"Come on, Bill!" Ray called as she stopped by the train, "We'll miss our train!" Gene and Babe were already situated on the train, they were waiting for the other two. Bill grumbled under his breath before calling back to the blonde.

"We still have 30 minutes, doll!" he rolled his eyes, "Calm down!" However, Ray did not calm down. She was anxious, anxious to tell Luz and Liebgott about the news- but also worried on what would happen if she did- the sky was clear despite for the fact that the chilled wind nipped at Ray's nose. By now Bill was besides her, slipping an arm around her waist.

"Everything alright, doll?" he asked softly, his free hand brushing stray strands of hair out of her face.

"Everything's fine..." she blinked in response, "Ready to go?" she smiled, Bill nodded and the two of them were off. When they reached their booth they were met with Heffron and Roe's quarreling, Bill sighed and shook his head before taking a seat. Roe instantly shut up and smiled at Ray.

"Ça va bien?" the medic asked softly, Ray knew where the conversation going, whenever Roe spoke in French, she always knew.

"Oui... mais," she sighed in response, "J'ai très fatiguée..." Roe pursed his lips at this response and gave a quick nod, Ray needed her rest... The blonde's eyes fluttered closed, heavy with exhaustion, she yawned and leaned her head against Bill's shoulder and breathed softly. Time began to pass, the train buzzed past vast countrysides, it was hard to believe that there was a war going on.

--

The train stopped and Ray's eyes quickly fluttered open and Bill smiled softly at her, "Good morning, sunshine." he chuckled before getting up, "Ready to go?" he extended his hand to her which she took warmly. Everyone grabbed their belongings and shuffled out of the train, the four friends took a taxi back to base in Holland and met up with the others.

"George!" Ray spotted her friend and ran up to hug him, "Hey." George greeted her back and greeted the other three men behind her. The base was quiet throughout the weekend, Easy Company was going to jump into Bastogne later that night but first the men were going to watch a flick on the war efforts. One of Luz's favorites.

"Is Richie around?" Ray asked as coldly as she could.

"He's somewhere," Luz shrugged, "You gonna watch the movie with the rest of us?"

"Of course!" Bill chirped, his response followed by Babe and Roe. Bill wrapped his arm around Ray's shoulder, "You comin' doll?" Ray looked around hesitantly before nodding softly, and walking off with her friends.

--

All of Easy Company was sitting in darkness in a large tent, the only form of light coming from the film projector or individual flames from mens lighters and cigarettes. Men spoke in hushed voices as the movie hummed over them, Ray could pick up scattered conversations left and right, a certain voice could be picked up by the young blonde's ears.

"Hey, Skip," Perconte whispered to Warren 'Skip' Muck, "Where's Mal?"

"No clue," Skip replied with a shrug, "Said he'd be here." the smell of second hand smoke filled the air, Ray was concerned if even the scent of cigarette smoke would effect her child. The blonde was just about to leave when the voice of George Luz caught her attention.

"The costume department sent me!" the man muttered with an exaggerated accent, soon the screen repeated what he had said. The damn idiot was spoiling the movie.

"Shut up!" Ray heard Toye hiss, "I'm trying to watch the movie!"

"C'mon, Joe," George chuckled, "I've seen this movie, like, a hundred times!"

"Well I haven't," Lipton growled, "So shut it!" George grumbled a 'fine' and returned to the movie. It wasn't long after until he started running his mouth again.

"Heya, Skip!" Malarkey's voice entered the room, "How's it going?"

"We been looking all over for ya!" Skip hissed, "Where were ya?"

"SSSHH!!"

"I won at Craps." Malarkey replied, "Frank, here's the money I owe ya." the ginger passed a wad of paper bills to the short man next to Skip before the ginger snatched a cigarette wedged between Skip's ear.

"Lip! Lip!" the man tapped the other's shoulder, "Favorite part!" Lipton only glared back at Luz irritated, this didn't stop Luz from speaking.

"Got a penny?" He interjected, Lip rolled his eyes in annoyance and Toye gritted his teeth, "Got a penny?" George continued. "Gotta. Penny?" shortly after, the movie repeated what George had said. This amused the man quite a lot actually, except for his boyfriend and NCO sitting in front of him.

Ray sighed and shook her head before heading out to get some fresh air, on the path to the exit she bumped into a rather familiar tall and lanky ginger. Dick began apologizing formally until he noticed Ray standing in front of him.

"Rachel!" he gasped before straightening his jacket, "I've been looking for you actually. I wanted to talk to you."

"Richie," Ray nodded curtly, she was happy to see her brother but that didn't mean she wasn't still upset with him. "Hi." the siblings stood there in an awkward silence for what seemed like weeks, until Dick cleared his throat.

"I just wanted to say..." he sucked in a breath and gave his little sister a good look, as if this was the last time he'd see her, "I'm sorry for not being there for you..." He went on about how he was a terrible brother, Ray couldn't remember what was said exactly but it was something along those lines.

"...Do you forgive me?" Dick's voice brought Ray back to the present, "Racer?" he asked with pleading eyes. Ray blinked as she tried to get back to reality, scratched her neck and nodded.

"Yeah," she smiled, "Yeah, I forgive you. Hey, I gotta go, need some fresh air. Talk again later?" Dick was shocked by this response, it wasn't like Ray to be so curt, he nodded. Ray started walking away without looking back at her brother, the ginger felt as if he had just been shot, Dick walked away somberly but was quickly stopped when a pair of familiar arms tightly wrapped around him.

"I love you," it was Ray, she had pulled him into a last minute hug, "Big brother." Dick smiled and felt his heart flutter with joy.

"I love you too, Racer."