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The train ride to Sturgis Kentucky was stop and go. Lane, Katie, Amy and Mia was sitting together, Mia was starring out the window she was smiling, she was still thinking about the conversation she had with Lipton the day before, she was glad they cleared things up.
Katie was looking at Winters, Welsh and Nixon.
Winters was writing a letter, Welsh were sleeping and Nixon was drinking from his flask. Lane was just smiling at him and when Winters noticed her turning and looking at Katie, she gave him a small smile, Winters got up to join her, but was intercepted by, Luz, Guarnere, Toye, and Talbert.
"hey guys, how are you holding up" Katie asked the boys.
"Just peachy, if Captain pretty over there, would tell us where we are going after hooking up with the rest of 101st" Guarnere said.
"Sorry guys, can't tell you, but I can tell you about beautiful Sturgis in the hills of Kentucky, and when you arrive there will be pretty red cross girls waiting for you.
The guys mumbled something about intelligence officers and their lack of trust in even their best friends.
Lane slapped Luz on the leg, told him to move and went over to talk to Nixon.
"Lew baby please…." Lane started
"No, no matter what you want, you aren't getting it" Nixon knew the look on Lanes face and he knew it would cost him.
"But please, please" Lane said
"no end of story" Nixon said
"Hmpf" Lane just said and sat down between Welsh and Nixon.
Katie who was reading couldn't help but smile. Lane had a way of getting what she wanted and Nixon saying no to her was a good thing. Katie had a feeling they were good for each other.
Katie felt someone sitting down next to her; she looked up and saw it was Winters.
"Hey you going my way" she asked him.
"Depends on where you are going" Winters answered.
"Well I am going to a lovely place somewhere in Kentucky, care to join me" Katie said
"I got nothing better to do, so might as well," Winters said.
Winters took her hand and Katie just kept reading her book, Amy was sleeping and she was dreaming. Katie and Mia knew it was only a matter of time before she would wake up, crying or screaming.
Amy had nightmares about her childhood and when Ron was avoiding her they got worse, after their fight last night, Amy had been really upset especially because she knew it was her own fault.
Mia saw Amy starting to toss around and she looked at the boys "Could you go find Lipton and Speirs right now please" Talbert noticed Amy was crying in her sleep.
"Yep, let's go" Talbert and the rest of them got up and walked through the train, they had a hard time keeping their balance and it took them a while before they located the sergeant, luck had it he was with Speirs.
"Lieutenant, Lip, Mia needs you, something is wrong with Lieutenant Hunt" Talbert said.
Lipton and Speirs looked at the men "What do you mean something wrong is wrong with the lieutenant" Speirs barked, the men took a step back, "we don't know" Luz said and the men got the hell out of Speirs sight.
Lipton looked at Speirs "Well, we better go find out sir" Lipton said.
The two men walked through the train, until they finally found what they were looking for.
Mia looked up "Good, you are here, you lieutenant get to sit here and hold your girl, so she won't wake up screaming and disturb the entire battalion and you sergeant get to sit here and tell me what rumors are floating around about where we are going, since captain pretty and lieutenant Romeo are silent as the grave" Mia said and pulled Lip down next to her.
Speirs pulled a sleeping Amy up on his lap as soon as she felt his arms around her she relaxed, he noticed her eyes starting to flutter, Amy woke up and looked him right in the eyes "Oh good you are really here" She said and put her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah and you're kind of heavy, get of me" Speirs said and pushed Amy of him.
He gave her a kiss and took her head between his hands "You going to be ok" he asked
"Fine" Amy said and smiled
"Good I am going back to my men, see you later" He said and walked off.
Amy smiled and sat down next to Lipton who was giving her a strange look "You ok" he asked
"Just peachy, you always do this, act so nice and then walk away," she said.
"You know, you will always have Luz and Talbert if everything else fails" Lipton said and nudged Amy with his elbow.
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When the train arrived in Kentucky the troops was met by red cross girls who handed out coffee and doughnuts, they marched out into the country side, there was some tents set up and latrine was dugged, and when Lane got a sight of the camp she turned to Katie and said "We are eating SOS aren't we"
Katie just nodded and stalked off to find the tent there was set up to pose as a combat hospital. Mia was there, and so were the medics from the rest of the regiment. Katie started to set up and give orders when Winters came and told her that general Taylor wanted to see her and Mia
Katie gave herself the once over, she was wearing OD and looked like she spend the past many hours on a train, she braided her hair and Mia and her followed Winters to the HQ.
When she walked in, she saw General Taylor, Colonel Sink, Major Strayer and the commander of the 326th medical company was there, Katie's heart stopped, she knew it; they were going to join the 326th.
"Captain Hendrick, lieutenant MacKall, you both know Major Barfield," General Taylor said
"Sir" both of the girls said.
"you both been a great asset to the 506th, however its time the two of you get your combat medicine training, so you will be joining the rest of the 326th at fort Bragg, so say goodbye to the fellows, you won't see them for a while" the general said
"Sir" Mia and Katie saluted him and followed Major Barfield out of the tent.
"Well I guess you girls have some goodbyes to say, I will see you in half an hour" Major Barfield said and walked off.
"Well, I am glad we got to take that long train ride here, just to be shipped of" Mia said.
The girls walked to the hospital tent to gather their belongings, after saying goodbye to the medics they walked off to find Easy company.
They found them at the assembly area, Lipton noticed Mia walking toward him with her holding bag packed and tears in her eyes, he walked over to her "Where are you going? why are your bag packed? He asked her slightly panicking
"We are leaving with the 326th, we are heading to Bragg" Mia said and looked down on her jump boots.
Lipton pulled her in for a hug and Mia sobbed, unable to hold it back, she had just found him 16 hours ago and now she had to leave.
Katie walked over to Winters who was talking to Lane and Nixon, she tapped him on his shoulder, he turned around and smiled, which faded when he noticed the look on her face "So Mia and I are leaving with the 326th, so I just came to say goodbye" Katie said
Winters searched Katie's face for some sort of emotions and found none; he could tell she was holding herself together to be strong for both of them, and especially Amy who was heading their way.
Winters hugged her and gave her a kiss on the head, Amy walked up to them "hey what is going on here?" She asked
Katie turned around and hugged Amy "I am heading out with the 326th, but I will see all of you at Bragg or were ever we are going, ok" Katie smiled at Amy who looked like she lost her best friend, which she had, how was she going to make it without Katie here?, Katie had always been there, always.
Amy choked back her tears and smiled "right see you somewhere else" She said.
Katie pulled Mia out of Lipton's arms, "Come on we got one more lieutenant to find" Katie said.
Katie hurried around the camp and found who she was looking for "lieutenant a word please" Katie said when she saw Speirs
"I am leaving, and I am leaving Amy in good health and in good spirits, if I find her in any other condition, I will make up some sort of very unpleasant surgical procedure you will need, got that," Katie said
Speirs just nodded, people might be scared of him, but they should be scared of the Doc, she was mean, it's always the quiet once.
Katie and Mia met up with the Major Barfield and drove off.
The 506th officially joined the 101st in June and the extended maneuvers began, it was blue army against the red and it was hot as hell in the C47 and one particular day it was so hot that Bull, who was in Amy's plane started to vomit in his helmet, that process moved right up the line, Amy screamed to the pilot to turn on the green light and as soon as she saw the green light she was out of the door.
When she landed, Bull got his ass handed to him by a very angry Amy. Nixon who walked by, stepped in dismissed Bull, who didn't stick around to find out what the hell that was all about, he just scurried of in a hurry.
"What the hell is wrong with you" Nixon asked Amy
"Nothing, just doing my job, got a problem with that," Amy asked
"Lieutenant Hunt" Amy and Nixon heard someone say; they turned around and saw Sobel starring at them.
"Sir" Nixon and Amy said and saluted him.
"Dismissed lieutenant Nixon" Sobel said and waited until Nixon had disappeared around the corner.
"Lieutenant Hunt, glad you are finally disciplining your Platoon, third will be in the lead on the night maneuver tonight" Sobel said and walked off.
Amy sighed; well there went her rest, now she had to prepare her entire platoon.
The extended night march was hell on earth; they were wading through streams, climbing the far bank, stumbling over roots, rocks and stumps.
Amy had Popeye and Talbert in the lead.
The extended night march turned into a full week maneuver and by the end of June, the entire battalion was tired, filthy and itchy all over.
Being a part of second and third platoon was no picnic at this time, Amy was upset because she felt everyone left her. Winters missed Katie and had a tendency to bottle it up making him even quieter, and Lipton was, well like Winters even more introverted and it scared the heck out of the men.
They moved out of the hell at Sturgis and to Beckinridge. The new camp had hot showers and good grub, but no place to sleep for the men, instead they had to sleep in tents again, it didn't take long for the all of them to get ten-day furloughs.
Winters went home to spend time with his parents and Lipton went home and helped out at the boarding house, both of them missed the girls and hoped they would see them again.
Amy and Speirs decided to spend the time together, they rented a cabin in the Smoky Mountains and enjoyed their time together, they knew that it would probably be the last time they would be alone.
The Cabin was isolated and it had a big fireplace, it had been a long drive from the camp. Amy had charmed Sink so they had gotten permission to borrow a jeep, Amy had slept most of the way. Ron was worried, Amy seemed to be tired all the time, and Ron had noticed Sobel was riding Amy harder than the rest of the guys in the company.
He would make Amy do double the work, the rest of the men did, and she had twice the amount of night guard duty. Ron tried to be Dogs officer when Amy had night guard, to support her.
Ron stopped the jeep and climbed out he walked around it and picked up a sleeping Amy and carried her inside. Amy was whimpering in her sleep, it sounded like she was begging someone to stop, he laid her down on the couch, he watched her sleep for a minute before he went outside to grab their bags. Amy looked so small and fragile, if he met her out on the street, there was no way he would believe she could be a paratrooper, he was glad they had made up after the fight they had before they left MacKall.
When he came back inside Amy was awake, she was looking out of the kitchen window. She smiled to herself when she heard Ron come inside, she turned around and walked over to him, she was happy, some people thought Ron was a scary guy, but Amy knew better, he cared about the people closes to him and he only kept up the bad ass reputation to keep his men in line. The men in his platoon were a rowdy bunch, much worse than the guys in Amy's platoon.
No one could really understand how quit Amy and badass Ron Speirs had found each other and if Amy had to be honest she didn't really know either.
It was after the march they had become close and things had just slowly progressed after that.
Amy had been called into Sinks office and had been warned about Ron, she had promised Sink she could handle it.
Ron dropped their bags on the floor and pulled Amy to him, he kissed her and Amy opened her mouth to allow him to slide his tongue in her mouth,. Ron picked her up and found the only bedroom in the house and he laid her gently down on the bed, they were both still wearing their uniforms and they helped each other out of them.
An hour later they were in bed Amy had her head on Ron's chest and he was gently stroking her upper arm, Amy was thinking about what she would do when they got into combat, she would miss him, but it would do her good to get her head in the game.
Amy and Ron spend the week in relative peace and quiet together, reading, making love and fishing.
Lane and Lew was not that lucky, they had gone home to New Jersey to visit their families.
After Lane had been home for three days, Lane's mom decided it was time for a dinner party, and of course the Nixon's was invited. Lane was happy she got to see Nix, which she hadn't seen him since she got back home, her mother had her host teas with the all women in town and do charity work and give speeches at women's lunches.
Lane ignored her moms fuss and even put on a dress for the occasion, she knew Nixon would give her hell for it and he was probably in uniform.
Lane was standing in the hall and greeted the guest as they arrived, she was anxious to see Lew.
When the Nixon's arrived, Lane brought out the million-dollar smile. Nixon and Lane hadn't really discussed if they should make their relationship public or not.
Lew saw Lane as soon as he walked in the door, she was gorgeous, she was wearing a deep red dress and diamond earrings. Lew just hoped Sink wasn't there so he didn't have to talk war all night.
He really wanted to get Lane alone, he missed sleeping next to her, and holds her close. Nix smiled and walked over to say hallo to the host couple, he shook Lanes dads hand and kissed Lanes mom on the cheek and he just stared at Lane.
"You look absolutely breathtaking "He said and kissed her cheek, he stepped away and couldn't help but salute her.
Lane just rolled her eyes and took his arm "Why don't we go find a more secluded place" She said.
Lew smiled, he grabbed them both a drink, they walked outside, it was a bit cold and Lew put his jacket around Lanes shoulder.
He took her hand and looked down at their hands "Is your uncle here" Lew asked
Lane smiled "No he is in D.C, so don't worry" Lane said and kissed Nixon.
They were called to the table, Lane and Lew were seated next to each other, there was a lot of holding hands and hands on thighs going on through dinner.
Lane pulled Lew into the study and they got a little carried away, the door opened and Nixon's dad and Lanes dad stepped in, the two of them jumped apart.
It was too late, there was no hiding what was going on.
"So how long has this been going on" Lane's dad asked and put his glass of scotch down on his desk.
"dad its not…" Lane started
"Save it young lady, I knew there was something different about you when you came home, you was too happy" Lanes dad said.
"Sir, I really…." Nixon started, but a look from his father stopped him.
"You two have some explaining to do, and what about your divorce Lewis" Nixon's dad asked
Lane started to explain how the two of them had met up at OCS, and how they slowly became friends again, and after the divorce how they decided to give a relationship a try and how it had worked out, and that they worked together at S2.
"did your uncle know about this" Lane's father asked
Lane knew she had to keep uncle Robert out of this "No, nobody except some of the other officers" Lane said and crossed her fingers behind her back.
"I am not happy about this Stan" Lane's father said to Nixon's father.
"I understand Fred, but what are we going to do" Nixon's father said.
Lane and Lew slipped out of the study and waited in the hall for them to the get called back in the study.
"The two of you are going to keep this from your mothers, and if you both get through this war alright, we will discuss it again, and see what happens" Lanes father said
Lane fought the urge to roll her eyes, they were going to be across an ocean, so they could pretty much do as they pleased, so she just smiled and agreed.
Nixon gave her hand a squeeze and headed home, with his parents.
For the rest of the leave Lane and Nixon was kept pretty much a part by their fathers, so when the leave ended Lane was happy to get back to Camp.
Fort Bragg was clearly a staging area for the regiments shipping out. Amy was hoping that Katie was there, but by the time the 101st arrived the 326th had already shipped out and nobody would tell them where they were, which made everybody more miserable, because of the crappy officers.
Amy dragged herself back to her barrack after another grueling day with Sobel; he had kept her at the firing range long after everybody else was dismissed.
She fell head first down on her bed and slept; Lane tried to sneak in and woke up Amy.
"Sorry didn't mean to wake you, did you even shower yet" Lane asked her
Amy wished she had showered, but she couldn't move, she wished she was back in the cabin with Ron on the couch half asleep while listening to his heart beat.
Lane looked at Amy, she had been so happy and her cheeks had been rosy, when she came back from leave.
"Amy when is the last time you saw Ron?" Lane asked
"Not since we got back" Amy said and got ready to take a shower, the girls had their own shower room build in at the barrack.
While Amy was in the shower Lane set out to find Ron, and if necessary drag him back to the barrack, so Amy had a chance to sleep a whole night without nightmares.
She found him yelling at a sergeant from his platoon, who had refused to follow an order, the sergeant ended up being punished after all the rules in military conduct.
"just be glad Captain Easterday is here, she is the only one who keeps me from shooting you," Speirs said.
"Captain what I can do for you?" Speirs asked
"I need you to sleep in my barrack tonight, I will find another place to crash tonight. Amy has been having nightmares again and she needs the sleep," Lane said.
Speirs just turned on his heel and walked towards the girls barrack, he opened the door and saw Amy sleeping and crying at the same time, he slipped down beside Amy and put his arms around her. Amy sighed and slept peacefully all night.
The last Friday they were at Fort Bragg, Amy and Lane got all new gear, new weapons and new side arms, Amy and Lane had both decided on a Thompson and was eager to get to fire it.
The decided to go to town and help the men Prime the pump, which meant, they were going to a local bar called the town pump.
There they joined Luz, Guarnere, Toye and Liebgott. Amy was looking around for Talbert and noticed he was heading out the door with a local girl, she smiled and shook her head.
"So what can we get you pretty ladies to drink" Luz asked Lane and Amy.
"how about a couple of beers" Lane said and suddenly wished Lew was there, she had a feeling there would be problems, when the gilder boys showed up.
The paratroopers and gliders did not mix well, and it almost always ended up with a fight when they did mix and there was alcohol in the equation.
They found a table and sat down, Amy looked around when she saw the guys from 2nd glider battalion, she knew there was going to be trouble and she hoped Lane could keep Guarnere and Toye on a tight leach.
Amy and Lane was in their uniforms and was talking with the guys, Luz was trying to get Lane to tell him if they were heading for the pacific or Europe, Lane refused to spill and Luz kept buying her drinks and Lane kept refusing to tell him anything.
Lane noticed a couple of the glider boys walking towards their table, she knew it meant trouble when one of them kept making passes at Amy and she kept shooting him down.
Guarnere and Toye could tell Amy had enough and considering the fact Speirs would rip them a new one if anything happened to Amy, well, it was time to step in.
"Hey boys back of, leave the nice lieutenant alone," Guarnere said
A glider boy turned around and told wild Bill to back off, Guarnere took a swing at the guy and soon they were all fighting, the Easy guys had the gliders and were winning the fight
One of the glider boys made a remark "At least they didn't have women doing their fighting" which pissed of Amy and Lane, who both jumped in the fight.
Luz noticed and told Moore to go to the bar down the street where the officers usually frequented and find Speirs and Nixon and Welsh if he was there.
Moore came running into the bar and flagged down the officers and explained what was going on.
Welsh ran down the street unable to resist a good fight and Speirs and Nixon dove in and got their girl friends out before they hurt themselves.
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