Voltron: Colored Lights

Ch 7: "Confessions"

Coran, Xander, and I all collapsed onto the floor of the control room because for some reason we teleported three feet of the floor. My back hurt extremely and the paladins one by one filed into the room to see what the commotion was. Xander and Coran were up and Xander was lending his hand to help me up. I stood slowly with the help of Xander. Keith entered the room with an astounded look on his face. I smiled. He walked towards me and hugged me surprisingly. I wasn't expecting him to hug me. "You had us all worried Novaia... We thought you... well, you know"

"I didn't Keith, I'm okay." He looked at me and smiled a warm smile. Lance was staring at us with a confused expression.

"Wait... Are you two a thing!" He shouted.

"NO!" We both said in unison. Then we looked at each other. "Not that... Um" We continued to say. Then we both just shut up. Lance smiled a smile like no other. Then he laughed and looked like he was going to fall over. I noticed Shiro's stare at Xander, as well as most of the teams stares. "Team, this is Xander. He helped me escape. He wanted to escape the Galra... I also have some upsetting news.-"

"ALLURA'S A TRADER!!!" Coran shouted. Shiro's jaw dropped. He must have been amazed. "She was going to turn us over to the Galra... She did turn us over to the Galra! Thankfully Novaia discovered her little hand trick thing..." Coran explained.

"Novaia, your hurt?" Keith stated the obvious. I nodded and the others kept talking about Allura. Xander has spoken up now, explaining what had happened to them all. Keith helped me to the doorway, where it was quieter. "You want to rest, are you going to be okay..." I nodded, I'm really getting aggravated with his 'Are you alright Novaia' Comments.

"I'll be okay Keith, though I do want to talk to you sometime. About... you know. That time when you were trying to explain to me why you took such an interest." I told him, he nodded.

"Well... I like you that's why." Keith stated simply. Then he took me into his arms and kissed me. More intimately this time. Gently and still quick. "That's why, remember?" He asked me. My cheeks were burning and I'm sure he noticed them. Then we heard a click and looked beside us. It was Pidge with a camera. "Oh I swear Pidge..." Keith said, letting me go. She snickered.

"Ha, Lance is gonna think that sad excuse for a kiss was adorable." She stated just before making a run for it. I'm sure if I wasn't injured he probably would have ran after her. He thought about it that's for sure. I turned towards the others who seemed to be in deep conversation at the other end of the control room. Xander was staring though... he saw my glance and looked away. That was creepy... He seemed to be getting along with Lance pretty well though. THe team seemed to be okay with him. Though he had that way of speech, he was crafty with his words.

By the next day, I could walk on my own and by the day after that, I was able to function at almost full capacity again. We didn't stop our course for Earth, even though we had no reason to go there. I figured it would be good for the team to see their home planet again. After all, it's their home and they didn't come to the castle knowing they would never see the face of their planet again. We are almost to Earth, we will be there by this evening. Pidge has modded the Castle shields with the same cloaking device that her lion has so the castle with be undetected. We will leave it in orbit around Earth and take some shuttles down. We are going to stay there for four days and then come back and be on our way.

"Hey, Novaia. What you up to this fine morning?" Asked the growingly familiar voice of Xander. His voice wasn't a deep voice, nor was it a high one it was more in between. I smiled and did a few more things on the control panel.

"Nothing much, Getting ready for our little trip to Earth. You getting excited Xander?" I asked him, glancing over at the yellow eyes searing into me. He smiled, more or less a simple smile.