"No." You softly say, gripping the remote control in your hands. "That can't be him."

People who had disappeared five years ago were now suddenly reappearing. The Avengers had just battled on their front lawn, leaving a giant crater in its place. Though the cameras weren't allowed anywhere near the cabin, they did get a few shots of the guests leaving Tony Stark's funeral.

Flashing across the screen is someone you had thought died decades ago. There he is, just through your tv. You have to find out where he went and where he is now.

You freeze the screen on his face and rush to your landline. You hold the phone in your hand, debating about whether you should do this or not. I mean, one of their closest friends had just passed away. Now isn't really the time to call in some favor.

Screw it. You think, quickly dialing his number.

You hold the phone to your ear, your heart pounding rapidly in your chest as the line rings. "Clint?" You gasp.

"(Y/N)?" He asks. "What's wrong? Why are you calling?"

"I know you're with Tony's family and supporting them and this couldn't be a worse time to call, but I'm calling in a favor." You rapidly say, the words nearly morphing together as you stare at the face on the screen.

"Okay, okay. Can you just tell me what's going on?"

xxx

"You're sure they haven't left yet?" You ask, nearly bouncing out of your seat as you look out each and every window in the truck. You can't miss him, not again.

"I'm sure." Clint assures you, glancing at you out of the corners of his eyes. "Thor said that he had something to take care of before they depart from Earth."

You let out a sigh, sinking in your seat. You know you should feel relaxed and even relieved, but you can't help but worry. What if he doesn't recognize you? What if he doesn't want to see you? There's so much that could go wrong that you almost want to make Clint turn around and take you back home.

But as you reach the top of the hill, your heart stops. You see him, walking towards this giant spaceship. Normally, you would gush over everything related to space travel, but space is the last thing on your mind.

Before Clint puts the truck in park, you've already opened the door and rushed out. As you run to him, you trip from the change of motion. You fall on your face but quickly push yourself to your feet and chase after him.

"Peter!" You shout, waving your arms in hopes of catching his attention.

"Peter Quill!" You call again, getting a few looks as you rush to him. "Peter!"

"You know this chick?" A raccoon or something similar asks as you get closer. Peter shakes his head, his grip tighten on his weapon.

"It's me!" You exclaim as you get closer.

Before you can get any closer to them, vines wrap around your legs, pulling you to your knees. "What the?" You ask, staring at the branches wrapping around your arms to keep you in place.

"Mantis, go!" A voice booms. A being with antennas and wide eyes runs over to you. She presses her fingers to your temple as she stands behind you.

"Who are you?" Peter asks, stepping to you. He stands above you, his eyebrows furrowed in a mix of confusion and anger.

"Peter, it's me." You croak as you feel tears trail down your face. Just seeing him, alive, is enough to bring out your emotions. You can't believe that it's actually him after all of these decades.

"I do not understand." Mantis, at least you think that's her name, cries out. "I feel so much joy, but tears fill my eyes. She rejoices but feels so much pain."

"Who are you?" Peter asks again, his voice a bit softer.

"Didn't you hear her, Quill?" The voice booms again, still out of your eyesight. "She's said she's me."

"That's not her name, moron!" The talking raccoon thing fires back.

"It's (Y/N)." You struggle, the vines tightening on your wrists. "We went to school together until you disappeared."

His face drops. He blinks, his eyes quickly traveling up and down you as if he can't believe that it's actually you. "(Y/N) (L/N)?" He asks, his voice so quiet you aren't even sure if he actually said it.

"You know her?" The raccoon asks, gesturing to you.

"Groot, let her go." Peter demands, ignoring the raccoon. Almost immediately, the vines on your body disappear, the release of pressure making your arms and legs slightly thump as blood returns to them.

The fingers on your temple leave as Peter holds out his hand to you. "It's actually you." You say, rising to your feet with his help.

"How do we even know if you're actually who he thinks you are?" The raccoon pipes up, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Rocket." Peter quietly scolds, glaring down at him.

"I'm just saying, how do we know if it's actually her? She could be some stupid girl trying to trick into some awful, terrible planet battle. It's like you forgot that your father pulled that on us not that long ago." He fires back, making everyone furrow their eyebrows and step towards you.

"What's something only Quill's real friends would know?"

"Yes, what Drax said." Mantis smiles at you. "What's something only we would know about Peter?"

"It's been years, um, decades even since I last saw him. I don't know." You stutter out, shaking your head. You don't know anything about him, let alone something his friends would know.

"I am Groot."

"Groot's right. We can't trust her." Rocket says, gesturing to you.

"Please. I promise I'm not going to hurt any of you." You say, worried that they just leave with Peter and you'll never see him again. You reach out, grabbing Peter's arm. "I swear, I don't want to cause any harm."

"I want to believe you." Peter says, his eyes piercing through yours. "But we're going to need more than just your word. We've gone through wayyyy too much shit for us not to get some solid evidence you actually care."

As you study his face, suddenly it clicks. "Your father." You softly say, getting their attention.

"What about him?" Rocket asks, stepping forward to get your attention.

You look back up at Peter. "You told everyone he was David Hasselhoff. No one believed you, but we keep up the lie because none of us really wanted to hurt your feelings."

"She knows about the Hasselhoff?" Mantis asks. She grins, looking at everyone. "She must be a real friend."

"Wait, you knew it was a lie?" Peter asks, furrowing his eyebrows. "Then why did you go along with it?!"

You bit your lower lip. "Nobody wanted to tell you that he wasn't your dad, considering your mom was sick." You say, making a frown appear on Peter's face. You take a step forward. "Where did you go? Why did you leave me?" You ask.

"I didn't mean to leave you." Peter says, gently holding your hand. "I was abducted by aliens. I know, sounds completely crazy, but it's true."

"Well, I'm glad I finally found you again." You smile. "After all, I'm your best friend. You can't ditch me like you did all those years ago."

"We've got s lot of catching up to do." Peter softly chuckles, holding your hand.

"Oh, this is just great. First, we had to deal with a half human. Now we gotta deal with a whole human." Rocket huffs, walking to the space ship.

"I am Groot."

"I don't care if you think she's nice. We're going to have to teach her everything we know." Rocket fires back.

"She is come with us to space?" Mantis asks, following Rocket and Groot to the ship.

"Of course. She is Peter's friend. She has no choice but to join our family now." Drax replies as he walks beside Mantis.

"Wait, what?" You stutter, looking at Peter.

"Come with us." He says, a smile wide on his face. "I know that we haven't seen each other in like decades, but it feels like we haven't missed a second. There's so much I want to show you."

You look back down the hill, seeing Clint by his truck. You've built a life for you here on Earth. But, it always felt like you were missing something. Maybe that something was Peter.

"Okay." You nod. "I'll go with you. But you have to promise me that if I want to come back to Earth, you'll let me."

"Deal." He quickly says as he leads you back to the ship."

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Kind of a rushed ending, but I hope you guys enjoyed. This is my first Peter Quill one-shot so I'm still trying to get used to the character. If you notice anything off and something, please let me know! I want to make this as amazing as possible! Thanks again for all of the reads and votes and comments! They always make me smile keep in mind ;)