Hey everyone. I have just finished chapter 3 of this story. Where is it headed? Who knows? Please enjoy :-)

LATER THAT NIGHT

Margaret sat in her tent thinking about her future and what it was going to hold. She no longer had Frank, Donald or Scully. She was alone and frankly she was getting tired of it. She wanted someone to love her and not just anyone. She wanted Hawkeye. If someone had said that a year before she would have laughed at his or face and had the person court-martialled. Now, however, she saw the possibility of being with him. She only gained some courage to tell something to Hawkeye because she now knew that he was not looking at other nurses or dating them. He paid more attention to her. He had changed. What had changed him? Maybe it was just the war and destruction. After seeing that, people want someone they want to come home to at night. Mid thought there was a knock at the door.

"Margaret, it's me Hawkeye. Can I come in?"

"Come in Hawkeye, it's open."

When Hawkeye walked in he saw Margaret wearing a worried expression sitting on her cot. He was glad that he had decided to come and talk to her. She needed him. He, however, did not know that she needed him in more ways than one.

"Margaret, are you ok? You seem really worried? Is it something to do with your parents?"

Margaret looked away from him. She was beginning to chicken out. "I've just got a lot of things on my mind, that's all."

As Hawkeye went to sit down on the cot next to her, he asked. "Would you like to talk about some of it?" Hawkeye thought that he was probably going to hear the same things Margaret had confessed to him before.

Margaret looked at him and she saw the opportunity for avoiding the 'complete' answer. So, she began to rant on.

"I'm sick of the war Hawkeye. What's going to happen when the war eventually does end? Where am I gonna live? I haven't got a hometown like you do. I don't know what a home is, except for the 4077th. This place has been a home to me. I have had a home for the first time. I don't want to lose that. Look at me, I'm a US Army Major and I'm alone…" That's when she stopped. She didn't want to get into it yet. She was scared. She was also crying quietly into her pillow.

"Margaret, I know you have mixed feelings about leaving this place. So do I. I hate the blood and the senseless destruction, but I love the people. It's gonna be hard, but we'll keep in contact, you know that." While he said this, he was gently rubbing Margaret's back. She felt like a young child scared of the dark. She only let herself be vulnerable in front of him.

"Margaret, I'm not going to push you, but I know there's more you wanna say. When you feel ready, just say it. I'm not leaving your room until you talk. There's a lull on and I have no where else to go." Margaret lay on her cot with a weak smile on her face. He really did care. But did he care for her in more than a friendship type way?

While Margaret lay there Hawkeye looked through some her beauty magazines. As he looked through, he looked at the woman on the cot. He saw that she was following some of the recommendations from the magazines. Her skin was soft and clear, her hair was shiny and her make up looked natural. He figured she was wearing make up because her lips were shiny. She looked beautiful. Hawkeye just wanted to grab her and kiss her, but he couldn't. He was there as a friend, a needed friend. There was nothing more to it.

A few minutes later, Margaret sat up and looked at Hawkeye. "Hawkeye, I need to tell you something very important. I've been trying to avoid this from the start, but thinking now made me realise that I can't avoid it any longer." As she said this, she felt her heart skip a beat. His blue eyes did it for her. She was lost in his eyes. The rest of her speech came out in monotone. She was completely absorbed in the Captain. "For some time now I have begun to care about you. You're the only person that can make me laugh in every circumstance… I think I'm in love with you Hawkeye."

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How will Hawkeye react? Will he feel the same way? To be continued… I love a cliffhanger:-)