* 2 Months Later *
Evelyn sat in a chair on the porch. She was writing a letter and gently rubbing her abdomen where her almost due baby lie.
She looked up for a minute to enjoy the water but instead saw Rafe walking up the path. He was wearing very casual clothing including a pair of khaki's and an amusing hula shirt over a plain white tee shirt. It had been almost 2 months since they had last talked. Their eyes met and she smiled. She wasn't sure why she was so happy to see him; maybe it was because she missed him. She missed his cocky smile and his eyes. His eyes had so much meaning in them; she could read every story from his lifetime just by gazing into his eyes. "Hey there," Rafe said breaking Evelyn from her deep gaze.
"Hi," Evelyn said softly as she pulled some hair behind her ear.
"I just thought that," Rafe began, "we really need to do some catching up." Evelyn knew he wanted more then just a date but she kindly accepted his offer.
"What kind of catching up?" Evelyn asked as she lifted an eyebrow making Rafe nervous.
"Well, um?" Rafe began to forget what he was going to say. "To dinner, I want to take you out to dinner so we can do some catching up."
Evelyn giggled. She set her letter down and placed a rock over it to keep it from blowing away. "Why not" she said. Rafe met her at the porch to help her down the steps.
"Have you lost weight?" he said sarcastically forcing her to laugh.
They continued down the path and got into his car and drove away.
Danny took a deep breath. It was late afternoon and the cool breeze made him slightly chilly. He started up the path to Evelyn's quarters. He was trying to figure out what to say. As he walked up the stairs he stumbled over a rock. He looked down to find a letter. It read:
Dear Danny,
It's been a long 2 months since you have returned. Every day I'm alone thinking about what you had told me and trying to figure out why. I have finally decided that the best person for me right now, whom I can love and always know he, will love me back. Who I can say I want to be with forever is
The note ending leaving Danny on edge. He set it back down and looked at the house. He looked away and began to walk back to his car.
"Wow," Rafe began as he tried to remember the last time Evelyn and he had, had a serious conversation. "Do you realize we haven't really talked since January 1941!" It was now late November 1942. "Things have changed a lot since then, huh Ev?" Rafe said trying to wake Evelyn form her trance. He knew she was thinking of something. "So," he paused, "are you still seeing Danny?" He wondered if that was what she was thinking about.
"Um. No," Evelyn began, "I haven't seen him for 2 months now."
"Oh," Rafe said trying to think of what to respond with. "Yeah he's been kind of busy lately."
"Avoiding everyone, huh?" Rafe nodded.
"So do you want to get out of here?" Rafe asked as he began to stand up. She got up and followed. "What's been bothering you lately?" He said as they walked along the empty street.
"Nothing," Evelyn quickly responded. "Why do you ask?"
"See I know you and we have this thing." Rafe said as he stopped and looked at her.
"Thing? What thing?" Evelyn asked having a vague idea of what he was talking about.
"Well, you're going to think I'm crazy but all I have to do is read your eyes and I can feel all of your emotions." Rafe said with an embarrassed look on his face. Evelyn looked up at him. His eyes glistened in the setting sun and she tried to look away but she was sucked into his soothing glare.
"I've always noticed it," she said as she looked away, "Come on," she began to lead him towards the beach, "I've got some place special." Rafe followed her as they headed across the sand and over the smooth rocks where they sat down. "This is where I used to watch the sunset and write to you." She said as she looked out at the sunset.
"It's beautiful," Rafe said looking out and then back at her, "almost as beautiful as you." She looked back at him and melted. He always had the right thing to say that made her crumble, no matter how cheesy it was. She leaned in towards him and they kissed. She had never felt so comfortable before and she didn't want it to end.
He pulled away for a second and whispered, "I love you," and they continued their everlasting love in that little kiss.