Ch 2 ~ New York
"So then this cocky pilot comes back." Evelyn said, startling Shannon out of her daze.
"Are you a recruit?" Rafe asked a young man of about eighteen who was sitting on a bench in front of a station.
"Yeah," he replied.
"Yeah? You're talking to an officer!" Rafe scolded.
"Yes sir! Sorry sir!" the man jumped up.
"Give me that chart!" Rafe ordered.
"Yes sir!" the young man replied, handing the chart over to Rafe. He walked over to the station where Evelyn was doing immunizations.
"Ma'am, I want to thank you-" he started.
"Drop your skivvies," Evelyn ordered.
"Um, okay. Like this?" Rafe asked. Evelyn looked over at Rafe.
"He had a very cute butt!" Evelyn giggled. The other girls giggled.
"I want to thank you for passing me." Rafe said. "You're my hero."
"Well, my father was a pilot, so I saw firsthand what happened if a pilot's wings are taken away."
"Well, your father's my hero too, then. I want to thank you for passing me."
"I didn't hear you say thank you," Evelyn said while getting a needle ready.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"So, is there any chance at all you might like me?" Rafe asked suddenly.
"Oh, how did you guess?" Evelyn breathed, coming up behind Rafe and whispering in his ear. "They never taught us how to deal with this - feeling. With that said, she poked him with the needle.
"He was getting fresh, so I poked him again." Evelyn grinned. "You are so mean!" Shannon laughed.
"Let's go, Romeo," a soldier waiting to get his immunization said, annoyed.
"Hold on a second, Miss, I really, really lick you." When he realized what he said, he covered his mouth.
"Like you. I didn't mean to say that, and I just wanted to know if I could donate dinner, well, buy you dinner."
"This isn't your chart." "No that's this guy right here, I think he left."
"Have you already had this shot?"
"Yea well once already yea. Well, I mean can I ask you out?" He tripped and
"No!" Evelyn said, kind of annoyed.
"Uhh..." Rafe muttered. He fell and banged his nose into the tray of supplies. "Oh!"
"Oo. What'd you do to him?" Barbara asked, as she came into the station and saw Rafe on the floor, clutching his nose.
"Aww!! Poor Rafe!" Shannon grinned, laughing. When the nurses got out, Rafe was waiting at the entrance to the hospital. "Hey! Hey!" he called.
"Oh my God! Are you all right?" Evelyn smiled.
"Yeah, this is just standard precautionary - thing. Look, I've got some genuine French champagne. From France! How about we celebrate?"
"Celebrate what?"
"Well, you bein' my hero, for one," Rafe replied.
"Okay, sure. Why not?" They walked down and sat on a stone bench in front of the hospital. "I want to put your mind at ease about passing me. I really think you did this country a service."
"And if you have a fault, which you obviously don't, it's modesty."
"No, if I have a fault, it's candor." Rafe said softly. He struggled with the cork on the wine, until it popped off and hit him in the nose. "Oh!"
"Aww!!" Shannon laughed. "Poor guy!!"
"Yeah," Elise agreed.
"Oh it's bleeding!" Evelyn said. "Here, lie back." She tried to put some ice on Rafe's already very red nose.
"It's cold!" Rafe cried, trying to get up.
"Lay still!" Evelyn said. Finally Rafe gave up and let Evelyn put the ice on his nose.
"You are so beautiful it hurts." Rafe said softly.
"It's your nose that hurts." Evelyn replied, smiling down at Rafe, who was in her lap.
"I think it's my heart." Rafe said. Then they kissed.
"How romantic." Sandra breathed.
"It's been the best four weeks and two days," Evelyn sighed. The girls kept talking, until finally the train stopped. "I think we're here," Shannon said.
"Wait, where's here?"
"New York, of course!" Betty replied.
"Cool!" Shannon shrieked happily. "I always wanted to go to New York!" Elise and Tiffany laughed, while Evelyn looked on, amused.
"Let's go!" Sandra called back at them. She, Martha, and Barbara were almost at the entrance of the train already.
"Coming!" Evelyn replied. Then she turned to Shannon, Elise, Tiffany, and Betty. "New York, here we come!" They giggled, then hurried to catch up to the others.
"Well, you guys?" Shannon whispered to Elise and Tiffany. "Any regrets that we ended up here yet?"
"Not a chance!" Elise and Tiffany replied in unison. They looked at each other, then the three of them burst out laughing.
"So then this cocky pilot comes back." Evelyn said, startling Shannon out of her daze.
"Are you a recruit?" Rafe asked a young man of about eighteen who was sitting on a bench in front of a station.
"Yeah," he replied.
"Yeah? You're talking to an officer!" Rafe scolded.
"Yes sir! Sorry sir!" the man jumped up.
"Give me that chart!" Rafe ordered.
"Yes sir!" the young man replied, handing the chart over to Rafe. He walked over to the station where Evelyn was doing immunizations.
"Ma'am, I want to thank you-" he started.
"Drop your skivvies," Evelyn ordered.
"Um, okay. Like this?" Rafe asked. Evelyn looked over at Rafe.
"He had a very cute butt!" Evelyn giggled. The other girls giggled.
"I want to thank you for passing me." Rafe said. "You're my hero."
"Well, my father was a pilot, so I saw firsthand what happened if a pilot's wings are taken away."
"Well, your father's my hero too, then. I want to thank you for passing me."
"I didn't hear you say thank you," Evelyn said while getting a needle ready.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"So, is there any chance at all you might like me?" Rafe asked suddenly.
"Oh, how did you guess?" Evelyn breathed, coming up behind Rafe and whispering in his ear. "They never taught us how to deal with this - feeling. With that said, she poked him with the needle.
"He was getting fresh, so I poked him again." Evelyn grinned. "You are so mean!" Shannon laughed.
"Let's go, Romeo," a soldier waiting to get his immunization said, annoyed.
"Hold on a second, Miss, I really, really lick you." When he realized what he said, he covered his mouth.
"Like you. I didn't mean to say that, and I just wanted to know if I could donate dinner, well, buy you dinner."
"This isn't your chart." "No that's this guy right here, I think he left."
"Have you already had this shot?"
"Yea well once already yea. Well, I mean can I ask you out?" He tripped and
"No!" Evelyn said, kind of annoyed.
"Uhh..." Rafe muttered. He fell and banged his nose into the tray of supplies. "Oh!"
"Oo. What'd you do to him?" Barbara asked, as she came into the station and saw Rafe on the floor, clutching his nose.
"Aww!! Poor Rafe!" Shannon grinned, laughing. When the nurses got out, Rafe was waiting at the entrance to the hospital. "Hey! Hey!" he called.
"Oh my God! Are you all right?" Evelyn smiled.
"Yeah, this is just standard precautionary - thing. Look, I've got some genuine French champagne. From France! How about we celebrate?"
"Celebrate what?"
"Well, you bein' my hero, for one," Rafe replied.
"Okay, sure. Why not?" They walked down and sat on a stone bench in front of the hospital. "I want to put your mind at ease about passing me. I really think you did this country a service."
"And if you have a fault, which you obviously don't, it's modesty."
"No, if I have a fault, it's candor." Rafe said softly. He struggled with the cork on the wine, until it popped off and hit him in the nose. "Oh!"
"Aww!!" Shannon laughed. "Poor guy!!"
"Yeah," Elise agreed.
"Oh it's bleeding!" Evelyn said. "Here, lie back." She tried to put some ice on Rafe's already very red nose.
"It's cold!" Rafe cried, trying to get up.
"Lay still!" Evelyn said. Finally Rafe gave up and let Evelyn put the ice on his nose.
"You are so beautiful it hurts." Rafe said softly.
"It's your nose that hurts." Evelyn replied, smiling down at Rafe, who was in her lap.
"I think it's my heart." Rafe said. Then they kissed.
"How romantic." Sandra breathed.
"It's been the best four weeks and two days," Evelyn sighed. The girls kept talking, until finally the train stopped. "I think we're here," Shannon said.
"Wait, where's here?"
"New York, of course!" Betty replied.
"Cool!" Shannon shrieked happily. "I always wanted to go to New York!" Elise and Tiffany laughed, while Evelyn looked on, amused.
"Let's go!" Sandra called back at them. She, Martha, and Barbara were almost at the entrance of the train already.
"Coming!" Evelyn replied. Then she turned to Shannon, Elise, Tiffany, and Betty. "New York, here we come!" They giggled, then hurried to catch up to the others.
"Well, you guys?" Shannon whispered to Elise and Tiffany. "Any regrets that we ended up here yet?"
"Not a chance!" Elise and Tiffany replied in unison. They looked at each other, then the three of them burst out laughing.