Majors Frank Burns and Margaret Hoolahan were also enjoying a late dinner and noticed the new nurse and Frank's tent mate at a table by themselves. "The nerve of him. Flaunting his interest in an enlisted man's sister, right under his own nose. And doing it while married. The nerve of it all." Frank spouted off.
Major Hoolahan nodded in agreement, even though the two of them were locked in a love affair that was the talk of the camp... even if they continued to deny it. She and Frank stood up and approached Trapper and Casidy at their table.
Casidy stood and saluted when she saw them. "At ease..." Frank said. He grinned. He appreciated her observation of military conduct. He worried over her being around Trapper and his other lush of a room mate. Just what they needed... those two being an influence on a new innocent nurse.
"I thought that I'd welcome you to the 4077 MASH unit. I am Major Frank Burns," he said. "This is a tight run ship that Major Hoolahan and I are proud to call our homes. Our country appreciates all the nurses and doctors and young soldiers that have come over here to help provide other nations with a chance at democracy and the greatness that our nation has achieved."
"Oh stuff it Frank. She doesn't need to have a recruiting speech shoved down her throat. She's already joined the party," Trapper said, with a growl.
Frank's eyes widened. "I'm going to put you on report Captain. I'll make sure that you're busted down too a lowly corporal before I'm through with you."
Casidy's eyes widened when she heard him belittling her brother;s ranking. To top it off he was threatening Trapper. She stood up and glared at Frank. "Major Burns, I'll have you know that being a corporal is not a lowly position. I think that you snub the people that make it possible for you to be as big shot here, because you think they're beneath you. I will be making a report of my own for General Clayton, and you will not like the outcome of it. The General has taken a shine to me, since my internship was done at his hospital back home. Let's see how he takes to the kind of welcome that I've been given by the second in command at the 4077. I'll have your oak leaves faster than you can say Malpractice Suit."
Frank's mouth opened and closed as he stood there stunned. Margaret lead him away, not saying a word as her newest nurse belittled her man. She had no idea what to do with the nurse. She was more of a handful than she thought she'd be, and her connection with both Clayton and Radar made it more of a problem.
Trapper looked up at Casidy flabbergasted. He hadn't ever had anyone stand up for him, besides Hawkeye. She seemed to have taken an instant dislike to Frank. Perhaps she was a better judge of character than he had given her credit for. But that didn't explain why she was sitting here with him. That would have explained if she had told him where to shove it.
"I'm sorry, Trapper. I guess I lost my temper. He's always so mean to my brother from what Walter's told me," she said. She sat back down across from him. "Maybe I should go back to my tent before something else happens. I should write to mom and tell her that I arrived alright..." She stood up quickly and then looked back down at him. "Before that happened, I was having a good time with you, Trapper. You're a good man. A little rough, and probably lonely... but you're a good man underneath it all." She paused for a moment and then kissed the top of his head softly. "See you later..."
Trapper watched as the pretty blond walked off. She puzzled him more than ever before. She was so sweet, and so perfect. He took a drink of his coffee. She was an enigma to him. He wanted her, but not for a night. That seemed so cheap compared to what this girl brought out in him. He didn't know what to think about it. He cleared his tray and decided to go and have a chat with Henry. He was a good ear, and sometimes he even gave some advice that might help him out.