Free Fall

Megan Mitchell's older brother Nick was in the navy. Nick's best friend Pete was in the navy too. Pete was Naval Pilot while Nick was a Naval WSO(Weapons Systems Officer). Pete was Megan's husband. Both Megan and Nick had kids. Nick had twins Bradley and Isabella. Megan had one daughter Emily. When Megan's brother Nick passes away on a mission she goes into depression while trying to still care for her daughter, help her sister-in-law Carol take care of the twins, comfort Carol in her grief, help her husband forgive himself, and sort through her own grief. As their kids get older Megan gets through her depression. What scares her is when Isabella, Emily, and Bradley come to her, Carol, and Pete after their high school graduation saying that they want to join the naval Air Force like their dad's did. Carol, in fear of losing the only two people left who have any resemblance to Nick with Bradley being a carbon copy and Isabella having his goofy personality, laugh, and eyes, begs Pete to pull the kids' papers and he does because he doesn't want to lose Emily either. This causes a rift between the kids and Pete but also a rift between Megan and Pete that causes them to divorce. Emily chooses to stay with Megan when she's not at the academy because she just can't forgive her father yet.