A/N THIS IS MY TAKE ON WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE MOVIE.I WILL CHANGE THINGS
TO FIT MY STORY. I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS.EXCEPT ONES I MIGHT MAKE
UP. EVELYN AND RAFE HAVE MET, BUT HAVE NOT EXPRESSED THEIR FEELINGS FOR
EACH OTHER.
ANYTHING THAT APPEARS IN BETWEEN TWO COLONS LIKE THIS :: SDSAKFH :: MEANS THAT IT IS SPOKEN OVER A HEADSET IN A PLANE.
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::RAFE.I'M NOT GONNA DO IT!! IN THESE PLANES.DOOLITTLE WOULD HAVE US KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY! THIS AINT THE FARM AND THESE AINT NO CROPDUSTERS!::
::C'MON DANNY! ITS JUST A LITTLE GAME OF CHICKEN! C'MON NOW.IM HEADED RIGHT TOWARD YOU AND YOU CAN EITHER TURN OR YOU CAN HIT ME! NOW IM GOIN RIGHT, RIGHT?::
::RIGHT, LIKE YOURE GOING RIGHT OR RIGHT LIKE WERE GOING LEFT?!?!::
::OH!! NOW YOU GOT ME ALL CONFUSED!::
::OK, WERE GOING RIGHT.RIGHTY TIGHTY!!::
ONLOOKERS ON THE GROUND GASPED AS THE TWO PLANES ZOOMED TOWARD EACH OTHER BUT TURNED IN TIME TO MISS EACH OTHER BY WHAT LOOKED LIKE TWO INCHES. THE TWO YOUNG ARMY PILOTS, DANNY WALKER AND RAFE McCAWLEY, LANDED THEIR PLANES AND APPROACHED EACH OTHER.
"RAFE.YOU SON OF A GUN! YOU ARE GONNA GET US IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!"
"JUST LIKE WHEN WE WERE KIDS, HUH, DANNY?' RAFE SAID AS HE EMBRACED DANNY IN A HUG.
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"OOOHH, EVELYN! YOU HAVE TO LET ME BORROW THAT SCARF FOR TONIGHT IN THE New YORK CITY!" CRIED BETTY, A YOUNG NAVY NURSE. "I HOPE THAT WELL BE ABLE TO MEET SOME SOLDIERS TONIGHT! THERE IS NOTHING CUTER THAN A MAN IN UNIFORM!"
EVELYN LOOKED AROUND THE HOTEL BATHROOM THAT THE 10 NAVY NURSES WERE SHARING. THEY WERE ALL GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT ON THE TOWN. SHE HAD SO MUCH ON HER MIND.SHE HAD HEARD THAT THE NAVY WAS SHIPPING THEM TO PEARL HARBOR, AND SHE HAD TO PACK; SHE WAS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT HER BROTHER, JOSH WHO WAS FIGHTING WITH THE EAGLE SQUADRON IN ENGLAND. WITH SO MANY THINGS ON HER MIND, WHY WAS SHE STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT PILOT SHE MET THE OTHER DAY?
AS IF READING HER MIND, CAROL SPOKE UP. "HEY, EVE, WHAT EVER HAPPENED ABOUT THAT PILOT WHO YOU MET? WASN'T HIS NAME RAFE? OR SOMETHING.I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER."
EVELYN REPLIED, "NOTHING HAPPENED.JUST BECAUSE I PASSED ONE PILOT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IM MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIM!" EVEN THOUGH HE WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND SWEET! SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF.
"C'MON, GIRLS WE HAVE TO HURRY OR WE WILL MISS OUR TRAIN!"
**************************************************** RAFE AND DANNY AND ABOUT 10 OF THE OTHER PILOTS ARRIVED IN THE CITY JUST AS THE SUN WAS SETTING OVER THE HARBOR. THEY WALKED BRISKLY TO THE CLUB DUE TO THE CHILL OF THE MID-FEBRUARY AIR. DANNY, BEING SHY NATURED AND QUIET, QUICKLY WALKED OVER TO A BOOTH AND SAT DOWN. RAFE FOLLOWED AS THE REST OF THE MEN BEGAN WOMEN HUNTING.
"DANNY, WHAT'S WRONG?" RAFE ASKED WITH A LOOK OF CONCERN ON HIS FACE.
"OH, ITS NOTHING REALLY RAFE, I WAS JUST THINKING." DANNY REPLIED QUIETLY
"ABOUT WHAT??" RAFE PRODDED.
"WELL, WERE 25 YEARS OLD! WERE PRACTICALLY OLD MEN! AND WE SIT HERE WITHOUT ANYTHING! WHY ARE WE EVEN FIGHTING THIS WAR! WE HAVE NOTHING TO COME HOME TO! TAKE A LOOK ALL AROUND YOU! EVERYONE WE KNOWS GETTING MARRIED, SETTLING DOWN..FALLING IN LOVE.THAT'S ALL I WANT! SOMEONE TO COME HOME TO!"
"DANNY! YOU HAVE ME! WERE FAMILY! BROTHERS! I DON'T CALL THAT NOTHING! AND BESIDES..I HAVENT FOUND THAT ONE GIRL YET EITHER!" EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS THAT NURSE THAT I JUST CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT.THE COLOR OF HER EYES, HER KINDNESS, HER BEAUTY, HER. RAFE WAS SNAPPED OUT OF HIS DREAM WHEN DANNY STARTED TALKING AGAIN.
"I KNOW. BUT FACE IT.IM DESTINED TO DIE ALONE, NEVER HAVING LOVED ANYONE." ******************************************************************
ANYTHING THAT APPEARS IN BETWEEN TWO COLONS LIKE THIS :: SDSAKFH :: MEANS THAT IT IS SPOKEN OVER A HEADSET IN A PLANE.
****************************************************************
::RAFE.I'M NOT GONNA DO IT!! IN THESE PLANES.DOOLITTLE WOULD HAVE US KICKED OUT OF THE MILITARY! THIS AINT THE FARM AND THESE AINT NO CROPDUSTERS!::
::C'MON DANNY! ITS JUST A LITTLE GAME OF CHICKEN! C'MON NOW.IM HEADED RIGHT TOWARD YOU AND YOU CAN EITHER TURN OR YOU CAN HIT ME! NOW IM GOIN RIGHT, RIGHT?::
::RIGHT, LIKE YOURE GOING RIGHT OR RIGHT LIKE WERE GOING LEFT?!?!::
::OH!! NOW YOU GOT ME ALL CONFUSED!::
::OK, WERE GOING RIGHT.RIGHTY TIGHTY!!::
ONLOOKERS ON THE GROUND GASPED AS THE TWO PLANES ZOOMED TOWARD EACH OTHER BUT TURNED IN TIME TO MISS EACH OTHER BY WHAT LOOKED LIKE TWO INCHES. THE TWO YOUNG ARMY PILOTS, DANNY WALKER AND RAFE McCAWLEY, LANDED THEIR PLANES AND APPROACHED EACH OTHER.
"RAFE.YOU SON OF A GUN! YOU ARE GONNA GET US IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!"
"JUST LIKE WHEN WE WERE KIDS, HUH, DANNY?' RAFE SAID AS HE EMBRACED DANNY IN A HUG.
**************************************************************
"OOOHH, EVELYN! YOU HAVE TO LET ME BORROW THAT SCARF FOR TONIGHT IN THE New YORK CITY!" CRIED BETTY, A YOUNG NAVY NURSE. "I HOPE THAT WELL BE ABLE TO MEET SOME SOLDIERS TONIGHT! THERE IS NOTHING CUTER THAN A MAN IN UNIFORM!"
EVELYN LOOKED AROUND THE HOTEL BATHROOM THAT THE 10 NAVY NURSES WERE SHARING. THEY WERE ALL GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT ON THE TOWN. SHE HAD SO MUCH ON HER MIND.SHE HAD HEARD THAT THE NAVY WAS SHIPPING THEM TO PEARL HARBOR, AND SHE HAD TO PACK; SHE WAS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT HER BROTHER, JOSH WHO WAS FIGHTING WITH THE EAGLE SQUADRON IN ENGLAND. WITH SO MANY THINGS ON HER MIND, WHY WAS SHE STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT PILOT SHE MET THE OTHER DAY?
AS IF READING HER MIND, CAROL SPOKE UP. "HEY, EVE, WHAT EVER HAPPENED ABOUT THAT PILOT WHO YOU MET? WASN'T HIS NAME RAFE? OR SOMETHING.I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER."
EVELYN REPLIED, "NOTHING HAPPENED.JUST BECAUSE I PASSED ONE PILOT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IM MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIM!" EVEN THOUGH HE WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND SWEET! SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF.
"C'MON, GIRLS WE HAVE TO HURRY OR WE WILL MISS OUR TRAIN!"
**************************************************** RAFE AND DANNY AND ABOUT 10 OF THE OTHER PILOTS ARRIVED IN THE CITY JUST AS THE SUN WAS SETTING OVER THE HARBOR. THEY WALKED BRISKLY TO THE CLUB DUE TO THE CHILL OF THE MID-FEBRUARY AIR. DANNY, BEING SHY NATURED AND QUIET, QUICKLY WALKED OVER TO A BOOTH AND SAT DOWN. RAFE FOLLOWED AS THE REST OF THE MEN BEGAN WOMEN HUNTING.
"DANNY, WHAT'S WRONG?" RAFE ASKED WITH A LOOK OF CONCERN ON HIS FACE.
"OH, ITS NOTHING REALLY RAFE, I WAS JUST THINKING." DANNY REPLIED QUIETLY
"ABOUT WHAT??" RAFE PRODDED.
"WELL, WERE 25 YEARS OLD! WERE PRACTICALLY OLD MEN! AND WE SIT HERE WITHOUT ANYTHING! WHY ARE WE EVEN FIGHTING THIS WAR! WE HAVE NOTHING TO COME HOME TO! TAKE A LOOK ALL AROUND YOU! EVERYONE WE KNOWS GETTING MARRIED, SETTLING DOWN..FALLING IN LOVE.THAT'S ALL I WANT! SOMEONE TO COME HOME TO!"
"DANNY! YOU HAVE ME! WERE FAMILY! BROTHERS! I DON'T CALL THAT NOTHING! AND BESIDES..I HAVENT FOUND THAT ONE GIRL YET EITHER!" EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS THAT NURSE THAT I JUST CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT.THE COLOR OF HER EYES, HER KINDNESS, HER BEAUTY, HER. RAFE WAS SNAPPED OUT OF HIS DREAM WHEN DANNY STARTED TALKING AGAIN.
"I KNOW. BUT FACE IT.IM DESTINED TO DIE ALONE, NEVER HAVING LOVED ANYONE." ******************************************************************
