"You girls stayin' out of trouble?" Rafe walked up and slid his arms around Rosie's waist.
Beth giggled, and looked over at Rosie who shrugged her shoulders, "Well, we were talkin' with Johnny and Bobby and they asked us to dance, and I'm not that rude." She glanced at Danny, "So, we accepted and it was all going great until Rosie broke Bobby's jaw." She said all in one breath, "I am so thirsty, lets get some lemonade, she grabbed Danny's hand and walked away, or at least tried to, but Danny caught her around the waist and spun her back to where she was standing before.
"Excuse me?" Danny laughed, "I thought you said Rosie broke Bobby's jaw…"
"Well, we aren't too sure its broken, but that was a lot of blood. Rosie didn't get a drop on her, very nice." Beth tried to walk away again, but Danny caught her.
Rafe just stared at Rosie, who was staring at a post three feet in front of her. "What?"
"Actually, I'm not in the mood for lemonade, root beer? Those sound good?" Beth tried to walk away again, and again Danny pulled her back.
"I think we might need something a bit stronger…" Rafe said, his voice still unsure, "Rosie?"
"Huh?" Rosie looked up at Rafe.
"Beth, have you been drinking?" Rafe asked, looking her in the eyes, to inspect them for redness.
"Did they spike your lemonade or something?" Danny kissed her, "No, she ain't got nothing on her breath."
"Geez…no!" Beth cried.
"I did. I did it." Rosie felt the tears well up in her eyes, "The bastard tried to kiss me, so I cleaned his clock, I am so sorry!"
"Ro, baby, why are you crying?" Rafe pulled her into a hug, "THE SON OF A BITCH DID WHAT?"
Beth tiptoed up to Danny's ear, "I think this is our cue to leave." She grabbed Danny's hand and finally he let her lead him.
Rafe and Rosie walked to a vacant picnic table, "I didn't mean it…" Rosie cried into his shirt, "It was an impulse."
"Shh…its ok. I'm gonna find that bastard, and I'm gonna teach him a thing or two…" Rafe clenched his fists, but felt Rosie open then and put her hands in them instead.
"Please, don't. I took care of it…" She whispered kissing him on the neck, "Its fine. He won't date mess with me, or Beth ever again."
"Do you just wanna get out of here?" Rafe whispered back, they were getting a little too steamy for the Memorial Day Picnic.
"Yeah…" Rosie grabbed his hand, and they practically ran to his dad's car.
Danny and Beth had walked along the river in town. When they were together, they really didn't have to talk. They seemed like they were from two different worlds, but they were closer than they ever could imagine. To them, class and social status meant absolutely nothing.
"What did he do?" Danny asked out of nowhere, sitting down on a huge rock, and pulling Beth on his lap.
"You know how Bobby is, he tried to kiss her, and she clocked him." Beth laughed playing with Danny's fingers.
"You are in a weird mood tonight." Danny commented, kissing her on the cheek, "You seem so peppy."
"Well, I don't want you to remember me as your sullen girlfriend from Tennessee, who complained all the time and was snobby to Rafe's girlfriend." Beth choked back tears. That was the first time she made a forward comment about Danny leaving.
"What?" Danny cried in disbelief, he turned Beth around to face him.
"Well, when you go to the Army, and I know you boys like to gossip about your girls, and I just don't want you to remember me like that."
Danny cleared his throat, he had been thinking long and hard about what he did and didn't want in his life, and one thing was certain, Elizabeth Sullivan was a part of him, no matter what. "What if I weren't to go, what if I went with you to Massachusetts?"
Beth's face lit up, "What?"
"I cant see myself with out you, and if that means I cant fly, then I'm sure I could get a job in Massachusetts at least working on planes." Danny smiled.
"Danny, you love to fly…you don't have to do that for me…" Beth was now crying happy tears.
"Beth, listen to me, I love to fly, but I love you more than life its self." Danny whispered, "I've thought long and hard about this. You aren't goin' to change my mind."
"Oh, well if you aren't leaving, I wont." Beth tackled him to ground and smothered him with kisses, "I love you so much Daniel Walker."
"Marry me." Danny said breathlessly, kissing Beth before she could answer.
"Marry you?" Beth replied unbuttoning Danny's shirt.
"Whoa, Beth. Answer me before we go any further." Danny looked down at Beth.
"Do you need an answer?" Beth smiled, "Of course I'll marry you."
"Really?" Danny kissed her.
"Yes." Beth laughed, grabbing Danny's hand, "My dad wont be home for a while…"
"Rafe, what if your parents come in?" Rosie asked walking up the stairs to his bedroom.
"They wont until later, and if they do, they'll be so drunk they won't notice…but if you're uncomfortable I can take you home." Rafe winked at her, "Or we could go to the hay loft?"
"The hay loft? Have you been drinkin' Rafe?" She laughed, "Do you think Danny's gonna be mad, you left him there…"
"I'm tryin' to be romantic and you ask about Danny?" Rafe sighed, "Rosie, he's fine, he probably with Beth playing carnival games, you know how boring they are. Tonight, is about you and me. Not you, me, Danny and Beth."
"I know, I'm sorry…" Rosie said kissing Rafe, "We're just in a world of our own."
Rafe's hand crept up the front of her shirt his fingers were cold on her warm flesh and she shivered.
"Are you alright?" Rafe pulled his hand out instantly
"I'm fine Rafe." She looked into his hazel eyes and watched the love behind them. Rosie grabbed his wrist putting his hand back where it was. Rafe's thick fingers trembled as he stumbled with the zipper on Rosie's dress and it seemed like an eternity before he got it off.
"We're not just doing this because I'm leaving are we?" Rafe worried, not wanting Rosie to have anything about their relationship she'd regret.
"No we're doing this because I love you. You've given me everything a girlfriend could ask for, I just want to give you somethin in return." Rosie pulled Rafe down on top of her and he made sure that ever inch of her body was covered with a part of his.
The bright May sun caressed Rafe's face and his eyes fluttered open, Rosie's head was nestled on his bare chest and he kissed the top of her head.
"Hmmm." Rosie stirred but didn't wake up and Rafe rolled out from under her arm. He looked over at her as he slid his muscular legs into a worn out pair of denim pants, she looked so angelic asleep in nothing but a smile.
"Rafe honey your father needs you to… Oh my god." Noreen McCawley opened her sons bed room door and dropped the neatly folded pile of laundry in her hands.
"Rafe Michael McCawley…. I can't you didn't… Oh my God" Rafe's mother draw her hand across her forehead as if she was going to faint.
Rosie's eyes fluttered open and she look to see Mrs.McCawley standing in the room while she lie there wrapped in Rafe's sheets.
"Rosanna get you clothes on and please find your way out. Rafe you, me and your father are having a talk, lets go." With that Noreen dragged her son out and left Rosie alone in his room fighting the tears of shame.
Beth giggled, and looked over at Rosie who shrugged her shoulders, "Well, we were talkin' with Johnny and Bobby and they asked us to dance, and I'm not that rude." She glanced at Danny, "So, we accepted and it was all going great until Rosie broke Bobby's jaw." She said all in one breath, "I am so thirsty, lets get some lemonade, she grabbed Danny's hand and walked away, or at least tried to, but Danny caught her around the waist and spun her back to where she was standing before.
"Excuse me?" Danny laughed, "I thought you said Rosie broke Bobby's jaw…"
"Well, we aren't too sure its broken, but that was a lot of blood. Rosie didn't get a drop on her, very nice." Beth tried to walk away again, but Danny caught her.
Rafe just stared at Rosie, who was staring at a post three feet in front of her. "What?"
"Actually, I'm not in the mood for lemonade, root beer? Those sound good?" Beth tried to walk away again, and again Danny pulled her back.
"I think we might need something a bit stronger…" Rafe said, his voice still unsure, "Rosie?"
"Huh?" Rosie looked up at Rafe.
"Beth, have you been drinking?" Rafe asked, looking her in the eyes, to inspect them for redness.
"Did they spike your lemonade or something?" Danny kissed her, "No, she ain't got nothing on her breath."
"Geez…no!" Beth cried.
"I did. I did it." Rosie felt the tears well up in her eyes, "The bastard tried to kiss me, so I cleaned his clock, I am so sorry!"
"Ro, baby, why are you crying?" Rafe pulled her into a hug, "THE SON OF A BITCH DID WHAT?"
Beth tiptoed up to Danny's ear, "I think this is our cue to leave." She grabbed Danny's hand and finally he let her lead him.
Rafe and Rosie walked to a vacant picnic table, "I didn't mean it…" Rosie cried into his shirt, "It was an impulse."
"Shh…its ok. I'm gonna find that bastard, and I'm gonna teach him a thing or two…" Rafe clenched his fists, but felt Rosie open then and put her hands in them instead.
"Please, don't. I took care of it…" She whispered kissing him on the neck, "Its fine. He won't date mess with me, or Beth ever again."
"Do you just wanna get out of here?" Rafe whispered back, they were getting a little too steamy for the Memorial Day Picnic.
"Yeah…" Rosie grabbed his hand, and they practically ran to his dad's car.
Danny and Beth had walked along the river in town. When they were together, they really didn't have to talk. They seemed like they were from two different worlds, but they were closer than they ever could imagine. To them, class and social status meant absolutely nothing.
"What did he do?" Danny asked out of nowhere, sitting down on a huge rock, and pulling Beth on his lap.
"You know how Bobby is, he tried to kiss her, and she clocked him." Beth laughed playing with Danny's fingers.
"You are in a weird mood tonight." Danny commented, kissing her on the cheek, "You seem so peppy."
"Well, I don't want you to remember me as your sullen girlfriend from Tennessee, who complained all the time and was snobby to Rafe's girlfriend." Beth choked back tears. That was the first time she made a forward comment about Danny leaving.
"What?" Danny cried in disbelief, he turned Beth around to face him.
"Well, when you go to the Army, and I know you boys like to gossip about your girls, and I just don't want you to remember me like that."
Danny cleared his throat, he had been thinking long and hard about what he did and didn't want in his life, and one thing was certain, Elizabeth Sullivan was a part of him, no matter what. "What if I weren't to go, what if I went with you to Massachusetts?"
Beth's face lit up, "What?"
"I cant see myself with out you, and if that means I cant fly, then I'm sure I could get a job in Massachusetts at least working on planes." Danny smiled.
"Danny, you love to fly…you don't have to do that for me…" Beth was now crying happy tears.
"Beth, listen to me, I love to fly, but I love you more than life its self." Danny whispered, "I've thought long and hard about this. You aren't goin' to change my mind."
"Oh, well if you aren't leaving, I wont." Beth tackled him to ground and smothered him with kisses, "I love you so much Daniel Walker."
"Marry me." Danny said breathlessly, kissing Beth before she could answer.
"Marry you?" Beth replied unbuttoning Danny's shirt.
"Whoa, Beth. Answer me before we go any further." Danny looked down at Beth.
"Do you need an answer?" Beth smiled, "Of course I'll marry you."
"Really?" Danny kissed her.
"Yes." Beth laughed, grabbing Danny's hand, "My dad wont be home for a while…"
"Rafe, what if your parents come in?" Rosie asked walking up the stairs to his bedroom.
"They wont until later, and if they do, they'll be so drunk they won't notice…but if you're uncomfortable I can take you home." Rafe winked at her, "Or we could go to the hay loft?"
"The hay loft? Have you been drinkin' Rafe?" She laughed, "Do you think Danny's gonna be mad, you left him there…"
"I'm tryin' to be romantic and you ask about Danny?" Rafe sighed, "Rosie, he's fine, he probably with Beth playing carnival games, you know how boring they are. Tonight, is about you and me. Not you, me, Danny and Beth."
"I know, I'm sorry…" Rosie said kissing Rafe, "We're just in a world of our own."
Rafe's hand crept up the front of her shirt his fingers were cold on her warm flesh and she shivered.
"Are you alright?" Rafe pulled his hand out instantly
"I'm fine Rafe." She looked into his hazel eyes and watched the love behind them. Rosie grabbed his wrist putting his hand back where it was. Rafe's thick fingers trembled as he stumbled with the zipper on Rosie's dress and it seemed like an eternity before he got it off.
"We're not just doing this because I'm leaving are we?" Rafe worried, not wanting Rosie to have anything about their relationship she'd regret.
"No we're doing this because I love you. You've given me everything a girlfriend could ask for, I just want to give you somethin in return." Rosie pulled Rafe down on top of her and he made sure that ever inch of her body was covered with a part of his.
The bright May sun caressed Rafe's face and his eyes fluttered open, Rosie's head was nestled on his bare chest and he kissed the top of her head.
"Hmmm." Rosie stirred but didn't wake up and Rafe rolled out from under her arm. He looked over at her as he slid his muscular legs into a worn out pair of denim pants, she looked so angelic asleep in nothing but a smile.
"Rafe honey your father needs you to… Oh my god." Noreen McCawley opened her sons bed room door and dropped the neatly folded pile of laundry in her hands.
"Rafe Michael McCawley…. I can't you didn't… Oh my God" Rafe's mother draw her hand across her forehead as if she was going to faint.
Rosie's eyes fluttered open and she look to see Mrs.McCawley standing in the room while she lie there wrapped in Rafe's sheets.
"Rosanna get you clothes on and please find your way out. Rafe you, me and your father are having a talk, lets go." With that Noreen dragged her son out and left Rosie alone in his room fighting the tears of shame.