Summary: Well...I'm not going to bore you to death with the curricular life at the Academy! Let's just say, it must have been quite something to see a woman (and alien...) disputing 1st place with Pash...ahem...Xander! Too many wagers...too many ales...you know... They're bound to be heading for something else!
Chapter TextThe end of the first year at Vensenor was getting closer and closer by the hour!
A whole year, gaining everyone's trust, trying to lay relatively low...in other words: boring!
Pash knew one false move could raise enough suspicion. This first had only serve to monitors things, listening to people's hushed opinions, gaining a sense of who exactly were the die-hard imps and who was not entirely satisfied and could be convinced to, later on, defect to the Alliance! Of course, that part of the plan was to be achieved only after graduation. Preferably when the ones who'd join him, would find themselves piloting fighters! He didn't quite have a clear of exactly how he would pull that off, but he had two more years to perfect his plan!
On the bright side, Leesa seem to be quite on board with his line of thinking! Which was good for a varied number of reasons, one being he was finding himself drawn to her more and more! She always kept a very cool demeanour, distant, somewhat arrogant at times...but he loved her!
Wait!...What?!
No, no, no...Not a good idea.
He could not...he would not fall in love with her! What in the seven Corellian hells was he thinking? Granted she was the sexiest thing he'd ever laid eyes on, and not just due to her exotic looks. She was really fit and had nice curves. The breasts were not really big, but they looked good enough to fit his hands, and...
Ok! Stop that!
This whole fantasising about little miss blue was driving him crazy! She seemed to enjoy their Sim meetings and subsequent drinking at the Cadet's bar. But that was it! Of course she enjoyed talking to him - a lot- that was how he'd gotten subtle hints on her disagreement with the Imperial politics. But she had not ever given him a clue that she could come to want something else from him!
More than once he had to restrain himself from doing something stupid like backing her against a wall, on some deserted dark corridor, and kiss her! Of course, being Senior Captain Thrawn's daughter also served as a deterrent from doing so! He'd never really been a fan of having a blaster to his head...
He wished he could just talk to Dena... His big sister had always been his best friend. He could talk about anything to her! How he needed her advice right now...
Pash picked up his datapad from his bunk, and left for that day's class.
Two more weeks and he'd be out of there for a whole month! Then he'd go on leave, supposedly to Andara. But in reality, he was going to meet his father in his native world of Contruum and debrief him on his conclusions.
Afterwards he hoped he actually spend sometime with his mom and his sister! He could almost smell mom's Raeliin cake...
"Hey Red!" A voice shouted behind him.
"Hey Beric...would you stop calling me Red? Why the hell do you that anyway?"
"Honestly? Most of the times i just can't remember your name..." The tall, black haired Cadet mocked him while slapping him in the shoulder blade. "Just kidding Xander...So...got plans for your leave?"
"Sure! Relax and do nothing for a good seven cycles..." Pash smirked. Beric was a nice guy to have around, and one of the few Pash was 'monitoring' as a potential candidate for defection. After all, Beric had been drafted instead of volunteering himself! Native from the Parmic system, he was usually a cheerful person but not too brash. Pash had become fast friends with him over the first few weeks.
"Want to come with me and some others cadets to Imperial Center? There are really cute girls there..."
"Thanks, but I already promised my family I'd drop by for a visit. Maybe some other time."
"Where do you think 'Her Blue Highness' will be spending her Year-end leave? I heard something, about her pretty much living on board of her father's Star Destroyer! That must be a drag..."
"Yeah! Heard that too...It seems that, since her father widowed, their home as been the Strikefast! Not exactly a dreamlife..." In a way, that fact explained her distance towards other people. Must have been hard to lose her mother and suddenly being taken out of her home, wherever that had been, to live permanently on a Star Destroyer...and then come to a Naval Academy based on yet another kriffin' Star destroyer!
"Heard it directly from her, have you?" Beric throwed him a lopsided grin, raising his eyebrows meaningfully. "Because I heard you two have been getting...cosy..."
"What? who said that?" Pash was not amused by the thought that people might noticing his interest in Leesa! The rules of confraternization between cadets were very strict! Of course he quite aware that most rules were creatively bypassed by some cadets of had some needs... The problem was the very fact that, Leesa was the only woman aboard and undoubtedly, her every move was being reported back to her father! Again, the imagetic of a blaster to his forehead was becoming more vivid... "Listen...nothing's going between us..."
"...And even if it was, I would not comment that with anyone else! Come on Xander! It's me you're talking to, remember?"
"I'm not doubting your loyalty, Beric, but she's not interested."
"Oh! So that's the problem...Which also means you are! Eh, eh...you old slick...got her on your scopes, do you?"
"For the good it'll do to me..." Pash sighed slumping his shoulders, with a defeated look.
"What's the matter Layn? The Sandkitten ate your Cairoka bird?" A soft voice whispered from behind both men, causing them to jump back in surprise as they turned to face the person speaking.
"Sithspit, Leesa!" Beric bit off at her. "No one ever told it's not polite to sneak off on people like that?"
"Sure! I just didn't mind them..." She chuckled. "So what's your problem?" Leesa poked Pash in his chest, squinting at him, demanding an answer.
" Nothing that concerns you!"
"Sure it does!" Beric offered. "After all we were talking about you!"
Pash stared at the other man, with an incredulous look on face...
You little traitor!
"Well, Layn...got something to tell me? Or you'd rather I turn my back, so you could talk to them...as it seems to be your preference?"
" Actually, I'm pretty sure Xander here, would to do something else...that requires you to be facing him!" And with that Beric got away from them, just in time to avoid being slapped on the head by a violently blushing Pash!
"Well!" Leesa asked, crossing her arms in front of her. "What are you going to do now?"
"Listen...we was just joking and..."
"Are you ever going to kiss me, or what?"
"Excuse me?"
"No! You're not excused! All indications on you behaviour lately, suggests you would indeed like to kiss me. And yet you haven't acted on it...for the time being."
"Do you always to be so damn analytical of everything?"
"I was not being analytical...just stating a fact!"
" And talking like a droid! Instead of a sentient being..."
"Well!" She huffed at him, clearly annoyed. "If you're not really interested, i can alwa..."
She didn't get to finish her ranting, since Pash had just pulled her into a more secluded corner and kissed right there!
And what a kiss!
Pash's mouth was insistent on hers. Demanding. Devouring, really! She could feel his hunger for her, his...desire for her! Leesa parted her lips and allowed the sweet invasion of his tongue, exploring her mouth, making her shiver...
This was good...this was damn good!
She pulled back from the kiss, startled, looking in his eyes and then she was the one doing the kissing. She held on to him tightly, pressing her body fully on his, drawing a moan from him.
They had to stop! She knew they to stop! At any given moment, someone could walk by and catch them in the act! She drawn back, lips swollen, with a pretty shade of purple on her cheeks.
"Wow! You're blushing...You look beautiful all blushed..." Pash whispered. There was nothing more he could do really... the kissing had left somewhat breathless! And she'd kissed him back! She wanted him too!
"You look pretty after being kissed too..." Leesa answered him, equally breathless. "But we can't go on kissing on public places, you know? We could get in trouble!"
"Am i right to assume you want more of kisses?" He countered, with a mischievous, cocky smile.
"Oh, definitely! But on a more private place... I don't think Director Hareen would be too pleased with our...confraternization..."
"Nope! That would definitely be a bad idea...you know being caught by him! I'm pretty sure he'd tell your father about it, and that would be the end of me!" Pash shivered, imagining the scandal it would be...not to say his father would not be pleased that he'd kriffed up a mission because of his jumping hormones...and others harder parts of his anatomy, that were manifesting themselves this very instant! "I already have been having nightmares of your father pulling the trigger of a blaster to my head..."
"We can't let that happen, now can we?" She brushed his lips with hers, ever so lightly, teasing him." Don't you worry. I won't tell my father that you kissed me!"
"Don't forget you kissed me too!"
" I'm fully aware, thank you! You just be a good boy, and you'll have more kisses coming, sweetie! But right now, we have to hurry to get to class. Shall we?"
"Do we have to?"
"Yes Xander, we have to! Come on now..."
Pash felt like he was floating! She was his! All his!
Suddenly the thought of a leave, gained a bittersweet taste!
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Note: Sorry...no bed scenes just yet! Doesn't quite feel right to just push those into the nearest bed without getting a bit more acquainted!
Next chapter will be more...ahh...juicy...
Leave comments please! I enjoy feedback to know if i'm going the right direction with this one!