A/N-On the episode, 'I'll be Seeing you', was when we were introduced to Bill Stillfiled. Charlene couldn't believe that her friends weren't playing a joke on her by Bill being a Colonel so she kept calling the Air Force base to see if he was real, Bill made up a joke that backfired when Charlene had a weird WW 2 dream.
This is my story to show how things turned out for Bill and Charlene after that joke.
THERE WILL BE NO LAUGH TRACK IN THIS ONE.
Charlene and Bill were walking through a cemetery in somewhere outside of Atlanta. The cemetery was old and forgotten with leaves blowing...grass overgrown.
Charlene had her arm wrapped up in Bill's as they were walking down a row of graves and then Charlene asked,
"Why are we here Bill?"
He looks at her quickly then back at the graves and says,
"I really don't know, after I told General Macy that stupid joke that I played on you. He gave me this name of this cemetery and told me to come…wouldn't tell me why"
After turning and going down another row, Charlene suddenly stops. Bill notices and she says,
"Bill?" "Yes?" He asks.
Charlene motions for him to look at a headstone and his eyes go out. The military issued headstone reads-Colonel William (Bill ) Stielfield.
Charlene asks,
"You are not playing another joke….are you?"
He says,
"No" "I didn't think you were" She tells him.
He then says,
"Look at the date"
She does and it says-'Born December 8th, 1884—Died August 6th, 1914.
Bill then says,
"He died ten days after the war started , he must have been some of the first ones killed"
They both go in silence looking at the headstone and a streak of tears comes from
Charlene's eyes and Bill steps back and gives him a military salute.
A/N—If you would, imagine Taps being played in the background.