ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Storm Hawks. I'm not that creative.
14-year old Aerrow trudged miserably to where his friend Piper stood.
"Aerrow!!! What's wrong?"
He looked up at her, and she saw deep sadness in his leaf green eyes.
"My parents are dead."
His sorrowful words worked like an icy dagger in her chest, and she struggled to breathe.
"How?", she managed to ask.
He raked his thumb along his throat, and Piper had her answer.
"Oh, no. I'm so sorry, Aerrow." She reached out to hug him, and he wrapped his arms around her, burying his face into her shoulder. After a while, he moved her back a bit, and placed something in her hands.
It was a black velvet choker, with a small, rhombus-shaped diamond that shone blue.
"Your mother's necklace…"
"It's yours now", he murmured, closing her fingers around it.
But she shook her head. "No, Aerrow. Honestly, I couldn't."
He closed her fingers around it and thrust it into her chest.
"My mother wants you to have it. And so do I. Take it as a symbol of our friendship, that we'll be friends forever."
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Of course, Aerrow. I'll be your friend forever." She gazed at him with comfort in her beautiful orange eyes. "When you need a voice to cheer you on, a back to lean on, a shoulder to cry on, I'll always be there."
"Thank you", he said, taking the necklace from her hands and motioning for her to turn around. She held up her midnight blue hair, and he fastened the beautiful diamond around her slim throat.
When she turned around, a half-smile came to his face. Reaching out to touch it, he whispered, "I've almost forgotten why I was so sad."
"Wait." A tinge of worry came to her voice. "I'm making you forget about your mother?"
"No. I will never forget her. But you take every ounce of pain away, and that helps me to move on." Taking her hand in his, he said, "And I'll always be thankful for that."
16-year old Piper fingered the diamond-pendant necklace that her leader had given to her as a gift two years ago. She remembered that the necklace was a symbol of their never-dying friendship. But ever since the talk with her best friend Nightjar, she kept doubting the real reason of the blue diamond.
"Who gave you that beautiful jewel?"
Piper gave her an embarrassed look. "Aerrow. Why?"
The Interceptor's hazel orbs took on a happy sparkle.
"Do you know what the diamond is a symbol of?"
"Eternal friendship, right?"
"Ha, ha! Who told you that?" Nightjar laughed softly, then said, "Not really, silly girl. There's a reason you find these things on wedding rings. Diamonds are a symbol of everlasting love."
Piper's carmelian orange eyes widened. "What are you getting at, NJ?"
"You really like Aerrow, don't you? Enough to LOVE him?"
She was struck speechless. "Love Aerrow?", she finally sputtered.
"Think about it, girl", the gray-haired special agent cryptically replied.
Although Piper didn't like how that conversasion went, she couldn't help but think. Was Nightjar right? Did she love Aerrow all along?
Her thoughts were disturbed by a knock at the door. "Come in."
In came her commanding officer. He closed the door behind himself and sat on her bed.
"Hi."
"Hey."
He noticed her fingers pinching the ends of the diamond, and that same half-smile he gave her when he first saw the necklace around her slender throat spread across his face. "I remember that necklace."
"It was your mother's", she reminded him. She went to sit next to him.
"Still miss her?"
His smile faltered, and she felt a pang of guilt. He nodded and pulled her into a deep embrace.
"Yes, I do. But I don't have any more nightmares about her death. My dreams are peaceful."
Aerrow broke away, took her hands and pressed them close to his chest. "My last nightmare…I can barely remember when it came to me. In the dream, I see my mother's bleeding body next to my father's, I see everything smashed and broken, I see so much blood. I scream out in pain at what I've lost, and I realize that I'm all alone. I think no one can love me now, but then you come. You appeared, you kissed my cheek, and you said, 'Remember us: Finn, Junko, Stork, Radarr, and I. We're the future Storm Hawks. We are the people who will love you and stay by your side. You are not alone…'.
Ever since, the bad memory doesn't plague my mind, and it doesn't give me a sleepless night." He let her hands fall into her lap and took her by the face, a hand on each cheek. "You walk in my dreams, Piper. I can finally sleep well, knowing that you will help chase away my nightmares. And I know why you're the one to comfort me." A gentle finger traced the pendant at her neck, and she knew why. "Because…because…"
"You love me." The strategist felt tears form at her eyes.
"Yes", her leader breathed. "How did you know?"
"Diamonds are a symbol of everlasting love."
Her carmelian orange eyes softened, and she whispered, "And I love you, too. More than anything else."
She leaned forward and gently pressed her lips to his. A red blush tinged over his cheeks as the softness of her lips warmed him from head to toe. Slowly, his tension melted away, and, holding her gently by the hair, he deepened the kiss.
When they finally broke apart, Piper saw that he had unfastened the diamond from her neck.
"Turn around, please."
She turned, and her breath caught in her throat as his strong fingers skimmed her neck.
"Wow. Beautiful", he murmured when she faced him again.
"I still keep your pain away, right?"
"As always." Pulling her into another deep embrace, he kissed her cheek and whispered into her ear,
"And I'll always remember that."
Okay!! Me loved this 'kiss'!!! So much sweetness, it should give you cavities in one reading, and it's got enough fluff to save you from a fall of the Empire Building:!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of my better days….haha.
Bad news, everyone!!! The summer program I help out at is going camping for FOUR, LONG DAYS!!!
This means no 'kisses' for FOUR DAYS!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I'm sorry, but you'll all have to wait for me…nooo….
5th Kiss: Beautiful Girl
Piper is convinced that she's unattractive to guys. Aerrow proves her otherwise.
See you all soon!!!
Lady Azar
