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Back in the Swamp, Hawkeye and Margaret have taken to making out. Eventually the couple realizes they are alone, a fact that Hawkeye cares nothing about, but Margaret pulls away stating, "I think B.J. and Charles saw us."

"Let's just wait and see," Hawkeye answers wanting to kiss his wife again. Shaking her head, Margaret starts questioning if one of them will be transferred.

"As long as no one tells Colonel Potter, I think we will be okay. Besides, we have two years of proof that it doesn't affect our working relationship."

Margaret wants to tell her husband he is right, but cannot stop herself from saying, "I think we need to talk to B.J. and Charles."

Kissing his wife, Hawkeye answers, "We will, but right now I want to do something else."

When Charles and B.J. come back to the tent, they find Margaret sleeping beside Hawkeye in his cot. Trading glances, the men smirk before heading to bed themselves.

The next morning, B.J. is surprised to find Hawkeye up and about with no Margaret in sight. With a sly smile, B.J. asks how his friend's night was. Shrugging, Hawkeye lies, "Not sure. I don't remember most of it."

Raising an eyebrow, B.J. asks, "You have no memory of sleeping with Margaret last night?"

Feigning shock, Hawkeye convincingly asks, "Margaret?"

"Will you both be quiet and let a man get some sleep?" Charles grumbles from his cot stating, "We can pester Pierce later."

Rolling his eyes, B.J. relents but not before Hawkeye makes a plan to meet with Margaret later.

Finding her in her tent that afternoon, Hawkeye asks if he can come in before explaining the situation of how B.J. and Charles saw them. Knowing there is no way they can hide that they slept together in the Swamp, Hawkeye explains he pretended he was too drunk to remember.

"What's your excuse?" He teases.

"We can tell them we got carried away," Margaret insists adding, "But in no way do we tell them about our relationship! This was a one time thing."

"Yes, Dear," Hawkeye jokes with a crooked grin.

"Why can't you be more military sometimes?" Margaret remarks softly as she tries to control the smirk on her face. A cheeky grin plays on his lips as Hawkeye replies, "Do you want to know how to take Sedan?"

"What?"

Unperturbed, Hawkeye starts, "Well, there's the big Maginot line and the little Maginot line."

Taking his hand from her lips, the surgeon continues, "A flank of the German Army swung through the Netherlands and Belgium—"

As her husband puts an arm around her waist, Margaret asks in surprise, "Are you quoting The Major and the Minor?"

"You told me to be more military," He answers before continuing his explanation and kissing his wife square on the lips. Pulling away, Hawkeye teases, "Now I know how Major Kirby felt about Susan Applegate."

"I think you have that the other way around," Margaret teases back before kissing her husband again. Pulling apart a second time the couple smile at each other finding the situation a little comical.

Just then, B.J. calls out for Hawkeye who immediately heads to leave. Just as he puts his hand on the door, Margaret calls out to her husband. When he turns, she says, "Hawkeye? Never do that again."

"Yes ma'am," He replies with a mock salute. Laughing, Margaret heads to her dressing table to touch up her makeup. Just as she goes to apply a little eyeliner, there is an announcement for wounded. With a sigh, Margaret puts her pencil down and heads out the door.

In surgery, Margaret and Hawkeye purposefully keep themselves from working with each other. A plan that seems to backfire when Charles asks Margaret, "I take it you had a, how shall I put it? A memorable night last night?"

"I'm not sure what you mean," Margaret deflects. With a light scoff, Charles remarks how comfortable she looked in Hawkeye's cot the night before. Instantly knowing he has made a mistake in his line of questioning, Charles' thoughts are quickly confirmed by the icy glare and silent treatment he receives from the Head Nurse. B.J. fairs a little better than Charles, but not by much. Hawkeye swears that all he remembers is a kiss and then waking up in his bed. As if to cement their story, Margaret and Hawkeye pretend to be merely civil to the other.

"Margaret," Hawkeye will greet his wife as they work or even pass by each other in the compound.

"Hawkeye," She will respond in kind. Knowing that they are doing this now to throw off their friends' finding out about their marriage makes the secrecy a little more entertaining. Sometimes the couple even comes up with new ways to pretend not to like each other, but feel less pressure than before. Since B.J. and Charles arrive, Margaret and Hawkeye have been able to let their guard down just a little and become friends. Now that the couple has to pretend to dislike each other again, both treat the process more as a game to see which of Hawkeye's bunk mates will stop being so suspicious first. Knowing what they saw, both Charles and B.J. decide to let the couple work things out on their own before they corner them individually. Neither gets to say anything to the couple for over a month. Even then, Margaret and Hawkeye avoid the actual topic.

One day before surgery, Hawkeye whispers to Margaret, "Happy Almost Birthday."

Surprised he even remembers her birthday, Margaret looks at her husband quizzically, then remembers how she celebrates the last two birthdays. Rehearsing her speech, Margaret takes a deep breath before walking through Klinger's office. Knocking on Colonel Potter's door, the CO calls her in.

Saluting, Margaret asks, "Sir, I'd like a pass to Tokyo."

Looking up at his Head Nurse, Colonel Potter can see the apprehension in her eyes. Instead of questioning her, Potter says, "Granted. Have fun."

"Thank you, Sir," Margaret states surprised he is giving her a pass so easily. Finding Hawkeye later

"Can I please come with you?" Hawkeye begs. Shaking her head, Margaret answers, "Unlike you, I like to spend my Birthday alone."

"But, that's so depressing," Her husband states. Getting a good look at Margaret's face, Hawkeye asks softly, "It's not because you haven't gotten that discharge yet, is it?"

Grateful that Hawkeye is being discreet about their relationship right now, Margaret gives her husband a small smile as she shakes her.

"No," She tells him. "I just need time on my own. Please?"

"You got it, Babe," Hawkeye says with a wink.

Excited for her trip, Margaret makes sure she is dressed as nicely as possible and is annoyed when Klinger will not drive off until bets are placed on the cow that is in labor. Placing a bet, Margaret gets in the jeep and tries to think only of her birthday trip. Unfortunately for Margaret, she never gets to Tokyo because the jeep breaks down. Klinger does give her a birthday cake for her troubles and Margaret takes longer than she probably should to be thankful. Considering they are stuck together over night, Margaret tells Klinger that she has no hometown to go home to and Klinger realizes that the Head Nurse has a painful past. Dirty and tired from their night by the jeep, Margaret and Klinger come into camp and immediately head to the mess tent for coffee.

Saying their hellos as they walk in, Margaret and Klinger walk straight to the coffee dispenser as Colonel Potter asks why she is back so early.

"'We never made it to the plane'," The nurse explains sitting next to her boss as she tells the abridged version of the broken down jeep. Sitting down beside Margaret, Klinger asks about the calf that was born. When the next table over announces that the calf was born at 10:07, Klinger knows he is going to lose his money. Taking out the paper he placed bets on, Klinger reads out the winner. Surprised that it is the woman sitting next him, Klinger tells Margaret he can only give her ten dollars and not fifty. Telling the man to forget the fifty dollars.

"'My thank yous thank you'," Klinger announces happy he will not be out any money. Telling him she wants the ten, Margaret soon explains, "'There's somebody I want to buy a present for.'"

Smiling, Klinger is excited he gets to know a new side of Major Houlihan hoping that maybe they can even be friends.

A couple weeks later, Margaret enters Klinger's office and barks his name. Rolling his eyes, Klinger asks what she wants. Smiling, Margaret hands over a package to the clerk who smiles asking, "For me?"

"Open it!" Margaret excitedly announces eager for Klinger to know what she got him. Opening the gift, Klinger looks at a pennant with "Toledo" written across it.

"I figured you could hang it over your bed. Have a little of your hometown with you?"

"Thank you Major," Klinger replies before asking if she will help him hang it up. Nodding, Margaret makes sure the pennant is even and hands Klinger the nails to hang it up. Before Klinger can thank her again, the choppers come through, but both Margaret and Klinger are sure they have created another lasting, Army friendship.

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