Two days later, there was a memorial for all those who died in the attack, one had been Betty. When Aisla got there she saw Danny and Evelyn standing by Betty's coffin but she didn't acknowledge them, now was not the time for hatred it was the time to mourn those who died. She walked over and Red was on bended knee openly weeping for his lost love. How ironic that he lost the one he loved to death and I lost mine to love. She walked to him and knelt with him, crying and comforting. Then the others left and soon after Red did, but Aisla stayed, she stood and gazed at the picture of Betty sitting on the coffin. "Oh Betty, it should be me in this box not you, you have everything and I have nothing, you should be alive right now."

A hand was placed on her shoulder and she jumped turning around and staring in surprise at the man behind her. "You shouldn't think that way, be grateful you are where you are and be grateful that it isn't you in that box."

"How can you of all people say that? You know exactly how I feel and you let it just go away. Does the pain ever really go away Rafe?"

Rafe hugged her, "No it doesn't."

"At least they thought you were dead, I was just away, probably hoped I'd never come back."

"It still hurts."

"Yeah it does, I have to go home." She started to pull away but he grabbed her hand.

"Let me walk you." She nodded and they started to walk away, hand in hand before Danny called his name, they both spun and Danny's eyes widened slightly at their hands joined together. "What Danny?"

"The captain wants to talk to us."

Rafe looked apologetically at Aisla but she just waved him off, "I'll wait for you to come back." He nodded and walked off, she watched his eyes and saw the surprise in them. When he came back her curiousity got the best of her, "What did he want?"

Rafe glanced at her and nodded, "He wanted to tell me that Doolittle is having us come in for a top secret mission."

Aisla frowned, "The dangerous kind."

"I know but I need to do this," She knew by the look in his eyes that there was no changing his mind.

"You know I got a metal from when my brother went on his last top secret mission. They sent it back with the box that had his body in it."

Rafe looked taken aback at her forthright answer but knew she was just being honest and not trying to hurt his feelings or even change his mind. They continued walking and when they got to her house, she asked him when they left, "We leave at noon tomorrow." He studied her for a moment then asked her the question he'd been wondering about all day, "You love Danny don't you?"

Aisla frowned, wondering if she should really tell someone who was almost a perfect stranger the secrets of her heart. "Yeah I do and when he gets back he's in for two surprises and he'll have to chose."

"What if he chooses Evelyn?"

Aisla frowned knowing that if he did, she wouldn't do anything about it, "Then let him be happy."

Rafe frowned in return, "Don't you want to fight for love."

"I don't know if there's anything left to fight for." With that Aisla turned and walked in her house, thinking about everything that was to come and the long wait ahead of her. 'I'm a month ahead of Evelyn by the time Rafe and Danny get back I'll start to show and he'll already know, without me saying a word. I can't trap him but I have to wait and make sure it's Evelyn he wants. God I don't want him to die, you should have taken me instead!' Aisla put a hand to her stomach and started up the stairs, to go into her room and nap.

A.N. For those of you who haven't figured it out, Aisla is pregnant. Yes Danny is a little man whore in this story. Anyway I want to thank everyone who reviewed. *bows* thank you thank you