Annaly lay in bed that night counting the cracks in the ceiling to anxious to sleep. She hadn't heard Danny move for a few minutes and wondered if he was already asleep. As if an answer to her question her husband rolled over and put his arm around her shoulder.
"You should be sleeping."
"Walker have I a been a good mother to your son?" Annaly turned so she was facing him and searched for his eyes in the darkness
"What? Of course you have, Junior wouldn't be the person his today if it wasn't for you."
"Sometimes I feel like things would be so different if Evelyn hadn't of died. I mean what would she have thought about D.J. enlisting maybe she would have made a bigger deal about it. Maybe she would've talked him out of it. She might have loved him more then I have."
"Annaly you have been a great mother to my… our son. You loved him in the same way Evelyn could have you are a fantastic mother. Though I do believe his stubbornness comes from growing up around you."
"Walker you've always known how to make me feel better."
"That's because I love you. Now go to sleep."
"I love you too, goodnight Walker."
D.J. was sitting in the chair in his room looking over the paper work he was given at the recruitment office. He was shaking his foot the way he always did when he was worked up as read the line that stated he was being shipped out in a week. A week that wasn't really enough time to do all the things he wanted to before leaving. It may have been the last week he had on Earth with the people he loved, just a week to accomplish every thing he wanted to do in his life. There was a soft rattling coming from the other side of his bedroom door almost a faint knocking. He rose from the chair and tip toed to the door trying to avoid bothering his parents that should have been asleep in the room next to his. The door opened with it's eerie squeak the way it had even when Danny was a child. And D.J. winced at the noise as it echoed throughout the small one floor farm house.
"Eve what the hell are you doing?"
"I'm sneaking out and meeting John we have to talk. If I'm not back before morning cover for me with mom and dad please." His younger sister begged.
D.J. wasn't to thrilled with the idea not because he didn't want to lie to the parental units he had done that enough times to know what they'd believe and such. But simply because he didn't like the idea of his little sister who over the course of her 18 years of life had grown into a complete hottie to spend the night with her boyfriend. She was the only girl in Shelby that gave Amelia a run for the most beautiful crown with her long ballerina legs, cream white skin, and curvy body. She had their fathers deep set eyes though they were the mid night blue of Annaly's and her hair was wavy wheat colored silk. He was a teenage boy and he knew what teenage boys wanted.
"I don't like that idea."
"Come on Daniel you sneak out to see Amelia all the time."
"That's why I don't like that idea."
Evelyn looked at him with pleading eyes and he caved
"I know I'm going to regret this go now before I change my mind"
The next day
The sermon at the local church that after noon had been particularly weir for the McCawley's and Walker's to sit through that day as it had talked about the evils of premarital sex. As the preacher condemned the girls and shamed the boys D.J. clasped Amelia's hand tightly as did John to Eve who had taken the final step in their 2 year relationship the night before. Annaly smiled sheepishly at Danny then at her daughter was conceived on one night of unbridled passion her mother shared with Danny before they married. It seemed the most virtuosos of them was in fact Rafe and Brenda. When the families final left the church and headed home their moods were brought from bad to worst.
Anthony walked up the driveway with the mail stuffed under his arm casually tossed a letter for William on the kitchen table and headed out back toward the hanger to fuel up his biplane. Then he heard his mother's shrill cry.
"No, no please no."
He raced back across the land almost flying over the dry crabgrass that was growing in the back.
"Ma what's wrong?" He dropped to his knees beside his mothers chair his cheeks pink and sweat pouring down his forehead. William handed him the letter and he read it silently. Billy had been drafted.
"You should be sleeping."
"Walker have I a been a good mother to your son?" Annaly turned so she was facing him and searched for his eyes in the darkness
"What? Of course you have, Junior wouldn't be the person his today if it wasn't for you."
"Sometimes I feel like things would be so different if Evelyn hadn't of died. I mean what would she have thought about D.J. enlisting maybe she would have made a bigger deal about it. Maybe she would've talked him out of it. She might have loved him more then I have."
"Annaly you have been a great mother to my… our son. You loved him in the same way Evelyn could have you are a fantastic mother. Though I do believe his stubbornness comes from growing up around you."
"Walker you've always known how to make me feel better."
"That's because I love you. Now go to sleep."
"I love you too, goodnight Walker."
D.J. was sitting in the chair in his room looking over the paper work he was given at the recruitment office. He was shaking his foot the way he always did when he was worked up as read the line that stated he was being shipped out in a week. A week that wasn't really enough time to do all the things he wanted to before leaving. It may have been the last week he had on Earth with the people he loved, just a week to accomplish every thing he wanted to do in his life. There was a soft rattling coming from the other side of his bedroom door almost a faint knocking. He rose from the chair and tip toed to the door trying to avoid bothering his parents that should have been asleep in the room next to his. The door opened with it's eerie squeak the way it had even when Danny was a child. And D.J. winced at the noise as it echoed throughout the small one floor farm house.
"Eve what the hell are you doing?"
"I'm sneaking out and meeting John we have to talk. If I'm not back before morning cover for me with mom and dad please." His younger sister begged.
D.J. wasn't to thrilled with the idea not because he didn't want to lie to the parental units he had done that enough times to know what they'd believe and such. But simply because he didn't like the idea of his little sister who over the course of her 18 years of life had grown into a complete hottie to spend the night with her boyfriend. She was the only girl in Shelby that gave Amelia a run for the most beautiful crown with her long ballerina legs, cream white skin, and curvy body. She had their fathers deep set eyes though they were the mid night blue of Annaly's and her hair was wavy wheat colored silk. He was a teenage boy and he knew what teenage boys wanted.
"I don't like that idea."
"Come on Daniel you sneak out to see Amelia all the time."
"That's why I don't like that idea."
Evelyn looked at him with pleading eyes and he caved
"I know I'm going to regret this go now before I change my mind"
The next day
The sermon at the local church that after noon had been particularly weir for the McCawley's and Walker's to sit through that day as it had talked about the evils of premarital sex. As the preacher condemned the girls and shamed the boys D.J. clasped Amelia's hand tightly as did John to Eve who had taken the final step in their 2 year relationship the night before. Annaly smiled sheepishly at Danny then at her daughter was conceived on one night of unbridled passion her mother shared with Danny before they married. It seemed the most virtuosos of them was in fact Rafe and Brenda. When the families final left the church and headed home their moods were brought from bad to worst.
Anthony walked up the driveway with the mail stuffed under his arm casually tossed a letter for William on the kitchen table and headed out back toward the hanger to fuel up his biplane. Then he heard his mother's shrill cry.
"No, no please no."
He raced back across the land almost flying over the dry crabgrass that was growing in the back.
"Ma what's wrong?" He dropped to his knees beside his mothers chair his cheeks pink and sweat pouring down his forehead. William handed him the letter and he read it silently. Billy had been drafted.