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"So, you going to bed, yet?" asked BJ
"No, you?"
"Nah."
As if this was an unspoken agreement, they went to the living room. Hawkeye sat on the couch, BJ on a recliner. He leaned forward. Hawkeye leaned back and put his hands behind his head. Total silence. It lasted about two minutes.
"I can't believe you're getting married!" yelled BJ
"Well, believe it, Beej, cause it's happening!" laughed Hawkeye "I am marrying Margaret Houlihan, the most beautiful nurse in our old unit.no the world!"
"I'm glad you're happy, Hawk. For a while there, it didn't seem you would settle down at all."
"Yeah, and it was that way for a while. All the woman I tried to date, if they started to talk marriage.I just wasn't interested which made them not interested in me. The few who stayed interested, once they found out I couldn't handle being around children very well, especially young, crying ones.that was it. They were through with Hawkeye Pierce. I was never sad to see any of them go. None of them were right for me. I even knew it during the relationship. But then it turned out that the right woman for me was the one who went through the same things I had. She understood the pain I had gone through with the baby on the bus because she was there too."
"Yeah, she was really worried about you then." remembered BJ "We were all worried for that matter."
"Yeah but that was a long time ago" added Hawkeye "It was ages ago now that I think of it. You know what else was ages ago? When you first came to the 4077th."
"Whoa that was a long time ago, wasn't it?" smiled BJ
"Yeah and if the person that came to replace Trapper had been like Frank and Margaret, I would have gone crazy a hell of a lot earlier. Radar told me later that he overheard Frank and Margaret in the office talking and saying how they were going to mold you into a version of themselves. I guess it was good I was the one that found you first then."
"Frank and Margaret wouldn't have impressed me enough to want to be like them, even had you not gone with Radar to pick me up that day." assured BJ "Though, maybe if you hadn't come, we wouldn't be as close as we are. Getting bombed is a great way to break the ice between two people, isn't it?"
Hawkeye laughed "That was funny. Of course, since we were drunk, anything is funny. Especially when." Hawkeye chortled "especially when I introduced you to Frank and you.Hawkeye laughed more and BJ started when he figured out what Hawkeye was saying "and you saluted and snorted." "WHAT SAY FERRET FACE!" They both screamed and burst into peals of laughter
"Ssh" BJ giggled a moment later "We'll wake up Erin, Peg and Margaret"
"Yeah and you know how Margaret gets when she's woken up" snorted Hawkeye. A minute later they both had calmed down enough to at least look at each other without laughing hysterically. "We've been through a lot together, haven't we Beej?" Hawkeye continued, growing serious.
"You can say that again" mumbled BJ
"Rather not, it will take too long. We have been through a lot together. More than I've been through with any other best friend I've had. When I said before that if the guy who replaced Trapper was like Frank and Margaret, I would go crazy, I wasn't lying. That's what would have happened. I would have gone crazy with only Frank to talk to for the rest of the war. You're my best friend, BJ. You mean more to me than Trapper or Toby Wilder or Dicky Barber or any other best friend I've ever had. Beej, would you be my best man?"
"Hey Hawk." whispered BJ "I'd be honored to be your best man."
Hawkeye smiled "Well, then, best man, let's get some shut-eye, ok?"
BJ smiled too "OK." He got up and started to walk out of the room, but paused at the door "G' night, Hawk"
"Goodnight, Beej." Hawkeye responded and BJ left the room. Hawkeye smiled. He stretched out on the couch and fell fast asleep.
************************************************************************ Hope you liked it! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I feel really special every time someone says they like my story. Chalk this update to the fact I can't get offline today, for some reason. I just can't seem to bring myself to get offline.I'm going to try now. Wish me luck!
"No, you?"
"Nah."
As if this was an unspoken agreement, they went to the living room. Hawkeye sat on the couch, BJ on a recliner. He leaned forward. Hawkeye leaned back and put his hands behind his head. Total silence. It lasted about two minutes.
"I can't believe you're getting married!" yelled BJ
"Well, believe it, Beej, cause it's happening!" laughed Hawkeye "I am marrying Margaret Houlihan, the most beautiful nurse in our old unit.no the world!"
"I'm glad you're happy, Hawk. For a while there, it didn't seem you would settle down at all."
"Yeah, and it was that way for a while. All the woman I tried to date, if they started to talk marriage.I just wasn't interested which made them not interested in me. The few who stayed interested, once they found out I couldn't handle being around children very well, especially young, crying ones.that was it. They were through with Hawkeye Pierce. I was never sad to see any of them go. None of them were right for me. I even knew it during the relationship. But then it turned out that the right woman for me was the one who went through the same things I had. She understood the pain I had gone through with the baby on the bus because she was there too."
"Yeah, she was really worried about you then." remembered BJ "We were all worried for that matter."
"Yeah but that was a long time ago" added Hawkeye "It was ages ago now that I think of it. You know what else was ages ago? When you first came to the 4077th."
"Whoa that was a long time ago, wasn't it?" smiled BJ
"Yeah and if the person that came to replace Trapper had been like Frank and Margaret, I would have gone crazy a hell of a lot earlier. Radar told me later that he overheard Frank and Margaret in the office talking and saying how they were going to mold you into a version of themselves. I guess it was good I was the one that found you first then."
"Frank and Margaret wouldn't have impressed me enough to want to be like them, even had you not gone with Radar to pick me up that day." assured BJ "Though, maybe if you hadn't come, we wouldn't be as close as we are. Getting bombed is a great way to break the ice between two people, isn't it?"
Hawkeye laughed "That was funny. Of course, since we were drunk, anything is funny. Especially when." Hawkeye chortled "especially when I introduced you to Frank and you.Hawkeye laughed more and BJ started when he figured out what Hawkeye was saying "and you saluted and snorted." "WHAT SAY FERRET FACE!" They both screamed and burst into peals of laughter
"Ssh" BJ giggled a moment later "We'll wake up Erin, Peg and Margaret"
"Yeah and you know how Margaret gets when she's woken up" snorted Hawkeye. A minute later they both had calmed down enough to at least look at each other without laughing hysterically. "We've been through a lot together, haven't we Beej?" Hawkeye continued, growing serious.
"You can say that again" mumbled BJ
"Rather not, it will take too long. We have been through a lot together. More than I've been through with any other best friend I've had. When I said before that if the guy who replaced Trapper was like Frank and Margaret, I would go crazy, I wasn't lying. That's what would have happened. I would have gone crazy with only Frank to talk to for the rest of the war. You're my best friend, BJ. You mean more to me than Trapper or Toby Wilder or Dicky Barber or any other best friend I've ever had. Beej, would you be my best man?"
"Hey Hawk." whispered BJ "I'd be honored to be your best man."
Hawkeye smiled "Well, then, best man, let's get some shut-eye, ok?"
BJ smiled too "OK." He got up and started to walk out of the room, but paused at the door "G' night, Hawk"
"Goodnight, Beej." Hawkeye responded and BJ left the room. Hawkeye smiled. He stretched out on the couch and fell fast asleep.
************************************************************************ Hope you liked it! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I feel really special every time someone says they like my story. Chalk this update to the fact I can't get offline today, for some reason. I just can't seem to bring myself to get offline.I'm going to try now. Wish me luck!