Danny and Anthony landed their P-40's on the small strip next to Earl's mechanic runway and turned their engines off. Since Anthony finally realized that Sandra didn't want anything to do with him, he'd been spending quite a bit of time in the air. Anytime Danny wasn't out with Evelyn he'd join his friend for trip through the clouds.
"Hey Earl there's something wrong with this plane, the throttle's sticking." Anthony called in his smooth Italian accent. "You better get someone to look at it."
"Damn it Tony I ain't got time for this shit, can't you look at it?" Sergeant Earl Sistern hollered over the noise of the hanger
"Not by myself."
"Walker help him out."
"No way I got a date with Evelyn in like an hour she'll kill me if I'm late." Danny stated as he exited in a hurry.
"Fine Mickey come over here." Earl called to a mechanic that was half sticking out of the engine of a B-17. The young kid jumped down and as they got closer Anthony realized it was a girl
"Yeah dad." She snapped her bubble gum and wiped her hand on the grease rag that hung from her belt.
"Fusco's having trouble with his throttle you want to give him a hand." (Does that sound really gross to anyone else?)
"Sure pop. Mikayla Sistern, everyone calls me Mickey" The girl extended her slender hand to Anthony
"Anthony, but you can call me anything you want" He tried to sound smooth and failed miserably.
"Yeah, let's go look at that plane." Mickey turned and headed to the P-40
"He'll catch up with you." Earl told his daughter
Anthony's eyes followed Mikayla cross the garage, she had long sand colored her that she held back in a braid and hazel eyes, and from what he could make out of her that was covered in a monkey suit she was built.
"Touch her Fusco and I'll kill you." Earl's warning pulled Anthony back to the real world
"Yes sir."
THREE HOURS LATER
"I can't figure out what the hells wrong with this plane." Mickey came out from under it
"I think we may working on this damn thing to Christmas." Anthony agreed
"I recon, hey you wanna go get somethin' to eat?"
"Yeah alright, meet me at the Black Café in twenty minutes okay."
"Yup."
The bell on the café door jingled as it opened and Anthony looked up as Danny, Evelyn, Gooze, his girlfriend Tabitha-Joyce, Billy, Barbara, Red and Betty walked in.
"Hey Tony." Billy sat down in the chair next to Anthony and pulled Barbara into his lap.
"Ah hi guys, umm if you don't mind I'm waiting for someone." Anthony told then sort uncertain, he was starting to think Mikayla wasn't going to show up.
Evelyn smiled at him sympathetically, e was obviously trying to retain some pride over then fact, he was a handsome guy forced to spend Saturday night alone.
"Are you suffering from delusions again Tone?" Danny ribbed
"NO there really is a girl coming to meet me here."
"Sorry I'm late." Mikayla walked over to the group from the entrance
Anthony's eyes almost fell out of his head when he saw her. She looked fantastic she had put on makeup and curled her hair. In the white and lilac dress she had put on Tony could really get a look at her body. Mikayla was quite possibly the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
"It's alright I wasn't worried, I knew you'd show." He lied
Everyone else's jaw dropped at the sight of the vision that was seemingly there for dinner with Anthony.
"Mickey these are my friends"
"Mikayla Sistern." Mickey smiled
"Sistern isn't Earl's last name?" Gooze observed
"It ought to be I'm his daughter." Mickey sat down and pulled out a menu ignoring the eyes she could feel burning into the back of her head.
"So tell me about you." Anthony inquired across the table after his buddies had all gone home.
"Well I'm 19, I love you fly and work on planes, I'm a crack shot with a gun, an excellent poker player and hate dressing like this." Mikayla quipped pointing at her dress "I guess I'm not real lady like on the count that dad raised me by himself."
"Oh yeah what about you mom?"
"She died when I was born I never knew her."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"Don't be, I know my dad's a real hard ass on you guys but he's an awesome father. A little over protective but nobody's perfect." She flashed her thousand watt grin and the instantly it faded
"What is it?" Anthony turned to see what had soured her mood as was picked up out of his chair by his collar.
"I told you to stay away from my daughter Fusco." Earl's eyes were wild as Tony's feet came off the ground
"Daddy put him down, dad you're hurting him stop it, he can't breathe." Mikayla was panicked voice turned the heads of everyone in the diner.
"Mickey go get in the truck." He said bitterly
"But pop…."
"I don't want to talk about it, go get in the truck now. And as for you" He dropped Anthony back into his seat and brought his face to centimeters from Tony's " Stay away from my little girl"
"Hey Earl there's something wrong with this plane, the throttle's sticking." Anthony called in his smooth Italian accent. "You better get someone to look at it."
"Damn it Tony I ain't got time for this shit, can't you look at it?" Sergeant Earl Sistern hollered over the noise of the hanger
"Not by myself."
"Walker help him out."
"No way I got a date with Evelyn in like an hour she'll kill me if I'm late." Danny stated as he exited in a hurry.
"Fine Mickey come over here." Earl called to a mechanic that was half sticking out of the engine of a B-17. The young kid jumped down and as they got closer Anthony realized it was a girl
"Yeah dad." She snapped her bubble gum and wiped her hand on the grease rag that hung from her belt.
"Fusco's having trouble with his throttle you want to give him a hand." (Does that sound really gross to anyone else?)
"Sure pop. Mikayla Sistern, everyone calls me Mickey" The girl extended her slender hand to Anthony
"Anthony, but you can call me anything you want" He tried to sound smooth and failed miserably.
"Yeah, let's go look at that plane." Mickey turned and headed to the P-40
"He'll catch up with you." Earl told his daughter
Anthony's eyes followed Mikayla cross the garage, she had long sand colored her that she held back in a braid and hazel eyes, and from what he could make out of her that was covered in a monkey suit she was built.
"Touch her Fusco and I'll kill you." Earl's warning pulled Anthony back to the real world
"Yes sir."
THREE HOURS LATER
"I can't figure out what the hells wrong with this plane." Mickey came out from under it
"I think we may working on this damn thing to Christmas." Anthony agreed
"I recon, hey you wanna go get somethin' to eat?"
"Yeah alright, meet me at the Black Café in twenty minutes okay."
"Yup."
The bell on the café door jingled as it opened and Anthony looked up as Danny, Evelyn, Gooze, his girlfriend Tabitha-Joyce, Billy, Barbara, Red and Betty walked in.
"Hey Tony." Billy sat down in the chair next to Anthony and pulled Barbara into his lap.
"Ah hi guys, umm if you don't mind I'm waiting for someone." Anthony told then sort uncertain, he was starting to think Mikayla wasn't going to show up.
Evelyn smiled at him sympathetically, e was obviously trying to retain some pride over then fact, he was a handsome guy forced to spend Saturday night alone.
"Are you suffering from delusions again Tone?" Danny ribbed
"NO there really is a girl coming to meet me here."
"Sorry I'm late." Mikayla walked over to the group from the entrance
Anthony's eyes almost fell out of his head when he saw her. She looked fantastic she had put on makeup and curled her hair. In the white and lilac dress she had put on Tony could really get a look at her body. Mikayla was quite possibly the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
"It's alright I wasn't worried, I knew you'd show." He lied
Everyone else's jaw dropped at the sight of the vision that was seemingly there for dinner with Anthony.
"Mickey these are my friends"
"Mikayla Sistern." Mickey smiled
"Sistern isn't Earl's last name?" Gooze observed
"It ought to be I'm his daughter." Mickey sat down and pulled out a menu ignoring the eyes she could feel burning into the back of her head.
"So tell me about you." Anthony inquired across the table after his buddies had all gone home.
"Well I'm 19, I love you fly and work on planes, I'm a crack shot with a gun, an excellent poker player and hate dressing like this." Mikayla quipped pointing at her dress "I guess I'm not real lady like on the count that dad raised me by himself."
"Oh yeah what about you mom?"
"She died when I was born I never knew her."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"Don't be, I know my dad's a real hard ass on you guys but he's an awesome father. A little over protective but nobody's perfect." She flashed her thousand watt grin and the instantly it faded
"What is it?" Anthony turned to see what had soured her mood as was picked up out of his chair by his collar.
"I told you to stay away from my daughter Fusco." Earl's eyes were wild as Tony's feet came off the ground
"Daddy put him down, dad you're hurting him stop it, he can't breathe." Mikayla was panicked voice turned the heads of everyone in the diner.
"Mickey go get in the truck." He said bitterly
"But pop…."
"I don't want to talk about it, go get in the truck now. And as for you" He dropped Anthony back into his seat and brought his face to centimeters from Tony's " Stay away from my little girl"