Heart Of a Volunteer -Pearl Harbor

You Always Hurt the One You Love

I'm back with more. Sorry for the wait, and I'm sorry for what's about to happen in this chapter. Please let me know what you think. 

I do not own "Pearl Harbor" only my Oc.

*cathrineoriginal*

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The next few months was though on everyone. Especially Ava. She tried to console Evelyn, as much as she consoled Danny. She spent her days with her sister, and her nights with Danny. He told her how much he loved her, and how much he appreciated her being there for him. Ava did what she could to make sure that they would be okay, but it wasn't easy. Ava had to listen to her sister cry all the time, and she watched how she lost her will to live, as if she didn't have anything to live for anymore. How Ava wasn't enough to mend Evelyn's broken heart. 

Ava tried her best to help everyone, but it wasn't easy at all. It was making her sick, but she didn't want to bother the ones grieving. The only thing keeping her going, was the plane that she got to fix up. Danny did it with her, but he was never there mentally. It felt more like a burden than something he wanted to do.

Earl watched as Ava did her best and it hurt him to see the girl he loved and cared for in pain, and his own pilot, did not see that his girl was having a hard time.

As Ava walked into the hangar that resides at the outskirts of the base with Joe, Earl turned to Danny, who was loading up the supplies to bring with him to the hangar.

"Yo, Walker. I need to talk to you." Earl told him but before Danny had the chance to answer, Earl brought his fist to connect with his face.

"Jesus Christ, Earl! What the hell is wrong with you?" Danny exclaimed mostly in shock.

"With me? What's wrong with you?" Earl shot back. "You are so caught up in your own sorry ass, you don't even see the girl in front of you barely hanging on. She's hurting, and she's getting sick because she worries too god damn much about you and her own sister, she's barely holding it together, but you only see yourself, and if you don't start treating her right, you don't need the god damn war to be afraid of. I'll be more than enough for your sorry ass." Earl told him harshly, and it seemed to open Danny's eyes a little more than before. He had been blinded by his own grief, and he only needed Ava when he saw fit. He never thought about the fact that Ava needed him as well.

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Ava sighed as she opened the hangar door. She felt a little weak from the lack of sleep and the running around in this heat. It was hard for her to open the door. She hated feeling like this. She had tried to do her best for Danny and Evelyn, but it was hard, she never allowed herself to take a breather, to take some time to herself. A muscular arm helped her shove the hanger door open, and she secretly hoped that it was Danny, when she turned and saw Joe, she let out a disappointing breath.

"Thank you, Joe." Ava said with a smile.

"All for you, Miss Ava." Joe said with that crooked smile of his. Joe followed her inside the hangar, looking at the plane and how it was coming along.

"You've done a great job with this, Ava." Joe told her, tapping on the side of her plane.

"Thank you, Joe. But I haven't done it all by myself. Danny takes the credit for that." Ava said with a blush.

"Nah... Give yourself the credit you deserve." Joe said, and Ava felt as if he was flirting with her, and Ava didn't know how to respond to that.

"Lieutenant..." they heard from the door, making both Ava and Joe to turn around. Danny was standing there, looking at the two intently.