You lucky Followers! I have another update for you! :)
I apologize for my slowness and I made an error. The child I mentioned at the end of the last chapter went unnamed for six months not six weeks. What had happened was the parents had settled on a name and someone through a monkey wrench in on their plans which dragged out seven months. In the end they settled on the name they had originally picked out.
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There were no words to express the nervousness Leia was feeling as she sat across from her old acquaintance Pooja Naberrie Olie.
Leia wanted to tell Pooja that they were related but she couldn't just drop the news on the woman. News like this had to be given carefully and people were always telling Leia that she had no tact; something she had apparently inherited from her father.
Leia was relieved that she was holding her daughter so she couldn't rearrange things at the table in the upscale restaurant to relieve her anxiety. Instead she used basic meditation breathing exercises to calm her nerves.
"So do you have a name for the little one?" Pooja asked.
"Han and I are pretty sure we have a name for her; we are just working out if we want the name the woman was given at birth or the name she was known as in life." Leia explained.
"What name is that?" Pooja asked.
Leia smiled. "Lakshmi was the name my father's mother was given at birth but after she was kidnapped she became known as Shmi."
Pooja smiled.
"Personally I like Lakshmi better." Pooja told her.
Leia laughed, it felt so good to just have some girl time.
Her daughter started to fuss; trying to suck on her tunic.
Leia wasted little time opening her tunic enough to slip her daughter in and then she grabbed her cloak to cover herself a little more; some beings took great offense when a lactating being tried to nurse their young in certain public places.
In all honesty Leia had seen many females of different species, cultures and back rounds expose themselves more than a being trying to nurse their young.
For the rest of lunch Leia and Pooja talked about their lives over the past few years. Leia learned that Pooja had several children, all of them were older than baby Solo but that didn't matter.
Leia finally gathered her courage to tell Pooja what she and Luke now knew about their mother; how they were related.
Leia was about to say something when she heard a disgusted noise.
Leia looked up to see a Twi'lek woman standing there wearing something that could only charitably be called a dress; it left very little to the imagination.
"Do you have to expose yourself in such a shameless manner?" The Twi'lek woman demanded.
Leia released her anger for the most part into the Force and fixed the other woman with a cold stare.
"I am covered and only those at this table or excellent hearing would know that my daughter is nursing." Leia told the woman. "Besides, a strong wind or a piece of your skirt getting caught on something would leave you completely exposed." Leia informed her detractor.
The Twi'lek stared at her for a moment in shock.
Leia turned to Pooja.
"Can we go elsewhere?" She asked the elder woman.
Pooja nodded and signaled the waiter droid to come over so they could pay the bill and leave.
Once they were out Pooja started to complain about the manners of the Twi'lek woman. How on Naboo nobody would have commented on it unless they were privately telling you that part of you was uncovered,
Soon they were in the relative silence of the Solo apartment.
For the first few minutes after arriving Leia and Pooja talked about different things.
Finally Leia pushed her fears aside.
"Pooja, recently my brother and I discovered some interesting information about the identity of our mother." Leia told her cousin.
"Oh?" Pooja asked.
"It was well hidden and what we have pieced together makes sense as far as her identity goes but we haven't done the DNA test yet. To do that we have to inform her family because of the laws of her home planet require that the family be informed when a kidnapping has taken place.
Pooja's eyes widened.
"You and Luke were abducted?" she whispered.
Leia nodded.
"It was to protect us from the Emperor but her family and everyone else was lead to believe that she died before giving birth." Leia explained.
Pooja's mouth opened and Leia knew she had guessed the news Leia had for her.
"I always knew they were in love; so did my mom but we never have had any proof. Then the Emperor enforced little known laws about her privacy and that she was to be buried without another examination and that the baby would stay in her." Pooja told.
After a minute Pooja stood, straightening her skirt.
"Do you mind if I call my family and let them know that you and Luke want the test done?" Pooja asked.
Leia smiled.
"Use my comm station; it has strong privacy settings."
Leia felt some fear that the Naberries would not accept her, Luke, Han and little Lakshmi. But the Force assured that they would take them in with open arms; they would love to have more members of the family.
Leia blinked when she realized that she had given her daughter a name in her mind.
She looked at the sleeping baby and smiled. Her name would be Lakshmi Ami Solo. She would be the first of many Solo children.
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There will be only one more chapter.
