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Secrets
Chapter 3:
Once Danny had properly shaved Jamie's head she began heading back to her closet sized room with him in tow.
"So where you from?" asked Danny sitting down on her bed.
"Tenessee," replied Jamie pulling out a few framed pictures.
"Me too! What part?" asked Danny.
"Nashville," Jamie lied.
"Oh, Rafe and I are farm boys. Say who's this girl?" asked Danny looking at one of the pictures.
It was the one of her and her family at her mother's friend's wedding. It was black and white and she was wearing a dress and had very long hair. That was before her mother let her take hold of what she looked like.
"Oh, that's just a friend."
"She's gorgeous. She your girlfriend?" asked Danny eyeing him up.
"No, just a friend."
"Who's the guy in the uniform?"
"Oh that's my father. He was a commander on a crusier at the harbor in Washington D.C." said Jamie machanically.
"I see. Well I think I'd better get going. You should look into getting ready to go too. It's almost time to meet Rafe and the other guys at the bar." said Danny.
Jamie nodded, she was still staring at a picture of her father. She missed him greatly. Then it dawned on her what Danny had said. He had just reached the door when she opened her mouth, "Danny?"
"Yeah?" he said turning around.
"Would you like a ride? I mean, it's senseless to take two cars when we could just go together." said Jamie shrugging.
Danny smiled at her. "Thanks Jim, I'll take you up on that offer."
Jamie smiled and grabbed her keys following Danny out. They walked out and across the base to her red buick that was parked at the far end of the lot. They jumped in and sped off with Danny giving directions.
They arrived a little while later and Jamie began to get nervous when she saw the two other men. Danny tugged on her sleeve and brought her over to the table.
"Danny! Jim! I thought you would never get here. Jim, this is Red and Tony. Guys, meet Jim Johnson, our new mechanic," said Rafe.
Jamie shook hands and said hellos before sitting down next to Danny and Red. They ordered drinks and Jamie looked about the place quietly while the other men chatted. When their drinks arrived Jamie just stared at hers. The last time she'd had a drink it was when her father gave her a shot of whiskey and she threw it back up. She looked at the beer anxiously and then could feel a couple sets of eyes on her.
"Jim?" said Danny.
Jamie looked up at him.
"You all right?"
"Yeah, fine."
He looked at her suspiciously and then grinned broadly. "You've never drank before."
Jamie turned beet red and Danny just nodded.
"Just chug it, you'll never taste it," laughed Rafe.
Jamie looked at him and decided if she didn't want to get caught she would do as he said. And so she squared up her shoulders and hardened her face and picked up the mug. She nodded in the directions of the other men and chugged it. It was the worst thing she'd ever tasted in her life. The guys were yelling and hollaring in awe and she quickly excused herself to the men's room.
"I'd better go see if he's alright. Rafe that was an evil thing to do," scolded Danny getting up.
Rafe still had his head down on the table laughing and Danny made sure to push his face into the table on his way by. When he walked into the bathroom he could see a lower half of a Jamie behind a stall.
"Jim are you ok?" asked Danny.
"Yeah," she croaked out.
Danny walked over and pressed open the stall. Jamie was sitting on the floor with her head resting on her arm on the toilet bowl. Danny patted his shoulder and held out a hand. Jamie took it and stood up. He helped her over to the sink and rinsed off her face.
"Better?"
"Yes, thanks," said Jamie feeling significantly better.
"Good."
Danny and Jamie walked out of the bathroom and back to the table. Jamie noticed that Rafe was standing up talking to someone and noticed them walking back but didn't pay much attention. Danny watched as she walked silently up behind Rafe's chair and pulled it out several inches. She then discretly took her seat to watch the show.
When Rafe finished speaking to who ever he was talking to and sat down he missed his chair and went crashing to the floor. The whole table exploded with laughter and Jamie leaned on her elbows looking smug. Rafe regained his composure and looked at her.
"Ok, I deserved that," said Rafe holding up his hands.
Jamie nodded and ordered a water.
"Just a friendly reminder that our physical examinations are tomorrow," said Tony matter of factly.
Jamie's heart nearly stopped. This was bad. This was very bad. She could get discovered. She began to brood over how she was going to save herself.
"Jim? Jim? Command center to Jim are you in there?"
Jamie felt someone knocking on her head and turned to look at Danny.
"Welcome back, I said why the face?"
"What face?"
"You looked seriously upset about something all of a sudden."
"Oh! I just don't like exams. They creep me out."
"Hail to that," said Tony.
The next morning Jamie reported for exams. She passed everything and only had to drop her pants low enough to get a shot. But before she could get out the door a short brunette nurse called out to her.
"Mr. Johnson, you're forgetting this."
She turned around to see the nurse had her tan button up shirt in her hand. She jogged back to get it and to play the part winked at the nurse before leaving. As soon as she got out the door she shivered from the feeling of disgust and went back to base to start her duties. Later in the day she was washing down a particularly dirty P-36 when she heard two voices calling her.
"Yeah!?"
She jumped down off the wing and walked out of the hanger. Danny and Rafe were standing there.
"Did you hear all them nurses?" asked Rafe.
"No, someone die?" asked Jamie.
Rafe let out a low whistle. "No Jimmy boy, they talked about you. You're a real hit with them. So which one you like?"
Jamie turned beet red before turning around and walking back into the hanger.
"None of them," replied Jamie flatly.
"None?" repeated Rafe.
Danny smiled and said, "You're waiting for Jamie."
"Who's Jamie?" aske Rafe looking at Danny but Danny kept looking at Jamie.
"Yeah Danny, I'm waiting for Jamie."
"I knew it."
"Who's Jamie?"
"So are you ready for your first flying lesson?" asked Danny.
Jamie's head reappeared into their line of vision.
"You serious?"
"Yes."
"Then yes I'm ready lets go. Right now." said Jamie jumping down.
"Who's Jamie?"
Danny walked over to Jamie and helped her prep the plane.
"WHO'S JAMIE!!!" yelled Rafe for the fourth time.
Danny looked down at him, "a girl."
"I figured that, who is she?"
"A "friend" of Jim's."
"Ohhhh"
Danny nodded and jumped into the cockpit with Jamie. She felt a little nervous being this close to a guy. The only guy she'd ever been this close to was her father. Danny began giving her instructions but she was already way ahead of him. She taxied out and took off all with him yelling "Jim what are you doing?!"
"Jimmy, I thought you didn't know how to fly." said Danny looking at him.
"I can fly, I can't land. I can't shoot a gun either but I can inversly fly." said Jamie and to prove her point she rolled the plane and began flying upside down.
"Ok so you can't land. Well all you have to do to shoot the guns is press this button but don't do that I don't know if anyone else is up here. Now, lets land. If you break it, you get to fix it," laughed Danny.
Jamie laughed and the landing was rough but nothing was broken.
"That was pretty good, all ya have to do is clean it up. Maybe you'll fly alone with Rafe n' me one of these days. It would be fun we could teach you how to play chicken."
"Sounds great."
******
Finding out that Rafe was leaving for England was hard for her but it was even harder for her to find out that her and everyone else was being transferred to Pearl Harbor. When she got there, there were more mechanics but she was also and aviator now so she flew a lot with Danny since Rafe had left. She'd gotten pretty good at it but the landing still needed a lot of work but her fixing was still as good as it's ever been.
Hawaii was a beautiful place but sorrow sunk in as they learned of Rafe's death overseas. Danny was torn up, she was torn up. Danny was taking it to hardest though but Jamie tried her best to comfort him. To make matters worse her own father died and her mother demanded to know where exactly she was. She told her that she was a nurse at the base and pearl harbor and her mother almost died of excitement. She kept trying to make plans to come and see her but Jamie kept refusing saying there was too much work for her to visit and she would only get in the way. Jamie knew her mother only wanted to come because it was Hawaii and there were men to peruse.
Jamie sat fixing a broken altimeter when she heard footfalls echo in the big empty room. She didn't get out of the cockpit or even call to find out who was about to interupt her work. She was in a particularly foul mood because she was on her period and had just gotten off the phone with her mother. She managed to zap herself and cursed quite loudly. Suddenly a gorgeous head of dark brown locks, soft face, and brillant brown eyes appeared over the edge of the cockpit. She screamed.
"Danny!" she said cluctching her chest, "don't do that!"
"Sorry Jim. I thought I'd find you here."
"Yeah, I have to fix this altimeter. I managed to break it when I got pissed off and kicked it."
"That was good."
"Yeah I know, it was one of my more brillant moments if you ask me. How I got my foot up that high while flying I'll never know," said Jamie looking up at him.
She stared at him indescretly. She was getting lost in his beautiful face. She was trying to push the dirty thoughts out of her head but it wasn't working. If she said what she wanted to say she would either blow her cover or easily become the outcast for people thinking she was a gay man.
"Jim? Is there something on my face?"
"God you're beautiful," whispered Jamie.
Danny's eyes got really wide and when Jamie saw this her eyes widened in shock.
"I didn't say that out loud did I?" she squeaked in a not so manly voice.
"Yes, you did." said Danny slowly.
She almost couldn't keep this up.
"Danny, I'm going to tell you this and then I'm going to quit the military because I will get thrown out and not for the reason you're about to think but. I think I'm falling in love with you," and when she said it, she sounded just like a small school girl.
She got out of the plane and began walking towards the hanger door. Danny sat shocked for a minute before remembering the picture of Jamie and then imagining what 'Jim' would look like with long hair and a dress.
"Jamie wait!"
Secrets
Chapter 3:
Once Danny had properly shaved Jamie's head she began heading back to her closet sized room with him in tow.
"So where you from?" asked Danny sitting down on her bed.
"Tenessee," replied Jamie pulling out a few framed pictures.
"Me too! What part?" asked Danny.
"Nashville," Jamie lied.
"Oh, Rafe and I are farm boys. Say who's this girl?" asked Danny looking at one of the pictures.
It was the one of her and her family at her mother's friend's wedding. It was black and white and she was wearing a dress and had very long hair. That was before her mother let her take hold of what she looked like.
"Oh, that's just a friend."
"She's gorgeous. She your girlfriend?" asked Danny eyeing him up.
"No, just a friend."
"Who's the guy in the uniform?"
"Oh that's my father. He was a commander on a crusier at the harbor in Washington D.C." said Jamie machanically.
"I see. Well I think I'd better get going. You should look into getting ready to go too. It's almost time to meet Rafe and the other guys at the bar." said Danny.
Jamie nodded, she was still staring at a picture of her father. She missed him greatly. Then it dawned on her what Danny had said. He had just reached the door when she opened her mouth, "Danny?"
"Yeah?" he said turning around.
"Would you like a ride? I mean, it's senseless to take two cars when we could just go together." said Jamie shrugging.
Danny smiled at her. "Thanks Jim, I'll take you up on that offer."
Jamie smiled and grabbed her keys following Danny out. They walked out and across the base to her red buick that was parked at the far end of the lot. They jumped in and sped off with Danny giving directions.
They arrived a little while later and Jamie began to get nervous when she saw the two other men. Danny tugged on her sleeve and brought her over to the table.
"Danny! Jim! I thought you would never get here. Jim, this is Red and Tony. Guys, meet Jim Johnson, our new mechanic," said Rafe.
Jamie shook hands and said hellos before sitting down next to Danny and Red. They ordered drinks and Jamie looked about the place quietly while the other men chatted. When their drinks arrived Jamie just stared at hers. The last time she'd had a drink it was when her father gave her a shot of whiskey and she threw it back up. She looked at the beer anxiously and then could feel a couple sets of eyes on her.
"Jim?" said Danny.
Jamie looked up at him.
"You all right?"
"Yeah, fine."
He looked at her suspiciously and then grinned broadly. "You've never drank before."
Jamie turned beet red and Danny just nodded.
"Just chug it, you'll never taste it," laughed Rafe.
Jamie looked at him and decided if she didn't want to get caught she would do as he said. And so she squared up her shoulders and hardened her face and picked up the mug. She nodded in the directions of the other men and chugged it. It was the worst thing she'd ever tasted in her life. The guys were yelling and hollaring in awe and she quickly excused herself to the men's room.
"I'd better go see if he's alright. Rafe that was an evil thing to do," scolded Danny getting up.
Rafe still had his head down on the table laughing and Danny made sure to push his face into the table on his way by. When he walked into the bathroom he could see a lower half of a Jamie behind a stall.
"Jim are you ok?" asked Danny.
"Yeah," she croaked out.
Danny walked over and pressed open the stall. Jamie was sitting on the floor with her head resting on her arm on the toilet bowl. Danny patted his shoulder and held out a hand. Jamie took it and stood up. He helped her over to the sink and rinsed off her face.
"Better?"
"Yes, thanks," said Jamie feeling significantly better.
"Good."
Danny and Jamie walked out of the bathroom and back to the table. Jamie noticed that Rafe was standing up talking to someone and noticed them walking back but didn't pay much attention. Danny watched as she walked silently up behind Rafe's chair and pulled it out several inches. She then discretly took her seat to watch the show.
When Rafe finished speaking to who ever he was talking to and sat down he missed his chair and went crashing to the floor. The whole table exploded with laughter and Jamie leaned on her elbows looking smug. Rafe regained his composure and looked at her.
"Ok, I deserved that," said Rafe holding up his hands.
Jamie nodded and ordered a water.
"Just a friendly reminder that our physical examinations are tomorrow," said Tony matter of factly.
Jamie's heart nearly stopped. This was bad. This was very bad. She could get discovered. She began to brood over how she was going to save herself.
"Jim? Jim? Command center to Jim are you in there?"
Jamie felt someone knocking on her head and turned to look at Danny.
"Welcome back, I said why the face?"
"What face?"
"You looked seriously upset about something all of a sudden."
"Oh! I just don't like exams. They creep me out."
"Hail to that," said Tony.
The next morning Jamie reported for exams. She passed everything and only had to drop her pants low enough to get a shot. But before she could get out the door a short brunette nurse called out to her.
"Mr. Johnson, you're forgetting this."
She turned around to see the nurse had her tan button up shirt in her hand. She jogged back to get it and to play the part winked at the nurse before leaving. As soon as she got out the door she shivered from the feeling of disgust and went back to base to start her duties. Later in the day she was washing down a particularly dirty P-36 when she heard two voices calling her.
"Yeah!?"
She jumped down off the wing and walked out of the hanger. Danny and Rafe were standing there.
"Did you hear all them nurses?" asked Rafe.
"No, someone die?" asked Jamie.
Rafe let out a low whistle. "No Jimmy boy, they talked about you. You're a real hit with them. So which one you like?"
Jamie turned beet red before turning around and walking back into the hanger.
"None of them," replied Jamie flatly.
"None?" repeated Rafe.
Danny smiled and said, "You're waiting for Jamie."
"Who's Jamie?" aske Rafe looking at Danny but Danny kept looking at Jamie.
"Yeah Danny, I'm waiting for Jamie."
"I knew it."
"Who's Jamie?"
"So are you ready for your first flying lesson?" asked Danny.
Jamie's head reappeared into their line of vision.
"You serious?"
"Yes."
"Then yes I'm ready lets go. Right now." said Jamie jumping down.
"Who's Jamie?"
Danny walked over to Jamie and helped her prep the plane.
"WHO'S JAMIE!!!" yelled Rafe for the fourth time.
Danny looked down at him, "a girl."
"I figured that, who is she?"
"A "friend" of Jim's."
"Ohhhh"
Danny nodded and jumped into the cockpit with Jamie. She felt a little nervous being this close to a guy. The only guy she'd ever been this close to was her father. Danny began giving her instructions but she was already way ahead of him. She taxied out and took off all with him yelling "Jim what are you doing?!"
"Jimmy, I thought you didn't know how to fly." said Danny looking at him.
"I can fly, I can't land. I can't shoot a gun either but I can inversly fly." said Jamie and to prove her point she rolled the plane and began flying upside down.
"Ok so you can't land. Well all you have to do to shoot the guns is press this button but don't do that I don't know if anyone else is up here. Now, lets land. If you break it, you get to fix it," laughed Danny.
Jamie laughed and the landing was rough but nothing was broken.
"That was pretty good, all ya have to do is clean it up. Maybe you'll fly alone with Rafe n' me one of these days. It would be fun we could teach you how to play chicken."
"Sounds great."
******
Finding out that Rafe was leaving for England was hard for her but it was even harder for her to find out that her and everyone else was being transferred to Pearl Harbor. When she got there, there were more mechanics but she was also and aviator now so she flew a lot with Danny since Rafe had left. She'd gotten pretty good at it but the landing still needed a lot of work but her fixing was still as good as it's ever been.
Hawaii was a beautiful place but sorrow sunk in as they learned of Rafe's death overseas. Danny was torn up, she was torn up. Danny was taking it to hardest though but Jamie tried her best to comfort him. To make matters worse her own father died and her mother demanded to know where exactly she was. She told her that she was a nurse at the base and pearl harbor and her mother almost died of excitement. She kept trying to make plans to come and see her but Jamie kept refusing saying there was too much work for her to visit and she would only get in the way. Jamie knew her mother only wanted to come because it was Hawaii and there were men to peruse.
Jamie sat fixing a broken altimeter when she heard footfalls echo in the big empty room. She didn't get out of the cockpit or even call to find out who was about to interupt her work. She was in a particularly foul mood because she was on her period and had just gotten off the phone with her mother. She managed to zap herself and cursed quite loudly. Suddenly a gorgeous head of dark brown locks, soft face, and brillant brown eyes appeared over the edge of the cockpit. She screamed.
"Danny!" she said cluctching her chest, "don't do that!"
"Sorry Jim. I thought I'd find you here."
"Yeah, I have to fix this altimeter. I managed to break it when I got pissed off and kicked it."
"That was good."
"Yeah I know, it was one of my more brillant moments if you ask me. How I got my foot up that high while flying I'll never know," said Jamie looking up at him.
She stared at him indescretly. She was getting lost in his beautiful face. She was trying to push the dirty thoughts out of her head but it wasn't working. If she said what she wanted to say she would either blow her cover or easily become the outcast for people thinking she was a gay man.
"Jim? Is there something on my face?"
"God you're beautiful," whispered Jamie.
Danny's eyes got really wide and when Jamie saw this her eyes widened in shock.
"I didn't say that out loud did I?" she squeaked in a not so manly voice.
"Yes, you did." said Danny slowly.
She almost couldn't keep this up.
"Danny, I'm going to tell you this and then I'm going to quit the military because I will get thrown out and not for the reason you're about to think but. I think I'm falling in love with you," and when she said it, she sounded just like a small school girl.
She got out of the plane and began walking towards the hanger door. Danny sat shocked for a minute before remembering the picture of Jamie and then imagining what 'Jim' would look like with long hair and a dress.
"Jamie wait!"