The church doors flew open and Rafe raced down the stairs Evelyn's almost lifeless body in his arms. If it weren't for the mountainous screams of pain spilling from her mouth, they would've thought her dead already.

"Jesus, what's wrong?" Danny's heart pounded as Rafe deposited Evelyn into the back seat and enclosed himself in the front.

"I don't know Danny just drive." Rafe instructed out of breath and in fear for his new wife very existence.

Annaly climbed over the back of the seat as they sped down the dusty roads to the hospital.

"You said if there was something wrong you'd know Evelyn." The voices in Danny's head screeched at the women who lie immobile just inches behind him.

"Evelyn, Evelyn, you have to breathe. Listen to me take deep breaths." Annaly spoke in a calm tone trying to sooth her friend.

"Annaly it's not time, I'm not do for another month." Beads of sweat formed on Evelyn's head.

"It'll be all right you'll be fine. Evie look at me, hey, this is your wedding day okay just calm down and think of all the things you and Rafe have to do when you go home."

The Buick lurched to a stop in front of the hospital; Annaly hit her head on the roof but was to concerned with her friend to notice the pain and slight bump being to form. Rafe pulled Evelyn from the backseat her shrill outbursts of pain growing louder with each passing minute. They ran up the steps as fast as their legs would allow nearly toppling over Doctor Parker and the nurse that were standing in the door way.

"We heard her screaming from inside. What's wrong?" The doctor asked as Rafe placed his wife on the awaiting stretcher.

"We don't know." His voice was hoarse and his throat hurt from stream of curses that had been flowing from his strong lips the entire ride.

"Evelyn it's Doc Parker we're going to take good care of you, alright." The older man shined a pen light in her watery eyes as the wheeled her to the O.R.

"Patients name?" The nurse with pen and paper in hand asked the anxious young husband.

"What?" Rafe's mind was a jumble of thought and quite frankly the women's questions were the farthest thing from his mind.

"Evelyn Stewart, no McCawley." Annaly answered knowing Rafe would be unable to speak.

"Evelyn Stewart? I'm filling in for her while she's on maternity leave. Oh now I get to deliver hr baby this is so exciting." The raven-haired nurse appeared the to be only about 18 and it was obvious fresh from training. You could tell she didn't understand the delicateness of the situation. As she bounded down the hall to scrub.

Rafe just stood there staring down the corridor at the room his wife had disappeared into just moments before. His greenish brown eyes were black clouds of despair and though he was staring directly ahead of him he saw nothing. Danny had taken up occupancy on a small wooden chair in the adjacent waiting room. He didn't say a word as Annaly sat crossed legged on the floor in front of him. He simply rested his chin on the top of her head and fought to be strong. Annaly licked her lips and then spoke.

"She's not in early labor Danny. I checked her in the car it's something else."

"It must be something bad then right? You wouldn't call me Danny if it wasn't something serious."

Annaly spun around on the floor to face him. Taking his hands in her she whispered.

"I'm not sure Walker but whatever it is I'll be right here beside you."

Danny tilted his head up and looked at her, his beautiful brown eyes full with so much hurt, frustration, confusion it was a way she had never seen him and hoped she never would again.

"Now I know how she felt when me and Rafe went to Japan. Just sittin' there waitin' to hear if we had lived or died."

"Walker do you know when I fell in love with you?"

"That night on the beach, no when we went for that boat ride at sunset am I close?" He smiled at 2 memories he didn't mind having.

"No, the day I got to Pearl Harbor."

"How can that be I wasn't even here?"

"No you weren't, but Evelyn was. She had this picture of you on her nightstand. I asked her "Who's that cutie?" she said, "Oh that's my friend Danny, he's on the Doolittle raid. God I can't wait for him to get home. He's the sweetest guy I ever met." and I looked at the picture and I could feel myself slipping away in those eyes of yours. I spent weeks just waiting to see if you'd be back. I knew if you returned it would be for Evie, but there was no way I was going to go my whole life without meeting you. And then you came home and I saw you at the hospital and at the club it felt like faint." She thought she caught small trace of a smile cross his lips and then instantly it vanished again.

"Where did I find you?"

"You didn't I found you." This would've been the perfect time to kiss but they didn't they just held each other each silently promising never to let go.

"Evelyn." The doctor stood behind her head as her eyes fluttered open.

"Doctor Parker can I see my baby?" She managed weakly.

The doctor and the new nurse exchanged a glance on that scared Evelyn in away unimaginable. Doctor Parker nodded at the nurse and she left the room.

"There is not baby yet Evelyn, you're not in labor. You have pancreal cancer Evelyn. It can only be treated by surgery and removing the infect tissue in your pancreas. But we can't operate on you until after you deliver. So you have 2 options we can take the baby be c-section now 6 weeks premature and operate, or that you go to full term and pray the cancer doesn't spread."

"So I can risk the life of my baby or my own?" To any other women this would be a choice that would take days maybe even weeks to make, not to Evelyn. She wasn't going to put this baby in jeopardy " I'm going to go all 9 months."

"Evelyn this is a big decision perhaps I should give you some time to think it over. "

"It wouldn't do anything but prolong the time I'm sitting here in this bed and not with my husband."

"She's got what?"

"I'm sorry Mr. McCawley your wife has cancer." The nurse repeated herself more sympathetically.

"But she's going to be okay right? You can treat her." Rafe rushed "She's gonna come home soon. We've got to go on our honey moon."

"I'm sorry but we just don't know."