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Disclaimer: I don't own Storm Hawks. What do I look like, a freakin' genius?
"I hate boys!!! I hate them, hate them, HATE THEM!!!"
Piper threw her beach bag at a shelf, and it's contents tumbled and crashed onto the floor.
She had agreed to go to Tropica with the boys, but while she was there, a bunch of jocky assholes had teased her, calling her horrible names like 'she-man' and 'Ms. Stickbody', and laughing and pointing. One boy even thought it funny to throw his volleyball at her face, and that was the last straw.
Not even bothering to change out of her wet swimsuit, she ran back to the Condor, taking no notice that Aerrow was running after her.
Jumping on the bed, she punched her pillow with all the strength Sky Fu bestowed upon her.
"Ugh!!! Why do they have to embarrass me so much? Why do they hate me?"
She continued to unleash her anger into the soft stuffing of the pillow.
"It's my body!!! It's ALWAYS my ugly body!!!!!"
The strategist leapt from her bed, picked up a whole box of crystals and threw them at the wall. She then kicked the nearest object, her swivel chair.
"Dammit!!! My foot!!!", she yowled in uncontrolled pain and anger.
Falling on her bed, she directed her fury on the innocent pillow. Punching it repeatedly, she screamed, "Boys always have to make my life a living hell!!! Boys always have to hoot and holler and laugh at me before noticing a prettier girl in tighter clothing!!! Boys always have to hate me!!!!" Her energy was quickly ebbing, and she collapsed on her bed, on the verge of tears.
Unknown to her, she had left her door open, and someone watched her fit of anger with silenced guilt.
"I'm so ugly", she whimpered. "I'm not that golden color everyone goes crazy for. I'm always so skinny, and not curvy enough. My chest is always so small, and my butt's small, and…"
Tired and depressed and out of breath, she buried her face into the wet bedsheets.
"Why am I so ugly?!", she cried to the ceiling, whose only answer was heartless silence. "Why can't someone besides other girls notice that I have feelings, too?"
She began to cry.
"I am ugly, aren't I? No wonder no one notices I have feelings. No wonder boys hate me. Everyone hates me…"
"That's not true."
Hearing that someone had just came into her room, the navigator quickly scrambled for her lamp and hurled it at the intruder. Her commanding officer moved out of the way with practiced speed, and carefully made his way towards her.
"Aerrow? What do you want? Leave me alone!!!" She prepared to throw her pillow at his head when he held out both arms in defense.
"I heard everything, Piper, and I'm not leaving until you're all better."
"Why do you care? Because you feel it's your business to help me?"
"I'm not here as your captain, Piper. I'm here as your friend; let me help you."
"How? Beat up those boys? That won't make a difference. All boys think I'm ugly because I'm not curvy enough, or I'm too dark-skinned, or my chest's not the right size."
She glared at him with flaming orange eyes.
"But you wouldn't understand!!! You're a boy who doesn't see I'm a girl with feelings!!! YOU think I'm ugly!!!", she spat, and the redhead was so taken aback that he blurted out,
"I think you're beautiful!"
The flames in her eyes died down, to be replaced by an incredulous look that concealed a tiny bit of happiness.
"Y-you think I'm what?"
"I know you're beautiful", he answered firmly, his leaf green gaze searching her own.
"Then what's so beautiful about me, then?"
"Well", he replied, sitting down beside her. "You're eyes are an amazing color, a nice shade of orange, and they're almond shaped; I really like almond shaped eyes. Your skin is a shiny copper, and it reminds me of chocolate, and I really like chocolate, too.
You're nose is small and…cute", said the squadron leader, an embarrassed blush growing in his face. "You have a beautiful face, and your hair is a gorgeous midnight blue. Your body is a nice shape, and, well…it's not just your looks that I know are beautiful."
Piper motioned for him to go on.
"You can fight really well, and you're very smart, especially in crystals and stuff. You are optimistic and kind and friendly. You're funny, and honest, and you're not afraid to show your feelings…"
Her happily growing face suddenly crumpled.
"How do I know you're not lying to me?"
"What?"
"How do I know this is not some cover up just to make me feel better?"
Concern and disbelief spread across his face.
"Piper, do you honestly think that? Do you think I'd hurt you like that?"
She didn't answer, instead, her mind went deep into thought.
"Not even an order from the Sky Knights Council could make me hurt you. You've got to believe me."
"Not even if they threatened you with death?"
"They could kill me off right now, for all I care", Aerrow replied, slowly laying a hand over her own. "Look, I think you're really beautiful. Forget what those boys at Tropica said. Every word they said to you is NOT true. Besides, I had Junko and Finn beat them up. They ran as soon as Junko came to the scene."
"So…", Piper asked, hoisting herself up so that she was face-to-face with her leader.
"I'm a beautiful girl?"
He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, leaned on her until she was lying down again, then kissed her until he had sucked every scintilla of air from her lungs.
"No", he rasped when they broke apart. "You're MY beautiful girl."
That kiss turned out terribly!!!
'Kays, I got the idea for this story from two places: 1) From the story 'Stone Hearts' by screennameless, who I thank with all my heart for letting me strain from the fourth chapter in her story.
And 2) In Hawaii, where I live, there's this song that everyone's singing. It's called 'Beautiful Girl', and the words go, "Beauuuu-ti-ful girl, that's why it'll never work, you've got me suicidal, suicidal, suicidal…". IT ANNOYS ME TO HELL everytime someone sings it!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, yeah. So, big, BIG hug for screennameless!!!!! EVERYONE READ HER FREAKISHLY GOOD STORIES!!!!!!!!!!
And a big, BIG apology to Dark knightress!!! Sorry, girl, but I had to let Aerrow take the lead this time!!!
Hope you all liked it!!!!!
6th Kiss: Savin' Me
Aerrow saves Piper from a deadly fall and suffers the consequences!!!
What will be of him?! Songfic features 'Saving Me' by Nickelback.
See you all soon!!!!
Lady Azar
