It had been hard to say goodbye to their friends.

Harder still because Danny knew that Rafe had become unbearably homesick for Hawaii and it had been hard to watch him struggle with it during the week.

But as hard as it was to watch his best friend struggle, it was nice to see Red happy. He hadn't brought Amy to the picnic, but Sandra had persuaded him to bring her to the barbeque dinner they were going to have the night before everyone left for home.

She couldn't stay however because the hospital called and she needed to go to work. It had been something of a disappointment for them because they wanted to see the girl that was responsible for putting a real smile back on Red's face.

Sandra commented to him as they'd gotten ready for bed that she seemed nice, but all of the attention seemed to overwhelm her a little. So Danny again suggested to Red that he bring Amy with him when he came for supper.

He told her he would ask her.

So two days later, Red pulled his car up in front of the house and Amy was with him.

Danny and Sandra stood on the porch and waved as Red got out and came around to open Amy's door. She took the arm he offered and they walked up to the waiting Walker's.

"I talked her into it." Red smiled.

"I'm sorry I wasn't able to stay." Amy said. "I was looking forward to spending some time with all of Red's friends.

"It's all right." Sandra spoke up. "The girls and I were nurses here and we got called in more times than we would have liked."

Danny grinned. "She had to break more dates with me when I was home than I would have liked. But it was the life we chose and sometimes it was out of our hands."

From what Danny could tell she looked relieved. "Thank you Captain."

Sandra stepped off the porch and took Amy's arm and walked her into the house. "Please call us Danny and Sandra. We've never stood on formality around here and we want you to feel at home when you're here."

"Thank you." Amy answered as she walked with her hostess into the house. Danny and Red followed behind.

"Who would have ever thought that your wife was shy?" Red commented.

"Because she understands how Amy feels. We had the advantage that y'all knew us, but when Sandra and I started seein' each other we decided to keep it quiet until we knew that what we had was somethin' permanent. So it made things a little awkward sometimes."

"And at least we have the advantage that it's only you and Sandra. I think that's making it easier on Amy." And he followed Danny into the house.

The girls were down for the night and except for Danny or Sandra getting up from the table occasionally to check on them, they had a nice quiet supper with Red and Amy.

She seemed to relax as the meal went on and Danny was proud of the way that his usually shy bride was able to bring out another equally shy girl and have a conversation with her. Amy told her about the newest developments at the hospital and how it was changing since Sandra was there.

When the meal was over, Amy volunteered to help Sandra with the clean up and it ended up that all four helped to clear off the table and restore order to the kitchen.

At Sandra's instruction as to where to find them, she got the cups and saucers from one of the cupboards and put them on a tray while Sandra started the coffee. She then sent Danny and Red out to the back porch.

Before they got there though, the telephone rang and Danny picked it up.

Rafe was calling from Tennessee to tell him that not only had they arrived safely but also to ask him if he wanted his wingman back.

Danny was silent for a moment. "That ain't funny Rafe."

"I ain't tryin' to be funny; I'm dead serious. The Air Force reactivated me because of this business in Korea and the base commander here got me assigned to Hawaii."

"You're comin' back?" He couldn't quite believe it but Rafe was finally coming back.

"Yea."

"What does Evelyn think about that?"

He heard Rafe sigh. "She's got mixed feelin's about it. She's happy to be goin' back, but all those fears about my goin' back into combat have come back."

Danny nodded in agreement. "Sandra's the same way, but guy's like us have no choice. This is war and she knows that, Evelyn does too."

He heard Rafe sigh again. "Hell Danny, who thought we'd be doin' this again? And so soon after we got through the last one."

"I know. But it's what we've been trained for and it's what we have to do. When y'all comin' back?"

"Don't know yet. The kids are all registered for school here and we haven't decided if we're goin' to pull them out."

"You'd leave them there?" Danny was surprised.

"We don't want to, but school is comin' up so quick we may not have time to get them into school in Hawaii."

He ran his hand through his hair. "Is there anything Sandra and I can do to help?"

"Yea. See if we have time to get them in."

He nodded again. "I'll ask her to go over to the school tomorrow mornin' and find out."

He heard Rafe let out a sigh and Danny thought he sounded relieved. "Thanks Danny." He said. "Evelyn and I would really appreciate that."

"Have you looked into base housin' yet?"

"I'll be flyin' back again to settle that. I promised Evelyn we'd have a place to live before she packed a single box."

"So what am I supposed to call you?" Danny was curious.

He could almost see Rafe grin when he answered. "I got my rank back, so you can call me Captain."

"I'd like to call you somethin' Rafe McCawley and it ain't Captain." He laughed.

"I'll be back in a couple of days and you can call me what ever you want." He told Danny.

"You can count on it." He answered before they said goodbye and hung up. He then looked at Red and smiled. "You get all that?"

Red smiled back. "He's coming home."

"That's right Red, he's comin' home." Danny laughed as he walked back into the kitchen to give Sandra the news.