Casidy turned and looked at him. "Thank you, Trapper. I guess that joining the Army might seem kinda stupid to you. But I really had to pay Radar back somehow," she said with a smile.
Trapper sat down on her bed. "Pay him back for what?" he asked. His curiosity about the blond girl had taken over.
"For all that he and his family have done for me," she said, sitting down next to him. She looked over at him. "I'm not really his sister... well I am... I was adopted. His parents took me in when I was a baby... And Radar... he's been putting me through nursing school since he was 16. He got a job at home, and then joined up so that I could live out my dream job."
Trapper nodded his head. He actually found himself genuinely interested in her story.
Casidy looked over at the doctor and smiled. "But enough about me... Radar has mentioned you in his letters... You're a doctor, that much I know... But he mentioned something to me about you being married. What is your wife like? She must be beautiful... and very special to you."
Trapper frowned softly; boy this girl knew exactly where to hit him, below the belt. "Yeah, I've got a wife... and two little girls. My wife and I got married when I was in my last year in Residency. She was pregnant with our first daughter at the time. That changed a lot for me... Then the next one came along, and I figured out what caused that." He joked.
Casidy laughed softly, knowing that he was joking. She smiled sweetly at him. "What are they like? Your little girls? I'd bet that they're adorable." She grinned thinking of little girls with curly brown hair and his smile.
Trapper smiled as he imagined his little girls. "I haven't seen them in a few years, but they are adorable. One of them is about to turn seven this month, Maggie She's the oldest. She has brown hair like my own and it is curly. I call her Curly Sue. She's smart, sometimes I think that she's smarter than I am. The last time I saw her, she had given herself and her little sister their first hair cuts. Now they've got bangs." He laughed when he told her this. He could still see the horror in his wifes eyes when she came back from the beauty parlor with the babies.
Casidy laughed softly as he told her about the little girl. She sounded exactly how she thought she would. "How old is your littlest one?"
Trapper thought for a moment. "She'll be six at the end of September. She has red hair like her mother. She's got my mother's eyes. Green as the grass. She's a real doll baby. She loves to dance and we put her in dance classes. Little pink tutus and all." He grinned.
"Awe. I wished that I could take dance classes when I was little, but Mom didn't think that it was a good idea... the tutus exposed too much skin or something like that. I never really understood that. Instead, I took piano lessons." She said, nodding her head.
Trapper grinned. "So that's why Radar is so uppity about being naked," he laughed. "How did you come to be one of the O'Reily's?"
"My father was a doctor and stationed in Germany. My mother was pregnant with me when he died. He had been shot in the back, and they weren't sure of who did it. She died during childbirth... the only things I know about them were in a box of things that the orphanage gave to Walter and I's Mom," She got a whistful look in her eyes. She sighed softly, knowing that Radar would be cross with her for spending time with a married man.
Trapper looked over at her when she sighed. "What's a matta? You feeling down?" He asked.
"I'm just a little tired. I think that I should probably get in a nap before dinner... I hate to cut our visit short." She stood up.
Trapper could tell when he was the third wheel, and stood as well. "Well kiddo... I guess that I'll see you soon." He leaned in and kissed the top of her head. "Sleep well... and if any bed bugs show up, feel free to scream. I'll come a running and save ya."
Casidy blushed softly as Trapper kissed the top of her head. She smiled up at him and nodded. "I'll give a good scream if any bed bugs show up... or any thing else." She said.
He nodded to her bed. "Lemme tuck ya in?" He grinned.
"I think that I can manage myself," Casidy said. She opened the door for Trapper to walk out. He gave her a glance as he walked out.
"I'll give you a yell at dinner time... if you'd like." Trapper said, pausing in the doorway.
"I'd like that. Please do so," Casidy said.