Skyla was running as fast as her feet could carry her towards the medical wing. She slowed down she got to the nurse's station.
"Can you tell me where Piers Nivans room is?" Skyla asked the nurse behind the desk.
The nurse stared at her for a moment contemplating telling her the information she asked for.
"I'll just call my captain and get the information if you don't give it to me," Skyla glared at her.
The nurse huffed and started typing on the computer.
"He's in room 1201, go straight down the hall and it's on the third to last room on the right," The nurse replied.
As Skyla approached Piers' room she room, she saw Ryan exiting the infirmary.
"Skyla next time your boyfriend decided to be a hero make sure he watches what he is doing, I've now got a concussion thanks to him," Ryan said to her.
Skyla saw red, and before she knew what she was doing, she had grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall.
"You're lucky that that is all that is wrong with you! If it weren't for you Piers wouldn't be laying in that bed unconscious you piece of shit!" Skyla yelled at him getting in his face.
"How is that my fault?" Ryan flowered back at her.
Skyla pulled him forward and slammed him harder into the wall her face was mere centimeters from his; suddenly strong arms were whisking her away from Ryan. She turned ready to swing on the person who dared to stop her when she realized it was Chris.
"What is going on here?" Chris asked.
"She attacked me, sir," Ryan replied playing the victim.
"Is this true Skyla?" Chris asked.
Skyla bowed her head and nodded.
"He provoked me, sir, I was headed to check on Piers, and he blamed Piers for this whole situation," Skyla replied.
"Is this true?" Chris asked turning to Ryan.
"Chris, I merely said that if Piers had watched what he was doing, I wouldn't have a concussion," Ryan replied innocently.
Skyla snarled at Ryan and pushed against Chris' arm.
"You're lucky I don't let her go and let her tear you from limb to limb. Get out of here I will deal with you later," Chris barked out the last half.
When Ryan was out of sight, Chris released Skyla.
"Go," Chris told her defeated.
Skyla glared at Chris, she still hadn't forgiven him for Piers being in the hospital, she turned and walked down the hallway towards Piers' room.
Skyla opened the door to his room and stared at him for a moment because of how pale he was. She quietly closed the door and walked towards the bed and climbed in with him willing him to wake up. She leaned up and kissed his cheek gently.
"If I lay here if I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don't quite know
how to say, how I feel, those three words, are said too much, they're not enough. Damn it, Piers, this is why I didn't want to get involved; I can't see you like this, please wake up," Skyla pleaded with him.
Skyla didn't leave the hospital for the next few days, Jill would come by while she was sleeping and leave her clean clothes. Chris would stop by and check on both of them.
On day four Skyla was lying next to Piers with fingers intertwined with his. The nurse stuck her head in, and Skyla shook her head in, the nurse nodded and continued her rounds. Skyla felt movement around her fingers; she looked up to see Piers' eyes flutter open.
"Piers," Skyla sat up and looked at him to make sure she saw correctly.
"Skyla? Where am I?" Piers asked looking around.
"You're in the medical wing. I am going to grab a nurse," Skyla said to him getting up.
Skyla walked out to the hall and saw Piers' nurse coming back towards his room.
"He's awake," Skyla said.
"I'll be there in a minute with the doctor," The said walking quickly down the hall.
Skyla turned back into the room to see Piers grimacing trying to sit up.
"Hey, wait until they check you out," Skyla said walking towards him.
"How long have I been here?" Piers asked looking up at her.
"4 days, you've been out for 5 though. You were transferred here pretty quickly," Skyla said sitting on the bed beside him.
The nurse and doctor walked in, Skyla put her hand on his and moved so the doctor and nurse could look him over.
"I'm going to call Chris and let him know you're awake," Skyla said to him.
Skyla stepped outside the room and sighed. She pulled out her phone and dialed Chris' number.
"Chris, he's awake. He's talking, but the doctor and nurse are looking him over now. No problem; bye," Skyla made the call as quick as possible.
She leaned her head against the wall and sighed heavily relived.
"Are you in any pain Mr. Nivans?" The nurse asked as the Doctor listened to Piers' chest.
"Slightly but don't worry about it," Piers replied.
"On a scale of 1 to 10 what is your pain Mr. Nivans?" The nurse asked.
"5? I'll be fine," Piers replied.
The doctor shined his penlight in Piers' eyes.
"Do you feel lightheaded at all Mr. Nivans?" The doctor asked.
"No," Piers answered.
The two continued their barrage of questions on him. As the doctor and nurse walked towards the door, the nurse towards Piers,
"I see a lot of girlfriends, but I don't typically see them as dedicated as yours Mr. Nivans. I can't count how many times we tried to kick her out before finally gave up. If you need anything, let us know," The nurse said as she walked out to him.
Piers smiled at her and nodded.
The nurse looked at Skyla as she left the room,
"You can go back in, the doctor is going to order some pain medication for him, and I'll be in a bit. Let me know if he shows signs of being in more pain," the nurse said to her.
Skyla smiled and nodded to her and walked back into the room. She stood at the door staring at Piers.
"Are you just going to stand there and stare at me?" Piers asked watching her.
"Yeah," Skyla smirked at him.
Piers snorted at her, after another minute Skyla moved towards the bed, she sat on the edge beside him. She looked down at his hand, not wanting to meet his eyes. The last time they had seen each other before the mission they had fought, and then she had heard he had gone missing during the mission and then even worse he had been injured. She placed her hand on his then ran her hand up his arm to his shoulder moving up his neck resting it on his face. She finally looked him in the eyes, mesmerized by his hazel orbs before leaning in and gently kissing him. Piers pulled back and looked at her.
"I'm sorry about how things were left before you went on the mission. I wasn't mad at you, I was mad at Chris, but I shouldn't have taken it out on you," Skyla said to him bow her head afterward.
Piers brought his hand up and put it under her chin, lifting it to look at him.
"It's okay, I should have told you about Kayla. Have you been beating yourself up this whole time?" Piers watched her.
"Yeah, I shouldn't have let you leave like that. Is that offer to go to meet your parents still on the table?" Skyla asked.
"Of course it is but what about Kayla?" Piers replied.
"Apparently she got her GED about a month ago to speed up the process to get into the BSAA. She turned 18 last week, which means she officially signed the paperwork 3 days ago. She leaves for training in one week and will be gone during Christmas which leaves me all to you. If you still want me that is," Skyla replied.
"Come here," Piers said to her pulling her forward.
He captured her lips gently, he moved his lips against hers adding light amounts of pressure. Skyla broke the kiss. She crawled further into the bed, nestling her head into his neck, she placed a small kiss on his exposed collarbone causing Piers to smirk and wrap his arms around her.
"Piers," Skyla said quietly.
"Yeah," Piers replied looking down at her.
It took Skyla a moment to reply, she started tracing patterns on his chest.
"What is it?" Piers asked.
"I love you," Skyla said quietly while looking up at him.
Piers stared down at her stunned that was not what he expected.
"I love you too," Piers said to her.
Skyla laid on him for a while quietly; Piers thought she had fallen asleep on him when she adjusted on him.
"Do you know Ryan's condition?" Piers asked.
Skyla sighed and sat up and looked at him.
"He had a slight concussion nothing serious," Skyla replied.
Piers licked his lips and turned his head to stare at the wall.
"Hey feel guilty about his condition. From what I heard from Chris you're a hero Piers," Skyla said staring at him.
"How can you say that? Ryan almost died on my watch," Piers replied.
"Piers stop it, he disobeyed orders, and in doing so, he almost got you killed. You would not be sitting in that bed if it wasn't for him," Skyla replied.
Skyla he has a concussion because of me," Piers sighed finally looking over at her.
"Piers stop beating yourself up, he would not have been in that situation, and you would not be in that bed if he would have listened. You had to save his life, and it almost cost you yours Piers," Skyla replied.
"That's not the point Skyla," Piers replied shaking his head.
"Piers if that had been Finn, Cowboy, or myself on that mission you would not be sitting in that bed, and you know it. Chris needs to see how much of a liability Ryan is to this team," Skyla said to him.
"I know he is a liability Skyla," Chris said coming through the door.
Skyla turned to see Chris, his face had a deep look of sorrow, Skyla shook her head and turned back to Piers.
"Skyla your being too hard on Chris," Piers said softly.
Skyla bowed her head, and then looked around.
"They haven't brought you any food; want me to go get you something?" Skyla asked.
"Yes thank you," Piers said to her.
Skyla nodded and got up and left the room.
"I think that's the first time she has left the room," Chris smirked.
"She left when they did the exam," Piers replied.
"I had to rip her off of Andrews when you were first brought you here," Chris told him.
"Why?" Piers asked trying to sit up.
"He antagonized her about you and she lost her temper, she was about to rip him apart; although I considered letting her do it," Chris told him.
"What are you going to do about Ryan?" Piers asked.
"I'm sideling him, he is still going to train in case we need him but he is too much of a liability," Chris replied.
"You know I wanted him off the team long before this," Piers said staring at him.
"I know and I should have listened to you," Chris said pulling a chair up and bowing his head in shame.
Skyla came back with a food for Piers, and cup of coffee for Chris.
"When was the last time you got some sleep Skyla?" Chris asked.
"I've been sleeping," Skyla said.
"Mr. Nivans, I have some pain medicine for you," The nurse said coming in.
"I don't want them," Piers told her.
"Piers," Skyla said concerned.
"I just need to get up and move," Piers said looking over at her.
"Is there anything else I can get for you Mr. Nivans?" The nurse asked.
"When can I leave?" Piers asked.
"The doctor wants to keep you overnight to monitor you, so hopefully if everything looks good some time tomorrow," the nurse replied.
Piers nodded, the nurse walked out. Chris stayed for another hour and then left.
"How are you feeling?" Skyla asked.
"Wired, I want to be out of here," Piers said.
"Want to get out of the bed and move around?" Skyla asked.
Piers nodded, he swung his legs over and got up. He walked over to the window and looked outside.
"Have you seen the view?" Piers asked.
"No," Skyla asked.
"Come here," Piers waved her over.
Skyla smirked and got up and stood beside him laying her head on his shoulder.
"It meant a lot that you said you would come to meet my parents," Piers told her.
"I'm glad Piers," Skyla replied leaning over placing a kiss on his shoulder.
The next day Piers was discharged under the strict orders of taking it easy for the next few weeks. Piers rolled his eyes with every intention of not following directions. Skyla drove him back the main BSAA compound and drop his things off and call his mom to let her know he was okay. While he talking to his mom Skyla slipped off to give Chris the paperwork the doctor had released with Piers knowing full well Piers had no intention of giving them to Chris.
Skyla knocked on his office door. It took Chris a minute before he answered the door to the office, when he did his hair was disheveled and he seemed out of breath. Skyla raised her eyebrow at him and shook her head.
"Hey Jill," Skyla called.
"Skyla," Jill said squeezing past Chris through the door.
"What do you want?" Chris asked.
"Piers has been released, he's not supposed to be doing any training until the first of the year. Although he is going to try otherwise, I wanted to give you this before he tried anything," Skyla said handing him the paperwork.
Chris grabbed the paperwork and looked over it quickly then looked back to her.
"Thank you for looking out for him," Chris said to her.
Skyla nodded she turned and started walking down the hallway.
"Skyla," Chris called after her.
"Yeah?" Skyla asked turning back around.
"Just because Piers isn't expected to be at training doesn't mean I don't expect you at training tomorrow at 0400," Chris said.
Skyla groaned and nodded.
"Of course Captain," Skyla replied with a fake smile.
'I am going to kill him,' Skyla plotted in her head.