A/N: Ok folks. for the disclaimer see chapters 1 and 2; Are they in the
Army or Navy? I just assumed Navy because Pearl Harbor was a Navy base,
not an Army base, tell me in the REVIEW, by the way Please Review; and Now
here in chapter 3 Rafe will get closer to Ella!
Ella returned to the house a little late that night. She hadn't expected anyone to be awake but Mary and Michaela were waiting anxiously on the sofa in the living room.
"So Elle, Where did he take ya?" Mary asked
"He took me to dinner at a little Italian restaurant, and then for a ride in his plane. We flew over the harbor, and saw the skyline."
"How romantic! I wish I could meet a guy that sweet!" Michaela gushed.
"I can't help but think but think he is hiding something."
*************
"Bringggggggggggggggggggggggggg Bringggggggggggggggg "
The phone in Danny and Evelyn Walker's kitchen was ringing.
Evelyn hurried from the living room where she was reading a story to little Danny and pushing baby Grace in the swing.
"Hello?"
"Hi Ev!"
"Rafe?"
"Yes, it's me"
"Oh Rafe we've missed you!"
"I've missed you all too. So Ev is Danny around?"
"No, he had to go down to the base, something happened to one of the planes. What's up?"
"Well, don't tell Danny, I wanna tell him, I kinda met a girl."
"NO! Rafe that's fantastic! Where? What's her name? Is she nice?" "Yea isn't it great? Her name is Ella and I met her when I was out having dinner one night. She is nice, you'd like her Evelyn, and I've only been seeing her since last week but I really like her Ev. For the first time in awhile I feel like everything is in place, the way it should be. So I'll call Danny at the base I really want to tell him. He'll be happy."
"Yes he will Rafe. It is so good to hear your voice. Want to say hi to little Danny?"
"Sure! How is my little Gracie?"
"She's good. Here he is."
Evelyn yelled into the living room "Danny? Uncle Rafe is on the phone! He wants to say hello." He came running into the kitchen and jumped onto a chair so he could reach the phone.
"Hi Uncle Rafe! Guess what?"
"What?"
"Daddy took me up in the plane the other day. I want to be a pilot just like you and Daddy. "
"I thought you wanted to be a firefighter?"
"Nope that was laaaassssst week"
"Ok well put Mommy back on the phone. I love you squirt."
"Love ya too. Bye."
"Ok Rafe I'll talk to you again soon."
"Bye!"
***********************
"Walker here"
"Danny!"
"Rafe? That you?"
"Yea it's me buddy, I called the house but Ev said you were here."
"Yea one of the trainees smashed into god knows what. So Rafe what is so important that you called me here?" "Well Danny. I met someone."
"As in a girl someone?"
"Yeah her name's Ella. She's a real sweetheart Dan; I met her while I was out to eat by myself one night. She's a nurse at the base, I haven't been to the infirmary in awhile so I hadn't met her."
"I'm so glad Rafe, I mean you've been kind of keeping to yourself out there."
"I really think she's special."
"Whoa Rafe, you sound awful serious."
"Well I was kinda thinking if things go okay I wanted to ask her to come home with me for Thanksgiving. Would you or Evie mind?"
"I really think both Evelyn and I wouldn't mind at all."
"Great! I'll call you soon." *********************
Rafe and Ella were parked on a cliff looking at the view. A picnic basket was at their feet and the September breeze was blowing. It had been a few weeks since they had gone out for the first time and neither was planning on leaving the other anytime soon. Ella broke apart from their kiss a little flustered.
"Rafe?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"I was wondering why do you always avoid me whenever I ask about your past?
"Well Elle, I've had a hard life. Do you really want to hear it?"
"Yes I do Rafe."
"My best friend Danny and I entered the Army and trained as pilots. This was about three years ago. I met Evelyn, a nurse, right here in New York. I decided to go to England, they really needed men to help with the war. Danny promised if anything had happened to me would tell Evelyn. The Nazis shot down my plane, I almost drowned, hell I was presumed dead. So Danny told Evie, and the two of them, well they got involved with each other, thinking I was dead. Then I came back. The French saved me. I was so angry with Danny and Evelyn. The date was December 6th, 1941. The next morning the Japs attacked us where we were stationed at Pearl Harbor. Danny, Evelyn and I lost some very close friends that day. But Danny and I managed to shoot down 7 planes; we were selected to go to China as a secret mission. We were going to drop bombs on Japanese cities. My plane landed safely in China but Danny's almost didn't. He was barely alive. Luckily, he lived. As soon as he was well he married Evelyn, see they already had a baby on the way. I couldn't break up their family. I loved Ev but I valued Danny's friendship. I trusted that he really did love her. I figured it had to be a sign that I was foolish to go to England."
Ella was crying. "Oh Rafe! I'm so sorry" she sobbed
"Shh don't cry Ella, I have you now. You are exactly what I need. Are Danny and Evelyn still together?"
"Yes, they have two children, Danny and Grace. So tell me is your life as messed up as mine was?"
"No, I was born in Philadelphia, my parents Joan and Tom were sweet, they traveled a lot though, while they were in Mexico they contracted cholera, they were helping with the sick children there, my father was a doctor and my mom a nurse. I was thirteen then, I moved into my great-aunts' house, they were sweet but they weren't my parents. I went to the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and studied to be a nurse. During that time both of my aunts died, within weeks of each other. I then entered the Navy and was stationed right in Philadelphia. Now I'm here."
"Ella would you like to come to Hawaii with me for the holidays? It will be better then being by yourself."
"I'd love too, I miss being with family for the holidays."
"Danny and Evie will love to have you. I know it's early to ask but I just couldn't wait."
Ella returned to the house a little late that night. She hadn't expected anyone to be awake but Mary and Michaela were waiting anxiously on the sofa in the living room.
"So Elle, Where did he take ya?" Mary asked
"He took me to dinner at a little Italian restaurant, and then for a ride in his plane. We flew over the harbor, and saw the skyline."
"How romantic! I wish I could meet a guy that sweet!" Michaela gushed.
"I can't help but think but think he is hiding something."
*************
"Bringggggggggggggggggggggggggg Bringggggggggggggggg "
The phone in Danny and Evelyn Walker's kitchen was ringing.
Evelyn hurried from the living room where she was reading a story to little Danny and pushing baby Grace in the swing.
"Hello?"
"Hi Ev!"
"Rafe?"
"Yes, it's me"
"Oh Rafe we've missed you!"
"I've missed you all too. So Ev is Danny around?"
"No, he had to go down to the base, something happened to one of the planes. What's up?"
"Well, don't tell Danny, I wanna tell him, I kinda met a girl."
"NO! Rafe that's fantastic! Where? What's her name? Is she nice?" "Yea isn't it great? Her name is Ella and I met her when I was out having dinner one night. She is nice, you'd like her Evelyn, and I've only been seeing her since last week but I really like her Ev. For the first time in awhile I feel like everything is in place, the way it should be. So I'll call Danny at the base I really want to tell him. He'll be happy."
"Yes he will Rafe. It is so good to hear your voice. Want to say hi to little Danny?"
"Sure! How is my little Gracie?"
"She's good. Here he is."
Evelyn yelled into the living room "Danny? Uncle Rafe is on the phone! He wants to say hello." He came running into the kitchen and jumped onto a chair so he could reach the phone.
"Hi Uncle Rafe! Guess what?"
"What?"
"Daddy took me up in the plane the other day. I want to be a pilot just like you and Daddy. "
"I thought you wanted to be a firefighter?"
"Nope that was laaaassssst week"
"Ok well put Mommy back on the phone. I love you squirt."
"Love ya too. Bye."
"Ok Rafe I'll talk to you again soon."
"Bye!"
***********************
"Walker here"
"Danny!"
"Rafe? That you?"
"Yea it's me buddy, I called the house but Ev said you were here."
"Yea one of the trainees smashed into god knows what. So Rafe what is so important that you called me here?" "Well Danny. I met someone."
"As in a girl someone?"
"Yeah her name's Ella. She's a real sweetheart Dan; I met her while I was out to eat by myself one night. She's a nurse at the base, I haven't been to the infirmary in awhile so I hadn't met her."
"I'm so glad Rafe, I mean you've been kind of keeping to yourself out there."
"I really think she's special."
"Whoa Rafe, you sound awful serious."
"Well I was kinda thinking if things go okay I wanted to ask her to come home with me for Thanksgiving. Would you or Evie mind?"
"I really think both Evelyn and I wouldn't mind at all."
"Great! I'll call you soon." *********************
Rafe and Ella were parked on a cliff looking at the view. A picnic basket was at their feet and the September breeze was blowing. It had been a few weeks since they had gone out for the first time and neither was planning on leaving the other anytime soon. Ella broke apart from their kiss a little flustered.
"Rafe?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"I was wondering why do you always avoid me whenever I ask about your past?
"Well Elle, I've had a hard life. Do you really want to hear it?"
"Yes I do Rafe."
"My best friend Danny and I entered the Army and trained as pilots. This was about three years ago. I met Evelyn, a nurse, right here in New York. I decided to go to England, they really needed men to help with the war. Danny promised if anything had happened to me would tell Evelyn. The Nazis shot down my plane, I almost drowned, hell I was presumed dead. So Danny told Evie, and the two of them, well they got involved with each other, thinking I was dead. Then I came back. The French saved me. I was so angry with Danny and Evelyn. The date was December 6th, 1941. The next morning the Japs attacked us where we were stationed at Pearl Harbor. Danny, Evelyn and I lost some very close friends that day. But Danny and I managed to shoot down 7 planes; we were selected to go to China as a secret mission. We were going to drop bombs on Japanese cities. My plane landed safely in China but Danny's almost didn't. He was barely alive. Luckily, he lived. As soon as he was well he married Evelyn, see they already had a baby on the way. I couldn't break up their family. I loved Ev but I valued Danny's friendship. I trusted that he really did love her. I figured it had to be a sign that I was foolish to go to England."
Ella was crying. "Oh Rafe! I'm so sorry" she sobbed
"Shh don't cry Ella, I have you now. You are exactly what I need. Are Danny and Evelyn still together?"
"Yes, they have two children, Danny and Grace. So tell me is your life as messed up as mine was?"
"No, I was born in Philadelphia, my parents Joan and Tom were sweet, they traveled a lot though, while they were in Mexico they contracted cholera, they were helping with the sick children there, my father was a doctor and my mom a nurse. I was thirteen then, I moved into my great-aunts' house, they were sweet but they weren't my parents. I went to the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and studied to be a nurse. During that time both of my aunts died, within weeks of each other. I then entered the Navy and was stationed right in Philadelphia. Now I'm here."
"Ella would you like to come to Hawaii with me for the holidays? It will be better then being by yourself."
"I'd love too, I miss being with family for the holidays."
"Danny and Evie will love to have you. I know it's early to ask but I just couldn't wait."