"You know Danny, when we leave, I'm gonna miss Rosie, but at least we can leave all this drama, you know?" Rafe sat on the roof with Danny. Danny hadn't taken Beth flying that day, he was comforting Rafe and Beth was comforting Rosie.
"About that Rafe…" Danny said unsure of Rafe's reaction.
"I don't like the way you said that Danny." Rafe looked over at Danny.
"I don't think I'm goin' with you."
"What?"
"Beth and I are engaged." Danny replied, "I'm goin' to Massachusetts with her…"
"Since when?" Rafe was shocked.
"Since last night."
"You just let her talk you out of it?" Rafe looked mad.
"No, I talked me out of it, she tried to talk me out of talkin myself out of it." Danny explained, "I can't leave her."
"I know." Rafe said solemnly, "I guess I just have a mean case of the wanderlust, I don't want to leave Rosie, but there isn't much for me here."
"She's here…" Danny tried to cheer his friend up.
"Don't worry about us, we can work it out." Rafe smiled, "I'm happy for you. I really am."
"Thanks." Danny looked up at the stars, "I just don't know how we're gonna pull this one off."
Rafe slapped him on the back, "I'm sure Beth has it all figured out. I'm gonna hit the hay, alright? I gotta meet Rosie in a little while I want to be rested." He elbowed Danny playfully
"Yeah…" Danny sighed, and went back to watching the sky
"I wouldn't worry about it if I were you Rosie, true love never ends." Beth pulled her most casual out fit out of her closet for Rosie.
"That's what you say now wait until Danny has to leave for the Army" Rosie pulled her dirty dress over her head and slipped Beth's silky baby blue blouse on.
"Well I don't have to worry about that, he's not going." Beth perched herself on the window seat and beamed brightly. "He's comin' with me to Massachusetts and we're gettin' married."
Rosie's jaw dropped as she stared at her friend, there didn't seem to be a single trace of a joke on her face.
"Oh I can just hear Rafe now, he's goin' to flip his lid."
"Do you think so? Danny didn't think he'd be that upset."
"Well I guess it sorta depends on his mood." Rosie slipped her feet into her shoes, "He'll handle I think."
"I hope so the last thing I want is to come between them."
"You and Danny wanna come out with us tonight? We can celebrate."
"I suppose we could, let me call him and find out."
"Hello?" Noreen picked up the phone and balanced it between her shoulder and head.
"Mrs. McCawley it's Beth is Danny in?" Beth tried her best to hide the anger she was harboring toward Rafe's mother.
"You yes dear you hold on I'll go get him." She stepped out on the front porch and called to Danny who came quickly into the house.
"Hey baby doll." He picked up the phone hoarse from running
"Hi sweetie, I'm calling because Rosie invited us to come out with her and Rafe tonight, you wanna go?"
"I'm anywhere you want to be Mrs. Walker."
Beth giggled
"We're not married yet."
"No but I can hardly wait."
"Me either, well I'm going to change I'll see you soon."
"Alright darlin' love you."
"You too."
Danny hung up and ran up the stairs to his bed room
"Rafe get you're lazy ass outta bed." He kicked his friend's mattress
"What the hell do you want Danny, I'm tired." Rafe rolled over and turned his back to Danny, who simply went around to the other side and kicked him again.
"That ain't anyone's fault but your own, you're meeting Rosie soon. You lazy bastard. Maybe if you hadn't been up all night doin' what you were doin' you wouldn't be so damn tired."
"That's uncalled for Walker." Rafe sat up and stretched him arms "Besides I may have made love to the women I love last night, but your gettin' married you can't tell me…"
"Firstly Rafe that's order it's suppose to be done marriage, then sex, secondly we didn't do it."
"Thank you for the sermon brother Daniel."
"Rafe get up and get dressed."
"We're in the devil's name do you two think you're goin'?" Edward noticed his son and Danny trudging out the front door.
"Moon Side diner pop." Rafe stuck his head back in the house
"I better not find out that Rosie was there!" Edward called after them
"Rafe where in the hell are you goin'?" Danny shot his friend an odd glance as Rafe pulled up to the local country variety store.
"I gotta get somethin'." Rafe jumped out of the car and raced into the store and came back out moments later grinning like a child at Christmas.
"He's not coming is he?" Rosie fidgeted with her napkin
"Course he's coming Rosie, they're probably just late." Beth reassured her. Seconds later the door swung open and Danny and Rafe walked in
"Sorry I'm late sweet heart, hope you weren't to worried." Rafe deposited himself in the booth near Rosie and pushed a dizzying kiss on her lips. When he pulled away she breathlessly responded with
"No not at all."
"Don't let her fool you." Beth leaned her head on Danny's shoulder, "She's been panicked."
"Fink." Rosie teased
"Hey baby I have something for you." Rafe fished in his pocket and produced a small silver locket. It had R.M. and R.G. 4ever on the back and Rosie smiled and cried at the same time.
"Oh Rafe it's lovely." She snuggled closer to him and held the necklace tightly in her hand.
"Just remember I'll always love you." Rafe kissed her forehead.
"Even when you leave?"
"Even when I leave."
"Rosanna Marie Gadry where have you been?" Her father screamed as he turned on his stool hearing her voice.
"Umm I've been around Daddy." She answered meakly
"So I've heard, I've heard a lot of things, bout you young lady. Go get in the truck we're leavin'." Alex rushed over to the table and yanked his daughters arm
"Mr. Gadry you're acting insane." Rafe stood up and put his arm around Rosie's waist.
"You destroyed my little girls virtues Rafe McCawley, if you ever come near her again I'll kill you." Alexander pushed Rafe back into his seat and pulled Rosie out of the restaurant as she screamed
"Rafe I love you."
"About that Rafe…" Danny said unsure of Rafe's reaction.
"I don't like the way you said that Danny." Rafe looked over at Danny.
"I don't think I'm goin' with you."
"What?"
"Beth and I are engaged." Danny replied, "I'm goin' to Massachusetts with her…"
"Since when?" Rafe was shocked.
"Since last night."
"You just let her talk you out of it?" Rafe looked mad.
"No, I talked me out of it, she tried to talk me out of talkin myself out of it." Danny explained, "I can't leave her."
"I know." Rafe said solemnly, "I guess I just have a mean case of the wanderlust, I don't want to leave Rosie, but there isn't much for me here."
"She's here…" Danny tried to cheer his friend up.
"Don't worry about us, we can work it out." Rafe smiled, "I'm happy for you. I really am."
"Thanks." Danny looked up at the stars, "I just don't know how we're gonna pull this one off."
Rafe slapped him on the back, "I'm sure Beth has it all figured out. I'm gonna hit the hay, alright? I gotta meet Rosie in a little while I want to be rested." He elbowed Danny playfully
"Yeah…" Danny sighed, and went back to watching the sky
"I wouldn't worry about it if I were you Rosie, true love never ends." Beth pulled her most casual out fit out of her closet for Rosie.
"That's what you say now wait until Danny has to leave for the Army" Rosie pulled her dirty dress over her head and slipped Beth's silky baby blue blouse on.
"Well I don't have to worry about that, he's not going." Beth perched herself on the window seat and beamed brightly. "He's comin' with me to Massachusetts and we're gettin' married."
Rosie's jaw dropped as she stared at her friend, there didn't seem to be a single trace of a joke on her face.
"Oh I can just hear Rafe now, he's goin' to flip his lid."
"Do you think so? Danny didn't think he'd be that upset."
"Well I guess it sorta depends on his mood." Rosie slipped her feet into her shoes, "He'll handle I think."
"I hope so the last thing I want is to come between them."
"You and Danny wanna come out with us tonight? We can celebrate."
"I suppose we could, let me call him and find out."
"Hello?" Noreen picked up the phone and balanced it between her shoulder and head.
"Mrs. McCawley it's Beth is Danny in?" Beth tried her best to hide the anger she was harboring toward Rafe's mother.
"You yes dear you hold on I'll go get him." She stepped out on the front porch and called to Danny who came quickly into the house.
"Hey baby doll." He picked up the phone hoarse from running
"Hi sweetie, I'm calling because Rosie invited us to come out with her and Rafe tonight, you wanna go?"
"I'm anywhere you want to be Mrs. Walker."
Beth giggled
"We're not married yet."
"No but I can hardly wait."
"Me either, well I'm going to change I'll see you soon."
"Alright darlin' love you."
"You too."
Danny hung up and ran up the stairs to his bed room
"Rafe get you're lazy ass outta bed." He kicked his friend's mattress
"What the hell do you want Danny, I'm tired." Rafe rolled over and turned his back to Danny, who simply went around to the other side and kicked him again.
"That ain't anyone's fault but your own, you're meeting Rosie soon. You lazy bastard. Maybe if you hadn't been up all night doin' what you were doin' you wouldn't be so damn tired."
"That's uncalled for Walker." Rafe sat up and stretched him arms "Besides I may have made love to the women I love last night, but your gettin' married you can't tell me…"
"Firstly Rafe that's order it's suppose to be done marriage, then sex, secondly we didn't do it."
"Thank you for the sermon brother Daniel."
"Rafe get up and get dressed."
"We're in the devil's name do you two think you're goin'?" Edward noticed his son and Danny trudging out the front door.
"Moon Side diner pop." Rafe stuck his head back in the house
"I better not find out that Rosie was there!" Edward called after them
"Rafe where in the hell are you goin'?" Danny shot his friend an odd glance as Rafe pulled up to the local country variety store.
"I gotta get somethin'." Rafe jumped out of the car and raced into the store and came back out moments later grinning like a child at Christmas.
"He's not coming is he?" Rosie fidgeted with her napkin
"Course he's coming Rosie, they're probably just late." Beth reassured her. Seconds later the door swung open and Danny and Rafe walked in
"Sorry I'm late sweet heart, hope you weren't to worried." Rafe deposited himself in the booth near Rosie and pushed a dizzying kiss on her lips. When he pulled away she breathlessly responded with
"No not at all."
"Don't let her fool you." Beth leaned her head on Danny's shoulder, "She's been panicked."
"Fink." Rosie teased
"Hey baby I have something for you." Rafe fished in his pocket and produced a small silver locket. It had R.M. and R.G. 4ever on the back and Rosie smiled and cried at the same time.
"Oh Rafe it's lovely." She snuggled closer to him and held the necklace tightly in her hand.
"Just remember I'll always love you." Rafe kissed her forehead.
"Even when you leave?"
"Even when I leave."
"Rosanna Marie Gadry where have you been?" Her father screamed as he turned on his stool hearing her voice.
"Umm I've been around Daddy." She answered meakly
"So I've heard, I've heard a lot of things, bout you young lady. Go get in the truck we're leavin'." Alex rushed over to the table and yanked his daughters arm
"Mr. Gadry you're acting insane." Rafe stood up and put his arm around Rosie's waist.
"You destroyed my little girls virtues Rafe McCawley, if you ever come near her again I'll kill you." Alexander pushed Rafe back into his seat and pulled Rosie out of the restaurant as she screamed
"Rafe I love you."