Will We Ever Meet Again?

The Meeting

September 1943

The whole regiment finally stepped upon the Aldbourne ground at 1400 local time. Some people quickly decided that Aldbourne would be a good place, a much better place for them than Toccoa or Fort Benning, but some others were just simply too tired to consider about anything else other than finding a proper place to sleep. The men were quartered to live with local families in the village. One of the reasons was so that the men could adjust faster with the custom ways of living there.

And it was no different with the men from Easy Company. After got briefed about what they would do the next day, they were given the information about which family each of them would be living with. As it turned out, Joe Liebgott, along with Wayne "Skinny" Sisk, was going to live with the Blake family. Soon, all the men were dismissed to find and meet their new "families".

It wasn't hard for Liebgott and Skinny to find the Blakes' address. They hesitated a bit before knocking on the front door of the house.

"Do it, Joe," Sisk told Liebgott.

Liebgott turned his head immediately. "What? No, you do it."

"Alright, alright!" Sisk muttered after taking the last puff of his cigarette and threw it onto the ground. He shot a quick glance at Liebgott before knocking. First knock, nothing. Second knock, nothing. After the third knock, the door opened. A beautiful brunette lady, probably in her mid-30s, appeared in the doorway to see who was knocking. She looked confused at first, but after looking at the men up and down, she immediately recognized who the two men were. She smiled at them.

"Hello," she greeted them warmly. "You must be the Yanks."

Sisk smiled and nodded. "Yes, Ma'am. My name's Wayne Sisk, and this is..." he gestured to Liebgott.

"My na-"

"Joseph Liebgott?" The lady apparently already knew their names.

Liebgott smiled politely. "Yes, Ma'am."

"Well, my name is Lisa Blake, and welcome to our house!" she said in a more cheerful tone. "Come on in!" she ushered them inside the house and closed the door behind.

She guided them to her living room. "That's my husband," she pointed to one of many the photographs hanging on the wall. "He's now fighting the war, too," she said a bit grimly. "Just like you two." She added, smiling.

The two men didn't really know what to say, so they just nodded.

"Where is he now, Ma'am? If I may ask," Liebgott asked very carefully, not wanting to make the lady even sadder.

"He's in the Pacific," she shrugged and chuckled softly. "Long way from home."

Again, Liebgott and Sisk could only nod. For a few seconds, everyone seemed busy with their minds, and even Lisa stared at the window vacantly.

"Ah! Me and my mind," she laughed a bit. "You must be so tired after the long trip. Let me show you your room." She walked upstairs with the two men following.

She stopped in front of one door and turned to her guests. "Here's your room. I hope it's big enough for you two." Then she opened the door. "I guess I'll leave you to rest now." She smiled again.

"Thank you so much, Ma'am," Sisk smiled gratefully. "We'll try not to give you much of a trouble."

Lisa laughed and tapped his shoulder lightly. "No, I'm sure you won't." She smiled reassuringly at both men before leaving. "Now, have a rest. See you at dinner."

"Thanks again, Ma'am." Liebgott said before dragging his luggage inside the room.

As soon as they got into the room, Liebgott immediately threw himself to the big comfortable bed.