Diana's turn! Hope I got the chapter long enough! I was asked to write this chapter by the girls because we are dedicating this chapter to a wonderful man who saw Easy company through so much.
Richard Winters past away on January 2, 2011. Ninteen days before his 93rd birthday.
We all just read the Band of Brothers book and it maked me realize how great a man Winters really was. So I hope you enjoy this next chapter and please remember to review!
Liz watched Estee slip into her uniform. Estee looked very confused when it was a little big on her. All the girls had perfectly tailored to them, so Estee couldn't figure out why hers was baggy on her. The pants weren't baggy, but her jacket hung on her. Maci and Sami came into the room and Liz had to hide her face behind a book. Maci's jacket was also to big on her but the pants were a little too snug, but if you didn't know how she liked to wear her pants you wouldn't have been able to tell. Sami's jacket was way to small on her. And her pants just a little big. But like Maci wouldn't be able to tell unless you knew her.
"What the hell is this?" Sami demanded. "I can't move!"
"Oh believe me, that's nothing." Diana came in and showed of the uniform she was wearing. It was way to short for her. The girls at once turned on Liz. She couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"How's the uniforms treatin you girls?" Liz asked.
"Ok how the hell did you pull this off?" Estee asked crossing her arms.
"Sorry, I don't reveal my secrets." Liz replied then pulled the girls actual uniforms from under her bed. "You might need these."
Estee took her uniform and sat down on her bed. "What if you had help? Then would you reveal your secrets?"
Liz looked at the girl a little confused then over at the others. "Is this one of your pranks? Get me to reveal my secrets then use them against me?"
Estee smirked. "I guess you do have a good reason not to believe us... But we have a peace offering. Kinda like saying sorry for putting you through all our crap."
Diana stepped forward and handed Liz a pair of pink brass knuckles. Liz took them apprehensively. She turned it over in her hand and smirked when she saw her name etched on one side.
"Good peace offering."
Estee smirked and passed out the other uniforms. Then turned her attention back to Liz. "So how about joint prank? Kinda like telling the men you're one of us now?"
Liz smirked mischievously. "What do you have in mind?"
XOXOXOXOXOX
Liz sat down next to Luz with a smirk on her face. He gave her an odd look but said nothing. He learned the moment he met her, not to ask questions when she smirked like that. It usually meant she was behind a new prank on the other girls. Liz kept smirking as she ate her breakfast. Toye on the other hand hadn't learned not to ask.
"What's up with you?" Toye asked and Liz smiled. She tittered then started to eat again. Toye looked over at Liz who shrugged.
"Man, with that smirk, you don't want to know." Luz warned. "Its like asking Estee what's going on when she smirks like that. Usually it means she's about to give us a dreaded job, or she's about to pull a prank."
Toye thought about it then nodded. "You're right... I'm going to go sit with Guarnere before I get dragged into something."
He stood, taking his plate, and headed to Guarnere's table. Liz smiled and leaned towards George.
"So you want to know why I'm smirking?" Liz asked with a small wink. George shook his head.
"Nope, I'm not getting involved." George said with a smile. "It's bad enough I know about most of the pranks you've pulled."
Liz smirked again. "Oh yes, but this is legendary. Not even you know about this one."
Luz covered his ears. "I don't want to hear it. Because even though I don't want to feel your wrath. There are four of them."
Liz pouted. "Fine."
"Fine." George said putting his hands down and beginning to eat. Liz took a couple of bites watching Luz closely.
"I pulled the uniform switch!" Liz said quickly before Luz could stop her.
"Thanks Liz, now when Estee confronts me about it I'm going to have to tell her." Luz groaned. "And she's going to think I had something to do with it."
Liz took another bite of food. "Awe too bad. Maybe you shouldn't let her get to ya. Like hide or something."
"Ha ha ha, Shoemaker is just full of jokes this morning." Luz said with a smirk. But his smirk quickly faded when he saw the other girls walk into the mess hall. Estee's uniform was way to big on her. So was Maci's uniform. Sami's was a little snug on her and Diana's was way to small. It looked like she could hardly move in them.
"Shoemaker!" Estee demanded when she spotted the girl. Luz grabbed his tray, but before he could get up to leave, Sami and Diana where standing behind him. Sami placed a hand on his shoulder and pushed him back down.
"You have gone too far this time Sugar!" Estee demanded. Liz rolled her eyes and looked up at Estee.
"You're just ticked that I out prank you." Liz said with a smirk. Luz held his breath. He couldn't believe Liz had just said that. Not only because it was Estee, but because Estee was her ranking officer.
"Excuse me!" Estee demanded. The mess hall became silent as they watched the scene unfold. Liebgott quickly went to Estee and stood behind her. He had a feeling he'd have to pull her off Liz at any minute.
"You heard me." Liz demanded getting to her feet. "You and the rest of your Fabulous four have been on my case since i got here! You've befriended other replacements and they aren't even your medic!"
"Oh boo hoo." Sami said with a snicker. "Get used to it. We don't want you here."
Liz turned on her. "Too bad, because I'm here and you haven't scared me off yet. So you have two choices. Leave and go home, or get used to me being around."
Maci almost growled as she attempted to grab the girl. But stopped when she heard the stern voice of Sink.
"I want all five of you girls in my office now!" Sink demanded. Estee glared Liz down.
"If I get sent home, then just know I'll be coming for you. Because I'm not going home without a good reason." Estee said as she walked away. The other girls walked past her and made sure they bumped into her on the way past. Liz bowed her head and looked around the room. None of the men would look at her. Liz bit her bottom lip and was on the verge of tears as she walked out of the mess hall. The men stood their shocked. They never would have believed the girls would actually get sent home. All of the sudden all five girls and Sink walked back into the mess hall.
"Got ya!" Estee demanded as she gave Liz a hug and handed her her brass knuckles. And at once the men groaned. Know that the girls were all friends, their lives had just become even more complicated. Because know there were three master pranksters working together. Liebgott walked up to Estee and gave her a hug.
"God, I though I was actually loosing you." He whispered in her ear. Estee smiled and kissed his cheek.
"I thought you would have figured out it was a prank when Sink miraculously showed up during our first fight with her." Estee said. She looked over her shoulder at Sink and smiled. "Even though technically he did know till we told him a few seconds ago."
Sink chuckled. "Camdon told me to show up. I'm just glad you're not actually fighting with her."
Maci smirked. "If you can't beat em, join em."
Sink gave her a stern look. "And what's that supposed to mean? Is there some thing I wasn't told?"
The girls fell silent. Sink chuckled again. "You really think I wouldn't notice the fabulous four covered in flour, or their uniforms. You girls aren't the only ones that like a good prank now and then. But this is the end of them. We have a war to fight ladies."
Sink walked out of the mess hall and the girls took a seat with Luz. Liebgott was attached to Estee as if he was scared she'd disappear. Winters on the other hand kept an eye on Diana from his spot across from Nixon.
"I didn't know Sink could even have a since of humor... Wow this is history worthy." Luz said winking at Liz. "Good thing Liz and Estee remind him of his granddaughters."
"We are nothing alike!" both girls demanded slamming down their fork. They paused and looked at each other as if they realized every one was right.
"Damn." they said at the same time.
"Ok, Liz you need to get out of my head." Estee said with a giggle. "And before you argue and say no you need to get out of mine, just remember that is some thing I'd say."
Liz took a bit of food and smirked over at her new friend. "Oh your good."
"Yeah I've been told." both girls said flipping their hair over their shoulders. They both giggled and went back to eating.
"Ok, am I the only one freaked out about this?" Liebgott asked. Every one paused in the middle of a bite and nodded.
"Yes."
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Estee and Sami climbed their normal tree but this time they weren't alone. The other three girls were also there.
"You girls really do this almost every night?" Maci groaned as she sat on a branch just bellow Estee. "You girls are crazy!"
Estee giggled and laid down on the two branches that were just close enough to each other to lay on. "This is nothing Maci. I used to do this almost every night back home on the farm."
"Yet your scared of hights." Diana said with a smirk. Estee opened her mouth to speak but Diana ignored her and kept talking. "Yeah yeah yeah i know, a tree is different some how."
Estee smiled. "I've never fallen out of a tree. Fallen off a roof, and a grain shed even a tractor... But those all involved Clay."
"Isn't Clay the reason your scared of needles?" Maci asked with a smirk. Estee nodded.
"Stabbed me with a cow needle when I was ten." Estee replied.
Liz smiled up down at her new friends. She could tell they had been through a lot together, even before the war. The bond between them was very strong. They could finish each others sentences and it seemed like they could read each others minds. Liz could see know why bringing her into their group was so hard.
"Do you remember that time Rod and Diana were late for school because because Rod had to help put cows back in." Sami asked with a smirk.
Diana chuckled. "Estee was so pissed because she didn't get to help."
"I could have helped a great deal." Estee protested.
"So that's why you wanted Sobel to cut that fence so bad." Maci said with a smirk. "You wanted to help put them back."
"Herd. I wanted to herd them back in." Estee replied with a giggle.
"How about the time we ate lunch on the roof of the school." Sami said with a smirk. "Then Clay locked us up there and Estee had to climb down the vines so she could unlock the door."
Diana smiled. "I wasn't even supposed to be there. I had been out of school for what two years?"
"Something like that." Estee said with a smirk. "I remember thinking if I fall from these vines and die, I'm haunting Clay's sorry little butt for the rest of his life."
"And you would." Maci said with a giggle. The girls got lost in memory lain then Estee sighed heavily.
"Are you thinking about you know who?" Diana asked sternly. "Because if you are I'm giving Liz permission to push you out of this tree."
"Yeah I was thinking about Jeff. But its not a bad thing." Estee said with a small smile. "I was remembering our late picnics in the back clover field. I remember it so well I can almost smell the clover."
Her friends laughed lightly but Liz felt a little awkward. Sami noticed her confused look and smiled. "We were all engaged to men back home. Who also happen to be in Dog company... And the men that were helping us train. But anyway, we broke off the engagement because we realized we were only with them because they were safe. Well Jeff ended up getting shot in the arm protecting Estee and got sent home, but not after telling Lieb and Roe to take good care of her. Know, Miss Sugar, you are truly one of us. You know our dirty little secrets."
"I have a feeling that playing it safe is all you girls have ever known." Liz said causing the girls to giggle a bit.
"You have no idea." Estee said with a roll of her eyes. "I'm related to most of the people in our home town. Jeff was one of the few men around my age I wasn't related too. But I was also the baby of the family. So every one was very over protective of me. And well these three girls are the only friends that didn't get scared away by my family."
"Well I was engaged to Clay, so there was no way they were scaring me off." Maci said. "But because of them over protecting you, they over protected us. So they kind of extended that to us."
Liz nodded. "So is that why you joined the army?"
Diana looked over at Sami and smirked. "Not sure. Ask Sami and Estee. This was their idea."
"You didn't have to follow us." Estee said with a smirk. "But yeah it kinda is. I wanted to get out of town... Out of Iowa. And when our exs left to join the war, so did we."
"So is that why I've heard about you for boy crazy girls." Liz asked with a smirk.
Maci laughed. "We aren't all boy crazy. Estee is boy drama. But yes. Its the first time we've ever been around men we didn't grow up around."
Liz smirked but her smirk faded when she saw Sink walking their way and he wasn't looking to happy. He walked up to the tree and looked up at them.
"Your moving out in four hours." Sink said. Girls fell silent and leaned up against the tree. They couldn't believe they were going to be leaving so soon.
Later that night Diana slipped into Winter's room when he was sleeping. She sat on the edge of his bed and lightly kissed him. He woke with a smile.
"Hey." he said smiling up at her with a glint in his eye.
"Hey." Diana said smiling back. "You know I love you right?"
Winters sat up on his elbows and looked at her confused. "Yeah what's going on?"
Diana bit her bottom lip. "We'll be leaving soon. I'm not sure when and neither do the other girls. I don't even think Sink knows. But I wanted to let you know that I love you before I leave."
Winters placed a hand on the back of Diana's neck and brought her closer to him. "I love you too."
He sweetly kissed her then deepened it. Diana pulled away and lightly kissed him one more time.
"I have to go. We weren't supposed to tell any of you that we would be leaving with out you." Diana said getting to her feet. She looked down at him then leaned down and kissed him again. "If I don't get to see you right before I leave. I wanted to let you know that I have fallen madly in love with you."
She winked at him and walked out the door where the other girls were waiting on her. Estee put her arm around Diana and hugged her close to her.
"Lets get this bull shit over with." Estee said with a heavy sigh.