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chapter. RR PLEASE!! Big shout-out to Nicci, who I haven't able to talk to
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"Rafe?" The words left her mouth, leaving a bitter taste behind. Slowly, Chloe walked up to him and touched his face as if to make sure he was real. When her hand didn't go through him as she had almost expected, she jumped slightly. "Yeah, it's me, Chlo'," he replied, smiling slightly. "Wha, wha." she stopped to catch her breath. "I mean, how." she stopped again, not being able to continue. Danny walked up beside her and put his hands on her shoulders, trying not only to comfort her, but also to gain some for himself. "Well," started Rafe, "as I was beginning to explain to these two, my plane was shot down by the Germans, and I had to bail out in the ocean. The Eagle squadron automatically assumed that I had died, so they immediately sent word to you. I swam to shore, and slowly made my way back. The only thing that kept me alive was knowing that I had my girl and such great friends to come back to." In telling the story, he had somehow managed to intertwine his fingers with Evelyn's, who in turn held his grip as though if she let go, she might die. Tears were simultaneously running down all four of their faces. "Rafe, man, I'm so glad to have you back," Danny said, choking back a sob. "I can't explain the hurt I felt when I read that telegram. We have so much to catch up on, man," he told him, smiling through his tears. "Well, I'd better go," Chloe looked around at the faces around her. "I'm not feeling too great, and you guys all need to get caught up." "Baby, don't go. Come with us. We want to have you there," Danny told her, his eyes creasing in concern. "No, I need sleep. Rafe, it's so good to have you back," she shook her hand out of Danny's, and wrapped her arms around Rafe. "You have fun tonight. Don't let Danny get too drunk. You know how he feels the next morning," she said, blinking back more tears that threatened to fall. "Oh, Chloe, are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Rafe wrapped his arms around Chloe, and hugged her tight. When she shook her head, he smiled and said, "OK then, you go take care of yourself. I'll see you later." "You bet you will," she replied, cupping his face in her hand. She turned abruptly. "Ev, I'll see you later tonight, maybe?" Evelyn shook her head in agreement. "OK, then. Danny, I love you. I'll see you tomorrow." "Yeah," he replied, and hugged her tightly. "I love you too, baby. I love you, too." With that, Chloe took off in the direction of the nurses' house. As Danny watched her go, he couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to her story of her not feeling well, but pushed it to the back of his mind as he, Rafe, and Evleyn made their way to the bar.
**** 'Geeze, Chloe, could you BE any more stupid?' Chloe continued to chastise herself as she changed into her nightgown and brushed out her long hair. 'Danny knows something is up. You'll have to tell him sooner or later.' Slowly making her way to her bed, Chloe swiped angrily at the tears that refused to stop flowing. 'God, already in the hormonal swing of things.' Chloe turned off the light and settled into her bed, promising to tell Danny about the baby later, but right now he just had too much to deal with. She knew in her heart that she was just trying to stall things, and Rafe's return was tremendously helping with that. 'Tomorrow, I'll tell him tomorrow,' she told herself as she drifted off to sleep.
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"Rafe?" The words left her mouth, leaving a bitter taste behind. Slowly, Chloe walked up to him and touched his face as if to make sure he was real. When her hand didn't go through him as she had almost expected, she jumped slightly. "Yeah, it's me, Chlo'," he replied, smiling slightly. "Wha, wha." she stopped to catch her breath. "I mean, how." she stopped again, not being able to continue. Danny walked up beside her and put his hands on her shoulders, trying not only to comfort her, but also to gain some for himself. "Well," started Rafe, "as I was beginning to explain to these two, my plane was shot down by the Germans, and I had to bail out in the ocean. The Eagle squadron automatically assumed that I had died, so they immediately sent word to you. I swam to shore, and slowly made my way back. The only thing that kept me alive was knowing that I had my girl and such great friends to come back to." In telling the story, he had somehow managed to intertwine his fingers with Evelyn's, who in turn held his grip as though if she let go, she might die. Tears were simultaneously running down all four of their faces. "Rafe, man, I'm so glad to have you back," Danny said, choking back a sob. "I can't explain the hurt I felt when I read that telegram. We have so much to catch up on, man," he told him, smiling through his tears. "Well, I'd better go," Chloe looked around at the faces around her. "I'm not feeling too great, and you guys all need to get caught up." "Baby, don't go. Come with us. We want to have you there," Danny told her, his eyes creasing in concern. "No, I need sleep. Rafe, it's so good to have you back," she shook her hand out of Danny's, and wrapped her arms around Rafe. "You have fun tonight. Don't let Danny get too drunk. You know how he feels the next morning," she said, blinking back more tears that threatened to fall. "Oh, Chloe, are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Rafe wrapped his arms around Chloe, and hugged her tight. When she shook her head, he smiled and said, "OK then, you go take care of yourself. I'll see you later." "You bet you will," she replied, cupping his face in her hand. She turned abruptly. "Ev, I'll see you later tonight, maybe?" Evelyn shook her head in agreement. "OK, then. Danny, I love you. I'll see you tomorrow." "Yeah," he replied, and hugged her tightly. "I love you too, baby. I love you, too." With that, Chloe took off in the direction of the nurses' house. As Danny watched her go, he couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to her story of her not feeling well, but pushed it to the back of his mind as he, Rafe, and Evleyn made their way to the bar.
**** 'Geeze, Chloe, could you BE any more stupid?' Chloe continued to chastise herself as she changed into her nightgown and brushed out her long hair. 'Danny knows something is up. You'll have to tell him sooner or later.' Slowly making her way to her bed, Chloe swiped angrily at the tears that refused to stop flowing. 'God, already in the hormonal swing of things.' Chloe turned off the light and settled into her bed, promising to tell Danny about the baby later, but right now he just had too much to deal with. She knew in her heart that she was just trying to stall things, and Rafe's return was tremendously helping with that. 'Tomorrow, I'll tell him tomorrow,' she told herself as she drifted off to sleep.
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