Rafe stood in front of his bathroom mirror. "Well Evelyn," he said looking at his reflection, "we've been dating off and on for a long time now and well, um? No!" He shook his head and began again, "Evelyn, I've been with a lot of girls in my life and none of them have been as special as you. I've never loved anybody more in my life! And well what I'm trying to say is I love you and I want us to be together forever, will you marry me?" He took a deep breath and took a small black velvet box from his pocket. He slowly opened to make sure the ring was still there. It was a small diamond ring he had bought in France. It was all he could afford, but he knew she would love it anyway. "Everything is going to be perfect," he said softly slipping the box back in his pocket.

Evelyn heard a knock on her door she looked out the window to see Rafe. She hurried to the door and quickly opened it. "Hey there!" She said excitedly, a big smile across her face.

"Hey," he whispered, "is Daniel sleeping?"

"No, Danny took him with some girl."

"Oh," he answered in a normal volume. "Well I was wondering if you wanted to go for a walk."
"Sure, hold on, Girls, I'm going out!" Rafe put his arm out and she wrapped both arms around his as they walked towards the beach.

Danny and Alicia sat on a large blanket on the beach. Daniel slept in Danny's arms and Alicia watched the tame father gently comfort his young son, "He's beautiful," she said looking up at Danny.

"Thanks," Danny said looking up at her his eyes had a glare in the setting sun, "he's the most important thing in the world to me," he looked back down at Daniel, "he's the reason I'm still alive."

"How sweet!" Alicia got up and sat next to Danny. She kissed him on the cheek and began to rub Daniel's forehead.

Rafe and Evelyn sat on the rocks watching the sunset. Rafe looked towards her, "Ev, well," he said clearing his throat. "I've never loved anybody the way that I love you, you mean the world to me and I just want you to know that I want to be with you forever."

"I do to Rafe," she smiled as he gazed into his eyes.

"Well I just want to know," he began to realize that he was sweating, embarrassed he wiped his forehead, "um, will you marry me?"

Evelyn's jaw dropped. She began to slowly nod her head "Yes," she whispered through her hands, which were covering her mouth in shock. Tears of joy began to stream like a waterfall down her cheeks. Rafe grabbed her hand and gently slipped the ring on her finger. They leaned in almost naturally and kissed.

Danny and Alicia gathered all of their things. As Alicia loaded it in the car Danny looked out at the water. He saw two people sitting on the rocks. He quickly distinguished them as Evelyn and Rafe. He could see how happy they were and he felt alone. He wanted love but he wasn't sure if he was ready to five love back yet. This was this first heart break and he didn't like it at all.

Rafe, Evelyn, Danny, and Alicia arrived at the nurse's quarters it seemed at the same time. Danny handed Daniel to Evelyn, as she wrapped her arms around him Danny noticed the ring on her finger. "So, when did ya get that?"

"Well when Rafe proposed to me today." Evelyn said feeling a little guilty.

"Congratulations!" Alicia said

"Yeah, congrats." Danny said. His face grew blank and there was sadness in his eyes.

"So Danny, who is this?" Rafe asked changing the subject.

"Alicia"
"Nice to meet you!" Alicia said shaking their hands. "I've got to go! Well it was nice to meet you, bye Danny and Congratulations again."

"You know what I need to go to." Rafe said quickly kissing Evelyn. "C'mon Danny we need to go talk."

"Alright."

Danny and Rafe went up to the diner in front of the theater and sat down for a cup of coffee. Rafe slowly took a sip and looked up at Danny who was anxiously looking around the room clasping the napkin in his hands. "So," Rafe said breaking their silence. "Are you alright you know with everything going on and stuff."

"Sure, why wouldn't I be?"

"I don't know just looking out for you."

"Well don't worry I can take care of myself."

Rafe nodded and continued, "Well good, I wanted to know, would you be my best friend. You know since you're my best friend and all."

"Well sure, why not?"

"Good." There was much tension between the two; so much you could cut it with a knife. Their amazing friendship had changed so much over the past few weeks and they wondered if it would ever be the same again.

* 2 Years Later *

Evelyn walked down a long white carpet that was mushy when over the sand. She wore a simple white dress that only reached her ankles. She held a bouquet of white roses and a small hat with a vale atop her head. Rafe stood there at the end of the carpet along with Danny and young rambunctious Daniel in his little tucks trying to run to his mother. Danny held him back by his suspenders and he looked up at him and laughed.

The ceremony was short and sweet. Daniel ran around the beach as Danny and Rafe tried to catch him. They were able to keep him still though when they placed a large slice of cake in front of him. Of course only half of it made it into his mouth and the rest all over his hands, face, and clothes. Rafe's parents helped watch him by giving his presents from Tennessee to play with. His favorite was a teddy bear that Rafe's mother had quickly assembled on their long ride there. He also enjoyed a model plane Rafe's dad had made during the long winter days that left him with nothing to do.

"Hey there, Danny did you remember to say thank you?" Rafe said as he swung Daniel up into his arms and tickled him making his laugh.

"Tank you," he said shyly grasping his teddy bear tightly.

"So Rafe have you talked to Evelyn about moving to Tennessee to raise the boy," Rafe's father said, his voice deep and strong.

"Yeah, she likes the idea but we both agreed that we weren't going unless Danny came too."

Danny walked over, "I heard my name," he said walking over and giving Rafe's parents a hug.

"We were just talking about how Tennessee would be a far greater place to raise a young man then this 24 hour party," Rafe's dad told Danny looking around the tropical paradise. "But Rafe wanted to make sure you were coming too."

Danny nodded, "that sounds like a great idea, I'd love to come back home. You'd have so much fun there Daniel, especially before the harvest." Danny said grabbing him from Rafe's arms.

"So I guess we're moving to Tennessee," Rafe said to his parents.