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Ch. 2 - - Joining the What??
Rafe = 11, Danny = 10, Alex = 8
Rafe and Danny felt as if they were all grown up now. Whenever Alex tagged along, they would tell him to go away.
Their interest was still planes. Both Rafe and Danny wanted to be a pilot. Alex wanted to be a pilot too, but,
Rafe told him, "If there is a war, an' I leave to be a pilot, you better stay home. You might be shot down from
the sky." So of course Alex agreed. He didn't want his big brother beating him up.
"You know what, Danny?" Rafe asked. "What? Danny replied.
"I love the summer. Cause there isn't school, and I can do whatever. Why do we have to go to school anyways?"
"Well, I guess cause we have to learn something so we can be buisiness people."
"Yeah, but I'm gonna be a pilot."
"Sure thing, Rafe."
...One month later...
Alex sat in the kitchen with Rafe. Alex was struggling in math, while Rafe struggled in reading. Rafe got
perfect scores on everything, except for reading. He always passed, because Danny was sitting next to him.
"So, 12 X 12 is what?" Alex asked. "Well, I can't just give you the awnser. Cause you haffta learn it by
yourself. If I just give you the awnser, then you won't learn anything right?" Rafe told Alex.
"Fine. Its um.. 146? How do you find the awnser anyways?"
"Just think. What is 12 X 10 ?"
"120 right?"
"Yeah, so just add 24 onto 120, and you got your awnser!"
"Ohhh, so its 144?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, so, what is 13 X 12?"
...Two Years even later...
"Why did he haffta die?" Danny asked Rafe.
It was almost two weeks after Mr. Walker's death, and yet, it seemed like Danny was still upset over it all.
"Well, mom an' dad says its cause he drank too much all the time. Aren't you glad he won't beat you up anymore though?"
"I didn't like it when he hit, me, but I'd rather him get mad and still be alive then die!" Danny exclaimed, starting to cry
again. Danny was staying at the McCawley house from then on. Alex sat across the room staring at Danny.
'If anybody wanted to beat me up that bad, I would be happy to see that person dead.' Alex thought.
"Danny, I'm sure he is in a better place now." Alex said putting on a smile.
"Yeah! He is probably in heaven or somethin', and now he's watching you cry. Don't you think he would be mad?" Rafe asked.
"I guess ya'll are right". Danny said wiping a tear away.
'Finally!" Rafe thought. "Lets go do somethin'!" Rafe said.
Rafe = 17, Danny = 16, Alex = 14
"Happy Birthday, Danny! I'll buy you a coke when we get back from school, okay?" Rafe said.
"Yeah, okay, thanks." Danny replied.
"So," Alex started "What did you get for your birthday? Anything good?"
"Well, before my dad died, he said I could have his old plane when I turn 16. So, I guess I got his plane for a present."
"Thats great! That means we can race eachother, with the plane I got last year for my birthday!" Rafe said excitedly.
"No fair! I don't get a plane until I'm 16! And I get the old one too." Alex pouted.
"Well, when you turn 16, I'm off to the air force with Danny. You can have my plane." Rafe pointed out. "Hey Danny, I
read this thing in a magazine about a flyin' game called Chicken. Wanna play?"
"Wait a minute, how did you read a magazine? I thought you hated reading, and couldn't tell letters apart." Danny replied.
"Well, I got Alex to read it for me, all you do is pretend like your gonna fly into eachother, and then move the opposite
direction before you hit eachother. Isn' that easy?" Rafe asked.
"I guess, but I don't know how to fly the thing yet. You haven't taught me how to, remember?" Danny said.
"Oh yeah. Well I'll teach you tonight."
"Okay, you just push this button, and this button, and then you switch this throttle over here, and then you start
the engine, you see?" Rafe explained to Danny. After a couple of days, Danny learned to fly almost as well as Rafe did.
"Okay Danny!" Rafe yelled in his plane. "Wer'e gonna play some chicken, aight?"
"Uh=huh sure, which way are you goin'?" Danny asked.
"Lets go left. Or, right. I don't know, you choose!"
"Um.. right, lets go right." They turned, and barely made it through, but they did. Alex was sitting on the floor,
watching them. He was very suprised to see them almost hit eachother, but when they didn't Alex decided that watching them
was too boring, so he left.
"Thats all they do, fly their planes. I wish I was older.." Alex said to himself. It was true though, they flew
their planes every night, and if not every night, every other night. "I guess I'll go to the library, and read about planes.
Then, when I'm 16, I can be even better then both of 'em!" Alex said to himself again. "Mom, I'm going to the library! I'll
be home at six, bye!" Alex yelled.
Rafe = 19, Danny = 18, Alex = 16
"C'mon Rafe! Lets have one last race before ya'll leave." Alex told his brother. Alex had just gotten a plane, and
after reading all those plane books, he was very good at flying. All he needed was some experience.
"Okay, hold on, I'll get my plane." Rafe said. Danny decided to countdown, because this was a brotherly race.
"3... 2... 1!" Rafe and Alex took off, and flew around. Alex landed first, so, Rafe lost.
"Wow Alex, your pretty good!" Rafe said.
"Sure, you lost on purpose! I meant a real race Rafe!" Alex yelled.
"Well, sorry, I thought you wouldn't notice." Rafe replied. "Well, anyways. Like I said. Do NOT join the air force, army,
or whatever. Stay here with mom an' dad, okay? I'll write you. Bye Bye!"
"Bye Rafe, don't write me, get Danny to write for you, aight? Bye." Alex waved good bye, and knew that he would be lonely
for the next years.
"Gosh Danny, wer'e gonna be real live pilots! And, I heard the nurses are really beautiful!" Rafe said.
"I know! Can you wait? But, I heard boot camp is real hard!" Danny replied.
"Nothing we can't do, right? I can't wait to see those nurses!"
"How many hearts do you need to break, Rafe? In High School, you dumped all those girls every other day!"
"No, not all of them! Just half! Well, what about you? You never said 'yes' to any date offers."
"Well, I just want a girl that is pretty, nice, and cares for me. Thats all, not much right?"
"Remember Mary? She was nice, pretty, caring, and smart! But, you got rid of her in one day!"
"Yeah, I'm just waiting, I guess. Look, wer'e here."
Danny and Rafe walked off the train, and were greeted by two other men.
"H-hi, my name is R-r-Red. Nice to m-meet you." Red said extending his arm. Rafe shook his hand, while the other man said,
"Hey, my name is Billy, nice to meet you. Are ya'll good flyers?"
"You could say wer'e pretty good. How about you?" Danny asked.
"Great! Well, ya'll haven't had boot camp yet, right?" Billy asked.
"No. Is it fun?" Rafe asked.
"N-no way! Just wait and see for yourselves." Red said.
Boot camp was murderer. For Danny, it was alright waking up a little earlier then usual, but for Rafe, he was never up on
time. Both of them were able to do all of the push ups, all of the training, and in the end, they were finished with it.
"Well, now I can sleep in!" Rafe exlaimed.
"Not really, we're assingned to Miller's group. I heard he makes every soilder wake up extra early." Danny replied.
"Whaaat? :( Well, I guess I'll write a letter to Alex! He wrote me a letter last month I think.."
"And your only responding to him now?"
"Yeah" Rafe said while pulling out a pen and paper from his bag.
Dear Alex,
How is Tennesee? I just finished boot camp! And, I am still not allowed to sleep in. Me and Danny are asined to Major
Miller's group. This is Danny. Rafe didn't want to write anymore, so, he told me to write for him. Rafe says, "Maybe
you should come visit sometime. There is a lot of nurses here. Do you have a girlfriend yet? Well, I'm real mad that
we have to wake up early. You should have a girlfriend at your age. How is mom and dad? Are they still running around?
Are you having fun flying? Danny and I have not found a girlfriend yet, but we will soon! I'll see you some time, and
remember to visit!" Hope you have a nice day. Bye.
Danny and Rafe
In only a week, Alex responded.
Dear Rafe and Danny,
Hello. I think I can come and visit when I finish high school, or maybe when I'm 21. I've had about ten girlfriends, but
I'm only known as "Rafe's brother". Gosh Rafe! All these girls are wanting to go out with me, because their older sister
went out with you! Is Major Miller still making you wake up early? Mom and dad are great, they seem to be fine in health.
I've been flying with some friends, and wer'e getting pretty good! Right now, my girlfriend's name is Tiffany. I don't
think I like her though, I think I'm going to dump her next week. Well anyways, I hope you find a nurse soon. High school
is really easy right now. But math is not that easy! Well, I'll write more later, bye bye.
Alex
Next chapter... Alex's visit...
I'm so sorry this chapter is so short. I kinda dunno.. Well, thanks to the two people who reviewed.. :) So nice! :)
I kinda jumped around in the years and ages though, sorry about that. I hope you liked this chapter. :)
Ch. 2 - - Joining the What??
Rafe = 11, Danny = 10, Alex = 8
Rafe and Danny felt as if they were all grown up now. Whenever Alex tagged along, they would tell him to go away.
Their interest was still planes. Both Rafe and Danny wanted to be a pilot. Alex wanted to be a pilot too, but,
Rafe told him, "If there is a war, an' I leave to be a pilot, you better stay home. You might be shot down from
the sky." So of course Alex agreed. He didn't want his big brother beating him up.
"You know what, Danny?" Rafe asked. "What? Danny replied.
"I love the summer. Cause there isn't school, and I can do whatever. Why do we have to go to school anyways?"
"Well, I guess cause we have to learn something so we can be buisiness people."
"Yeah, but I'm gonna be a pilot."
"Sure thing, Rafe."
...One month later...
Alex sat in the kitchen with Rafe. Alex was struggling in math, while Rafe struggled in reading. Rafe got
perfect scores on everything, except for reading. He always passed, because Danny was sitting next to him.
"So, 12 X 12 is what?" Alex asked. "Well, I can't just give you the awnser. Cause you haffta learn it by
yourself. If I just give you the awnser, then you won't learn anything right?" Rafe told Alex.
"Fine. Its um.. 146? How do you find the awnser anyways?"
"Just think. What is 12 X 10 ?"
"120 right?"
"Yeah, so just add 24 onto 120, and you got your awnser!"
"Ohhh, so its 144?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, so, what is 13 X 12?"
...Two Years even later...
"Why did he haffta die?" Danny asked Rafe.
It was almost two weeks after Mr. Walker's death, and yet, it seemed like Danny was still upset over it all.
"Well, mom an' dad says its cause he drank too much all the time. Aren't you glad he won't beat you up anymore though?"
"I didn't like it when he hit, me, but I'd rather him get mad and still be alive then die!" Danny exclaimed, starting to cry
again. Danny was staying at the McCawley house from then on. Alex sat across the room staring at Danny.
'If anybody wanted to beat me up that bad, I would be happy to see that person dead.' Alex thought.
"Danny, I'm sure he is in a better place now." Alex said putting on a smile.
"Yeah! He is probably in heaven or somethin', and now he's watching you cry. Don't you think he would be mad?" Rafe asked.
"I guess ya'll are right". Danny said wiping a tear away.
'Finally!" Rafe thought. "Lets go do somethin'!" Rafe said.
Rafe = 17, Danny = 16, Alex = 14
"Happy Birthday, Danny! I'll buy you a coke when we get back from school, okay?" Rafe said.
"Yeah, okay, thanks." Danny replied.
"So," Alex started "What did you get for your birthday? Anything good?"
"Well, before my dad died, he said I could have his old plane when I turn 16. So, I guess I got his plane for a present."
"Thats great! That means we can race eachother, with the plane I got last year for my birthday!" Rafe said excitedly.
"No fair! I don't get a plane until I'm 16! And I get the old one too." Alex pouted.
"Well, when you turn 16, I'm off to the air force with Danny. You can have my plane." Rafe pointed out. "Hey Danny, I
read this thing in a magazine about a flyin' game called Chicken. Wanna play?"
"Wait a minute, how did you read a magazine? I thought you hated reading, and couldn't tell letters apart." Danny replied.
"Well, I got Alex to read it for me, all you do is pretend like your gonna fly into eachother, and then move the opposite
direction before you hit eachother. Isn' that easy?" Rafe asked.
"I guess, but I don't know how to fly the thing yet. You haven't taught me how to, remember?" Danny said.
"Oh yeah. Well I'll teach you tonight."
"Okay, you just push this button, and this button, and then you switch this throttle over here, and then you start
the engine, you see?" Rafe explained to Danny. After a couple of days, Danny learned to fly almost as well as Rafe did.
"Okay Danny!" Rafe yelled in his plane. "Wer'e gonna play some chicken, aight?"
"Uh=huh sure, which way are you goin'?" Danny asked.
"Lets go left. Or, right. I don't know, you choose!"
"Um.. right, lets go right." They turned, and barely made it through, but they did. Alex was sitting on the floor,
watching them. He was very suprised to see them almost hit eachother, but when they didn't Alex decided that watching them
was too boring, so he left.
"Thats all they do, fly their planes. I wish I was older.." Alex said to himself. It was true though, they flew
their planes every night, and if not every night, every other night. "I guess I'll go to the library, and read about planes.
Then, when I'm 16, I can be even better then both of 'em!" Alex said to himself again. "Mom, I'm going to the library! I'll
be home at six, bye!" Alex yelled.
Rafe = 19, Danny = 18, Alex = 16
"C'mon Rafe! Lets have one last race before ya'll leave." Alex told his brother. Alex had just gotten a plane, and
after reading all those plane books, he was very good at flying. All he needed was some experience.
"Okay, hold on, I'll get my plane." Rafe said. Danny decided to countdown, because this was a brotherly race.
"3... 2... 1!" Rafe and Alex took off, and flew around. Alex landed first, so, Rafe lost.
"Wow Alex, your pretty good!" Rafe said.
"Sure, you lost on purpose! I meant a real race Rafe!" Alex yelled.
"Well, sorry, I thought you wouldn't notice." Rafe replied. "Well, anyways. Like I said. Do NOT join the air force, army,
or whatever. Stay here with mom an' dad, okay? I'll write you. Bye Bye!"
"Bye Rafe, don't write me, get Danny to write for you, aight? Bye." Alex waved good bye, and knew that he would be lonely
for the next years.
"Gosh Danny, wer'e gonna be real live pilots! And, I heard the nurses are really beautiful!" Rafe said.
"I know! Can you wait? But, I heard boot camp is real hard!" Danny replied.
"Nothing we can't do, right? I can't wait to see those nurses!"
"How many hearts do you need to break, Rafe? In High School, you dumped all those girls every other day!"
"No, not all of them! Just half! Well, what about you? You never said 'yes' to any date offers."
"Well, I just want a girl that is pretty, nice, and cares for me. Thats all, not much right?"
"Remember Mary? She was nice, pretty, caring, and smart! But, you got rid of her in one day!"
"Yeah, I'm just waiting, I guess. Look, wer'e here."
Danny and Rafe walked off the train, and were greeted by two other men.
"H-hi, my name is R-r-Red. Nice to m-meet you." Red said extending his arm. Rafe shook his hand, while the other man said,
"Hey, my name is Billy, nice to meet you. Are ya'll good flyers?"
"You could say wer'e pretty good. How about you?" Danny asked.
"Great! Well, ya'll haven't had boot camp yet, right?" Billy asked.
"No. Is it fun?" Rafe asked.
"N-no way! Just wait and see for yourselves." Red said.
Boot camp was murderer. For Danny, it was alright waking up a little earlier then usual, but for Rafe, he was never up on
time. Both of them were able to do all of the push ups, all of the training, and in the end, they were finished with it.
"Well, now I can sleep in!" Rafe exlaimed.
"Not really, we're assingned to Miller's group. I heard he makes every soilder wake up extra early." Danny replied.
"Whaaat? :( Well, I guess I'll write a letter to Alex! He wrote me a letter last month I think.."
"And your only responding to him now?"
"Yeah" Rafe said while pulling out a pen and paper from his bag.
Dear Alex,
How is Tennesee? I just finished boot camp! And, I am still not allowed to sleep in. Me and Danny are asined to Major
Miller's group. This is Danny. Rafe didn't want to write anymore, so, he told me to write for him. Rafe says, "Maybe
you should come visit sometime. There is a lot of nurses here. Do you have a girlfriend yet? Well, I'm real mad that
we have to wake up early. You should have a girlfriend at your age. How is mom and dad? Are they still running around?
Are you having fun flying? Danny and I have not found a girlfriend yet, but we will soon! I'll see you some time, and
remember to visit!" Hope you have a nice day. Bye.
Danny and Rafe
In only a week, Alex responded.
Dear Rafe and Danny,
Hello. I think I can come and visit when I finish high school, or maybe when I'm 21. I've had about ten girlfriends, but
I'm only known as "Rafe's brother". Gosh Rafe! All these girls are wanting to go out with me, because their older sister
went out with you! Is Major Miller still making you wake up early? Mom and dad are great, they seem to be fine in health.
I've been flying with some friends, and wer'e getting pretty good! Right now, my girlfriend's name is Tiffany. I don't
think I like her though, I think I'm going to dump her next week. Well anyways, I hope you find a nurse soon. High school
is really easy right now. But math is not that easy! Well, I'll write more later, bye bye.
Alex
Next chapter... Alex's visit...
I'm so sorry this chapter is so short. I kinda dunno.. Well, thanks to the two people who reviewed.. :) So nice! :)
I kinda jumped around in the years and ages though, sorry about that. I hope you liked this chapter. :)