Rafe held the door to the diner open for Rosie, trying to hold in the face splitting grin that was playing at his lips. He couldn't believe that after all that time the one thing he really wanted had been right under his nose. Her laugh, the twinkle in her eyes, the quirky way she wiped her hands down the front of her overalls after finishing a lube job. Everything he'd ever sought out in love was in Rosanna Gadry.
"Rafe and Rosie are looking awful close." Danny observed to Beth as he spotted his two best friends walking into the diner.
"They always look close Danny, there's never one without the other, that's nothing new." Elizabeth Sullivan twirled the straw around in her Pepsi, with a perfectly manicured hand.
"Not that close." Danny pointed in the direction of the other young couple that was walking toward them, holding hands.
"Please tell me they're not together."
"It sure looks like it."
"Doesn't he ever get tired of playin' musical girlfriends?" Beth sighed tapping her fingers on her chin.
"He does… besides, I have a feelin' this might be the real thing." Danny smiled "I think she's just what he needs."
"Hey guys, can we join ya?" Rafe queried standing at the end of the table.
"Hi Rafe, Rosie, sure sit down. How ya doin'?" Daniel Walker bit down hard on his bottom lip to keep from asking about his friends new found interest in each other.
"Hiya Beth!" Rosie greeted dropping into the booth and forcing the mayors daughter to push over
"Good afternoon Rosie." Beth yawned, rolling her eyes.
The table fell quiet for a moment, Beth and Danny trying to not let on that they knew and Rafe and Rosie waiting for the right minute to say something. It was an awkward silence, one there had never been before between the four. Finally Rosanna kicked her boyfriend in the shin under the table. Rafe yelped slightly and looked over at Rosie, who signaled him with her eyes.
"Oh, um, we've got something to tell you two." He began " Rosie and I have decided to start seeing one another."
"Really?" Walker questioned with false surprise "That's great!"
"It is, I'm very happy for you both. Danny, why don't we let the new couple enjoy their lunch alone?" Beth squeezed Danny's hand, knowing full well that her boyfriend would do just about anything she asked of him.
"Good idea. Come on Hun, see ya at home McCawley."
Rosie and Rafe sat in the Moon Side Diner for hours, just talking and smiling at each other, until long after the sunset. Both knew they would be in trouble when they finally made it home, but neither really cared. Being together was worth any amount of reaming they'd receive.
"We've got to get you home Ro." Rafe brushed a stray curl from her eyes.
"No we don't…" She responded
"Yes we do, I don't want you getting grounded on the first week we're goin' together."
"Fine, fine."
They walked under the starry sky, the tiny girl fitting ideally under the tall broad shouldered boys arm. The wind was blowing gently through their hair, a wisp of hers breaking free of her hairclip and brushing Rafe's cheek.
"You know, I've been waitin' for this for a long time Rafe." Rosie lamented as they climbed the stairs of her patio.
"Waitin' for what?" He inquired running his hand over her face
"For our first date, for you to realize, I'm the one you want."
"I'm just sorry I took so long." He kissed sweetly "Now go on inside 'fore your daddy has me shot."
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow?"
"I'd put five on it." As Rosie reached the door he added "Oh and Ro, I think I love you."
"Well, I think I love you too Rafe McCawley." She waved and entered the house, knowing her dreams had come true.
"Rafe and Rosie are looking awful close." Danny observed to Beth as he spotted his two best friends walking into the diner.
"They always look close Danny, there's never one without the other, that's nothing new." Elizabeth Sullivan twirled the straw around in her Pepsi, with a perfectly manicured hand.
"Not that close." Danny pointed in the direction of the other young couple that was walking toward them, holding hands.
"Please tell me they're not together."
"It sure looks like it."
"Doesn't he ever get tired of playin' musical girlfriends?" Beth sighed tapping her fingers on her chin.
"He does… besides, I have a feelin' this might be the real thing." Danny smiled "I think she's just what he needs."
"Hey guys, can we join ya?" Rafe queried standing at the end of the table.
"Hi Rafe, Rosie, sure sit down. How ya doin'?" Daniel Walker bit down hard on his bottom lip to keep from asking about his friends new found interest in each other.
"Hiya Beth!" Rosie greeted dropping into the booth and forcing the mayors daughter to push over
"Good afternoon Rosie." Beth yawned, rolling her eyes.
The table fell quiet for a moment, Beth and Danny trying to not let on that they knew and Rafe and Rosie waiting for the right minute to say something. It was an awkward silence, one there had never been before between the four. Finally Rosanna kicked her boyfriend in the shin under the table. Rafe yelped slightly and looked over at Rosie, who signaled him with her eyes.
"Oh, um, we've got something to tell you two." He began " Rosie and I have decided to start seeing one another."
"Really?" Walker questioned with false surprise "That's great!"
"It is, I'm very happy for you both. Danny, why don't we let the new couple enjoy their lunch alone?" Beth squeezed Danny's hand, knowing full well that her boyfriend would do just about anything she asked of him.
"Good idea. Come on Hun, see ya at home McCawley."
Rosie and Rafe sat in the Moon Side Diner for hours, just talking and smiling at each other, until long after the sunset. Both knew they would be in trouble when they finally made it home, but neither really cared. Being together was worth any amount of reaming they'd receive.
"We've got to get you home Ro." Rafe brushed a stray curl from her eyes.
"No we don't…" She responded
"Yes we do, I don't want you getting grounded on the first week we're goin' together."
"Fine, fine."
They walked under the starry sky, the tiny girl fitting ideally under the tall broad shouldered boys arm. The wind was blowing gently through their hair, a wisp of hers breaking free of her hairclip and brushing Rafe's cheek.
"You know, I've been waitin' for this for a long time Rafe." Rosie lamented as they climbed the stairs of her patio.
"Waitin' for what?" He inquired running his hand over her face
"For our first date, for you to realize, I'm the one you want."
"I'm just sorry I took so long." He kissed sweetly "Now go on inside 'fore your daddy has me shot."
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow?"
"I'd put five on it." As Rosie reached the door he added "Oh and Ro, I think I love you."
"Well, I think I love you too Rafe McCawley." She waved and entered the house, knowing her dreams had come true.