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At the club, Grace did her best to forget everything that happened between her, Rafe, and

Danny. What better way to do that then alcohol? She was trying hard to steer clear of Rafe but

anytime she had a drink in her hand he would come and snatch it away. Finally, after Rafe

snatched away her 6th drink she sighed and sat at a table with Evelyn, Sandra, Martha,

Barbara, Betty, and some flyboys she hadn't met.

She leaned over to whisper to Betty "Rafe is ruining everything! I can't go anywhere without him

taking my drinks!"

"Well, you don't need to get drunk to have fun...but it does help!" Betty giggled, obviously

drunk.

"Well, he is not going to live much longer if he keeps this up, I'll tell you that much. He-" Grace

was interupted by a tap on her shoulder. She turned to see Danny.

"May I have this dance?" He asked.

"Well, what may I ask did you do to deserve a dance with me?" Grace asked stubbornly.

"I might deserve that, but please. Will you dance with me?" He practically begged.

Grace looked at Betty. She was swaying because of intoxication. Then Evelyn caught her eye

and she nodded at her. "Fine. I guess I can spare ONE dance." And Grace stood up and

walked out on the dance floor with Danny.

"Listen, I'm sorry if you think that I'm mad at you, but I can't help it." Danny started, but Grace

wasn't looking at him. He stopped dancing and made her look into his eyes. "I'M SORRY.

okay? I just love you so much! I don't know what I would have done if you weren't okay! Well,

I do know what I would do...I'd blame myself."

"Oh, but it wouldn't be your fault, Danny! I was stupid to do that, but I wanted to come here.

You are here. Which means my heart is here." She said choking up as tears were about to fall.

"I'm the one that should be sorry." Grace leaned her head up and kissed Danny softly and all

their problems seem to vanish.

The happy couple walked back to their table and sat down. Rafe stared at them and then rolled

his eyes.

"of course you had to pick this table out of all the tables, right?" Rafe asked sarcastically.

"Got a problem with it, Rafey?" Grace asked.

"Not a problem at all, Gracious." Rafe replied.

"C'mon you two! This bickering needs to stop!" Evelyn yelled.

"Naw, let them fight! I got money ridin' on Grace!" Yelled Anthony.

"y-y-yeah, E-Evelyn. Let them f-f-fight it out." Put in Red.

"No this ends now. Rafe, Grace is staying whether you like it or not. She is obviously not

planning on leaving anytime soon so get used to it. Grace...try to see Rafe's side of it. He was

really worried that you left your home, but he has no right to force you to leave." Evelyn

reasoned.

"Well, I'll stop if he stops." Grace said quietly.

"well, then...I'm still angry with you Grace, but I'll stop fightin' with you." Rafe said. He then

turned to Evelyn and said "wanna dance?" Evelyn nodded and the two left for the dance floor.

"So, Danny. Wanna introduce me to all your flyboy friends?" Grace asked.

"Well, sure. The one that betin' on you is Tony. The red head is Red. And the one that hasn't

talked to you is Billy." Danny introduced.

"So what made you bet on me, Tony?" Grace asked curiously.

"Well, you look so determined to bring Rafe down so I went with my gut instinct." He replied.

"Well, thank you. And just between us...I would've won if Evelyn didn't stop us." Grace said

and the entire table shared a laugh.