Things were eerily quiet for a few moments, and the twins remained seated and strapped in. They had been on hundreds of trips on the Falcon before and normally they would've just released their restraints and joined their parents in the cockpit. This was clearly different. They weren't supposed to be there. And Jaina felt her heart fall a little when she heard footsteps coming toward them. It was not often she dreaded one or both of her parents approaching. Well, maybe a few times when she knew she was in trouble. But this still felt different.

Han's eyes looked stern as he rounded the corridor and then stopped in front of them. "All right, who are you two and what were you doing hiding on my ship?"

"I'm sorry, Da-" Jacen stopped himself short before continuing, "er, uh, Captain Solo."

"How do you know who I am? I've never seen you before. You can't have been on base very long."

Jacen thought about it briefly and then blurted out, "We're, uh, cousins. Of Wedge Antilles."

Jacen turned to his sister whose eyes were shining in disbelief. Jacen implored her with a look to go along with it, since there was no turning back now. "Right," Jaina said before turning back to Han. "Well, distant cousins, really. But we're also Corellian. And we wanted to join up, so, here we are."

"How old are you?" Han asked. "You look too young to be part of this."

"Uh, nineteen," Jacen lied. It wasn't a big lie, but in this kind of situation being nineteen seemed a lot more acceptable than only being seventeen.

Han's mouth quirked up at the side, but not so much in his trademark grin as expressing his skepticism. "You don't look nineteen. How about you?" Han said, pointing to Jaina.

"I'm nineteen, too. We're twins."

"Twins, huh? What a nightmare that must've been for your parents."

Jacen felt like laughing. He wished somehow he could tell his actual father later that he had said that to him.

"Whose parents?" Leia asked as she came up behind Han.

"Theirs," Han said, pointing at his someday-children. "They're twins."

"Ok, well, what are they doing here?" Leia asked.

"We were just getting to that," Han said as he turned back to his stowaways.

Leia turned to look at them. She did not appear nearly as bothered by them as Han did. She seemed almost indifferent. It was so odd to be seeing their mother so young. Her hair in the future had not started to gray like their father's, so there wasn't much difference there aside from the style, but her face, while not all that different, was also completely absent any lines. And their mother as they knew her usually appeared fairly content. The woman in front of them was clearly weary and exhausted from years of fighting. And again the twins had the urge to tell her that if she just stuck it out a little longer everything was going to turn out all right.

"We missed the shuttle to evacuate," Jaina started. "And we knew that your ship was still here, so we figured we could tag along."

Han's shoulders had been tense, and he had been leaning toward them in a very accusatory manner. But he finally relaxed and leaned back, his voice softening. "Then why were you hiding?"

Jacen shrugged. "I guess we didn't want to scare you. Or have you kick us out."

"Hiding in the smuggling compartments probably wasn't the best idea to avoid scaring us. And we wouldn't have left anyone behind with a bunch if Imperials shooting at us." The twins could tell by their father's demeanor that he was insulted by the insinuation that he would've abandoned anyone in need.

Now it was Jaina's turn to shrug. "Sorry," she said.

Han dismissed them with a wave of his arm. "Forget it, nothing we can do now. You two have names?"

"I'm Jai.." Jaina stopped herself. For some reason it felt wrong to say her real name. She didn't know why, so she finished, "Jane. My name is Jane. And this is my brother, um, Jack."

"Jack and Jane?" Han once again eyed them skeptically and they nodded, both still staring up at their eventual parents while under interrogation.

"I'm Leia," their mother said, stepping out from behind Han. Their father's patience had clearly been worn out long ago, while Leia seemed quite welcoming. She was clearly born to be a diplomat.

"Nice to meet you," Jaina replied.

There was a growl from behind them and the tinny sound of a droid's footsteps before Chewbacca and C-3PO appeared from the cockpit.

"And that's Chewie and Threepio," Han said as he pointed behind him with his thumb. "Guys, this is Jack and Jane, and they'll be our stowaways on this trip. Ok, now that we got those introductions out of the way, maybe we can work on our biggest problem. We need to fix the hyperdrive."

"Captain Solo, I've looked into the-" Threepio began.

"Shut it, Goldenrod," Han said as he started off toward the electrical bay. Jacen smiled to himself. It seemed that their father and his least favorite droid had always been the same. "Come on, Chewie."

The Wookiee followed and Leia stayed behind and turned to the twins. "Don't worry about him," she started, her voice a little quieter as she moved closer. "He's just a little edgy right now. We all are."

"It's ok," Jaina replied. "We understand."

"Is there anyone we need to get a message to for you? Will your parents be wondering where you are?"

"Oh, uh, our parents are also part of the Rebellion," Jacen said.

"Yeah," Jaina agreed. "We haven't seen them in a while, I'm not sure where they're stationed now. But they know what we're up to. We don't need to contact them right away."

"All right, well I'm going to go see if there is anything I can do to help him out. You sure you're all right?"

They nodded again. "We're fine," Jacen said.

"Well, if you're hungry or anything the galley is that way. It's usually pretty well stocked but just keep in mind that without a hyperdrive we aren't really sure how long we're going to be stuck together here. Just come find one of us if you need anything," Leia said as she started to walk away. "Actually, just come find me if you need anything." And then she rounded the corridor out of sight.

Once Leia was out of earshot, Jacen turned to his sister, "Well, Jane, what now?"

"Maybe this was a bad idea."

"Ya think? I only told you that about fifteen times."

"Well, at least we're not under attack anymore. They seem a lot calmer now. Let's just hang out a little while longer and see what they're like."

"Wasn't it sometime while they were stuck here that they kissed for the first time? I don't want to be trapped and watching them kiss."

"We'll just make sure we're gone before that happens. And besides, it's just kissing. It's not like we've never seen Mom and Dad kiss before."

"I know, but this just seems different. This isn't our parents kissing in their own house with their own kids around. We're not supposed to be here."

"Just relax. I think it took them a little while anyway, they don't exactly look like they're ready to start kissing anytime soon. We'll just hang out a little longer. Now, come on, you hungry?"

"Always," Jacen replied before following his sister toward the galley.