Author's Note: This is the long-awaited A/P chapter. LethoBion, it's for you!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Storm Hawks.

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Piper and Aerrow stood on the balcony together as they watched the rest of the gang inside. Finn and Junko were tossing something around, and they had even gotten Starling to join their game. Stork was ducking every time it flew near him, probably murmuring about projectiles and decapitation dangers. Cyclonis was sitting in Dark Ace's lap, and they both seemed deep in thought.

"You know what?" Aerrow's voice surprised her, causing her to jump. He smiled, winding a lock of her soft midnight blue hair around his fingers.

"Don't startle me like that," she complained.

"They remind me of us, before we really got together. Do you remember our first kiss?"

"How could I forget? It was the best and worst day of my life…"

xxxFlashbackxxx

Piper was glum. It was Valentine's Day, and Dove had invited them to Terra Gale. As much as it would be fun to go to her party, Piper couldn't help but notice the way Dove looked at her Sky Knight.

She had a major secret crush on Aerrow, and she refused to admit it to anyone. Aerrow was a Sky Knight, and he had Cyclonians to worry about. Also, she was afraid of destroying their friendship if he didn't return her feelings. All in all, her love could tear apart the Storm Hawks, and nothing was worth that.

On Terra Gale, everything was proceeding just as she imagined. There was way too much chocolate, which she ate anyway. Junko was eating all the food he could get his hands on. Finn was trying to hit of Dove, who was completely ignoring him, and trying to get Aerrow alone.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder. It was one of Dove's cousins. He was really cute, but she barely noticed. "Salut!" he said happily. "Ça va?" She looked at him, utterly confused for a second. "Oh, Engleesh. He-low?"

"Um, hi," she replied.

He pointed to himself. "Matt-tew," he said.

"Matthew?"

"No. Mat-tew." He had a way of not pronouncing the 'h,' making the 't' hard. She tried.

"Mat-tew."

He smiled. "Oui!"

She glanced around, and noticed that Dove and Aerrow were nowhere to be seen. This was just getting worse and worse! This was her nightmare, and it was coming true! She quickly backed away from Mat-tew, mumbling, "I'm sorry, I have to find my friends!" Her suspicions were confirmed: Aerrow and Dove were nowhere in the room! She sat down in the corner alone, determined not to cry. She was stronger than that, she told herself.

Aerrow and Dove were outside. Aerrow was blushing furiously. "I'm not going to do that! What if she rejects me?" he whined.

"You are a Sky Knight!" she scolded. "You fight ze Cyclonians! Surely you are not afraid on one little girl!" His face turned even more red.

"I am going to tell her if you won't, and I will tell her how you refused to do so yourself!" she proclaimed.

"Okay, okay!" Aerrow groaned. "I'll tell her. But I wish I never went to you for romantic advice! You are way to forceful."

"You are lucky to 'ave me," she replied haughtily. "You would 'ave never told her without me." With that, she grabbed his hand and marched him inside.

Piper looked up from her corner to see Aerrow and Dove standing above her. Dove was clutching Aerrow's hand. She felt sick.

"Well, tell her!" Dove ordered.

If she could move, Piper would have covered her ears. All she could do was stare, frozen, like a deer in the headlights.

Aerrow looked at the ground, feeling awkward. "Um, Piper, well, um, Dove and I wanted to tell you something—" Dove punched him on the shoulder. "Okay, well, I wanted to tell you something. I've felt this way for a long time, and I've always been too scared to let you know, but, well—"

Piper stood, blinking tears from her eyes. "You've finally asked Dove on a date. Good for you. Now could you leave me alone?" she spat, pushing past him.

"No, Piper, wait!" he called. "Piper, I love you!"

Piper turned, tears now falling from her eyes, the most exuberant smile lighting up her face. "You could have just said so," she whispered, then bounded back over to kiss him.

Dove looked smug, with her hands on her hips. "See? I told you so. It was zat easy!"

xxxFlashbackEndsxxx

"Did you really have to go to Dove for romantic advice?" Piper teased. It was easy to look back on it now and laugh.

"Who else would I have asked?" Aerrow replied. "Starling? That would have felt awkward. She probably would have given me a lecture about how Sky Knights aren't allowed to date!" He leaned over and kissed her. "Anyway, everyone says that French is the most romantic language. Surely she would know something of the subject!"

Piper rolled her eyes. "I think you still have a crush on her."

"I never did have a crush on her! You're mixing me up with Finn!"

"Prove it!"

He kissed her, for a long time.

Ever since they had taken the three guests onto the ship, they had very little alone time. Even without their honorary members, the Storm Hawks usually kept the pair busy enough that all they got together were stolen moments. Today, however, they hopefully had a good solid hour or two to spend, just the two of them. Piper smiled at the thought, and they kissed again.

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Author's Note: Did you really think I would skip the note? No, it just got moved to the end!

Thanks as always to everyone who reviews: Love Shall Never Die, Tege, Aerrow4eva, Pascy, Nezy, and Bergie. We've passed the 150 mark in reviews! I never thought that anything I've written would be read that much! You guys are amazing, and you really make writing worthwhile. Every day I check my email about twenty times to see if anyone has reviewed. I want you to know that I'm really thankful for every word you write!

Okay, that was my Aerrow/Piper chapter. I wasn't really sure how to do it, but it was my best try. I could just picture a flustered Aerrow trying to tell Piper his feelings, and Piper jumping to the wrong conclusions! I'm more used to writing MC/DA, but there's a first time for everything, right?

I'm in French 1 in high school, and it's not hard, but it's not easy. "Salut," pronounced "sall-lou," is an informal way to say "hi." "Ça va?" literally means "It goes?" It's how one might ask "How are you?" "Oiu," pronounced "We," means, "Yes."

Review, merci!