who will get the girl//bradley "rooster bradshaw vs jake "hangman" seresin

part 5//maggies pov

in no time, we're up in the air waiting for mav to give us our cue to begin. "alrighty guys," he pauses "hard deck is 5,000 feet, shoot me down or i shoot back. guns only, this is a dogfight. think outside the box" i clip my mask on, having a feeling things are about to get wild. "how about we put some skin in the game" i smirk at my suggestion "what do you have in mind?" mav questions "loser does 200 pushups" "deal" and with that the fight was on.

suddenly his plane shoots between mine and roosters, he just kept going up. "holy shit" rooster exclaims, i just smirk and shift up to go after maverick. "im going after him" i say whilst hitting 6 gs, going straight up. "wait princess!" bradley says, but it's too late im already gaining on mav "almost there" i whisper, mav flips his plane shifting to go back down towards me, he gets his plane behind mine, almost locking me in his sights. 

rooster flies right in front of mav and i in an attempt to get back in the fight but mav just shoots him down. "that's a kill rooster go do your push-" he stops as i slam on my brakes, pulling up, making the two boys fly right under me. i straighten back out behind mav, everyone hears the beeping sound of my plane locking my guns on him "and that's a hit, have fun with those push-ups old timer" i smirk and turn to fly back to base.

once i got back on base, i walk back to the main room. phoenix came up and congratulated me and i thanked her. everyone was impressed but all i could think was 'rooster will never forgive me' i walk up to the window, looking out to see rooster doing his pushups next to mav.

i go to the locker room, i take a shower and change out of my flight suit. i walk out to see rooster was still doing push-ups, hondo and mav had already left. he was still going, way past the 200 he had to do. i walk up to him and squat next to him "let's not do it like this, roo" i whisper as i see one tear trickle down his cheek and drop on the ground. he collapses and rolls to face towards me, we make eye contact and he just sighs. "cmon let's get you cleaned up." i stand and reach out my hand to help him up, he takes it and we head towards the locker room.

we walk in silence for a minute, i sigh "do you want to come back to my room? i have snacks" i smile up at him "okay" he says, a small smile playing on his lips. we get to the locker rooms and we collect our things. he showers and changes and then we head for my room.

we get to my room and i unlock the oh so familiar door. "home sweet home" i say as i walk in, him close behind me. i flop onto my bed and he sits next to me. he starts to trace circles on my thigh with his finger "what's going on with you bradley?" he looks into my eyes "what do you mean?" i release an exasperated breath "it's like one second you love me and the next you want nothing to do with me" he sighs and starts playing with my hand "i don't know mags, i just can't help it" i sit up so that we're sitting next to eachother "can't help what?" i ask "i can't help but push you away..." he looks at the ground "i guess i'm just scared" i look at him, confusion filling my eyes "scared of what, bradley?" he looks back into my eyes "scared that i'll lose you"

i see tears welling in his eyes, he looks at the floor again "scared that i'll lose someone else" a tear falls down his face, i make my way so that i'm squatted in front of him and i reach up and wipe the tear from his cheek, resting my hand on his cheek "bradley" i say in a whisper, he looks up at me "i'm not going anywhere"  his eyes flicker between my eyes and my lips, i lean up slightly and he crashes his lips into mine. it was a gentle and sweet kiss, he gently moved his hand to my waist and my arms snake around his neck