A/N: This is like a flashback chapter. Ya know those random shows in a
season that flashbacks through the episode, well that is what this is like.
I may do it again in a later chapter but this is it.
Rafe returned back to Hawaii about three weeks later with two new medals, one was his and one was Danny's. As he placed his bags down in his hotel room he looked out at the gas station a vivid memory coming back to him.
*Flashback*
Rafe placed another shirt into his suitcase, Evelyn stood closely by him so close he could reach out and touch her.
"What looking for Danny?" he had asked rather coldly. She stepped closer and folded a pair of his pants placing it in his suitcase brushing against his arm, chills running up her spine.
"I wasn't looking for Danny," she whispered into his ear. Rafe looked up at her, thinking that she had chosen him and leaned into kiss her. "I couldn't let you go without you understanding something." She said he looked away feeling a fool.
*Present Time*
"Why did I ever leave her?" he sighed sitting into the chair behind him. A light tapping came from the opposite side of the door.
"Rafe, is that you?" Evelyn called through the door.
Rafe walked to the door to open it. "Hi," he said softly.
"I heard you were back so I, uh, I came to see if you were, and well you are, and uh, you know friends come to welcome friends when they come home, not like sisters, and well, I'm sounding like a total idiot aren't I?" Rafe simply snickered at her comment. "So you wanna go get something to eat?"
"Um, yeah, sure but first I have something, to uh, give you. Something real important." Evelyn's eyes widened was this something special a proposal? Rafe got out a velvet box from his desk and handed it to her. "This is Danny's medal, and well I figured you would want it, to you know have a reminder, or you could give it to the baby, you know when it's older."
Evelyn sighed, "Thanks, this means a lot to me really."
"So, uh when is the baby due?"
"Soon, in a month or so I think."
"Yeah well, I know the baby is gonna need a fatherly figure to look up to and well, Danny," he paused thinking to when Danny had died in his arms.
*Flashback*
"No Danny you can't die, cuz your gonna be a daddy," Rafe said as he held his best as close to him a possible. Danny's shivering frame seemed to weaken by the second. "I wasn't supposed to tell you this, but your gonna be a father." Rafe was cut off but a sob.
Danny pulled Rafe towards him with every ounce of his strength and whispered to him softly, "No, you are."
*Present Time*
"Rafe?" Evelyn interrupted his thoughts. "What did Danny want? Why won't you tell me what happened in China?"
"Cuz, it's not important what happened there you know the facts." He said trying to avoid the topic. "Let's go."
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Rafe reached over for his soda, "so what are you going to name the baby?" He asked.
Evelyn thought for a minute, "I'm not really sure," she sighed eating a fry. "If it's a girl I was thinking maybe Eleanor or Samantha and if it's a boy maybe Mark or Joshua."
Rafe swallowed his hamburger, "I think if it's a boy you should name him Danny, you know give him a part of his father that he'll always know."
"That made no sense."
"Yeah, well it did in my head." The two laughed as they continued to eat their lunch. As the sun began to set they decided it was time to get going.
Evelyn looked up into the sky, "Danny took me up once during the sunset." She said reminiscing on the days before.
"It's probably beautiful with the mountains and all," Rafe sighed looking up with her.
"You know what I always wanted to do."
"What?"
"Fly a plane, ya know by myself. My dad used to take me up and tell me that I was flying the plane but I always knew he was really doing it, just trying to imitate my movements."
"I guess I'll have to teach you then," Rafe sighed, "but not now cuz I don't know if the plane would make it off the runway with you." He joked.
"Aw, Rafe McCawley the little comedian." She laughed looking over at her barracks which was now in sight. "Well I'm glad to see you again."
"Yeah I hopefully will be staying over a month this time." He began to walk backwards making sure she got to the hospital okay, "well bye." He said with a wave.
"Bye," she said softly turning to walk towards her home. Rafe stood there watching her until she got inside; she turned towards him before entering and held up her hand, as he responded the same.
*Flashback*
"I will come back," Rafe said holding Evelyn close to him. He leaned in and kissed her and they stood in a sweet embrace. Evelyn then pushed him away, the pain finally over taking her. She walked towards the twirling doors and stood on the other side as she looked at him for the last time. 'I love you' he mouthed to her.
'I love you too,' she mouthed in response and then held up her hand to wave goodbye. He quickly responded with his hand in the air as they stood there staring at each other. Evelyn finally looked away and then walked off.
*Present Time*
Rafe turned away finally and walked towards his hotel room. On the way was the hula-la bar that Danny and he and the misfortune of fighting in.
"Rafe ya little son of a bitch! Get in her!" He heard Gooz yell from inside. Rafe shrugged and walked in. The place was rather slummy and loud. Bar chants were heard off key throughout different portions of the bar. Rafe took a seat next to Gooz who was sitting with Earl and Red.
"So w-wh-where have ya b-e-een for the past m-o-month?" Red asked as he took a sip of his beer.
"Washington, got some stupid medal for being a 'hero," he said pouring a shot of bourbon.
"Why is it stupid?" Earl asked.
"Cuz I don't think I deserved in," he sighed gulping down his shot, "heroes don't let their best friends die."
"Rafe," Red began, "it's not your fault about Danny. He made his own choices to get into danger and you even warned him not to go."
Rafe sighed, "Yeah well I should have told him about Evelyn, ya know, about the baby."
"What exactly is going on between you two?" Gooz said not sure of their whole situation.
"I don't know," Rafe paused, "I mean have you ever been truly in love." All the guys looked away except for Red who nodded. "Well you know that's what it was like for me. But then the whole thing with the baby and Danny I just, I jut don't feel the same way anymore."
"But do ya still love her?" Earl asked.
"Ya see, I'm not sure how I feel about her anymore. I don't want to have a romantic relationship it's like telling me that now that Danny's gone I'm runner up and I get to take her. I don't, I don't want to be second place in her heart."
"Well how do you know that it's like that?" Gooz asked, "I mean, how do you know if she didn't just choose Danny because of the baby and what was right for it?"
The words of wisdom from Gooz surprised the guys as they stared at him dumbfounded. Rafe took another shot of bourbon, "that's the problem. I don't," he said getting up and placing some money on the counter. "I gotta go," he said as he walked out the door.
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Evelyn sat on her bed crying as she gently rubbed the medal that Danny had earned by dying. She then thought about the last time she saw him.
*Flashback*
"Ya know the only thing that I'm afraid of is that you may love him more then you love me," Danny said looking down at her.
Lost for words Evelyn looked over at Rafe's silhouette in the plane as he nodded at her. "I love you Danny," she finally said. Do I love Danny? She asked herself finally justifying herself, of course you do. We're having a baby together of course I love him. She then looked back at the plane and then back to him, "and I'll be waiting here for you when you come back."
*Present Time*
Evelyn placed a hand on her belly as she looked up, "I'm sorry." She simply said as she lay back into her bed, crying herself to sleep.
A/N: more soon.
Rafe returned back to Hawaii about three weeks later with two new medals, one was his and one was Danny's. As he placed his bags down in his hotel room he looked out at the gas station a vivid memory coming back to him.
*Flashback*
Rafe placed another shirt into his suitcase, Evelyn stood closely by him so close he could reach out and touch her.
"What looking for Danny?" he had asked rather coldly. She stepped closer and folded a pair of his pants placing it in his suitcase brushing against his arm, chills running up her spine.
"I wasn't looking for Danny," she whispered into his ear. Rafe looked up at her, thinking that she had chosen him and leaned into kiss her. "I couldn't let you go without you understanding something." She said he looked away feeling a fool.
*Present Time*
"Why did I ever leave her?" he sighed sitting into the chair behind him. A light tapping came from the opposite side of the door.
"Rafe, is that you?" Evelyn called through the door.
Rafe walked to the door to open it. "Hi," he said softly.
"I heard you were back so I, uh, I came to see if you were, and well you are, and uh, you know friends come to welcome friends when they come home, not like sisters, and well, I'm sounding like a total idiot aren't I?" Rafe simply snickered at her comment. "So you wanna go get something to eat?"
"Um, yeah, sure but first I have something, to uh, give you. Something real important." Evelyn's eyes widened was this something special a proposal? Rafe got out a velvet box from his desk and handed it to her. "This is Danny's medal, and well I figured you would want it, to you know have a reminder, or you could give it to the baby, you know when it's older."
Evelyn sighed, "Thanks, this means a lot to me really."
"So, uh when is the baby due?"
"Soon, in a month or so I think."
"Yeah well, I know the baby is gonna need a fatherly figure to look up to and well, Danny," he paused thinking to when Danny had died in his arms.
*Flashback*
"No Danny you can't die, cuz your gonna be a daddy," Rafe said as he held his best as close to him a possible. Danny's shivering frame seemed to weaken by the second. "I wasn't supposed to tell you this, but your gonna be a father." Rafe was cut off but a sob.
Danny pulled Rafe towards him with every ounce of his strength and whispered to him softly, "No, you are."
*Present Time*
"Rafe?" Evelyn interrupted his thoughts. "What did Danny want? Why won't you tell me what happened in China?"
"Cuz, it's not important what happened there you know the facts." He said trying to avoid the topic. "Let's go."
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Rafe reached over for his soda, "so what are you going to name the baby?" He asked.
Evelyn thought for a minute, "I'm not really sure," she sighed eating a fry. "If it's a girl I was thinking maybe Eleanor or Samantha and if it's a boy maybe Mark or Joshua."
Rafe swallowed his hamburger, "I think if it's a boy you should name him Danny, you know give him a part of his father that he'll always know."
"That made no sense."
"Yeah, well it did in my head." The two laughed as they continued to eat their lunch. As the sun began to set they decided it was time to get going.
Evelyn looked up into the sky, "Danny took me up once during the sunset." She said reminiscing on the days before.
"It's probably beautiful with the mountains and all," Rafe sighed looking up with her.
"You know what I always wanted to do."
"What?"
"Fly a plane, ya know by myself. My dad used to take me up and tell me that I was flying the plane but I always knew he was really doing it, just trying to imitate my movements."
"I guess I'll have to teach you then," Rafe sighed, "but not now cuz I don't know if the plane would make it off the runway with you." He joked.
"Aw, Rafe McCawley the little comedian." She laughed looking over at her barracks which was now in sight. "Well I'm glad to see you again."
"Yeah I hopefully will be staying over a month this time." He began to walk backwards making sure she got to the hospital okay, "well bye." He said with a wave.
"Bye," she said softly turning to walk towards her home. Rafe stood there watching her until she got inside; she turned towards him before entering and held up her hand, as he responded the same.
*Flashback*
"I will come back," Rafe said holding Evelyn close to him. He leaned in and kissed her and they stood in a sweet embrace. Evelyn then pushed him away, the pain finally over taking her. She walked towards the twirling doors and stood on the other side as she looked at him for the last time. 'I love you' he mouthed to her.
'I love you too,' she mouthed in response and then held up her hand to wave goodbye. He quickly responded with his hand in the air as they stood there staring at each other. Evelyn finally looked away and then walked off.
*Present Time*
Rafe turned away finally and walked towards his hotel room. On the way was the hula-la bar that Danny and he and the misfortune of fighting in.
"Rafe ya little son of a bitch! Get in her!" He heard Gooz yell from inside. Rafe shrugged and walked in. The place was rather slummy and loud. Bar chants were heard off key throughout different portions of the bar. Rafe took a seat next to Gooz who was sitting with Earl and Red.
"So w-wh-where have ya b-e-een for the past m-o-month?" Red asked as he took a sip of his beer.
"Washington, got some stupid medal for being a 'hero," he said pouring a shot of bourbon.
"Why is it stupid?" Earl asked.
"Cuz I don't think I deserved in," he sighed gulping down his shot, "heroes don't let their best friends die."
"Rafe," Red began, "it's not your fault about Danny. He made his own choices to get into danger and you even warned him not to go."
Rafe sighed, "Yeah well I should have told him about Evelyn, ya know, about the baby."
"What exactly is going on between you two?" Gooz said not sure of their whole situation.
"I don't know," Rafe paused, "I mean have you ever been truly in love." All the guys looked away except for Red who nodded. "Well you know that's what it was like for me. But then the whole thing with the baby and Danny I just, I jut don't feel the same way anymore."
"But do ya still love her?" Earl asked.
"Ya see, I'm not sure how I feel about her anymore. I don't want to have a romantic relationship it's like telling me that now that Danny's gone I'm runner up and I get to take her. I don't, I don't want to be second place in her heart."
"Well how do you know that it's like that?" Gooz asked, "I mean, how do you know if she didn't just choose Danny because of the baby and what was right for it?"
The words of wisdom from Gooz surprised the guys as they stared at him dumbfounded. Rafe took another shot of bourbon, "that's the problem. I don't," he said getting up and placing some money on the counter. "I gotta go," he said as he walked out the door.
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Evelyn sat on her bed crying as she gently rubbed the medal that Danny had earned by dying. She then thought about the last time she saw him.
*Flashback*
"Ya know the only thing that I'm afraid of is that you may love him more then you love me," Danny said looking down at her.
Lost for words Evelyn looked over at Rafe's silhouette in the plane as he nodded at her. "I love you Danny," she finally said. Do I love Danny? She asked herself finally justifying herself, of course you do. We're having a baby together of course I love him. She then looked back at the plane and then back to him, "and I'll be waiting here for you when you come back."
*Present Time*
Evelyn placed a hand on her belly as she looked up, "I'm sorry." She simply said as she lay back into her bed, crying herself to sleep.
A/N: more soon.
