Ok Maci's turn to write! I'm so excited! Thank you Estee for coming up with this idea, you know how I love to write!
The girls hated ships, but Estee hated them more. She always got sea sick. Weak stomach when it came to it. So she refused to eat anything when she over heard Winters and Sobel talking about a boat. That had been a couple days ago.
"Estee you have to eat." Liebgott said pushing a sandwich in her face. Estee gave him a disgusted look and turned away from him. Maci sighed heavily and turned to her friends. They had hoped sneaking Liebgott into their room would cheer Estee up. But instead it just made her worse.
"Maybe you girls should tell Winters?" Liebgott suggested. "If he can't get her to eat no one can."
Diana shook her head. "We did. The only thing he did was send the Doc. Estee wouldn't even look up at him."
Liebgott sighed. He was glad that the girls considered him to help, but really Estee hadn't spent to much time talking to any other men in Easy. So he was the only choice they had.
"Am I going to have to shove this sandwich down your throat?" Liebgott asked holding it out to her again.
"I'm not eating it." Estee said through a covered mouth. "It will be twice as bad coming back up."
Liebgott rolled his eyes. "What are you scared of? The men making fun of you for getting sick?"
Estee turned away from him. That's exactly what was wrong. She had always been the picked on girl. No one dared tease Sami when she got promoted to Sargent, but they did Estee. No one picked on Maci when she complained about breaking back a nail. But they teased Estee if her nails were just dirty. And no one picked on Diana when she cut her hair just bellow the ears, but they did when Esteem cut an inch of her hair. She was tired of being the center of their jokes.
Liebgott sighed again. "I'll beat up any one of them, even Bull, if they pick on you."
Estee gave him a yeah right look. But she took the sandwich from him. Even though she didn't take a bite, it was a start.
"I can't stop once I start." Estee finally admitted. "If I get sick once, I'll be sick the whole ride. I'll be to weak to walk."
Liebgott put a hand on her shoulder. "Then I'll carry you. I'm not going to let them send you home till you want to go home."
Estee smiled up at him. She looked down at the sandwich and took a small bite.
"Hallelujah! Its about time!" Sami demanded. Estee giggled and took another bite when there was a knock at the door. Every once froze. If Sobel or any other commanding officer found Liebgott in their room, the girls could be sent packing.
"Um girls, its Roe." A almost shy voice said from the other side of the door. "I got something for Corporal Olive."
Sami went to the door and opened it slightly. "What you got Doc?"
"Can I come in?" Roe asked. "I have to explain it a bit."
Sami looked back at Liebgott. He was still sitting next to Estee, making her take a few bites from the sandwich. He just nodded. For some reason he trusted the Doctor. The girls hadn't really talked to him at all. Sami opened the door a little more and let Roe in.
"Oh hey Liebgott." Roe said not sounding even the bit surprised to see him in the room. He walked up to Estee and smiled. "Good your finally eating something."
Estee looked down at the sandwich and nodded slightly.
"Well I found some motion sickness pills." Roe said handing them to Liebgott, since Estee still wouldn't look up at him. "I thought I'd given them all out, but one of the guys gave one back. Said he didn't need it."
Estee simply nodded. Roe bit his lower lip looking a little worried.
"Thanks Doc." Liebgott said finally. "I'll make sure she takes it."
Roe nodded and turned to leave but Diane stopped him at the door. "Did you know he was here?"
Roe smiled. "Winters did. He went to find him earlier to send him here. When the men in his room couldn't agree with where he was he just knew. Hell we all knew."
Diana let him go then turned on Estee. "Liebgott you need to leave. We don't need any reasons for Sobel to send us home."
Liebgott looked down at Estee, then back up at Diana. He never realized why the girls kept their distance. But it became clear then. It was a direct order from Sobel.
"Yeah ok." Liebgott paused a moment looking down at Estee again then left with out another word.
"Estee, be careful around him." Maci pleased. "I think he's starting to fall for you."
Estee rolled her eyes. But she had seen the worry in his eyes. She knew she should stay her distance from him. But for some reason she couldn't.
Diana sighed as she watched every one get on the ship. It was about to began. The fear she had been hiding was starting to take control of her now. What was she doing in going to war. She was a woman.
"Specialist Smith." a kind voice said from behind her. She turned to see Winters.
"Hello sir." Diana said in a bit of a shaky voice.
"How is Corporal Olive doing?" Winters asked. "Did Liebgott get her to eat?"
"Yes sir. She's somewhere with him now sir." Diana replied. Winters nodded.
"Good." He said then gave her a worried look. "How are you doing?"
Diana shook her head. "Not good sir."
"You'll be fine Diana." Winters said with a warm smile. Diana lost her breath. He just smiled wider and walked on past. He had called her Diana.
She quickly got onto the ship and found the rest of the girls. Which surprisingly wasn't easy on a ship full of men.
"Damn Diana, what the hell happened to you?" Sami asked with a raised eyebrow. "Please don't pull and Estee and start getting sick on us."
"Hey!" Estee whined. Liebgott laughed and pulled her into a side hug.
"Winters called me Diana." Diana said with a couple blinks of her eyes. She was still trying to process it. Sami just started to laugh.
"Well I see Liebgott isn't the only problem we are going to have here." Sami said with a smirk. "Looks like Winters has an eye for our Diana!"
"Hey I am not a problem." Liebgott demanded. "I'm looking out for a friend. And Winters ordered me to make sure she was ok."
Estee gave her friends a victorious smirk. They had gotten into a small argument the night before about Liebgott becoming Estee's next fling. Estee demanded that they were only friends, but the other three weren't having it.
Later while everyone was starting to get settled in the men did a lot of talking about where they thought they'd be heading. The girls were spread around sitting with some of their favorite men. Estee of course was sitting next to Liebgott on his bunk. Diana was way up at the top playing cards with Shifty. Maci was laying down in Perconte's bunk trying to sleep. Perconte wasn't making that easy with his constant poking his little fingers at her ticklish sides. And Sami was laying next to Guarnere. Sami gave Estee a quick oh shit look. Estee hadn't been listening to the conversation around her except for her's and Liebgott's. But she soon realized she should have been.
"That prick's a son of Abraham." Guarnere said taking another puff from his cigarette. He had stood up some point before that but Estee hadn't known when.
"He's what?" Liebgott asked. Estee heard a hint of anger in his voice and quickly grabbed his arm.
"He's a Jew." Guarnere said. Sami quickly stood seeing the look in Liebgott's eyes.
"Oh fuck." Liebgott said. His anger rising. He threw his cigarette down and took his arm out of Estee's grasp. He jumped down from his bunk and got right into Guarnere's face. "I'm a Jew."
Guarnere looked him up and down. Congratulations. Not get your nose out of my face."
Sami attempted to stop him but it didn't work, Guarnere pushed Liebgott back. Liebgott went at him full force. He took a swing at him but it was blocked by Guarnere. Estee rolled her eyes and jumped down. She some how made it to Liebgott through all the men trying to pull him off Guarnere. She grabbed Liebgott's arm and pulled him back with all the little strength she had. She was surprised to see him let Guarnere go and let her take him back to the bunk.
"You should do that during the war." Guarnere said to Estee. "Just go grab the arm of a German, they'll give up just like good ol Lieb did."
"Fuck off Guarnere." Estee spat back at him before Liebgott had the chance to go after him again. "You both are on the same side! The same Damn company! Just play nicely or I'll sick Sami on you."
Every one chuckled. They all knew Guarnere had a small crush on Sami. Even Sami knew it.
"I shouldn't have blown up like that." Liebgott said laying down in his bunk. Estee sighed and patted his chest.
"You had every right to get upset." Estee said but Liebgott just turned away from her. "Hey, Joseph, don't be like that. What he said was wrong. I would have done the same. I mean I'm part Russian, Ditch, and get this Cajun."
Liebgott looked at her with a small smirk. "No way."
Estee nodded. It was hard to believe with her pale skin and blonde hair.
"But still that's not your religion." Liebgott said turning away from her. Estee sighed. "My family wasn't that religious. Never been to church my whole life. I don't even know what religion I am."
Liebgott turned back to her. "So you don't believe in god?"
"I didn't say that." Estee said rolling her eyes. "I believe in god. I just don't know what religion I am. Mom said it was so I could choose my own path."
Liebgott smirked. "Smart woman."
Estee smiled. She bit her lower lip then slowly laid down next to Liebgott. He smirked and wrapped an arm around her.
"You know your bunk is just right over there." Liebgott teased.
"Oh yeah and let you be unsupervised with Guarnere right over there." Estee teased back. "I think not. Your sneaky at night."