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Sticks and Stones

By Assilem

Crabapple Cove, Maine May 1958

"I’m home!" Hawkeye yelled as he walked through his front door. Two-year-old Cassandra ran up to him and flung herself into his arms

"DADDY!"

"Hi Princess, where’s mommy?"

"She’s changing one of the babies."

"Which one?"

"I dunno her name yet."

Hawkeye laughed at his eldest daughter’s confession. "Well where’s the other one?"

"Oh, she’s in there." Cassandra pointed to the living room where she emerged. "Mommy told keep an eye on her."

"Well are you?" He asked walking into the living room to see a dark hair child lying on a blanket.

"Um…I cant cause my eyes are in my head." She stated pointing to her eye.

"I see. Well hello there Cora, and how is my Baby Girl doing tonight?" He asked the three-week-old, she just smiled at him. "That good, huh? Well what do you say we go and find your mother? Come on Princess." Hawkeye stood up with Cora still in his arms and walked towards the door with Cassandra. They walked out and turned around to find Margaret coming down the stairs talking to Alice.

"Hi. How was your day?" Margaret asked giving him a quick kiss.

"Great! You won’t believe you called me today. I’ll give you three guesses and the first two don’t count."

"I don’t know." She said walking back into the living room and sitting down in an armchair. "Her hand me Cora, and you take Alice."

"Okay, why?" He asked switching babies.

"Because Cora hasn’t eaten yet, and Alice has. So who called you?"

"A name that might not ring a bell. ‘Chuckles’!"

"Charles!?"

"The one and only. And you won’t believe this, but he’s married! And has a two year old!"

"You’re joking?"

"Daddy, what’s name?"

"Her name is Emma, and Charles married a Charlotte."

"Why did he call?"

"He didn’t say, but I think that he misses us."

"I doubt it."

"Are you kidding Margaret? He was as close as any of us."

"Okay maybe, so what did you talk about?"

"Well Peg has the idea we should have a five year reunion, and apparently Colonel Potter and Radar knew about it, so I read him the letters, and then we talked about stuff."

"Wow, I cant believe that Charles of all people would call you, I would have thought it would have been the other way around."

"Yeah I hate to say I really do, but I missed him."

"I know you did."

"How?"

"I know you to well Benjamin Franklin. Now would you give me giving these three baths? Cassandra baby, would you go and get three towels while we get the bath ready?"

"Yes mommy." Cassandra said and kissed her mother and ran off.

"Come on Pierce, let’s get these children washed up, and put to bed."

"Okay, only if I can hold Cora."

"What the difference? Of which child you hold I mean?"

"Nothing. Not a thing!" He quickly reassured her. Margaret just rolled her eyes and made her way up the stairs.

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