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Author's notes: I was almost done with this chapter when something happened with my text program and everything disappeared... I had to write it all again and that was hard because I felt like I really had a great chapter the first time. But, here you have it - hope you like it!
Chapter 5 - We need to talk
"The best things happen unexpectedly"
Captain James had always followed army regulations. He had lived for the army these couple of years and had never event thought about brooking any rules. That he would meet someone like Molly wasn't part of his plan. She was someone that made him wanna throw everything away, if that meant he could be with her. He had never thought he would meet someone like her, never.
He had never loved Rebecca. They married young, they were both good looking, came from well family's and everything just seemed good. They had some "happy" years when Sam arrived but Rebecca had never been happy about his army life. She never liked being an army wife and he had started to feel like his work was a "get away ticket" from his wife.
Camp Bastion had been like a second home during his married years. Thank god that the divorce was completed he thought.
Now, he needed to speak to Major Beck. He was going to sort this all out, if it so meant that he was going to lose his job. Molly was the most important thing in his life, shared with Sam of course and he would do everything for both of them. Sex months from now he would be a father again and he would share it with Molly. He was sure, he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, with their unborn child and Sam.
"Bill!" He saw his friend walking out from the food tent. He really needed to speak to him, he needed help to sort this out. "I need to talk to you"
"Love trouble?" Bill grinned and Charles wondered for a second why he wanted to talk to Bill. But he knew his friend was someone he could trust, someone that would help him and Molly no matter what.
"We need to talk in private" Bill nodded and probably understood that it was serious because he wasn't smiling anymore. They made their way to Charles tent and sat down inside.
"So, what is going on? You look pretty serious?" Bill sat on the bedside and Charles was sitting in the chair looking all serious. Bill studied his friend, something was going on and it was serious. He knew it probably had something to do about Molly. He had never seen his friend this way before. Charles and Rebecca's marriage had always seemed like a joke to him so he was glad that was over. But this time, what Charles felt for Molly was special, he could see that.
"She's pregnant" Charles voice was low, controlled and Bill experienced for the first time ever the feeling of not knowing what to say. This was bad. Really bad.
"You love her?" He already knew the answer but he wanted to ask the question anyway.
"Of course I do, I love her more than I thought was possible" Charles meant every word of it without doubts. "But how the hell am I going to sort this out?
"This is pretty bad my friend but at least you love her so that problem is sorted out, at least" Bill said joking "Major Beck is probably going tog give you the bollocks but I'm sure you're going to sort it out somehow" Bill grinned. Taking things serious for more than a few seconds wasn't his strong side. Charles sighed, Bill was like big child sometimes...
"I'm worried about Molly. I don't know what sort of consequences this will have for her or for me... I'm her captain, I have a responsibility and I failed her" Bill nodded and felt sorry for his friend, Charles really looked sad. He just hoped that Major Beck would see that there was true feeling between Charles and Molly. Charles was a hell of a captain and Molly was a great medic, it would be the army's loss if they decided to kick them both out.
He would support his friend in this, no matter what.
"I support you and Molly, I'm on your side in this. Even if you and Molly made a bad choice it was because you too have true feelings for each other. Hopefully the army understand that because it would be there loss if they kicked you too out" Charles looked more hopeful now and Bill continued "But it's going to be nice without all these love troubles between you too that I has to deal with" Bill pulled a face and Charles hitted him in the shoulder.
"Ouch that hurt" Bill cried.
"You are such a child sometimes" Charles grinned. He was grateful that he had Bill. They had been friend like forever and he could always count on him.
. . .
"Molly" Charles walked over to her. She stood outside the med tent and got a worried look on her face when she saw him. He clutched her arm so she would follow him behind the tent. He needed to be sure no one could see or hear their conversation.
"Everything okey?" she asked with such a worry in her voice that he just wanted to embrace her. Keep her close, kiss the top of her head and feel her body against his.
"Yey, think so. I'm gonna talk to Beck now, sort this out somehow" Molly nodded slowly. She was worried about what kind of consequences this would have for both of them. She knew she would be send back home directly but she didn't know about Charles. What would happened after the baby was born, would she be able to work in the army?
"Good, thank you Charles. I don't know what I would do without you" she glazed at him and he looked down at her with his brown eyes that made her stomach fladder "I'm just scared, that's all"
"Me too, but we are going to work this out somehow. You can come and live with me in Bath, it's a great place for the baby to grow up and Sam is going to be overjoyed! He always wanted a little brother och sister" Charles lips turned into a huge grin but Molly gave him a angry glaze. What made him think that she just was going to leave her family, her home and go with him to Bath. They were so different, she would never fit into his world. This was a mess, this could never work out...
"You think I'm just gonna leave my family, my life, my home and come with you to freaking Bath? I would never fit in there, I don't do perfect - I've already told you that! I would never fit in" She felt tears burn behind her eyes. A single tear rulled down her cheek and Charles reached out, stroke her check with the back of his hand. She sighed of his touch. She really did love him, but they were so different...
"Molly, I didn't think, I just took it for granted that you wanted to be with me" he looked so sad so Molly almost regretted her words. She know she had hurt him. Of course she wanted to be with him but she was scared and she wasn't sure if Bath was the place where she wanted to live. But she knew she wanted to be with him no matter what so maybe Bath wasn't such a bad place to live in? Maybe.
"Sorry" she mumbled "I'm just scared, scared that you won't love me, scared that I won't fit in. I love you and I want to be with you... I'm just scared you know"
"Oh Molly, I love you too and I wanna spend the rest of my life with you, with this baby and with Sam. I don't care where we live, I just wanna live with you. That's the only thing that matter to me" His voice was low, filled with emotions and Molly felt tears burn again "Molly? Did I say something wrong?" He looked worried as the tears rulled down her cheeks.
"No, It's probably just hormones. You are perfect, I love you" His face turned into a smile.
"Come, we need to talk to Beck now" She nodded and followed him.
Hopefully no one had seen their chat behind the med tent. They didn't need any more complications.
. . .
Major Beck was sitting behind his desk, thinking about the tour which had gone pretty well. Captain James did a great job with the platoons and that made his work a lot easier. They hadn't lost anyone yet and he was grateful for that.
Someone knocked at the door. It was Captain James.
"Come in" Major Beck said and the door opened. Captain James walked in with a serious look on his face, behind him were Private Dawes. She looked worried. Had she been crying?
"We need to speak to you" Captain James said and Major Beck nodded and told him to sit down at the chair. Dawes was standing behind him, still with a worried look on her face.
"You can sit down too Private Dawes" he said. He wondered what was going on? Judging of the look of their faces something wasn't right and why had Captain James said 'we'.
"So what is it you need to talk about?" Major Beck looked directly at Captain James who took a deep breath before answering.
"I know that what I am going to tell you now is against army regulations, I know I have failed you, my platoon and ... Private Dawes" Major Beck wrinkled his eyebrows and looked confused at the captain sitting in front of him. He had a bad feeling about this. Captain James had never broken any rules, he always did a great work and would never let his platoon down.
"Continue please" he said.
"Me and Private Dawes has discovered that we have feeling for each other and..."
"Stop. Stop just there" Major Beck fixed his eyes on Captain James who stopped speaking "You know this is against army regulations and I would advice you to stop talking, forget about all this and go back to your work. You too Dawes. I don't want to know, just focus on your works and forget about this" His voice was hard. Captain James was a good captain, Private Dawes a good medic with a bright future ahead of her. He didn't want to ruin all this for them. He knew with experience that these things could happened. If they just could make their work done and then sort this out back home it would be best for both of them and for him.
"About that" Charles started, suddenly unsure how he would continue with this. Major Beck got cold, was it something more? Things could never be simple he thought.
Molly looked up, fixed her eyes at the major and said "I'm pregnant". Charles reached out his hand, took Mollys in his and squeezed it carefully.
Major Beck took a deep breath. This was complicated. He wasn't sure how he would handle this but he still didn't want to destroy their carriers. But, they both had done a huge mistake and there was consequences...
"Private Dawes, I'm gonna put you on a plane back home. You are going to keep quiet about this, I be in touch when the rest of us get back to England" He stared at Molly who was looking down at her hands, Charles was still holding her hand in his. She felt safe with his hands around hers. "Captain James" Major Beck continued "You are going to stay here, focus on your work and then we talk about this when we are back. Does that sound good to you?" Both of them nodded, grateful that Major Beck had handled it they way he did. They both knew that the Major had been nice to them, it could have been worse.
"Thank you sir" Charles said. He was still holding Mollys hand when he stood up and pulled her up with him. Major Beck nodded and they walked out.
Major Beck sat in his chair, melting what he had just heard. He decided that he was going to forget about all this for now and then sort it out back home. Right now he could only make sure Private Dawes was send home and that Captain James made his work here.
He knew he could trust the captain, the captain would make sure that he was focused on his job here until they are done. But he was disappointed that Captain James had made such a bad choice before. It wasn't easy when love appeared in the most unexpected places.