Sami's turn! So excited! Took you girls long enough to write. I was getting a little bored. Any who here we go! Oh and just a random fun fact, Estee does actually cuse in real life just as much as she does in the story. Actually she cuses more lol. She's so going to kill me when she reads that hehe I evil.
Sami, Estee, Diana and Maci walked slowly behind Winters and Strayer. Even though he didn't show it, the girls knew Winters was very upset that Diana hadn't shown up. He had liked her more than he was willing to admit. Every once in a while he would look over his shoulder at them and they would quickly pretend to have a giggly conversation. Winters paused for a couple of tanks and one stopped in front of him. Before he even had the chance to look up, the girls raced past him. Strayer had to balance himself because the girls almost ran him over.
"Diana you bitch!" Maci demanded. "A tank! How the hell did you get to ride here on a tank! I got knocked out by your stupid brass knuckles and carried by Speirs! And you get a tank!"
"Not fair!" Estee whined. "I wanna ride a tank!"
"Yeah! What they said! Except for the getting knocked out part." Sami said with a smile. Diana smirked from her spot next to Nixon. She then smiled at Winters.
"Hello Lieutenant." Diana said softly. She moved over on the tank and helped her friends up. Nixon helped Winters up. The moment the tank started to move Winters reached over and took Diana's hand in his.
"I'm glad to see you." He whispered. Diana smiled sweetly at him.
"Nixon took good care of me." Diana said winking at Nixon. "I was even more surprised when I landed next to him and he called me Estee. That was till he turned around and saw me. I could have sworn she had been on Meehan's plane."
"She was. And that's all we are going to say on this matter." Nixon said and Estee slit her eyes at him.
"Oh come on Nix, spill." Estee said. "We landed already. Tell is why I got switched last minute."
Nixon shook his head. "Sorry girls, but this is one thing you'll never get out of me. Just be glad all four of you are alive."
Estee shook her head. "Nope I can't. Not seeing the plane I was supposed to be on crashing to the ground in flames."
Nixon looked at Estee sadly. He never thought of that. She had been sitting at the very back of the plane and even from his spot next to the door he had heard her gasp.
"She got moved because Sink believed she needed to be with some one she was close to." Nixon replied. "but he couldn't put you on a plane with one of the girls. So he put you on my plane. Figured if you freaked out, I could calm you down."
"Freak out!" Estee said in out rage. "I landed with f-ing Dog Company! Got into a sexist fight with Staff Sergeant Sherwood. Headed off in the right direction leadin twelve Dog men, then had to go on a stupid rescue mission fo Sherwood and the ten men he lead in the wrong direction. Then got into another fight with Sherwood about falling back or fightin the twenty Germans he had walked into. I won that fight, of course, and we eliminated those Germans under my command. Sherwood had lost four men by fallin back! I only got two injured, with nonlife threaten injuries I may add. Then lead those bastard Dog boys here in ten minutes. And Sink thought I would panic!"
Nixon burst out into laughter. "Don't get pissed at your grandpa for that. He did the same with the other three. He just wasn't sure how women would react in war. Seeing as you four would be the first. He was just taking precautions."
"Well I'm sick of men underestimating me!" Estee demanded. "I'm sick of men underminding me! I'm sick of men gawking at me! And I'm sick of men all together if they aren't Easy men! Men are jerks!"
Estee huffed, crossed her arms and sat back against the tank. She went back with more force than she thought and hit her head hard against the hot metal. She pouted and grabbed her head. "Ouch. Why me?"
"Did you have a slight accent there Olive?" Winters teased. Estee pouted again.
"I'm in no mood for teasin." Estee said then cursed under her breath. "I can't help it. When I'm mad I pick up my momma's accent. Done it since I could talk."
"Where's your mom from?" Nixon asked. Usually the girls didn't talk about their families or home lives. The only thing the men knew about the girls was that they were from small towns in Iowa and had been engaged men from D Company.
"Louisiana." Maci answered for her. "But that's all any of us know."
"Yeah I don't even know what town." Estee said. "All I know is that I was born in New Orleans. Lived there till I was two and then moved to Iowa. That's where Dad was from."
The tank stopped and they all jumped off. Nixon wanted to ask the girls more about their home lives but he knew they weren't going to answer. The girls waved good bye to the men and headed off to find some food.
As the walked down the road with arms full of food. That Maci had swiped of course. Estee groaned as she looked down at the food in her arms.
"Uh I'm not even hungry." she demanded. "And all this food is making me need to hurl. Dog company has got me so pissed off they ruined food! Food god Damn it! No one ruins food! I love food! And let me tell you, Pansy had better watch his back, because if he ever steps in my line of fire again, next time I may not miss!"
Speirs walked out of the building behind Estee as she talked and Maci glared at him. Estee stopped talking and sighed. "Speirs is standing behind me isnt he?"
None of her friends answered. Estee wiggled her nose.
"Well by the death glare Maci is sending over my shoulder, I take that as a yes." Estee said then slowly turned around. She saw Speirs and tried to look innocent. "Lieutenant Speirs, um hi. Didn't see together there."
Speirs gave her a stern look. "Sergeant Olive, did I just hear you say you almost shot one of my men?"
"Lieutenant, I don't know what..." Estee started then sighed seeing her innocent act wasn't working. "Ok fine, I shot, he stepped to close. I didn't mean to I swear. Thought about it yes but never acted on it. I can't help it. Pansy just pissed me the fuck off!"
Speirs smirked. "You sure do have a mouth on you. Does your mother know you talk like that?"
"Her mother taught her." Maci growled.
"What is your problem?" Speirs demanded. "I saved your ass back in those woods. You could have been killed trying to save your friend that wasn't even in that damn plane."
"Was it necessary for you to knock me out to do so!" Maci demanded. "I think not!"
"I didn't knock you out!" Speirs demanded.
"Tell that to my headache!" Maci demanded and walked away. Speirs growled and walked away in the other direction.
"Wait I thought my brass knuckles knocked her out." Diana said confused.
"They did." Sami said with a smirk. "Looks like our little Maci is pulling a couple pages out of Estee's book of man drama."
Estee giggled. "And she is doing a damn good job of it."