Uhhh, so I wrote a second part?

Part 2

Pidge's back hit the door the moment it slid shut and she leaned against it for support, her heart heavily pounding in her chest. She could feel her cheeks heating up and knew that she must be blushing profusely. Hopefully Keith hadn't noticed.

She's let herself get so wrapped up in her joy at seeing him again that she'd completely missed the second person standing just behind him. A person who she'd just made a complete fool of herself in front of.

She groaned and let her head fall back against the door. What was she thinking, running at him like that? Maybe she'd let herself be too free with her emotions since getting her brother and dad back. There was also the fact that any of her down time was spent in the company of Hunk and Lance, neither of whom believed in personal space. Hugs were just a part of the daily routine and it made her feel more at home than ever.

"Pull it together, Katie," she told herself.

Okay.

So she hugged him.

No big deal.

She only hugged the guy she'd had a crush on ever since the time they took the Castle of Lions back from Sendak. Nothing weird about that.

It wasn't even the first time she'd done it, so why was she freaking out so badly? (Probably because last time, it had been a group hug, initiated by Hunk.)

There were far better things for her to be concerned about. Or rather, excited about. Like the fact that Keith's mother was standing right outside the door with him. She knew he'd been curious about his Galra heritage – it was the whole reason he left to train with the Blade of Marmora – but for him to actually find her? It sounded impossible, but she would be the last person to ever believe that it was. After all, everyone had told her that it was impossible for her father and brother to be alive. Everyone had told her that the Kerberos mission was a failure and the ship crashed due to pilot error.

She pushed those thoughts away and refocused.

Krolia.

Even at a glance she could tell they were related. There were too many similarities for them not to be. And Keith never would have brought her to the Castle if he didn't believe it was true.

Pidge pushed away from the door and dug her refurbished phone from her pocket, quickly typing a message to the rest of the team.

Keith's here and wants everyone to meet on the bridge.

She waited until she received several messages which either proclaimed surprise or curiosity, but all promised to make their way to the chosen meeting spot. With that finished, Pidge took a deep breath and prepared herself to go back into the hall and face him, hopefully without giving away how much she liked him.

One day, there would be time for that. One day, when the war was over and true peace was won. One day, Earth wouldn't be under constant threat from an Empire they stood little chance fighting against on their own.

Maybe then she could follow her heart.