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Note: This might be historically inaccurate.

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At The Beginning

The day I became Mrs. Walker, it felt like my whole world gave a 180 degree turn. My marriage had a downfall in the hands of a woman, I once considered a friend...a sister. However if I thought that was the worst thing, that would've possibly happened I was dead wrong! But before I get ahead of my story let's go back to a much earlier time and place.

I still remember cold winter winds on a sunny day. As a Navy Nurse I was assigned to check vaccination applications and give them out as well. I was in my early twenties, doing what I loved the most. Considering I came from a dark and cruel background. As a child saving people was what I loved doing most. The only person who knew about my past so far, was my childhood friend and fellow nurse Evelyn Johnson.

As the day was halfway over, I had gone through almost a hundredths of young recruits. I was exhausted! Especially with those annoying young men who constantly flirted with me. Yes it was flattering, but quite annoying. So I made sure the vaccination part of the medical test was a nightmare. However one pilot in particular, caught my eye. He'd seem lost?

"Can I see your vaccine records, please?" I said as he was looking down the whole time. I raised a brow and waited for a response. "Uhm, sir?" I said.

"I-I forgot it..." He murmured, as I raised both my eyebrows.

"Excuse me? did you say you forgot it?" I repeated.

"Yes" He nodded, as he approached my desk pretty quickly.

"I'm sorry but I can't sign this slip without your records, Lieutenant." I firmly said as I got the 'Medical Rejection' stamp and hovered it over his file.

"Please don't stamp that on my file. I'll bring my records, but please don't stamp my file." He stuttered a couple of times and seemed very nervous.

I sighed.

"Fine. Please bring your records before the clinic closes." I said letting him off the hook, by giving him a serious look.

"Thank you, ma'am..." The Lieutenant, seemed frightened.

As the day finally came to an end, there was no sign of the young man who had forgotten his vaccine records. In my mind I had figured that he backed down and no longer, wanted to serve our country. Nothing I haven't seen before, there were a couple of young men I let off the hook and given them a second chance to bring their proper documentation but they never showed up after that. Typical. As all the nurses left I stayed behind, cleaning my desk. I heard some nurse chatting with someone.

"Sorry Lieutenant! We are now closed! Please come back in the morning" She said.

"Please, I need someone to take a look at my records...please" His voice sounded very familiar.

"Sorry. But you have to come back in the morning." The Nurse repeated once again.

I walked to the front. It was him. The soldier from earlier today. The familiar voice.

"You again." I said with a warm smile as He nodded with a tiny slight smile. "It's okay, Dorothy. I'll take care of this." I assured the nurse with and kind nod.
"Okay, don't forget to shut off the lights before you leave." She said as I nodded and smiled once again and watched her leave. Since this wasn't an actual hospital just a temporary clinic, we had to shut off the lights.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to come back so late. I was just really busy." He explained himself as I listened carefully to what he had to say. "Uh...here, I brought my shot records and my file...just in case you'd need it...again." He added as he handed me all his documents as I directed him to walk with me to my work area.

"Thanks." I politely answered. "You'll need a vaccine before I sign this, alright." I said as he nodded.

I kept looking through his chart, to see what other vaccine he may need. He had such a beautiful name...Daniel Walker. Though I felt shy calling him on a first name basis, so Lieutenant will suffice for now. I grabbed a clean and new syringe and pumped the proper amount of medicine needed. I also pulled out some cotton balls and dipped them in alcohol. I would normally make them pull down their trousers and give them the shot in their buttock. But this man was nervous enough, so instead I opted for his shoulder. His muscles were perfectly sculpted, his skin seemed as if it was kissed by the sun. So perfectly tanned. I rubbed alcohol on his shoulder prepping it, for the vaccine.

"Take a deep breath in. Ready?" I said as I looked at him. I looked straight into those beautiful light brown eyes. They were so perfect. So perfect that they were now tattooed in my mind. He nodded. "1,2,3" I said as I made sure he wouldn't feel much pain, just a sting. "Okay, exhale and you're done. Lieutenant." I smiled as he rolled down his sleeves.

"Wow. I didn't feel a thing. Well compared to how the other nurses gave me my shots, weeks ago." He said as I smiled once again, as I was putting all the equipment away again. "Danny" he said as I turned to look at him, with a confused expression on my face. "My name is Danny" he introduced himself, though I already knew that. Just by looking at his chart and signing his records.

"Pleasure to meet you Danny. I'm Nora" I replied as he nodded.

"The pleasure, is all mine. Thank you, Ma'am" Danny politely replied to me, before he left making me smile.

As I made my out of the building and shutting off the lights. I felt a bit nervous, walking home at this late hour. I made sure I was warm before stepping out into the cold. When I was out I was startled!

"Oh!" I gasped as I saw him, standing in front of me.

"Sorry! Didn't mean to scare ya'. Do you want me to walk you home?" Danny said as I looked around and saw the empty sidewalks.

"Uh...Uh, sure. Yeah" I answered as we began walking to my house. We walked quite fast, trying to beat the silence and arrive sooner.

"So Uhm, where you from?" Danny broke the silence, as he looked down at me. Compared to his 6'3" stature, I was much shorter standing at 5'6".

"Massachusetts." I answered "and you?" I asked.

"Tennessee" He answered as I smiled.

"I see." I nodded. "What made you, become a pilot?" I asked as he looked pensive.

"My best friend, practical brother and I, always loved flying planes. Rafe and I would always watched his daddy fly 'em in their crop dusters. In my heart I always knew that flying a plane was my destiny" Danny said as I could clearly feel the passion, he had for piloting.

"What about your dad? Was he a pilot, too?" I asked. His facial expression quickly fell to the floor. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't meant to intrude in your life" I apologized, as he shook his head.

"My dad, is a washed up veteran. Who did nothing better than treat me like shit" Danny explained.

"Sorry ma'am. Couldn't find any decent words to describe him" he added as now I was the shaking my head.

"it's okay, don't worry about it...and it's okay for you to call me Nora." I smiled as flashbacks of my own father, swept through my mind. "My father wasn't the greatest, either..." I added, as I noticed that both Danny and I slowed down our paces.

"Really? What did he do?...if you don't mind me asking?" Danny said as I quickly gulped and faced my painful past.

"My dad constantly cheated on my mom. I don't know why she kept taking him back, every time they would separate. Then he became very violent and began beating us, sometimes for no reason at all. I was seven and completely fed up, with the mistreatment and convinced my mom to leave. So one night before my dad got out of work, my mom and I packed all of our clothes and took a cab to the bus station. With my moms little earnings she bought two tickets and we left Boston...I've never been back since. My dad was a cruel...cruel man." I felt my eyes sting, but kept my composure.

"I can tell we both have dead-beat-dads in common" Danny said as we both giggled. "So what made you, be a navy nurse?" curiosity made him speak.

"Knowing I can help someone feel better, is the best feeling in the world. That and the experience, is so thrilling" I replied as he nodded.

Danny and I spoke so much about our lives, that by the time I had arrived my house it felt like we flew instead of walked. A part of me wanted to keep on chatting, the other part of me wanted to flop down on my warm bed and sleep.

"Well here we are." I smiled as I pointed to my house. "Thank you for walking me home, Danny." I thanked him as he nodded.

"No problem." Danny replied as an awkward silence brewed in. I quickly headed up the stairs and inserted the key inside the door knob. "Wait, Nora!" he nervously hollered, as I quickly turned around. "Do...would you like to go out for some breakfast in the morning?" he asked.

Wait did he just ask me out?

"Breakfast? With you?" I couldn't believe it!

"Y-Yeah. I mean, only if you want to, you don't have to..." Danny said. Holy crap! This was so incredible!

"Of course. Yeah. I'll see you in the morning, then." I answered with a gleeful smile. "Goodnight." I politely said, as I opened the door.

"Night." Danny smiled and waved, before leaving.

My heart felt as if was going to jump out of my chest! I wasn't the type of girl to quickly go out with a man, but Danny was different...good different. He wasn't a flirtatious man, who just wanted one thing just like all the other men from the clinic. Anyways in the morning I got up early, I was home alone since my roommates had left earlier to work. As I suspected Danny was right on time.

"Hi, morning." Danny greeted me with a smile and kind wave.

"Morning!" I replied with the same gleeful gesture.

"Ya' ready to go?" he asked as I nodded and closed the door behind me. I really loved his cute southern accent!

"Yes I am" I responded as he smiled and opened the door the passenger seat of his car. "Thank you" I politely said as he closed the door, once I was already sitting on the seat.

While Danny drove to his restaurant of choice, we were listening to the radio. Glenn Miller, was my favorite artist. I began tapping my fingers on to my lap, Danny smiled and looked at me.

"Ya' like this song?" He asked as I sheepishly smiled and nodded.

"Indeed I do, Mr. Walker" I teased as he chuckled.

"Very well then, Ms. James" Danny said as he raised the volume to the radio. "...I saw your name on my records" he said regarding my surname. I giggled and began to whistle.

When we finally arrived to the small Diner, being the gentleman that he was. Daniel opened to passenger door and kindly helped me out of the car. Once we were inside the waitress assigned us a table, for two. I was starting feel like my stomach was being attacked by butterflies, all of sudden! Once I opened the menu that was placed in front of me, my eyes widened.

"Ya' can get anything you want, don't even look at the prices" Danny said with a smile on his face.

"Oh Danny. I-I don't want to take advantage of you." I said as I noticed how pricey this Diner really was.

"Don't worry, Nora. It's on me 'kay." Danny smiled and nodded, as I returned the gestures.

"What?" Nora blushed, at the sight of Danny's eyes looking at her.

"Nothing...you have beautiful eyes." Danny smiled.

"Thank you." Nora replied, with a smile. Nora was know for her curiosity. "So tell me about your family?" She said as Danny's smile faded. "Oh...sorry forget what I just said." she shook her head.

"No it's okay." Danny sighed. "My father is a washed up veteran, like I said last night. Who made my life a living hell. My mother passed away when I was really young. I mostly grew up with Rafe and his family. At the McCawley Crop Dusters. It's a farm, by the way" he said with a small chuckled as I smiled while paying attention.

"Where is he?" I asked. "Your father?" I detailed as he took a sip from his coffee. His arms looked so attractive, they were so full of muscle and the way he folded the cuffs on his sleeves, sure did him some justice.

"He passed away a couple of years ago. The alcohol got the best of him" Danny had no shame in telling me this.

"Do you miss him?" I asked as now I took a sip from my cup of coffee.

"I shouldn't. But all in all, he was my father and the closest blood relative I had." He said. Oh how did I enjoy listening to him speak, in his cute southern accent.

"You're a good son, Walker." I honestly said. "I mean who would forgive someone who made them go through hell and still miss that person. I added as he smiled and chuckled.

"What about you? Where's your father?" Danny returned the question, on to me now. I looked out the window and remembered all the harsh times. "I don't know. I never asked my mom where he was, after their divorce was finalized...and honestly I could really care less where he's at. Last time my mom heard of him, I was 15 and he purposely sent us an invitation to his wedding. He apparently married the woman, he cheated on my mom with." I replied as I fiddled with coffee straw, that was still in my drink. "And you're not gonna guess who what the 'other' woman." I added as I made some air-quotes with my fingers.

"Who was it?" Danny replied as he cautiously paid attention.

"My mother's best friend." I said as his eyes widened.

"No way!" Danny exclaimed as I giggled from his reaction.

"How's your mother doing, now?" He asked.

"She's remarried and happy." I said as he nodded and we smiled at each other.

How is it that I have only known this man for a day and I have opened more to him, than Evelyn?