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Crack The Shutters
Jag Fel peeked one eye open to examine his surroundings. It took a minute to register where he was. Ahh yes, he thought, the guest room at my parents' house. The events of the previous night began to flood back into his head. He shook his head in disbelief at the things he remembered.
You
cool your bedwarm hands down
On the broken radiator
He propped himself up on one elbow, and looked to his right. There lay the most beautiful woman in the entire galaxy. From the first moment he had met her, he admired her. He admired her passion, her commitment, her personality; he admired her as a whole person. They had both been so young when they had first met. He had been so grim, and she had been everything his parents had warned him about…a scruffy rebel. A beautiful scruffy rebel.
When
you lay them freezing on me
I mumble can you wake me later
He
hadn't known then that he would see her again, but force had he
hoped. Just something about her made him want to be around. He
looked down at her sleeping form again, and lightly stroked her cheek
to not wake her. The horrors she experienced right from the
beginning of the war would shake anyone to the core…but not his
Jaina. But
I don't really want you to stop
And you know it so it doesn't stop
you
She
had been so different when they had finally met again. She was so
angry, so sad, and so helpless. Her baby brother was gone, and she
didn't want to go on. Something about her situation made him want
to help. He admired her sleeping form some more. Thinking back,
wow, did she ever play hard to get. She hated him, but quitter had
never been his middle name. He tried to break through the walls
around her heart brick by brick, wall by wall until nothing was left
to keep her from him. You
run your hands from my neck
To my chest
The
chase had been worth every kilojoule of energy spent. He clearly
remembered that day in the conference room like it had happened mere
minutes ago. She had broken like a dam under pressure, pouring out
every last emotion for him to hear. Little did he or she know, she
had caught him hook, line, and sinker that moment, and nothing was
ever the same. Crack
the shutters open wide
I want to bathe you in the light of day
And
just watch you as the rays
Tangle around your face and body
I
could sit here for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each
minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I
want you
In
her slumber she sighed, and shifted. Jag smiled to himself as he sat
reminiscing. How could one person change your life so completely, he
asked himself. The last few years had passed like a blur speeding
across his field of vision. The moment passed so quickly, but the
effects were felt forever. Its
been minutes Its been days,
I remember all I will remember
He
had never been more sure in his life that he had found his one and
only. Winning over her family had been a slight challenge, but
looking at her sleeping beside him confirmed it had all been worth
it. She was his Jaina, the woman he would spend the rest of his days
with, and the only woman he would ever love so completely. Happy
lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow
He
had to hold back the tears as he watched the clawcrafts soar over the
Winter Festival last night. The look in her eyes was the best thing
he had ever seen. The sheer joy present in her eyes made him feel
like he was the luckiest man in the galaxy. Little did he know, but
Jaina had her own news for him. "I'm going to be a daddy." He
whispered. She was pregnant, they were pregnant, and that news made
her even more beautiful than ever. Your
hills and valleys
Are mapped by my intrepid fingers
He
got out of bed carefully, making sure not to wake her. He walked
over to the window and opened the curtains to allow the light to
brighten the room. He made his way back over to the bed and sat
down. He smiled as he watched her sleep, as he had done many times
before, but this time was so different. His life was truly complete
thanks to this beautiful woman beside him, the woman who was
beautiful in every way. She was beautiful in her passion, her
intensity, her anger; anything she had ever done was beautiful. How
they had both survived the horrors of the war to find peace with
eachother was unfathomable. They had survived together, and now they
had a beautiful baby on the way. One that was sure to be beautiful
like the woman who was carrying it. And
in a naked slumber
I dream all this again
To think, his father had warned him about scruffy rebels. Thank the force he hadn't ever taken his father's advice. He could have missed so much. He could have missed the days with his crazy new extended family, the joys of knowing that they are willing to do anything for one of their own, but most of all he could have missed her. Now, he was never going to miss a thing.
Crack
the shutters open wide
I want to bathe you in the light of day
And
just watch you as the rays
Tangle around your face and body
I
could sit here for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each
minute
'Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I
want you
He was pulled from his reverie as Jaina stirred beside him. He smiled down at her as her eyes fluttered open. She smiled, and looked up at him curiously. "What are you thinking about?" she asked.
"You." He answered simply
