Chapter 10

Rafe look over at Danny and saw his eyes trained on something one the dance floor. Following his glare he caught sight of Jasmine dancing with one of the other pilots. He didn't think too much about it but he wondered what had Danny fumin' in his seat.

Evelyn smiled up at him catching his attention again.

"I can't wait until we get to Hawaii," she said. "All those sandy beaches, and sun tans."

Rafe smiled down at her but Evelyn saw a slight hint of sadness. He was hiding something from her and she wasn't sure what it was.

"Ev can we go somewhere and talk?" Rafe asked quietly kissing her forehead softly.

"Of course" she said as she let him lead her from the floor.

They walked down by the harbor and he pulled her over to where a boat was tied to the dock.

"Rafe what are you doing?" she asked him as he untied the boat and helped her climb in.

"I have something I want to show you."

He started the engine and steered the boat toward the ship that was not too far away. He helped her onto the cargo plank and then climbed up himself. After raising it so they were pretty far up he stopped it and sat down. He grabbed her hand and gently pulled her down next to him to hold her.

"Rafe this is beautiful."

"I can think of something else thats pretty nice" he smiled before kissing her softly on the lips. "Ev I need to tell you something...."

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Jasmine was getting tired of dancing with the pilot. He was trying to make her care for him by telling her that he was being trained for war. She was pretty sure that if he really was sent away to the war she wouldn't miss him that much. He couldn't dance either. Her feet probably had bruises all over them.

"So," the pilot was saying, "how do you know Walker?"

That caught her off guard. "I'm sorry?"

"How do you know Walker?" he repeated. "He's staring at you like your his ex or something."

"Oh. He is just an acquaintance. I don't really know him."

"Oh, well do you want to get to know me instead?"

Jasmine almost burst out laughing at him but instead she kept a straight face. She was about to answer when her arm was gripped firmly in a strong hand and when she turned to see who it was Danny stood so close she could feel his breath on the back of her neck.

"We need to talk."

That was all he said before disengaging her from the other pilot and guiding her out the door.

"Would you please let me go and stop acting like a cave man?" Jasmine said trying to keep her steps matching his so her arm wouldn't bruise. He just kept walking leading her further down the street.

"Danny?" she tried again and when he didn't respond she stopped dead. "Danny Walker you let me go this instant!"

He stopped and turned to look at her. His grip on her arm was still firm but it wasn't a bruising hold that it had been while they were walking.

"What are you doing?" He asked her.

"Me?!" she stared at him in shock. "You are the one that grabbed my arm and dragged me away from a perfectly good dance partner while i was enjoying my dance!"

"He was all over you!" he yelled.

Some people that were walking down the street turned to stare before hurrying away. They didn't want to witness a lovers quarrel, and thats definitly what it looked like.

"We were dancing!" Jasmine yelled back. "Of course he is going to hold me like that otherwise the dancing would be pointless! But why in the world would it matter?!"

Danny took her arm and moved her down a secluded street with less people.

"Because...I don't know but I didn't like it."

"Danny you need to explain what you dont like because I am not your girl and I am allowed to dance with anyone I want however I want."

"Well maybe thats what I don't like." Danny said releasing her arm and stepping away from her. "Maybe I don't like that you aren't my girl. Maybe i felt like that this whole time."

Jasmine didn't know what to say. He was telling her that he liked her in a round about way. She had no idea what to say to that.

'Although he did become gorgeous and he is really strong....yummy.'

Jasmine had the urge to slap the thought from her head. She didn't know what to do and she was pretty sure that she liked him too. Then again she always had there was no doubt about that. But she had covered it up with the dislike that had been there since childhood. Now that was gone and she had nothing to hide under.

Danny stepped in front of her so close she was sure if she raised her head her nose would brush his chin.

"Jas we can't go on being enemies forever. We need to do something about this."

Jasmine stared at his shoulder. "Please take me home danny..."

He stepped back and looked at her face. "Alright."

He hailed a taxi and took her back to the base.

Evelyn came back an hour later crying and told Jasmine all about Rafe being sent to help fight the war in Germany. Jasmine tried to comfort her that night before they both fell asleep dreaming of two different pilots.