"Where the heck are they?" Margaret wondered out loud.
"I dunno" joked BJ "maybe Peg ran off with the groom-to-be"
"I told you they would start to think that!" sang a voice from behind BJ. BJ turned around to find Hawkeye standing there with Peg next to him. Both were laughing hysterically.
"What's so funny?' asked Margaret. Hawkeye laughed again and dropped into his seat between her and BJ "Peg and I were talking and I realized we should be getting back and I told this to Peg and also added that we should get back before someone starts to think she ran away with the groom-to-be!" Everyone burst out laughing at this.
When the laughter subsided, BJ asked "What were you two talking about for so long anyway?" Peg, who was just sitting down in her seat in between BJ and Erin, sat down rather hard and looked at Hawkeye desperately.
"Um." mumbled Hawkeye, glancing at Peg out of the corner of one eye. The other eye was looking at BJ to make sure he wasn't jumping to any conclusions about the unusual reaction to his question. He wasn't and Hawkeye continued
"Peg was just asking me when Margaret and I were planning to get married."
BJ seemed to accept this answer and asked "When are you two planning this shindig anyways?"
Hawkeye took his eyes off BJ and turned their glance at Margaret, who nodded, quick and sharp so no one would notice. This was their second surprise. Never taking his eyes off Margaret, who wasn't taking her eyes off him, he said "Well, we're staying for two weeks, we were thinking of the end of the second week sometime around there." The two wrenched their eyes off each other and looked at the three Hunnicuts whose jaws were about scraping the table. Margaret and Hawkeye burst out laughing. Their announcement had had the effect they had expected.
BJ finally regained his composure and said "Two weeks is a short period of time. Are you sure you will have planned all of the day the way you want it to go by then? Your wedding day is the most important day of your life. You want it to be perfect. You don't want to plan it in a hurry and sacrifice the enjoyment of the day in order to get it over with."
"It's funny, my dad said the same exact thing not last week" joked Hawkeye
"Hawk." BJ shook his head
"But we do have it planned out" protested Margaret
"Or most of it anyway" continued Hawkeye "Neither of us is very religious so we're just gonna have an outdoor wedding, so we don't need a church, and we're gonna have Father Mulcahy marry us. And besides, if we get married here, we know that you'll be able to be there."
"Oh yeah, like I'd miss my best friend's wedding" BJ rolled his eyes. "You have the place and date planned out, fine, do you have the people?"
"Yeah." said Hawkeye in mock defiance
"Do you know what you'll need for the wedding and where to get them? Dresses, tuxes.You can't just go into Sears & Roebuck and ask for a wedding dress."
"Yeah, considering Sears & Roebuck became Sears two years ago!" laughed Hawkeye
"Neither of you know anything about weddings do you?" pointed out BJ.
"Only how to avoid creating a bad one." muttered Margaret. She was thinking of her marriage to Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott. She had always regretted marrying him on spur of the moment (though she had been waiting for it for 5 months), agreeing to become engaged to him after one weekend. Though her marriage to Hawkeye was going to be spur of the moment, her marriage to Donald lacked two things her marriage to Hawkeye had; 1) it wasn't going to be in a war zone and 2) unlike Donald, who she only thought she had loved, she really loved Hawkeye and had known it for years. Margaret had always thought the marriage to Donald had not lasted partly because they had a hurried wedding and partly because he was a lying, cheating idiot.
"Well you're lucky." said BJ, bringing Margaret to the present "You're lucky you have me and Peg to help you."
"Thanks Beej" smiled Hawkeye gratefully.
"Yes, thank you" added Margaret. Hawkeye knew nothing about planning weddings and was willing to swear it in a court of law and Margaret knew even less.
A long pause occurred then and was only broken when Peg said "So, tell me some stories about being in Korea" in order so her husband wouldn't have time to remember how the conversation about Hawkeye and Margaret's marriage had gotten started.
"You've heard them all, sweetheart" protested BJ
"Not from Margaret's point of view"
Hawkeye started to laugh "Oh you wanna hear stories about Margaret, huh, well this one is right up your alley."
The group sat taking turns telling stories for hours. The restaurant around them slowly emptied out but no one noticed. They also didn't notice the waiters and waitresses standing by, glaring at them because they were so loud and not taking away their plates because with the laughter exploding every few seconds, they were scared of the group, thinking they were all crazy and fearing what the group would do if someone went to the table and told the group it was closing time. But for all the group noticed, the restaurant was full. Finally, what clued them into the fact the hour was late was when Erin sighed and fell forward onto her crossed arms on the table.
After quickly checking that she hadn't fallen because of a medical problem, her father checked his watch and his eyes widened when they focused on the time "No wonder Erin fell asleep" BJ laughed, looking up at the rest
"What?" asked Hawkeye looking at his friend quizzically.
"It's 10:00!"
"10:00!" yelled Peg in disbelief "We should have kept our eyes on the time! She's only five years old! 10:00 is way past her bedtime and she has to go to school tomorrow!"
"Peg, one day late bedtime won't hurt her" said BJ "and it's not like we're gonna do it every night and besides, tonight is a special occasion."
"You've got a point there." smiled Peg "I just don't want here to be tired at school tomorrow"
"Well let's stop chatting and bring her home then" cut in Hawkeye. A few minutes later, Hawkeye had gotten the check from the waiter and paid. The four adults got up from the table. BJ stooped down and picked up his daughter in his arms and carried her out, following the other three. The waiter escorted them to the door and was quick to slam the door on their retreating backs and quickly flip the Open/Closed sign to Closed before they could turn back.
"Did anyone else notice as we were walking out, there was no one else in the restaurant?" asked Margaret
"Yes and they immediately flipped the sign to Closed the moment we left and.yes this says the restaurant was supposed to close at 8:00!" " Peg observed
"They seemed anxious to escort us out. I've never been escorted out of this place before. And I thought they were just being polite" BJ put in
"Well if they wanted us out, all they had to do was ask. We don't bite.much." Hawkeye finished with a smirk "Personally, I only bite nurses myself and now that I'm marrying one, she's the only one that's gonna get that kind of treatment." Hawkeye put his arm around Margaret's shoulders as Peg rolled her eyes. Laughing, the group walked to the car.
They arrived at the Hunnicut household a few minutes later. Peg let them in.
"I'm gonna put Erin to bed." said BJ and went to do just that.
Peg yawned "It's been a long day. I'd better get to bed myself, I'll see you two in the morning. You both know where you're sleeping, right?"
"Yep" answered Hawkeye "Margaret's sleeping in the guest room, I'm on the couch."
"On the couch" said Margaret in disbelief "I feel like I'm putting you out, Hawkeye."
"You're not putting me out of anywhere, darling, it's not even my bed."
Margaret had no answer so Peg spoke "OK, good, as long as you know where you're sleeping. Goodnight."
"'Night" said Margaret and Hawkeye at the same time. Peg left the room.
Margaret turned to Hawkeye "Well, I'd better go to sleep too. We're gonna have a busy day tomorrow."
"A busy 2 weeks is more like it!" Hawkeye then leaned in and kissed her. They paused, looked at each other and smiled, then they started in again. A few minutes later, they broke apart slowly
"I'd better go to bed." murmured Margaret
"Yeah I'm pretty beat myself" responded Hawkeye. He pulled her to him and kissed her some more.
"I'm going to bed now" announced Margaret. They kept kissing.
"I'm watching you leave the room." said Hawkeye. They kept kissing. "I'm walking to the couch." They kept kissing "I'm lying down." They kept kissing "I'm going to sleep." They kept kissing "I'm fast asleep on the couch." They kept kissing. Suddenly, someone cleared their throat. Hawkeye and Margaret broke apart. Hawkeye, who had his back to the newcomer, turned and said irritably "You have a lot of nerve, Hunnicut."
BJ chuckled "I didn't mean to interrupt. I was just looking for my wife, but she's not here."
"Ya think?" mumbled Hawkeye.
"She went to bed" said Margaret 'and I think I'll do the same thing. Goodnight, gentlemen." She passed Hawkeye then BJ and went off to her room.
************************************************************************ Well, there's another chapter.Love it? Hate it? I'd like to know, so review please! I don't think I ever told you this is my first story so it might suck. The responses I've gotten have all been good, but if it gets too drawn out or starts to suck, just tell me. I always forget to do disclaimers.I think everyone knows who owns the M*A*S*H gang, so I've never bothered. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed my story so far and keep on enjoying it. Thanks to all who reviewed, especially to Lilly: that review really made my day! Thanks to everyone! -AEM
"I dunno" joked BJ "maybe Peg ran off with the groom-to-be"
"I told you they would start to think that!" sang a voice from behind BJ. BJ turned around to find Hawkeye standing there with Peg next to him. Both were laughing hysterically.
"What's so funny?' asked Margaret. Hawkeye laughed again and dropped into his seat between her and BJ "Peg and I were talking and I realized we should be getting back and I told this to Peg and also added that we should get back before someone starts to think she ran away with the groom-to-be!" Everyone burst out laughing at this.
When the laughter subsided, BJ asked "What were you two talking about for so long anyway?" Peg, who was just sitting down in her seat in between BJ and Erin, sat down rather hard and looked at Hawkeye desperately.
"Um." mumbled Hawkeye, glancing at Peg out of the corner of one eye. The other eye was looking at BJ to make sure he wasn't jumping to any conclusions about the unusual reaction to his question. He wasn't and Hawkeye continued
"Peg was just asking me when Margaret and I were planning to get married."
BJ seemed to accept this answer and asked "When are you two planning this shindig anyways?"
Hawkeye took his eyes off BJ and turned their glance at Margaret, who nodded, quick and sharp so no one would notice. This was their second surprise. Never taking his eyes off Margaret, who wasn't taking her eyes off him, he said "Well, we're staying for two weeks, we were thinking of the end of the second week sometime around there." The two wrenched their eyes off each other and looked at the three Hunnicuts whose jaws were about scraping the table. Margaret and Hawkeye burst out laughing. Their announcement had had the effect they had expected.
BJ finally regained his composure and said "Two weeks is a short period of time. Are you sure you will have planned all of the day the way you want it to go by then? Your wedding day is the most important day of your life. You want it to be perfect. You don't want to plan it in a hurry and sacrifice the enjoyment of the day in order to get it over with."
"It's funny, my dad said the same exact thing not last week" joked Hawkeye
"Hawk." BJ shook his head
"But we do have it planned out" protested Margaret
"Or most of it anyway" continued Hawkeye "Neither of us is very religious so we're just gonna have an outdoor wedding, so we don't need a church, and we're gonna have Father Mulcahy marry us. And besides, if we get married here, we know that you'll be able to be there."
"Oh yeah, like I'd miss my best friend's wedding" BJ rolled his eyes. "You have the place and date planned out, fine, do you have the people?"
"Yeah." said Hawkeye in mock defiance
"Do you know what you'll need for the wedding and where to get them? Dresses, tuxes.You can't just go into Sears & Roebuck and ask for a wedding dress."
"Yeah, considering Sears & Roebuck became Sears two years ago!" laughed Hawkeye
"Neither of you know anything about weddings do you?" pointed out BJ.
"Only how to avoid creating a bad one." muttered Margaret. She was thinking of her marriage to Lieutenant Colonel Donald Penobscott. She had always regretted marrying him on spur of the moment (though she had been waiting for it for 5 months), agreeing to become engaged to him after one weekend. Though her marriage to Hawkeye was going to be spur of the moment, her marriage to Donald lacked two things her marriage to Hawkeye had; 1) it wasn't going to be in a war zone and 2) unlike Donald, who she only thought she had loved, she really loved Hawkeye and had known it for years. Margaret had always thought the marriage to Donald had not lasted partly because they had a hurried wedding and partly because he was a lying, cheating idiot.
"Well you're lucky." said BJ, bringing Margaret to the present "You're lucky you have me and Peg to help you."
"Thanks Beej" smiled Hawkeye gratefully.
"Yes, thank you" added Margaret. Hawkeye knew nothing about planning weddings and was willing to swear it in a court of law and Margaret knew even less.
A long pause occurred then and was only broken when Peg said "So, tell me some stories about being in Korea" in order so her husband wouldn't have time to remember how the conversation about Hawkeye and Margaret's marriage had gotten started.
"You've heard them all, sweetheart" protested BJ
"Not from Margaret's point of view"
Hawkeye started to laugh "Oh you wanna hear stories about Margaret, huh, well this one is right up your alley."
The group sat taking turns telling stories for hours. The restaurant around them slowly emptied out but no one noticed. They also didn't notice the waiters and waitresses standing by, glaring at them because they were so loud and not taking away their plates because with the laughter exploding every few seconds, they were scared of the group, thinking they were all crazy and fearing what the group would do if someone went to the table and told the group it was closing time. But for all the group noticed, the restaurant was full. Finally, what clued them into the fact the hour was late was when Erin sighed and fell forward onto her crossed arms on the table.
After quickly checking that she hadn't fallen because of a medical problem, her father checked his watch and his eyes widened when they focused on the time "No wonder Erin fell asleep" BJ laughed, looking up at the rest
"What?" asked Hawkeye looking at his friend quizzically.
"It's 10:00!"
"10:00!" yelled Peg in disbelief "We should have kept our eyes on the time! She's only five years old! 10:00 is way past her bedtime and she has to go to school tomorrow!"
"Peg, one day late bedtime won't hurt her" said BJ "and it's not like we're gonna do it every night and besides, tonight is a special occasion."
"You've got a point there." smiled Peg "I just don't want here to be tired at school tomorrow"
"Well let's stop chatting and bring her home then" cut in Hawkeye. A few minutes later, Hawkeye had gotten the check from the waiter and paid. The four adults got up from the table. BJ stooped down and picked up his daughter in his arms and carried her out, following the other three. The waiter escorted them to the door and was quick to slam the door on their retreating backs and quickly flip the Open/Closed sign to Closed before they could turn back.
"Did anyone else notice as we were walking out, there was no one else in the restaurant?" asked Margaret
"Yes and they immediately flipped the sign to Closed the moment we left and.yes this says the restaurant was supposed to close at 8:00!" " Peg observed
"They seemed anxious to escort us out. I've never been escorted out of this place before. And I thought they were just being polite" BJ put in
"Well if they wanted us out, all they had to do was ask. We don't bite.much." Hawkeye finished with a smirk "Personally, I only bite nurses myself and now that I'm marrying one, she's the only one that's gonna get that kind of treatment." Hawkeye put his arm around Margaret's shoulders as Peg rolled her eyes. Laughing, the group walked to the car.
They arrived at the Hunnicut household a few minutes later. Peg let them in.
"I'm gonna put Erin to bed." said BJ and went to do just that.
Peg yawned "It's been a long day. I'd better get to bed myself, I'll see you two in the morning. You both know where you're sleeping, right?"
"Yep" answered Hawkeye "Margaret's sleeping in the guest room, I'm on the couch."
"On the couch" said Margaret in disbelief "I feel like I'm putting you out, Hawkeye."
"You're not putting me out of anywhere, darling, it's not even my bed."
Margaret had no answer so Peg spoke "OK, good, as long as you know where you're sleeping. Goodnight."
"'Night" said Margaret and Hawkeye at the same time. Peg left the room.
Margaret turned to Hawkeye "Well, I'd better go to sleep too. We're gonna have a busy day tomorrow."
"A busy 2 weeks is more like it!" Hawkeye then leaned in and kissed her. They paused, looked at each other and smiled, then they started in again. A few minutes later, they broke apart slowly
"I'd better go to bed." murmured Margaret
"Yeah I'm pretty beat myself" responded Hawkeye. He pulled her to him and kissed her some more.
"I'm going to bed now" announced Margaret. They kept kissing.
"I'm watching you leave the room." said Hawkeye. They kept kissing. "I'm walking to the couch." They kept kissing "I'm lying down." They kept kissing "I'm going to sleep." They kept kissing "I'm fast asleep on the couch." They kept kissing. Suddenly, someone cleared their throat. Hawkeye and Margaret broke apart. Hawkeye, who had his back to the newcomer, turned and said irritably "You have a lot of nerve, Hunnicut."
BJ chuckled "I didn't mean to interrupt. I was just looking for my wife, but she's not here."
"Ya think?" mumbled Hawkeye.
"She went to bed" said Margaret 'and I think I'll do the same thing. Goodnight, gentlemen." She passed Hawkeye then BJ and went off to her room.
************************************************************************ Well, there's another chapter.Love it? Hate it? I'd like to know, so review please! I don't think I ever told you this is my first story so it might suck. The responses I've gotten have all been good, but if it gets too drawn out or starts to suck, just tell me. I always forget to do disclaimers.I think everyone knows who owns the M*A*S*H gang, so I've never bothered. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed my story so far and keep on enjoying it. Thanks to all who reviewed, especially to Lilly: that review really made my day! Thanks to everyone! -AEM