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1 MONTH LATER
"...Grace Elizabeth McCawley, do you take Daniel Joseph Walker to be your lawfully wedded husband? To love and to cherish as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," Grace said, her eyes never leaving Danny's.
"And do you, Daniel Joseph Walker, take Grace Elizabeth McCawley to be you lawfully wedded wife? To love and to cherish as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," Danny said and smiled down at Grace.
"By the power vested in me I now pronounce you man and wife. Danny, you may kiss your bride." The priest smiled.
Everyone began clapping as Danny and Grace went back down the isle and into the car awaiting them.
"How do you feel, Mrs. Walker?" Danny asked grinning.
"I feel like I'm just covered with stuff from head to toe! Between Evelyn and my mother they made sure I had something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and anything else that would look good with those things!" Grace said in a rush and left Danny looking at her confused. "Nevermind. How do you feel, Mr. Walker?"
"I feel like the happiest man in the entire world! I'm married to the most beautiful woman I've laid eyes on and we're gonna have a baby in less than 4 months." Danny smiled and kissed Grace. "How did I get so lucky?" He joked and then helped Grace out of the car when it stopped at the reception hall.
Everyone clapped when they entered. They had invited all their friends from Hawaii, Doolittle included, and most showed up. Grace was upset during most of the planning of the wedding because she had planned somethings with Betty. She was going to be her maid of honor. She was happy she had Evelyn to be the maid of honor, but nobody would ever take Betty's place as her best friend. Nobody.
Grace and Danny shared the first dance and then Grace and Thomas McCawley shared the second one. Once things started going, everyone was on the dance floor. Grace hadn't sat down the entire time. She had danced with all the flyboys. Red, Gooz, Anthony, Rafe, even Doolittle.
As soon as she headed for the table that she and Danny shared, some other man would pull her onto the dance floor. All in all it was a fun night for everyone.
Betty and Billy didn't even miss out on the festivities. They were watching from the sky, smiling down on the happy couple and on their loved ones. Red and Barbara.
The next 3 and an half months were horrible for Grace and Danny. Danny wouldn't let Grace do anything and this made her mad, which made her throw things at Danny such as shoes or books. This would make Danny upset and he would try to calm her down and they would just scream at each other until they were too exhausted to do anything.
One thing about being pregnant that Grace hated the most was morning sickness. She didn't understand why they called it that when you got sick all the time. She also hated the wierd cravings. She ate anything and everything, but it all came up later when she had her 'MORNING sickness'.
The day she started having contractions she was in the kitchen with Evelyn, helping her plan for Evelyn and Rafe's wedding. When Grace took in a sharp breath and held on to her buldging stomach Evelyn jumped up in a hurry.
"Grace, are you all right?" She asked kneeling at her side.
"Do I look all right, Evelyn?" Grace returned and let out a cry of pain.
"I'll be right back. I'll go get Danny and Rafe. DON"T MOVE!" She shouted as she ran out the back doors.
"WHERE AM I GONNA GO?!" Grace screamed after her and then focused on breathing.
Danny and Rafe worked with Rafe's father as crop dusters. Rafe was just landing a plane when Evelyn came screaming over to him.
"Wheres the fire, Evel-" Rafe started.
"WHERES DANNY?" She interupted him and looked around.
"He's inside the garage. What do you nee-" Rafe started again but Evelyn ignored him and ran into the garage.
"DANNY! It's Grace! She's having contractions and we need to get her to the hospital!" Evelyn said.
"You mean now? As in right this second now?" Danny dropped what he was doing and ran back to the house, Evelyn close behind him, leaving a very confused Rafe chasing after both of them.
Danny reached her side in the middle of another contraction. "How far apart are they, Grace?" He asked.
"I don't have a watch handy, Walker! And don't touch me! This is all your fault! Don't touch me! I want my mama!" Grace sobbed.
"Don't worry, Gracie. Mama gonna meet us at the hospital and I will PERSONALLY make sure that the Walker boy don't touch you again." Rafe laughed at husband and wife; Danny mumbling 'I'm sorry' and Grace threating to kill him if he comes any closer. Rafe helped Grace to the car, far more calm now then when they first told him because nobody else was being calm. He drove with Danny sitting up front with him and Evelyn coaching Grace in the back.
Danny and Rafe weren't allowed in the delivery room, but Ev went back with her and, as soon as she arrived, so did Maggie McCawley.
Danny paced in the waiting room for the duration of the delivery. Any time he heard a scream for his wife he would stop and look at the door. Once she stopped he would pace again, muttering to himself.
"I HATE DANIEL JOSEPH WALKER! DON'T EVER LET HIM NEAR ME AGAIN!" Grace yelled. "I'M GONNA KILL HIM WHEN I GET OUTTA HERE!"
"Well, I'm sure you will honey, but for right now we need you to push," The doctor said.
"I DON'T WANT TO PUSH ANYMORE!" She screamed.
"The more you push, the faster the baby comes out, the faster you can kill your husband," Evelyn said as she held Grace's hand.
"And we all know how much you want to do that, Sweetheart." Maggie said.
Grace reluctantly pushed with all the strength she had left and stopped when a baby's cry filled the air.
"Mrs. Walker, you have a baby boy." The doctor said handing her the baby.
"A boy? Mama, I have a baby boy!" Grace cried with joy. She just stared at the miniture human and he stared back at her with his big blue eyes. She looked at his tiny little fingers and his tiny little toes. He was the most beautiful baby she had ever seen. "Hey, there," She whispered softly. "I'm your mama," She said and laughed a little when he yawned. "Are you tired, too? All that pushing made me exhausted. You put up quite the fight little guy," She had her first talk with her son, not knowing that everyone left the room and that Danny had entered the room. He stood watching, listening. She finally took her gaze from the boy and saw Danny. "Hey," She said softly.
"Hey. Can I come over or are you going to hit me again?" He asked and Grace laughed.
"C'mere," She said patting a spot next to her on the bed. "Wanna hold him?"
Danny nodded and she handed the baby to him. "He's so tiny," Danny laughed. "Hey, you! Did you give your mama a hard time? I'll bet you did. I'm your daddy. Yeah." He mumbled nonsence words to the infant and then looked at Grace. "So, what do we name him?"
"Well, he looks like you. Why don't we name him after you? Daniel Joseph Walker, Jr." Grace said.
"I love it," Danny said and wasn't ashamed by the tears that fell from his eyes. "Welcome to the world, son. We've been expecting you."
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