Radar woke up with a jerk as the leg he was trying to fix fell down onto the floor. He looked up startled and looked around frantically looking for anyone who might have seen him snoozing. He noticed me on the floor giggling behind my hand and turned a bright red. "Um, may I help you ma'am?"

I sighed, "I'm here to help you Radar. And call me Bridgette."

"Oh yeah, yeah. Thank you ma'am." I glanced at him and he stuttered, "Thank you Bridgette." I sighed it was going to be a long afternoon.

After a while of clearing we soon fell into talking. I learned that he was from a small town in Iowa. And I told him about the town I live in. After we cleared most of it I sat on his cot and fanned my self with a folder. After all that work I was hot. Yet again he became nervous when I patted next to me.

"What the heck is your problem?" I asked as he sat in front of me on the office chair. "You are always nervous in front of me. Why is that Radar?"

"There's nothing wrong with me," he said defending himself. "It's just that I don't even know you and my mom says to stay away from strangers."

"Then why are you over here in Korea in a war with strangers?"

"Well I know them."

"Yeah probably after a few months you knew them. It'll probably be the same with me. After a few months you'll know me and probably be friends. Huh?"

"Uhhh. Uhhh. I gotta go check something." He got up to leave but I grabbed him and made him sit down next to me.

"Just hold on a minute. Do you run off every time you're faced with a tough question?"

"I do not! Yeah sort of."

"Now I'm not going to bite or seduce you or anything. What's wrong with several friends just sitting chatting?"

We just sat there for a while as I cooled down. I looked at my watch and saw I had just enough time to get ready for my date with Hawkeye. I quickly leaned over and kissed Radar on the cheek and left him touching his cheek in amazement.

I asked the nurses to help me get ready after they asked me whom I was going with. "Are you sure you want to go with him?" they asked. I nodded. "Well just make sure the Major doesn't catch you or you'll be on the top of her bullying list."

"I'm not that scared of her. What did that happen to one of you?" I looked around and Nurse Able nodded her head.

"I once went with him to the Officer's club just for a drink and the Major practically exploded and told me I had to reorganize the whole supply closet. It took my about a whole day"

"Well I can't help it if he likes me. Now can I?" They all shrugged and we continued to get me ready.

At eight Hawkeye appeared at the door waiting for me. He gazed at me approvingly. I had settled to wearing an olive green button down shirt with some shorts. It wasn't the dressiest clothes I had but I didn't want to anger the Major if she caught me with him. He offered me his arm and led me to a shack a ways off from the compound.

"I had thought of taking you to the Officer's Club but Rosie's is a better place to get a drink," explained Hawkeye as he opened the door like a gentleman. I nodded to him and stepped into a crowded room.

Every table seemed to be full except a table in the back in a corner with a little card on it. He started to head towards it and I followed him. As we sat down a young Korean woman came over and got our drink orders. He got a martini and I ordered the same. He smiled at me when she left.

"You seem to have something on your mind Captain," I said as I looked over at him with a cocked eyebrow.

"Please call me Hawkeye. I was just wondering how you look so good. Do you have some exercises that you do? Do you dye your head to look so beautiful?"

I blushed. "No. It's all natural." He whistled and I giggled.

"Well you look pretty good from what I can see. I just hope I can see more of you," he said with a wicked gleam in his eye. I blushed again and thankfully the waitress came with our drinks.

After we got our drinks we started to talk about our medical careers. He talked about helping out his father with his practice and I told him about my mother being a doctor and I helping her. He kept suggesting leaving but I wanted to stay because I wanted to meet some of the people there.

After the waitress had left to go home some of the people were pretty wasted and it didn't seem like they were going to leave anytime soon. I even saw a hairy man with an evening gown on. I asked Hawkeye about him and he said, "Oh that's just Klinger. He's trying to get out on a Section Eight by dressing up in woman's clothes."

"Where does he get all the clothes?" I asked in fascination as he ordered a drink from the owner Rosie.

"He makes them," he said simply. "I would like to see the designer labels on your clothes." He grinned his lopsided grin at me again and I almost melted.

"I'll go get our next round of drinks," I offered. He nodded a bit disappointed.

I went up to the bar and waited for my drinks. A big meaty Marine came up behind me and said to his buddies, "Hey guys look a new nurse." His buddies seemed to have thought this very funny because they burst out laughing. "Hi ya sweetheart. How would you like to spend a night with a real man instead of that wimpy doctor you came with?"

I said nothing and he attempted to wrap an arm around my slim waist but I walked out of his clumsy hands. I started to drum my long nails on the bar waiting for my drinks when he came up to me again. I quickly grabbed the glasses and made to walk around to the left of him but he place one of his meaty arms in front of me to bar my way. I smiled and tried to walk the other way but he placed an arm in front of me again. Now he had me cornered and I looked over at Hawkeye to see what he was doing and it looked as if he wanted to come over but just couldn't.

I sighed and set down my drinks and for the first time looked up into the face of my captor. This guy was pretty meaty and could possibly be handsome if he didn't have a scar on the right side of his face. He smiled up at him sweetly and asked, "Would you mind moving please?"

He smiled down at me and replied, "Sure if you'll come with me."

"I'm sorry but as you had said I'm already with someone else. And I don't want to disappoint him. So no I decline your kind offer."

All his buddies ohhed and he started to grow a little red around the collar. "Now what are ya talking about sweetheart? I don't think you heard me correctly. I think you're going to come with me."

I sighed again. I wasn't going to admire him for his face tomorrow or the respect his friends will have for him. I pulled my arm back and hit him square in the eye. He fell backward into a table and just lay there and didn't get up. Then the table broke in two from his weight. "No, I don't think you heard correctly. I'm with someone tonight."

I picked up our drinks and made my way to our table. I gave Hawkeye his and sipped mine. I looked around and everyone looked at me with their mouths agape. I leaned back and asked, "What?" They kept looking at me.

I looked over at Rosie and she was starting to turn red and I was afraid she was going to kick us out so I said to her as I indicated the Marine, "I'm sure he'll pay for the broken table." She nodded and got several of the guy's buddies to carry him out along with the broken table.

I looked over at Hawkeye and his mouth was agape too. Finally he closed his mouth and smiled at me. "Way to go Knocko!" I blushed and everyone started to clap and I blushed even more. "I always liked them a little feisty," he grinned. Everyone went back to their drinks and we finished ours.

"Oh come on can we go now?" Hawkeye asked as if he was a child who wanted to leave a clothing store. I nodded and he said a little yippee and led me out.

He started to lead me to the supply closet. There were several candles around the room and he lit those as we walked in. I noticed a bedpan with a bottle of wine in it and a record player. He turned the record player on and I could hear Mozart playing.

"I didn't know you liked Mozart," I sighed as I sat down on a bench that had a blanket on it.

"I don't but luckily Charles does. Isn't this what I promised?"

"Yeah, it's quite nice." I shrugged my shoulders dreamily as Hawkeye sat down next to me and wrapped an arm around my waist.

He pulled me closer and started to caress my face with his big-callused hand. I looked up at him but I couldn't see him that well because of the poor light. He took a hold of my chin and leaned down and kissed me. I almost swooned from the way he kissed me. I melted into his arms and before I knew it he had me lying on the bench with him on top of me. He was kissing me vigorously and his hands were under my shirt rubbing my tense stomach. My own hands were rubbing his back as he started to suck at the skin on my neck, which almost made me crazy with desire. He slowly started to unbutton my shirt going up while I tugged at his shirt when a knock came at the door.

Hawkeye slowly got off of me and straightened himself and called, "Yes?"

The door opened a crack and Radar's voice drifted to us, "Um, sorry to disrupt you sir but Major Houlihan wants to speak to you."

"I'll be right there Radar," he said wearily. He looked at me a bit regrettably and said, "Maybe some other time." He got up and I got up with him then outta the blue he dipped me and kissed me passionately on the mouth.

Then he left and I started to button up my shirt when Radar said, "Um. Good night ma'am."

"Radar," I said exasperated.

"Oh, goodnight Bridgette."

"Goodnight Radar."

I sighed and looked out and saw him walking to the office to go to sleep. I quietly walked back to the nurse's tent and sneaked in and laid down but then the light went on and all the nurses started talking all at once. I groaned and turned over. Why can't anything go right?