She had ended up staying with her father up until the very end which
didn't take much time after she arrived so all in all with settling all of
his affairs she stayed in Mississippi a little over two weeks before
packing her self up and heading back to Hawaii. When she stepped out of
her car and looked up at the rented house she sighed in relief, it was so
good to be home. That's what Pearl Harbor was to her now, home away from
home. She would never leave her ranch but it was nice to get away from it
for so long and she knew she left her horses in capable hands. In Pearl
she had her best friends and the closest person she had to family since all
her blood relations were dead.
She quickly made her way up the stairs and unlocked the front door and walked in sighing at the thought that this was such a lovely place to stay. She threw her keys on a table by the door and quickly walked into the kitchen to get a drink. She searched her fridge and all she came up with was water so she thought that that was better than nothing at all. Then she picked up the phone and dialed the number she knew by heart. "Animal man at your service."
"You really shouldn't answer your phone like that what if it was some secret lover calling and she thought you were crazy because you said that."
"Aisla? When did you get back? Wait don't answer that your coming out tonight with me and Sandra and Red and Betty."
"Alright I defiantly don't mind that after the past couple weeks I've had."
"I know Aise and I'm sorry but we'll be there around 7:30 so be ready to go, I don't want to have to wait very long."
"Wait Tony! How's Danny doing?"
"Oh.uh he's doing just fine."
Aisla smiled, "Thanks, I'll see you tonight." She hung up the phone and began humming a swing tune under her breath as she jogged upstairs to get ready. Promptly at seven there was a knock at her door, she pulled it open and saw Tony standing there smiling.
"It's a miracle, Aise, your actually on time for once since I met you."
"Don't make fun of me Anthony Fusco or I might have to tell Sandra about all those hours you spent talking about her." Anthony blushed and Aisla smiled before following him to the car and squeezing in the back with Red and Betty so Sandra could sit by Anthony. They drove along and finally came to a secluded part of the beach where they were going to have there own little party with some of the other flyboys and navy nurses. When they got out of the car Betty pulled on Aisla's arm so that she could pull her to the side and talk to her. Betty told all the others to go ahead she had something important to talk about.
Aisla was surprised none of them questioned her but just looked at Betty waiting for her to say what she had to say. "God Aise this is so hard, you don't know how hard it is. Umm you and Danny weren't really together when you left were you?"
Aisla looked at her strangely, "We had gotten into a fight so I guess not, we didn't really say I don't want to see you anymore or anything like that. Why?"
"Well umm while you were gone Danny kinda started seeing another nurse."
Aisla's face fell, but she realized that that wasn't it, "Who?"
"Evelyn," Betty whispered biting her bottom lip.
"Who!"
"Evelyn," She said louder, Aisla covered her face with her hands. 'God I thought he loved me, Oh God I love him. Oh no I lost my virginity to him, oh crap this is not good at all!"
Aisla started crying and Betty tried to comfort her but Aisla pushed her away. "Are they here?"
"We didn't know you'd be back so yes they were invited."
"I'm going home."
"Aise you can't walk home, it's to far."
"Watch me!" With that Aisla turned back around and began walking down the street towards her home. She didn't even notice the car that passed her and then slowed she was to caught up in her own sorrow and pain and her vision was too clouded by tears she refused to let fall. The car stopped right behind her but she just ignored it and kept walking, then a door opened and slammed shut and she heard footsteps coming closer to her. She was spun around violently and gasped, seeing Danny then she pulled away from him and ran towards the deserted part of the beach trying to get away from him.
"Aisla, damn it come back!" She ignored him and kept up with with same pace knowing he was running after her. What she didn't expect was to be tackled into the sand; she turned around but couldn't get up because he still kept part of his weight on her. "Why did you run away from back there?"
"Because I can't stand the sight of you, we have a fight and you run and get comfort from another girl. From my best goddamn friend Danny, why?"
Danny sat up and ran a hand through his hair, "I didn't plan for this to happen Aisla, it just did, I didn't even see it coming."
'Yeah well I didn't expect to be punished like I have either but what the hell.' "Do you love her?"
Danny looked at her surprised, "What?"
"It's a very easy question to answer Danny, do you love Evelyn?"
"I don't know, everythings so complicated," He ran a hand through his hair.
"Then let me make it easy for you, I'm going home."
"You can't go back to California Aise."
"Danny I'm going back to the house I have in Pearl."
"I'll give you a ride."
"No I'll walk," Then she took off without a backwards glance, trying to understand where everything went wrong and why she always ended up being hurt. Why she got left being the one to carry the burden.
She quickly made her way up the stairs and unlocked the front door and walked in sighing at the thought that this was such a lovely place to stay. She threw her keys on a table by the door and quickly walked into the kitchen to get a drink. She searched her fridge and all she came up with was water so she thought that that was better than nothing at all. Then she picked up the phone and dialed the number she knew by heart. "Animal man at your service."
"You really shouldn't answer your phone like that what if it was some secret lover calling and she thought you were crazy because you said that."
"Aisla? When did you get back? Wait don't answer that your coming out tonight with me and Sandra and Red and Betty."
"Alright I defiantly don't mind that after the past couple weeks I've had."
"I know Aise and I'm sorry but we'll be there around 7:30 so be ready to go, I don't want to have to wait very long."
"Wait Tony! How's Danny doing?"
"Oh.uh he's doing just fine."
Aisla smiled, "Thanks, I'll see you tonight." She hung up the phone and began humming a swing tune under her breath as she jogged upstairs to get ready. Promptly at seven there was a knock at her door, she pulled it open and saw Tony standing there smiling.
"It's a miracle, Aise, your actually on time for once since I met you."
"Don't make fun of me Anthony Fusco or I might have to tell Sandra about all those hours you spent talking about her." Anthony blushed and Aisla smiled before following him to the car and squeezing in the back with Red and Betty so Sandra could sit by Anthony. They drove along and finally came to a secluded part of the beach where they were going to have there own little party with some of the other flyboys and navy nurses. When they got out of the car Betty pulled on Aisla's arm so that she could pull her to the side and talk to her. Betty told all the others to go ahead she had something important to talk about.
Aisla was surprised none of them questioned her but just looked at Betty waiting for her to say what she had to say. "God Aise this is so hard, you don't know how hard it is. Umm you and Danny weren't really together when you left were you?"
Aisla looked at her strangely, "We had gotten into a fight so I guess not, we didn't really say I don't want to see you anymore or anything like that. Why?"
"Well umm while you were gone Danny kinda started seeing another nurse."
Aisla's face fell, but she realized that that wasn't it, "Who?"
"Evelyn," Betty whispered biting her bottom lip.
"Who!"
"Evelyn," She said louder, Aisla covered her face with her hands. 'God I thought he loved me, Oh God I love him. Oh no I lost my virginity to him, oh crap this is not good at all!"
Aisla started crying and Betty tried to comfort her but Aisla pushed her away. "Are they here?"
"We didn't know you'd be back so yes they were invited."
"I'm going home."
"Aise you can't walk home, it's to far."
"Watch me!" With that Aisla turned back around and began walking down the street towards her home. She didn't even notice the car that passed her and then slowed she was to caught up in her own sorrow and pain and her vision was too clouded by tears she refused to let fall. The car stopped right behind her but she just ignored it and kept walking, then a door opened and slammed shut and she heard footsteps coming closer to her. She was spun around violently and gasped, seeing Danny then she pulled away from him and ran towards the deserted part of the beach trying to get away from him.
"Aisla, damn it come back!" She ignored him and kept up with with same pace knowing he was running after her. What she didn't expect was to be tackled into the sand; she turned around but couldn't get up because he still kept part of his weight on her. "Why did you run away from back there?"
"Because I can't stand the sight of you, we have a fight and you run and get comfort from another girl. From my best goddamn friend Danny, why?"
Danny sat up and ran a hand through his hair, "I didn't plan for this to happen Aisla, it just did, I didn't even see it coming."
'Yeah well I didn't expect to be punished like I have either but what the hell.' "Do you love her?"
Danny looked at her surprised, "What?"
"It's a very easy question to answer Danny, do you love Evelyn?"
"I don't know, everythings so complicated," He ran a hand through his hair.
"Then let me make it easy for you, I'm going home."
"You can't go back to California Aise."
"Danny I'm going back to the house I have in Pearl."
"I'll give you a ride."
"No I'll walk," Then she took off without a backwards glance, trying to understand where everything went wrong and why she always ended up being hurt. Why she got left being the one to carry the burden.