Ello! This would be my first SH fic, and I believe this show, how-you-say, ROCKS.
I like Piper and Aerrow, so if you no likey, I no care. Just don't flame because you have nothing better to do. :)
Kay thanks.
Review if you like, yes? This is supposed to be part of a bigger story I had in my head, but if no one likes this, then I'm not going to bother with the actual fic. :(
PIPER/AERROW ROCKS.
Anyone who agrees gets a really big cookie.
Sadly, no fluff in this one, basically just a rant of a very pissed-off Piper.
Sorry :(
But enjoy!!!!!!!!!
Regular disclaimers apply, sadly, I own nothing related to this show.
----STORM HAWKS----
Piper stomped into her lab and launched her body onto a nearby couch, her head reeling with thoughts of the day. The nerve HE had, coming back, expecting her to just join with him as if nothing had happened.
Piper sighed. But that's exactly what had happened.
Absolutely nothing.
They had been best friends since she could remember, but every year they had spent together had made their bond even closer, and left Piper with a feeling she could never seem to explain. Everytime he had smiled at her, her heart would beat twice its normal rate, everytime he looked at her with his emerald eyes, she had the sudden need to collapse, and everytime she felt the warmth of his skin on her hand…
Piper quickly shook every thought of Aerrow from her head. This was getting ridiculous. He had been back into her life no more than five hours, and still she couldn't help but go weak in the knees everytime she heard his voice.
It was pathetic really. She had waited her whole life for something to happen between both of them, and it was the dreaming that made her who she was today.
She remembered the day he left quite vividly.
He had made his announcement early that morning, leaving the rest in the Storm Hawks in awe. He was leaving, and he was leaving the Storm Hawks under Piper's command.
Only she didn't like that idea so much. She refused to take his place…and because of that, caused the breakup of the Storm Hawks.
It's not like Atmos had needed them all that much anyway, Cyclonia had collasped and Atmos was again peaceful, if not more peaceful than it had ever been.
And there were always plenty of Sky Knights to come to the rescue if need be.
So the Storm Hawks had gone their separate ways and finally, Piper grew up.
She had kept contact with Finn, Junko, and Stork, but refused to talk to Aerrow. If he didn't want her coming with him on his precious journey with Starling, then she was done. Sure, there were times when she regretted it, but all in all, she was glad she didn't become Starling's little pet like Aerrow did. There was a time when she was younger that she would have done anything to get Starling's attention.
Now she really couldn't care.
She remembered Aerrow had tried to talk to her before he left, pounding on her bedroom door, begging to talk to her, but she didn't want to hear it. Aerrow had made his decision, and she had made hers. If he wanted to destroy the group she had called a family for his own selfish lust for glory and Starling, then she wasn't going to stop him.
After he had left, slowly, the rest of the boys did too, and she was left all alone with the Condor.
It was lonely at first, hauntingly empty, but she had learned to cope. Losing her second family had only made her stronger, and losing Aerrow had hardened her in a way she never thought possible.
Piper had always been an optimist, and at the beginning her heart was filled with hope that Aerrow might come back and…well, she didn't really know, but as long as he came back, she didn't really care.
So she began to wait.
And wait.
And wait.
Slowly hours turned into weeks, which turned into years, which slowly drained Piper of all her hopeful optimism, and slowly hardened her into a strong and independent young woman.
At least that was something she could thank him for.
She had loved him, after all of those lonely months on the Condor talking to herself like a crazy person, she was finally able to say it…but that was something she was never going to say to him, or anyone else for that matter.
If she ever saw him again.
Eventually, he was slowly erased from her mind, leaving the necklace he had given to her so many years ago the only thing she had to remember that he even existed.
She looked down at the diamond crystal she had worn on her neck for almost all her life, and was struck with the thought that she had never taken it off after all these years. The necklace had been a comfort to her when she needed it, the only thing that kept Aerrow in her mind. There were times when she wanted nothing more than to destroy it, simply toss it out the window of the air-borne Condor, but something had always kept her from ripping it off her neck. The necklace was something like an extension of her being…and she simply wouldn't part with it.
And now, after all these years…he simply wanted her to alter her life and let him back in it…what was he thinking? He had no right to do such a thing. She had him, the rest of the boys, and after five years he had given he the smile she had missed, and all the sensations she had once felt had all come rushing back.
"Come on, Piper," He had said, staring at her with those glowing green eyes and the stupid smirk she pined to see all those years.
The second he had smiled she was putty in his hands…like she always was.
"We really need the Condor…we really need you"
After a liberating punch in Aerrow's face, Piper had unwillingly agreed. And now she was right back to where she started.
Talking to herself as to why she had made this stupid decision to rejoin the Storm Hawks in the first place.
Sure he was back, but she didn't want him back under these circumstances.
Not to mention Starling would be back soon from whatever pointless mission she was on to reclaim her little redheaded Sky Knight lap dog.
Piper's mind began to unravel, and suddenly she couldn't control her thoughts, they were spinning out of control, and suddenly Piper's head had the feeling it was several sizes too small for her brain-
Then there was a knock on the laboratory door.
"What is it?" Piper asked, slowly repressing her thoughts back into the far corner of her mind. Walking towards the door, she opened it and closed her eyes in thought as her visitor walked in.
"Hi." Came the all-too familiar voice of her former squadron leader.
She cocked an eyebrow at him with her carnelian brown-orange eyes, but one couldn't really tell that her eyebrow was cocked since her long midnight bangs covered half of her face.
"What do you want?" She asked him, allowing the ice in her voice to linger in the air.
He finally stopped walking when he was less than a foot away from her. Time had been kind to Aerrow, giving maturity to his youthful and handsome features. Piper glanced into his eyes; they were the same emerald color she had always loved, they were still kind and warm, but battle had added an extra spark of ferocity in them. His sharp features had become more defined, and there were hints of battle scars scattered all over his face. The sun had given his skin a sun-kissed glow, his deep red hair had grown a little longer since she last saw him, and there was some five o'clock shadow on his sharp and defined chin.
"I just wanted to see if you were alright…you kinda just stormed into the lab as soon as we got on the ship."
"Of course I'm fine," She snapped. "why wouldn't I be? And why are you bothering me? If you're looking for something, I haven't changed much on this ship since you left, so everything should be where it should, granted you remember where everything is."
She hadn't meant to snap, but she had been through so much, it was hard not to. Taking a breath, she placed both arms on the table she was leaning on and turned her head to face him.
He gave her his famous smile, and Piper had suddenly felt her knees giving way, putting extra pressure on the table she was leaning on.
"Of course I remember, it's just, I really needed to see you, and...to talk to you again. I missed you, Piper." Aerrow's smile had faded and a solemn look of remorse fell across his face.
The scowl on her face softened a bit and she beckoned him to sit in a chair next to a window, while slowly settling into the chair next to his.
This was going to be one interesting talk.
"I have a lot of explaining to do." Aerrow started, sighing deeply.
Piper's eyes flickered with anticipation.
Damn straight.