The flashback is from when Harper was on Earth before the Maru but bear in mind I haven't seen Bunker hill yet. 1 hour 51 minutes to go till it's on. Not that I'm counting of course.

Tears of the stars Chapter 2

Harper and Tara made their way to a small cafe so they could talk. They had a lot to talk about but once they had sat down, neither of them said anything.

"So," Harper began tentatively "How have you been?"

"Good, I've been good, and you?"

"Good, I've been good too"

Tara had been staring at Harper like she was seeing a ghost. Harper began to feel uncomfortable with her staring.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" It came out more accusing than he had intended it to be but before he could apologise to her, she spoke.

"I, I thought you were dead Harper, when I tried to contact you again they told me you were dead. I guess I wasn't expecting to see you again."

Harper smiled.

"I wasn't expecting to see you either, it's just like old times, except we aren't on Earth of course"

"We had some good times, didn't we and some really bad times. Remember we used to watch the sunset and we'd plan what we would do when we got off that dead planet."

"Yeah I remember, we had some good plans like we'd open our own restaurant or grow grapes and make wine, or there was that whole lap-dancing club thing............."

Harper trailed off, grinning. Tara gave him a stern look and then erupted into laughter. It was good to hear her laugh again. She had been so sad, angry and determined before she left.

*Flashback*

"You can't leave, not now Tara." Harper was angry at her, didn't she love him?

"Come with me Shay, we can leave together"

"You know I can't leave not now, not yet. The rebellion....."

It was Tara's turn to be angry now, she was beautiful when she was furious. "Your rebellion will be over before it even begins, you know that, you don't have a chance Harper! And a rebellion will just make the Nietscheans worse."

The tone of her voice changed, there was a desperate pleading underneath the anger.

"Come with me Harper, please come with me."

He looked at her sadly. "Tara, this is my home and if there is a chance of freeing it, I have to try."

She looked at him, so in love with him and yet she was being pulled further and further away. "Well I guess this is goodbye then................"

* Flashback End*

God, it had been five years and he still loved everything about her. Tara was looking nostalgic again, her mind was somewhere else. When she spoke her voice was soft and quiet.

"Remember when we saw the Northern lights, the Aurora. We'd never seen them before and, I thought that the stars were crying, that they were the tears of the stars, so beautiful and so sad." Her eyes filled with unshed tears.

He reached his hand across the table and took her hand.

"And for you to turn up now Harper it's... it's"

She got up abruptly, pulling her hand out of his. "I have to go Harper, it was.... good seeing you again."

She turned to leave, then turned back to him. Her eyes were wide, she was shaking visibly.

"Harper there is something you need to know. I swear I didn't know until it was too late, after I'd left and then, then they said you were dead and........."

She took a deep breath and continued.

"Harper, I was pregnant when I left Earth, the baby was yours. I, I have to go"

And with that she left, leaving a shocked Harper staring after her.