It had been a wonderful evening, but they were anxious to get back to their room.

Time had begun to run out for Danny and Sandra Walker and it would soon be time for them to leave their cozy haven of a honeymoon suite and return to the realities of everyday life.

The concierge of the Royal Hawaiian had been true to his word and the newlyweds were given so many choices as to how they wanted to spend their week. They knew it would be impossible to try everything the hotel had to offer because they wanted to spend as much time alone as they could. Once their honeymoon was over, they wouldn't have the opportunity that they had at that moment and they wanted to take advantage of it.

They had said goodnight to the other couples after dinner and gone upstairs. Once they had gotten their room, they walked out on the balcony and watched the sun as it finished its dip into the Pacific. "I'll never forget this view." She told him as the stars began to twinkle in the dark sky.

"Only the best for my bride." He grinned at her.

"Not that I don't love you for what you did, but how could you afford this?"

"Talkin' about money on our honeymoon." He teased before he took her hand. "Honey, I had at least four years combat pay saved and then my salary from this last year added up. Livin' on base didn't cost anythin', so when we finally set a date to get married I knew I wanted you to have a honeymoon that you would always remember. And what better way to spend it than at the best hotel in Waikiki?"

"You spoil me Danny." And she kissed him on the cheek.

"And I intend to do that for the rest of our lives Sandra." And he let go of her hand only long enough to put his arms around her and pull her to him. "You honored me by takin' my name and wearin' my ring and I'll always be grateful that you loved me enough to agree to spend your life with me." And he kissed her.

Sandra put her arms around his neck and kissed him back.

Danny's hands started to wander and she pulled away slightly and smiled. "You're becoming a little too predictable Captain Walker."

He grinned back at her. "We ain't even been married a week yet. How can I be predictable?"

"Because I know what you're going to do next." She smiled back at him.

"Oh, you think so. Then you had to be expectin' this." Danny told her as he suddenly picked her up in his arms.

He had definitely caught her by surprise and she gasped before she laughed. "I take it back." And she put her arms around his neck.

"I thought you would." He laughed in return before he carried her into the bedroom and put her down on her feet. They stood next to her side of the bed and Danny put his arms around her again. "I do love you Sandra."

"I know you do Danny."

"I just don't ever want you to think that what's happened between us since we've been married is the reason I married you."

She smiled. "What's been happening between us since we've been married is because we love each other. If I had ever believed for a moment that all you wanted from me was that, I wouldn't have given you the time of day after that night in New York."

"It's just that we waited for such a long time and it got real frustratin' sometimes." He sighed.

She nodded. "I know that Danny; it did for me too."

He seemed surprised at her admission. "I never knew that."

"What purpose would it have served? All it would have done was make us both more frustrated and make the wait that much harder." She told him.

"You're amazin'." Danny shook his head and smiled.

"So are you." Sandra answered. She smiled back as she put her arms back around his neck and he kissed her. He pulled her close and his hands started to wander again before the telephone rang.

That stopped them both cold because it was the first time they had heard the telephone since they had been there. "Who in the hell would be callin' us on our honeymoon?" Danny sighed in frustration before he picked up the receiver. "Hello?"

Sandra kept her arms around his neck as he listened.

"We'll be down in a minute." He said and hung up.

He put his arms back around her. "Rafe's folks are downstairs. They'll be leavin' early tomorrow mornin' and wanted to say goodbye."

"We never did get much of a chance to talk to our parents, did we?"

"No we didn't. Would that be all right with you?" He asked her.

"Of course it would." She was surprised that he would ask.

Danny grinned. "Just so long as we pick up where we left off."

"As if you'd forget." Sandra laughed softly and stepped back.

Danny took her hand and they walked out to the sitting room. He opened the door and waited for her to step out ahead of him and took her hand again after he closed the door. They walked to the elevator and when it reached the lobby, they found Tom and Sarah McCawley seated by the front entrance.

"Tom." Danny greeted him.

The McCawley's stood up and Danny shook Tom's hand before he gave Sarah a hug.

Sandra stood back and watched her new husband with the closest thing he had to parents and she smiled. Tom approached her and smiled at her before he gave her a hug. "Danny means the world to Sarah and I and I can see just by lookin' at the two of you that married life agrees with you."

"Thomas Rafe McCawley, you're embarrassing the girl." Sarah admonished her husband before she hugged Sandra, who felt her face turn a deep shade of red. "Don't mind him honey. We're just so happy for the both of you."

"And we're so glad that you could come." Sandra told her. "You mean the world to Danny and I know how important it was for him that you be here."

"We wouldn't have missed this for anything." Tom smiled. "You have to promise us though, that when those kids of yours start arrivin' you'll send us pictures."

"Tom!"

"Don't mind him Sarah." Danny laughed. "He's only speakin' his mind."

"Thank you son. Sarah don't appreciate that sometimes." Tom grinned at him. "All kiddin' aside though Danny, we wish you and Sandra all the happiness in the world."

"Thanks Tom, we sure appreciate that." Danny said and took Sandra's hand.

"We'll leave you two alone now. We just didn't want to go home without a proper goodbye." Sarah smiled at them before she hugged Sandra. "Be happy honey, you've got a good man."

"I know and I'll do my best to make him happy."

Sarah smiled at her. "I'm not worried about that." And she turned to Danny.

While they said goodbye Tom smiled at Sandra. "He's a lucky fellow Sandra and if he gives you any problems just let me know." And he hugged her.

"Don't worry about her Tom, she'll keep me in line." Danny grinned at him. "She's only been doing it for the last four and a half years."

"Without much help from you." Sandra told him.

"I was always a gentleman, Mrs. Walker." And he kissed her cheek.

"That you were Captain Walker."

"You've got yourself a keeper Danny." Tom smiled. "Well children, it's gettin' late and Sarah and I have a ship to board in the mornin'. Take care of each other."

"Have a safe trip." Sandra told them.

"Thank you honey. Try and come back for Christmas if you can." Sarah requested.

"I'll put in for it when I get back to the base on Monday." Danny promised as she hugged him.

"Come on now Sarah, these two have better things to do than stand her and jaw with us." And he took Sarah's arm. "I always hated sayin' goodbye, so I'll just say see you soon."

"See you both soon." Danny answered and raised a hand in farewell as Tom and Sarah McCawley walked through the front door of the hotel.

"They're very dear people Danny." Sandra took his hand.

"They are that Sandra." He grinned at her. "But as I recall, we have some unfinished business upstairs."

"That we do Danny." She smiled and they stepped on the elevator to go back upstairs.