A/N: For the record I was the first person to give Evelyn and Rafe a
daughter if you read the last chapter of Danny Lives it's in the first
sentence and that was from like May or something. Then everybody saw what
a great idea it was and said, "I'm gonna do what that great author did by
giving Rafe and Evelyn a daughter." Then a few months later I write about a
little girl cuz that's just what I do and I get accused of copying…wait
never mind that didn't happen, anyway people write about Rafe having a
daughter because he seems like someone who could be the daddy of a 'daddy's
girl.' Anyway, this story is getting boring, well yeah it is so I'm
adding a conflict that will only work for about one chapter.
It was now late spring and the warm Tennessee air was slowly getting warmer and more humid as it turned to summer. Erika was still very young and would keep the McCawley household up all night. Evelyn felt more attached to this little bundle of joy but once again the baby girl seemed more intrigued with her father. Of course Evelyn was jealous, even her own son loved Rafe more she could understand it was so easy for her to fall madly in love with Rafe.
Yet, there was still an aspect of their marriage that nobody would ever expect the fights. Their past always came back to haunt them and it was inevitable to come up often.
Rafe sat on his porch looking out at the stars wondering if he would ever find Danny's, there were so many of them and they were constantly changing position in the sky through the year. Evelyn stuck her head out of the door and stood there watching him for a second, "Rafe?" she began, "Rafe, sweetie, what are you doing?"
"Just looking," Rafe sighed as he took a sip from his beer bottle.
"At what?"
"The stars."
"Um, it's uh, it's getting late, why don't you come inside."
Rafe looked over at her and then back out to the great beyond, "yeah, I'll uh, be there in a minute." He said as he placed the bottle down next to his foot and started inside.
"Rafe?" Evelyn asked as she stepped out of the kitchen, "what were you thinking about?"
"Danny," Rafe sighed.
"Don't worry he's fine he just went to sleep moments ago."
"No, Danny, Danny the original." Evelyn paused her mind drifting for a moment, "You miss him a lot too, huh?" Evelyn nodded, "sometimes I wonder what life would be like if he were still here."
"Everything would be different." Evelyn finally said.
"Yeah, very different," Rafe said obviously hiding something.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you ever wish I had died instead of him?"
"What? You can't ask me that! That's like asking which child I love the most!"
"I'm sorry, that was wrong," Rafe said with a hint of regret.
"You think that I loved him more."
"Well you did pick him over me!"
"That was a totally different situation! Everything wasn't the way it was supposed to be!" Evelyn looked away for a moment.
"Yeah, maybe because you were having my best friends baby," Rafe said as he realized how out of line he was.
"Rafe, get out," Evelyn said calmly.
"What, why?" Rafe said getting angry.
"If you're going to continue dwelling in the past like that, making me feel guilty or dirty then get out. My son Danny is one of the most important people in my life and if you're going to insult him like that then leave."
"How am I supposed to act when I'm forced to live like this? We're raising Danny in a lie, he thinks that I'm his loving father but how are we supposed to tell him that I was the guy who let his real father die?"
"Feel whatever way you wanna feel just don't insult me!" Evelyn screamed.
"You know what I'm leaving," Rafe said as he walked towards the door.
"Good."
Rafe paused as he stepped out of the door, "or maybe I won't leave," he said stepping back in, Evelyn gave him an annoyed look, "or maybe I will," he said jumping between the outside and the in.
"Rafe get out!" Evelyn screamed enraged.
Rafe stepped down the steps and then paused again as Evelyn followed him. "Why do I have to leave?" Rafe asked confused.
"Because the husband always gets kicked out of the house." Evelyn said matter of factly.
"But I own this house it is mine personally, why do you get to stay?"
"You are so difficult!" Evelyn said getting annoyed.
"No you're just mad because I have a point and you hate being wrong!" He said waving his finger at her.
"Are you going to leave now?" She said pushing his hand down to the ground.
"You know, I don't know why I would ever fall in love with you!"
"Like wise!" Evelyn said putting her hands on her hips.
"Yes I do," he said throwing his keys on the ground and grabbing her kissing her hard on the lips.
It seemed whenever Rafe and Evelyn had a fight they would always make up twice as much (yeah, that made no sense). Nine months later they had a new baby boy, named Michael.
A/N: I think I may be done with this story or may not be I just don't really have anything else to write about…oh well, stories can only be so long…stupid "Growing Up in Tennessee!"
It was now late spring and the warm Tennessee air was slowly getting warmer and more humid as it turned to summer. Erika was still very young and would keep the McCawley household up all night. Evelyn felt more attached to this little bundle of joy but once again the baby girl seemed more intrigued with her father. Of course Evelyn was jealous, even her own son loved Rafe more she could understand it was so easy for her to fall madly in love with Rafe.
Yet, there was still an aspect of their marriage that nobody would ever expect the fights. Their past always came back to haunt them and it was inevitable to come up often.
Rafe sat on his porch looking out at the stars wondering if he would ever find Danny's, there were so many of them and they were constantly changing position in the sky through the year. Evelyn stuck her head out of the door and stood there watching him for a second, "Rafe?" she began, "Rafe, sweetie, what are you doing?"
"Just looking," Rafe sighed as he took a sip from his beer bottle.
"At what?"
"The stars."
"Um, it's uh, it's getting late, why don't you come inside."
Rafe looked over at her and then back out to the great beyond, "yeah, I'll uh, be there in a minute." He said as he placed the bottle down next to his foot and started inside.
"Rafe?" Evelyn asked as she stepped out of the kitchen, "what were you thinking about?"
"Danny," Rafe sighed.
"Don't worry he's fine he just went to sleep moments ago."
"No, Danny, Danny the original." Evelyn paused her mind drifting for a moment, "You miss him a lot too, huh?" Evelyn nodded, "sometimes I wonder what life would be like if he were still here."
"Everything would be different." Evelyn finally said.
"Yeah, very different," Rafe said obviously hiding something.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you ever wish I had died instead of him?"
"What? You can't ask me that! That's like asking which child I love the most!"
"I'm sorry, that was wrong," Rafe said with a hint of regret.
"You think that I loved him more."
"Well you did pick him over me!"
"That was a totally different situation! Everything wasn't the way it was supposed to be!" Evelyn looked away for a moment.
"Yeah, maybe because you were having my best friends baby," Rafe said as he realized how out of line he was.
"Rafe, get out," Evelyn said calmly.
"What, why?" Rafe said getting angry.
"If you're going to continue dwelling in the past like that, making me feel guilty or dirty then get out. My son Danny is one of the most important people in my life and if you're going to insult him like that then leave."
"How am I supposed to act when I'm forced to live like this? We're raising Danny in a lie, he thinks that I'm his loving father but how are we supposed to tell him that I was the guy who let his real father die?"
"Feel whatever way you wanna feel just don't insult me!" Evelyn screamed.
"You know what I'm leaving," Rafe said as he walked towards the door.
"Good."
Rafe paused as he stepped out of the door, "or maybe I won't leave," he said stepping back in, Evelyn gave him an annoyed look, "or maybe I will," he said jumping between the outside and the in.
"Rafe get out!" Evelyn screamed enraged.
Rafe stepped down the steps and then paused again as Evelyn followed him. "Why do I have to leave?" Rafe asked confused.
"Because the husband always gets kicked out of the house." Evelyn said matter of factly.
"But I own this house it is mine personally, why do you get to stay?"
"You are so difficult!" Evelyn said getting annoyed.
"No you're just mad because I have a point and you hate being wrong!" He said waving his finger at her.
"Are you going to leave now?" She said pushing his hand down to the ground.
"You know, I don't know why I would ever fall in love with you!"
"Like wise!" Evelyn said putting her hands on her hips.
"Yes I do," he said throwing his keys on the ground and grabbing her kissing her hard on the lips.
It seemed whenever Rafe and Evelyn had a fight they would always make up twice as much (yeah, that made no sense). Nine months later they had a new baby boy, named Michael.
A/N: I think I may be done with this story or may not be I just don't really have anything else to write about…oh well, stories can only be so long…stupid "Growing Up in Tennessee!"
