Leia was sitting at the comm. station, confused as always and talking to her best friend Winter. They had finished their usual conference for the day and had gone over her speech for the senate assembly the next day. Instead they had moved on to talk about a more interesting topic, a certain attractive corellian senator.

"Oh winter I don't know what I'm going to do about him" Leia moaned. Winter laughed, ever since Leia's last life day Han and her had started growing closer and Leia was at a breaking point. She didn't know what to do next, her father had forbidden her from having a relationship with Han but man was it tempting. Instead Leia had taken to confessing every night over the comm. she had told her schemes and desperate plans.

"Well it was different with us Leia, I don't know what to say, what do you like about him?" winter was laughing still but Leia was starting to get serious. She must like him more than I expected.

"His eyes, his smile, his hands, his lips."

"And let me guess" winter finished "his cute little butt"

"Oh yeah" Leia said, letting out a sigh. It was quiet for a while.

"Hey winter?"

"Uh-huh?"

"I have a new plan."

"Well are you going to tell me?"

It was Leia's turn to laugh. "Hum, no I think I'll wait and let you see tomorrow. Goodnight winter."

"Okay than goodnight Leia, have some sweet dreams will you?" they both laughed.

"Okay I will" the screen went dark and winter stood up from her chair. I sure hope you know what you're doing.

"We will see you all back here tomorrow, senate dismissed" the briefing was over, Leia was off to find Han so they could all go out for a holo and a caf. They always went to the cinema next to the mom and pop shop. From there they always would go back to the academy where they studied to become real senators. Han was three, almost four years Leia's senior and today was his last practice session before his test to see if he could become a senator. It was the last time she was going to see him for at least a year. If she was going to put her plan into action it was now or never. Han was standing up and he was about to leave, maybe forever. Leia stood up and walked over to him, she only being 14 he dwarfed her greatly.

"Han?"

"What Leia."

"The-there's something I really need to know"

"Well spit it out your worship" but before he had finished his sentence Leia had wrapped her arms around his torso and pulled him into a tight hug. Han was stunned and seemed to react against his will. After an initial start his mind seemed to realize that the girl he had been flirting with was actually trying to hug him so hard he couldn't breathe. So he did what made the most sense.

He hugged back.

Chapter two

Leia's mind was in a frenzy He, he he's actually hugging me! Oh man I've dreamed of this for sooooo long. Oh he feels so… warm and strong and. Oh man he smells so… gross. But totally him. I feel all tingley inside .She squeezed tighter and he ran a hand supportively along her back.

Han's mind was in a frenzy as well. He had done his fair share of hugging girls, and much more than that to say the least- but a move like this started by Leia? It was absurd! Sure he had been teaseing her the last couple months, but that was just because he loved to see her all flustered and fired up. iDang is she cute when she's angery!/i Now she was actually hugging him and he didn't know what to think or do. He settled on hugging her back until he could figure it out. She seemed pretty content with that option as well

Winter's mind was in a frenzy as well, joining the confusion. Of course she was also laughing her head off, and gazing slack jawed at her two friends wrapped in a tight embrace. Oh sure she had had a relationship of some sort with Han, but it never really went very far. She was a year older than Leia so age wasn't as much of an issue. Then winter relized after all this thought they were still embraceing. All the other junior senators that were with them were yelling out catcalls and laughing. Shouting "I told you so's" and "about times". They all grew silent as the couple slowly separated.

Leia still had her arms resting on his shoulders, and his still rested at her hips. She tried to pull away put he held her fast. She gazed into his eyes, they were a beautiful hazel honey color with flecks of gold. She tried to get away again and he pulled her closer. He leaned down to whisper in her ear.

"do you want to move this to somewhere more private?"

"uh well I mean uh-"

"okay than lets go!" he said with a wink and a rougeish grin. He tickled her under her ribs right where she hated it.

"hey don't press your luck flyboy" that was her nickname for him. The thought of Han being a pilot was crazy. They both headed off to the alley adjacent to the café. Their usual hangout. Winter quietly followed behind.

"so princess" Han asked once they finally escaped to the quiet, "what was that about?"

Leia seemed to have recovered some of her strength and courage. " what was what about? I merely wanted to give you a good-bye hug before you left on your training."

"nice try Leia but I know you, that's not something you would do, now tell me why you felt the need to hug me?" i ha I have her now /i

"I-I-I already told you" i man does he have my number!/i

"could you have an ulterior motive"

"wh-wh-why no you should know I only like nice men. Not senators three years above my class."

"So you didn't feel anything when you hugged me?"

"as a matter of fact no I didn't I'm sorry" i except I felt every good emotion in the world. Wait was there a hint of doubt in his voice!/i

"so you wouldn't feel anything if I did it again?"

"no"

"good" and he did. Winter was watching from the edge of the ally and couldn't help snickering as she slipped back inside.