Mickey sat on the couch, her hazel eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"You stay here." Earl commanded as he cocked his shotgun
Mikayla positioned herself between the gun and the door. Her body trembling, she was unsure if her father was drunk or just crazy.
"Dad I'm not letting you out this door with that gun."
"Mickey, you get out of my way, now girl." Her father's breath reeked of whiskey as he talked and she thought he really would kill Tony if he found him.
"No daddy." Mikayla averted her eyes to the stained carpet below her feet.
"What?"
"I said no daddy, I've never said no to you before now, but you can't hurt Anthony. He didn't do anything wrong, all he did was like me."
Earl's face softened
"Look Mickey, I'm not gonna shoot Anthony, but you gotta promise me one thing. Promise me you won't see him again. You know how I feel about these pilots."
"I know dad but I don't know why you hate them."
"It doesn't matter, just stay away from Tony."
"I love him Daddy." Mikayla whispered to her gruff father.
"You what?" Earl stared at her in disbelieve.
"I love Anthony Fusco and I'm not gonna stay away from him no matter what you say."
Earl's eyes flashed once again with rage this time at his only child, his precious little girl.
"Get out!" He shouted "No child under my roof is gonna be in love with a god damn fly boy."
"You want me to move out because I love Tony Daddy?" Mickey was confused
Earl thought about it for a second then said
"No just get out of my face before I shoot you instead."
"Don't worry about it Daddy, I won't be back." She screamed slamming the front door closed behind her as she exited the house.
AT THE HULA HUT
"Oh come on now Tony, it's no time to be depressed, you'll make a guy feel unwanted." Rafe raised his shot glass. The look on Anthony's face seemed to match the feeling Rafe had in his stomach. One where you lost you're best girl and best friend at the same time.
"Yeah Tony is that anyway to treat a real hero?" Billy asked over his tequila.
The guys were deep in conversation when Danny entered the bar and other wise distracted Rafe. It didn't bother Anthony all that much he was only faking interest in the discussion anyway. It's not that he didn't like having Rafe back, he had missed his friend, but at that point in time all that mattered was Mickey. Finding her, seeing her and being with her. He walked away from the bar looking at the ground they had all been, kicked out when Danny and Rafe went after each other.
"Anthony there you are I've been looking all of the Island for you." The female voice that came from behind him wasn't Mikayla's but he recognized it instantly.
"Hi Sandy." He turned around a somber expression on his tanned face.
Sandra batted her long lashes at Tony and stepped little closer to him.
"It's getting late Anthony would you mind walking me home?"
"I really can't right now Sandra I gotta find a way to get a hold of Mickey."
"You know Tony, Earl isn't letting you see and she doesn't seem to be putting up that much of a fuss. I on the other hand am standing directly in front of you." For someone that was quite prudish at times Sandra was coming on pretty strong and Anthony was almost falling for her charms
"Sandy you only wanna be bothered with me now cause I ain't all over you anymore."
"Maybe." Sandra stated in her most seductive voice and leaned forward pressing her lips to Tony's. They heard someone clear their throat in the shadows. Neither saw the face of the person, but Anthony got a tight feeling in the pit of his stomach that very instant. He slunk back from Sandra, his hands shaking knowing he'd never be able to talk himself out of this situation.
"Mickey I'm so sorry."
Mikayla stepped into the light, her eyes were brimming with tears but she wouldn't let them fall. She was too tuff a girl to give Tony the satisfaction of knowing he'd broken her. That she was ready to leave her father, to be the women that Anthony Fusco needed in his life.
"Doesn't take you very long to move on does it Anthony!"
"Mickey baby, it's not what it looks like." Tony reached out his arms and grasped her trembling shoulders.
"Don't touch me Tony!." She shrieked jerking free from his hands "Don't call me baby! It's not what it looks like? So you weren't just kissing Sandra? I must've been hallucinating."
Anthony was speechless as he pondered what he could say to avoid loosing Mikayla forever. Sandra however was over flowing with things to say.
"I guess it was what it looked like then. Don't take it personal Mikayla, Tony's been pining for me for months now."
Mickey sniffled her tears
"So I've heard, though I was told he was over that."
"I think the only thing Tony's over is you." Sandy snapped and Mikayla at a loss for anything else to say turned on her heels and ran off into the night. Anthony stood silent for a second trying to keep his hot Italian temper under control. Finally he looked Sandra dead in the eye and said the first negative thing he'd ever sad to a women
"Sandra, you are the biggest bitch I've ever met. Stay away from me and stay away from Mickey, do you hear me?" With that he setout after Mikayla.
Mickey pushed the front door open with weak arms and collapsed to her knees in tears, just inside the house. Earl came from the living room and stood above his sobbing daughter.
"What happened Mikayla?"
"I…I …I caught Tony kissin' someone else."
"Oh Mickey honey." Earl dropped down next to her and pulled her into a hug "It's okay Daddy's here."
When Anthony finally made it to Mickey's house, Earl was waiting for him shotgun loaded and in hand. He cocked it as Tony walked up the drive and Anthony threw his hands up.
"Earl take it easy."
"Take it easy? Give me one good reason why I should pump you gut full of lead." Earl spat like venom
"Because I love you daughter Sergeant and I never meant to hurt her, I'd never do that." Tony pushed passed Earl and ran up to the front door bang and yelling
"Mickey, open the door, I love you baby."
Mikayla stood with her arms crossed and her back against the door as he pounded without it.
"Go away Tony." She whimpered loudly sliding down the door and landing in a heap on the floor.
Anthony walked back to the barracks, his mind racing the entire time. He's broken her hear ruined all they had. What would he do to fix it? Could he fix it? Looking around the room he noticed Danny and Rafe hadn't returned yet but that didn't concern him. So he settled into bed for an unsound sleep, hoping tomorrow would be a brighter day. Tomorrow would be December 7th 1941.
"You stay here." Earl commanded as he cocked his shotgun
Mikayla positioned herself between the gun and the door. Her body trembling, she was unsure if her father was drunk or just crazy.
"Dad I'm not letting you out this door with that gun."
"Mickey, you get out of my way, now girl." Her father's breath reeked of whiskey as he talked and she thought he really would kill Tony if he found him.
"No daddy." Mikayla averted her eyes to the stained carpet below her feet.
"What?"
"I said no daddy, I've never said no to you before now, but you can't hurt Anthony. He didn't do anything wrong, all he did was like me."
Earl's face softened
"Look Mickey, I'm not gonna shoot Anthony, but you gotta promise me one thing. Promise me you won't see him again. You know how I feel about these pilots."
"I know dad but I don't know why you hate them."
"It doesn't matter, just stay away from Tony."
"I love him Daddy." Mikayla whispered to her gruff father.
"You what?" Earl stared at her in disbelieve.
"I love Anthony Fusco and I'm not gonna stay away from him no matter what you say."
Earl's eyes flashed once again with rage this time at his only child, his precious little girl.
"Get out!" He shouted "No child under my roof is gonna be in love with a god damn fly boy."
"You want me to move out because I love Tony Daddy?" Mickey was confused
Earl thought about it for a second then said
"No just get out of my face before I shoot you instead."
"Don't worry about it Daddy, I won't be back." She screamed slamming the front door closed behind her as she exited the house.
AT THE HULA HUT
"Oh come on now Tony, it's no time to be depressed, you'll make a guy feel unwanted." Rafe raised his shot glass. The look on Anthony's face seemed to match the feeling Rafe had in his stomach. One where you lost you're best girl and best friend at the same time.
"Yeah Tony is that anyway to treat a real hero?" Billy asked over his tequila.
The guys were deep in conversation when Danny entered the bar and other wise distracted Rafe. It didn't bother Anthony all that much he was only faking interest in the discussion anyway. It's not that he didn't like having Rafe back, he had missed his friend, but at that point in time all that mattered was Mickey. Finding her, seeing her and being with her. He walked away from the bar looking at the ground they had all been, kicked out when Danny and Rafe went after each other.
"Anthony there you are I've been looking all of the Island for you." The female voice that came from behind him wasn't Mikayla's but he recognized it instantly.
"Hi Sandy." He turned around a somber expression on his tanned face.
Sandra batted her long lashes at Tony and stepped little closer to him.
"It's getting late Anthony would you mind walking me home?"
"I really can't right now Sandra I gotta find a way to get a hold of Mickey."
"You know Tony, Earl isn't letting you see and she doesn't seem to be putting up that much of a fuss. I on the other hand am standing directly in front of you." For someone that was quite prudish at times Sandra was coming on pretty strong and Anthony was almost falling for her charms
"Sandy you only wanna be bothered with me now cause I ain't all over you anymore."
"Maybe." Sandra stated in her most seductive voice and leaned forward pressing her lips to Tony's. They heard someone clear their throat in the shadows. Neither saw the face of the person, but Anthony got a tight feeling in the pit of his stomach that very instant. He slunk back from Sandra, his hands shaking knowing he'd never be able to talk himself out of this situation.
"Mickey I'm so sorry."
Mikayla stepped into the light, her eyes were brimming with tears but she wouldn't let them fall. She was too tuff a girl to give Tony the satisfaction of knowing he'd broken her. That she was ready to leave her father, to be the women that Anthony Fusco needed in his life.
"Doesn't take you very long to move on does it Anthony!"
"Mickey baby, it's not what it looks like." Tony reached out his arms and grasped her trembling shoulders.
"Don't touch me Tony!." She shrieked jerking free from his hands "Don't call me baby! It's not what it looks like? So you weren't just kissing Sandra? I must've been hallucinating."
Anthony was speechless as he pondered what he could say to avoid loosing Mikayla forever. Sandra however was over flowing with things to say.
"I guess it was what it looked like then. Don't take it personal Mikayla, Tony's been pining for me for months now."
Mickey sniffled her tears
"So I've heard, though I was told he was over that."
"I think the only thing Tony's over is you." Sandy snapped and Mikayla at a loss for anything else to say turned on her heels and ran off into the night. Anthony stood silent for a second trying to keep his hot Italian temper under control. Finally he looked Sandra dead in the eye and said the first negative thing he'd ever sad to a women
"Sandra, you are the biggest bitch I've ever met. Stay away from me and stay away from Mickey, do you hear me?" With that he setout after Mikayla.
Mickey pushed the front door open with weak arms and collapsed to her knees in tears, just inside the house. Earl came from the living room and stood above his sobbing daughter.
"What happened Mikayla?"
"I…I …I caught Tony kissin' someone else."
"Oh Mickey honey." Earl dropped down next to her and pulled her into a hug "It's okay Daddy's here."
When Anthony finally made it to Mickey's house, Earl was waiting for him shotgun loaded and in hand. He cocked it as Tony walked up the drive and Anthony threw his hands up.
"Earl take it easy."
"Take it easy? Give me one good reason why I should pump you gut full of lead." Earl spat like venom
"Because I love you daughter Sergeant and I never meant to hurt her, I'd never do that." Tony pushed passed Earl and ran up to the front door bang and yelling
"Mickey, open the door, I love you baby."
Mikayla stood with her arms crossed and her back against the door as he pounded without it.
"Go away Tony." She whimpered loudly sliding down the door and landing in a heap on the floor.
Anthony walked back to the barracks, his mind racing the entire time. He's broken her hear ruined all they had. What would he do to fix it? Could he fix it? Looking around the room he noticed Danny and Rafe hadn't returned yet but that didn't concern him. So he settled into bed for an unsound sleep, hoping tomorrow would be a brighter day. Tomorrow would be December 7th 1941.