Disclaimer: I don't own the characters but I wouldn't mind if I did own Josh...haha anyways I know this plot has been done over and over again but I happen to like these stories so...here's my attempt at one. Enjoy.
Chapter 1- In Dreams
She stared out the train's window again for what must have been the third time in the past five minutes. Everyone at the station looked so happy. They met up with their loved ones while she felt alone. The other nurses gossiped and told why they joined the navy. Most of them did it to see the world or meet guys, but she was there because it was her last option. Her brother and his best friend were doing what they loved best which she was stuck being a nurse because they didn't allow girls to be pilots. It was "too dangerous." She sighed with frustration remembering how at home nobody cared if she flew. She didn't understand why it was such a big deal...
"Chelle, have you fixed that plane yet?" Her brother asked for what seemed like the hundredth time.
"Rafe your so impatient..." she mumbled as she tightened the last bolt and marveled at her work. "There Rafe all done, but you hafta keep up with your end of the bargain. I get to fly it first!" she said as she hopped in.
"Fine, but make it quick." Rafe said. She just smiled and took off.
"Some things never change Rafe..." Danny said.
The memory started to fade like dust in the wind.
"Michelle! Michelle! Earth to Michelle!" Martha said as she waved her hand in her face.
"Huh? Oh...sorry. What was the question?" she stuttered coming back to reality.
"I think she was thinking of that Danny boy..." Sandra whispered.
"No. I was thinking about home. Good 'ol Shelby, Tennessee..." she said dreamily.
All of the girls looked at her weird and began to talk again about how many soldiers there were and which ones were cute or not. That's when the train came to a halt and they made heir destination. Everyone began to collect their things and exit the train. Michelle sighed and got off of the train with the rest of the girls. The first thing she saw was her brother and Evelyn rejoining after the long few weeks or so of not seeing each other. She just looked around, but something caught her eye. Someone was walking towards her.
"Michelle?" He questioned.
"Danny?" She asked back.
"Wow, um, it's been a long time. How are you?" Danny said.
"It hasn't been a long time. I saw you a few weeks ago, but I'm pretty good how about yourself?" She replied.
"Pretty good. Been really busy. But we missed you. Rafe and I... I mean..." He stuttered. She obviously didn't talk to girls much.
She cut him off, "Danny I missed you too." She put her arms around him and gave him a hug.
She didn't know why he was being so nervous. She saw him at the physical exam a few weeks ago.
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Michelle laughed as Martha stabbed her latest victim with the needle. She rubbed his red butt as he began to walk away. All the nurses laughed at this. It obviously wasn't funny to him.
Two pilots walked by. "Hey Michelle, isn't that your brother? Who's that cute guy next to him?"
"Jesus," she whispered.
"Someone's got a crush," Barbara said teasingly. Michelle's cheek turned scarlet as she tried to hide from them. "I was just joking..." But then she saw her cheeks. "Omigosh, you really do like him don't you?"
"I really don't think he likes me back," she mumbled. "Besides Rafe would kill me if he knew I liked Danny..."
"Ooo, they're coming our way hun." Barbara whispered.
Rafe went to Martha while Danny went to Michelle. She tried not to blush as she took his chart. This was a really awkward way of getting reacquainted with your best friend...
Danny looked at the nurse. She looked familiar where has he seen her before. His eyes widened in surprise. "Michelle?" He questioned.
"Um, hi Danny. Nice to see you again." She whispered. "Drop your skivvies." She began to clean the needle as Barbara and Betty glanced a peek at Danny. She gave him the shot and heard him yelp. "Omigod I'm so sorry. Did I poke too deep?"
"No, no it's fine. You just surprised me that's all." He said and she pulled up his boxers. "I'll see you later Michelle."
"Bye," she said quietly and waved.
"Hey, um, Michelle?" he began.
"Yes Danny?" she said.
"Would you like to catch up for coffee or something later?" He asked shyly.
"That would be lovely," she said dreamily.
"Ok, I'll, um, see you later then." He said as he left.
"I thought you said he didn't like you?" Barbara questioned.
"It's just to catch up. Nothing big." She said and she began to clean the needle for the next patient.
"Michelle, go to the eye exam table please." One of the nurses said.
"Ok," she said as she got up to walk to the eye exam table. She went there just in time to see Rafe sweet talk the nurse already there.
"Ma'am, I'm never gonna be an English teacher. But I know why I'm here. To be a pilot. You don't dogfight with manuals, and you don't fly with gauges. It's all about feeling and speed and letting that plane become like a part of your body. And that manual says that a guy who's a slow reader can't be a good pilot, that file says I'm the best pilot in this room." Rafe bent down. "Ma'am please, don't take my wings."
"Evelyn, rotate to station 3." She stamped approved on his folder and walked to the next station.
Michelle sat down and blushed, "Hi again Danny."
"Hi," he said smiling shyly.
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His breath was caught in his throat as he saw Michelle walk down the stairs. Rafe by his side. "You sure ya wanna do this Rafe?" He asked.
"I'm sure. Keep an eye on Chelle for me will ya?" He said as he walked over to Evelyn.
"Hi Danny," she said walking over to him.
"Hi Michelle, you ready?"
"Yeah," she said as they walked together arm and arm to the coffee shop down the street.
"Aww isn't that romantic?" Betty said dreamily.
"And she said that he didn't like her," Barbara said shaking her head. All the girls giggled as they walked off.
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Michelle couldn't help but wonder about Rafe as they sat down in the small café. She stirred her coffee with a spoon and sighed. She needed to stop worrying about her brother and focus more on herself. She looked across the table to see Danny looking back at her. She looked down again and blushed self-consciously. It was hard to believe that she was once a tomboy working with her brother and Danny on planes every night after supper. She felt something touch her hand and she looked up to see Danny.
"Don't worry about Rafe. He can take care of himself. I promise," he said reading her mind. He always seemed to know what she was thinking, but she wasn't sure how.
She nodded in response "I'm sorry..." she said quietly as two tears ran down her face.
Danny softened, "Michelle? I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry..."
"It's not you," she sniffled "The first time I get to see my big brother for years and he ends up spending it with one of my friends who he just met today..."
"I'm sorry..." Danny whispered as he patted her hand.
"It's not your fault," she whispered. She looked across to table to see his dark brown eyes looking right back at her.
"Danny, I have to go. I'll see you soon ok?" she said kissing him on the cheek. "It was nice seeing you again. I hope to see you really soon." She took her jacket and purse and the bell rang as she walked out of the door into the newly fallen snow. Snowflakes were dancing all around her as she signaled for a cab. 'I'm falling for him...' she thought.
'I'm falling for her,' He thought. 'Rafe's gonna kill me...' He watched her brown ringlets bounce as she stepped into the cab and out of his life...for now.
A/N: Well, that's the first chapter. I'm going to try to get the next one up as soon as possible. Please give me feedback because if I don't get reviews I won't write the next chapter. Just getting one review makes my day and the reviewer's opinion is the most important. Thanks for reading and the next chapter should be up shortly.
-Greenfairie
Chapter 1- In Dreams
She stared out the train's window again for what must have been the third time in the past five minutes. Everyone at the station looked so happy. They met up with their loved ones while she felt alone. The other nurses gossiped and told why they joined the navy. Most of them did it to see the world or meet guys, but she was there because it was her last option. Her brother and his best friend were doing what they loved best which she was stuck being a nurse because they didn't allow girls to be pilots. It was "too dangerous." She sighed with frustration remembering how at home nobody cared if she flew. She didn't understand why it was such a big deal...
"Chelle, have you fixed that plane yet?" Her brother asked for what seemed like the hundredth time.
"Rafe your so impatient..." she mumbled as she tightened the last bolt and marveled at her work. "There Rafe all done, but you hafta keep up with your end of the bargain. I get to fly it first!" she said as she hopped in.
"Fine, but make it quick." Rafe said. She just smiled and took off.
"Some things never change Rafe..." Danny said.
The memory started to fade like dust in the wind.
"Michelle! Michelle! Earth to Michelle!" Martha said as she waved her hand in her face.
"Huh? Oh...sorry. What was the question?" she stuttered coming back to reality.
"I think she was thinking of that Danny boy..." Sandra whispered.
"No. I was thinking about home. Good 'ol Shelby, Tennessee..." she said dreamily.
All of the girls looked at her weird and began to talk again about how many soldiers there were and which ones were cute or not. That's when the train came to a halt and they made heir destination. Everyone began to collect their things and exit the train. Michelle sighed and got off of the train with the rest of the girls. The first thing she saw was her brother and Evelyn rejoining after the long few weeks or so of not seeing each other. She just looked around, but something caught her eye. Someone was walking towards her.
"Michelle?" He questioned.
"Danny?" She asked back.
"Wow, um, it's been a long time. How are you?" Danny said.
"It hasn't been a long time. I saw you a few weeks ago, but I'm pretty good how about yourself?" She replied.
"Pretty good. Been really busy. But we missed you. Rafe and I... I mean..." He stuttered. She obviously didn't talk to girls much.
She cut him off, "Danny I missed you too." She put her arms around him and gave him a hug.
She didn't know why he was being so nervous. She saw him at the physical exam a few weeks ago.
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Michelle laughed as Martha stabbed her latest victim with the needle. She rubbed his red butt as he began to walk away. All the nurses laughed at this. It obviously wasn't funny to him.
Two pilots walked by. "Hey Michelle, isn't that your brother? Who's that cute guy next to him?"
"Jesus," she whispered.
"Someone's got a crush," Barbara said teasingly. Michelle's cheek turned scarlet as she tried to hide from them. "I was just joking..." But then she saw her cheeks. "Omigosh, you really do like him don't you?"
"I really don't think he likes me back," she mumbled. "Besides Rafe would kill me if he knew I liked Danny..."
"Ooo, they're coming our way hun." Barbara whispered.
Rafe went to Martha while Danny went to Michelle. She tried not to blush as she took his chart. This was a really awkward way of getting reacquainted with your best friend...
Danny looked at the nurse. She looked familiar where has he seen her before. His eyes widened in surprise. "Michelle?" He questioned.
"Um, hi Danny. Nice to see you again." She whispered. "Drop your skivvies." She began to clean the needle as Barbara and Betty glanced a peek at Danny. She gave him the shot and heard him yelp. "Omigod I'm so sorry. Did I poke too deep?"
"No, no it's fine. You just surprised me that's all." He said and she pulled up his boxers. "I'll see you later Michelle."
"Bye," she said quietly and waved.
"Hey, um, Michelle?" he began.
"Yes Danny?" she said.
"Would you like to catch up for coffee or something later?" He asked shyly.
"That would be lovely," she said dreamily.
"Ok, I'll, um, see you later then." He said as he left.
"I thought you said he didn't like you?" Barbara questioned.
"It's just to catch up. Nothing big." She said and she began to clean the needle for the next patient.
"Michelle, go to the eye exam table please." One of the nurses said.
"Ok," she said as she got up to walk to the eye exam table. She went there just in time to see Rafe sweet talk the nurse already there.
"Ma'am, I'm never gonna be an English teacher. But I know why I'm here. To be a pilot. You don't dogfight with manuals, and you don't fly with gauges. It's all about feeling and speed and letting that plane become like a part of your body. And that manual says that a guy who's a slow reader can't be a good pilot, that file says I'm the best pilot in this room." Rafe bent down. "Ma'am please, don't take my wings."
"Evelyn, rotate to station 3." She stamped approved on his folder and walked to the next station.
Michelle sat down and blushed, "Hi again Danny."
"Hi," he said smiling shyly.
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His breath was caught in his throat as he saw Michelle walk down the stairs. Rafe by his side. "You sure ya wanna do this Rafe?" He asked.
"I'm sure. Keep an eye on Chelle for me will ya?" He said as he walked over to Evelyn.
"Hi Danny," she said walking over to him.
"Hi Michelle, you ready?"
"Yeah," she said as they walked together arm and arm to the coffee shop down the street.
"Aww isn't that romantic?" Betty said dreamily.
"And she said that he didn't like her," Barbara said shaking her head. All the girls giggled as they walked off.
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Michelle couldn't help but wonder about Rafe as they sat down in the small café. She stirred her coffee with a spoon and sighed. She needed to stop worrying about her brother and focus more on herself. She looked across the table to see Danny looking back at her. She looked down again and blushed self-consciously. It was hard to believe that she was once a tomboy working with her brother and Danny on planes every night after supper. She felt something touch her hand and she looked up to see Danny.
"Don't worry about Rafe. He can take care of himself. I promise," he said reading her mind. He always seemed to know what she was thinking, but she wasn't sure how.
She nodded in response "I'm sorry..." she said quietly as two tears ran down her face.
Danny softened, "Michelle? I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you cry..."
"It's not you," she sniffled "The first time I get to see my big brother for years and he ends up spending it with one of my friends who he just met today..."
"I'm sorry..." Danny whispered as he patted her hand.
"It's not your fault," she whispered. She looked across to table to see his dark brown eyes looking right back at her.
"Danny, I have to go. I'll see you soon ok?" she said kissing him on the cheek. "It was nice seeing you again. I hope to see you really soon." She took her jacket and purse and the bell rang as she walked out of the door into the newly fallen snow. Snowflakes were dancing all around her as she signaled for a cab. 'I'm falling for him...' she thought.
'I'm falling for her,' He thought. 'Rafe's gonna kill me...' He watched her brown ringlets bounce as she stepped into the cab and out of his life...for now.
A/N: Well, that's the first chapter. I'm going to try to get the next one up as soon as possible. Please give me feedback because if I don't get reviews I won't write the next chapter. Just getting one review makes my day and the reviewer's opinion is the most important. Thanks for reading and the next chapter should be up shortly.
-Greenfairie