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Iron Guts Kelly comes a couple days later, surprising Hawkeye once again about his wife's past. Seeing how enamored Margaret is by the older general, Hawkeye decides to tease her. When she comes to his bedside the next night asking for help, he is surprised but thrilled.

"'Margaret, a dream come true'," Hawkeye states as he begins to put his arms around her. Moving his arms away, Margaret leads her husband and now awake Trapper to her tent where Iron Guts Kelly is dead on her cot. Letting Trapper tease Margaret for her activities. Unsure how they will move him, the men soon find the general's aid and explain the situation to him. Shocked, the aid demands he drive the general to the front to make it look like the man died there. Tasked with getting the general into a bus, Hawkeye and Trapper do their job and head back to their tent for a drink. Their relaxation is ended as soon as it begins when Kelly's aid comes in and asks about the body. Replying that they thought the bus was being driven by the aid, all three men look to Frank who tells them the bus with the floozies will be stopped by MPs. Confused by the aid's anger being directed at him, Frank looks at his bunk mates when the aid leaves and asks why the man is so upset with him.

"'The man's crazy about you'," Hawkeye teases.

"'What?'" Frank defends causing Hawkeye and Trapper to tell him how great a job he is doing. He gives them an odd look before declaring, "Aw, Nerts."

Trapper and Hawkeye face each other and snicker before deciding to follow Kelly's aid. Once the crisis is over, the men head back to The Swamp. Excusing himself to the latrine, Hawkeye leaves his friend and heads to Margaret's tent. Knocking on the door, Hawkeye hears Margaret call out, "Go away Frank. I have a headache."

"Too big a one to see me?" Hawkeye asks through the door. Quickly the door opens and Margaret lets Hawkeye inside. Once the door closes, Hawkeye looks his wife in the eyes and asks, "You okay?"

With a heavy sigh, Margaret answers, "Well, a general just died in my bed. What do you think?"

Hawkeye simply nods saying, "What can I do to help? You wanna talk?"

After a moment, Margaret nods and tells her husband, "Robert came to talk to me as I was getting ready for bed, and we talked a bit about my father."

"That doesn't explain his being in your bed," Hawkeye states. Shocked, Margaret asks, "Were you jealous?"

"Well, you were mooning over some older man. I thought maybe I was too young for you."

"You're older than me," Margaret points out.

"By a year," Hawkeye replies. Deciding to finish her story before the conversation ends in a fight, Margaret adds, "Kelly was sitting on my bed to talk and I sat at my vanity. After a while, I excused myself to brush my teeth, came back, and he was dead on my cot."

She notes her husband's silence before continuing, "I promise! I even told him I was married. Well, my father told him one night after they'd been drinking. I just confirmed it. I'm sorry if I upset you."

"You did," Hawkeye answers truthfully, "but I never knew your life before us, and I'm still getting used to it even after a year here."

Looking at the ground, Margaret answers, "I never thought you'd have to see it. I'm sorry. If I'd known then what I knew now?"

Shaking his head, Hawkeye answers, "Don't. It led you here. In a war with your husband."

With a short chuckle, Margaret states, "Hopefully not together."

"No, we'll keep those two separate," Hawkeye jokes before kissing his wife adding, "I need to head back. Trapper may come looking for me. Said I was in the latrine."

"You always say the mess tent food is terrible," Margaret remarks. With a smirk, Hawkeye says, "I'll remember that. Night, Margaret."

"Night," She answers as he shuts the door.

The next day, in the middle of a surgery, Hawkeye is working with Margaret. Usually they are in sync, but he quickly notes that she keeps messing up and asks what is wrong.

"'I'm just so nervous about Colonel Reese coming'," Margaret admits.

"'Don't tell me. Is he another root canal wizard from Busaid?'" Hawkeye teases. Slightly affronted, his nurse corrects Colonel Reese's gender adding, "'It's a she. A very important nurse."

Frank who is working with the gas explains she a decorated Colonel. Trapper, opposite Hawkeye teases that they can put their Christmas presents under since she is so decorated. At the man's remark, Margaret drops an instrument. Deciding that Margaret is not fit for surgery, Hawkeye tells her to go roll some bandages and calls Nurse Baker over.

"'Come on. Go ahead, go ahead. I'll see you later'," Hawkeye demands as his wife is quickly replaced by the other nurse.

After surgery, Margaret, Frank, Trapper, and Hawkeye wash their arms and hands and begin talking. After a minute, Hawkeye tells Margaret, "'If you can't keep your mind off of your job Major hen stay out of the OR.'"

Offended, Margaret quickly asks Frank to defend her when he and Trapper get in a small argument. Then, the nurse turns to her husband and remarks, "'I know my job! I didn't get to be a Major just by sitting on my duff.'"

"'Well, somebody did'," Hawkeye answers. When Margaret asks for clarification about the remark thinking the General Kelly upset is over, Hawkeye stares at her blankly.

"'I demand satisfaction'," She defends.

"'Tired lately, Frank?'" Hawkeye teases before going back to washing his hands. As he and Trapper listen to Margaret ask Frank to defend her honor, the friends snicker. What neither suspects is Frank to slap Hawkeye's butt with a towel. Offended and a little annoyed that his wife's sniveling friend will resort to the tactic, Hawkeye promptly punches him. Drying his hands off while Frank is helped up, the Chief Surgeon passively listens to Frank's declaration of a court martial. Dismissing the remarks, Hawkeye and Trapper leave Margaret and Frank alone.

"Frank," Margaret complains when she finds out her friend is actually placing a court marshal against her husband. "What are you thinking? You can't just court marshal people for a little dispute!"

"He deserves it! He's been harassing me for over a year now," Frank replies not seeing the problem. Realizing that Frank thinks he is in the right, Margaret shakes her head and walks out of the scrub room to prepare for Colonel Reese.

A few minutes later, Frank drags Hawkeye into the CO's office and demands a legitimate court martial. When Hawkeye finds out he will be confined to his tent, he happily accepts enjoying the idea of a stay at camp R&R.

"'Mission accomplished, take me home'," Hawkeye tells the MPs once the orders are given. He notices Margaret talking with an older woman whom he assumes is the colonel his wife is so anxious to impress.

"'Pretty cute! Who is he?'" Colonel Reese comments once Hawkeye leaves.

"'Captain Pierce'," Margaret states adding he is the one with the court martial.

"'Grabbed a nurse and jumped her bones'," Reese jokes.

"'Oh, no!'" Margaret deflects knowing any comment on her husband's looks will give her away. What she never understands is Colonel Reese's obsession with Frank. As the esteemed colonel keeps flirting with her friend, and acting nothing like what she expects, Margaret loses respect for the woman. Saying so to Hawkeye after she asks the MPs to let her in the otherwise abandoned tent, her husband asks, "Well, do you think you could learn something from her at least?"

"Such as?" Margaret asks being her usually stubborn self. Hawkeye lies back on his bed, placing his hands under his head stating, "I don't know. Maybe to have a little more fun?"

"Are you saying I'm not fun?" Margaret accuses. Quickly sitting up, Hawkeye exclaims, "No! I think you're fun, granted I have a better view of that than the rest of the camp. I don't know, Margaret? Maybe don't take things so seriously?"

Margaret huffs before standing to leave. Noting this, Hawkeye pouts a little stating, "We could have some fun, you know. No one is around."

"Except the MPs at your door. I'd rather not have an audience to your idea of fun. Besides, I have a shift soon and I'd like to wash my hair."

"Spoil sport," Hawkeye teases as he stands and kisses his wife. Walking her to the door, he opens it and jokes, "Come back again sometime, ya hear?"

"I'll make note of that, Captain," Margaret replies dryly, although Hawkeye can see the twinkle in her eyes as she speaks. However, anything she can learn is shattered when she goes into her tent after her shift and finds Frank and Colonel Reese making out on the guest's cot. Despite the fact that Colonel Reese attacks him, Frank is put on house arrest, but Hawkeye's charges are dropped when Frank finally loses his case. After two days under house arrest, Hawkeye teases Frank about being able to leave the tent before heading toward Margaret's.

"I didn't learn to have fun," Margaret states once she lets her husband inside. "I simply learned not to meet your idols."

"Yeah, they can really let you down. That's why I never met Groucho Marx," Hawkeye jokes. Rolling her eyes, Margaret states, "I'm serious. I had a lot of respect for her."

Putting his hand on Margaret's shoulder, Hawkeye says, "I know you did. I'm sorry it didn't work out."

Letting her shoulders drop, the nurse looks in her husband's eyes and thanks him. A small smirk crosses her lips as she remembers something the Colonel forgot. Noting his wife's expression, Hawkeye looks at her questioningly. Her mouth spreading into a smile, Margaret states, "The Colonel left her brandy."

A smile playing on his face, Hawkeye asks suggestively, "Care for a nightcap, Margaret?"

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