few minutes later, Hawkeye and BJ were coming down. Kimberly sees him and pulls herself up to a standing position. "Go see him Kimberly."

"Mama." She says, pulling at her hands.

"No, you go." She laughs. Kimberly loves walking when someone is holding her hands, but Margaret wanted to get her to walk herself. "Go on! Daddy's waiting."

She says, pulling at her hands.

"No, you go." She laughs. Kimberly loves walking when someone is holding her hands, but Margaret wanted to get her to walk herself. "Go on! Daddy's waiting."

Hawkeye and BJ continue walking down from the house and Katie starts walking towards her father. Kimberly lets out a frustrated cry and pulled one last time on her mommy's hands. She then gives up and scales the tables and falls to her knees crawling over to the next table, "Kimberly, you have to start walking soon honey." She laughs, "Lazy child."

She then pulls herself up on the table closest to her and calls, "Dada!"

"What?" He smiles watching her, "Come on." He coaxes sitting on the grass. The baby giggles at her daddy sitting about 5 steps away. She slowly pushes away from the table and takes her first wobbly step, "Come on Kimmy." He smiles, holding his hands out to her. He could tell that she was playing and she knew she could walk because she shot a smile over to her mommy, then takes a few easy steps over to her daddy's arms, "There you go! Good girl." He says kissing her, "It's about tie you walked! Now, go see mommy." He says, standing her up. She caught on quickly with the walking and walks right over to Margaret.

"Well, I guess I have to baby proof the house again when I get home." She says picking her up, "Good girl."

"How are the McIntyre's?" Klinger asks.

"Fine, I guess. We haven't talked to them in a month." Margaret says.

"We invited them, but Louise says it would be too hard." Hawk responds. "I don't blame her."

"Has it been two years yet?"

"Not quite. September."

"Yes, because I wasn't pregnant yet… I don't think." Margaret says, thinking back.

"No you weren't." Hawkeye says. "I miss the guy." He sighs.

At 4:00 sharp, the Colonel and Radar head out to get the Padre. Hawkeye and BJ were going to go, but decided to hang back and help cook. There is lots to do and they wanted to help as much as they could, "So, was Ferret Face invited?" BJ asks Hawkeye.

"Yeah, but he didn't show obviously, and thankfully, I'm glad."

"Oh I don't know… it would be nice to see the fink again…"

"Are you crazy!" Hawkeye asks.

"You didn't let me finish." BJ smiles, "He doesn't know that you and Margaret are a couple… especially a couple with three kids. It would be great to see his reaction."

"You're evil…"

"But right."

"But right." He smiles.

"Daddy, come play with us." Gillian says, running up to them.

"Yeah, come on daddy." Natalie smiles.

"Not right now girls."

"We have a lot of cooking to do." Hawk smiles at the girls. 'Later though ok?"

"Promise?" Both say.

"Promise."

"Yay!" They say.

"What can we do?" Nat asks.

"You can come inside and bake cookies with me." Mrs. Potter says to the young girls.

"Really!" Gill says.

"Really."

"Ok!" They say and follow their 'Grandma Potter' inside. By the time the Colonel, Radar and the Padre came back, the two four year olds were covered from head to toe in flour. They were cleaning up

"What are you two doing?" Margaret asks, walking into the kitchen.

"Cooking Aunt Margaret."

"Cooking what?"

"Cookies mommy." Natalie smiles sweetly.

"Well, you aren't bothering Grandma Potter are you?"

"Of course they aren't. They are being absolute angels."

"I'm sure." Margaret says, eyeing up the girls.

"They are. They are quite polite."

"They have their moments." Margaret laughs. "Come on girls, lets get you cleaned up."

"Mommy! Grandpa Potter is back!"

"I hear him, but you two have to get the flour off of you before you can leave the kitchen, so come on." She says, wetting a rag.

"Hi Grandpa Potter!" Both girls say as they spot him.

"Hi girls, what are you two doing?"

"Helping Grandma Potter." They tell him.

"Well, she loves having you two to help." He smiles.

"Hello Major."

"Hello Father." Margaret smiles putting down the rag, walking over to him, embracing him.

"You look wonderful Margaret."

"You don't look too bad yourself Father." She says, grinning ear to ear, "I was worried that you weren't going to be here."

"Ah yes, I had a meeting in Philadelphia then I took the next flight out here and made it for the poker game I hear."

"Yes you did. Father, you remember my daughter Natalie and BJ's daughter Gillian."

"Of course I do, but not like this. You two have grown so much since the last time I saw you. You both must have been, about two." HE smiles at them. "My gosh, I can't believe how big they have gotten."

"They tend to do that Father." Margaret laughs.

"I bet they do! I'm sure the other kids have grown also."

"They have. Zack and Michael are going to be big like their daddies." She says, cleaning the last bit of flour off the girls.

"And you have a third now right?"

"Yes, Kimberly, she is 11months."

"A young one." He smiles.

"BJ and Peggy have four now. The new one is Kaitlyn… Katie for short."

"That's wonderful!"

"Ok girls, you are all cleaned up! Let's go back outside."

Margaret leads the way outside and the Padre is immediately engulfed in hugs.

"How have you been father?"

"I'm well BJ, how are you?

"Great."

"And you Hawkeye?"

"I'm great father."

Margaret spends a lot of the picnic talking with her nurses. They were glad to become reacquainted with one another and had a wonderful time talking. The kids were all busy running around together, and laughing. Kimberly and Katie were both busy getting into everything. Kimberly is busy practicing her walking, and becomes a pro at it. Around 9:00, the picnic ended. Peggy, Patty and Soon Li divided the kids up. Wherever they want to go is fine, except for the babies. Peggy takes Kimberly, because she would not be comfortable with anyone else. Though she opened up a bit tonight, tomorrow morning would be tough for the baby if she didn't know the person who she woke up with. It will be late when they get back so, BJ decides to stay over night with the Pierces so he wouldn't wake up whatever kids are sleeping there.

"Who's dealing?" Margaret asks, setting two drinks on the table, a martini for Hawk and a scotch for her.

"Colonel Potter." BJ says.

"Give me a good hand Sherm." Hawkeye smiles, as he gets the cards.

"Good hand Hawk?"

"I'm not telling you." He says, holding his cards against his chest.

After about 2 hours of playing, Hawkeye and Margaret were the leaders.

"You know something." Klinger smiles, "I don't think it is fair that these two can play apart."

"What do you mean?" Margaret asks, shuffling the cards.

"Because, you two have twice the chance as the rest of us. I mean, the money you and he win goes to the same place, so I feel you should pair up, be on a team so to speech."

"Hah." BJ says, "Like that will ever happen. Two of the most stubborn people on the same team."

"Not to mention ole "Hot Lips" here is still as competitive as ever." Hawkeye laughs, as he gets slapped against the arm, "ouch!" He says.

"You deserved it Pierce." Potter says.

"Alright, Charles, how many cards?"

"Three."

"Obviously he is working with one of a kind." BJ says, beating Hawkeye to the quip.

"I was going to say that." Hawk says.

"Beat you to it."

"Some friend you are."

"The best." He laughs, "Two cards Margaret."

"Radar?"

"Three Major."

"Klinger?"

"Three."

"Father?"

"One."

"Pierce?"

"Two."

"And three to the dealer."

"You mean I may actually win this pot?" Klinger laughs.

"Doubtful." Hawkeye smiles.

"He's bluffing." Charles says.

"Has to be." Potter says.

"I'm out." Margaret sighs, throwing down her cards.

"Bye Bye." BJ says.

"Hold on to your money gang." Hawkeye laughs as he calls, "Two pair… a pair of red Aces and a pair of Black Aces."

"How in the hell did you manage that one?" Margaret asks.

"I counted cards." He laughs.

"You are such a liar."

"I'm just that good, now pay up." He says taking his chips. "See how it's done sweetheart?"

"I'll sweetheart you…" She growls and takes her cards. She wins the next two hands until she is up against her husband. She loses with as much dignity as she could muster. It wasn't until 1:30 when they were exhausted and ready to call it a night. They all head back to the hotel and go to their respectable places. BJ takes the kids room and Margaret and Hawkeye retire into their room.

"Do you think Peggy has all the kids?"

"I don't know."

"I don't want her to have all the kids Hawk."

"She was fine with them before."

"But BJ was there."

"It's 2:00 in the morning, do you think we can worry about the kids tomorrow?"

"I just don't want her having all 7 of the kids."

"Do you want to go down there and wake her and the kids up now and bring them back?"

"Don't talk stupid."

"Margaret, I'm tired, I want to go to sleep, I am slightly drunk, and the kids are fine, we will see them tomorrow for breakfast. We'll grab Kimberly tomorrow morning."

"Ok." She says, smiling, laying against his chest.

"Did you have fun with your nurses?"

"I did."

"You seemed to be talking to them an awful lot. More than I'm use to you doing."

"Yeah, well…"

"See, all you had to do at MASH was show them the side that I was able to see every so often and fall in love with."

"And I would have never had such an efficient group. I needed to show them the Major side or you would have had nurses who were soft."

"Most of them I had were soft." He jokes, getting hit.

"You swine."

"I'm just kidding." He laughs, "Lets get some sleep."

"Right…. Good night." She says, kissing him.

The next two days were spent with the Potters and then it was time to say goodbye. Kimberly had completely come out of her shell with almost all of the people there, but it was time to leave and she wouldn't remember most of them by the time they came back.

"We'll be there for her birthday." Colonel Potter smiles. "I can't wait to see your home town… and your father."

"We'll be glad to have you there." He smiles, hugging him.

"Bye Grandpa Potter." Natalie says, hugging him.

"I'll see you in a month honey." He smiles.

"Kay."

"You two pal." He says, hugging the boy.

"Bye Grandpa Potter!" Zack smiles, then goes over to hug his grandma.

They all say their goodbyes and head to the Airport.

"I don't wanna go." Natalie says.

"Me neither." Erin and Gillian say.

"You'll see everyone in a month." BJ smiles, hugging Margaret. "We'll be up for a week in the summer."

"And hopefully we'll get out there this summer too." Hawk says.

"Sounds good." Peggy smiles, looking at Kimberly, "I'll see you soon too Kimberly, and you'll be a whole year old." She says, kissing her niece, as Margaret does the same with her nephew and nieces.

"Be good kids, and we'll see you in July!"

Natalie absolutely hates saying goodbye, as does Margaret. She spend a lot of time with her cousins, and now they were leaving. She wouldn't show her sadness because she felt she was too tough for that. It is a lot of weight for a 5 year old to carry, but she does it quite well. Hawkeye picks up his oldest daughter as they split up and walk to their separate gates. She hugs him, watching them walk away.

"I don't like this." She says.

"Me neither." Zack says, taking his mothers hand.

"I know, but you'll see them again soon." Margaret says.

"Not soon enough." Natalie says as Hawkeye puts her down on the ground to walk into the plane.

Hawkeye agrees with his daughter, but he would never say that, "I'll miss them too princess." He says to his daughter, "But July comes really quick, and you'll see everyone for a whole week!"

"Good." She says, smiling.

They take the long plane ride home, and Daniel picks them up, "Grandpop!" Natalie smiles, running to her grandfather. He picks her up and hugs her, "Hiya princess, how are you?"

"Good, but I missed you."

"I missed you too." He says, putting her down and picking his grandson up to hug, "Did you have fun pal?"

"Yup! I play with Mike and Henry and David and Cameron!" He smiles.

"Sounds like you had a fun time." He smiles.

"Yup."

"And what about you Angel." He says to his youngest granddaughter, "Did you have fun?" He asks as she coos and reaches for him. Dan puts the boy down on the ground and reaches towards Kimberly.

"Hold on, lets show Grandpop your new trick Kimmy." Hawkeye says, putting her down on the ground.

"What can you do Kimberly?" He asks.

She looks up at her father and then to her grandfather and smiles, "Go on Kimberly." Hawkeye says. The baby toddles over to her grandfather and holds onto his leg, smiling. He scoops her up, "Good job Kimberly!" He says, "When did she start walking?"

"About a week ago." Margaret laughs, "She waited for the party to walk."

"She's mobile. I can't believe it."

"Grandpop, where's Nana?" Natalie asks.

"She's sick honey."

"Is she ok?" Margaret asks, a bit alarmed.

"She's fine, just a flu. Clarissa had it, and we were watching her so Anna got it."

"Ugh."

"Where Brandi?" Zack asks.

"She's home taking care of Nana." He laughs, kissing Kimberly, "Well group, are you ready to go home?"

"Yes." Hawkeye says, grabbing the bags.

It was almost the kids bed time so as soon as they got home, Margaret got them ready for bed. Kimberly was cranky through her bath and Margaret was losing her patients with the crying toddler. She tries to climb out of the tub about 50 times before Margaret calls Hawkeye in to finish the bath. Hawkeye was tired, but has more patients with the toddler. She cries and Hawkeye talks to her, trying to get her bath done as fast as he can. He gets her out of the bathtub, gets her dry and puts her into her Pajamas.

"Dada." She says as he tries to lay her down in bed.

"What?"

"Dada." She says, reaching for him, tears flowing from her eyes.

"Ok, ok." He says picking her back up, "You win." He turns off the overhead light and turns on the soft bed stand light. He grabs her the blanket that she loves to sleep with and sits in the rocking chair with her. "Shh." He says. When she realizes that he is not putting her down, she calms down and watches him with bright blue eyes, "You have to go to sleep baby girl. It's 9:00, and mommy and daddy need to unpack. Then I have to go to bed because I have work tomorrow. It is going to be hard leaving you honey, but I'll see you tomorrow evening I hope." He says, watching her eyes bounce up and down as she tries to stay awake. Margaret comes over to see where Hawkeye is and stands by the doorway, listening to him talking to her. She can never get enough of watching him with their kids, "I can't believe that you are almost one, can you? You are too little to be turning one. I remember when you were born, and when your brother and sister were born. You all keep getting bigger and bigger, and now you are turning one and your sister is going to school! I can't believe that. No I can't." He says as the baby smiles at him. "Alright, now it's time to sleep so close your eyes you little pain." He says, "Good girl." A few more minutes and she was out. He puts her back into her crib and covers her up, watching her for a second, making sure she was sound asleep, and then he feels arms wrap around him and a chin lay on his shoulder. "My god Natalie, you got tall." He teases as she kisses the side of his neck.

"She wouldn't go to sleep for you?"

"Well, not without rocking her, but I didn't mind."

"I don't either. She is getting so big."

"I know… so, do you think she is our last or do you want another."

"If I was two years younger, I'd say sure, lets have another, but I don't know. I think Kim's it."

"Well then, we'll have to keep her small as long as possible."

Margaret laughs, "That's harder than it seems. Come on, lets go unpack."

Hawkeye groans but follows her. June was a busy month for the Pierces, however July would be even busier, and every day, week and month after would be more stressful then the day before. Margaret was thrilled that her parents were going to come up for Kimberly's first birthday, along with the other people in her life that are so important to her. July was coming up soon, and every day was a new adventure for her and the family, but it was something that neither Hawk nor Margaret would ever trade in. It was their life, and that was what made it so great.

TBC… The birthday, school and a whole lot more:-)

Thanks for all the great reviews! Keep them up! 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… I know they can be annoying, and I'm trying to get rid of them and the pneumonia…

Thanks for all the great reviews! Please keep them up! Please R&R!

Thanks

STARY