There You'll Be
Chapter 5
A tout a leure France! Aloha Hawaii!

They spent a week in England and Scotland, looking at everything they could, holding hands the entire time. The next week, they spent in Paris, in a room that looked onto the Eiffel Tower. After every day they went to different places in the room and do what they wanted and kept staring at each other, until one goes to the other and then they did what all newlyweds do. At the end of that week, when they were about to get on the plane, Jo turned around.

"A tout a leure, France!"

Danny laughed, as did a brunette with glasses, sitting next to them.

"Jo, you're drunk," said Danny.

"No I'm not."

"Then you're crazy."

"Maybe it's that French food, you never know what they put in their foods."

The brunette laughed, and Danny and Jo looked at her.

"I'm sorry, but you two remind me of two people an old friend of mine told me about, before one of them died."

They eventually got to talking, without being introduced.

"Oh, before I forget, I was wondering what those two people were like, see if we know them," said Jo.

Jo picked up a bottle of Coke to drink from it.

"Well, I remember, he came to call on her a lot. And she, I met her once, she wasn't to be trifled with. She was a pilot in Pearl Harbor--" Jo choked. "Are you all right?"

"Was her name Jo McCawley, and his name Danny Walker?" asked Jo.

"Why-- yes."

"That's us!"

Jo smiled and the brunette was shocked.

"Sandra?" asked Danny.

"Yes. That's me. I thought you were dead."

"We thought you were dead, you never came home from the war. Even I, a General in the Air Force couldn't find you," said Jo.

"Why were you looking for me?"

"The wedding! Most everyone from Pearl Harbor, that's still alive, were there. I had the nurses for my bridesmaids, as I never had any girl friends. I only had Rafe and Danny, here. Rafe had to try to talk Evelyn in to having me the Best Woman, but she said no. I ended up as a bridesmaid, I had to wear a pink dress."

Jo wrinkled her nose, making Danny and Sanrda laugh.

"I seem to remember you wearing a dress two weeks ago," said Danny.

"That doesn't count! That was our wedding! And it wasn't pink, frilly, and I picked it out!"

They all laughed.

"How many kids are you two gonna have?" asked Sandra.

Jo and Danny looked at each other.

"Kids?" they said together.

"I have one of my own, but us? We haven't discussed that yet," said Jo.

"I haven't even thought about it," said Danny.

"Oh. Well, how's Evelyn and Rafe?" asked Sandra.

"They're good. Rafe's having the time of his life, and Evelyn, well, Evelyn's 'being herself' as Rafe says. And you haven't thought of kids? I was having second thoughts because of them. Evelyn, Goose, Red, Diana, and Dolittle thought that was hilarious. Sandra, you should have seen me. I was pacing up and down the room, babbling about me not being a good wife, I had never really learned anything from my mother, other than Japanese, French, Italian and German. Which the Japanese came in handy, I used German and Italian a bit, and I used French this past week," said Jo.

"When did you use Japanese?" asked Danny.

"Oh, I never told you that story, ask Rafe, when Dolittle, Red and Goose are around, they can tell it better than me."

"Well, I hope you two have a wonderful life together, and I hope to see you some time," said Sandra, as the plane landed in Hawaii.

Jo stepped off the plane, with Danny behind her.

"Aloha Hawaii!" shouted Jo.

Danny laughed again, as the girls put the lai's on the visitors. First, Jo dragged Danny to go see Gooz, Red, and Rafe, who were called back to Pearl Harbor for test flying some planes. She knocked on their bunk door.

"Come in," said Gooz.

Jo opened the door and dragged Danny in.

'The newlyweds came outside! You grace us with your presence," said Doolittle, bowing.

"You expected her to stay inside?" asked Rafe.

"Well, are we allowed to join the party?" asked Jo.

"Please, come in," said Red.

"Oh, by the way. I was told to ask you four what Jo did in Japan that she won't tell me," said Danny.

Jo blushed as the guys laughed.

"Okay. Do you remember that Jo had a signal for us to attack them if we got captured, well we had been captured by the Japs, and Jo knew some Japanese and tried to talk them out of killing us," began Rafe.

"Well, that didn't work, so she had to think like a man-" said Red.

Danny looked at Jo.

"My God. I'm not your first?" he said.

"I'm not yours. And no, I have a daughter, finish it quickly, y'all," said Jo, blushing more than ever.

"She said she told them, 'If you don't kill them you don't have to pay me.' Well, they got what she was implying and they called the rest of the Japs over, all draggin' us. So we got front row," said Gooz.

"Well she put her hands behind her, and up under her shirt and then, with amazing ease--" Doolittle broke off laughing, with Red, Rafe and Gooz.

"She- she- she pulled- her- her- her bra out of her sleeve!" shouted Gooz.

Danny stared at Jo.

"Finish it, so I can make it up," said Jo.

"Well, that wasn't the signal, because then, she zipped down her jacket, slowly, and then quickly pulled out her guns and we killed most of them. As the Chinese came, she ran into the plane that you came down in and put it back on. We were all goin' up to her for weeks askin' her to do it again, we asked her even more over in Germany, fighting, Gooz loved to pester her about it, especially when he was drunk," said Red.

Danny had to sit down, because he was laughing so hard. Jo had her arms crossed, and her face red.

"Now Jo, you said something about making something up? Where are you to do this?" asked Danny.

"That deserted part of the beach, where no one will hear us," said Jo, smiling slyly.

They guys 'oo'ed.

"What are you two gonna do?" asked Red.

"That's classified. Top secret, until further notice."

"Oh, guys we can't know, because she doesn't want us to know what goes on in her mind," said Rafe.

"Shut up. I can tell when I'm not wanted. Oh, and Gooz, you better be askin' that girl to marry you, after all the noise you two make."

Jo smiled at the look on his face.

"I did, I asked her before I came here," he replied, blushing a bit.

"I asked my girl, last month, we're getting married in September," said Red.

"Lauren said she always wanted to get married in February, so that's when we're gettin' married," said Gooz.

"Well, we'll be there. Now, you four discuss whatever you four discuss and we'll be on our way, because you won't see us for two weeks," said Jo, pulling Danny out.

"Bye guys," said Danny.

Jo took him to that deserted part of the beach she had talked about and they watched the sunset, then did some more of what they did in Paris. At about midnight, they talked.

"Have you really never think about children?" asked Jo.

"I have, but not seriously. Have you thought of any names?"

"A few. Stephen James, Rafe Jackson, Rafe Lorenzo, Andrew David, and Timothy Robert."

"Oh. Any girls names?"

"Stephanie Faith, Danielle Nicole, and Andrea Hope. I had Harley Gabrielle, but that one's obviously taken."

"Nice, all the girls names have possible abbriviations like boy's names, like yours."

"Yup. I don't know which ones I like best."

"Well, why make a desision?"

"I'm not having nine children. I've had Harley, I'm not goin' to do that eight more times."

"Oh? Really? What if I said that I wanted you so bad, that I couldn't stand it. That I wanted you so bad, and I needed your love?"

"I'd say, you married me, right?"

Danny laughed.

"How many do you want?"

"Until I get sick of them, but I'm not having any sissy kids."

"Okay. I can deal with that. When do you wanna start?"

"Now, if you feel like it."

"Okay."

Soon, the sun came up and they made it back to their room. Around lunchtime, Doolittle found Jo lying on a rock, watching Danny.

"C'mon Jo, get in. It feels good. Please?"

Danny got on his knees and stuck out his lower lip.

"No! I'm not gettin' in. It's too wet!"

"Why not, Jo? It must feel fine if Danny's in there. I wanted to know, where are you two gonna live?" asked Doolittle.

"In DC for a while, then we'll move out to Tenessee next door to Rafe and Evelyn," replied Jo, looking up at him.

"Okay. I was just wondering. Gooz somehow got into your files, or into your mind, I dunno which, but he knows a few things about you."

"Well, he's a dumbass."

Doolittle laughed.

"And the hotel clerk was woried about your sanity, as you two haven't been there for more than five minutes yet. Rafe and Gooz went up to check on you and the clerk almost began to drool when they walked in."

"She didn't almost, she did!" yelled Gooz from behind Doolittle, from behind a rock.

She was suddenly pulled down by two pairs of hands. Jo laughed, stood up and walked toward them. Danny snuck up behind her and tapped her shoulder. She turned around and he picked her up and put her on his shoulder and ran toward the water. Doolittle took photographs of them.

"No! Danny, don't! Put me down!"

"Okay!"

"No! On dry land!"

The threw her in the water. She surfaced, taking a deep breath. She stood up and walked behind Danny, who was bowing. She jumped on his back, making him stumble.

"Why hello, Jo! I'm glad you decided to get in."

He grabbed her legs and fell backward, then he helped her back up.

"Oh, you didn't. You didn't do that, did you?"

"Do what?" he asked innocently.

The guys laughed.

"Don't play dumb with me, I'm not stupid."

"I know, you married me, didn't you?"

Jo dropped her jaw.

"You're askin' for it."

"For what?"

"Now you're beggin' for it."

"Bring it on, baby, bring it on."

"Okay."

Jo jumped and put pressure on his shoulders, submerging him. He jumped back up, and throwing Jo back. The guys watched interested. When Jo didn't come back up above the water, Danny began to get worried. He didn't see her swimming up behind him. She tugged gently on his shorts, causing him to squeek, loudly. The guys and Jo burst out laughing.

"You- You- You haven't d-d-d- done that in a long time. I remember the first time I heard you did that. You and Rafe were on the roof in front of my window, and I opened the window, and asked what you were doin'. You almost fell off the roof!"

Jo was starting to laugh so hard, she fell backward into the water. Danny started to laugh sarcastically, then splashed her. She stopped laughing, making Danny laugh.

"Now who's laughing?" he asked.

Jo stood up.

"Me."

"Why?"

Jo picked Danny up,one hand on his right leg, the other on his left shoulder, she lifted him over her head and threw him.

"That's why."

Danny, like Jo had, didn't resurface. He snuck up on Jo, then put his arms around her waist. She turned and they kissed.

"Eww! Colonel! They're kissing!" whined Rafe.

"Change the radio station. I want more action, not romance," complained Gooz.

"What about you Red? No complaints?" asked Doolittle.

"A little less tounge and a little more action," replied Red.

Jo and Danny stopped and looked at them.

"Well, if you don't wanna see what we're doin' then leave," said Jo.

"Okay," said Rafe, standing up. "I do this with my wife, anyway."

The four turned around and began to walk away. Jo picked up a bucket, filled it with water, and snuck up behind them. She poured the water all over them. They tunded, and looked at her, shocked. She threw the bucket, and ran. All but Doolittle ran after her.

"I'm too old for this," he muttered.

"Old? Never old," said Jo, walking next to him.

"How'd you get away from them?"

"My loving husband may be brave enough to take a bullet for me, but he's also stupid enough to stick up for me when the odds are three to two, esspecially if those three are Rafe, Red and Gooz. Now, if you'll excuse me Colonel, I'm goin' to relieve him."

Jo ran and jumped in Rafe's back causing Rafe to fall into the water. Then she tackled Gooz, he pulled her down, he tried to run, but she got him around the ankles. Doolittle laughed, taking more photos, now he had photographs of them doing a lot of stuff, from the time they entered the Air Force, to the present. They had been the closest thing he had to children. He stood up and left. At dinner, a week later, Jo and Danny were having, another, romantic candlelit dinner, and a man walks up to them.

"Jo?" he asked, he had a British accent.

"Yes?" She looked up at him. "William? Hello! How are you?"

"I'm great! And who, may I ask, is this? Do I have a reason to be jealous?"
"That's good, this is Danny Walker, he's my husband. Where have you been? I tried to send you a telegram for the wedding, but I got no reply."

"I've been traveling. And I'm glad to meet you, Danny Walker, I'm sorry I missed the wedding. My name is William Walter Wallace."

"Hello. How do you know each other?" asked Danny.

"Europe. When I was sent to the war, we met up with his troope, and we fought the Germans. He crashed and broke his leg, and I was the only one who didn't have their panties in a knot and I set it right and put a splint on his leg," said Jo.

"And I once again thank you. Now, I must run. I hope to see you later."
And William left. Danny and Jo resumed their dinner, and two days later they flew back to the mainland and took a train to Washington, Danny got his things and moved into Jo's appartment. A month later, they got a telegram. Jo got it at work, and ran to find Danny, her face ghostly white.

"Danny," she breathed.

Danny was with Doolittle, Gooz and Red, looking over the pictures Doolittle had taken three weeks before.

"General," said Doolittle.

Jo saluted him, still shaking.

"As you were, what's wrong?"

Jo handed Danny the telegram, and his face also went white. He hugged Jo, both were trying not to cry.

"What happened?" asked Gooz, looking concerned.

Danny looked up.

"My mother isn't eating. She has a fatal illness" said Danny.

"I'll be right back," said Doolittle, leaving them.

Jo hugged Danny again.

"Danny, it'll be all right. I love you, Danny," said Jo.

"I love you too."

He put his hands on either side of her face and she put her hands on his wrists. Gooz and Red left them alone, just before Doolittle came back. Doolittle cleared his throat and Jo and Danny saluted.

"You two have a week," he said.

"Thank you sir," said Danny.

"Go keep your mother well."

They smiled and left the next morning, although hesitantly, because Jo had been sick. They got there later that day. Jo and Danny called a cab and rode to the Walker's farmhouse.

"Mother?" called Danny.

An extremely thin woman, came walking down the stairs.

"Daniel?"

"Mother."

Danny walked over to her and helped her into her rocking chair. Jo set harley down in the living room and went into the kichen and made some coffee for them.

"Mrs. Walker, how are you?" asked Jo.

"Are you talking to me or yourself?" she asked.

"You, Mrs. Walker."

"I'm fine, just a bit tired. And call me mother, please. What about you, dear, you look pale, were you sick this morning?"

"Yes, ma'am, Danny wanted me to stay in Washington, but I told him that he wasn't comin' here by himself, so I came too."

"She's only been sick in the mornings, I don't get it," said Danny.

"Only in the mornings?" asked Mrs. Walker.

"Yes, ma'am," said Jo.

"Daniel, could you go get us some sandwiches, I'd like to talk to Josephine."

"All right Mother."

Jo and Danny looked at each other, both confused, and he left.

"Josephine, have you two talked about children?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Have you missed something in particular, this month?"

Jo choked on her coffee.

"Yes ma'am. Even Harley's noticed. Every now and then she says--"

"Baby!" said Harley, giggling.

Danny walked in with four sandwiches.

"Yes, Josephine, you are, I can see it in your eyes."

"What? What did I miss?"

"Nothin'. Nothin' at all," said Jo.

Once they had gotten Mrs. Walker eating, Jo, Danny and Harley walked toward Rafe and Evelyn's house.

"Danny, I have to tell you something," said Jo, breaking their silence.

"You're not dyin' are you?"

"What? No. I'm goin' to have another baby."

"WHAT?"

"In about seven months."

They got throught the corn field and Danny Jr. came running toward them.

"Aunt Jo! Uncle Danny! Harley!"

Jo picked up the small five year old and swung him around, Danny just stood there, in shock, holding Harley's hand. Rafe and Evelyn ran out of the house, wondering what the noise was.

"Jo! Danny! What are you all doin' here?" asked Evelyn.

"Didn't you two send us a telegram tellin' us about Danny's parents?" asked Jo.

"No," said Rafe.

Jo and Danny looked at each other, Jo shrugged.

"Come on in for dinner you two," said Evelyn.

"Aunt Jo, do you have anything for me?" asked Danny Jr.

"Danny!"

"It's all right Evelyn. Pick a hand Danny- boy, any hand," said Jo.

"Um-- That one," he said pointing to her right hand.

She held out a bag of candy.

"Don't you wanna know what's in the other hand?"

Danny Jr. nodded enthusiastically. Jo smiled and held out the other hand, in it was a toy B- 15.

"Wow, Aunt Jo, thank you."

"You're welcome. Know what?"

"What?"

"Your dad, uncle and me took down ten Japs together in those planes in Pearl Harbor five and a half years ago, we flew the big ones of course."

"Wow. Did you really?"

Danny nodded, smiling. Then they all went inside.

"Jo, you shouldn't give him so many presents," said Evelyn.

"Why not? He's my nephew. Aren't I allowed to get him a few gifts every now and then?"

Rafe laughed.

"Would you like us spoiling Harley, or any of your furute children?" he asked.

Danny and Jo looked at each other quickly and both went back to eating.

"What?" asked Evelyn.

Jo cleared her throat, and looked at Danny, who nodded.

"We're having another baby. Well, more me than him, but--"

Jo broke off because Rafe had jumped up and was hugging her. Evelyn hugged Danny, and then Rafe hugged Danny and Evelyn hugged Jo.

"Guess what?" asked Evelyn.

"What?" asked Jo.

"I'm having a baby, too."

"WHAT?" said Rafe, in complete shock.

Jo burst out laughing and took a photo of his face.

A/N: Thank you all for reviewing the previous chapters, and I hope you continue to do so. I'm stopping right here, because at the present moment I can't think of anything else, but as soon as I think hard about it, it'll come to me. Lata!