A/N: This is my supper dupper long meaningful chapter. And it's a little
out of character and I made up the Doolittle transfer.
"Rafe, when are you going to teach me how to fly?" Evelyn asked stretched out under the warm golden sun.
"I don't know when I figure out this whole surfing thing," he smirked as he looked over his surf board.
"Well I wanna learn sometime in my life time."
"Um, I guess when I can find a two seated plane that won't get me kicked out of the army."
"Don't they have random airfields where you can rent a plane?"
"Yeah, sure and next door they have a rocket ship that goes into space. The only way I'm going to be able to teach you is to have you sit in my lap and sneak you up and that would be against army rules and rather awkward."
"When did you start caring about getting in trouble?" Evelyn sat up and looked at him tilting her sunglasses down. "Besides, isn't Doolittle stationed here now? He won't kick out his best pilot. And it would only be awkward if we had sexual feelings towards each other and we're only friends."
"Gee, you must really want to learn how to fly. That or it just gives you an excuse to sit in my lap." He joked.
"Been there, done that and it wasn't all that exciting," she laughed.
"Oh you're gonna get it now!" Rafe said as he picked her up and threw her into the water.
"Is that a yes then?" Evelyn asked spitting the water from her mouth.
"Yeah," Rafe said walking back to his car.
"Wait! You're giving me a ride home!" She screamed running out of the water.
"Ya better catch up cuz I ain't slowing down!"
Evelyn picked up her towel and ran after him. Rafe looked back and began to run towards his car. But being a 'southern gentlemen' he stopped at the car and let her catch up holding the door open for her. "You thought I was going to leave, huh?"
"No your better then tat." She smiled as she slid into the car.
*~*
"How much longer do I wear the hat?" Evelyn asked adjusting Rafe's misshapen hot on her head.
"Till I tell you." Rafe said as he helped her, "You know some people spend time with their sons instead of bothering their ex-boyfriends."
"Oh, don't think I wouldn't! Sandra and Barbara took him to pick up guys."
"Aw, how sweet!" Rafe said as he squeezed into the cockpit, closing the canopy behind him. "Okay here," Rafe said pushing random buttons as he looked over Evelyn's shoulder.
The engine roared and the plane slowly accelerated forward picking up speed along the way. The wheels began to leave the tarmac and the plane finally began to glide through the air, "You can take off the hat now," Rafe said softly into Evelyn's ear, his breath warm on her neck.
Evelyn placed the hat down next to her as she looked down at the land below her. It looked different in daylight and had lost its romance. But that wasn't the only thing that was different; the way Rafe flew was very different from Danny. He flew with confidence and ease with a very natural feeling.
"Here," Rafe said giving Evelyn control of the control stick. Evelyn held onto it tight as she moved it sharply side to side. "No, no, no," Rafe broke in placing his hands on hers, "you've got to relax," he said as he swiftly moved her hands with his.
"I've got it now," she said turning to him, "you can let go."
"Yeah, right," Rafe said pulling his hands back.
"Can you teach me that rolling thing?"
"Barrel role?"
"Yeah."
"Here, you just move it like this," he said grabbing the control stick again. He let go as Evelyn continued spinning the plane along in the sky.
Rafe looked down at his watch. "We have to go back," he took control of the plane again and brought it down gently to the tarp. "Are you happy now?"
With a big smile on her face she nodded at him, "thank you!" She whispered.
"If it makes you smile like that it's all worth it," Evelyn's smile disappeared as she sat there staring at him. She leaned over to him and kissed him, a kiss that had been missing for the past year now.
"McCawley!" Doolittle screamed standing on one of the wings.
Rafe and Evelyn snapped their heads towards him, "Doolittle, sir, hi," Rafe said opening the canopy, "see, I can explain!"
"This isn't make out point, McCawley."
"Right sir of course it's not."
"Wait, it's my fault." Evelyn finally broke in, "I just wanted to learn how to fly. My father was a pilot but died before he could and then Danny died and didn't teach me and Rafe was nice enough to and well I don't know what came over me, maybe one of those moments where it would happen to any two people in the world. And well I'm sorry Rafe and Colonel, General, I don't know Doolittle but um, I gotta go." She said walking away.
"Women," Doolittle sighed.
Rafe ignored his comment and jumped out of the planed to follow her.
*~*
Rafe trailed Evelyn in his car as he drove slowly beside her, "What's wrong?"
"I don't think we should hangout anymore," she replied not looking at him.
"What, why?"
"I need to find some one who can really be Danny's father, who will marry me."
"But I thought I was doing fine as Danny's father!"
"Rafe, I'm not going to stay single all my life because you want to play daddy to my baby."
"Well then I'll marry you," Evelyn stopped as Rafe jumped out of the car.
"What is wrong with you?"
"What?"
"I'm not going to marry you unless it's about love."
"Are you insinuating that I don't love you?"
"No! You already told me that you don't, remember?" The expression drained from Rafe's face as he turned away. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"You know what; I don't even know why I came here!" Rafe said heading towards his car, Evelyn followed him closely.
"I didn't ask that," she said pleadingly.
"Yeah well I know that's what you're thinking!" Rafe said trying to jam his keys into his lock, "you know I thought this whole friendship thing was kind of working out until the-"
"Plane." Evelyn cut off.
Rafe continued to try to pry the key into the lock, "what's wrong with this thing?" He asked himself.
"It's up side down," Evelyn said as a matter of factly.
"Well, yeah. Anyway, I don't think the plane thing would have been as strange if well. I wasn't still in love with you."
"What?"
"I love you, not like a sister or a friend or whatever, I am deeply and truly in love with you and I've been a fool for keeping it from you all this time but I guess I got the sudden urge to just unburden my soul. And well, I should probably stop talking now." He paused regrouping his words. "Ya know, everybody says I love you, but I can guarantee that no one has meant it or felt it as much as I feel it towards you. And I know that there is not another soul on this planet who could ever love you or want you as much as I do." Evelyn stood still a single tear falling down her cheek. "They say that everyone has a soul mate, ya know 'the one' and I know the moment that I saw you that you were the one and then my dream became a reality," he said walking towards her and wiping the tear from her cheek. "When you kissed me for the first time and I realized that I had found what I was looking for. Somebody so special that I thought of you every second of every day and just wanted to spend eternity with," he picked up one of her hands and held it between his. "O don't know if you still or have ever had felt this way about me but I couldn't leave this subject unattended any longer cuz I just, I just want to be with you."
Evelyn placed her hand over Rafe's mouth to silence him and in as many words as he had just expressed she had summed up in a single kiss. As she broke away from him she whispered, "I love you too."
A/N: I know the love speech is so "Chasing Amy" yet with a different twist but I love that speech. Well keep on reviewing I guess.
"Rafe, when are you going to teach me how to fly?" Evelyn asked stretched out under the warm golden sun.
"I don't know when I figure out this whole surfing thing," he smirked as he looked over his surf board.
"Well I wanna learn sometime in my life time."
"Um, I guess when I can find a two seated plane that won't get me kicked out of the army."
"Don't they have random airfields where you can rent a plane?"
"Yeah, sure and next door they have a rocket ship that goes into space. The only way I'm going to be able to teach you is to have you sit in my lap and sneak you up and that would be against army rules and rather awkward."
"When did you start caring about getting in trouble?" Evelyn sat up and looked at him tilting her sunglasses down. "Besides, isn't Doolittle stationed here now? He won't kick out his best pilot. And it would only be awkward if we had sexual feelings towards each other and we're only friends."
"Gee, you must really want to learn how to fly. That or it just gives you an excuse to sit in my lap." He joked.
"Been there, done that and it wasn't all that exciting," she laughed.
"Oh you're gonna get it now!" Rafe said as he picked her up and threw her into the water.
"Is that a yes then?" Evelyn asked spitting the water from her mouth.
"Yeah," Rafe said walking back to his car.
"Wait! You're giving me a ride home!" She screamed running out of the water.
"Ya better catch up cuz I ain't slowing down!"
Evelyn picked up her towel and ran after him. Rafe looked back and began to run towards his car. But being a 'southern gentlemen' he stopped at the car and let her catch up holding the door open for her. "You thought I was going to leave, huh?"
"No your better then tat." She smiled as she slid into the car.
*~*
"How much longer do I wear the hat?" Evelyn asked adjusting Rafe's misshapen hot on her head.
"Till I tell you." Rafe said as he helped her, "You know some people spend time with their sons instead of bothering their ex-boyfriends."
"Oh, don't think I wouldn't! Sandra and Barbara took him to pick up guys."
"Aw, how sweet!" Rafe said as he squeezed into the cockpit, closing the canopy behind him. "Okay here," Rafe said pushing random buttons as he looked over Evelyn's shoulder.
The engine roared and the plane slowly accelerated forward picking up speed along the way. The wheels began to leave the tarmac and the plane finally began to glide through the air, "You can take off the hat now," Rafe said softly into Evelyn's ear, his breath warm on her neck.
Evelyn placed the hat down next to her as she looked down at the land below her. It looked different in daylight and had lost its romance. But that wasn't the only thing that was different; the way Rafe flew was very different from Danny. He flew with confidence and ease with a very natural feeling.
"Here," Rafe said giving Evelyn control of the control stick. Evelyn held onto it tight as she moved it sharply side to side. "No, no, no," Rafe broke in placing his hands on hers, "you've got to relax," he said as he swiftly moved her hands with his.
"I've got it now," she said turning to him, "you can let go."
"Yeah, right," Rafe said pulling his hands back.
"Can you teach me that rolling thing?"
"Barrel role?"
"Yeah."
"Here, you just move it like this," he said grabbing the control stick again. He let go as Evelyn continued spinning the plane along in the sky.
Rafe looked down at his watch. "We have to go back," he took control of the plane again and brought it down gently to the tarp. "Are you happy now?"
With a big smile on her face she nodded at him, "thank you!" She whispered.
"If it makes you smile like that it's all worth it," Evelyn's smile disappeared as she sat there staring at him. She leaned over to him and kissed him, a kiss that had been missing for the past year now.
"McCawley!" Doolittle screamed standing on one of the wings.
Rafe and Evelyn snapped their heads towards him, "Doolittle, sir, hi," Rafe said opening the canopy, "see, I can explain!"
"This isn't make out point, McCawley."
"Right sir of course it's not."
"Wait, it's my fault." Evelyn finally broke in, "I just wanted to learn how to fly. My father was a pilot but died before he could and then Danny died and didn't teach me and Rafe was nice enough to and well I don't know what came over me, maybe one of those moments where it would happen to any two people in the world. And well I'm sorry Rafe and Colonel, General, I don't know Doolittle but um, I gotta go." She said walking away.
"Women," Doolittle sighed.
Rafe ignored his comment and jumped out of the planed to follow her.
*~*
Rafe trailed Evelyn in his car as he drove slowly beside her, "What's wrong?"
"I don't think we should hangout anymore," she replied not looking at him.
"What, why?"
"I need to find some one who can really be Danny's father, who will marry me."
"But I thought I was doing fine as Danny's father!"
"Rafe, I'm not going to stay single all my life because you want to play daddy to my baby."
"Well then I'll marry you," Evelyn stopped as Rafe jumped out of the car.
"What is wrong with you?"
"What?"
"I'm not going to marry you unless it's about love."
"Are you insinuating that I don't love you?"
"No! You already told me that you don't, remember?" The expression drained from Rafe's face as he turned away. "What's wrong?" She asked.
"You know what; I don't even know why I came here!" Rafe said heading towards his car, Evelyn followed him closely.
"I didn't ask that," she said pleadingly.
"Yeah well I know that's what you're thinking!" Rafe said trying to jam his keys into his lock, "you know I thought this whole friendship thing was kind of working out until the-"
"Plane." Evelyn cut off.
Rafe continued to try to pry the key into the lock, "what's wrong with this thing?" He asked himself.
"It's up side down," Evelyn said as a matter of factly.
"Well, yeah. Anyway, I don't think the plane thing would have been as strange if well. I wasn't still in love with you."
"What?"
"I love you, not like a sister or a friend or whatever, I am deeply and truly in love with you and I've been a fool for keeping it from you all this time but I guess I got the sudden urge to just unburden my soul. And well, I should probably stop talking now." He paused regrouping his words. "Ya know, everybody says I love you, but I can guarantee that no one has meant it or felt it as much as I feel it towards you. And I know that there is not another soul on this planet who could ever love you or want you as much as I do." Evelyn stood still a single tear falling down her cheek. "They say that everyone has a soul mate, ya know 'the one' and I know the moment that I saw you that you were the one and then my dream became a reality," he said walking towards her and wiping the tear from her cheek. "When you kissed me for the first time and I realized that I had found what I was looking for. Somebody so special that I thought of you every second of every day and just wanted to spend eternity with," he picked up one of her hands and held it between his. "O don't know if you still or have ever had felt this way about me but I couldn't leave this subject unattended any longer cuz I just, I just want to be with you."
Evelyn placed her hand over Rafe's mouth to silence him and in as many words as he had just expressed she had summed up in a single kiss. As she broke away from him she whispered, "I love you too."
A/N: I know the love speech is so "Chasing Amy" yet with a different twist but I love that speech. Well keep on reviewing I guess.
