So the plan conducted by Luke was that himself and Luke pretend to be storm troopers(while Star and I waited with 3-PO and R2D2). He also said they were going to pretend Chewbacca was a prisoner. I thought it sounded like a pretty okay plan, but I was concerned they might get caught. They prepared to leave, and 3-PO asked Luke what should they do if 'we are discovered here'. I watched as they opened the doors, and Luke replied with a "Lock the door". Han then said "and hope they don't have blasters". With that, they were gone.
I didn't feel very reassured. 3-PO and R2 started having a conversation, so Star and I sat in the spin chairs in silence. I knew she was upset. She knew I was upset. Neither of us were sure how to comfort each other. "Listen, Star. Is there anything you'd like to talk about?" I asked, trying to make it less obvious what was going on. She shook her head "I'll be fine. You're upset though, Amara. Talk to me". I sighed "it's just..I've been in love with Luke for a long, long time. I'm just afraid that I mean nothing to him. Well, of course I mean something. To him I'm just a best friend. To me he's something a lot more. I feel like I should tell him and maybe I might have a chance. This princess sounds a lot better, though. With her family riches and such. I'm just a girl who lived beside him her whole life, who is his best friend and nothing but, and has no family or money left..which sounds more appealing?". "You" she replied simply. I raised an eyebrow "what?". "You sound more appealing .What you said there, about knowing him your whole life. You two have a bond. The way he protects you is something I've never seen before. Not even Han protects me like that. You're lucky. Amara. He's lucky too..to have someone who feels that about him. Tell him. He needs to know before you two can proceed. I can tell he's too embarrassed to do it himself. So you be the man". We both giggled and I gave her a small hug. Star and I would be very good friends, I just knew it.
"You can get anything you want off your chest here and now while we're alone, Star" I smiled at her. She sighed, sitting back "promise me you won't tell Han?". "Of course I promise" I said reassuringly. She stood up then, and lifted her baggy shirt to reveal a small baby bump. I gasped "you're...". She nodded "pregnant. Yup". "I don't know how to react" I whispered quietly "Well at least don't say congratulations" she scoffed. She didn't want to be. "how far long?". "Two months" she revealed. "And you haven't told him!?" I exclaimed. "Our relationship hasn't been the best. To be honest, Amara, I was thinking of running away multiple times. It's just not working out between us". "Oh Star, don't say that!" I said, completely and utterly shocked. "This whole princess thing, it isn't helping. I love him. I honestly do..I just feel that he won't be happy with this..". I shook my head "even if he's not right now, he'll grow accustomed to it. Please, tell him. Give it a chance Star". I could tell she was thinking through the minute long silence. "Okay"she whispered through tears "I'll tell him". We both stood up so I could give her a huge hug. She honestly deserved it. The poor girl. I liked Star a lot. She was a very reassuring person..the least I could do was reassure her that everything between her and Han would go well. After all, I truly believed it.
A while later, Luke's voice boomed through the comlink 3-PO was holding. He was asking was there any other ways out, as their only escape route was cut off. "I swear to God if that asshole dies!" exclaimed Star. "He won't, they'll be fine" I said, though I was worrying myself. "All systems have been alerted of your presence, Sir. The main entrance seems to be the only way in or not". "What was that? I didn't copy!" exclaimed Luke over the blasters. 3-PO repeated himself. Suddenly, there was taps on the door "Open up in there! Open up in there!". "No" I muttered. Star and I stood up. This wasn't good. It was far from good.
We decided to hide in a closet. 3-PO told Star and I to hide very well inside the closet. Before we knew it, the troopers were in. They opened the closet door. "They're madmen, they're heading for the prison level. If you hurry, you might catch them" 3-PO exclaimed. "Follow me" one of them said. He told the one other to stand guard. "We have to kill him" whispered Star. "I can't possibly-" I began, but she stopped me mid sentence. "You have to". I nodded, and we both jumped out. He began blasting at us, so Star threw an electronic device at him. Because of the armor, it only damaged his helmet. I then snuck up behind him while he was dazed and took the blaster right from his hands and shot him. He died instantly "that's for my parents". Star clapped, then we all rushed out of the room.
"Okay have you heard from Luke?" I asked once we reached the Falcon. They weren't there, so 3-PO asked R2 to check had they been captured. They hadn't. 3-PO switched back on his comlink, and we heard Luke yelling at him to turn off all the all the garbage mashers on the detention level. He repeated it, sounding really distressed. 3-PO told R2 to do as they were told, and my heart was thumping uncontrollably in my chest. What if I never got to talk to Luke again? What was going on!? R2 managed to do it. I noticed they were screaming with joy, but 3-PO thought they were dying. Luke reassured him that all was okay. I had never been more relieved in my life. We waited a while, and we were soon reunited with Luke, Han, Chewie and this..princess. I couldn't help but feel saddened...but then Luke surprised me.
"Amara!" he exclaimed, running to hug me "are you okay?". I nodded, breathing in his scent over the smell of trash "I'm fine, just glad you're okay". He pulled back and smiled, kissing my temple "we need to talk in the ship. You tell me what you want to say and I'll tell you, okay?". I nodded, my heart thumping, hoping he would tell me he loved me. We both looked over at Han and Star. I knew she wouldn't tell him of her pregnancy there and then, but I hoped she would and wouldn't run away. I loved Star and Han. They were honestly the sweetest couple..I didn't want them to ever separate. She was stroking his cheek softly. "I was worried about you" she admitted. Han looked taken aback, but pulled her in for the most passionate kiss. I shifted my gaze back to Luke. He was fixing his now wet hair. His beautiful blue eyes met with mine ,and in that moment I realized something..
I was in love with him a lot more than I originally thought..