What Did You Ex[p]ect?

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    Skylar smiled happily at him as he sat down. She held his hand and looked up at the flight attendant. She looked at Danny with a look of love when he kissed her neck again. She rested her head on his shoulder and listened to the lady. She was exhausted and couldn't wait to get going. Danny said that he hadn't known how long the flight was. She simply shrugged. She planned on sleeping anyways.


    Once the flight attendant was done talking and they started coming around with snacks and drinks. She smiled and rolled her eyes at Danny's options before just asking for water. She yawned again as she looked out at the pitch black sky. Soon all the lights in the plane went off so that people could sleep if they wanted to. She unbuckled since they were aloud and she moved closer to Danny. Sky kissed his jaw line before resting her head on his shoulder again and closing her eyes. "I love you Danny." She whispered to him. It didn't take long for sleep to take over. She was still emotionally and physically drained. Her body still hurt from Jamison throwing her around and hitting her. She already knew she had bruises, even if it was she couldn't see it and the bone was bruised. Sky knew that she would be very soar later on. She didn't want to think about Jamison and she hoped that Danny wouldn't do anything once they got back. She knew she couldn't control him, especially if he saw him. She just hoped for the best. Soft breaths left her lips as she slept comfortably while still holding Danny's hand.

    [justify]Danny knew the flight was less than an hour, but he wanted Sky to get some rest, he didn't want her to have to keep waking up. So as the short flight to New York was landing he had noticed she had pretty much slept through the announcements, only stirring a few times only to let sleep take over. He knew the events of today had been pretty draining. Physically and Emotionally so he was definitely content on getting both carry on bags and carrying them along with scooping Sky up, her head still on his shoulder. As she was laying bridal style in his arms he carried her out of the plane to the next waiting area. They'd be there for an hour, and he had set her down in one of the chairs sinking down beside her he kissed her head and let his mind wander to the 'what ifs' and the 'what would happens', some good and some bad, but all of them included Skylar. He didn't want to spend another day apart from her. Even if he was deployed again he needed to have her near him. He needed her to choose him and to stay by him like he hoped she would. He knew now that he needed Skylar to stay sane and he needed her because she was the only girl Danny could ever love.[/justify]

    Skylar had slept through the flight. She stirred when the flight attendant began to speak again. She stirred once more when Danny had lifted her up. She was completely out. She felt like she could sleep for days without waking. She had wrapped her arms lazily around Danny as he carried her out. The people around them probably though that they were insane. She had a bruise on her face, she had been crying and she was then wrapped around him.


    Sky leaned into him and curled up into his side as she slept a little longer. The chairs were a lot less comfortable though since there was an arm rest between them. It didn't take long for her to wake up uncomfortable. She simply opened her eyes though. She listened to Danny's heart beat as they sat there together. Her hand slipped around his arm and she sighed softly. Sky looked up at Danny as she rested her chin on his shoulder. She kissed his jaw as she watched him. "What are you thinking about?" She asked in a quiet voice. She looked up at him with soft and gentle look.

    [justify]He had been thinking about his life with Skylar, but soon it drifted to his life in the military. He was seeing his past missions and his team. They all had something to lose if they lost their lives. They would all affect someone. He started thinking hypothetically if he had never enlisted and stayed with Sky. Would they be married, would they have had a kid? It was all so unsure, but he felt Skylar stir beside him. She was waking up, but when she asked him what he was thinking about Danny started to try to brainstorm a way to say it without talking for hours. "I am just thinking about you. And about us, our future, and our past." He smiled and lightly kissed her forehead. It was so relieving to be this close to her again, after all, he had missed years, but it really seemed like ages.


    [short, sorry][/justify]

    Skylar watched him as it took him a moment to answer. She hoped it wasn't all bad things. She knew it must be hard for him to not think of it all though. She couldn't stop thinking about it and she wasn't even there with him for any of it. She could only imagine the hell that he had gone through the past four years. She wished that she could have been there for him, but they couldn't change the past. Nothing they did could change it. They could only think about now and their future and how to live it.


    Sky smiled softly at him by his answer. She didn't want him thinking too much about the past of them not being together. "What about our future?" She asked curiously in a quiet voice. She wanted to know what he saw for their future, or what he thought about them having a future. She had an image of what it would be like if he didn't go back, but she knew that it wasn't possible. Sky did have an image of their future together while he was deployed. It wasn't perfect but she would take it over anything else. She knew how much it meant to him so no matter how hard she tried she wouldn't get him to stay. She did admire that about him though. When he had his mind set on something it was nearly impossible to get him to change his mind. She knew that they would have troubles and many fights but they would come out of this strong. Sky loved Danny and wouldn't let him getting deployed stop that.

    [justify]Danny was picturing a future that he had always dreamed of having with Skylar when they were dating, but due to the military it had drastically changed, but the premise was still the same. He wanted to be her lover, her partner, her one-and-only, her husband for the rest of her life. He knew that thinking about marriage was big, but in high school, he was so in love with this girl he could picture them being together. Like the couples on tv, fighting but being able to get through it stronger than ever. Being there for the hard and the good times. He wanted what Eli had, but he didn't want his to be cut short. He knew he could quit the military that would go against what he believed in, but he wanted to be there when he could, every moment that he could. He didn't think even the military could stop him from that. "I was thinking about what to do after I got redeployed, would you stay or would I have to let you go again? Would you be able to move on if I was killed? Would you be able to trust me and to not worry to much about me? Would we ever have a family? Would we finally be able to have that dream we came up with in high school?" Danny knew a few of the things he said weren't delightful, but he needed to think of everything, good and bad. He wanted her to be able to move on if he was killed. He didn't want Sky to be unhappy for the rest of her life if Danny would be killed. He didn't want her to feel as if she was betraying him by moving on. He wanted her to be able to be happy, even if it wasn't with him. Skylar's happiness was one of Danny's biggest priorities. [/justify]

    Skylar looked up at him with that look she had back when she was in high school. That look that said that she didn't care who else was around her because she only wanted to look at him, she loved every part of him and she didn't care who saw. She knew Danny well enough to know that they would be worry filled and based on him being in the military. She didn't care though, she wanted him no matter where in the world he went.


    Sky still couldn't help but smile softly at his thoughts. Even though they weren't all too happy they still made her smile. Know how much he thought about it and how concerned he was about their future warmed her heart. She had no doubt that they would end up together in the end, even if he did leave her before deploying, or at least attempt to. Sky sat up and turned her body to face Danny with a small smile as she held his hands. "Danny I hope you do know that after, at least hopefully, a year of being home before getting deployed again that I won't ever let you let me go again. Even now. I would call your boss or whoever to make sure that you stayed in touch with me while away or I would go to war with him!" She spoke her last sentence dramatically and with a laugh of amusement. "And I will always worry about you. Even if you weren't going back in and you worked an office job somewhere, I would still worry about you. Hoping you didn't get a paper cut while I wasn't there to kiss it better." She spoke in a teasing matter. She lifted one of his hands and kissed it. Sky knew she should be serious, she was but she just didn't sound it. She just wanted him to know how she would always worry and she would never let him leave her. "I do see us having a family one day." Sky began and she relaxed and there was a longing in her voice saying that it was something she desperately wanted. "A girl and a boy to bring to school and home. To eat dinner with at a big table. To read bed time stories. To yell at when they do something bad. To hold when they cry... to come running to the door when they know you are walking through it as I would." She spoke. There was a knot in her throat as she started to get emotional about it. "I want that more than anything for us." She spoke in a hushed tone with her voice cracking. "You are my dream Danny. In high school, while I was in college, now. You are my dream no matter what happens to us." She spoke and tears filled her eyes. "I would never get over you Danny. I could never. I could never love someone the way I love you." Sky spoke honestly even though it wasn't the answer he probably wanted. "I wouldn't be sad my entire life. But I could never move on from you. I would find happiness in another way." She spoke. She smiled weakly at him as a few tears slipped down her cheek. One hand pulled his up to her cheek and held it there as she rubbed her thumb softly against the back of his hand. "Nothing will happen. Nothing will ever change my love for you and we will get our dream. I promise you Danny." She spoke softly to him.

    [justify]Her words rang so deep with Danny. He couldn't wait to have that future with her. He was ready to be that guy for her. He wanted to be that guy driving his kids to school, he wanted to grow old with Skylar. His idea of perfection always involved Skylar. He wanted to show his love for her and his hand was rolling the aged velvet box in his hand, but he knew it was too soon to give it to her, but as he was bringing his hand out of his pocket he felt the box rolling out of his pocket and dropping onto the ground in front of Skylar's feet. His luck was incredible. First the picture last night and now the ring he had planned on giving her the night that he told her he was enlisting, but instead of proposing, he argued with her. He didn't want to pick up the box, but at the same time, he knew it was to soon for her to see the ring. He wasn't sure she'd take it very well. He tensed up as he felt like he was frozen in place and couldn't move an inch to pick up the box.


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    Skylar wanted that future for them desperately. She wanted to have kids with him and have them come home and have a big family dinner. She knew it was crazy to think about stuff like that when he just got back, but they thought about it in high school as well. They were head over heels in love with each other. She was still in love with Danny though. She didn't know if she could be in a relationship right away with him though. They still needed some time. She hoped Paris would do that for them.


    Sky looked down at Danny's hand in his pocket and watched a velvet box fall out. She looked down at it confused before it hit her. She froze as she stared at it. She didn't know what she was supposed to do or say. She had an assumption of what was in the box and it terrified her. Sky knew that she loved him and that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. She just wasn't ready though. They still needed time. Her heart was hammering in her chest and she didn't know what to do. "Danny..." she spoke softly. She didn't want to make a big deal out of it and freak out though. She hesitated but reached down and grabbed it. She bit her lip and held it in her hand for a moment before looking up at Danny. Sky held out the box for him to take and gave him a soft smile. "I think you dropped this." She spoke softly. One hand held his still.

    [justify]Danny felt rooted in place as he reached out and took the box from Sky, he knew she knew what it was, but he had bought this almost five years ago for Skylar. He had saved up for months and months to afford a ring like this and he hated that they argued that night. It could have all been different had they just stayed together and stayed strong. He knew it was to soon for Skylar to even think about it, but she needed to remember he was ready to marry her. He was ready then and he was ready whenever she was. He wasn't afraid to be married to her, after all, she was the only girl he could see himself wanting to be with, but he really hoped her seeing that box didn't freak her out to much. After all, she needed to remember that they were so ready to start a life together when they got out of school, but the fight ended them. Especially after the fight he had time to think and he realized he loved Skylar to much to ask her to go through the pain of one of the dreaded phone calls, he knew a lot of people got. He didn't want her to just have a folded flag to remember him by. Though the only way for her to let him go was to make her hate him, which didn't exactly work to plan. Instead he broke her heart and broke his at the same time.[/justify]

    Skylar smiled softly when he took the box from her. She wanted to marry Danny. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. They had to sort things out first though. They couldn't just dive right into it, well at least she couldn't. They would remain together as they sorted everything out and got to know the new them. She knew that Danny would wait until she was ready and she really loved that he would.


    Sky leaned forward and kissed his cheek before resting her head on his shoulder. "I love you Danny. Maybe sometime soon you can have that box accidentally fall out your pocket and give it to me." She spoke teasingly to him. She knew that he would do an actual proposal instead of them just talking about it then agreeing. He was a romantic and she knew better to think it would just be a simple agreement between the two. Sky wasn't complaining though. She would love a grand proposal but she thought that a simple and to the point one was just as meaningful and heartfelt. She knew they would be leaving soon but she closed her eyes and wrapped her arm around Danny's as she sat there with him. She didn't speak anymore. She continued thinking and of course she couldn't help but think about Jamison and what he had done. She worried about Danny. "Are you going to hurt him?" Sky asked in a quiet voice. "Are you going to attack Jamison?" She reworded the question. She opened her eyes but didn't look up at Danny. A small frown set her face.

    [justify]Her question threw Danny a complete curveball. He couldn't lie to her and say he wouldn't want to beat Jamison senseless. He hurt the one thing he cared about in life. He looked at her with a sadness lingering in his eyes. He chose not answer as he assumed she knew him well enough to know that if he saw him there is no way he would let this go that easily. Danny was not a pacifist by any means and a fight was nothing to him. Comparing size Jamison and him might be roughly the same height, but Danny was pure muscle there is not any way he could be beaten by him. Though he hated most of all that he dragged Danny into it accusing him of being a homewrecker. Danny was offended by that statement. Danny wouldn't mess around with anyone currently in a relationship. That was so wrong and it went against everything he was taught. It goes against the morals he had, but his thoughts were interrupted by the lady calling their flight.[/justify]

    Skylar knew that by the silence that the answer was yes. She didn't know if he would find him or if he would just wait until he saw him again. She knew he wouldn't stand for what he did. He used to get into plenty of fights when they were in high school, with kids from their school and from other schools as well. She hated it but knew he had good intentions of it. She hated conflict involving her and she hated that Danny would get in trouble because of her.


    Sky looked up at him but didn't say anything just yet. She loved that he wanted to stick up for her, but this wasn't high school anymore. He wouldn't just get suspended or detention for a week. He could get in very serious trouble. She looked to the lady who spoke into the speaker to say that their flight was boarding. She stood and stretched with a small frown. Sky turned and stood in front of Danny as he sat. She leaned down and gave his nose a quick kiss before kissing his forehead. She looked down at him with a worried smile. "Please be careful if you do. We don't need the police involved and I won't let you go to jail for me." She spoke. She gave him a small look when she spoke of jail so that he knew to not take it too far. "At least try. For me." Sky added in a soft beg. She grabbed her bags and waited for Danny before making her way to the line. She knew that this flight would be very long.

    [justify]It certainly wouldn't be easy, after all, Danny had been in so many fights during school. Some with good intentions, others because people egged him on and he caved. The last fight that he had in high school was one of the most brutal. He didn't know if Skylar remembered it, but Danny had gotten in so much trouble, almost expelled, but because it was the first time a fight escalated to this extent they were lenient, but it was on his record. And somehow he still got into the military. Danny remembered that day like it was yesterday. The kid had been messing with one of his friends and wanted a fight. That is when Danny stepped in, he was not about to let some kid hurt anyone he called a friend. This kid didn't know anything about Danny but was so cocky and arrogant that he asked Danny to fight. Danny was content doing it off school grounds, but then the kid tried to punch him when he turned to walk away. That was the only punch that kid got in. He was in the nurse's office at the school the rest of the day.


    As Danny snapped out of memory lane he stood up grabbing his bag and going over to Sky to join the line. He leaned down and kissed her cheek gently, right over the bruise. "I promise I'll try." Danny knew she really hated conflict which is why she hated his fighting so much and probably why she wasn't keen on him joining one of the biggest conflicts in the world, but for Danny, it was almost second nature. He wouldn't say he liked fighting, necessarily, but he is very very protective. And he will protect the people he cares about even at the cost of his own life. Though high school fights were just because he had no control over his aggression when he was younger, but now he does.[/justify]

    Skylar knew about all of his fights. She remembered quiet a bit of them. She definitely remembered the last fight he was in in high school. She made sure that he was in absolutely no fights after that or else he would get expelled. She remembered one fight he got into with a guy who kept trying to talk to her and wouldn't leave her alone. She hated the conflict so she tried to tell Danny that she would be fine. She couldn't not tell him about the guy though. It was a kid that went to our school. He beat him senseless and got detention for two weeks for how bad it was. The guy wouldn't leave her alone for weeks though and was starting to creep her out.


    Sky did find it very attractive when he came back from fights. Something about it made her heart race and love him. Especially after that fight with the creepy guy who wouldn't leave her alone. She smiled softly at Danny when he kissed her cheek. She appreciated that he did kiss her bruise though, it didn't hurt like she thought it would, it was soft. Sky walked into the line with Danny. They soon got onto the plane and into their seats. She put her things above them and sat down. She buckled up and looked up at Danny. She left her armrest up so she could cuddle with Danny. She knew that this flight was really long so they could talk and cuddle. She missed cuddling and just talking to him. Now they had a lot of time to catch up and just talk.

    [justify]Danny was stuffing his stuff up into the overhead compartment, he never understood why these people brought suitcases as carry-ons. A carry on was not a suitcase, it was a duffel bag or purse. It drove Danny nuts, but what made planes worse was the screaming children, but the sounds died out once he sat down in the seat next to Skylar. She made everything better for him, there was no way he could explain what she made him feel like. He felt loved anytime she was around him and he could imagine himself with anyone else, not even the girl he had a long fling with when he was on a base in Germany. No one could compare to Skylar. She was flawless, nothing could make her less beautiful than what he saw every time he saw her. "Skylar, I really love you and this time to reconnect is going to be one of the best in my life. I love you so much, I can't even find the words to express how much I love you. But I love you to the moon and back." he smiled and wrapped his arms around her and took a deep breath, relaxing in the fact that she was finally close to him.[/justify]

    Skylar watched him as if amazed by his every move. She couldn't believe that he was hers. She couldn't believe that a guy like him could love a girl like her. She knew that he for some reason thought that she was flawless and perfect in every way, even though she didn't really see it. It amazed her at the kind of man he had grown into. Even though she had only seen a small part of what he is like now she was still so proud of the man he has turned into.


    Sky smiled sweetly abs he spoke to her. She laughed softly and wrapped her arms around him as he held her. She looked up at him happily. "How did I manage to get a guy like you?" She asked in a soft voice. "I love you Danny. You say the best things, I don't know how I possibly got you to love me." She added. Sky kissed his shoulder. She smiled brightly at him even though it hurts. She stared at him in awe. Everything he did amazed her. Seeing how much he has grown over the years amazed her as well. She loved him so much. She loved that he was still the same in some ways just more mature and that the war hadn't changed him too much. Sky would still love him either way.

    [justify]He didn't understand how Skylar could be so oblivious. She was beautiful, it was one thing Jamison and Danny could agree on. Skylar was stunning and she could be a model for anyone. He loved her since they met, it was love at first sight. He knew then that she was going to be a big part of his life and it turns out that worked out for him. He just looked down at her with a starstruck look in his eyes. "You had me since day one, Skylar. You had my heart from the day we met." he smiled and wrapped his arm over her shoulders and having her close to him.


    He remembered the day they met, he was absolutely in love with her despite them only being in middle school Danny had been a somewhat chubby kid, but he still found himself getting the courage to talk to her that first day. From there the rest is history. Now they were best friends and they were completely in love.


    [short sorry][/justify]

    Skylar smiled happily at Danny by his words. The look in his eyes as he looked down at her made her melt. Every look he gave her really made her melt. She wanted to be with him for a long long time. She curled up into his side as the plane started to take off. She was excited about everything. About going to Paris, about being with Danny, about their future together.


    Sky remembered the day they met like it was yesterday. It was before school had started when he moved in. Her parents always greeted the new people in their little neighbor hood, especially because they rarely got new people moving to the town. Her parents were greedy and wanted to make friends with all the new families. Her parents and Danny's parents instantly clicked. Sky wanted to be friends with everyone, she was a very positive and happy person when she was younger. They hit it off and became best friends instantly. She didn't have an actual best friend before then even though she had lived there her entire life. They would hanging out everyday after school after walking home together. The did homework, projects and studied together. No one could separate them. It was really bound to happen that they would get together. Freshman year they finally got together. Sky loved him as a best friend, she still does, but she loves him even more so now. He is her best friend and the love of her life. She wouldn't trade him for the world. She knew that her and Jamison wouldn't last, she couldn't. Knowing that Danny was still alive gave her a hope even though she was heartbroken over him. She looked up at Danny and wondered if he had found anyone else while they were apart. "Did you ever see anyone?... while we weren't together?" She couldn't help but actually ask him.