Chapter 2: Life's No Picnic, Except for Now

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So I went on E bay and bought the rights to Star Wars. Yeah, keep dreaming...

NOTE: This chapter is very loosely based off of the song "Treasure" by Flyleaf. If you haven't heard the song, I suggest looking it up. It's an awesome song! It's on their second album, "Memento Mori."

Blaze- Now if I told you, wouldn't that spoil the story?

Jaina looked in awe around her. Zekk had said before that Ennth was beautiful, but she wasn't expecting it to be this beautiful. Rolling grassy hills were everywhere. Fruit trees were intermingled with blossoming ones. Gigantic formations of shining obsidian towered over the landscape, a faint reminder to the volcanoes that peeked through the clouds. It was to one of these giants that Zekk was currently leading her towards. This one had an ancient fruit tree in its shadow. Nearby was a cliff face, and beyond that, a gigantic ocean.

They settled under the tree, but only after Zekk had plucked two particularly succulent-looking fruits from it. The sun was setting over the horizon, dying the entire area in a rosy-pink glow. Jaina pulled out the dinner they had brought: fresh artisan bread, cheese, vegetables, and champagne. It was quite simple. She bit into a piece of bread. The outside was crusty, but on the inside, it was soft and still warm. Moving over, she rested her head on the tall, dark-haired man's shoulder. Zekk shifted to a more comfortable position, and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She glanced up to notice the distracted look in his eyes.

"Something wrong?" she asked, reaching out with the Force to see if she could sense why he seemed upset.

"Nothing," was his almost too fast reply. He was cloaking his feelings.

"Are you sure?" she questioned.

"Yes. Believe me, if something was wrong, you would know about it by now. I promise." Jaina narrowed her eyes skeptically, but decided not to pick a fight with him about it. The evening was beautiful, and she didn't want to ruin it with an argument. She simply wrapped her arms around his ribcage.

"If ever anything is wrong, you know you can talk to me about it, right?" Jaina added softly. Zekk reached over to brush a lock of hair out of her face.

"Yes. And I promise that no matter what you say, I will always be here if you need me." Strange. No matter what she said? It seemed odd. He still had that far away look in his eyes. And was that... fear?

"I'll be back in a moment," he said as he pulled himself to his feet and walked around to the other side of the massive tree, reaching up to grab some more fruit, and to get the champagne. He returned, setting the fruits down beside her, then sitting back down. Jaina picked up one of the purple, juicy spheres and bit into it.

"Jaina?" Zekk said softly.

"'Sup," she answered with a playful tone in her voice. There was a pause.

"Are you up for a dance?" Of course she was up for a dance. She loved dancing. Soon they were twirling to soft music from a player that Zekk had brought.

"Jaina?"

"Yes?" Zekk stopped and dropped to one knee, still holding one of her hands. He produced a sparkling ring from his pocket.

"Marry me?"

~.~.~.~

Jolvin and Myka were lounging in a room of the suite that the Ennthian government had provided for Myka and her master, watching a comedy holovid. There were snacks and drinks on the table in front of them, and the floor, and the section of couch between them. In the middle of the movie, they had gotten into a food fight. It was just one of those great times that nothing particularly special happened, but would be treasured and remembered for a lifetime.

"I wonder what the masters are doing on their picnic?" Jolvin ventured. Almost as if on cue, Zekk walked through the doorway.

"Hey," the two teenagers said in unison.

"Hey," Zekk replied. "Jolvin, it's past your curfew." The teenage boy got up and grumbled a good night as he left for his own quarters. Zekk took his spot.

"Well?" Myka asked.

"Well what?" Zekk replied. He knew full well what she was asking.

"Did you pop the question?" She was on the edge of her seat.

"I did."

"And?"

~.~.~.~

Jolvin was nearly back to the suite he was sharing with his Master when Myka darted past him. He was about to ask what she was doing, but before he could, she grabbed his access card and opened the door to his and Jaina's quarters. There was a startled cry from the diminutive Jedi master, and then Myka screaming excitedly. Jolvin ran to the door way to see what was wrong. What he saw was Myka hugging a startled-looking Jaina. Myka was also grinning broadly.

"What the heck is going on?" Jolvin asked.

"Apparently, Myka just found out that I agreed to marry her master," Jaina explained.

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So I planned to post this yesterday, but my guy-friend texted me that his girlfriend (who is a close friend of mine) told him that I said I liked him, and I got into a big text-fight with the girlfriend because I had told her NOT to tell him. Thankfully, no friendships were ruined. And then I forgot about this... In short, I meant to post this sooner than I did, so sorry guys. (Don't you just love teen social drama?)Anyway, please click on the beautiful, magical review button! I WILL GIVE YOU AN INVISIBLE COOKIE IF YOU DO!

I hope this chapter wasn't to cheesy...

Rock on, Dudes and Dudettes!

L3VE, Bethany