Chapter 4
Once again, I refuse to let the FCC and the fall of Net Neutrality beat me down. I will write as much as I possibly can.
Suggestions are welcome at all times.
Sabine was back in her room, trying to scrub the mostly fresh Heart painting off her wall when Ezra walked in with some gear.
"Alright, I got your... What are you doing?" Ezra asked, curious.
"Just a... I just..." she couldn't come up with a good explanation. "It's complicated," she finally said.
"Alright, I'm not going to ask any more," he said. He knows better than to try to dig into her personal life. "I have your explosives straight from the armory, as requested."
Sabine smiled, taking the explosives bag, "Thank you very much." She was still blushing lightly, but from what she did earlier, she doesn't feel afraid anymore. If anything she feels happier.
There was an awkward silence between the two, but both were blushing.
"I-I should... uh... g-go get ready as well," Ezra stammered, nervously.
"Actually, Ezra," Sabine called after him.
"Yeah?" he called back, hope in his voice.
"Could you help me get this paint off the wall? This part was... an accident," she requested.
"Oh, uh... Y-Yeah, sure thing," he said. He picked up a brush and started scrubbing one part of what used to be a heart.
Sabine had to smile, 'Things are turning back to normal after all... well, sort of.' She still had a huge crush on him, but she figured out how to control it.
Ezra started getting more nervous around her again, which really made her happy as well, but that moment caught Ezra's attention.
"What are you smiling about?" he asked.
"Oh nothing. Just the fact you are still nervous around me, especially after what we've been doing these past couple days," she said, almost mocking him.
"Oh uh... I-I don't know what you mean," he said, blushing.
Sabine raised an eyebrow, "Really? Because I sincerely remember you getting a little close when you were helping me correct my Forms."
Ezra turned red even more, but Sabine also blushed a bit more as well.
"You asked me to help," he pointed out.
"I know," she simply said. She knew Ezra wasn't going to win that fight. "But I think you were a little too relaxed."
"Actually I was scared you were going to slap me," Ezra admitted.
"Under older circumstances yes, I would have," Sabine said, but then added, "But that time, I was just as scared as you I guess."
Ezra's eyes grew wider. "You... You were scared too?"
Sabine smiled nervously but said, "Yeah..."
They locked eyes for a second, but Sabine soon snapped out of it. "W-We should keep cleaning..."
"Y-Yeah. Okay."
The two teens finished cleaning up the heart Sabine painted, and she started going through her gear while Ezra went back to his room.
"Jeez... am I imagining things or is Sabine actually developing a crush on me?" he asked aloud.
"I don't know, kid. Why don't you ask her out?" A growly voice asked.
"Ok I know she's been feeling nervous around me, but I don't think..." Ezra started to protest.
"Nonsense, Ezra. She's obviously into you," Zeb said.
"Look, I doubt it. You've seen how many times she's turned me down. I don't think she'll change her mind just like that," Ezra said, almost sad.
Zeb stared at Ezra with surprise. "You really are clueless."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ezra asked, slightly offended.
"I'm not going to be the one spelling it out to you. You're going to have to figure that out yourself this time," Zeb said.
Little to their knowledge, Sabine was listening to their conversation. 'He still thinks I'm not into him? Even after everything that happened?'
She was almost sad about it, but then she realized Ezra was right. She had turned him down countless times, and she never made any clear moves to show what she wanted, so it made sense why he believed that.
She walked into the cockpit then and saw Hera looking at a data pad with mission details.
"So what's the OP?" Sabine asked.
"We've already told you and Ezra earlier what we were doing," Hera said.
"Yeah well... it doesn't hurt to hear what it is again," Sabine said.
"I suppose. Our target is an Imperial TIE Factory on Absanz. Nothing super, just a bunch of normal TIEs and maybe a few Interceptors. Not only that, but there's something we need to take from their computers. A schedule for Imperial patrols, troop deployments, production times... pretty much everything. If we can't get those, then we just blow the factory. I assume Ezra delivered the explosives to you?"
"Yeah, he did," she said. Before Hera could start asking questions, Sabine quickly added," Everything's back to normal, again. Well... mostly."
Hera smiled, "That's good to hear. Now, we should probably get some sleep. There's about two days between us and Absanz, so we're going to leave at around 0500."
"Understood. But do we have to wake up that early?" Sabine asked, though not at all bothered with the idea of waking up at 5 in the morning.
"Unless you're sleeping in the base's living quarters, then no you don't. I bet Zeb is going to sleep in his bunk here and so would Ezra," Hera said.
"I might as well stay here and make sure those two don't wreck your ship, then," Sabine said with a small laugh.
"I would appreciate that, thank you," Hera said. "I'm going to sleep early tonight. I'm going to have to be alert on takeoff. You know how tricky this atmosphere can be."
"Tell me about it," Sabine said as Hera left.
Sabine sat in the co pilot's seat and stared up at the dark sky. Some stars were starting to show and she smiled.
"Looks like it's going to be a calm, clear night," a voice said behind her.
Sabine gasped in surprise as Ezra sat in the pilot's seat, staring at the sky as well.
Sabine sighed, "Ezra, you have to stop doing that."
He gave her a sly grin, "Stop doing what exactly?"
"Stop scaring me like that. I don't know how you do it, but it's creepy," she said, but couldn't hide a smile. She just loved that grin of his, and would never grow tired of it. She looked back up at the sky and rested her head on the chair.
Ezra propped his feet up and rested his hands on the back of his head. "I don't know about you, but I'm excited about this mission. How long does it take to get where we're going?"
"Two days, I think," Sabine answered.
"Wait... Where are we going again?"
"Absanz. It's kind of like a desert planet according to the holonet," Sabine said.
"A desert? Oh great," Ezra whined, closing his eyes.
"Oh, it's not that bad. Besides, I bet that lightsaber of yours could vaporize some sand if you hate it so much," Sabine joked.
Ezra smiled, "That's not a bad idea actually. I'll keep that in mind."
The two grew quiet, just staring at the stars and pretty soon, Ezra fell asleep right in the pilot's seat. Sabine giggled softly as she watched him sleep.
She started blushing lightly as she leaned forward slightly, resting her head on her hands. Sabine was thinking about carrying him to his room, but then remembered Zeb didn't like anybody entering his room while he was asleep. Then she thought about taking him to her room, and blushed.
'Well, I do have a bunk bed in my room, too. I'm sure he wouldn't mind. It's not like I'm sleeping WITH him like that one night, after all.' She thought to herself.
She picked him up, careful not to wake him, and then realized how much taller he was gotten... and how muscular he was. She blushed, wildly as she dragged him into her room and carefully laid him on the bottom bunk. She decided to just use the top bunk for the night.
She took off her armor and placed it on her stand, but didn't dare take off her suit. She just turned around to make sure Ezra was still asleep. She knew how to find if he was faking sleep so she knelt right next to him, felt his pulse, and checked his breathing. Sure enough, he was sound asleep. She then noticed his cheek was wide open, not covered by anything. She blushed at the idea, but nevertheless she placed a small kiss on his cheek.
"Goodnight, Ezra," she whispered, quietly. Ezra stirred, but only rolled onto his side, facing her, but still asleep.
Sabine smiled as she climbed onto the top bunk and went to sleep.
*In her dream*
"Ezra..." the dream version of Sabine said, a seductive tone in her voice.
Ezra just stood in the middle of the bedroom, his face turning red. Sabine jumped to him and pushed him against the bed, kissing him the entire time. Ezra didn't look uncomfortable at all and neither did Sabine. It was like they've been doing this for a while. Sabine started to strip but Ezra stopped her.
"Sabine... Are you sure about this?" he asked.
"I've been sure for awhile, love," she said.
They continued having sex when the dream changed. This time they seemed a bit older, by a year. This time, Sabine was sitting on the couch in a room
(The room at Yavin) holding something in her arms. Ezra was sitting next to her, his arm draped over her shoulders.
"She's beautiful, Ezra," Sabine said, talking about the object in her arms.
"She looks like you, Sabine," Ezra said.
"But she has your eyes and your hair color," Sabine said, smiling. "Not to mention her being Force sensitive as well."
Sabine (The real Sabine, not the dream) realized that object was a child... her child. And Ezra was the father.
Sabine's heart started beating faster in her sleep as the dream went on, but she never wanted it to end.
Sabine opened her eyes, just waking up from that dream, and looked around. She half expected a child sleeping in the corner, just out of reach of the bed, but unfortunately it was empty. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes, but her mind was running the dream over and over in her head. She realized she was blushing when she heard a voice coming from the bottom bunk.
"S-Sabine..." Ezra murmured. Sabine looked over the edge of the bed to see a very sleepy Ezra, staring up at her.
"Are you awake?" Sabine asked quietly.
Ezra groaned, "I'm not sure yet... Are you ok?"
Sabine turned red again, "Uh... yeah. I just had a really good dream..."
"Wha... What was it about?" Ezra asked, still barely awake.
Sabine pulled her shoulders closer to her head a little and smiled nervously. "I-It was just a good dream. I don't remember the details," she lied.
Ezra nodded, sleepily, but didn't say anything. Instead, he just dropped his head back onto his pillow, instantly sleeping again.
Sabine smiled, but that small smile quickly turned into a huge grin.
'Whatever dream that was, I want it to come true someday.' she thought to herself.
She laid on her back and went back to sleep very quickly, hoping that dream would come back. In a way it did, causing Sabine to smile in her sleep.
*The next morning*
Ezra was already awake, and was standing on the edge of his bunk... or at least the bottom of Sabine's bunk, and watched Sabine sleep. Hera told him to wake her up in a few minutes, but he was just taking his time, every once in a while poking her face in an attempt to wake her.
He poked her face one last time and she stirred. She turned onto her side, facing Ezra, and in her sleep, grabbed his collar and pulled him close.
Ezra tried not to cry out, but some of it escaped his mouth, waking Sabine. She blinked once. Twice. After she blinked the third time, she realized what she was doing, and turned a bright red, letting go of Ezra's shirt. She jumped up a little as she let go so she was sitting up.
"E-Ezra! I-I'm sorry I didn't realize..." she stammered, but Ezra just laughed.
"When you said you were having good dreams you weren't kidding," he said, though he was also blushing.
Sabine smiled and jumped down from her bunk. She stared at the floor, nervously.
"Y-You know those dreams you get when you wish they were real or want them to come true?" she asked.
"Yeah, I know what you mean," he replied.
"That's what I was dreaming about," she said with a nervous smile, her cheeks getting more red by the second.
Ezra and Sabine locked eyes for a second, but couldn't blush any harder. They've already reached their limits with that.
(Haar'chak why is there so much blushing? Well they love each other, but don't know how to tell the other... I guess. I'm trying!)
Ezra remembered what he was supposed to do then.
"Oh, by the way, Hera wants you in the cockpit. We've already left Yavin," he said.
"What does she need me for?" Sabine asked.
"I don't know, she didn't say exactly," he replied with a shrug.
"Alright, I'll get going," she said. But before she left the room, she realized she wasn't wearing her armor. Ezra noticed that when he woke up, so he was already blushing...(HAAR'CHAK)
After Sabine reattached her armor, she left the room to meet up with Hera. Ezra went to the common room to get some breakfast.
Sabine entered the cockpit and saw Hera relaxing in the pilot's chair.
"Morning Hera," she said. Hera turned around and smiled.
"Good morning to you, too Sabine," she said. "Sleep well?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she said, a dreamy tone in her voice.
Hera caught the tone and smiled, "Was it about Ezra?"
Sabine smiled nervously, "Yes..."
Hera turned her chair around and leaned forward, wanting to hear all about her dream.
"Hera, please don't have me tell you..." Sabine said.
"Please do," she replied.
Sabine sighed, but sat down in a passenger seat.
"It was not only about Ezra... more like me and him. We..." she paused a moment. "We had a child... a daughter who looked like me, but had Ezra's abilities, hair, and eyes. Me and him were married and..." she sighed, almost dreaming again. "It was such a wonderful dream, Hera."
"Sounds like you had fun in that dream," Hera teased.
"Trust me, we did," Sabine said, slightly blushing.
(Alright let's just assume whenever situations like this happens Sabine or Ezra or both are blushing)
"Well, maybe you should start asking him out... Or hint for him to ask you," Hera said.
"Someday I will," Sabine said. And that was a promise. She was going to ask him out eventually, probably after the mission. But nobody could have possibly known what will happen during this very mission.
Alright, we are getting up to the events that started Injured. But I won't stop there; I'm going to include those 5 days Ezra was unconscious.
I hope things are alright for now with this story, but now it's about time I continue working with LITR Chapter 13. Can't guarantee when it will be up, just sometime this weekend I hope.
