One Month Later:
Danny and Aisla have grown very close over the past month and see each other almost everyday without fail. Aisla realizes that she's in love with Danny but is too afraid to tell him in case he doesn't love her. Anthony and Aisla are also very close he's grown to be like a second brother to her and he knows that she loves Danny but he feels that Danny loves her too. Evelyn and Aisla are as close as ever and Evelyn has told her everything that happened between her and Rafe including the night before he was going to England which she didn't tell any of the other nurses about.
Then the news came, Aisla was at her house pacing around the family room because she was deeply worried about Danny. He was supposed to be at her house an hour ago because they were going to go to the beach, but he never showed up. She was about to drive down to see what was going on at the naval base when her phone rang, 'Thank God, please let it be Danny.' She ran to the phone and picked it up, "Hello?"
"Aise?"
"Oh Tony, is Danny okay? He isn't hurt is he? Oh my God something terrible has happened hasn't it? Where is he?"
"Calm down Aisla, he's not hurt at least not physically."
"Anthony Joseph what is that supposed to mean?"
"Aise. today Danny had a visit from one of our commanding officers, about Rafe." Aisla dropped the phone her mind flashing to that day when the officer had come by her house to tell her about Conner. All the emotions she'd so carefully kept hidden for fear that someone might suspect that she wasn't over his death came rushing to the surface. She started hyperventilating and she could hear Tony's voice in the phone yelling for her to pick it up but she just couldn't get her body to do what she wanted to do. She leaned against the wall and slid to the floor hugging her knees to her chest.
The entire conversation came back to her and the words just kept repeating over and over in her mind. "I'm sorry but he was shot down, wanted to deliver the news in person, shot down, taken prisoner, not likely to live, prisoner, shot down, not likely to live." They just kept running through her head and finally her vision went black and she fell forward sprawled out on the carpet.
Tony's P.O.V.
Tony slammed the phone down and grabbed his car keys, Red looked up with a worried expression on his face. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know but I'm going over there to find out."
Red followed him out and hopped into the passenger seat. They drove in silence over to Aisla's both contemplating what was wrong with her and why she had reacted the way she did. Once she got there they both got out and walked up to her front door. Anthony pounded on the door but it wasn't answered; he tried opening it but to no avail. He walked to the window and shaded his eyes so he could see past the glare and that's when he saw Aisla spread out across the floor, unconscious. He ran down the stairs and around the back with Red on his heals. He tried the back door but that too was locked, "Damnit!"
He grabbed a chair that was on her lawn and threw it at the glass by the door, breaking it. He stuck his hand in past the glass and moved it around to find the lock, quickly finding it he opened the door and ran through the house to Aisla's side. He turned her over and gently shook her but nothing woke her, he grabbed the phone and got the dial tone so he quickly dialed Evelyn's number. When no one answered he threw the phone against the wall and picked Aisla up. Red who had followed him inside walked to the door and opened it for Anthony and then the passenger door so Anthony could slide in with Aisla on his lap. Red ran around to the driver side and opened the door and took off for the hospital. Once there they both ran up the stairs calling for a doctor.
Finally Sandra came out and ordered that Anthony put her on a bed, so he did as he was told and allowed her to look Aisla over. "So is she okay?"
Sandra looked up at him solemnly, "I don't know only time will tell. She doesn't have a bump on her head but I think something must have startled her and she couldn't catch her breath enough so she passed out from lack of air to the brain."
Anthony kneeled by her side and took her hand in his and brought it to his forehead, and then he looked up at Red, "Go find Danny and Evelyn."
Red followed Anthony's orders and Sandra left him alone with Aisla when he was sure no one was listening to him he began talking to Aisla. "You know I didn't know that would upset you so much or else I wouldn't have told you. I just thought you'd like to know so you could try and comfort Evelyn. I don't know why you reacted the way you did but your going to have some explaining to do when you wake up."
He hadn't looked at her through his whole speech so he didn't know she'd already been awake. At his words her eyes welled up with tears and she was full of self-loathing. 'All I thought of was myself; I didn't even think of Evelyn I just kept thinking of Conner and my pain.' She tightened her hand around Tony's causing him to look up at her. "It just brought back memories of my brother."
"You don't talk about him often, why?"
"He went off to fight the war in England, he was in the same squadron as Rafe but his punishment was much worse then death. A couple days before I met you I was fixing my plane up in upstate California where I live and an officer stopped by my house. He said," She choked back a sob. "He said that Conner had been shot down and taken prisoner but he was not expected to live. I've heard the stories about what those bastards do to soldiers. I tried to forget but-"
"But everything I said reminded you of that day?"
"Yes I just kept hearing his words repeating in my head, not expected to live, taken prisoner. I guess I lost myself for awhile, lost myself in my pain, I'm such a bad friend I didn't even think of Ev."
Anthony looked at Aisla seriously, "You're not a bad friend."
She looked at him pleadingly, "Please don't tell Danny what I've told you about Conner I don't want to put anymore pressure on him." Anthony nodded and then the door was thrown open and Danny and Evelyn came in both looking sad and concerned.
Danny was the first to speak, "What's wrong Aise?"
"Nothing I just it's nothing." Danny nodded and they both seemed to accept this because their minds were obviously on Rafe and Aisla knew this but she couldn't help but feel brushed off when he turned and pulled Evelyn out of the hospital with him so they could talk.
Tony looked at Aisla knowing she was hurt by what he had just done but also knowing that there was nothing he could do about it. She sat there quietly for awhile and then got out of the bed and willed the tears not to come to her eyes. She turned to Tony and took a deep breath, "Would you take me home?"
"No problem," They both headed out the front door and past Evelyn and Danny who now had their arms around each other. Aisla ignored them both and just walked to the car but Anthony walked slower wanting to see if Danny knew what he just did. Danny looked up when Aisla slammed her car door and caught Anthony's eye he also caught the not to friendly look Anthony was sending his way and frowned wondering what was wrong. The next couple weeks passed by uneventful, Aisla was distancing herself from everyone, and was spending a lot of time at Earl's fixing planes and taking them up in the air to perfect her skills. Danny was also trying to keep himself busy, he was logging a lot of flight hours. Neither had talked to the other or Evelyn since that day at the hospital.
Three weeks after it happened Danny decided to pay Aisla a visit but was surprised to find her not at home but at Earl's he didn't know how much time she'd been spending there. He walked up to her and slid his arms around her waist and rested his head on her back as she was fixing a part of the planes engine. She stiffened in his arms and pulled away roughly before turning on Danny and looking at him coldly. He was taken aback by her attitude and stared at her, "So what are you doing here?"
"What do you think I'm doing Walker?"
"Well I mean why are you here?"
"What am I supposed to do? Sit at home and wait for you to call me or talk to me like you haven't for the past three weeks?"
Danny ran his hand through his hair, "Look I'm sorry it's just been rough with Rafe-"
When he stopped talking at the mention of Rafe's name Aisla felt pity for him, "I'm sorry about Rafe, really I understand what your feeling."
Danny gave her an angry look, "No you don't understand! You don't know what it feels like to loose your best friend no your brother while he's fighting in the war. Don't act like you do because you don't!" Of course Danny didn't know what happened with her brother but she wouldn't tolerate the tone he took with her or the way he looked at her as if she disgusted him because of what she said. He might just be taking his anger out on her but she wouldn't put up with it. She pulled her hand back and smacked him so hard his face flew to the side then she dropped the wrench in her hand and took off running.
Danny and Aisla have grown very close over the past month and see each other almost everyday without fail. Aisla realizes that she's in love with Danny but is too afraid to tell him in case he doesn't love her. Anthony and Aisla are also very close he's grown to be like a second brother to her and he knows that she loves Danny but he feels that Danny loves her too. Evelyn and Aisla are as close as ever and Evelyn has told her everything that happened between her and Rafe including the night before he was going to England which she didn't tell any of the other nurses about.
Then the news came, Aisla was at her house pacing around the family room because she was deeply worried about Danny. He was supposed to be at her house an hour ago because they were going to go to the beach, but he never showed up. She was about to drive down to see what was going on at the naval base when her phone rang, 'Thank God, please let it be Danny.' She ran to the phone and picked it up, "Hello?"
"Aise?"
"Oh Tony, is Danny okay? He isn't hurt is he? Oh my God something terrible has happened hasn't it? Where is he?"
"Calm down Aisla, he's not hurt at least not physically."
"Anthony Joseph what is that supposed to mean?"
"Aise. today Danny had a visit from one of our commanding officers, about Rafe." Aisla dropped the phone her mind flashing to that day when the officer had come by her house to tell her about Conner. All the emotions she'd so carefully kept hidden for fear that someone might suspect that she wasn't over his death came rushing to the surface. She started hyperventilating and she could hear Tony's voice in the phone yelling for her to pick it up but she just couldn't get her body to do what she wanted to do. She leaned against the wall and slid to the floor hugging her knees to her chest.
The entire conversation came back to her and the words just kept repeating over and over in her mind. "I'm sorry but he was shot down, wanted to deliver the news in person, shot down, taken prisoner, not likely to live, prisoner, shot down, not likely to live." They just kept running through her head and finally her vision went black and she fell forward sprawled out on the carpet.
Tony's P.O.V.
Tony slammed the phone down and grabbed his car keys, Red looked up with a worried expression on his face. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know but I'm going over there to find out."
Red followed him out and hopped into the passenger seat. They drove in silence over to Aisla's both contemplating what was wrong with her and why she had reacted the way she did. Once she got there they both got out and walked up to her front door. Anthony pounded on the door but it wasn't answered; he tried opening it but to no avail. He walked to the window and shaded his eyes so he could see past the glare and that's when he saw Aisla spread out across the floor, unconscious. He ran down the stairs and around the back with Red on his heals. He tried the back door but that too was locked, "Damnit!"
He grabbed a chair that was on her lawn and threw it at the glass by the door, breaking it. He stuck his hand in past the glass and moved it around to find the lock, quickly finding it he opened the door and ran through the house to Aisla's side. He turned her over and gently shook her but nothing woke her, he grabbed the phone and got the dial tone so he quickly dialed Evelyn's number. When no one answered he threw the phone against the wall and picked Aisla up. Red who had followed him inside walked to the door and opened it for Anthony and then the passenger door so Anthony could slide in with Aisla on his lap. Red ran around to the driver side and opened the door and took off for the hospital. Once there they both ran up the stairs calling for a doctor.
Finally Sandra came out and ordered that Anthony put her on a bed, so he did as he was told and allowed her to look Aisla over. "So is she okay?"
Sandra looked up at him solemnly, "I don't know only time will tell. She doesn't have a bump on her head but I think something must have startled her and she couldn't catch her breath enough so she passed out from lack of air to the brain."
Anthony kneeled by her side and took her hand in his and brought it to his forehead, and then he looked up at Red, "Go find Danny and Evelyn."
Red followed Anthony's orders and Sandra left him alone with Aisla when he was sure no one was listening to him he began talking to Aisla. "You know I didn't know that would upset you so much or else I wouldn't have told you. I just thought you'd like to know so you could try and comfort Evelyn. I don't know why you reacted the way you did but your going to have some explaining to do when you wake up."
He hadn't looked at her through his whole speech so he didn't know she'd already been awake. At his words her eyes welled up with tears and she was full of self-loathing. 'All I thought of was myself; I didn't even think of Evelyn I just kept thinking of Conner and my pain.' She tightened her hand around Tony's causing him to look up at her. "It just brought back memories of my brother."
"You don't talk about him often, why?"
"He went off to fight the war in England, he was in the same squadron as Rafe but his punishment was much worse then death. A couple days before I met you I was fixing my plane up in upstate California where I live and an officer stopped by my house. He said," She choked back a sob. "He said that Conner had been shot down and taken prisoner but he was not expected to live. I've heard the stories about what those bastards do to soldiers. I tried to forget but-"
"But everything I said reminded you of that day?"
"Yes I just kept hearing his words repeating in my head, not expected to live, taken prisoner. I guess I lost myself for awhile, lost myself in my pain, I'm such a bad friend I didn't even think of Ev."
Anthony looked at Aisla seriously, "You're not a bad friend."
She looked at him pleadingly, "Please don't tell Danny what I've told you about Conner I don't want to put anymore pressure on him." Anthony nodded and then the door was thrown open and Danny and Evelyn came in both looking sad and concerned.
Danny was the first to speak, "What's wrong Aise?"
"Nothing I just it's nothing." Danny nodded and they both seemed to accept this because their minds were obviously on Rafe and Aisla knew this but she couldn't help but feel brushed off when he turned and pulled Evelyn out of the hospital with him so they could talk.
Tony looked at Aisla knowing she was hurt by what he had just done but also knowing that there was nothing he could do about it. She sat there quietly for awhile and then got out of the bed and willed the tears not to come to her eyes. She turned to Tony and took a deep breath, "Would you take me home?"
"No problem," They both headed out the front door and past Evelyn and Danny who now had their arms around each other. Aisla ignored them both and just walked to the car but Anthony walked slower wanting to see if Danny knew what he just did. Danny looked up when Aisla slammed her car door and caught Anthony's eye he also caught the not to friendly look Anthony was sending his way and frowned wondering what was wrong. The next couple weeks passed by uneventful, Aisla was distancing herself from everyone, and was spending a lot of time at Earl's fixing planes and taking them up in the air to perfect her skills. Danny was also trying to keep himself busy, he was logging a lot of flight hours. Neither had talked to the other or Evelyn since that day at the hospital.
Three weeks after it happened Danny decided to pay Aisla a visit but was surprised to find her not at home but at Earl's he didn't know how much time she'd been spending there. He walked up to her and slid his arms around her waist and rested his head on her back as she was fixing a part of the planes engine. She stiffened in his arms and pulled away roughly before turning on Danny and looking at him coldly. He was taken aback by her attitude and stared at her, "So what are you doing here?"
"What do you think I'm doing Walker?"
"Well I mean why are you here?"
"What am I supposed to do? Sit at home and wait for you to call me or talk to me like you haven't for the past three weeks?"
Danny ran his hand through his hair, "Look I'm sorry it's just been rough with Rafe-"
When he stopped talking at the mention of Rafe's name Aisla felt pity for him, "I'm sorry about Rafe, really I understand what your feeling."
Danny gave her an angry look, "No you don't understand! You don't know what it feels like to loose your best friend no your brother while he's fighting in the war. Don't act like you do because you don't!" Of course Danny didn't know what happened with her brother but she wouldn't tolerate the tone he took with her or the way he looked at her as if she disgusted him because of what she said. He might just be taking his anger out on her but she wouldn't put up with it. She pulled her hand back and smacked him so hard his face flew to the side then she dropped the wrench in her hand and took off running.