"Oh no, no, David what the hell?" Dana said and kicked Colonel Dobie, while she tried to cover herself with the sheet, from the colonel's bed.
Dobie turned over still half asleep "Good morning to you too sunshine" he said and got out of the bed.
Dana stood there and looked at him, what the hell she had done? why would she do something so stupid? and she hadn't thought David would take advantaged of her.
"Did we... I mean did we... when we came back here last night" Dana asked Dobie
"Oh yeah it was amazing, you absolutely blew my mind" Dobie said. Actually nothing had happened, Dana had been almost unconscious when they got back to the officers quarters and David thought it would be best if she had some supervision in case she got sick.
Dana sat back down on the bed and started to rock back and forth, "Oh god, oh god, oh god, how the hell do I explain this to Ron?" She said.
David sat down in front of her, "Well, here is how I see it, we absolutely have to get married, since we you know" he said and laughed.
Dana looked at him with disbelief in her eyes "How can you say that?" she said.
Dobie stood up and put his shirt on, he was absolutely blown away by Dana, but he knew she was crazy about this Ron character.
"don't worry love, nothing happened, you were just really pissed last night and I thought it would be best to keep an eye on you. Now get ready, we have a wedding to attend in three hours." Dobie said.
Dana stood up and punched Dobie in arm and grabbed her jacket and slammed the door after her.
She walked back to the room she shared with Camilla; she took a deep breath and opened the door. The two girls in the room and looked at Dana when she walked in.
Emma raised her eyebrow "Where the hell were you last night?" she asked the tardy Captain.
Camilla and Emma was in their class A uniform, it was the nicest clothes they had out here.
"With David" Dana said
"Why?" Camilla said.
"Well after dragging me away from the fight, I passed out and he decided to keep an eye on me" Dana said and shrugged
Emma and Camilla looked at each other "Oh Ron got some competition" Camilla said and smiled at Dana.
"what no, besides me and David are just friends" Dana said.
"Come on he is absolutely bunkers about you" Camilla said and Emma nodded in agreement.
"Let's get ready for the wedding and start worrying about Emma's love life instead" Dana said.
The girls got ready and put on whatever make up they had been able to loot.
There was a knock on the door and Nixon stepped in, he looked hung-over and when Camilla looked at him he just nodded and she knew he missed Charlie and wished she was there. Camilla gave him a little smile. Emma was sad that Charlie wasn't there, but it would be too late for Emma and Winters to get married when she got back from the hospital. There was no telling when they would be moving out, it could be tomorrow or in the spring no one knew.
Nixon had bouquet with him.
"Are you about ready?" He asked the girls; Emma walked over and hugged him.
"Yes, thank you for doing this" Emma said
"My pleasure" Nix said
Nix had volunteered to get the girls to the church and he was Winters best man. Nixon had borrowed a jeep and had some of Easy replacement shine it up.
They all got in the jeep and drove to the church in town. Winters had insisted on being married in a church by a Priest even if was a catholic church and priest.
It was a silent ride, they were all thinking about the people who weren't there.
When they got to the church Emma stopped for a minute, there were more people there than she thought possible, Emma and the two other girls walked into a side room to get ready.
There was a knock on the door and Sink walked in "Are you gals bout ready" Sink said
He was walking Emma down the aisle, Emma nodded and walked over and took the arm Sink offered her.
They walked out with Dana and Camilla ahead of them. Nixon was at the altar with Winters and Welsh and Lipton was walking Dana and Camilla up to the alter before they went over and stood by Winters.
Winter watched as Sink walked his bride down the aisle. Winters couldn't believe he was about to marry the woman of his dream, the one he believed god made for him, she was not only incredible beautiful, but smart, kind and thoughtful and she had same philosophy as him, to lead from the front and to hang tough.
Emma looked at her groom, he was made for her, she was sure of it. Emma now knew why god had sent them back in time, it was so they could love and be loved, a love that defied all time and space.
Dick was the half of her whole and she would never be able to find a man like him ever again.
She could feel tears well up in her eyes; she blinked several times and smiled. Dick gave her a small smile, Emma could tell he was nervous, she didn't know why; it was not like she was going to say no to him. Emma looked around her, the entire and second and third battalion was in the church, it was jammed packed. Emma looked up at Sink, he gave her arm a squeeze, when they got to the he shook hand s with Winters and handed over Emma to her future husband.
The priest stated the ceremony and Dana zoned out, she looked around the church when her eyes met Dobie's he smiled at her and motioned for her to get her head back in the game.
Winters and Emma kissed, and Camilla looked at Lipton he kept a straight face, when it was their turn to walk down the aisle he leaned over and whispered in Camilla's ear, "that will be us when this war is over" Camilla smiled and than just looked straight ahead, she wasn't ready to get married and the talk of marriage just reminded her of what was in the future, would they all make it through Bastogne.
"Now we have two Captain Winters, watch out here we come, to the Captain's" Dana ended her maid of honor speech.
There was a small celebration set up in the mess, only the officers and Easy company had been invited, Sink was sitting besides Emma shinning like a proud father.
Sink stood up and demanded the attention of all the soldiers in room by saying ten-hut.
They all got up and stood at attention.
"At Ease men and women" Sink said
Everybody sat down and looked at the regiment commander.
"Captain's, this is a very special day for all of us, to get a chance to celebrate something as special and wonderful as a wedding in the middle of a war zone. I think it might be a first and one for the books. To find love in a place with so much pain and hurt seems to be a Easy company tradition, yall been very blessed, to have such fine women in your midst. It was a shock to say the least when you showed up at Normandy, but it turned out to be a damn good thing you did, the regiment got a fine bunch of officers and a hell of a doc. You girls have become like my daughters and I like the men here will do anything to protect you, you have a new bunch of brothers here and the men who choose to marry you at one point, will have to thru a lot of grieve before they get the ok from this rowdy bunch. Now for the more serious part, a marriage isn't something to enter into lightly, it takes work and determination to make it work, but if you can make through this war I think you will be able to make it through anything. Winters, when you marry a woman like Emma here you know there will be times where you won't get your way and cherish those times, the times where you fight and make up and knowing my battalion xo you will pay for your mistakes, but she will always love and forgive you, she will make sure you are taken care of and happy. She will support you in your choices even if she disagree and I am together you will be happy you snatched her up before any of these other fine men here. Emma I remember the first time I saw you at Normandy, I think I dismissed you fairly quickly, and three hours later you had proved why I should trust you and your girls, the attack on the guns was something else, and that will go down in history as well. You chose Dick and as your substitute father I couldn't be more proud of that choice. However the choice you made comes with commitments, Winters is a damn fine man and he will expect you to live up to the standards he sets for himself, but I know that the standard you set for your self is pretty high to so it will be fun to watch. Like I said before I think your life will never be boring, but I do expect you to find peace and tranquility once the war is over. You are my finest battalion commanders and I expect great thing from you and remember you can't push a rope- you have to pull it. To Dick and Emma, may the life together be long and happy." Sink said and kissed Emma on the cheek.
The celebration went on well into the night; a lot of the men had picked up where they left off last night when the MP's broke up the party.
Toye, Luz, Perconte, Muck, Penkala, Talbert and Shifty were in a great mood and they were dancing around with Dana and Camilla.
Dana finally had enough and sat down by a table where Dobie and his men was sitting chatting about what they would be doing, while on leave in England...
Dana sat down on chair, she thought was there, but instead she ended up in Dobie's lap.
He held on to her "Now easy there love, don't fall on the floor and ruin those A class of yours" He said.
The Colonel was pissed and in a great mood. Dana gave him a big flirty smile; she was despite her fall sober, just to avoid any foul up at her friend's wedding.
"Oh don't worry I won't, besides I know you would catch me if I fell" Dana said
"Anytime, love" Dobie said.
Dana stayed and talked to the Brits and once the music got started she danced most of the night with Dobie.
Sometime later Toye and Luz decided it was their turn to give a speech, they were both in the fence drunk, they got the music quieted down; they were holding each other up.
"Captain and Captain, that sounds weird, may you have a long and happy life and remember this SNAFU, to our favorite Captains, Cheers" Luz and Toye said.
Emma and Dick danced and were so caught up in each other; Sink had to ask for a dance five times before they heard him.
Camilla sat and looked at the people on the dance floor and Emma and Dick in particular, she still thought about what Lip had said to her when they walked down the aisle, she wasn't ready to get married and settle down, she still had so much she wanted to do, before she tied the knot.
Talbert came over and sat down and looked at Camilla
"What's up Lt.? why the long face?" Talbert asked Camilla
"Nothing Tab, how about you?" Camilla said
"Well all the pretty girls are taken and I am in the middle of a war, but other than that" Talbert said.
Camilla looked at him and smiled, he was a cutie that Talbert.
"So do you want to tell me why you look so down?" Talbert asked
"I was just thinking, Lipton sort of asked me to marry him once this thing is over" Camilla said referring to the conversation in the church and the war
"Yeah, what's so bad about that?" Talbert asked
"I am not sure I want to get married" Camilla said
"To the sergeant, ever? or what?" Talbert asked her
"Well, I guess sometime in the future, but not now" Camilla said
"You need to tell him, because, I may not know a lot, but I know that man is crazy about you, and you need to make sure you are on the same page" Talbert said and patted Camilla's knee and left her to her own thoughts.
Camilla looked at Lipton, she liked him a lot, and hell she even loved him, more than she had loved any one before.
She was blessed to have him in her life, and he was her rock, but marriage? didn't that mean kids and a station wagon?
Camilla studied the man she loved for a moment, he was a handsome man and he was kind, funny and caring and he always made sure she was ok. He was the glue that held the company together and the men looked up to him, he was all in all amazing and the scar he got in Carentan gave him a kind of rugged look.
But marriage...?
Emma and Dick was on the dance floor swaying to a slow song, they whispered quiet, kind words to each other. Emma looked around at the people gathered. Everybody she loved was there well except Charlie and she would have liked to have Speirs there, just so Dana would be completely happy, but it looked like she managed with Dobie. Emma wondered if Dana was starting to fall for the British Colonel, well absence was supposed to make the heart grow fonder, but in this case it was out of eye out of mind.
Emma refused to believe Dana would cheat on Ron. Dana had been talking about Speirs for years and how he was a man, and how they didn't made them like that anymore and if she had been born earlier she would marry him, they were both career soldiers. Dick and herself wasn't, they would both leave the army and evidently she would settle in Nixon, New Jersey, maybe she would go back to school once they got home, it was so strange to think that her home was now, where ever Dick settled.
The party carried on until the early hours in the morning and went on, long after the couple disappeared.
A couple of days later, Dana, Nixon, Welsh, Winters and Emma was gathered in Winters office, when Zielinski knocked on the door and announced a sergeant Guarnere was there to see the Captain.
Guarnere stepped in the office and saluted the officers; he looked around and noticed how tired they all looked.
"So I guess congratulations are in order, I never thought I see the two of you parked behind a desk" Guarnere said and looked at Emma and Winters.
"Well one these days, they are going to sit behind it" Nixon smarted of.
"I just went AWOL from the hospital to get here, I hope it's not going to cause you any problems" Guarnere said
"Would you care if it did?" Emma asked
"Not a bit" Guarnere said and hugged Emma
Guarnere pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket "I got a letter here to from Moose, Lieutenant Heyliger, sir he is recovering but it's going to be a long haul" Guarnere said and handed Winters the letter.
Dick looked over at Harry and Harry bit his lower lip, looking a bit ashamed.
Bill turned and looked at Dana "And he told me to give you this" Bill said and went over and hugged Dana and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Dana hugged Bill Back.
"Did you see Ron?" She asked
"Yeah and he said he would be back here son and for you to behave" Bill said.
Guarnere asked about the Christmas day football game and made a crack about sky trained boys and looked at the officers, they all looked busy, tired and somehow preoccupied.
"Great… well I just go find some trouble" Bill said
"You do that" Nixon said.
"And Bill, no more joy riding" Emma said
"Right, ahh Anybody ever heard of a little joint called Lulu's" Bill asked
"Got me" Welsh said and Dana just lifted her eyebrows at Welsh, she knew he was lying.
"I'll just ask around" Bill said
Bill walked out and Zielinski closed the door, "Well I guess know is as good as time as any" Nixon said and pulled out a piece of paper form one of his pockets.
"What is that? another piece of paper? I don't want to see another piece of paper" Winters said.
"General Taylor has flown back to Washington, he has left McAuliffe in charge of the division, and Colonel Sink is in Reims to see Dietrich" Nixon said
"Marlene is in Reims? I am out of here, I am going to Reims" Welsh said
"Strayer is in London to Visit Dobie, and I am personally going to Aldbourne to look up a sudden young lady," Nixon said
Winters looked at Nixon, "What are you telling me?" He asked
"You two are heading to Paris, that's a forty eight hour pass, it's been decided that the two of you deserve a honey moon" Nixon said
Emma looked at Dana, she smiled and hugged Dick "I can't believe it Paris" she said
Dana was kind of bummed, she would be staying alone, Nixon turned and handed her a pass to Aldbourne "You are coming with me" He said, Dana smiled and accepted