This is the first chapter of my new story based on the movie Pearl Harbor with Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck.

Reviews are appreciated. As all ways I do not own Pearl Harbor or its characters I do however own my character Lindsay.

Thanks for reading,

~~Brittany2008

"Lindsay are you going to come with us tonight?" Betty asked as she practically bounced into my room one evening. I could tell she was excited about being in Hawaii, and to be honest so was I. I just didn't show it like she did.

"Of course I am Betty, I'm just trying to decide what I'm going to wear." I said as I went back to searching my closet. Betty walked over and looked as well.

"Ooh you should wear this one!" she said pulling out a simple sky blue dress. I took the dress from her and walked into the bathroom to change. Once I had the dress on I opened the door and walked back out into my room, and over to the full length mirror in the corner.

"It's perfect, thank you Betty." I told her as I gazed into the mirror. The dress fit me perfectly. It was shorter in length than a few of my dresses, falling to just above my knees. The fabric was light and airy and flowed when I walked. The top half was fitted so that it hugged my curves in just the right places, and the bottom half was free to move as I did. All in all it had to be one of my favorite dresses.

"Okay now you have to help Me." she said as she grabbed my hand and drug me out of the room behind her. It didn't take long to find Betty a dress and I was soon back in my room finishing getting ready. I had done my makeup and was brushing my long red curls when someone knocked on my door.

"Come in." I called as I sat the brush down.

"The girls wanted me to tell you that they will be leaving soon." Evelyn said as she walked into my room. She was smiling at me, but the expression didn't touch her eyes, they looked sad and lonely. My heart went out to her.

"Have you heard from him yet?" I asked her as I stood to find my shoes. Evelyn took the chair that I had just vacated.

"I received a letter this morning telling me that he made it to England safely, but that's all." She told me. See Evelyn's boyfriend, Rafe McCawley, had signed up to go overseas and fight in the war alongside the British. It had been three weeks since she had last seen him, and I knew that she missed him terribly.

"He will be okay Evelyn. Rafe is one of the best pilots I have ever seen. He will be home before you know it." I told her as I pulled my white heels on.

"I know it's just hard." She told me her eyes glazed over with unshed tears.

"Why don't you come with us tonight?" I asked her smiling softly.

"Not tonight but maybe tomorrow. Have fun tonight Lindsay." She said to me before leaving my room. I sighed and then stood and followed her out.

"So where exactly are we going tonight?" I asked no one in particular as the other girls and I climbed into the taxi that was sitting outside of our house.

"The Hula Hut" Barbra told me the smile on her face getting a little wider.

"Isn't that that bar that Red and his friends hang out at all the time, the one out on the beach?" Betty asked smiling again.

"Yep that's it." Martha said laughing softly at the excited expression that flooded Betty's face then. She had been quite taken with Red since she had first met him a few weeks ago in the city before coming to Hawaii.

Of course I hadn't been able to go that night, but I had heard all about it from Sandra. Along with an overview of how cute the guys were from Barbra.

The ride to the Hula Hut wasn't a very long one and soon we were climbing out of the taxi. I paid the driver and then followed after the girls. None of whom had waited on me. When I finally reached the bar I was amazed at how open it was.

It looked like a giant deck with a roof and a bar along the far side. There were a few tables and chairs but for the most part it was a giant dance floor. I glanced around for the girls and once I had spotted them I made my way over to the table they were surrounding.

When I reached them I noticed that Betty was already talking to a man with bright red hair, Red I assumed. Barbra was sitting on the lap of a blond man that looked a little intimidated by her. Martha was dancing with someone already but I couldn't really see his face, and Sandra was sitting there looking kind of bored. Betty finally noticed me standing there and smiled at me before speaking.

"Red I want you to meet a friend of mine, this is Lindsay. Lindsay this is Red." She said beaming. I could tell she was falling for Red, and fast.

"It's nice to meet you Red." I said smiling at him, He smiled back. "It's n-n-nice to m-meet you t-t-too." He said stuttering heavily. I just smiled at him. My little brother used to stutter when he was nervous to so I was used to it.

I sat down in one of the empty chairs and looked around the bar. Barbra stood a few seconds later and headed off in the direction of the dance floor, dragging the blonde man along behind her. I watched them for a few minutes before someone else caught my eye.

Whoever he was he was tall, at least six feet, and was by far the best looking man in the whole place. I watched him as he moved between the tightly packed bodies of the dance floor and headed straight in our direction.

Once he had broken through the crowd he walked right over to our table and sat down. He was wearing a pair of kaki colored pants and a white t-shirt under an unbuttoned green shirt. His hair was cut short and was a shade of dark brown that also colored his eyes.

"Hey Red where did all the guys go?" he asked as he glanced around the bar.

"D-d-dancing" Red forced out. His friend nodded before lifting his beer bottle to his lips and taking a drink. His eyes fell on me as he sat his drink back down.

"Oh sorry, Danny this is my friend Lindsay. Lindsay this is Red's friend Danny. He's a pilot too." Betty said smiling at me.

"Hi" Danny said smiling as well. My eyes were drawn to his lips as he spoke and I couldn't help but imagine how they felt, how they tasted.

"Hi it's nice to meet you." I said once I had stopped staring at him. "Betty I'll be right back I'm going to go get a drink." I told her as I stood.

"I'll go with you, I need another one." Danny said as he stood, pointing at the empty bottle on the table. I smiled at him and then led the way to the bar.

When I finally reached in I sat on one of the many empty stools. Danny sat down next to me and waved at the bartender to get his attention before turning towards me. He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by the bartender.

"What can I get for ya?" the heavyset Hawaiian man asked us a warm smile on his face. That was one of the things I had noticed about the people here on Hawaii, they are always so nice.

"I'll have another beer and a…" Danny said glancing at me.

"I'll have a beer too." I told the bartender. He grabbed two cold bottles and sat them down in front of us. I glanced at Danny then only to see that he had a smile on his face as he took a drink of his beer. I took a drink as well and saw a funny expression cross his face.

"What?" I asked not understanding his expression.

"Nothing, I've just never met a woman that drinks beer before. Most of the time they order some type of fruity cocktail type of drink." He told me laughing softly.

"Well I'm not like most girls." I told him sliming as I took another drink.

"So how long have you been a pilot?"

"Most of my life actually, but I didn't join until I was eighteen. Rafe joined a year before me so I was lucky enough to be stationed on the same base that he was." He told me, his eyes darkening slightly when he mentioned of his friend. If I remembered correctly Evelyn had told me that Rafe's best friend was stationed here too, she must have been talking about Danny.

"How about you, how long have you been a nurse?" he asked me.

"Well my mother died when I was very young so I was raised by my father who was a retired navy pilot. He taught me everything he knew, and when my eighteenth birthday rolled around I seriously considered joining to be a pilot but I decided to be a nurse instead." I could tell he was surprised by my answer.

"Another surprise" he said smiling at me. I smiled back as I just shrugged my shoulders.

"So where are you from?" I asked him.

"Rafe and I lived next to each other in Tennessee. His dad had a few planes so I would spend most of my time over at his house. I never really spent much time at home. How about you, where are you from?" I saw a flash of emotion cross his face when he mentioned home, but I didn't really want to ask him about it. Something inside of me told me not to.

"I grew up on a farm in Indiana so I would spend most of my time playing around outside with the neighbor kids. So I guess I kind of know what it was like growing up where you did." I told him smiling at him again. We sat there for a few minutes longer just drinking our drinks before Danny spoke up again.

"Do you want to dance?" he asked me inclining his head in the direction of the dance floor.

"I would love to, but I should warn you I'm not the best dancer." I told him, he just smiled and stood up offering me his hand.

"Neither am I but I want to dance with you." He said as he pulled me onto the dance floor, right as a slow song came on.

Danny held onto my one hand as my free hand went to rest on his shoulder and his free hand moved to my waist. The feeling of his hand there sent shivers throughout my body. He pulled me close to him so that our chests were almost touching and then he just smiled at me as we danced along with the soft music.

After a second or two I let my body relax into his, my head falling forward slightly to rest on his chest as we danced.

My body seemed to just melt into his as we moved. It was like I was floating on a cloud. I had never felt this way before and to be honest it scared me a little.