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Big thanks to those of you who reviewed and I love the fact that all of you seem to be enjoying the story. For the Winters fans, I still promise there will be no lasting damage. For those of you who loved the last chapters ending…hang on, we're going to try to turn it up a notch. : )

Chapter 5

Before he could open the door, she grabbed his arm and pulled him back to face her. Cupping his face in both of her hands, she met his eyes, "be safe Ron, I'd really like to see you again."

Smiling he turned and walked out the door leaving Lana to wonder exactly what she'd gotten herself into now.

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Nixon watched as the sky moved from the dark of night to the pink of dawn. He knew he didn't have much longer to lounge in the bed, but right now, he didn't want to disturb Sara, who was currently on his chest asleep. He almost didn't have the heart to wake her; still it wouldn't look good if she were still in the bed when Dick arrived.

She'd shown up at his door last night sad and lonely now that Lana had left and he was leaving today. Not that he was complaining as it was probably the last alone time they would have for a while.

Speaking of alone time, Lew smiled in the dark thinking about what Lana had told him yesterday before she left. Who'd have guessed that Speirs had it in him to make a move at least when it came to romance. Maybe the fact that Dick had shown interest had pushed him.

That same smile slipped a little when he thought about Dick. He'd not discussed Lana with him but maybe they'd have time soon, because Lew really wanted to know just how interested Dick was. This had potential to become ugly, and he really didn't want to see one of his friends get hurt either, physically or emotionally.

Sighing he slid from beneath her and began to dress. The daytime jump should be easy, but you never knew with the Germans and their intelligence had flawed at times.

Sitting back down on the bed he slowly ran his fingers down Sara's bare back tracing her spine, in an attempt to wake her up. She shifted but didn't wake up, the woman slept like the dead. It was time to us a more aggressive method of wake-up call.

Slapping his hand down on her butt, "okay sunshine time to rise and shine, unless you want Dick to see you in your all natural state. While very nice, I'd rather not have to hurt my friend."

Sara came awake with a very loud squeal. Rubbing her butt, the glare she gave him clearly said that he was a dead man. "Lewis Nixon, that's not funny. That really hurt, you could have found a better way to wake me up."

Laughing Lew grabbed his OD jacket and slipped it on. "Yeah I could have but then I'd have missed the chance to see your very lush…"

"Okay Lew I get the point. Will I see you later?"

Glancing at his watch, "probably not, but I'll find you when Sink gets set up. You be careful."

Sara slipped from the bed, wrapping the sheet around her and pulled him in for a hug. "You make sure you are extra careful and take care of Lana if you see her and tell her I miss her."

"No worries I'll see on the other side."

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Lana was sitting at her small desk, inside the room Major Horton had assigned her going over documents for translation. She really hadn't wanted to work for him, but because Sink had asked, she had gone. Horton wasn't a bad guy, but this put her a little closer to the front than she would have liked.

"You know I've never met a woman who went to such links to avoid me."

Lana jerked her head up to meet the smiling face of Dick Winters. "Dick you're here and safe I see. So where is your lesser half?"

Laughing Dick dropped down into a chair beside her desk, "Nix is around somewhere, it was actually his idea I drop by and see how you're doing." Giving a glance around the small area her desk was in, "guess it isn't all that glamorous huh?"

"Well I'll give Major Horton this, he seems to know the way to a ladies heart I have a door that closes and locks…however, being this close to the front, I guess this is as good as it gets. So I hear we'll be moving south of you, guess you'll be busy huh?"

Shrugging Dick glance around the small room they were in before reaching for her hand. For a moment he simply held her smaller one in his, tracing the fine bones of her hand with his thumb.

Clearing his throat, his eyes met hers. "Lana, I'd like to ask you something and you can tell me if it's none of my business, but before I get to involved I guess I need and answer."

Lana laid her hand across his, "its okay Dick, you can ask me anything."

"I guess I'd like to know how you feel about Speirs. I mean I've seen you two together and if the looks I was getting from him at the dance mean anything, I can tell you, he is serious about you. If you are serious about him I'd like to help."

Lana laughed, "Oh my God I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am. I really thought you were interested in me and I can tell you he thinks the same thing. I like Ron very much and he and I have some kind of a connection but I'm not sure it's anything more than that. However, I can tell you that even the thought of you being interested motivated him to take drastic measures to show me his feelings."

Dick's smile was something she had never seen before; if it had been on Nixon, she would have sworn it was smug. He was a very handsome and sweet man, she had to wonder why her heart didn't faster when he was near, but when Ron was near it was damn near heart attack levels.

Releasing her hand and getting to his feet. "Sorry this is such a short visit but I really need to be getting back. Maybe I can see you again."

Before Lana could react, he'd bent over and kissed her on the cheek. She would have had returned the kiss had she not caught a glimpse of the man standing behind Dick in the doorway.

Standing in the doorway with the same look she'd seen him give Davy was Ron. She'd never known what the expression 'facing the devil' meant until she saw him.

Dick must have noted her pallor because he turned and faced the door to find it empty. "Lana what's wrong, you look like you've seen a ghost."

"No, I'm okay, guess it was just a shadow." How the hell does he move that fast and that quietly?

Dick looked between her and the doorway. "You sure you're okay, you look a little pale."

Lana patted his arm, some of her color returning. "I'm fine Dick. Tell that friend of yours to stop by and see me."

"Will do, see you later."

Dropping back down in her chair she could only stare at the door, she knew this wasn't a good situation. The man who caused her heart to beat faster and all other kinds of other interesting physical reactions had just looked at her as if he hated her.

Lana shook her head, what right did he have to be upset, they never said anything about forever, or even for just right now. Did they? Dropping her head on the desk she realized she somehow had to find a way to talk to Lew, he'd know what to do.

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Nixon was on his way to see Lana when he collided with an extremely angry Speirs. Reaching out Nix was able to grab his arm before he passed.

"Ron, what the hell is wrong with you? You look like terrible, not to mention I think you would scare the devil with that look."

Jerking his arm away from Lew, he took a very deep breath and let it out slowly. "I'll tell you what is wrong; all women are cheats and users, that's what's wrong. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I've wasted enough time and I've men to lead."

Nixon watched him leave with a shocked expression on his face. He had no idea what was going on, but he was going to find out. Continuing on his way, he arrived at Lana's office to find her with her head on the desk.

"Alright sweetheart, would you kindly tell me why Speirs is ready to kill someone?"

When Lana raised her head, he could see her eyes were red and puffy from crying.

"I'll kill him" Turning Lew started back the way he'd came only to stop short when Lana grabbed his jacket and pulled him back into the office.

"No you're not. He didn't do anything wrong, he just saw something that he took the wrong way and before I could say anything he was gone."

Nixon pushed her back down into the chair, "take a deep breath and tell me from the beginning what happened."

Lana quickly took him through Winters' visit and Lew was impressed by the fact Dick was in on the plot to get them together, but he could clearly why Ron would be upset seeing Dick kiss her.

"Okay, I'll go see him later and try to calm him down, but we can't let him know that Dick is bluffing him. Calm down it'll be okay, I promise."

Lana could only hope that Nix was right, but one thing she already knew about Ronald Speirs, he was anything but predictable.

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"Look you bull headed idiot, you need to march back into the command post and actually talk to her instead of assuming what you saw was correct."

Nixon had spent the better part of an hour trying to first calm Speirs down and the remaining time he spent convincing him he needed to go back and talk to her. If the look on Speirs face was any indication, he was failing miserably.

"Look Nix, I know she's your friend and I appreciate you introducing me, but I can't stand the fact that the first minute I'm not around she's budding up to Winters."

Lew rubbed his hands through his hair in absolute frustration. "You really are crazy you know that. Up till now I just thought people were saying it to be funny, but now I think they're right, you're about to let what could be a great thing walk out of your life without even trying to clear up what is clearly a misunderstanding."

Ron took in what Lew said and thought about it. Maybe he had been wrong and it was nothing more than a friendly gesture on the part of Dick. "Okay, I'll go back and see her because in the end you're probably right."

Nixon's smile was huge. "Trust me; you're going to be very happy you did."

Speirs grunted in response, grabbed his weapon and started the walk back to Horton's CP.

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She'd been sitting at her desk staring into space ever since Lew left. Her desk had continued to pile up with paperwork, but nothing was getting done. Sighing she closed the door and locked it.

Glancing at the clock, she could see it was closing in on ten and she was so emotionally drained that nothing else would get done tonight. The only thing that was going to help this situation was sleep. Things always looked better in the morning.

Stripping down to her t-shirt and pants, she had just sat to take her boots off when someone knocked at the door. Sighing she looked at the clock again and thought long and hard about not answering, but her job came first.

Unlocking the door and opening it she expected to see Major Horton, instead Ron was standing there with a blank expression on his face and right at this moment she really didn't want to deal with him.

"What do you want now?"

She watched as his eyebrows creased into a frown and an unhappy look crossed his face.

"Well I'd like to come in and talk to you, if you'll let me."

Opening the door, she stepped back and let him in. Closing the door behind him, she leaned against it and watched as he surveyed her tiny room.

When she could take the silence no longer, "okay, you wanted in and you wanted to talk, so talk."

Propping his hip on her desk, "mind telling me why you felt the need to get friendly with Winters behind my back? Or is this common to find you in compromising situations with men?"

Ron knew he'd gone too far when he watched her eyes change from crystal blue to glacial in color.

Lana was moving before she even realized it and was stabbing her finger into his chest. "How dare you accuse me of something so horrible, when you know that isn't the case. You are just too selfish and self centered that you refuse to believe I did nothing wrong. Yet if I remember correctly, you showed up at my house wanting to kiss me."

Ron jerked his hand up to grab her wrist so she would stop stabbing him in the chest. "Lady, you need to back off right now. You're trying to shift your guilt on me and I did nothing wrong except show up and catch you trying to play house with Dick Winters."

Her free hand was moving before she could think and the crack of her palm meeting his cheek was deafening in the small room. Lana felt his hand tighten down on the wrist he was holding and she watched his jaw clench and unclench. Oh what have I done?

Ron stood up and crowded her with his body. "You're going to be sorry you did that." Without looking back he jerked the door open and was gone.

Lana slammed her palm on the closed door wanting to scream in frustration. How could one man drive her to complete madness? She'd never struck anyone in anger, but he deserved it. What was wrong with him, she'd done nothing wrong and he wasn't listening to her. Damn him, she did need this.

Dropping back on the bed she realized that sleep would be a long time in coming, she was so mad there was no way to calm down and talking to Nix was out of the question to the morning.

Sighing she closed her eyes and tried to calm herself. Maybe this was all for the best. Maybe what had happened back in England was momentary lust and nothing else, it was obvious that he didn't trust her, so what was the point.

She was starting to drift off when the sound of machine gun fire brought her to her feet and rushing for the door. The sight that greeted her was unexpected. Oh god, this can't be happening. "Nicht schessen, nicht schessen!"

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Okay, well hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and I think I know where I'm going in the next one, but as always I love advice and ideas.