Out on the balcony she could see the stars twinkled in the beautiful night sky. The moon shone upon her hair making it appear to glisten, her tangerine eyes deep in thought of the following day. Will they realize? Am I the only one who knows? Am I the only one who cares? Questions raised in her head. She was so excited, but a little upset at the same time. Boys will be boys, she thought silently.
Inside the Condor the team was wondering why Piper had been out on the balcony for so long. She skipped supper and didn't take notice as the guys worriedly continued to ask questions, even Finn for once seemed to care. Aerrow couldn't stand it anymore. If something was up setting his team mate he had the right to know what. He wanted to go to her and talk to her or at least comfort her and solve the situation.
"She's been out there for a while now. I'm
going to go see if she's ok." He stated turning to the team and
making his way to the balcony.
"How come you get to go? I mean
…I should go." said Finn protesting arms folded across his chest.
Finn himself didn't know why he was protesting. He wanted Piper to
feel better, he wanted her to be happy, but for some reason the idea
of Aerrow going to her was irritating.
"Errr… actually Finn. I
think it's better if you stay here. We don't want Piper smacking
you around the head for saying something stupid." And with that the
redhead made his way to the front of the Condor.
Finns head
dropped in disappointment, muttered something under his breath and
then let out a sigh. The fact that his leader thought he couldn't
comfort her was a let down.
Still lost in her thoughts Aerrow
was standing beside her, but she still hadn't realized until he
spoke.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"Huh…!?" Piper
said startled
"Oh yeah" She said, finally realizing what he
had said.
"An image you can never capture" He said turning
towards Piper.
She nodded in agreement. There was a moment of
silence as they both continued to gaze up at the sky, keeping their
thoughts to themselves.
"Hey Aerrow" Piper said breaking the
silence.
"Do you know what's happening tomorrow?" She asked,
staring deeply into his emerald eyes. He looked confused and shook
his head.
"Ummm no…why?"
"Uh, never mind."
She
turned away frustrated. He was confused, but he didn't go through
the trouble to ask more questions. She shivered as her teeth
chattered noisily. Aerrow immediately wrapped his arms around her.
Her shaking settled from the warmth of his body heat.
"We'd
better get inside. It's cold and you look like you could use some
rest."
She sighed and gave him a slight nod
Together they
made there way inside the Condor. Aerrow's arms still wrapped
around her.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Finn exclaimed with an
irritated tone as they entered the room.
"Oh, umm." He
suddenly realized how weird he and Piper probably looked to the guys.
He took his arms off of her, and the two slightly blushed.
"Piper
was cold." Aerrow stated, looking towards Piper.
Finn raised a
questioning eye-brow.
"Uh-huh." Finn mumbled
sarcastically.
"Night guys." And with that Piper left and went
to her room. The room fell quiet for a while and then Aerrow
spoke.
"Does anyone know what's happening tomorrow? Piper
asked if I knew and when I said no, she seemed kinda annoyed." He
rubbed the back of his neck with his hand waiting for an
answer.
"Ummm maybe it's her birthday." Junko suggested.
Stork simply shook his head disagreeing and after flicking a few
controls on the Condor, also left the room.
"Something's
happening tomorrow and we've gotta find out what." He rubbed his
chin, deep in thought.
"Well, it's kinda late." Junko stated
and quickly added, "we could figure it out tomorrow."
Aerrow,
who wasn't satisfied with the answer Junko had given was about to
protest, but let out a yawn instead. He sighed, realizing he was in
fact tired.
"Fine." He said dejectedly.
His answer brought
on a series of nods and they left the room. None of the guys except
for Radarr could sleep. They were curious about the next day and only
Piper lay asleep, happily dreaming…
