STAR-BOY (GOTG)

two | i'm with you till the end of the line.

Just as they were laughing, "Peter, what happened?"

Both Rowan and Peter turned to the owner of the voice. At the sight of the fuscia-skinned girl, Rowan felt her heart twinge for a moment, the smile on her face fell. Whatever that made her laugh before, wasn't enough to make her laugh now.

"Hey, uh...uh. I..." It was almost as if Peter had trouble remembering her name.

"Bereet." The new girl now had a crease between her eyebrows.

"Bereet! Look, I'm gonna be totally honest with you." he swallowed, "I forgot you were here."

All Bereet could do was look at him with shock.

Rowan just sat in the co-pilot's seat, trying not to laugh. If she did, she would soon start snorting.

...

Everyone was kicking back and relaxing on the ship. Rowan reading her book, Bereet drinking coffee, and Peter watching the news.

Scattered riots broke out across the Kree Empire today protesting the recent peace treaty signed by the Kree Emperor and Xandar's Nova Prime.  The news reporter sounded downright solemn. Peter sighed, but he was cut off by a beeping coming from his right.

"Peter, you have a call." And with that, Bereet presses the screen to answer the call.

"No, wait, don't!-"

"God, no!"

Both Rowan and Peter had heard the beeping and knew immediately, just who was trying to contact them. Unfortunately, dear Bereet had already beat them to it. Both reached the screen just as Yondu appears on it.

"Quill?"

"Hey Yondu." 

"Hey, Pappy Yondu." Rowan waved, chuckling nervously.

"Don't Pappy me, Ro. I'm here on Morag. Ain't no Orb, ain't no you."

"Well, we were in the neighborhood. We thought we'd save you the hassle." Peter covered smoothly.

"Well, where are you at now, boy?"

"I feel really bad about this, but I'm not gonna tell you that." Rowan pursed her lips at his answer, at least she genuinely felt bad about it. Peter wanted to make it big on his own, without the rest of the Ravagers. Rowan wasn't happy with the idea, but she was just happy to tag along with her best friend, make sure he doesn't get himself into trouble. 

She didn't like sneaking behind Yondu too.

"I slaved putting this deal together-"

"Slaved? Making a few calls is 'slaved'?"

"And now you're gonna rip me off!"

"I mean, really?"

And there we go again, Rowan sighed. These two go at it every time.

She tuned out and stood up to get herself a cup of coffee too. Bereet smiled at Rowan, and told her she was going to take a nap for awhile. Rowan just squeezed out a smile too.

"They ain't never tasted any Terran before. I stopped 'em. You're alive because of me! I will find you, I will-" Peter cuts him off by ending the call. 

"You sure that's okay?" Rowan raises an eyebrow, referring to how he just cut Yondu off.

"Pfft." Peter shrugged. "We'll do fine."

"But this is wrong. We're ravagers, we belong with them."

"I can't stand them breathing down my neck all the time." Peter muttered.

"Yondu gave us a home, gave us a job, stability-" Rowan walked to him, sitting across the table.

"Maybe that's what its like for you, but I was taken away from my home without consent! My mother just died, and I didn't have time to grieve." Peter sighed and stood up.

Rowan stood up too, "Peter, I-"

"Can we just, not talk about this anymore? Are you still in this, are you with me?"

"Pete-"

"Or do you want to go back, I can dro-" Peter was getting flustered, and Rowan reached out to stop his blubbering.

"Star-Boy, I'm with you till the end of the line, remember?" 

For a moment, Peter's temper dissipated. His face softened and he looked up, into his best friend's smile. "Yeah, I remember."

"Say it, Star-Boy."

"I'm with you till the end of the line." 

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captain america reference right there!

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