#unique flyer

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Part 1 - Recruitment

Decided to write a book for Rafe McCawley x reader since there aren't many. I love Danny but Rafe needs love too.

Part 2

Entering the medical tent filled with nurses and the new recruits wanting to sore in the skies in airplanes. I can't blame their excitement in it either. My name is Y/n L/n and my father is the flight captain of the army. He sent me here to scope out the incoming pilots. Fixing my army jacket I see a nurse friend of mine, Evelyn dealing with a man with dark blonde hair. "Hi Y/n, I didn't think you'd be here." Evelyn waves me over and when I round the medical table I finally stare into this man's eyes. "I think this is the first time I've seen a woman in army green and I gotta say you're beautiful." The man spoke trying to flirt staring into my eyes. Flipping some hair over my shoulder I smirked clearly getting a cocky vibe from him.

"That's for the compliment recruit but I'm not dating you. What's your name anyhow?" I asked hands on my hip trying to do a serious pose like my father does when he talks with his pilots. "Rafe, Rafe McCawley. Do I get the pleasure of knowing your name?" Another boy standing behind him stares at something on my jacket, my name tag I'm required to wear. "Rafe, read her tag. She's the-" Rafe interrupts the boy parting his lips in shock, stuttering in embarrassment. "Oh shit. Ma'am I'm sorry. I should've known your the captain's daughter..." I shake my head kinda liking that he can get embarrassed around me. Evelyn hands Rafe his chart moving him on and he follows me around the tent as I scanned the others, especially the guy who was behind him. "Miss L/n, again let me apologize for earlier." Rafe tries until I spoke up asking him. "Do you happen to know the man who was behind you. I think you'll both make good pilots."

A huge grin masks Rafe's face and he pointed his index finger back to the man with dark brown hair. "That's my best friend Danny Walker. He's like my brother. You really think we'd make it?" Shoving my hands in my jacket pockets I have to tilt my head up since he's taller than I am. I had to admit he's attractive that's clearly obvious. But I have to bit my tongue trying to avoid the thought of getting involved with any of these men. My father has one strict rule about me to all the pilots who enlist for him. Don't date my daughter. Ever since I was a teenager and stood by his side with the airplanes he made sure that none of the boys got distracted by me. It's the best way to make sure we don't lose a war if another one ever started up again.

"Well recruit I've gotta go, duty calls." I saluted raising a hand to my forehead and he does the same back at me smiling. Turning on my feet to leave when I'm almost out the tent Rafe called out to me. Glancing over my shoulder my hair falling in front of my eyes he asked. "Will I ever earn the honor of knowing your first name?" Evelyn and I make eye contact and she winks at me, being able to read the smirk on my lips. "Maybe you will. It depends on your chances of getting under my father's unit..." Rafe stands in shock taking a few steps forward hoping his changes are good. "How accurate is that number?" Grinning back at him I wink exiting the tent without another word. "It's the exact level of excitement you feel about getting to fly one day." Danny comes to stand beside his childhood best friend raising an eyebrow. "Oh don't tell me you're gonna try and date the captain's daughter. Rafe, it won't end well." But all Rafe could do was grin at the exciting chance of knowing you.

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Will Halstead

Dr. Redheaded Neighbor - ( Will x oc, Chicago Med )

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Jay Halstead

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Rafe McCawley

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Part 8 - Finally Home Free

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Every plane is fired and ready to go. The colonel is the first one to fly off the ship hanger deck and I hold my fingers together praying that the weight thing won't be an issue or we're all screwed. Clutching Rafe's dog tags in my other hand I hope this works. He gave them to me before he climbed up into his plane saying so we'd always have a piece of each other with us. The wind from the engines nearly blows my hat off my head. Rafe's plane goes off the hanger next then the others before the rest of us watch them all flying in the sky. Without thinking I throw my hands in the air cheering with happy tears. "Yeah, those are my boys!" Leaning my head down to my stomach I talked to my baby even though it was too early to properly hear me. "There goes your daddy baby. Off to save the world with his best friend." All the ship workers run out to where I stand cheering and hollering out as well. Entering the ships control room I bang around on a old radio turning into the planes and to hear the president speak.

"From Berlin, Rome and Tokyo we have been described as a nation of weaklings and playboys. Who hire Brittish or Russian or Chinese solders to do our fighting for us. Let them repeat that now. Let them tell that to General Magover and his men. Let them tell that to the soldiers who today are fighting hard in the far waters of the pacific. Let them tell that to the boy's in the flying fortresses. Let them tell that to the Marion's." Turning up the station volume I scanned over the marked map hearing the colonel announce to me. "We're in the enemies back yard. Heads up, heads up boys!" A few seconds later Rafe called over the radio. "Alright boys let's knock their clocks off. Bombs away, bombs away!" Static came over the line breaking up as explosions and I lay my head back in the chair sighing in relief. Closing my eyes I smiled for a second until something different comes over. "Y/n, we've flack everywhere!" The colonel shouts back with shots being fired at them. "I want everyone to separate!"

Shoving a headset on my head I try reaching them to tell them where to land or something. "Rafe - Danny - colonel. Somebody give me something,  damnit!" Rafe hollered to Danny with everybody screaming. "Get into the clouds Danny right now. Get up into the clouds-" The line cuts off and I twist dials, shouting needing to hear something. "They're gonna tear this plane apart - get up into the clouds Danny. Get up in that soup!" After that the radio signal goes silent and I slammed my hands on the table feeling tears falling. "Rafe - Danny, no...no, shit no..Rafe!" Ripping my headset off I throw it at the window collapsing onto the ground. The colonel told the volunteers it was possibly a suicide mission. Why the hell did I let them go. Why Danny, why Rafe. Pressing my head on the ground I sob heavily feeling my heart literally trying to beat out of my chest. "Captain L/n, we've gotta head in-land." A worker bends down on a knee trying to help me up. Instead I shove him backwards crying still screaming. "We can't leave. They could still be - they could be. I - I can't lose - I refuse to lose him again - oh Rafe!" The worker slowly pulled ne into his chest letting me death grip his clothing, getting me to leave the room.

The boat had returned me home and the crew home early to pickup the surviving boys in a large airplane. Evelyn and I waited outside with all the crowds of people who felt the same worries we did. Did our loved ones come back alive. Clutching the dog tags in my left hand Evelyn and I hold the others hand seeing the plane land. The door opens and the first person I see step out onto the stairs is Danny. Evelyn releases my hand racing to him in heels and he rushes down the stairs twirling her around in his arms even though I see he's got a lot of sewed up wounds. Slowly other soldiers stepped out around the door lifting out wooden coffins, at least the ones who weren't harshly injured and it's then I feel a tightness in my chest. The wind blows my hair and dress around as I clutched my hands on the tags, trying to not start sobbing again. No, not Rafe. Please not Rafe. The boys come down the stairs but I still don't see him which makes me hang my head down in grief.

Turning on my heels I started to the leave the area until I heard the voice and this time I knew it wasn't a dream. "Captain Y/n L/n!" Whipping my head around I saw him standing at the bottom of the stairs with a bandage visible under his tan military outfit. His blonde hair tousled and some cuts on his face but a damn smirk on his lips. Picking my feet up I rushed towards him faster than I ever thought I could. Flinging up and into his arms legs wrapped around his middle and my arms wrapped around his neck. He stumbled backwards a little to regain footing wrapping his arms around me to hold me up. He slowly sits me on my feet but never pulling away too much only enough to be able to see my smiling face with heavy happy tears. "Rafe, I thought - I thought. God, I love you - I love you!" I sobbed pressing my face into his chest feeling him rest his chin ontop of my head releasing tears at seeing me again but also for his military brothers that didn't make it. "I love you too. I love you, Y/n."

"Hey, hey, I need to do something before anything else happens alright..." He stated brushing my hair from my face on both sides grinning. He stepped back reaching into his pocket dropping down on one knee right in front of me. My hands fly to cover my mouth in shock eyeing my grandmother's ring that she gave to me before she passed away. "Y/n L/n, I love you. We fell in love so fast that it scared me and warned my heart at the same time. And somehow we found our way back to one another in the middle of a war. If we can get through this I see no better person for me. So will you marry me?" More tears fall down my face as I sniffed with a grin. "Hell yes, yes Rafe McCawley." He got to his feet slipping the ring on my hand then tugging me to his chest by his own dog tags that I wore around my neck. He kisses me with all the passion he's got and I tugged at his hair deepening it until Danny and Evelyn ran over grinning and both saying congratulations with huge hugs to the both of us.

4 years later the wind blows through my loose and wavy hair with the smell of a simple country farm hitting my nose. Stepping off the porch a young girl tackles me in a giggling hug cutting me off guard at first. "Mamaw, Daddy said he'd take me and Danny flying!" Picking up my daughter in my arms the wind blowing through her blonde hair and her eyes matching me filled with excitement. Evelyn leans on her husband who sits their son Danny down in the grass to play with flowers. "Hey baby, how'd you like to go flying Cassie?" Rafe leans down kissing me softly ruffling our daughters hair with his right hand. Danny and Rafe hold their kids in their laps. "On your command, Captain Y/n McCawley!" Rafe cheered with a cheeky grin. I saluted to him and Cassie follows her father and does it back to me. "Take them to the skies, Rafe McCawley." He flew the plane up into the sky and I couldn't help but smile seeing my family flying up into the sunset.

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Part 6 - Changing History

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Part 7

The morning started as normal as could be with blue sky and the sun shining over the harbor. Like today would be ordinary like everyday before this one...well that's where you're wrong. Today is beginning of another war. We just didn't know it yet.

"Morning sweetheart, did I hurt you?" Rafe's morning voice croaked as my eyes flutter open seeing the sunlight streaming through my bedroom curtains. Stretching my arms and leg out I yawned laying my head on his bare chest. "No Rafe you didn't hurt me. Everything was fine." He leans up kissing me for the first time this morning. I roll over onto him kissing him back deepening it until a knocking sound goes against my door. "Hell, my parents are home early." I curse under my breath rolling off of him as he tries to pull his clothes back on as quiet as possible but falls knocking some books on the floor. "Y/n, is everything okay?" My mother's voice questions once I threw on a tea shirt and pants, my knotted hair somewhat fixed. "Yeah mom. Just dropped something on the floor." Waving my arm towards the window I needed him to leave. "Go out the window. They can't see you-" But as he's through my father's voice hollers from the front porch sending shivers down my spine. "Who the hell's car is parked in our driveway!" Nice going Rafe!

Opening my bedroom door I rushed outside to see my parents both on the porch with dad reading Rafe's license plates. "McCawley, where do I know that name from?" He taps his chin right before Rafe fell in the front yard front my bedroom window. "Youuuu!" My father growled charging at Rafe once he's up on his feet, knocking him back down into the grass punching him. "Y/d/n!" My mother's kept yelling at my father to stop beating him up. Rafe does his best to block his hits but I rushed over pulling my father off him and Rafe shuffled to his feet in less than a second holding up his fists to fight. "Enough. Stop it dad, stop hurting him. I love him!" My father nearly tried to punch again but I'm standing in between the pair. "You - love - him?" He slowly breathed out as my mother walked up offering to tend to Rafe's bleeding nose giving us a minute alone. "Here I'll fix the bleeding son." Rafe glanced over his shoulder at me as I slumped down on the porch steps, resting my hands together ontop of my chin. "Dad, I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. So if you wanna yell or take away someone's badge, let it be mine...not Rafe." I pause staring up at my father who scowled.

"If anyone deserves to get punished it's me, not him. I should've told you about him, about the letters, about everything. Here I'll even give this back..." Reaching into my pants pocket I hold up the golden pin in the sunrise. "I don't deserve it so take it. Do what you want with me." Instead of saying anything my father comes to sit down beside me, closing my hands back around the pin. "Y/n, I'm not firing anyone or taking away this pin. You've earned it so it's yours always. I just need to ask you some things." I simply nod waiting for him to start talking. "Has he hurt you, will he always protect you and is he the one that thought it was a good idea to do barrel rolls at night alone?" Staring into my father's eyes answering back. "He's never hurt me and he'll always protect me. I also didn't know you knew about those nights dad...it was simply to get more practice." He pats me on the back just when the front door opens my mother leans down whispering in his ear but I can't hear it.

"I'd like to see you're skills, sweetheart." My parents go inside and Rafe comes to sit beside me on the stairs. "What's this for, baby?" His fingers touching the pin resting in my left palm. I just realized I never sent the letter explaining this because I got the message that he was dead before I could send my letter. "Oh my father gave me this. When he retires he wants me to become captain." Rafe suddenly hugs me tightly with excitement and I can't not help but feel the same. "That's incredible. You're incredible Y/n." I grinned with my dad coming and talking with Rafe on the side. My mother grinned as we watched the pair and I must be over excited because I swear I saw my father slip a ring in Rafe's pocket.

Evelyn and I were walking along the road near the hospital with my parents taking a peaceful drive through the streets. For the past few days I've been getting sick in the mornings and having bad cramps for some reason but haven't had time to go see a doctor. Been too busy practicing my flying skills with Rafe's assistants of course. Danny even tagged along a couple of times showing a move him and Rafe called "Chicken". "Y/n, you really should go to a doctor today. For all you know you could be-" I laughed out the end of her sentence with a smile. "Pregnant, yeah right Eve." She tilts her head at me raising her eyebrows at me. "I'm serious. Have you and Rafe talked about kids?" The wind blows my hair that's partly pulled back with a small clip I stopped walking leaning on the ropes to look out onto the ships in the harbor. "Eve he's only been back a couple weeks. But to answer your question no we haven't. Have you and Danny?" She blushed looking down to the ground suprised I mentioned their relationship. "I haven't told him yet. I just don't want to mess it up." I grinned giving her hope. "Danny will be thrilled."

Off in the distance of the wind my ears picked up something familiar like airplanes. Breaking through the clouds I saw that they're airplanes from Japan. Rushing backwards towards Evelyn I grab her hand dragging her forward as they fly over our heads. Collapsing onto the ground I see one release a bomb on two sailors working on the outside of one of the ships. The airplanes dropped another bomb on one of our other ships before circling around. "They're targeting the harbor. They're targeting Pearl Harbor!" I scream to Evelyn before picking up my feet and running again with her following behind me. Luckily we weren't too far from the hospital so she can scramble on her nurse clothes. "Y/n, where are you going?" She shouts seeing me racing out of the hospital looking for Rafe and Danny. They were training late last night so they'd be sleeping in Danny's car. My heart beats quickly in my chest when I finally see them slowly waking up after more Japanese airplanes flew over their heads. "Rafe, Danny - They're targeting Pearl Harbor!"

"Y/n, what's wrong. Are you hurt or something?" Rafe jumped out of the car, cupping my face feeling my chest heaving up and down. "The Jap's are..." I huffed trying to catch my breath with Danny coming up towards us, slowly asking me. "They're what Y/n?" Croaking out I raced for the car and they followed with Rafe getting in the driver's seat. "Attacking the harbor. We need to get our planes in the air, NOW!" Rafe speeds the car through the streets to the hanger bay but before we can get out of the car the enemy planes fly towards the base. Danny ducks alongside Rafe and I as we watched them blow up multiple men abs airplanes. Covering my ears I see them circling back in the sky as Danny started to get up so I yank him backwards. The Japanese make another part of the base explode into flames of fire. "Danny, get me into a damn plane!" Rafe cursed when baring his teeth Danny and I got to our feet rushing off and he follows. Racing towards a plane a shooter in one of the towers grabs my arm when I try to climb into a piolt seat. "You're not authorized in these. Go back to the hospital with the nurses. It's not safe for you!" Rick demanded but I shove him backwards hearing Rafe's plane ready to go. "Get your hands off me Rick. We're in a damn war right now. Screw the rules, I'm getting in the air!"

One of our planes took off but three Japanese planes shot him down. Danny froze in shock, Rafe clutched his eyes closed and I released tears gripping the stick controller. Rafe finally spoke turning to his best friend still frozen in horror. "Danny, start that thing up im not good without a wing man." He fired his up as I punch my airplane into the sky. Danny hollers through his headset. "We got five on our six!" Looking over my shoulder quickly I knew if they shot us down it'd be all over. Flying through the buildings Rafe explains to both of us. "We've gotta spilt them up. You take left ilk take right!" Yelling into my earpiece I reached Earl have two Jap's come out of nowhere following me. "Earl, get some guns in the godamn tower now!" Rafe leads him through two narrow alleys and Danny does a barrel roll blasting one of his down. The two following me come in closer as I monvoered through buildings trying to knock them down. Suddenly I feel them shooting at me so I do barrel rolls towards the ground trying to avoid it.

Looking through the windshield I see a my parents car in the middle of the road with them hiding inside and a Japanese plane flying straight at me. Shit, no, no. Damn Japanese! My dad pulled out his gun shielding my mother and firing at one of the plane behind me wing, but it's not enough. I can already feel tears coming out as I yank the stick upwards making the two Japanese fire at each, slamming into one another and exploding into flames over my parents. Tilting my head down I released heavy tears, death gripping the controls for support. "Y/n, we got all of ours down. How about you?" Rafe's voice calls through my headset but all I can focus on is that my parents dead. "Y/n, Y/n, do you read me - dang it do you read me!" Sucking in a sharp breath with a tightening in my chest I sobbed out a reply. "Rafe, Jap's killed my parents!" He doesn't respond at first as I let more tears go while I sour around multiple buildings up into the clouds. "Y/n lisen to me. Let's head over to battleships row and make these son of a bitches pay!" I nod my head catching up with the two boys. Japanese you have no idea what you've done.

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Part 5 - Fate's Miracle

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Part 6

Danny can hardly get the words to leave his mouth and I can hardly breath when I hear them. "Y/n, I'm so sorry. Rafe is - Rafe is dead."

I've been sobbing for who knows how many hours in Evelyn's house. Danny drove me over here so much parents wouldn't wonder why I was crying so much. Clutching my knees to my chest Evelyn hands me something to wipe my nose with Danny leaning in the doorway of her bathroom. "Danny, I think you should go. It's probably not helping that she sees his best friend-" Eve tries to make him leave but I shoot my head up calling him back into the room. "Danny, stay please!" Danny stands back where he was holding in tears himself, trying to keep it together for me. "Do you need anything Y/n?" Lifting my head up I blinked trying to clear my vision that blurs together. "Tell me about your childhood with him..." I croaked out my throat dry from sobbing constantly. Throughout the rest of the night Danny told me about him and Rafe. Everything they did together. How he treated Danny like his brother. It still hurts to think the last time I was ever in his arms or kissed him was on my front porch months ago.

As of today it will have been three months since Rafe's last letter, since he was presumed dead. Finishing putting my hair into a braid I sniffed clutching Rafe's first note in my pocket. Evelyn and Danny thought it would be good for all of us to go for dinner and drinks tonight. As a way to get me out of my house for the night I suppose. My parents had to go to a Army base to deal with Japan sending messages to the US. Since they're not around I haven't left the house at all. Hiding under the blankets on my bed trying to imagine him not being gone. Evelyn and Danny walk together with me on his other side entering the bar. Everyone of the pilots, nurses and people who sleep on Pearl Harbor ships are here tonight. I clutch my jacket in my left hand remembering Rafe and I dancing on the rooftop. Danny clearly takes notice gently grabbing my forearm leading me through the crowd to get a drink from the bar. "Danny I don't think I can do this - maybe I should just go back home for tonight."

Danny shakes his head sliding me a shot glass picking up his own. "Y/n, I know it's hard but let's have a shot together...for Rafe." I slowly nodded tipping the shot back at the same time as him. I try not to gag at how strong the bartender was making them tonight. Hours later I'm still sitting at the bat sipping from a new shot of alcohol watching Evelyn and Danny party all night. The pair have gotten close since Rafe was gone, Evelyn learned to enjoy Rafe's company even though I think she slightly had a crush on him. If he hadn't fallen for me I bet money he would've gone for her. Danny twirled Evelyn around on the dancefloor and they both mirror the same huge smile. Evelyn rushed to my house the night after she visited him late at the base and she nearly squealed that they had slept together. Glancing at my watch I see it's almost ten at night. With my parents gone for two more days I'm in charge of his unit until he comes back. He called it as like my training for when he retired.

I don't bother telling the pair bye seeing as they are having too much fun together. And Danny deserves to be happy considering he lost his best friend who he considered like his own brother. Driving Danny's car back to my place I knew that Evelyn's house wasn't far from the bar, which is probably where her and Danny would head after all the drinks they've had. Parking in the driveway I nearly hit another car that's in front of me. Who the hell's car is in the driveway. Holding my head I feel it get jolted around hitting the breaks harshly so I don't slam into it. "Y/n, shit are you alright?" A man's voice called out to me. Footsteps approach my car but it takes me a few seconds to recognize the stranger. Rubbing my eyes to clear my vision to stare into brown eyes I'd recognize anywhere. Eyes that I fell in love with, eyes that can only belong to one person...Rafe.

"Y/n, Y/n can you hear me. Look at me, what hurts?" Rafe cups my face in his hands searching to see if I'm injured but he won't find any injuries on the outside. I expected tears to already be falling but there's nothing. My hands slowly run up his arms to rest against his face trying to determine if this is all a dream or maybe even a nightmare. A nightmare to think I'll never get to be around him ever again. "God tell me I ain't dreaming of you, Rafe McCawley..." Rafe's figment of my imagination leans down capturing my lips with his. I gasped sharply feeling my brain finally processing that I'm not losing it. "Ra - Rafe..." I released out in tears seeing him break the kiss smiling down at me. His right hand brushes hair from my eyes releasing a teared chuckle with a huge grin. "You're not dreaming baby. I told you I'd come back....I made you a promise and I'll never break it again." He rests his forehead against mine as I clutch the fabric of his jacket, my breathing becoming labored mixing with his. Something in my brain snapped as I climbed out of the car grabbing his arm pulling him inside my family's house and to my room with a smirk on my lips.

Spinning around to face him I crashed my lips onto his and he kisses back feeling me pull him up against me by his shirt. My arms wrapped around his neck deepening it until I broke it pulling his jacket off and he pulled mine off to. His eyes searching mine for any sign of hesitation. "Have you ever done this before, Y/n?" I shake my head no sucking a thick lump in my throat playing with the hair at the base of his neck. "I'm your first in everything aren't I, baby?" Rafe smirks brightly leaning forward and kissing me slowly so I ease into him. "You already know my dad didn't want me dating anyone silly. So of course your my first...is that a bad thing?" I blushed looking down to the floor until he lifts my chin up so I looked into his eyes again.

"There's nothing wrong with that. You're the love of my life so I'm thrilled to be yours all together." He slowly pulled my shirt over my head along with his own. And it's not too long after we're kissing again and I fall back onto the bed. "Y/n, look at me. Tell me if you want me to stop..." His breathing has picked up with him hovering above me. Resting a hand to his face I pulled him down to kiss me again. "Never Rafe. Never stop or leave me alone again...I love you." He responded with a kiss running one hand through my hair. "I'll never leave without you by my side. I love you so much."

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Coded Letters

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Part 5

"Dear Y/n, I miss you and I know for a fact you'd love to be here. Seeing the British planes fly into the sky. Sorry the envelope had Danny on it. I - know I can't address them to you. Because of you're father. I can't wait to see you again, I love you Rafe." I had to read it over again because this is the first time he's been able to send something. Folding the letter I put it inside my army jacket grabbing a pen and paper starting to write a response back to him. "Dear Rafe, I've started flying at night on my own since you've left. Thankfully I haven't got caught yet. My father has been teaching me how to lead my own unit of pilots for a few days. I hope you can return home soon, I love you Y/n." The office door opened and I slightly jump seeing its my father. "Who's the letter for honey?" I quickly closed it so he doesn't see Rafe's name. On the envelope I'd written Danny's name since he was okay getting all of our letters, plus the ones he writes to his best friend.

"It's for piolt Daniel Walker. He wanted me to send it to the office since he's busy with training today." Dad simply nodded reaching into his uniform pocket. He stepped up to the desk laying a gold badge designed to look like an airplane down in front of me. "Dad, what exactly is this?" He grins brightly tapping his fingers on the pin. "When I retire I'm assigning you to my ranking office as the Army's airforce captain." I nearly fell out of my chair at hearing him say it without hesitation. Women barely have any jobs right now. There's never been a woman in listed in the military. I've only been allowed here because my father is in charge around here. I never thought I'd get the feeling of excitement like I do about flying for anything else in my life. But knowing I'll be caption one day, flashes through my mind at rapid speed. "Dad I - I don't know what to say. How did you even get this approved." He stares down at me explaining as I get to my feet. "It wasn't easier babygirl. But I convinced management and if anyone has issues. They'll go to the president of USA."

Tackling him in a bear hug I squealed and he hugs me back with the same level of excitement. "Thank you dad. I'll make you proud one day I promise." He brushes hair behind my ear smiling down at me since he's taller than me. "I know you will, kiddo." Hours later I'm sitting outside the post office reading more of Rafe's letters he'd sent. It takes forever for letters to arrive from England to here. But everytime I received one it warms my heart to know he's still alive. I'm not sure if I could handle the idea of Rafe not being around anymore. Opening his most recent letter I snorted at him mentioning our first dance together where I wasn't very good at slow dancing. "Dear Y/n, One of my fellow pilots accidentally tripped on his pack and grabbed the wings plane to not lose his balance. Somehow during this time you flashed through my mind. The memory known as our first dance together as a secret couple. I want to be able to hold you in my arms like that again. Feeling you pressed up against me where you're afraid of falling the wrong way. I love you Y/n and the skies will keep us together always." Brushing hair from my face I can still see the moment playing in my head.

It has only been a week after Rafe protected me from that jerk piolt. Rafe could only wait a week before asking me to be his girlfriend, even though it's in secret. Danny and Evelyn were dancing the night away with the others. While I snuck Rafe up onto the roof of the bar so we could star gaze. I started to sit down in my light orange dress and flats but he holds out his hand offering another idea. "Care to dance, ma'am?" Placing my hand in his he slowly pulls me to my feet. His freehand rests on my waist and mine resting on his shoulder. One other hands intertwined together. The wind slowly blows around us and we can hear the music blaring from all the way up here. But it feels like it's just the two of us and there's no possibility of a war for one night.

"You're shaking why?" Rafe spoke up making me look into his brown eyes searching for why I'm nervous. Tilting my head to the side I lightly blushed at how silly this may sound. "I'm not very good at slow dancing. You're um - this is my first one." I wait for him to laugh at me and say something like how can a beautiful girl like you not have every guy asking to dance with you. "I'm suprised but also honored to be your first." Rafe smiles before I felt raindrops hit my head. Rafe doesn't seem to care as we kept moving our feet and bodies to the music without a care. Although shortly after the rains picked up and my feet slip out from under me.

I released a scream thinking I'm going to hit concrete but instead I feel muscular arms wrapped around my back. Shooting my gaze up I see Rafe's face is closer to me than I expected so I get a lump stuck in my throat. This is the first night he and I have been this close with each other. "You caught me, Rafe." I breathe out in shock hearing him chuckle a little. "I don't think it would've been right to let you fall." He helped me back onto my feet to stand and it's at that point I blurted something out. "Rafe what if there comes a day when you're not there but my side anymore. Not there to protect me or catch when I start to fall?" He wraps his arms around me laying my head onto his chest. "That won't ever happen, Y/n. I'm not going anywhere or leaving you anytime soon...I'm not going to die."

Heading out onto the front porch of my house I struggle to stay awake seeing Danny standing by his chair in the middle of our driveway. A letter in his hands with heavy tears in his eyes. "Danny, what's wrong it's the middle of the night?" I asked my boyfriend's best friend, wrapping my jacket tightly around me more for warmth. Danny can hardly get the words to leave his mouth and I can hardly breath when I hear them. "Y/n, I'm so sorry. Rafe is - Rafe is dead."

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Part 2 - Excitement Odds

Part 3

Airplanes land down quickly in the hanger bay as I entered into the room with my father. Two rows of new recruits are linked up all staring at us. My eyes scanned the group and I have to bite my tongue at searching for Rafe. My father tips his captain hat up on his head using his stern face with these young boys. "Good afternoon gentlemen, today is the beginning of the rest of your life. Flying airplanes in the US Army. I'm not going to take it easy on any of you because in times of war things cannot be easy. So I'm going to push you until you can handle ant situation that could happen when souring in the skies..." My father glanced over the rows seeing two boys whispering and eyeing me which makes him get to his number one rule much quicker than either of us planned. "Since two of your own think it's okay to make goo goo eyes at my daughter I'm gonna skip straight to the end. My daughter is off limits. If I catch anyone of you flirting with her, kissing her or trying to date her in any way. I'll keep your butt on the ground instead of up in the sky. Is that clear!"

"Yes, sir!" The recruits shout back but my father hollered again. "Is that clear!" Once more they answered his question without hesitation. "Yes, sir!" I step up eyeing the crowd acting like I want to follow my father's rule, questioning the group a third time. "Is that clear boys!" I suck in a breath finally locking eyes with Rafe who secretly stares back at me without my dad noticing. "Yes, ma'am!" Weeks have passed and training has been good for all of them. My father's rule has been followed pretty well until today that is. Climbing into one of the empty planes I flip on the controls staring the engine and I place my hands on the controls. I've never flown out of the hanger bay in my life. I know all the flight controls like the back of my hand. But women in this world aren't allowed to do much, especially fly. Most men believe we're too emotional to have many jobs or that we're better at home all day taking care of the kids.

"You're not supposed to be in that seat." Whipping my head around I see one of the boys who started at me on their first day. Turning off the engine I lay my right arm out the window looking down at the man. He's no where near as attractive as Rafe or Danny. "I don't believe you should be in here. You're supposed to be running laps outside with the others." I explained as he started climbing up into the plane, leaning down where I feel his hot breath in my face. "I already finished my laps doll. So I thought I'd get my butt in one of these before anyone else. But now that you're here, I'd rather be sleeping with you." Raising my right hand up I slap him across the face in anger and discomfort. I've never slept with anyone and it sure as hell isn't going to be with someone like him. The guy grabs his burning cheek about to slap me back but someone grabbed him by the back of his shirt. "Why you little bitch, I'll-" He gets thrown on his back on the ground and I leaned up out of the plane seeing its Rafe who pinned him down.

Multiple sounds of footsteps entered the bay and my father pushed through the crowd shouting at the two boys. "What the hell is wrong with you boys. Someone better explain what happened here right now!" He sees one boy bleeding as Rafe released him. I climbed out of the plane stepping closer to my father than the boys. "Dad, one of them tried to hit me after I hit him for insulting me." He stepped up eyeing Rafe and the other guy. "Which one hit you, sweetheart?" Turning my body I point to the boy holding his still burning red cheek. My father stomped up snatching him off the ground and punching him right in the nose, knocking him to the ground harshly. "Consider this a warning for every single one of you. You lay a hand on my daughter and you'll be kicked out of my unit!" He declared to the room as I glanced to Rafe out of the corner of my eye. My father stepped over to me as the guy got to his feet and all the others exited the room without a second thought. "We're you the one who got him off her?" Rafe saluted my father when he saw he was speaking to him. "Yes, sir. I finished early and heard him yelling at her. So I intervened."

"What's your name, son?" Dad asked holding a small smile honored that he protected me. Rafe puts his arms down at his side back stiffened hoping he didn't do something wrong. "Rafe McCawley, sir." Glancing from him then to my father I hold back a smile that Rafe protected me. Dad raises a hand pating him on the shoulder leaving the room, so we're alone just me and Rafe. Rafe turns to face me letting his shoulders drop in relief and I apparently do the same. "Thank you helping me back there, Rafe." He grins at hearing me say his name, rubbing the back of his neck in nervousness. "He was an ass. He shouldn't talk to you like that. I on the other hand know how to treat a girl right. Uh would you mind of I bought you a drink, Y/n...oh crap I shouldn't call you that." I giggled at seeing him stuttering and I blush a little at hearing him say my name. "It's fine for you to call me that, Rafe. I'm not gonna punch you in the face for it." He clears his throat holding his arm out for and I let him lead me to the bar near the base.

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Part 7 - Heart of a Volunteer

Part 8

"Rafe, Jap's killed my parents!" He doesn't respond at first as I let more tears go while I sour around multiple buildings up into the clouds. "Y/n lisen to me. Let's head over to battleships row and make these son of a bitches pay!" I nod my head catching up with the two boys. Japanese you have no idea what you've done.

Flying over the destroyed Pearl Harbor the three of us fly after the Japanese planes that can still fly in the air. Danny kept firing until he blasted one to which he cheered to the two of us. "Rafe, Y/n. I got him!" The harbor men floating alive in the water cheered in victory watching the three of us protecting them in the sky. "Pulling out to the clouds, you two. We ain't gonna let these son of a bitches get home." Rafe declared cashing after them into the clouds. While I'm racing after one I hear Rafe through my headset firing aggressively at his target. "How do you like it when someone's shooting back at ya." Danny zoomed past me doing barrel rolls of shots until his target goes down. "Yeah I got one!" 3 down one to go. The Jap's plane in front of me tries to dodge my shots disappearing into the clouds but I keep pressing the trigger, forcing the plane higher into the sky. "Oh you ain't getting away that easy." The Japanese tried to fly over me but I yanked my controller upward flipping around to follow him again with Rafe yelling in my ear. "Y/n, your almost out of fuel!" But I aggressively pressed the trigger thinking of of my mother and father dying, after a couple misses I hit them and it exploded.

Red errors flash across the small tv screen as I started falling towards the ground so I aggressively pulled the controls hitting the ground harshly. The plane gets jostled around and I bang my head on the headboard sliding into a destroyed building. I can't tell if I'm on the ground or not because everything is spinning and dizzy. Suddenly harsh pain shoots through my stomach and I moaned in pain hearing the door get yanked open. "Y/n, fuck Danny help me get her out of there!" Rafe shouting went in and out as he and Danny pulled the door off crawling inside the plane, slowly pulling me out. "She doesn't look too good Rafe." Danny holds my arm trying to stop me from falling backwards. I can barely keep my eyes open but can feel cuts on my head. Looking at my shirt I see drops of blood that must be falling from my nose. "Hey baby, can you walk. Do you hear me?" Rafe stands in front of me with a horrified expression as I try to speak but when I take a step forward I collapse into his arms. "Oh crap Y/n, woah it's alright...ugh I've got ya." Rafe grunts catching me holding me bridal style right before I pass out and everything went black.

"Y/n, Y/n, it's me it's Rafe. Can you hear me?" I heard someone calling out to me as I slowly started regaining consciousness blinking my eyes open and closed for a few minutes. Gripping the bedsheets in my hands I groan feeling everything hurt feeling a band on my right wrist. "Ra - Rafe, what does it say?" He takes my right hand in his left his thumb running over my hand. "Doctors order you can't fly for a year or more..." I shut my eyes tightly mumbling out in tears to my boyfriend. "Why can't I fly. What did he say?" The first time I actually get to fly a plane on my own I get injured. "She, you mean. Evelyn checked you out. Why didn't you tell me sooner babydoll?" Squinting my eyes open to look into his brown ones that hold a slight glow even though I'm flat out confused. "Tell you about what, babe?" Rafe reached forward with his left hand tucking hair from my eyes and I see he has a bandage around his arm meaning he must've gave blood. "Honey a baby, our baby." A huge grin plastered on his lips and his brown eyes glow brighter seeing one form on my face too. "I'm pregnant...we're gonna be parents. Oh god Rafe they would've been - grandparents!"

Rafe doesn't hesitate a second to pull me into his chest gently hugging me after climbing onto the coat with me. My hands clutch the fabric of his bloody jacket so tight that I almost turned my knuckles white. Burying my face in crook of his neck I sobbed feeling his freehand run circles up and down my back slowly with his other hand clutching my shirt. He may not have known them long but he knew something you didn't. Your father's last wish was for him to marry you and ask for you to be his wife with your grandmother's wedding ring that he manages to still have in his pocket. "Sssshh baby I'm right here. We'll avenge them, you here me. We'll avenge them you and me. I promise...I promise Y/n." He whispers into my hair as we sat for over two hours just like this holding onto to one another for dear life. Day's later the curnal showed up at the mostly destroyed flight base and he wants to speak with me privately about this war the Japanese just started with the US after the pearl harbor attack. "You have nothing to worry about baby. He'll listen to you, I know it."

Rafe helps me pull my army jacket on since my left wrist is still healing from being sprained. Turning around I wrap my arms around his neck biting my lip feeling him rest his hands on my waist. Danny is back at the house with Evelyn waiting to hear what the military wants to do next. A lot of people who served are dead but most of the people who remain want to go and fight. "Thanks Rafe. I'm just worried...I've never lead anyone into a war. Actually I haven't lead anyone really...what if we lose because of something I say?" He wipes  away my tears with his thumbs weakly smiling down at me. "Hey you can do this honey. You flew an airplane like a badass so leading the rest of us into the sky should be no problem." A knock at the office door makes us break apart to see one of the remaining pilots standing in the doorway. "The colonel is ready to see you, ma'am." Rafe leans forward kissing my forehead before I followed the piolt down the hallway into a closed room seeing the colonel. The door gets locked leaving us alone looking out a window where we could see the pilots flying in the skies.

"Harsh times we find ourselves in don't we miss L/n or should I say Captain L/n?" He spoke not looking me in the eye until I spoke shoving my hands in my pockets. "Y/n, is just fine. So where should we start with this war?" I questioned rounding a table with a map that's marked with our areas and Japan's. He walks over pointing from where our ship would be towards the Jap's. "I have an idea that will sound crazy but I think it's the best we've got so give me your opinion. We land 400 miles away from China so they don't suspect us flying in to blow up their buildings." Shifting my eyes across the map I don’t see another way around it. Resting a hand to my belly I take a deep breath. "It's the only plan we've got. Let's go, let's make them pay." The colonel follows me raising an eyebrow at me clipping the golden pin on my jacket, slinging a pack over my shoulder. "Miss L/n it's not safe-" Holding up my left hand I cut him off, done taking crap from guys. "I'm coming with you and the boys. My father died so now I'm Captain in his position." He comes to rest a hand on my shoulder proudly smiling with watery eyes. "You're father was a good man. He spoke of you once said you'd be different than anyone I've met. I can see it now. And it's people like you who will help us win this battle." I raised my hand saluting to him and he does the same to Mr before we climbed on the boat loaded with the boys and their airplanes.

The next thing I'm doing is running onto the landing deck needing to find Rafe before they take off. The Japanese are near our position so we have to launch immediate takeoff. Pushing my way through all the men I find Rafe climbing up into his plane shouting to his team. "Start free flying, let's go!" A deck worker hollered out about their fuel making me whip my head his direction feeling fear shake my body. "Add ten more cans for each plane, every plane!" The planes weigh more than we planned so the kitchen staff cut broomsticks and painted them to replace them with some of their guns. "We're got broomsticks for tail guns." Danny's complaining tone finally helped me find the boy's. Evelyn wanted me to look our for the father of her child. "It's the only thing we can do to lighten your loads, Danny." He sees me just when Rafe raced up behind me wrapping his arms around me from behind, knocking my cameo hat over my face a little so I have to fix it. "Yeah maybe it'll scare them....I didn't think I'd find you before take-off. "

Moving to only be under one of his arms we faced Danny he spoke to the both of us. "You take care of yourself up there." Rafe nodded to the man he treated like a brother. "Yeah I wil...Danny be careful, you hear me?" Danny smiled at me saluting and I saluted him back. "Do good up there, Piolt Walker." He nodded rushing off to his plane leaving me alone with Rafw surrounded by airplanes ready to fly off into war. The wind blows my hair into a knotted mess that he brushes behind my ear, rubbing his thumb across my cheek. "I love you, Y/n. Remember that now and always I'll love you." Resting my hand over his on my cheek I removed the gold pin clipping it onto his jacket. "Rafe take this so I'm up there with you..." He rests his forehead down to mine pulling me against his chest with his other arm. "I'm coming back to you. Y/n you and this baby of ours doesn't have to worry." He started to just kiss my forehead but I grabbed the collar of his jacket pressing his lips to mine.

"I'll always have to worry solider. Not just about you and Danny, but every solider on this ship deck. There's something that's keeping me going though..." Rafe tilts his head curious running his hand up my side. "And what's that hmm?" Resting a hand to his cheek I smiled up at the man I love. "Something you said in one of your letters. That the skies would always keep us together...I love you too." He sniffs a smile leaning down kissing me passionately before we break having one of the men wave at us, hollering to Rafe. "Rafe, Y/n for the tip of the swarm!" Together Rafe and I throw up our intertwined hands signaling the planes to start their engine's preparing for flight take-off.

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