Disclaimer: I don't own the show but this story is mine.
Spoilers: None as of yet
Summary: Harper goes shopping and meets someone he hasn't seen for a long time.
My younger sister who loves writing and has a brilliant imagination is going to write this story with me though she doesn't actually watch Andromeda (Yet!)


Tears of the Stars

Harper was walking through the crowds of people and the various stalls. Dylan had givin him a shopping list, money, the keys of the Maru and told him to be back in eight hours. He had gotten almost everything he needed.

He was admiring some nanotechnology being advertised on a stall when he heard a voice behind him that he thought he recognised. He turned to look and it took him a minute to make her out through the crowds of people passing by.

She was talking to a woman at the services desk, it was Harpers sharp hearing that allowed him to hear her voice but anyone in this place would honestly have to shout to be heard.

For a minute he just looked at her, seeing how much she hadn't changed and how much she had. She was still as beautiful as he had remembered. Her long, dark hair her brown eyes, her pale skin, her smile.

He remembered everything he had loved about her, the way she laughed, her face when she was furious with him, her nature. He woke himself out of his reverie enough to approach her.

He made his way past the people, dodging here and there trying to keep her in sight. Finally he reached her. She didn't notice him, her attention was focused on the woman at the desk. It was evident from her face that she was angry, finally she said one last anger-filled comment and turned to leave, turning her back to Harper at the same time.

He almost walked away then, he almost let her leave again, like the last time, but something in him made him reach out, touch her shoulder with his hand.

"Tara?"

She turned to face him and he looked into eyes he hadn't seen for almost five years.

"Shay? Harper?"...........