The party of Terra Liluo- Chapter One
"Okay... There we go." Piper smiled in relief. "Finn, take the rest of the lights to that box over there!" She threw the lights to the blonde, who turned his face the second they collided with him.
"Heads up...Finn." Junko tried to warn him.
"YEOW!" He cried, falling over. Junko chuckled. "That could've been my eye!" Finn yelled at her. Piper didn't turn from her spot on the ladder, Aerrow holding the bottom for her safety.
"Yeah, could've..." Piper trailed off, trying to reach for the last spot the lights had to hang. Her balance was extraordinary, but as the lights fell onto the hook, she lost it. Piper let out a shriek, waiting to end up on the floor, waiting for Finn to laugh at her stupidity, and waiting for Aerrow to hover over her in worry...It never came. She landed softly, but heard someone grunt with her fall. The sound of falling still came as well.
"Dude!" Finn's voice called out. Piper opened her eyes, and found herself in Aerrow's arms. He shook his head to clear out the dazed feeling that had just graced him after the panic. The two were on the floor, Aerrow sitting really, Piper wrapped up tightly in his hold. When he finally regained total focus, Piper smiled and shook her head.
"Thank you, Aerrow. But you really didn't have to." She said gratefully.
"That could've ended worse." Stork filled in, giving a sigh. Aerrow chuckled a bit.
"It's okay... But please, next time, ask me to move the ladder or something. I thought I lost you there." Aerrow replied to her as he helped her up, Piper pulling him up after. Aerrow put more force in his pull though, bringing them close. Piper blushed prettily at first, and then smirked at her Sky Knight.
"Did you just catch me to get close?" The navigator said teasingly. Finn turned away from the two, pretending to gag. Stork threw his hands up into the air, and walked away mumbling things like: Nothing's getting done... love bug...
Aerrow face pretended to turn into shock. Then he proclaimed in a fake English accent:
"My dear lady, I am appalled you would suggest such a thing!" Piper laughed in his embrace. Aerrow then shyly kissed her on the lips, the relatively new couple enjoy these little moments. Radarr covered his eyes with a whine. Piper smiled in their kiss, then broke it.
The alarm suddenly made everyone jump nearly out of their skin, its red light blinding half of the Storm Hawks. Stork raced to the periscope, craning it around to look for the person who set it off. A brown haired girl waved into the lens, her grin beaming on her wind whipped face.
"Uh, yeah. It's Roseate." Stork uttered from his place, the Storm Hawks who had crowded around him turning to each other with smiles on their faces. Piper smiled the widest, and raced to greet her good friend with the rest of the team on her tail.
The runway opened to let her skimmer touch down. Roseate dashed off, Heron bounding after her. Piper was knocked over by the huge dog, the two girls laughing merrily. Aerrow leaned next to Piper, but was launched back when Heron's affection was passed on. Piper got back up onto her feet, Stork by the doorway to avoid the slobbering dog.
"HEY!" Rose finally called.
"OH MY GOSH, HEY!" Piper greeted her with a friendly hug. The two girls laughed again, Aerrow unsteadily getting up. Heron allowed Junko to pet him, and was wagging his tail so fast it looked like a blur of black.
"How are you guys?" The girl asked the rest of the team when Piper let her go. Rose suddenly looked over Aerrow and Junko to see Stork in the doorway. "Stork, it's okay, Heron usually works out his excitement with the first few people. Piper and Aerrow got the most of it." The Liluoian ended with a laugh. Stork warily made his way over.
"Where are your brothers?" Aerrow asked, looking to the sky behind her.
"Oh, they're back home with Max. Max and his father own a merchant ship business and they are the only ones who know about my Terra for now. And you guys. Max brings us supplies we need once in a while... He decided to stay at my home with his band I hired for Christmas. I've known Max since we were five... he's my age." Rose patted Heron when he returned to her. "And speaking of Christmas..."
"Yeah! Only two days left!!" Finn hollered with excitement. Rose and Piper exchanged a look while suppressing giggles. Rose ran a hand through her brown hair before continuing.
"Well... I came by to ask you guys if you want to come by my place for a party I'm having. I invited the Absolute Zeros, Rebel Ducks, Saphire, and Jay and her crew. I remember you guys talking about them." Piper's mouth was agape.
"Really?!" She asked, her orange eyes lighting up.
"Yeah!" Rose's blue eyes rested on everyone.
The two joined hands and screamed in a giddy manner. Aerrow and Finn (especially Finn) took the blow of the ear drum breaking sound waves. Finn was frozen afterwards, Aerrow putting a finger in his ear to make sure it wasn't bleeding.
"Dude... Your girlfriend just made me go deaf!" Finn yelled at the red head, which put his hands up in surrender. Rose gave a confused look to the two boys, and then smiled slyly.
"His- girlfriend?" Rose asked. Finn nodded without looking at her. She turned back to Piper. "Is he- are you- You're AERROW'S GIRLFRIEND!!" Rose screeched, Radarr perking up his ears to hear if there was another one of his species in here.
Piper nodded with a grin, a light blush apparent on her face, Aerrow smiling and blushing as well.
"Awww... well I kinda figured..." Roseate smiled to her friends. "What'cha being so coy about!? You guys love each other! Don't be shy about it!"
The two only blushed more, Aerrow vainly trying to hide it. Finn smirked at his friend's bashfulness. The blonde pointed his thumb in the leader's direction.
"Thank you, Rose." Stork had come closer. "We've been trying to get them to stop this... infection from getting worse. I even hid all the mistletoe." The Merb said in a shaky voice, suddenly taken aback by the glare Piper sent him.
"So it was YOU who hid it all! I blamed Finn for that!" She crossed her arms in displeasure. Rose gave her a look."Well, it's not that bad... I really didn't mind punishing Finn..." Piper met her friend's eyes, and the two laughed again. Finn pouted. But then he remembered something Rose had said.
"Wait, didn't you say Jay was gonna be there?" He moved around Aerrow to get to Roseate, who nodded. Finn slicked back his hair with his hand, Junko shrugging when Rose pointed at the Wallops' best friend.
"And Saphire?" Piper asked.
"The Absolute Zeros?" Aerrow chimed in.
"And the Rebel Ducks?" questioned Junko.
"Yes, yes, and yes!" Rose laughed. "I gotta go... I may have put Saphire on my list, but I still gotta ask her." Rose waved goodbye, and with one more hug to her best friend, she got on the skimmer, Heron jumping into the co-pilot's seat. Rose was about to flick on the switch when she suddenly recalled she forgot something. "OH! And I forgot, the party is, well, formal... Max's dad wouldn't let him play if it wasn't formal... So dress nice!" She sheepishly grinned before giving them one more wave and took off.
The doors of the runway closed, Aerrow glancing to Piper, who retuned his gaze. He loved how she knew when to look back at him.
"I guess if nobody minds, then Stork," Aerrow said to the pilot. "Set a course for Terra Liluo!"
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Woo! I'm making my way with this story... beginnings always aren't that fantastical. Roseate is from my first fanfiction: Roseate of Terra Liluo, so if you didn't know who she was... you might want to read it. I want to thank Jazzy Pony and DevilsangelSaphire for letting me to put their characters (Jay and her amazing crew, and Saphire) into this Storm Hawks Christmas story!