Skyla was sitting beside Ryan begrudgingly in the cafeteria; he had come up and sat beside her and Piers while they were eating. She had tried to get up but Piers stopped her, but they left soon after. As they were going, they heard voices at the front of the building, when Piers and Skyla got closer they saw Chris and Barry talking, and there was a young girl with them.

"Kayla?" Skyla called out.

The girl turned and smiled at Skyla and approached them.

"What are you doing here?" Skyla asked her.

"Barry had a meeting with Chris, and I asked to come with him; I wanted to see you," Kayla said hugging her.

"We were just coming to see you," Skyla said to her.

"We?" Kayla asked.

"Piers and I," Skyla said.

Kayla stepped back and looked beside Skyla, Piers waved to her.

"Oh," Kayla blushed.

Skyla looked at Piers and snickered.

"Well since you're here why don't we show you around?" Skyla asked.

"Okay," Kayla said enthusiastically.

"Barry, we got Kayla we are going to show her around," Skyla called out.

"Actually, Piers we need you over here for this. You can catch up with the girls later," Chris called out.

Piers nodded and walked to Chris and Barry, Skyla smirked to Kayla.

"Did you overhear anything they were talking about?" Skyla asked.

Kayla shrugged and walked off starting to give herself her own tour of the BSAA building. Skyla glared at her back but followed her. She showed her the bunks, the three different training rooms, and the armory. They were headed for the outside when Kayla stopped her.

"Where does Bravo reside?" Kayla asked.

"Over on the other side of the hall, why are you interested in Bravo?" Skyla asked suspiciously.

"No reason, I thought I overheard a cute guy say he was in Bravo," Kayla tried to play off.

Skyla eyed her, starting to really get suspicious and shook her head.

"They are a rowdy bunch of assholes," Skyla said.

"Are you just saying that because you're in Alpha?" Kayla asked.

Skyla walked towards to the outside and sat down under the tree, Kayla followed her and sat down.

"Why are you so interested in Bravo?" Skyla asked.

"I told you I saw a cute guy," Kayla replied.

"I call bullshit on that," Skyla said looking at her.

"Say what you like, but it's the truth," Kayla said leaning against the tree.

"Hey girls," three voices sang out.

Skyla groaned and stared at Finn, Ryan, and Cowboy approaching them.

"Who are they?" Kayla asked.

"More members of Alpha, the tall one in the middle that is Ryan; stay away from him he is a creep. The innocent looking one on his left that looks like he doesn't belong with the other two that's Finn, he's really sweet. The one on the right that's Cowboy, he can be a creep, but he isn't as bad as Ryan," Skyla told Kayla as the males got closer.

"So who is this Skyla?" Cowboy smiled at Kayla and sat beside her.

"This is Kayla, my little sister, and don't you get any ideas unless you want me to castrate you," Skyla glared at him.

"Hey I was just curious as to who she was, don't have to go full soldier on me," Cowboy said looking over at Skyla.

"Kayla we are leaving," Barry's burly voice called out from the doorway.

Kayla looked sadly at Skyla but nodded. She leaned over and hugged her sister then got up.

"See you later boys," Kayla said to the three males and walked towards Barry.

"Skyla is your sister single?" Ryan asked.

"You stay away from her you understand me?" Skyla glared at him.

Ryan stared at her, considering the challenge Skyla laid out. Skyla got up and walked away from the three males.

"You think it's wise to piss her off Ryan?" Cowboy asked.

"What are you talking about?" Ryan asked looking over at him.

"I saw that look you had; she will kill you," Cowboy replied.

"I'll stay away from the girl, but I bet the girl won't stay away from me," Ryan replied.

Finn shook his head but kept his mouth shut. Skyla walked aimlessly around the halls, she finally got bored and sighed and stopped and looked around. She placed her back on the wall; she pulled out her phone to check her email. It was mostly garbage, but there was a few that she kept that she was going to have reply to on her laptop that was to the higher-ups.

Skyla was still leaning against the wall, but her foot was slightly propped up to hold her up she was still looking down at her phone when she heard footsteps. She looked up to see Piers walking towards her. She smirked at him when he got closer. As Piers walked up to her, he leaned over her placing one hand on the wall leaning over her, the other on the under her chin.

"How was the briefing?" Skyla asked him.

"Don't worry about it," Piers said quietly leaning down capturing her lips.

Skyla closed her eyes and sighed into the kiss. She snaked her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to her; Piers pulled back placing his forehead to hers. Skyla bit her bottom lip; she looked up at him through half-lidded eyelids. Piers brought the hand he had under her chin to rest on her cheek.

"Piers?" A female voice asked from down the hall.

Piers turned his head quickly down the hall.

"Mom?" Piers called out stunned.

Skyla whipped her head to look down the hall to see an older woman walking towards them. Skyla looked back at Piers and raised an eyebrow. Piers shook his head and took a couple steps back from Skyla.
When the woman got closer, she stopped and looked at Skyla first before looking at Piers for an explanation.

"Mom what are you doing here?" Piers asked.

"I haven't heard from you in a while, and since it was close to the holidays I called Chris to see if it was okay to come and visit," Mrs. Nivans said to Piers.

She turned to look at Skyla; she looked her up and down examining the girl that had she had just seen her son kissing moments before. Piers looked over to Skyla and smiled at her.

"Skyla this is my mom Linda Nivans; Mom this is Skyla Matthews we've been dating for a little while now," Piers introduced the two women.

Linda looked at Piers and smiled at him.

"Why haven't you said anything about her? Is she why we haven't heard from you? Your father and I have been worried about you," Linda said to Piers.

Skyla looked over at Piers and frowned slightly.

"Piers I'm going to go and call Kayla to make sure she and Barry got home safely, why don't you catch up with your mom and come find me later?" Skyla said to him.

"Okay," Piers replied with a nod.

"It was nice meeting you Mrs. Nivans," Skyla smiled at her and walked away.

"She's pretty," Linda said to Piers.

"Mom, did you really have to show up unannounced?" Piers asked.

"Piers you haven't called, texted, emailed nothing in months. I had to call Chris to make sure you were still alive," Linda said to him.

"I've been training and been sent into mission after mission," Piers told his mom.

"But it seems you have had plenty of enough time for you to pick up a girlfriend," Linda glared at him.

"She is on Alpha team with me," Piers sighed.

"You two look pretty serious," She smiled at him.

"We are close," Piers responded.

"Close enough to maybe bring her home for Christmas?" Linda asked hopeful.

"Mom," Piers warned

"What? I think your dad should meet her if you are 'close,'" Linda smiled at him.

"I'll talk to her and see if she's comfortable with that. She has a sister she may want to spend Christmas with," Piers said.

"Okay," Linda smiled.

"C'mon I know Jill and Chris want to see you," Piers said wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

Skyla sat on her bed, she didn't want to admit it, but she was hurt to know that Piers hadn't mentioned her to his mother. She jumped down and grabbed some gym clothes and changed. She wanted to blow off some steam, so she grabbed some headphones for her phone and walked towards the training room. When inside she looked around and finding it empty, she went into a side room and saw a treadmill. She put her headphones phones on and set her playlist on her phone and got on the treadmill and set a medium speed and started jogging. The song was a Breaking Benjamin song, so it matched the pace she had placed the treadmill too. She jogged through four different songs when Piers name appeared on her phone. She slowed the treadmill to a slow walk and stared at it for two rings before she declined the call. She stopped the treadmill and jumped off and grabbed a towel and wiped her face. Her phone dinged, and she looked at it.

[Hey my mom has left] The text appeared from Piers.

Skyla flipped her phone back to music and walked out again into the main training room. Skyla moved through different weight training cycles doing two different songs each. Finn came in and waved at her, Skyla nodded to him but resumed her training. Finn walked over to her and Skyla stopped and pulled out her headphones and looked up at him.

"Piers is looking for you," Finn said to her.

Skyla shrugged and put her headphones on and continued working out. Finn gave her a strange look but went to his workout. Skyla sighed and got up; she looked at her phone, noticing she had about 5% battery life left. She nodded to Finn and left the training room. She walked back to the bunks to find Piers sitting on her bed waiting for her. Skyla looked at him and shook her head and walked to where she kept her clothes and grabbed pajamas and her shower essentials. Piers jumped down and stood in her way.

"You're mad at me," he said to her.

"You're observant," Skyla said stepping around him.

"I screwed up," Piers said to her.

Skyla stopped walking, Piers came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"You became my world, it became only you and the BSAA," Piers whispered.

"Damn it, Piers," Skyla sighed.

"What?" He asked with a hint of a smile in his voice.

"I had every intention of being mad at you for a while, and then you go and say that," Skyla said to him.

"There's more," He said placing kisses on her cheek.

"What?" Skyla asked.

"My mom wants me to bring you home for Christmas; she wants you to meet my dad. What do you say?" Piers replied.

"Can I think on that? I want to say yes, but Kayla isn't with my parents; sure she has the Burtons but that's not family really," Skyla said turning to face him.

"Of course, I figured you were going to want to spend time with her. Take as long as you want, no pressure," Piers replied.

"Thanks, now if you don't mind I am going to go shower," Skyla said untangling herself from him.

Once Skyla showered she went outside with her phone and stared at it and debated on texting Kayla about what Piers had asked her. She had joined the BSAA this time last year against her parent's wishes, and was disowned by them; she went through training rather quickly and was recruited by Chris by April. By early June she and Piers were together, and now he wanted her to come home and meet his parents. She thought about what her parents would think and snorted. They would love Piers even though they hated the idea of her being in the BSAA. She thought about how she felt about Piers and came to the realization that she cared for him more than she had first considered. She sighed and pulled up her sister's name and got ready to text her.

[Hey Kay, What did you want to do for Christmas?]

[Oh um, I'll call you in a little while. We just sat down for dinner.]

[Ok.]

Skyla stared at the text message rereading what her sister said. She didn't like it.

[ALPHA MEET IN THE ARMORY ASAP.] Skyla received on her phone.

'What the hell is going on?' Skyla thought moving to get up.

Skyla made her way to the armory, when she got there, she was even more confused. Chris was suited up, Piers was suited up and so was Ryan. Keaton, Marco, Cowboy, and Finn were still in standard BSAA uniforms. She stared at Chris and Piers confused.

"Alright listen; although we called everyone here, the only ones going on this mission are Piers, Ryan, and myself. This is a fly by night mission so no need to worry," Chris said to them.

Skyla nodded, but she had a sick feeling in her stomach.

"Skyla you stay behind I need to talk to you, everyone except Piers and Ryan are dismissed," Chris commanded.

Piers approached Chris with Skyla, Ryan sat down by the lockers watching them.

"Skyla I think it's time I told you, Kayla has officially been scouted by the BSAA," Chris said.

Skyla's face paled, and she glared at Chris.

"Why are you telling me this," Skyla asked through gritted teeth.

"Bravo wants to recruit her," Chris replied.

"I said no to this before," Skyla said.

"You said no to Alpha," Chris replied.

"I don't want her in the BSAA, and I don't want her here. She will be a liability to us all," Skyla replied glaring at him.

"You have no say in this," Chris replied.

"I am her legal guardian," Skyla replied.

"Technically she is an adult," Piers chimed in.

"Stay out of this!" Skyla yelled at him.

"He is your superior once he is in that uniform you cannot talk to him like that boyfriend or not Skyla," Chris reprimanded.

"You can go fuck yourself, Chris," Skyla replied.

"Skyla!" Piers yelled.

"Fall in line Skyla, I'll let that pass this once, but next time there will be consequences," Chris told her.

"Both of you go to hell," Skyla replied walking out of the armory.