I wake up to see Nicky's face hanging above mine, it makes me burst out in laughter. Which is enough for Nicky to think that I am alright, and that is good because I am. "okay" Nicky says "so here is what happened, first you go insane on that woman, what I totally get. Than you throw a feather knife at her and you hit her, than you faint. You remember that?".

I nod, yeah I remember, Nicky goes on "now Alex is to the hospital with her girlfriend, AKA the woman you attacked."

"well shit! If that is true we have to go!" I stand up and turn to walk to the door when Nicky puts a hand on my shoulder,

"she made me promise her that I wouldn't allow you to leave, she said she'd leave her girlfriend for you."

"can we at least get something to drink? I need something strong" I smirk and Nicky grins. She throws me a clean t-shirt, I look down and see that the one I'm wearing is covered in blood from when I got shot. I hide my wings in my back and five minutes later we walk out of Alex' apartment, towards the bar I saw when I flew here. We walk past the alley Alex found me, I can't look at it without feeling weak again. I stand still and think back at that day,

"what wrong Pipes?" Nicky asks.

I point at the spot I sat 8 years ago, "that's where she found me that night". I walk into the alley to where my knife stuck in the wall, Nicky follows me. I am not surprised to see that the thing is gone, Nicky sees what I'm looking at

"Holy shit, you threw a knife at her!?"

"yeah….. I hit her too"

Nicky starts to laugh, "you and your knives should get locked up for everyone's safety"

I laugh to, Nicky is right "you know they tried, never succeeded. Thanks to these knives" I wink at Nicky who laughs even harder now. We walk out of the alley and to the bar, it's only a few streets away. I order a margarita and a beer for Nicky, who is sitting at a table already, she's on her phone. I put the drinks down on the table and sit down,

"so I was talking to Alex, Sylvie's hand is going to be fine, she asked if you were alright, if she could get your number and that she'll come here as fast as she can." Nicky says,

"Jesus you type fast" piper laughs "so her name is Sylvie? Can't really say I'm sorry for hurting her"

"and that, my friend, is why you need to be locked op"

"I can't get caught, you'd miss me too much" I smirk

"and Red would kill you, don't forget that" Nicky grins, she raises her glass and makes a small toast "to the most fucked-up reunion ever! Where people got shot and knives where thrown and we worried others we had once known."

"where one woman got the hit she earned, I think with that her lesson was learned. One hopes the other was not scared, but that it was a mutual feeling of love they shared. Not only shared but will share until the end of time, I promise you that woman will be mine!" we drink

I love these little rimes we make whenever we make a toast, it started out as a joke but now it is a tradition.

Nicky and I talk about what happened the past hours and we come to the conclusion that it went as horrible as it could have. I think we talked for an hour when Alex walked into the bar, Nicky waves and Alex walks to our table.

"hey" I say, I realise that hey the first thing is I've said to Alex "I'm sorry you had to witness that"

"but you're not sorry you did it, are you" Alex smirks

I chuckle "is it that obvious?"

Alex laughs and it's silent for a moment

"You sure as hell took your time. I knew you were coming back, I just didn't think it would take you this long" Alex says, I look at Alex and see hurt in her eyes.

"I'm sorry" I say "I am sorry it took so long"

Alex nods, "I'm really happy to see you though"

"me too"

Alex smirks "but did you have to throw a knife at my now ex-girlfriend"

I laugh and say with faked anger "she shot me, she could've killed me"

"No she couldn't have killed you, you can't die. You shithead" Nicky says "you two obviously need to talk so I'm out. It was nice to meet you Alex, I'm sure I'll see you again. Bye Pipes." And with that Nicky was gone.

"how the fuck does she do that"

"I honestly don't know, it's her power. She's a mutant"

"are you a mutant?"

"yeah, and I'm happy with myself"

"so you did it?"

I nod, "let me show you"

We walk out of the bar and onto the streets, I spread my wings and Alex' mouth falls open. My wings are now made out of feathers and they look like they're glowing.

"holy shit Pipes, they are beautiful" Alex manages to say. I walk to Alex and hug her from behind.

"what are you doing Piper" and then I take off with Alex in my arms. It is the best thing I have ever done, the woman I love is in my arms and I am happy with my wings

I'm sure we both have a lot to explain and I'm sure we will, but right now we are just going to enjoy each other's company and love each other. I don't ever want to leave.