Audrea's eyes slowly cracked open, wincing shut when the bright sunlight reached them. She groaned and attempted to sit up, hissing as pain shot through her left arm. She closed her eyes and steadied her breathing, hearing someone rustling around next to her.

"Oh…you're finally awake." Ulmer smiled at Audrea when she looked at him. She shifted as she leaned on her arms, looking around at the forest that surrounded them. "What happened?"

Ulmer cocked an eyebrow at her. "You don't remember?"

"I remember getting shot in the shoulder by some Germans…that's about it." She looked over at Ulmer and shrugged her shoulders. He nodded at her and sighed. "Well…when Donny brought you back to camp you were beat up pretty bad and bleeding everywhere. I stitched up your shoulder and you were out the rest of the night."

Audrea stared ahead of her and nodded, taking all of the information in. She moved her hand up to rub her face when she felt something over her body. She looked at the sleeve that covered her arm and cocked an eyebrow, looking down at the jacket covering her frame. "What am I wearing?"

Ulmer chuckled and pointed at the jacket with a smirk. "That's Donny's jacket. Poor guy's been a complete wreck ever since you got hurt and he hasn't left your side since Raine forced him to take a walk this morning," Ulmer nodded to himself and went back to organizing his medical pack. "You should thank him. I think he went to find his bat that he left in the woods last night, so you'll find him around there."

"Thanks, Ulmer…and stop smirking. You're really freaking me out." Audrea made a face at him as she placed a hand to the stitches on her shoulder. Ulmer laughed and rustled around in his medical pack. "I can't help it. You guys are…cute together?"

Audrea rolled her eyes as Ulmer thought over what he said, pulling out a syringe from his pack. He flicked the tube as he held it up. "That reminds me," He motioned toward the hand Audrea was holding to her shoulder. "You're due up for a morphine shot since the last one's about to wear off."

Audrea sighed and nodded as he walked over to her, leaning down and gingerly placing a hand on her bicep. He smiled at her as he held the syringe in a ready position by her shoulder. "Now…don't punch me in the face when I poke this needle in your arm."

Audrea shot Ulmer an annoyed look. "Just poke me with the damn thing so I can go look for Donowitz."

"Pushy, pushy…" Ulmer mocked her and then shoved the needle into her shoulder making her let out a yelp as he laughed.

Twigs and leaves could be heard crunching under Audrea's boots as she walked through the woods in search of Donny. His jacket was clutched tightly in her arms as her eyes scanned the vast area full of lush trees. She sighed as she looked down at the ground, whipping her gaze back up when she heard something crack. She walked towards the sound and came across Donny hitting rocks with his bat and mumbling to himself in a small clearing.

"I can't believe I let her get hurt…" Donny's face scrunched in anger as he picked up another rock and threw it in the air, smacking it with his bat and watching it ricochet off of a tree. The sound of crunching leaves made Donny turn around in surprise, his eyes going wide when he saw Audrea slowly making her way towards him. "Audrea?"

She smiled at him and stopped in front of him, gazing up at him as he looked down at her in slight confusion and dropped his bat. "You're using my actual name. Means you might actually like me."

She chuckled to herself as he remained silent. He reached a hand back and rubbed his neck, looking anywhere but her face as he gave a sheepish smile. "Yeah…" He lifted his eyes to meet hers and smirked. "You used my name last night before you completely blacked out. Does that mean you don't actually hate me and we can be on a first name basis?"

Audrea thought for a moment and then shrugged. "I don't know…I kind of like saying Donowitz. Makes me feel like I can boss your ass around."

Donny cocked an eyebrow. "The same could be said for me, Falco."

Audrea rolled her eyes as Donny smirked, liking the way he could always get under her skin. His light mood was short-lived however when his eyes met the jacket draped over her arms. "You know…I'm sorry I let that happen to you last night."

Audrea followed Donny's gaze and looked down at the jacket in her arms, shaking her head and reaching a hand out to cup the side of his jaw. "It wasn't your fault. How were we supposed to know that those bastards would shoot blindly into the trees?" She chuckled as his eyes met hers. "Plus…this is the first time I've ever been hit and it's kind of…exciting. Means I'm human after all."

Donny searched her face as she continued to smile at him She removed her hand from his jaw and held the jacket out towards him. "I thought you would want this back."

He looked down at the jacket and shook his head, grabbing it and then draping it over her shoulders. "No, you keep it. As long as you have it you'll be reminded of me."

She cocked an eyebrow at him and grinned. "Are you trying to say that you want me to think about you all the time or possibly just visit you?"

He smirked at her. "Something like that."

"You're such a cocky ass, you know that?" She punched him in the arm and he glared at her, rubbing the spot. "And you're an abuser…so that's worse."

"Abuser my ass…" Audrea mumbled to herself as she rolled her eyes, feeling Donny's arms snake around her waist and pull her into his body. He brought his hand to her face as their eyes met. "There's been something I've wanted to tell you…and after thinking about it last night and after what happened to you…I think it's only right to tell you now."

Audrea nodded at him, reaching a hand up to straighten out the front of his wife beater. "You can tell me anything."

"I love you." Donny didn't miss a beat as he stared at her. Audrea's hand ceased in its actions and her heart rate increased dramatically. She didn't know if she heard him right, or if it was just some sick figment of her imagination that would make him say that because she wanted it so badly. Donny began to slightly panic when Audrea remained silent for more than a few moments. "Audrea…did you hear me? I said I love you."

It wasn't my imagination. Audrea's eyes shot up to lock with his and her mouth fell open slightly, screaming at herself to say something back to him. "I…"

Audrea mentally slapped herself and snapped her mouth shut, chuckling and then grinning up at Donny. "I love you, too…"

Donny felt relief wash over him as he pulled Audrea even closer to him in a tight embrace, her arms wrapping around his back. "You have no idea how happy I am to hear you say that."

They pulled apart slightly to look at each other, Donny reaching his hands up to hold Audrea's face. She gave him a genuine smile as he leaned in towards her and placed his lips to hers.

This time Audrea knew what emotion was apparent in the kiss.

"This ain't gonna work. I don't look like no god damned eye-talian!"

Raine's face scrunched into a look of disgust as he inspected his appearance in the mirror. He spun once and groaned, running a hand through his dirty-blonde hair. "I ain't got no eye-talian man's hair-"

"You will be fine, I assure you." Bridget moved into the main room of the house the Basterds and she were using to dress for the premiere, searching through a small pocketbook she held. Raine looked back at her and grumbled, adjusting his suit jacket. "You had better be right…"

The door to the right of Raine slowly opened and Audrea stepped into the room. Bridget and Raine looked at Audrea as her eyes cast downward, smoothing out the long gown she was wearing. She bit her lip and then cast her gaze towards a smiling Bridget and a smirking Raine. "I haven't worn a dress since I was a little girl, let alone one this expensive and fancy."

Bridget let out an excited squeak and placed her pocketbook on a side table, moving swiftly over towards Audrea and ushering her quickly to the front of the mirror. She shooed Raine away from the mirror and then stood Audrea in front of it, beaming widely from her position behind the female soldier. "My dear you look absolutely stunning!"

Audrea felt a slight blush form on her cheeks and looked down towards the floor only to have her chin lifted by Bridget. Audrea's eyes met her reflection in the mirror and, had she not known it was herself, would have never recognized the woman standing in front of her. Her face now donned perfectly applied makeup and her hair fell full to one side in her signature loose ringlets, only this time they looked a lot more shiny and glamorous; an upgrade from the dust-covered ringlets she donned out on the battlefield.

Her eyes cast downward to the dress that covered her body, taking in the full length. The gunmetal-colored strapless dress hugged her curves all the way down to the slit that hit at her left hip and exposed her left leg. The right side of the dress hit the floor just enough to pool slightly at her feet. Her strappy red heels were a signature for Bridget and she had insisted Audrea wear a pair.

"Well, shit. You do clean up quite nicely." Raine shot Audrea a grin as she rolled her eyes in return, smiling.

"I've got one last touch up to do to my makeup before we head over to the theater, so give me just a moment," Bridget shook her head back and forth and scrunched her eyebrows together as she moved quickly into the bathroom. "And where the hell are the other two?"

Raine and Audrea shrugged at each other as Audrea lifted her left leg onto a small table in the middle of the room. She grabbed her knife carrier from the dresser behind her and began strapping it to her thigh, ceasing her actions when she heard Raine clear his throat. She looked up at him as his eyebrow rose and he pointed at the carrier. "Don't you think they'd see that hangin' off yer' leg?"

Audrea paused for a moment before lifting the right side of her dress up, being careful not to lift it up too far, and exposing the pistol harness strapped to her right thigh. "Right leg's been taken."

"You think tonight will need that sort of endin'?" Raine looked at Audrea expectantly as she shrugged, continuing to strap the knife carrier to her left thigh. "I'm always prepared for any kind of situation, sir."

Audrea had just snapped the carrier into place when the bedroom door opposite of Raine opened and Ulmer and Donny stepped out, adjusting the ties on their freshly pressed suits. Donny's eyes wandered over to Audrea just in time to see her smooth out the left side of her dress and remove her leg from the table, standing straight and adjusting the dress once more.

"Wow…" Donny was breathless as he looked over Audrea, her eyes darting up to see him staring at her. Ulmer heard the mumble come from Donny and he looked over, his jaw going slightly slack and his eyes wide at the sight of Audrea completely made-over.

Audrea swallowed hard and then crossed her arms over her chest, feeling a bit uncomfortable over the long stares. "Are you both quite done?"

Both of the men coughed awkwardly as they averted their eyes, Raine letting out a light chuckle at the situation. Bridget walked out of the bathroom not soon after the awkward incident and sighed, looking around at everyone stationed around the room. "Well…shall we?"