Here's the last chapter! Thanks for all the wonderful reviews my pretties!
Three weeks after Radar and I confessed our love for each other something else happened that changed my whole life. The day started out normal enough. We were having a long lull and Kristin and I planed a picnic and asked Charles and Radar to join us but Radar had to fill out some reports.
Charles and Kristin have been getting very close these last few weeks. Ever since Charles found out I was going out with Radar. If you saw one the other wasn't too far away. I teased Kristin about it but she just laughed with me and shooed me away. Charles and I stayed friends and would sit and talk and maybe have a few drinks together.
Hawkeye kept making passes at me but it was more for the sport than anything. He wasn't about to steal one of his friend's girl. Anyways he spending a lot more time with Margaret, which made her very happy. After talking to him her face would be all flushed and her eyes would twinkle. I saw what she felt. I had seen it in my parents's eyes all to often. She had found her own Prince Charming.
Well back at the picnic us three were all sitting and watching the clouds go by. We would shout out what a particular cloud looked like and talk about what they remaindered us of. As we chatting about a cloud that looked like a dog Hawkeye came upon our little party. He asked if he could join and before Charles could decline him I invited him to sit with us. He sat next to me and started talking with us as if he had been there from the right beginning.
When we saw that the sun was setting we all got up and packed what was left of our picnic. There wasn't that much anyway just a sandwich and several crackers. When we started to walk back to camp Hawkeye fell back to walk beside me.
"How's Radar doing?"
"Fine. Fine. Why shouldn't he?"
"He's been acting strangely lately. More nervous."
"Yeah, I've noticed that too. I don't know what's the matter. Maybe he got something upsetting in the mail." I frowned and decided to look for him when we got back to the 4007th.
We walked together in compatible silence. I saw that Kristin and Charles were quite ahead us. I tried to hurry us up but Hawkeye kept walking at a leisurely pace. I sighed and kept in step with him.
As we got even closer to the camp I stopped and turned to Hawkeye and started, "Hawkeye…" But I stopped when Hawkeye dipped me into a passionate kiss. When we came back up I looked at him surprised and whispered, "Wow."
He gave me a cheeky grin and said, "Incase neither of us are never free enough for such frivolous acts of lust." He tweaked my nose and gave me one final kiss and started back to the camp at a quick pace.
I stared at him confused as he quickly shortened the distance between him and the camp. What ever did he mean by that? Did he plan to propose to Margaret? I giggled thinking I knew what he meant.
I was only half correct.
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When I got back to the compound I couldn't see anyone. It looked like it had turned into a ghost town or camp. All the lights were out and all the windows and doors were closed. Confused I went to the office but it was empty too. I wondered where Radar had gone. I went back outside just to find Klinger outside in the middle of the compound in his silver sequin dress with all the matching accessories. When he saw me he smiled and walked up to me.
"I've been looking for you Bridgette. Everyone's in the mess tent."
"What for?" I asked. He just smiled and started to lead me to the mess tent. I didn't have another choice so I just followed him. He opened the door for me and when I took a step inside the lights were flipped on and everyone applauded. I looked around all confused and Klinger lead me to a bench.
After I sat down that was when I realized that Radar was sitting next to me. I leaned over and whispered, "What's all this about? I don't like it that everyone's watching me."
Radar looked like he was about to faint but he got down on one knee in front of me, took a velvet box from his shirt pocket, opened it and asked, "Bridgette, will you marry me?"
I looked at him with shock. He just asked me to marry him? In front of all these people? Then it hit me. This is what Hawkeye had been talking about. I searched through all the anxious faces until I found Hawkeye's. He gave me a grin and a wink and a little wave to tell me to turn my attention back to Radar.
I turned back to Radar and could see the plead in his eyes. I sat for a breathless moment thinking about my decision. I gave him a smile and said the only one word answer I could give him.
"Yes."
Radar's eyes got as big as the full moon. He fumbled with the ring but finally got it on my finger. It fit perfectly and twinkled in the lighting. The stone was a sapphire that shone like the waters of Lake Michigan on a clear day. The design that held the stone was beautiful. It had a Celtic knot like design with silver as the metal used.
As soon as the ring was on my finger everyone started cheering and clapping. Radar and I turned to everyone with grins that could have split our faces. But as everyone continued to watch us I started to feel nervous. I have never been comfortable in crowds especially if they were all watching me and I knew Radar was the same.
Thankfully Hawkeye cleared his throat and everyone turned to look at him. He got down on his knee and proposed to Margaret. She gave the immediate response of yes and everyone started congratulating again to the other betrothed couple.
Radar gave a sigh of relief as mostly everyone stopped starting at us. The enlisted men came over and slapped Radar on the back and congratulated us and offered various services for the wedding.
The wedding! Now that it finally hit me that I was going to be married. I realized I have to plan a wedding! I had hoped that when I eventually got married that my mom could be with me to help me with all of the preparations. But I'm in the army about half a world away from her. And because we're in the army it's not going to be anything special.
I gave a sigh and Radar caught that I was overwhelmed. He put an arm around me and asked what the matter was.
"Now we have to plan a wedding. I had always hoped my mom would help me when I got married but she's half a world away. I have no idea where to start."
"Don't worry about it yet Bridgette. Lets just keep off any thoughts about it until tomorrow."
I gave a nod and brightened up. "I don't have to worry about to much. The army can't put up to much of a celebration. Eh?"
Just then Hawkeye and his fiancé sat down next to us. Everyone was at the tables getting food and punch, which I guessed was just loaded with alcohol. Hawkeye put his arm around Margaret and grinned at us.
"What are you two lovebirds talking about?"
Radar answered him as if he was accusing me. "She's already talking about the wedding."
I looked at Margaret to see if she was worried about the wedding she had to plan for herself. Margaret smiled at me and suggested, "Actually Hawkeye and I've talked. We could do a double wedding. We can both be married on the same day!"
I gave her a smile and said, "That sounds great! We can plan everything together!"
As we started talking about the things we could order for our wedding day I heard Hawkeye say, "How about we just leave the girls to it, then Radar?" The men left to do whatever they did and left us girls to talk.
Two months later on the date Margaret and I had planned we had our double wedding. Margaret and Hawkeye had their wedding first. They kept saying Radar and I should have had our wedding first because he had proposed first but we insisted they go first. We'll all be married by the end of the day anyway.
Margaret had me as her Maid of Honor and B.J. was Best Man. Hawkeye looked so smart in his new tux with a red silk handkerchief spilling out of his pocket. Margaret looked just stunning in a red silk dress that Klinger had made. It came up to her knee with a slit that came up to her upper thigh. It had fluttery sleeves and was low cut and had an emerald bird pin at the top. And when they kissed Hawkeye dipped her into their kiss and everyone cheered.
At our wedding Kristin was my Maid of Honor and Klinger was Best Man. I though I could see tears in Klinger's eyes as he stood next to Radar. Radar had a pin strip suit on that made him look taller than he actually was but he didn't need it. He already was tall in my thoughts. My dress was a bit more modest than Margaret. Klinger had made me dress of blue silk that reached down to my ankles. It had a slit that went up to my knee and had a simple square cut around my throat where hung my gold leaf pendent. When Father Mulcahy said you may kiss the bride Radar and I looked into each other's eyes and gave a kiss that mirrored our simple love.
Colonel Potter had been the one to give Margaret and I away, which we were grateful because neither of our fathers could have been there. Father Mulcahy married us even though none of us were that religious.
After the reception as much as we could do us two newlywed couples climbed into a jeep to head off to Tokyo. Hawkeye and Margaret sat up front, while Radar and I sat in back with the bags. Margaret threatened to cut their honeymoon short if Hawkeye went to fast for any of us to stand. He went actually too slow until Margaret told him to go faster or else they weren't having any honeymoon at all.
When we got to Tokyo we went to our separate rooms across the hall. As we got into our rooms Hawkeye looked at Radar and I with an amused look. "Do you guys know what you're doing?"
Margaret slapped him and he retreated into their room when she saw us blushing as red as apples.
We went into our room and sat on the bed nervously. But when we noticed neither of us wanted to get right to it just laid down with the radio on just talking. After several hours of talking Radar was all relaxed. I quietly slipped off the bed, rummaged through our bag and took out a gift I had gotten from the nurses at my bachelor party. I went into the bathroom and changed when I came out I could see Radar blush red again.
I wore a red slip that was too short and low cut for my taste but the nurses said Radar would love it.
I changed the lively music to something slower and romantic. I climbed onto the bed and placed my arms on either side of him letting my hair fall like a waterfall. "Have you ever had much thought about our wedding night Radar?"
He shook his head but said, "I've read books."
I gave a little laugh and laughed more when I noticed that Radar was trying as hard as he could to not watch my chest as I laughed. "I doubt you can learn that much from books." I turned off the lamp and…
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Did you actually think I would tell you about my wedding night? Sickos. Well that night I conceived and 9 months later in the States in my hometown in Michigan I had our first child Henry Sherman. After the war we had our oldest daughter Margaret Marie. Next we had twins B.J. and Benjamin who we nicknamed Hawk. Then our youngest we named Kristin Bridget. We lived in Michigan for four years until we moved to Wisconsin so we could live between both our families. But we later had an 'accidental' birth and we named him Walter after his Daddy.
What happened to Margaret and Hawkeye? We kept in close touch since we married on the same day and our oldest children were born on the same day. They had Bridgette who Hawkeye jokingly calls his little vixen when we had Henry. After the war they had oldest boy Danny. Then there was John Xavier and Crystal their twins. Also they had Sarah and B.J. their other set of twins. After birth complications Margaret didn't want to have anymore and Hawkeye agreed. They already had just enough room for all 5 and they doubted they could afford to have more. They lived in Maine for five years until they moved to Illinois where Margaret had some family.
After they moved now that they were closer we would once a month pack all the kids and head to each other's house to spend the weekend. The kids loved visiting their "Uncle" Hawkeye and "Auntie" Margaret and vice versa. And it actually was my idea to have our first 4007th reunion even though we had it at Hawkeye's and Margaret's home. Our oldest children eventually fell in love and got married after spending most of their weekends together and being the same age.
At the wedding I told Margaret that we finally family, but she just smiled at me and said, "But we already are."
So we spent the rest of our lives as one huge family until one by one we fell asleep into the never-ending sleep. We comforted each other and cried together until there was no one else on the living earth but were all joined together as one happy family together again in a place in the sky.
I hope you enjoyed my little dream. (None of the supposed feelings are true to any of the characters.)
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