* Thank you Cat Nicci and Holli for reviewing. And extra thanks to Cat for encouraging me to write about Anthony. *
Anthony was up before reveille played the next morning, he had showered and shaved and even splashed on some cologne before his friends woke up.
"Tony what the hell are you doin'?" Billy scratched his chest as he walked into the bathroom
Anthony smiled triumphantly
"I'm going down to Earls to see Mickey."
"I could be wrong but aren't you forbidden to see her?"
"No, I'm forbidden to date her." Tony spat his tooth paste into the sink and wiped the excess off his mouth with the back of his hand
"I wouldn't go screwing with Earl's girl if I was you." Billy informed him as he started to pee in the urinal on the adjacent wall.
"Well Billy, buddy you are not me." Anthony pointed at his friend and winked at him.
"If Earl comes after your ass, don't come here looking for me to bail you out."
"Bye Billy." Anthony flipped his collar and left
He looked around the garage before he went in no sign of Earl. Perfect. All he had to do was find Mikayla whisk her off to a secluded corner of the hangar. There was a hand full of mechanics tinkering with the planes and a few pilots milling around waiting to go up but no Mickey.
"Hey Mickey, bring that 2/8 inch socket." One of the guys called
"Coming." Tony heard her respond but he still didn't see her. Then she was right in front of him. Her long blonde hair tucked under her hat and her slim body shrouded in her cover alls.
"What are you doing here Anthony? My dad'll flip." She poked him in the stomach with the wrench
"I had to see you, beside thought maybe we could work on my P-40 a little more." He gave her a cocky smile and Mickey's knees went weak.
"Let me bring Dave his wrench, then we can get started." Mikayla had this cute little wiggle in her walk and as she started off Anthony couldn't help but watch her.
They worked on that darn plane for hours fixing everything from shocks to gas caps. They talked like old friends and goofed around. It was like Anthony Fusco and Mikayla Sistern was written in the stars somewhere.
"Do you wanna go, the dance of tonight?" Anthony asked her way out from left field
Mickey but her lip and thought about it
"I'd like to, but what about my father? Trust me last night is mild compared to what he could do."
"It doesn't have to a date, hell say you're going out with a group my friends are going." He smiled counting the small sprinkling of freckles on her nose.
"Does this mean I have to wear a dress?"
"Girls tend to do that from time to time."
"I only have the one I had on yesterday."
"Well then buy one, I like my girls to look like girls."
"Nervy bastard." She shoved him playfully.
"I try."
"Come here." Mickey beckoned him with her finger and when he leaned forward she wiped a droplet of sweat from his cheek. Smearing the axel grease that coated her hands on it in the process.
"Thank you so much." Tony snorted rubbing the grease with the bottom of his tee shirt. "I gotta get going I gotta an assignment in ten minutes. I'm gonna send one of my friends to take you shopping' for a dress, I'm payin'."
"Okay."
TWO HOURS LATER
"Excuse me are you Mikayla Sistern?" A tall plump girl in a nurse's uniform tapped Mickey on the shoulder
"Yeah that's me, Mickey." Earl's daughter took a long drag of her cigarette "You are?"
"Oh I'm Anthony's friend Martha, he said you needed some help shopping. Shopping is my line of expertise. Well after nursing of course. You ready?"
"As I'll ever be."
"Oh I like that one." Martha complimented as Mickey walked out of the dressing room in an olive green dress. "It matches your eyes."
"Does it really look good, I 'm not a dress up girl." Mickey looked at her reflection uncomfortably. "Will Anthony like it?"
"Trust me you're gonna knock his sox off."
AT EARL'S HOUSE
"Where do you think you're going?" Earl queried as he sat puffing on his cigar
"To the dance daddy." Mickey tried to make a break for the door.
"That wouldn't be a date would it? Because you know my rule Mickey no pilots."
"I know dad all the girls are going, Anthony are just friends, you really need to relax."
"Mikayla don't get mouthy with me."
"Yes sir sergeant." Mickey saluted her father.
Earl glared at her before she gave him the puppy dog eyes and he softened
"Get out of here be back before midnight."
"Thank you Daddy." Mickey threw her arms around her fathers neck, kissed his cheek and ran out the door.
AT THE DANCE
"Oh my would you look at the girl that just walked in." Joe stated to the rest of the group.
"Tell me when you see Mickey come in, she's all that matters." Tony sipped his beer uninterested, then he felt a tap on his shoulder
"Hey soldier is this seat taken?"
"Mickey oh my god." Anthony stood up and took her hand. Joe felt a little let down to hear the chick he'd been eyeing was Tony's date.
"Martha here is a world class shopper, shall we dance?" Mikayla smiled
And they danced, they danced until they felt as though they were the only two people on the floor. As their bodies were held close to each other their eyes met. Then their lips met and chills shot up Tony's spine. Until the were yanked apart by ruff hands. And Mikayla was dragged away screaming
"Daddy put me down."
Anthony was up before reveille played the next morning, he had showered and shaved and even splashed on some cologne before his friends woke up.
"Tony what the hell are you doin'?" Billy scratched his chest as he walked into the bathroom
Anthony smiled triumphantly
"I'm going down to Earls to see Mickey."
"I could be wrong but aren't you forbidden to see her?"
"No, I'm forbidden to date her." Tony spat his tooth paste into the sink and wiped the excess off his mouth with the back of his hand
"I wouldn't go screwing with Earl's girl if I was you." Billy informed him as he started to pee in the urinal on the adjacent wall.
"Well Billy, buddy you are not me." Anthony pointed at his friend and winked at him.
"If Earl comes after your ass, don't come here looking for me to bail you out."
"Bye Billy." Anthony flipped his collar and left
He looked around the garage before he went in no sign of Earl. Perfect. All he had to do was find Mikayla whisk her off to a secluded corner of the hangar. There was a hand full of mechanics tinkering with the planes and a few pilots milling around waiting to go up but no Mickey.
"Hey Mickey, bring that 2/8 inch socket." One of the guys called
"Coming." Tony heard her respond but he still didn't see her. Then she was right in front of him. Her long blonde hair tucked under her hat and her slim body shrouded in her cover alls.
"What are you doing here Anthony? My dad'll flip." She poked him in the stomach with the wrench
"I had to see you, beside thought maybe we could work on my P-40 a little more." He gave her a cocky smile and Mickey's knees went weak.
"Let me bring Dave his wrench, then we can get started." Mikayla had this cute little wiggle in her walk and as she started off Anthony couldn't help but watch her.
They worked on that darn plane for hours fixing everything from shocks to gas caps. They talked like old friends and goofed around. It was like Anthony Fusco and Mikayla Sistern was written in the stars somewhere.
"Do you wanna go, the dance of tonight?" Anthony asked her way out from left field
Mickey but her lip and thought about it
"I'd like to, but what about my father? Trust me last night is mild compared to what he could do."
"It doesn't have to a date, hell say you're going out with a group my friends are going." He smiled counting the small sprinkling of freckles on her nose.
"Does this mean I have to wear a dress?"
"Girls tend to do that from time to time."
"I only have the one I had on yesterday."
"Well then buy one, I like my girls to look like girls."
"Nervy bastard." She shoved him playfully.
"I try."
"Come here." Mickey beckoned him with her finger and when he leaned forward she wiped a droplet of sweat from his cheek. Smearing the axel grease that coated her hands on it in the process.
"Thank you so much." Tony snorted rubbing the grease with the bottom of his tee shirt. "I gotta get going I gotta an assignment in ten minutes. I'm gonna send one of my friends to take you shopping' for a dress, I'm payin'."
"Okay."
TWO HOURS LATER
"Excuse me are you Mikayla Sistern?" A tall plump girl in a nurse's uniform tapped Mickey on the shoulder
"Yeah that's me, Mickey." Earl's daughter took a long drag of her cigarette "You are?"
"Oh I'm Anthony's friend Martha, he said you needed some help shopping. Shopping is my line of expertise. Well after nursing of course. You ready?"
"As I'll ever be."
"Oh I like that one." Martha complimented as Mickey walked out of the dressing room in an olive green dress. "It matches your eyes."
"Does it really look good, I 'm not a dress up girl." Mickey looked at her reflection uncomfortably. "Will Anthony like it?"
"Trust me you're gonna knock his sox off."
AT EARL'S HOUSE
"Where do you think you're going?" Earl queried as he sat puffing on his cigar
"To the dance daddy." Mickey tried to make a break for the door.
"That wouldn't be a date would it? Because you know my rule Mickey no pilots."
"I know dad all the girls are going, Anthony are just friends, you really need to relax."
"Mikayla don't get mouthy with me."
"Yes sir sergeant." Mickey saluted her father.
Earl glared at her before she gave him the puppy dog eyes and he softened
"Get out of here be back before midnight."
"Thank you Daddy." Mickey threw her arms around her fathers neck, kissed his cheek and ran out the door.
AT THE DANCE
"Oh my would you look at the girl that just walked in." Joe stated to the rest of the group.
"Tell me when you see Mickey come in, she's all that matters." Tony sipped his beer uninterested, then he felt a tap on his shoulder
"Hey soldier is this seat taken?"
"Mickey oh my god." Anthony stood up and took her hand. Joe felt a little let down to hear the chick he'd been eyeing was Tony's date.
"Martha here is a world class shopper, shall we dance?" Mikayla smiled
And they danced, they danced until they felt as though they were the only two people on the floor. As their bodies were held close to each other their eyes met. Then their lips met and chills shot up Tony's spine. Until the were yanked apart by ruff hands. And Mikayla was dragged away screaming
"Daddy put me down."