Hawkeye savored every moment he had with Margaret. He began to see a part of her the he had only seen glimpses of before. She quickly learned to trust in his love for her and she began letting her guard down. Every moment he was with her he fell more deeply in love with her. He loved everything about her, especially her laugh. More than anything he loved to make her laugh. The last night he was with her he simply held her in his arms. He inhaled the sweet scent of her hair and stroked her back gently. The next morning he held his tearful wife close as he kissed her goodbye.
The next two months were torture for him. They managed to talk on the phone about once a week; Hawkeye couldn't wait until she came back. It was the middle of June and Hawkeye desperately missed her.
"Cap'n Pierce," Radar called as he entered the tent. "Colonel Potter wants to talk to you." Hawkeye pulled himself out of his chair and walked towards the office.
"What did I do?" He asked as he walked through the doors.
Colonel Potter looked up. "You better sit down Pierce." Hawkeye looked at him warily as he sat down. "Have a drink?" Hawkeye nodded. "We're getting our nurses back."
Hawkeye laughed. "Finally!" he sobered at the look on the Colonel's face. "What's wrong?" he asked suspiciously.
"We're getting all new nurses; including a head nurse."
"What?" Hawkeye jumped up and pounded his fist on the desk. "Colonel…"
"Oh hold your horses, Pierce. I tried to see if we could get Margaret back. They said it wouldn't be a problem but now they can't find her."
Hawkeye sat down and stared into his glass before taking a drink. "How can they lose a person?" He asked after a long silence.
Colonel Potter walked over to him and placed a caring hand on his shoulder. "I don't know son. But don't worry, we'll find her."
So for all of you that has been following alongside this story in "A Lifetime of Regrets" you know that Margaret is headed stateside! I'm stopping this story for a while because it's kind of hard to write a romance when one of the main characters is missing. I suppose I could keep it going but there would be too many chapters and Hawkeye constantly looking for Margaret would get rather boring. So there will be one more chapter in this story, tying in with the last chapter of LOR. I guess you all will just have to wait and see what happens!