OH4H: ok, here's more, as promised, again, sorry for the wait.
"Charles, this isn't what you think!" Margaret stood up and walked towards him.
"Oh no?" sneered Charles "It looks like my fiancé was in the arms of another man, kissing him, on the day after we were supposed to get married!"
"Let me explain!"
"No Margaret, I needn't let you explain anything!" the angry Charles turned to Hawkeye who was just about to leap to Margaret's defence.
"And you Pierce! How long have you and Margaret been sneaking around behind my back? Now I understand why you wouldn't come to the wedding, not even you are that callous!"
"Now just hang on a minute!" yelled Hawkeye
"I will not!" Charles yelled
"Everyone SHUT UP!" yelled Daniel storming into the living room. Daniel set down the bag of groceries he was holding and walked right up to Charles and stopped about an inch away from Charles' face.
"I don't know who you are sir, but as long as you are in MY house, you will NOT yell at my son OR at the lovely lady standing behind him. Got that?"
Charles backed away from the older man.
" You do not understand the situation at hand, you're son has stolen my fiancé from me!"
"He didn't steal me Charles!" Margaret protested. Daniel looked at Margaret and then looked at Charles.
" Now, I recognize you… well I think you have this a bit mixed up. Now why don't we all settle down, go into the kitchen and settle this over some pie and coffee?"
"Sir, I hardly think that pie…" started Charles
"NOW!" said Daniel picking up the groceries and walking into the kitchen.
Charles followed and Hawkeye half grinned at Margaret who was looking shocked at Daniels forcefulness. The three sat around the table while Daniel cut each person a piece of pie and made coffee. They all started to eat their pie in silence until Daniel cleared his throat.
"Alright, so let me get this straight. Charles and Margaret were engaged and going to be married yesterday, but Margaret came here last night, and then you showed up here and…?"
"Found them kissing each other quite passionately." Charles said glaring at Margaret and Hawkeye. Daniel raised an eyebrow at Hawkeye who tried not to smile thinking of the kiss he and Margaret had been sharing before being interrupted.
"Well, sounds like Charles here is owed an explanation, are you up to giving him one my dear?" Daniel asked, smiling kindly at Margaret.
Margaret smiled back and took a deep breath.
" Charles I'm sorry for all of this. The truth is, I don't love you the way you love me. I should have told you earlier, I don't even know why I accepted your proposal, it just seemed like the right thing to do." Margaret looked into Charles' eyes briefly before continuing. " Then yesterday, I realized that I was getting married and I didn't feel anything. That really scared me, so I told you I couldn't go through with it because the whole 4077th wasn't going to be there. Then I left to find Hawkeye, and I was so excited to see him. To be honest…" Margaret looked over at Hawkeye and he took her hand " I had feelings for Hawkeye when we were in Korea, but when I got back to the states I just passed it off. It wasn't till I started driving here that I realised I still hadn't gotten over those feelings." Hawkeye squeezed Margaret's hand and she smiled at him.
"I'm sorry Charles. I'll pay you back for all the money you've spent"
Charles shook his head.
"No, I should've known that you didn't feel for me, the way I felt for you. Now what do I tell everyone from the 4077th?"
"Since everyone's already down here, why don't we just have a 4077 reunion?" said Hawkeye
Charles looked at Hawkeye for a moment.
"You know Pierce, that's not a bad idea. Perhaps, we can put this matter behind us?"
"Of course." Hawkeye grinned, "How could I be upset with you Chuckles?"
Margaret rolled her eyes. "Hawkeye!"
Later, the three started chatting and it was as if they were back at the 4077th.
"See now? Everything's settled." Daniel smiled at the three and declared he was going upstairs for a nap.
"You have a very wise father Pierce." Said Charles, finishing off his coffee
"Yeah, too bad it didn't rub off on you." Margaret said avoiding being tickled by Hawkeye.
"Well, shall we go face our guests and explain what's going on?" asked Charles
"I suppose so. Coming Hawkeye?"
"Yeah, I'm just writing dad a note."
The three left the house, each unsure of what to tell the others.