~Jealousy~
Written by: Tryphaena
Disclaimer: Anakin, Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda, and all other Star Wars Characters are property of George Lucas. Raina is mine!
Summary: There could have been more than one corrupt Jedi residing at the temple. This is the story of her, Raina, and how much she dislikes another . . . Anakin Skywalker. If you want to know the rest, read on and remember to review at the end please!!!
*note* I have added more content to chapters 1-3. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Raina sat in silence, thinking about the thing she loathed the most. Everything had changed when he first entered her life, but she wasn't sure if that change had been good or bad. All she knew was that she couldn't stand him, since she first laid eyes on him.It was seven years ago, she remembered that day vividly. She had been doing an exercise with her class, with lightsabers. They had only been given their first lightsabers the year before, but they rarely had exercises where they could actually use them. That was an exciting day for her, a special day. * * *
At the time she was one of the most talented in her class, they never said anything but she knew. The Jedi Masters did not encourage or praise the children's talents, because that could lead them down the wrong path. She knew without them saying a word. She felt feelings she knew she shouldn't have, but she couldn't help herself. She was better than the rest of the children.
They had just finished simple combinations and she had done extremely well. They didn't compliment her on it. They said 'good job everyone'. It didn't bother her, because she was use to the same treatment as everyone else.
The class consisted of about twelve kids, she happened to be the youngest.
She hadn't realized it before, because she had been concentrating on her work, but there were some people standing at the door. They had been observing their class, and she stared at them curiously.
One of them she recognized, he was Master Kenobi, the newly appointed Jedi Knight. He stood with a boy, about her age, maybe older. He had sandy brown hair and by the way he was dressed, he was obviously a Padawan, much like herself. It made her wonder why he was a Padawan when she had never seen him before. Wouldn't she have? Didn't all Jedi start when they were babies just like she did? What was so special about him?
Then, the boy caught her staring and she turned her head quickly, she hoped he hadn't noticed. But she stole another peek at him and he had noticed. She looked to Master Yoda who was leading this class, hoping he would tell her who the boy was.
Master Yoda looked at the door, and then he started smiling. "Ah! Here, you are! Say hello, class." He chirped happily. And without any enthusiasm, she said hello.
They entered the room, and she looked at the boy with scrutinizing eyes. Somehow, she knew that he was here to stay, and it felt like a threat. He caught her gazing at him again, but she didn't flinch this time. He smiled, but she did not return the favour.
"Children, meet I'd like you to, Anakin Skywalker." She heard Master Yoda say, breaking her concentration. Obi-wan, was smiling proudly and this.Anakin, was very happy. "Joining our class, he will be." With that last statement her mouth dropped. She looked at Master Yoda to see if he was serious, and yup. He was.
"Hi, everyone." Anakin said sheepishly. He did a little wave and then grinned. She knew he was trouble.
Her mind raced. Why is he here? Why now! She certainly didn't like him, and nothing would make her.
"Miss Jules." She looked up as her name was called. "Like to show Anakin around, would you?" she was shocked. She opened her mouth to protest, but she held her tongue. Trouble would not come to her because of some boy. She had always been a good student and wanted to keep it that way.
"Sure!" she replied instead, faking glee.
"Good. To the Cafeteria take him. And bring him here, your next class for." Yoda instructed. Oh great! I have to baby-sit him for an hour! She thought. Then they were dismissed for lunch. She sighed and walked up to Anakin as Obi-wan told him that he was going to talk to Master Yoda. He noticed her and smiled.
"Thank you Miss Jules! He'll be good, I promise." Obi-wan joked. But somehow she didn't think it was funny. So she smiled instead and nodded to the door.
"Let's go eat Anakin. This way." She then waited for him to get beside her and she started walking. After all, she did not want to appear rude in front of her Master.
"So what's your name? Jules?" he asked her as soon as they were out of the room. She looked at him, already annoyed. This was going to be a long hour.
"No. It's Raina, my last name is Jules." She replied coldly. Anakin didn't seem to notice.
"Oh, I see. Where are you from?" She sighed; this was going to be a long hour.
"I'm from Tatooine." Raina said. She then started walking a little faster, making her way in the direction of the Cafeteria. She wasn't into small talk, especially not with strangers.
"Really!" Anakin's eye lit up and he smiled really big. "Me too! I can't believe it!" Now this outburst did surprise her. She had never met anyone from Tatooine, not often anyway. "I'm from the Mos Espa area, what about you?"
"I think I'm from somewhere around there too. I can't remember the last time I was there." She tried to shrug it off, but she was kind of amazed. She turned her attention to disliking Anakin, even though that seemed kind of pointless now. "Where are we going?" Anakin asked, looking around like a lost child.
"To the Cafeteria. This place is really huge, but you'll get used to it." Raina replied, leading him around a corner. "We're almost there." Without realizing it, she had warmed up to Anakin, he seemed like a nice kid. But she was kind of resentful of him. How was he able to just start training at his age? She had been taken from her family when she was a baby, he had probably lived with his forever. Those thoughts put a shadow of doubt on her mind, and made her not so happy.
"Good! I'm really hungry. I just arrived here and hour ago." He looked at her as he spoke.
"Where did you come from?" He was obviously a find; she hated to admit it, but she wanted to hear his story.
"That is going to take a while to explain. But I just got here from Naboo." Anakin supplied. Then the large doors that led to the Cafeteria came into view. "Is that it?" She nodded and smiled.
"Yes, wait till you see the food. Good!" She emphasized, showing him how hungry she was as well. They entered the cafeteria, and the first thing visible, were many tables. To the right of the room was the food line and the tables were to the left. There were doors an all sides of the room where kids and Jedi were entering and leaving the room.
"Big." Anakin stated. She looked at him and shrugged, and then she got in line. Raina did not wait for Anakin, she was sure he knew how to do this. He'd have to be stupid if he didn't.
She went through the line and filled her tray quickly. She was hungry, she always was! She worked hard in class, so she burned a lot of energy and needed to eat. The best student had to be well energized for class.
When Raina had chosen what she wanted she walked to a table in the far corner, her usual spot. Until then, she hadn't noticed that Anakin was following her. She just assumed she would meet up with him later. She was wrong.
"Wow! You have a lot of food!" her head snapped up he had appeared out of nowhere, and that comment made her mad.
"What are you saying, Anakin?" she spat angrily. Where did this kid come from? "Are you saying I'm fat? You have no idea how hard I work! I bet you won't be able to work as hard as I do!" She stood up and grabbed her tray; she was not going to take this "You'll never be as good as I am!" Just as she turned to walk away Anakin started talking.
"What's wrong with you? I was only joking!" now Anakin they were both staring each other down. "Since I stepped into that room, you've been looking at me like I'm evil. You don't know me! How can you just assume that I'm no good? Why would I be here if I wasn't?" He had a point there.
"Well why are you here? I have been here since I was one!" she looked around and the tables around them were starting to stare. Raina sat down, and quieted her voice. "What makes you so special? Anakin Skywalker." She said his name out of spite. "Please tell me." Her voice a little calmer, she looked to him for an answer.
He returned her stare and started to speak. "I'm not." She frowned at his response, but didn't say anything. "I'm glad that I'm here, but I had to leave my mom. She's all alone now! Do you know what that's like?"
"So what? I never met my family. I feel like an orphan sometimes!" she retorted, he was not going to win this. He had no idea what it was like not having a family.
"I don't know why I'm here, but I'm glad. Why are you mad at me?" he looked at her with such innocence she had to laugh.
"Why am I mad? I've been here forever, and you come six years late and your put in an advanced class!" Anakin didn't say anything so she continued, "That's not fair. You don't know how hard I've worked." They sat I silence, she was waiting to see what he'd say.
"Don't get mad at me. Get mad at the people who brought me here." With that he stood up and left. She was dumfounded. He had actually walked away from her. The nerve of him! She thought angrily.
Then she smiled. He's gonna get lost! She ignored everyone else, and ate her lunch.
~
He couldn't believe the nerve of that girl. All he had wanted was to be her friend, and now he had an enemy. How could she think such things? She had been so rude he just.he just had to leave. There was no way he would tolerate that kind of treatment, especially from a total stranger.
He went and found another table, which happened to be with a group of older boys. They really didn't talk too much, and didn't ask him anything, but Anakin was glad of that.
As soon as he was done eating, he realized that he would not be able to find his way back to the class - if that was where he was supposed to go. But he would not ask Raina for help that was just out of the question. Anakin was pretty sure he knew his way back to the place they had come from; he just didn't know if that's where he was supposed to go for instruction.
He didn't like that girl. How dare she get mad at him for doing nothing? She's just jealous! She just had to be, but.some things she had said made a little sense. Anakin did wonder why he was so special. Obi-wan had told him about some prophecy, but he didn't know what it had to do with him. He had been so fascinated with Obi-wan's ship that he hadn't paid attention to him.
That reminded him of his podracer, and how well he had done on the Boonta- Eve race. He'd much rather be podracing that sitting here wondering if he could find his way back to some room. Anakin had always felt so free and alive while podracing.it was an indescribable feeling. But, it was something he would never be able to do again, now that he was to be a Jedi.
There were going to be a lot of things he would miss, his mother the most. He had hated it when he said goodbye to him mother back on Tatooine, it broke his heart when they had their last hug. And he knew that he would always feel guilty about leaving her. That was just something that wouldn't change. He would never stop feeling guilty.
Anakin had also been sad when he had said goodbye to Padmé. She was so beautiful and kind to him. And her face.that was one he was never going to forget. It had made him happy just to be around her, and he knew that he would see her again someday. He would just have to wait. And the victory celebration had been great, but it had not been great when it was over because he had to leave her. Someday I will see her again. She will always be my Angel. He thought
Realizing that he had been sitting there for a while, Anakin looked at the time and thought that he should try and find that room now. He would be able to find it, because he had a really good memory. But before he left he looked for Raina, but he couldn't see her anyway. He laughed because he knew Raina would be expecting him to get lost. He just couldn't let that happen.
~
Raina had rushed into the classroom, because she didn't want to be late. She had spent most of the lunch hour looking for Anakin, which had surprised her. But she knew that she didn't do it for him; she did it for herself because she knew she would get in trouble if she didn't show up with him. She could not find him anywhere.
Before she entered the room, she stopped to think and relax as much as she could. What am I going to do? She worried. Raina stepped into the class and as soon as she did, her mouth dropped. There he was, talking with Master Yoda and a couple of the other kids. "That little creep." she muttered under her breath.
Master Yoda looked up when she entered and he smiled at her. "Raina, there you are! For you, we were waiting." He stated, but then he smiled again. "With Anakin, I have decided to pair you." She looked at Anakin who had a smirk on his face. He obviously knew this displeased her. This was a bad day for her.
She pushed it all away and smiled, "great! We have gotten to know each other quite well." Anakin's face went blank with surprise and then Master Yoda told everyone to stand by his or her partners. Raina reluctantly strolled to Anakin and stood by his side. They were quiet and tentative while Yoda told them to do basic stances with each other; when he stopped the two turned and glared at each other.
"Did you think I would get lost?" he asked innocently. She frowned and he started laughing. Then Raina felt a tap on her back.
"The procedure you know already, can you show him?" Yoda said as Raina turned to face him, she smiled and nodded her head. She would do anything her Master asked of her.even pretend to be friends with an adversary.
"Yes, I can!" she replied 'giddily', then he walked away to the next pair and Raina sighed. "Ok, let's get this over with Anakin." She showed him several different techniques to use when fighting one on one with an enemy. She was surprised at how quickly he learned, and she had to admit that he was very good.
"Your still mad at me." Anakin stated rather than asked. He could tell she was, he just wanted to hear what she had to say.
"You have good technique." was all she said, and he laughed. "Well you do! Your strange Mr. Skywalker. And no I'm not." Raina replied.
After she said this Anakin started laughing. "Aww, you like me don't you?"
"Don't push your luck. I'm being nice, cause I know we're going to be partners forever." She smiled, not regretting a word. "Plus, I feel bad about what I said! There. Let's talk about something else." Anakin laughed harder and then every turned to look at them. He turned away sheepishly, and this made Raina laugh.
"Concentrate, you must!" Yoda said to them. They quieted down and smiled. They spent the remainder of the class trying to make better defence combinations than each other, making a silent agreement to be friends. But deep down Raina knew that would never be possible.she could never be Anakin's friend.
~ Please review, you don't know how much it will mean to me!!! (And if you want to see what happens next in the story!)
Written by: Tryphaena
Disclaimer: Anakin, Obi-wan Kenobi, Yoda, and all other Star Wars Characters are property of George Lucas. Raina is mine!
Summary: There could have been more than one corrupt Jedi residing at the temple. This is the story of her, Raina, and how much she dislikes another . . . Anakin Skywalker. If you want to know the rest, read on and remember to review at the end please!!!
*note* I have added more content to chapters 1-3. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Raina sat in silence, thinking about the thing she loathed the most. Everything had changed when he first entered her life, but she wasn't sure if that change had been good or bad. All she knew was that she couldn't stand him, since she first laid eyes on him.It was seven years ago, she remembered that day vividly. She had been doing an exercise with her class, with lightsabers. They had only been given their first lightsabers the year before, but they rarely had exercises where they could actually use them. That was an exciting day for her, a special day. * * *
At the time she was one of the most talented in her class, they never said anything but she knew. The Jedi Masters did not encourage or praise the children's talents, because that could lead them down the wrong path. She knew without them saying a word. She felt feelings she knew she shouldn't have, but she couldn't help herself. She was better than the rest of the children.
They had just finished simple combinations and she had done extremely well. They didn't compliment her on it. They said 'good job everyone'. It didn't bother her, because she was use to the same treatment as everyone else.
The class consisted of about twelve kids, she happened to be the youngest.
She hadn't realized it before, because she had been concentrating on her work, but there were some people standing at the door. They had been observing their class, and she stared at them curiously.
One of them she recognized, he was Master Kenobi, the newly appointed Jedi Knight. He stood with a boy, about her age, maybe older. He had sandy brown hair and by the way he was dressed, he was obviously a Padawan, much like herself. It made her wonder why he was a Padawan when she had never seen him before. Wouldn't she have? Didn't all Jedi start when they were babies just like she did? What was so special about him?
Then, the boy caught her staring and she turned her head quickly, she hoped he hadn't noticed. But she stole another peek at him and he had noticed. She looked to Master Yoda who was leading this class, hoping he would tell her who the boy was.
Master Yoda looked at the door, and then he started smiling. "Ah! Here, you are! Say hello, class." He chirped happily. And without any enthusiasm, she said hello.
They entered the room, and she looked at the boy with scrutinizing eyes. Somehow, she knew that he was here to stay, and it felt like a threat. He caught her gazing at him again, but she didn't flinch this time. He smiled, but she did not return the favour.
"Children, meet I'd like you to, Anakin Skywalker." She heard Master Yoda say, breaking her concentration. Obi-wan, was smiling proudly and this.Anakin, was very happy. "Joining our class, he will be." With that last statement her mouth dropped. She looked at Master Yoda to see if he was serious, and yup. He was.
"Hi, everyone." Anakin said sheepishly. He did a little wave and then grinned. She knew he was trouble.
Her mind raced. Why is he here? Why now! She certainly didn't like him, and nothing would make her.
"Miss Jules." She looked up as her name was called. "Like to show Anakin around, would you?" she was shocked. She opened her mouth to protest, but she held her tongue. Trouble would not come to her because of some boy. She had always been a good student and wanted to keep it that way.
"Sure!" she replied instead, faking glee.
"Good. To the Cafeteria take him. And bring him here, your next class for." Yoda instructed. Oh great! I have to baby-sit him for an hour! She thought. Then they were dismissed for lunch. She sighed and walked up to Anakin as Obi-wan told him that he was going to talk to Master Yoda. He noticed her and smiled.
"Thank you Miss Jules! He'll be good, I promise." Obi-wan joked. But somehow she didn't think it was funny. So she smiled instead and nodded to the door.
"Let's go eat Anakin. This way." She then waited for him to get beside her and she started walking. After all, she did not want to appear rude in front of her Master.
"So what's your name? Jules?" he asked her as soon as they were out of the room. She looked at him, already annoyed. This was going to be a long hour.
"No. It's Raina, my last name is Jules." She replied coldly. Anakin didn't seem to notice.
"Oh, I see. Where are you from?" She sighed; this was going to be a long hour.
"I'm from Tatooine." Raina said. She then started walking a little faster, making her way in the direction of the Cafeteria. She wasn't into small talk, especially not with strangers.
"Really!" Anakin's eye lit up and he smiled really big. "Me too! I can't believe it!" Now this outburst did surprise her. She had never met anyone from Tatooine, not often anyway. "I'm from the Mos Espa area, what about you?"
"I think I'm from somewhere around there too. I can't remember the last time I was there." She tried to shrug it off, but she was kind of amazed. She turned her attention to disliking Anakin, even though that seemed kind of pointless now. "Where are we going?" Anakin asked, looking around like a lost child.
"To the Cafeteria. This place is really huge, but you'll get used to it." Raina replied, leading him around a corner. "We're almost there." Without realizing it, she had warmed up to Anakin, he seemed like a nice kid. But she was kind of resentful of him. How was he able to just start training at his age? She had been taken from her family when she was a baby, he had probably lived with his forever. Those thoughts put a shadow of doubt on her mind, and made her not so happy.
"Good! I'm really hungry. I just arrived here and hour ago." He looked at her as he spoke.
"Where did you come from?" He was obviously a find; she hated to admit it, but she wanted to hear his story.
"That is going to take a while to explain. But I just got here from Naboo." Anakin supplied. Then the large doors that led to the Cafeteria came into view. "Is that it?" She nodded and smiled.
"Yes, wait till you see the food. Good!" She emphasized, showing him how hungry she was as well. They entered the cafeteria, and the first thing visible, were many tables. To the right of the room was the food line and the tables were to the left. There were doors an all sides of the room where kids and Jedi were entering and leaving the room.
"Big." Anakin stated. She looked at him and shrugged, and then she got in line. Raina did not wait for Anakin, she was sure he knew how to do this. He'd have to be stupid if he didn't.
She went through the line and filled her tray quickly. She was hungry, she always was! She worked hard in class, so she burned a lot of energy and needed to eat. The best student had to be well energized for class.
When Raina had chosen what she wanted she walked to a table in the far corner, her usual spot. Until then, she hadn't noticed that Anakin was following her. She just assumed she would meet up with him later. She was wrong.
"Wow! You have a lot of food!" her head snapped up he had appeared out of nowhere, and that comment made her mad.
"What are you saying, Anakin?" she spat angrily. Where did this kid come from? "Are you saying I'm fat? You have no idea how hard I work! I bet you won't be able to work as hard as I do!" She stood up and grabbed her tray; she was not going to take this "You'll never be as good as I am!" Just as she turned to walk away Anakin started talking.
"What's wrong with you? I was only joking!" now Anakin they were both staring each other down. "Since I stepped into that room, you've been looking at me like I'm evil. You don't know me! How can you just assume that I'm no good? Why would I be here if I wasn't?" He had a point there.
"Well why are you here? I have been here since I was one!" she looked around and the tables around them were starting to stare. Raina sat down, and quieted her voice. "What makes you so special? Anakin Skywalker." She said his name out of spite. "Please tell me." Her voice a little calmer, she looked to him for an answer.
He returned her stare and started to speak. "I'm not." She frowned at his response, but didn't say anything. "I'm glad that I'm here, but I had to leave my mom. She's all alone now! Do you know what that's like?"
"So what? I never met my family. I feel like an orphan sometimes!" she retorted, he was not going to win this. He had no idea what it was like not having a family.
"I don't know why I'm here, but I'm glad. Why are you mad at me?" he looked at her with such innocence she had to laugh.
"Why am I mad? I've been here forever, and you come six years late and your put in an advanced class!" Anakin didn't say anything so she continued, "That's not fair. You don't know how hard I've worked." They sat I silence, she was waiting to see what he'd say.
"Don't get mad at me. Get mad at the people who brought me here." With that he stood up and left. She was dumfounded. He had actually walked away from her. The nerve of him! She thought angrily.
Then she smiled. He's gonna get lost! She ignored everyone else, and ate her lunch.
~
He couldn't believe the nerve of that girl. All he had wanted was to be her friend, and now he had an enemy. How could she think such things? She had been so rude he just.he just had to leave. There was no way he would tolerate that kind of treatment, especially from a total stranger.
He went and found another table, which happened to be with a group of older boys. They really didn't talk too much, and didn't ask him anything, but Anakin was glad of that.
As soon as he was done eating, he realized that he would not be able to find his way back to the class - if that was where he was supposed to go. But he would not ask Raina for help that was just out of the question. Anakin was pretty sure he knew his way back to the place they had come from; he just didn't know if that's where he was supposed to go for instruction.
He didn't like that girl. How dare she get mad at him for doing nothing? She's just jealous! She just had to be, but.some things she had said made a little sense. Anakin did wonder why he was so special. Obi-wan had told him about some prophecy, but he didn't know what it had to do with him. He had been so fascinated with Obi-wan's ship that he hadn't paid attention to him.
That reminded him of his podracer, and how well he had done on the Boonta- Eve race. He'd much rather be podracing that sitting here wondering if he could find his way back to some room. Anakin had always felt so free and alive while podracing.it was an indescribable feeling. But, it was something he would never be able to do again, now that he was to be a Jedi.
There were going to be a lot of things he would miss, his mother the most. He had hated it when he said goodbye to him mother back on Tatooine, it broke his heart when they had their last hug. And he knew that he would always feel guilty about leaving her. That was just something that wouldn't change. He would never stop feeling guilty.
Anakin had also been sad when he had said goodbye to Padmé. She was so beautiful and kind to him. And her face.that was one he was never going to forget. It had made him happy just to be around her, and he knew that he would see her again someday. He would just have to wait. And the victory celebration had been great, but it had not been great when it was over because he had to leave her. Someday I will see her again. She will always be my Angel. He thought
Realizing that he had been sitting there for a while, Anakin looked at the time and thought that he should try and find that room now. He would be able to find it, because he had a really good memory. But before he left he looked for Raina, but he couldn't see her anyway. He laughed because he knew Raina would be expecting him to get lost. He just couldn't let that happen.
~
Raina had rushed into the classroom, because she didn't want to be late. She had spent most of the lunch hour looking for Anakin, which had surprised her. But she knew that she didn't do it for him; she did it for herself because she knew she would get in trouble if she didn't show up with him. She could not find him anywhere.
Before she entered the room, she stopped to think and relax as much as she could. What am I going to do? She worried. Raina stepped into the class and as soon as she did, her mouth dropped. There he was, talking with Master Yoda and a couple of the other kids. "That little creep." she muttered under her breath.
Master Yoda looked up when she entered and he smiled at her. "Raina, there you are! For you, we were waiting." He stated, but then he smiled again. "With Anakin, I have decided to pair you." She looked at Anakin who had a smirk on his face. He obviously knew this displeased her. This was a bad day for her.
She pushed it all away and smiled, "great! We have gotten to know each other quite well." Anakin's face went blank with surprise and then Master Yoda told everyone to stand by his or her partners. Raina reluctantly strolled to Anakin and stood by his side. They were quiet and tentative while Yoda told them to do basic stances with each other; when he stopped the two turned and glared at each other.
"Did you think I would get lost?" he asked innocently. She frowned and he started laughing. Then Raina felt a tap on her back.
"The procedure you know already, can you show him?" Yoda said as Raina turned to face him, she smiled and nodded her head. She would do anything her Master asked of her.even pretend to be friends with an adversary.
"Yes, I can!" she replied 'giddily', then he walked away to the next pair and Raina sighed. "Ok, let's get this over with Anakin." She showed him several different techniques to use when fighting one on one with an enemy. She was surprised at how quickly he learned, and she had to admit that he was very good.
"Your still mad at me." Anakin stated rather than asked. He could tell she was, he just wanted to hear what she had to say.
"You have good technique." was all she said, and he laughed. "Well you do! Your strange Mr. Skywalker. And no I'm not." Raina replied.
After she said this Anakin started laughing. "Aww, you like me don't you?"
"Don't push your luck. I'm being nice, cause I know we're going to be partners forever." She smiled, not regretting a word. "Plus, I feel bad about what I said! There. Let's talk about something else." Anakin laughed harder and then every turned to look at them. He turned away sheepishly, and this made Raina laugh.
"Concentrate, you must!" Yoda said to them. They quieted down and smiled. They spent the remainder of the class trying to make better defence combinations than each other, making a silent agreement to be friends. But deep down Raina knew that would never be possible.she could never be Anakin's friend.
~ Please review, you don't know how much it will mean to me!!! (And if you want to see what happens next in the story!)