Hey my dearest readers,
I hope you enjoy the story this far and I'd really freak out if more of you could leave me a small comment (I'm totally satisfied with emoticons ;)), especially because this is my first fanfiction ever and because my last English lesson is 5 years ago...
I hope I'll read you soon and now enjoy chapter 4!
Back at the camp the company had to deal with the first consequence. "Gentlemen, thanks to the impertinence of your comrade Fox, we'll repeat our run. But this time in full gear! I'll see you in 5 minutes" informed Sobel the men with a self-contented smirk. Everybody hurried to the barracks and changed into their ODs. While her return Maggie shot apologetic smiles towards the men.
"Don't worry, Maggie. It's not your fault" tried Lip to encourage Maggie. "It's okay if I call you Maggie, isn't it?"
"Sure. I don't like being called Fox. Thanks to our CO there's already a mouldy aftertaste. But I'm afraid it's my fault. I should have ignored his insult but instead I answered back. I think I'm not fully used to the military subordination" answered Maggie who liked Lip from the first moment.
Lip gave her an encouraging pat on the back that caused Maggie to lose her balance. If Dick hadn't run beside her Maggie would have fallen to the ground.
"Thank you, Sir" mumbled an ashamed Maggie. 'I hope he doesn't think too that I'm too weak for this whole thing…'
"Hey, no problem. Lip's pats can be very hard. Especially when the gear nearly reaches your own weight, mhm" winked Dick. Maggie gave Dick a smile and nearly dropped once again. But Dick was at her side to save her for the second time in the last minute.
Before one of them could say anything, Sobel joined them. "Oh, I see. You'd prefer a superior officer. But I'm afraid that wouldn't match, I think your not smart enough for an officer."
Maggie was really angry but she decided to bite the bullet and ignore his comment. Dick noticed that benevolently.
Back at the camp the boys decided to give Maggie an appropriate welcome and took her to a nearby stream. They wanted to "baptise" her as a Easy member. Dick watched with attention because he wasn't sure if Maggie would understand that procedure. But when she came up again she smiled and took the men's hands to get out of the water. Before Maggie could reach her barrack and change into dry clothes, she heard an ear-battering "FOX".
"For the destruction of Army property you'll have to run the Currahee once again. In your wet gear! Just to make myself clear."
"Yes, Sir." Maggie couldn't stand the name of this mountain any more and this was just her first day.
Dick wanted the men to join Maggie but Sobel insisted: "Oh no, she'll have to cope with that by herself. You'll find an adequate punishments for these men. And all weekend passes are cancelled!"
"Yes, Sir!" Dick obeyed although he didn't like the thought of Maggie running that hill all alone.
When Sobel joined her, he couldn't deny the fact that she was an attractive Person. She was petite but still feminine. He could see her small and firm breast trough her wet ODs and he knew that Maggie was cold, which was no wonder because her clothes were wet and the evenings in Georgia weren't very warm either. Caused by the previous effort and the weight of her wet clothes Maggie started to breathe heavily. Herbert wished that she would pant under him. 'That's why women shouldn't be in the Army. They even distract smart and hard officers like me.'
At the top Herbert decided to show Maggie an alternative to that torture but that would include her sleeping with him. Maggie's answer was a slap in his face and then she ran away. When Herbert reached her, he grabbed her by the wrist and turned her around. Then he gave her a rude kiss. When he heard someone coming he shoved her away and started yelling at her. Dick came around the corner but he had just seen that Sobel stood pretty close to Maggie and then shoved her away. He thought that he could see tears in Maggie's eyes and joined them on their way back into the camp. He worried about Maggie not just because of the tears but because of her heavy breathing. He wouldn't be astounded if the stress of this day and her night run in wet clothes had made her ill. He hoped that she didn't get a flu or worse.
After Sobel had disappeared Dick asked Maggie what Sobel had done to make her that troubled. Maggie told him that she was just tired of running Currahee and the Captain's insults. "Don't worry about me, Sir. But thank you very much for your support. I wish you a good night, Sir." "Goodnight, Maggie." Dick wasn't sure if she had told him the truth because the closeness he had seen earlier irritated him. 'Perhaps it's just a new intimidation method…"