Family Game Night: Chapter One: The Solo Family

A new story by Fallon Skywalker! This story will be a few chapters long (I hope, it depends on reviews,) and each chapter will be a different family in the Star Wars universe. We start with the amazing Han and Leia. This chapter is directly inspired by my family, and the 'Family Game Night' we had (or rather, attempted to have) a couple of days ago. Hilarity will ensue, I assure you! ;-)
Read and review! You can offer suggestions as to what families you'd like to read about!
Fallon.

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Han Solo finally arrived home after a long day at work for the New Republic. He was met by three happy children, a strong Wookiee and his still slightly sick wife. Leia gave him a hug and a kiss as he entered, then stepping aside to allow the children to tackle him to their little hearts' contents.

Han briefly noticed that Leia looked better. She's recently had the Goumarrion Flu, which caused her face and eyes to swell painfully. Fortunately, with the help of some medication and the Force, that had lessened.

Han had already picked up something on his way home from work to eat, and was practically dragged by his children to the family dining room table, where they had cards set up.

"Dad!" exclaimed one very excited nine year old Anakin Solo, "Dad, Mom says that she's feeling well enough to let us have Family Game Night!"

Han nodded in slight confusion and sat down with his kids. He tried to remember a time when he had 'Family Game Night' with them….and he couldn't think of one time. Well, he thought to himself, there's a first time for everything.

Leia sat down opposite of Han at the kitchen table, and Han expertly dealt the sabaacc cards around the table to his family. Leia looked at the cards and said, "And what exactly are we playing?"

Han smiled and said, "Strip Sabaac." Leia looked incredulously at him and yelled at him (though with a slightly choked voice that resulted in fits of coughing.)

"Han Solo! There are children present! We will NOT be playing that game!"

"I was just kidding Leia," he reassured his wife. "We'll play Blackjack instead." Leia nodded and looked at the cards in her hand.

"What do we do Dad?" Jacen asked, confused as to why he was only dealt two cards.

"Yeah, Han, what do we do?" Leia demanded, having never played 'blackjack' before.

"Well…I'll uh…show you." He explained the game in detail and Anakin decided to create as many pairs as he could, depending on the speeders on the cards in his hand.

Leia took a card from Han, and rubbed at her slightly swollen eyes.

"Your eyes look better dear." Han said, collecting and redistributing the new hand of cards.

"They look smaller than your nose now." He added.

"They WHAT?" Leia asked, slapping her cards down on the table.

"Huh?...oh…they uhmmm….." Han looked at Leia, who was fuming now.

"Are you implying that I have a FAT NOSE?" she demanded.

"No, not at all dearest…it's just that your eyes were bigger than it yesterday…"

The Solo kids and Chewbacca the Wookiee erupted in fits of laughter at Han's slip-up.

"EXCUSE ME?" Leia cried, throwing her hand over her nose. "Do you not LIKE my nose?" she asked, and Han rubbed the back of his neck.

"That's not what I meant!" He replied pleadingly, trying to cover-up what he had said earlier.

"No, you said exactly that! You said that I have a big nose, and that my eyes were bigger than it! Thanks so much darling, I love you too!"

Leia picked up a new set of cards and muttered quietly to herself. The kids were still laughing, and Jaina elbowed her dad. "Way to go Dad." She said, giggling more. Han dealt the next hand of cards and Anakin cried, "I WON!" before everyone even got their new sets. Han shuffled the cards again.

"Why don't we play a different game?" He suggested, thinking through his long history of card games.

"I know! We'll play simple sabaacc. I'll teach you. It's easy." Once again, Han explained the game, much to the chagrin of his confused nine year old, and his already angered wife.

"How in the galaxy is that simple?" She cried, rubbing at her eyes once again.

"C'mon Leia, you've played simple sabaac before! I'm sure we've played it."

"No we haven't." she countered. Tapping her foot underneath the table.

Uh-oh… Han thought, She's tapping her foot. This isn't good. Get yourself outta this one Solo!
The warning lights went off in his head.

"Are you sure?" he asked, thinking of all the times he was almost positive he and Leia played cards.

"Positive." She said thickly.

"Not…on the way to Bespin?" he asked, causing Leia to glare at him and the children to burst into more fits of giggles. They'd heard many different tales of what had happened with their parents on the way to Bespin.

"Especially not then."

"The early days of our relationship? Are you sure? We must've played something!" He replied, wracking his mind for memories.

"I've got it!" he said, "That time on Hoth. You, Luke and I were bunked together temporarily when that big blizzard hit, remember?"

Leia rolled her eyes. "Seriously? Han, it was 40 degrees below zero, and the power was out. We were using our datapads and flashlights to see!"

"Ahh, so you remember."

Leia slammed her cards down again. The kids laughed all the more.

Han's mind was working overtime. Way to go Solo. Look what you got yourself into. She's going to hold this one over your head for a MONTH. GET YOURSELF OUT OF THIS!

Han smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry Leia. I didn't mean what I said about your nose. I love your nose just the way it is. And your eyes. Even if they are still swollen."

Leia groaned and put her head on her arms on the table. Jacen, Jaina, Anakin and Chewie were all laughing and howling crazily. Han wished they didn't take such pleasure in his and Leia's 'arguments'.

Han placed a hand on Leia's arm. "I'm sorry Leia, that came out wrong. I'll…uhh…I'll look up some card games on the holo-net. I'll teach you and the kids tons of them, you'll see!"

"I'm going to bed." Leia stated, getting up and going upstairs. Han cringed as he heard the door to their bedroom slam.

"And just when it was getting good." Jacen whined, putting a card in the pile.

"I wanna play go-fish!" Anakin cried.

**I'm guessing this means you'll be on the couch tonight, cub?** Chewie added.

Han put the cards back in the deck and sighed. Jacen and Jaina picked up the cards. Han went to the small closet near the front hallway. He grabbed a spare pillow and blanket…he kept them there for nights such as these.

"Goodnight kids!" He called, as the three Solo children started to go upstairs. "Night Dad!" they cried, and a few moments later, he heard the doors to their rooms close.

Han sat down on the couch and flipped on the holo-vision.

**Best Family Game Night ever** Chewie woofed.

Han chuckled. "Got that right pal." He said as Chewie went to his own room.

**Goodnight Cub. Enjoy the couch.** Han smirked and nodded. "Night Chewie."

Han sighed as he flipped through the stations. And that is what happens when you say the wrong thing at the wrong time. He thought to himself. I wonder if Luke has to deal with this….Jade is probably ten times worse than Leia is… Han laughed at the thought, and leaned back on the couch. Soon, he was asleep.

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Congratulations. You've just read my Tuesday night of last week in great detail. xD Seriously. My mother was sick, and her eyes were swollen. My dad commented on how they looked 'smaller than her nose'. She was so ticked. xD Although, I don't think he ended up on the sofa….:-P Well, thanks for reading! Please review and let me know what you think! I'll be taking suggestions! Thanks for reading! Fallon.