Barbara's wedding day finally arrived and it was a busy morning for the Walker's and the McCawley's.

Evelyn needed to be at the chapel to help Barbara get ready, so Danny and Sandra had them over for breakfast before she had to leave. After they were done eating Evelyn was on her way and Sandra cleaned up the breakfast dishes while Danny gave the girls their baths.

Rafe's usually cooperative son was being unusually uncooperative as he tried to get his son dressed and Danny tried not to laugh as he got Annie and Shelby into their Sunday dresses. Their short dark hair was naturally curly like Sandra's so all he needed to do was comb it out.

While Rafe tried to talk his oldest into his tuxedo, Sarah was dressed and helped Joseph into his Sunday suit. When he was dressed and passed Rafe's inspection, she took his hand and walked him out to the living room and sat down with him on the sofa.

After getting the girls into their socks and black patent leather shoes, he took each of them by the hand and walked them into the kitchen so Sandra could look them over.

"All right Mama." He smiled as he watched Sandra put the last of the dishes into the dish drain. "Your little girls have had their baths; they're in their Sunday dresses and ready to go. What do you think?"

Sandra turned around and smiled back. "You did a very nice job Dad. I couldn't have done a better job myself."

"I think you could have." He laughed. "But if you're done in here, I'll ask Sarah to look after the girls so we can get dressed. We might have to help Rafe with Danny though, because for some reason that boy had decided to be stubborn this mornin' about gettin' into his tuxedo."

He could see that Sandra was trying not to laugh. "He's nine and a half years old Danny and I'm sure that there are a lot of other things he'd rather be doing on a Saturday."

Danny nodded. "When you put it that way, I can see why he's bein' a little difficult."

Sandra took Annie's hand and walked into the living room and Danny followed her with Shelby. "Sarah, would you do me a big favor and look after Ann and Shelby? Danny and I still need to get ready."

Sarah stood up. "Sure Mrs. Walker."

"Thank you honey. We'll try not to be too long." Sandra answered before she looked at her daughters. "I want you girls to be good for Sarah while Daddy and I get dressed, all right?"

They nodded before Sandra headed toward their bedroom and Danny followed behind her. He stopped at Shelby's bedroom door. "Rafe, Sandra and I are goin' to get ready. Sarah and Joseph are all dressed and she's goin' to look after the girls for us."

"All right Danny. We're just about ready ourselves." He sighed as he worked on tying Danny's bow tie as the boy fidgeted. "The sooner you stop squirmin' the sooner we can leave and the sooner you can get out of this monkey suit."

Again, Danny tried not to smile as he walked down the hall and closed the bedroom door behind him. "The older that boy gets, the more stubborn he gets."

"I don't think he's being stubborn Danny." She said as she slipped her dress out of its dry cleaners bag and laid it on the bed. "As young as he is, Danny strikes me as the type of young man who knows what he wants and is determined to get it. And the one thing he doesn't want is to get into a tuxedo on a Saturday morning to be in a wedding of people he hardly knows."

"Then why didn't he say no when Barbara asked?"

She put a hand on his arm. "Because Barbara didn't ask him, Ev did. And Danny has never refused to do anything she's ever asked of him."

"Well then, since he told his mama he would do it he shouldn't be fussin' so much."

"Please don't judge, Danny. You forget sometimes that he and Sarah were without Ev and Rafe for nearly a year and I think that it forced him to grow up a lot faster than he wanted to. If he fusses a little with Rafe it's only because he wouldn't with her."

Danny nodded and leaned over to kiss her cheek. "All right honey, if that's what you think then I'll let it go."

"Thank you." She smiled at him as she walked to the bathroom and before she closed the door she stopped. "I had your dress uniform dry-cleaned and it should be on the back of the door. I'll try not to be too long."

"Take your time, I showered before you got up this mornin'." He smiled back. "I'll be dressed and shinin' my shoes before you get out."

"All right." She answered and then closed the door. As he took his uniform off the back of the door and pulled off the plastic, he heard the water from the bathroom.

Sandra was right. He did forget sometimes that Danny and Sarah stayed in Tennessee when Rafe returned for active duty because it seemed as if they had always been in Hawaii and as though the McCawley's never left. Danny was a good son who never caused his parents any grief and any fuss he put up, he knew Rafe could handle it.

True to his word, he was dressed when Sandra came out of the bathroom clad only in a towel. He couldn't remember the last time he'd seen her in such a state and he felt his face flush. "You don't play fair Sandra."

She looked confused until she looked down and he saw her own face flush. "I'm sorry Danny, I wasn't thinking."

He grinned. "Well I am and if you don't hurry up and grab that dress of yours we're goin' to make a few people late."

The red in her face turned a darker shade as she walked to the bed and retrieved her dress. She hurried back to the bathroom and then stopped for a moment. "You don't play fair either you know. The way you look at me makes me think about making a few people late myself." And she closed the door behind her.

He shook his head in amusement and with more than a little frustration. In the few short years that they'd been married, she had become very adept at turning his words back on him and making him the target for those words meant for her. It served him right.

When Sandra came back out again, she was dressed and Danny was more than a little disappointed. He was tying the laces of his dress shoes as he looked up and saw her standing in front of him. "I'm all finished if you want to finish getting ready."

He stood up and couldn't help but think how pretty she looked. He put his arms around her and held her close for a moment. "You're goin' to outshine the bride, honey."

He couldn't see her smile. "I'll do no such thing and you know it, but I love you anyway for saying it."

"I only said it because I meant it." And he leaned over and kissed her. "I love you too."

Danny left her standing in the middle of the bedroom with a look of surprise on her face as he walked into the bathroom.

When he returned, Sandra was sitting on the foot of the bed. "I thought we could go out there together." She smiled as she stood up and took his tie in her slender hands and straightened it. He picked his dress coat up off the bed and after he slipped his arms through the sleeves, buttoned up it up and she brushed the sleeves.

"What are you thinkin' about honey?" He asked softly as he took her hands in his.

"I was just remembering our own wedding day. You looked so handsome in your Air Corps uniform and I was so proud to be able to stand with you as we took our vows." She answered just as softly.

"I was so nervous that day. And then I saw you walk up the aisle on your daddy's arm and I knew the wait had been worth it."

She laughed. "You looked nervous."

"And now look where we are." He smiled.

"Just where we wanted to be when we waited all those years." And she leaned up and kissed him. "Let's go."

"Honey, are you sure you don't want Mrs. Monahan to look after Thomas? He's barely two months old and he'll probably sleep through the whole thing."

"As long as I have a place to take care of him while we're at the chapel, we'll be fine. And the reception will be at Ev and Rafe's." She reasoned. "Besides, if he stays with Mrs. Monahan that's a few less hours that you get to spend with him."

He hadn't thought about it that way.

"Rafe said he'd look after him and get him ready. Of course, that was before he had to talk Danny into getting into his tuxedo. Let's go see if he needs any help." And she opened the door and headed down the hallway toward the living room. It was quiet and Danny wasn't sure if that was a good thing.

He needn't have worried because as he and Sandra walked into the living room Rafe was in his dress uniform and holding Thomas, who was sound asleep. Sarah was reading to the girls while Danny and Joseph were playing a game of Go Fish.

"Ya'll ready to go?"

Rafe looked at them and tried to hide a grin. "I was beginnin' to wonder about you two."

"Well, we're here now." Danny replied and also tried not to grin.

"Thank you for looking after the girls for me Sarah. Did they behave for you?" Sandra asked.

"Yes ma'am they did." Sarah told her and closed the book and stood up. She held out her hand to Ann and helped her off the sofa and then Shelby.

"Very good. All right girls, are you ready to go?" She asked her daughters and they both nodded before Shelby took Ann's hand. "Let's get going then."

"All right troops, let's get a move on. We've got a weddin' to go to." Danny said as Sandra took Thomas out of Rafe's arms and walked out the door.

He picked up Shelby in one arm and took Ann's hand with his free hand. He waited while Rafe got Danny, Sarah and Joseph out the door and then closed it behind him.