I looked down at the flag-draped coffin. Inside of it was Betty's body. With Danny and Rafe on either side of me, and the nurses all around, I cried. We all did. Except, maybe Danny and Rafe. They were dignant. They are dignant. The most they'll cry is tear, and if you didn't like that, they would say "screw you". They really were brothers. I knew not then what I know now, but nothing would ever change that. Nothing. I, nor death, would ever get near the the bond that they shared. While they would beat eachother up, and they would yell and scream, and they wouldn't talk because of me, I knew that they still loved eachother. They still eachother's right hands. There were no differences. In all aspects, if you would seriously look, nothing could be contrasted. Except maybe arrogance. But a little arrogance never hurt anything. It's only alot that can get you into trouble, and now I know that. The day before told everyone that, I think. It was a day that while alot of people lost themselves, alot of people found themselves. Alot of people were also caught in the middle. Who were we to ever predict such an attack? Who ARE we to ever to be able to stop such a thing? I broke my thoughts and looked at Red, who kneeled down with a bouqet of flowers. He had often brought those to her. I squeezed his shoulder as I walked past, leaving Danny and Rafe to do what they pleased.
I knocked on the doorframe of Rafe's hotel room. He just looked at me, then returned to his packing. "You're packing." I said, stating the obvious. "Orders." He said, stiffly. "What kind of orders?" "The top secret kind." I nodded slowly, almost rolling my eyes. "The dangerous kind," He didn't say anything. I knew he was hurting. As strong as he wanted to look, it was written all over his face. "I can't find Danny. Did he get the orders too?" I knew he did, I had talked to him earlier. I was only trying to make conversation. Rafe snorted. "Is that why you're here? Looking for Danny?" He never once looked up. I grabbed a pair of his pants from the bed and folded them, stuffing them into the suitcase. "I wasn't looking for Danny," He glanced at me from the corner of his eye. "I can't let you go away without you understanding something." He lightly pushed me away and hatefully slammed the suitcase shut, locking it. "Yeah, well. You don't have to explain anything to me." "Yes, I do! Because you're acting as if I didn't love you. You've got to get over that." He turned around in the doorway. "Evelyn, loving you kept me ALIVE." He spun around and ran out faster than I could blink. I shook my head and ran out after him. "Rafe!" He turned around when I got to him. "You know what? When I was laying in that cold water, I made a deal with God. I told him I would never ask for anything else, if I could just see you one more time," I looked down at the ground. "It was worth it. But now, I'm going to keep my end of the deal. I'm going to walk away; not going to ask you for anything else. But I just wanna know one thing, Evelyn. Why? Just tell me why!" He was crying now. I sighed and looked at the ground. I had no choice. The truth was about to be known, as if it hadn't already. "Rafe," I couldn't think of any other way to put it, so I put it bluntly. "I'm pregnant." I looked up at him and watched the color drain from his face. "Oh my God." He turned away from me, as if he as about to vomit. He looked that green. I had to finish. "I haven't told Danny. I don't want him to know. All he needs to think about is doing this mission and getting back alive," Rafe's expression didn't change. "Rafe, all I ever wanted was for us to have a home, and to grow old together. But life never asked me what I wanted, so now I'm going to give Danny my whole heart," I felt a tear slide down my cheek. "But I don't think that I'll ever look at another sunset without thinking of you. I'll love you my whole life." He didn't look at me, but knew the expression he had on his face. It was a look of defeat, yet at the same time, a look of victory. Defeat in losing me to his best friend, victory in gaining me in his heart. With that, I turned around and walked away. I had to get ready to go to the hanger to see them off. I still had to show Danny I loved him. I laughed a little, thinking about how alike they really were. Danny had asked me not to see him off.
I watched Danny and Rafe as I approached the runway. Rafe only looking at me then back to Danny, patting him on the shoulder. He muttered something, then stood up and went on board the plane. I approached Danny. He didn't say anything, only stood up and led me to the plane. He finally looked me in the eye and spoke. "The only thing that scares me," I studied his face. What he was about to say was unpredictable. "Is that you might love him more than you love me." I looked down. Immediately, I shot them back up towards his gaze. I smiled. "I love YOU, Danny. And I'll be right here waiting for you when you get back." He smiled, and pulled me close to him, kissing me. I kissed him back with all I could. Then he pulled away, running his hand down my face one more time before he departed. He kissed me on the forehead. "Bye, Evelyn." I ran my hands over his shoulders. "Bye." I said, barely audible. "I love you." "I love you, too." With that, he picked up his bag and went to the plane, giving me one last look before he boarded. My hand went to my stomach, as I waved goodbye to the 2 most important men in my life.
I knocked on the doorframe of Rafe's hotel room. He just looked at me, then returned to his packing. "You're packing." I said, stating the obvious. "Orders." He said, stiffly. "What kind of orders?" "The top secret kind." I nodded slowly, almost rolling my eyes. "The dangerous kind," He didn't say anything. I knew he was hurting. As strong as he wanted to look, it was written all over his face. "I can't find Danny. Did he get the orders too?" I knew he did, I had talked to him earlier. I was only trying to make conversation. Rafe snorted. "Is that why you're here? Looking for Danny?" He never once looked up. I grabbed a pair of his pants from the bed and folded them, stuffing them into the suitcase. "I wasn't looking for Danny," He glanced at me from the corner of his eye. "I can't let you go away without you understanding something." He lightly pushed me away and hatefully slammed the suitcase shut, locking it. "Yeah, well. You don't have to explain anything to me." "Yes, I do! Because you're acting as if I didn't love you. You've got to get over that." He turned around in the doorway. "Evelyn, loving you kept me ALIVE." He spun around and ran out faster than I could blink. I shook my head and ran out after him. "Rafe!" He turned around when I got to him. "You know what? When I was laying in that cold water, I made a deal with God. I told him I would never ask for anything else, if I could just see you one more time," I looked down at the ground. "It was worth it. But now, I'm going to keep my end of the deal. I'm going to walk away; not going to ask you for anything else. But I just wanna know one thing, Evelyn. Why? Just tell me why!" He was crying now. I sighed and looked at the ground. I had no choice. The truth was about to be known, as if it hadn't already. "Rafe," I couldn't think of any other way to put it, so I put it bluntly. "I'm pregnant." I looked up at him and watched the color drain from his face. "Oh my God." He turned away from me, as if he as about to vomit. He looked that green. I had to finish. "I haven't told Danny. I don't want him to know. All he needs to think about is doing this mission and getting back alive," Rafe's expression didn't change. "Rafe, all I ever wanted was for us to have a home, and to grow old together. But life never asked me what I wanted, so now I'm going to give Danny my whole heart," I felt a tear slide down my cheek. "But I don't think that I'll ever look at another sunset without thinking of you. I'll love you my whole life." He didn't look at me, but knew the expression he had on his face. It was a look of defeat, yet at the same time, a look of victory. Defeat in losing me to his best friend, victory in gaining me in his heart. With that, I turned around and walked away. I had to get ready to go to the hanger to see them off. I still had to show Danny I loved him. I laughed a little, thinking about how alike they really were. Danny had asked me not to see him off.
I watched Danny and Rafe as I approached the runway. Rafe only looking at me then back to Danny, patting him on the shoulder. He muttered something, then stood up and went on board the plane. I approached Danny. He didn't say anything, only stood up and led me to the plane. He finally looked me in the eye and spoke. "The only thing that scares me," I studied his face. What he was about to say was unpredictable. "Is that you might love him more than you love me." I looked down. Immediately, I shot them back up towards his gaze. I smiled. "I love YOU, Danny. And I'll be right here waiting for you when you get back." He smiled, and pulled me close to him, kissing me. I kissed him back with all I could. Then he pulled away, running his hand down my face one more time before he departed. He kissed me on the forehead. "Bye, Evelyn." I ran my hands over his shoulders. "Bye." I said, barely audible. "I love you." "I love you, too." With that, he picked up his bag and went to the plane, giving me one last look before he boarded. My hand went to my stomach, as I waved goodbye to the 2 most important men in my life.
