Lights | J. Seresin

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Goodness

Lana put her hair up in a bun, Harper walked in and smiled. "Well look at you, when am I am going to see the action?" Harper asked and Lana looked up at her sister. "When you become a pilot, duh." Lana said as she made sure everything looked good. "Whatever, have great time LT. River." Harper said as she grabbed her keys to her car. "Harper, remember what I said." Lana said sternly. "Don't do anything damn stupid Harper." Harper replied mocking Lana from yesterday.

"I was serious." Lana mumbled. Harper chuckled and said "I know, don't worry I'll be fine, you have fun." Harper said as she left. "What the hell am I going to do with her." Lana said as she grabbed her keys and locked up the house.

.......

Lana pulled her car up to parking lot of Hard Deck. She parked her car and turned off the engine. She sighed as her mother came across her mind. Her mother was highly against her being a pilot but support her no matter what. She stepped out of her car and walked inside.

"River!" She turned her head to see Penny call for her. "Hey Penny." River replied as she walked up to the bar. "Let guess you want your usual?" Penny asked and River nodded. "How have you been?" She asked. "Just handling one day at a time, but without my mother, it's been a constant struggle." River replied. "Oh I bet you two were close."  Penny said. "My little sister thinks I need someone in my life but my heart is set on this." River said. "Maybe..." Penny said and River gave her a look. "If your heart wants something, go for it." Penny said and River nodded.

Penny handed her drink. "Thank you Penny." River said with a smile. Penny nodded and attended to someone else. "River!" She heard Phoenix exclaimed which River got excited. "Hey Phoenix." River said as she made her way to her and pulled Phoenix into a hug. "It's so good to be back." River said and Phoenix nodded. "Who's your friend Phoenix?" Someone asked. "Back off Bagman." Phoenix shot back. "It's Hangman." He corrected her. "Whatever." Phoenix said to him. "but seriously." He said as looked into River's eye. "River.' She told him, he smiled a bit. "See Phoenix was that so hard." Hangman said to her. "I don't know but you don't want to meet her sister Harper." Phoenix said as two pilots groaned in the back. "What's up...." River said. "Payback, Fanboy and I am Coyote. That name is familiar because Payback and I played with someone name Harper just two nights ago when we got in, we bet and lost against her." Coyote explained which caused River's eyes to widen. "Does she have dirty blonde hair and brown eyes by any chance?" River asked them. "Yep." Payback and Coyote both answered. "Damn it Harper!" I exclaimed. "What's wrong with her playing pool with them?"  Hangman asked. River looked at him, "Harper is my little sister like Phoenix said, who only is seventeen. Damn it!" River exclaimed as she panic. "Hey it's alright." Phoenix said to her as she calmed her down.

"Wait Wait, she's seventeen, we got our ass kicked by seventeen year old?" Payback asked and River looked at him. "She told us she was eighteen." Coyote said, River bit the inside of her cheek, before she could say anything else she saw the man who was wiping crumbs off of his pants, everyone else looked too.

"When did you get in?" River asked him. "I've been here the whole time." He replied to her. "Interesting." River replied "Well.. man's a stealth pilot." Hangman said. "Weapons Systems Officer actually." The man corrects him, clearly not catching the joke. "With no sense of humor." Hangman says under his breath which caused River to give him a look.

"What do they call you?" Phoenix asks. "I'm Bob." He says uncomfortably. "No, your callsign?" Payback smirks. "Uh Bob..." It comes out more of a question. Everyone chuckled which the tension was gone. "Never heard of Callsign like that but hey it's unique." River said to Bob. "Really what callsign would you give to your sister?" Coyote asked, She glared at him sternly. "Trouble because she can't stay out it.... but I'll leave that to her."  River said before sighing. "She wants to become a pilot?" Fanboy asked. "Yeah... I think a lot has to do with me and plus losing... never mind." River said and then it went to silence before Phoenix broke it asking Bob