WHISKEY LULLABY
PG13
BY: BrokenAngel1753
DISCLAMERS: I'd like to let everyone know I only own the plot the song is owned by Brad Paisley. Pearl Harbor is not mine neither is Danny, Rafe or everyone else. So no suing me!
SUMMARY: Rafe McCawley comes back and finds Evelyn and Danny together. He comes back around the time of the parachute incident only it's in Danny's barracks. So he drinks…read it okay? Danny doesn't die. Normally I hate the Danny/Evelyn pairing but I got this idea so… ONE-SHOT/SONGFIC
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Rafe McCawley was glad to be home. He had a huge grin when he went to see Danny first. Danny Walker has been his best friend for longer than he could remember. As he reached his best friend's door he heard soft moans. Shaking the thought thinking it must be Red or one of the other guys with their own nurses. He opened the door.
She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night
Rafe froze in shock and fear. Danny…was with a girl…not just any girl but Evelyn! He glared angrily before shouting.
"What the hell is this!" he screamed Danny and Evelyn jerked their heads towards the door to see Rafe. Both let out a gasp. Rafe alive? They both thought, maybe it's just a…could it be?
"R-Rafe? Y-You're a-alive!" whispered Danny as he saw his best friend back from the dead. Rafe choked for air Ev and Danny? I thought she loved me! And Danny? My best friend my brother! "Rafe?" Danny said a little louder.
"So this is what I get for surviving? This is that hero's welcome everyone gets? His best friend screwing his girl? This has gotta be hell. I've gone to hell! Why?" he spat at the sight of the two of them. He then stormed off and headed to a bar.
At The Bar
"Whiskey sir…and hurry up" Rafe spat at the bartender. How could they do this to me! He sighed and took a deep breath before drinking his tenth shot of whiskey.
"Here's to the bastard who I once called a friend! And the bitch I loved more than anything!" he spat drunk. Red and Tony just stared at him. Rafe's eyes were glazed over from being drunk and from fighting back tears. Tears burning like acid began to pour down his cheeks.
"Never leave for war guys…never leave your girl with a traitorous friend! Never leave your girls!" he screamed as Danny stormed in gasping for air. Rafe glared at his ex-best friend.
"R-Rafe! W-we thought you w-were d-dead…" he whispered. Rafe snorted angrily.
"So you screwed each other? Wow fancy that! So if you die I can screw your girl?" spat Rafe as he stormed off. But not before punching Danny in the eye. One hand in his pocket messing with the pistol he owned. The one that saved his live…the one that got him out of his plane…
At Rafe's Hotel Room
"So long bastards!" he screamed as he stumbled into his hotel room. He quickly scribbled a note that said "I'll love her 'till I die" then he put the gun to his head.
1st Chorus
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said I'll love her till I die
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
(Sing lullaby)
Later that night Danny went to talk to him. As he opened his best friend's door he let out a mangled cry. Rafe was lying face down in the pillow. Blood stained the white sheets. Rafe's blood… he ran over and saw the note. And the gun still grasped in his cold hand. Evelyn who had the similar idea slowly walked into the room seeing Danny sobbing.
"Danny? What's…" NO! RAFE! She saw the same sight Danny saw. Danny looked at her then Rafe's lifeless body. He then saw the note being picked up by Evelyn she cried out as she read it.
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night
People began to talk about what happened. And it really ate Evelyn up the most. She began to drink to try and forget how she betrayed her one true love. She then began to think was what me and Danny had real? Or did I just want to be connected to Rafe? She began to distance herself from her nurse friends and even Danny. She began drinking between her shifts as well. She tried to hide the smell by always having breath mints and such. Everywhere she went she saw Rafe. As if loosing him once was hard enough now she lost him twice and the second time was all her fault! She had gotten pregnant none the less! After the bombing of Pearl Harbor she and Danny left. They both went to Tennessee and had their child. Danny insisted on naming him Rafe Daniel Walker. Years had gone by and Evelyn always stopped to visit Rafe's grave, it was under the willow tree he and Danny grew up knowing. One night when she was going through Rafe's old belongings she came across the pistol. After drinking her usual if not more shots of whiskey she walked to her bedroom Rafe's old room. She grabbed a picture of Rafe before he "died" in the plane wreck in England. She let out a sob as she loaded the gun and put it to her head. She whispered good-bye and pulled the trigger.
2nd Chorus
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
Danny heard the gun shot and jerked around. Evelyn! Oh God please don't have it happen again! He ran up the stairs Rafe Jr. was screaming at the top of the stairs. Danny ran to his son.
"Where is your momma? Rafe! Where is sh…" he froze look at what his son was pointing to. Evelyn's lifeless body clinging to Rafe's picture for dear life. EVELYN! NOT YOU TOO! OH GOD NO! Rafe Jr. looked up with tears in his little eyes and whispered.
"Is mommy r-really…g-gone daddy?" he choked on his words. Danny had called up all their old friends and had a funeral. They buried her next to Rafe beneath the willow.
We laid her next to him beneath the willow (Sing lullaby)
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
As everyone went inside Rafe Jr. stayed behind. He suddenly saw his mother…if only her spirit. There was also a man in pilot's uniform. Rafe. He grinned as he saw Evelyn run towards him. Rafe smiled as he twirled around and began laughing. Evelyn turned to look at Rafe Jr. and spoke in a silent voice that only Rafe could here. Meet my baby Rafe Daniel Walker. Your nephew…I missed you Rafe. Thank you for waiting so long…Rafe Jr. watched as his mother and the man walked off and began to fade into the summer breeze.
THE END!
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