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Chapter two

The sun greeted Piper with a heavenly glow that made her eyes light up like a flame of a fire. The girl's eyes fluttered prettily before opening. Piper then smiled, letting the memories of her latest dream flow through her mind. The image of the children that Finn had claimed to be her own made her smile wider, but then set her mouth in a straight line. How did Aerrow feel about this? But that thought faded as the children came into her mind again. Looking to her clock, she realized it was about seven thirty, and breakfast started in an hour. Piper leaned back against the wall and grabbed her sketchbook. She flipped to an empty page and began to draw.

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"Good morning, everyone!" Piper exclaimed to the team walking into the room. Stork was no where to be seen, Radarr was sitting near Aerrow, and Junko only smiled at her before continuing with his breakfast.

"You're happy today." said Aerrow before shifting over a seat for her to sit on the bench around the table.

"Well, why not be?" She got back up to grab a bowl and some cereal as Finn waltzed in, with the most triumphant look on his face. Aerrow caught a glance to Finn and looked back down to his toast. Finn snatched one and headed to Piper, Aerrow about to snap at him for stealing his breakfast.

Piper was pushing the cereal box back up into the shelf as Finn grabbed it and settled for his own bowl.

"Finn, if you're gonna-"

"Gonna, what?" He smirked at her, and looked like he was about to break down laughing. Then Piper noticed the small bag he had draped at his side. She was about to question it when the milk she had been pouring spilled over the bowl and onto her hand.

"Oh!" She squeaked. Her tan hand pulled away as the milk fanned out onto the counter. She lifted her bowl up and put it onto a towel, then turned around to fetch another one to mop up the counter. Piper almost slammed into Aerrow's chest.

"EP! Aerrow!"

"Sorry!" He replied as the red headed teen steadied her. "Here's another towel. I'll clean the counter."

She didn't move; she was frozen. They were just so close, too close for her brain to process. He froze also, finally catching on to their proximity. Aerrow could feel his face grow warm, and saw her cheeks glow pink. Her muscles tensed, she didn't know what to do. Finn smiled to a length that didn't even look human.

"Aerrow and Piper sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!" Finn called, laughing with Junko.

Piper blinked and pulled away, as if Aerrow was made of fire. He only blushed deeper, and Piper sympathetically smiled as she saw his ears go red too.

She went to the bench along the table, her bowl of cereal now safe to use. Aerrow soon joined her, Radarr chewing on his last piece of toast. Piper stifled a giggle and Aerrow's shoulders slumped as he picked up the now empty plate and headed for the toaster. Finn smirked mischievously and pulled something out of his bag.

"Hey Junko, guess what happened last night!?" He said loudly, letting his voice echo as it froze the two in particular.

"What, Finn?" The wallop asked with pure naivety.

"Well, remember that Oracle crystal that Aerrow gave to Piper?" He continued, Aerrow dropping the toast into the toaster, hitting the button with a weird jerk.

"It's useless now, right?" said Junko.

"You'd think that, but last night, when Aerrow and Piper both held the crystal, it, it..."

"Yeah? Yeah?" Junko was interested, but Finn always made every story seem like it was history in the making.

"Burst into one last vision of their future! It showed their kids!!" Fin threw his arms into the air for emphasis. "I even drew a picture."

Piper shrunk into her seat as far as she could, and Aerrow's toast was slowly burning in the toaster.

"Their kids are stick figures?" Junko asked, and the other two covered small giggles, thinking he had lost. But Finn only smiled wider.

"Alright, alright. I can't really draw that good. And besides," Finn pulled the other thing out of the bag. "Piper draws them much better." He waved her sketchbook in the air.

Piper dropped her spoon into the bowl, sending milk all over Radarr, who was trying to get into the cereal earlier.

"WHAT??!! FINN!!!" She was about to launch her self at him, but was trembling in her seat as she saw Aerrow look at her then walk over.

"She even gave them names! HA!" Finn showed them proudly to Junko, who was marveling the lifelike sketches of the three children.

A small girl was smiling wide, her eyes the only thing colored. The leaf green eyes shone under her bangs that looked just like Piper's. Her white sundress was shadowed perfectly and her short black hair looked wind blown as the still-framed tan skinned girl seemed to run along the top of the page. Next to the sketch, the name Eisa was written.

"How do you say that little girl's name, Piper?" He asked; his voice sailing across the room like a butterfly.

"E-sah!" She snapped, and then covered her mouth. Aerrow silently leaned closer over Finn's shoulder.

The next sketch was more animated. It showed a boy who looked about nine on an air skimmer. His hair and eyes were colored, the red hair slightly covering his eyes, like Aerrow's hair did. The orange eyes appeared to dance as his smile showed the love he had for the sky. Under this sketch, Wrestin was written

Piper tried to slowly sneak away, but Finn called her out again.

"This Weeston kid looks a lot like Aerrow, don't you think, Piper?"

She thought she was going to die. "It's pronounced, Wes-tin." She murmured for her own dignity, which she believed was disappearing as she spoke.

The last picture near the bottom showed a boy about eleven holding what looked like one of Aerrow's blades. The boy's hair was Piper's blue/black, but faded to a red like Aerrow's hair at their ends. His green eyes, similar to Eisa's, sparked with a fierce determination like the Storm Hawks leader. Morsho was this boy's name.

"Wow, Piper, you draw good." Junko looked at her, and she forced a smile to him.

"Yeah, and looking at all the other drawings," Finn flipped through the rest of the pages, and Piper's anger was lit again. "I'd say she worked extra hard on these sketches."

Aerrow grabbed the sketchbook from Finn's hands, making him jump.

"Dude, where did you come from!?" He practically shouted.

Aerrow walked to Piper, who looked away, afraid to even see his face. He pulled her hand forward.

"Aerrow!"

Placing her sketchbook in her hand, Aerrow forced her to look up to him. She blushed prettily and scanned him with her orange eyes. His own leaf green eyes made her skin prickle, her cheeks flush pinker.

"This is yours." He said softly, almost in a whisper, making her listen.

"Th-thank you." Piper stood up, and walked out of the room. The door shut behind her, and she embraced herself, trying to regain her composure. She heard the door open again and slow footsteps come to her. Silence echoed in the hall, and Piper dared not to twist around to her leader.

"Piper. Please look at me." Aerrow's begging voice reached her, and she turned. He looked uncertain, yet determined. "Do- do you really think... those children," He picked up her sketchbook, displaying the sketches of the kids for them both to see. "Could really be... ours someday?"

Piper was astonished to say the least. She had truly hoped to be in his future all along, to be by his side always, to share something to love, to love... him.

Her heart burst with an emotion unknown to her, but made her want to sing. The girl was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she almost forgot to answer Aerrow. She nodded lightly, smiling at him.

The Sky Knight could contain himself no longer. Aerrow dropped the sketchbook, grabbed her face, and pulled her to him with such a passion it made her gasp.

She almost buckled backwards, crumbling under him. Piper let out a small whimper as she felt nothing but his mouth all over hers. The simple act of his kiss nearly made her faint. He was no longer afraid, and went as far possible to let her know what this meant to him. It was his entire life he was holding, he was kissing. And he knew, right there, he wanted it. Aerrow was her life as well, her true being, and through all their fourteen years together, she hadn't realized it till now. Piper threw her arms around his shoulders, shifting their weight backwards into the wall. Aerrow and Piper didn't break until oxygen was needed in order to live, and they pulled away nearly hyperventilating.

"I think I love you." She murmured softly, suddenly afraid.

"I know I love you." Aerrow retorted with, the sentence as full as his kiss. Piper's eyes were all he saw, all he cared for at that very moment.

Then the fire alarm went off, water spraying down from the jets on the ceiling. A muffled cry was heard from Finn:

"THE TOSTER'S ON FIRE!!!!"

They only laughed and met with another deep kiss.

Far on the other side of the Condor, the Oracle crystal glowed merrily one last time, and then faded for all eternity.