Last time on 'A Band of Heroes'
"Yes, it is! I am going to be a ranking man!"
"Hello ma'm I am assuming this is the residence of Herbert Sobel, and you are the miss's?"
Did a band of grace just enter my life?
I pulled out my nurse's hat and placed it on my perfect bun. With a quick check in the mirror I was out. Herbert was in such a good mood that he did not go over to the bar thus me being able to be carefree with my appearance today. Sobel, and yes I am starting to call him by his last name because for some reason saying his last name keeps me less connected with him, was already at the base training the ill-fated Easy Company.
The cool breeze felt good today and kept my white dress aka my nurse's uniform from sticking to my legs. Sami and I usually walked together in the morning for our shift at the hospital but today she was working later. Off in the distance I could see the men training or marching around, becoming a familiar and welcoming site. I jogged up to the hospital's waiting arms and fully amerced myself in my job; being my only release in this world.
I tended to some of the minor cases, skipping around and bringing a light atmosphere to the place. Another reason why people would not give a second thought about anything being wrong with Herbert and I. I was always carefree and happy in this place that they all got the impression that I was always like this.
"Ah! Goddamnit…" a soldier grunted who was seated on one of the beds near me. He was holding his fist carefully and trying to 'fix' it himself but really the scene relayed more of him just poking around at it.
"Here let me help before you do more damage." I said rushing over and kneeling down taking his fist in my hand.
"What did you do to it?" I said feeling around the major bones carefully.
"Got in a fight ma'm and struck someone a little too hard." He said sheepishly. I just laughed at his anguished expression and continued to feel around his hand. Ah there it is. Feels as though it is just a tiny fracture to the left knuckle.
I got up and retrieved some gauze and wrapped it around his upper hand gently.
"There. It is just a slight fracture. So what's your name soldier?" I asked as I roamed over to one of the little desks with forms on it. We had to fill each one out with every soldier no matter how big or little his injures were.
"Frank Perconte, and yours ma'm?" he asked politely.
"Rory, Rory Sobel I am sad to say. And your company Perconte?" I asked filling out the form.
"Ah…wait a second you are Sobel's wife!? Sorry but you look to young and way to pretty to be married to him! Oh and I am in Easy Company with him. Man I send my deepest regards out to you! I mean no offense though…because you obviously married him and stuff…" he babbled. So he was an ass to them as I suspected. Shocker there. Perconte was still frozen in fear after what he said that I decided to be the good person I am.
"It's okay Private the moment has passed."I said chuckling. I was going to say something more when I turned to find another man with brown hair and a huge smile.
"Well well well what do we got here? Someone break a nail over that fight you had about your trousers?" the man said patting Perconte on the back. In reply he just punched him in the arm with his good hand.
"Hey nurse is he going to be all right?" The man asked me after turning his attention on me.
"Yeah he is going to do just fine but that top coat of nail polish will be forever damaged. I am sorry for your loss." I added jokingly.
"Hey you are alright nurse. My name is George Luz and you are?" he asked before patting me on the back.
"Rory, but I think that you should both get going now before Sobel kicks your asses in boys." I said ushering both to the door. They laughed as they filled out. Before Perconte could leave yet I grabbed him by the collar and whispered in his ear "Oh and Frank I am married to that twisted son of a bitch." I winked at him as he stumbled out the door. Silently chuckling to myself. (Whoa totally Speirs moment)
I knew I was going to make good friends here.
"What are you so happy about?" Doc Roe said winding around the corner with a box of morphine.
"Nothing much. Hey Doc you aren't using that for yourself now are ya?" I asked with fake suspicion.
"Ha ha you are so sweet it makes my teeth hurt. I gotta take this morphine down for inventory and then go back to class." He said sarcastically.
"Okay sure Doc, sure. Oh but from friend to friend I would work on that cover story." I whispered to him. In reply he just sighed and rolled his eyes. That was how Doc was. Great man but you had to talk to him to know that. He was quiet and shy but I loved him all the more; I mean I was attracted to anyone that had no resemblance to Sobel. He was also now the medic for Easy Company though he had started to train with Able Company.
"I am just fine Lew!" a voice sounded by the door as two sets of footsteps could be heard. I quickly peered around to see Richard leaning against Nixon. He was wincing in pain as he took another step into the hospital. Snapping out of my daze I went into nurse mode.
"Here let's set him up here." I said guiding Nixon and Richard over to one of the empty beds.
"What happened?" I asked before kneeling down and probing his ankle.
"Sobel was pushing the guys hard up Curahee when he tripped on a rock and twisted his ankle. But see the bad thing was that Sobel made him still run or in his case hobble." He said before laughing.
"Damn Sobel and his fucking bastard ways…" I mumbled to myself not thinking they would hear me but of course they did. Nixon just laughed and Richard looked perplexed by something. I propped up Richard's leg and put a bag of ice, a delicacy here in Georgia, on his ankle.
"How is that?" I asked getting closer to him.
"Ah, um it's good, it's great." Richard stammered. I instantly thought that he was dehydrated or got a concussion. My hand flew to his head seeing if he had a temperature. Oh God that was scary. Wait why am I so protective of this man?! Probably just nurse's instinct…
"Well you seem to be fine except for the twisted ankle. I will write you a note to give to Sobel giving orders to stay light on that foot." I said already writing out the form.
"Thank you Rory. When will I be able to run regularly again?" Richard asked.
"I would say in about two weeks for full normality, Richard." I waved off.
"Oh good. You can call me Dick or Winters if you want." He smiled sheepishly.
"I will take note of that next time…Dick."I giggled.
Nixon walked with me as I wrote out the note at a nearby station. He leaned down to my ear and whispered "Thank you. Hey a few of the boys and I are going out to the off base pub, would you like to join us?" His rough voice sent chills down my spine as I hastily nodded, I really did need to get out. Hey maybe I will get a discount because my husband is their number one customer! And maybe if I am even luckier I will get to meet Sobel there were I can explain to him why I was there in the first place!
"Good. Dick and I will pick you up at around eight." He said before returning back to his best friend.
"And there you are. If Sobel has anything to say about this you just tell him to take it up with me." I said handing him the slip. Wait what!? Okay so it's not the smartest thing I have ever said…I mean this could defiantly have some consequences like saying 'I do' wow I am smart. Deciding against sanity I also added.
"I mean I could defiantly bitch slap him or like any wife hide his beloved items aka his Captain rank pins, I mean I could have accidentally dropped them down the sink, fished them back up and smash them with a spatula, but now let's not get to far out there. Look at me he is already starting to influence my thoughts!"
Nixon was shaking with laughter as well as Dick. Little did Dick know that I had already gotten him up from bed but while he was laughing forgot about the pain.
After they left my day went on like usual; the same complaints about that killer scratch or paralyzed toe. When I finally left the hospital it was already seven. Going home I found one of my only nice dresses and some black high heels. After I put my hair in a flowing ponytail a thought struck me. What if Sobel was there? It's not like he would be all like 'Oh hey there's my wife over there hanging out with some of my coworkers in a fancy dress instead of being at home reading time magazine and waiting for her beloved husband to come home like a good wife. I am sure that nothing is going on with one woman and twenty women hungry soldiers. Yep everything seems to be going well on my side of the bar stool.
Ah well I bet he is still at work, polishing his oak wheat clusters. He he that was a good one. I will have to use that one later.
"Hello, Rory are you there?" Nixon yelled up the stairs of the house.
"Coming!" I shouted before stumbling down the stairs, still applying blush. I was so concentrated on doing my blush in the pocket size mirror and going down the stairs that I tripped down the last four steps. In only a second myself and the blush went into the air. Two strong muscled arms wrapped around my waist before I could hit the floor.
"AH!" I heard someone scream. I raised my head to see that the blush I had was now splattered on another man's face. Before I could think I burst out laughing as well as everyone else besides the man. I mean he looked ridiculous with a huge blob of rosy blush on his angered face. He started too wildly scrap it away to reveal cold dark eyes that made me sink against my savior.
That reminded me; who was my savior? I looked behind my shoulder to see Lewis Nixon, still smirking at the site. When he caught my gaze he quickly let go of my hips and turned a red as if he had had alcohol. I looked more around my surroundings to see Dick, blush man, a man that I had already met; Welsh, and Nixon.
I rushed to the kitchen retrieving a wet towel and pressed it against the man.
"Alright I will be out in a minute. Let me just help him."I said shooing them out. They all filed out agreeing. "Always being the nurse."Nixon said as they left.
"I really am sorry; um I don't know your name."I said trailing off.
"Ron, Ron Speirs and don't worry about it. Just don't tell the guys I don't care. You will take all of this off though so when Nixon gets tipsy he does not mistake me for a woman, right?" he winked over at me.
"Hum, maybe if you're lucky. Although I have not done my mascara yet…"I said teasingly.
After that nice encounter with Ron I was once again in a great mood. The other officers picked up their dates soon after and we arrived at the bar a little after eight thirty. Most of the Easy men were there as well as the local girls. I spotted Dick over at one of the tables in the back so I decided to hang out with him. But as I was walking over there a familiar voice sounded "Hey its Rory!"
I could not decipher who it was but I would soon find out. I followed the voice over to the bar where George Luz was seated around at least seven more guys.
"Get your married ass over here, Rory." Luz said signaling me over. All the other guys looked at me in disbelief. Damn news travels fast. But then again being married to a man that is hated by over one hundred men with guns could get you noticed.
"Oh, you are just so jealous that you don't get to share a bed with Sobel!" I said whacking him over the head. I sat down on his lap because there were no more seats and seriously did it really matter? I highly doubt these guys would say anything to the man they all hated. Everyone erupted in laughter when I told Luz off that it made me want to grin like that forever.
"So is it true? You really are married to Sobel?" One of the men asked leaning closer in.
"Yeah sorry but he is taken, maybe next time when he gets on my nerves and I whack him over the head with a saucepan and run for it, you could have a chance." I said jokingly…or not.
"You are alright Rory. Perconte and Luz told me about ya and they were right. Oh me name is Bill Guarnere by the way." He said holding out his hand.
I meet all the other guys at the table in which I took instant liking too; Toye, Malarkey, Compton, Liebgott, Randleman, Webster, and Shifty. And after pleasantries and such they had already sympathized me because of Sobel but I told them I also had a disliking to him, which they all thought was just amazing.
"Hey yas think you can help us with something, Rory?" Guarnere asked.
"Sure as long as it has nothing involving me taking morphine from Doc Roe; cause ya know how he gets with his morphine."I said winking over at Roe who had recently joined us.
"No, but does have to do with ya husband." He said willfully as everyone around him nodded.
"I'm listening." I said business like.
"We want to play a little prank on Sobel but we need ya help."
"What are you talking about?" I questioned.
"I am talking about revenge." He said.
Hum this could be fun…
I thought we needed some fun with the Easy Boys =) Okay I would first like to thank;CaptainTy, sezq,anon, runaway4ever,and ber1719(he he i added a little Speirs for you,lol)- omg people 15 reviews!!!Thats amazing. Okay next I am going on a five week vacation so don't think I am dead! I will try to update while there but this is also my summer too! lol the next chapter will be both funny but then there will be an intense part then we will really get started in this story so keep watch and keep up these AMAZING reviews! =)
Oh and who just can picture the whole thing with the blush on Speirs? Lol I CAN I CAN!