My Heart Skips A Beat
Chapter 6: Training
I got few hours of sleep that night. I tried, but just ended up sitting cross legged on my bed, staring into space. Mina and Padme came home late, drunk, from the sound of it too. I could hear Padme stumbling off the lift and practically crawling to her door. I thought about getting up and helping her. I lifted my head and looked at the door, deciding that I would. But I couldn't move. I told myself it was time to get up. That the senator needed me. But my legs ignored me. As did my fingers, hands, arms, I couldn't even move eyes to look away from the door. I was frozen. If only time would freeze with me.
I somehow drifted off to sleep. I slept through breakfast, it was nearing noon when I woke. I had not only slept through most of the day, I also slept through falling off the bed. I must have been more tired than I thought… It didn't matter that I missed breakfast anyway. I wasn't hungry. In fact, I didn't know what to do with myself.
The one thing that I did know to do with myself was to get up. I couldn't have anyone worrying why I not only missed breakfast, but lunch and dinner too, and why they didn't see me around the whole day as well. I could have Lux getting the wrong idea. Force knows I still liked him. The kiss had changed nothing between us. I hoped.
I got up and took a quick shower. The water cleared my head. It was in the shower that I knew what I would do with myself. Training. I could work on my saber forms. Maybe even practice some hand to hand combat if I found anyone to practice with.
I ran into Tina on my way to the Turbo Lift.
"Ashoka! Well, I'm glad you're still alive! Why didn't you show up for breakfast this morning? By the way, Lux looked terrible this morning! Like he hadn't slept a wink. Kinda like you." She winked at me and continued down the hall, for her to walk into Padme's room. "OH! FORCE!" She popped her head out of the wall. "Do you have ANY idea what our two dear senators did last night? Both of their rooms are a mess!" I giggled a bit. Remembering the stumbling I had heard the night before.
It was hard to find an empty room. I really didn't want to use the garden again, I feared that was where Lux would be looking for me. I know I said that the kiss had changed nothing between us, but it still seemed like the best idea to me to stay clear of him for a little while longer so I didn't go overboard like I did last time.
I finally found an empty room on the fifth floor. There was only a couple of couches in the room, nothing that could be easily broken, nothing too expensive too. I pushed the couches against the walls, clearing the middle of the room, it was big. Not as big as I was used to, but big enough to where I would punch any holes in the wall, or cut a hole into the wall.
I stared up with saber forms, but those got boring too easily without a sparring partner. I sighed and tossed my lightsabers on one of the couches. I walked to the middle of the room, trying to calm down, slow my heart rate and breathing. Then I started up on the moves that Rex had showed me in the gym.
"Uhhhh…" I whipped around to see Lux standing at the door, staring at me. Tina was right. He looked terrible, there were deep shadows under his eyes, his clothes were a bit wrinkled. "I'm-I-uhh…I-…..S-s-or-r-r-yyy." He turned to leave.
"Wait. Sorry for what?"
"F-fo-rr- uh… everthing I guess…" He looked uneasy.
"Really? There's nothing to be sorry for Lux."
"B-bu-t, last night…" I walked over to him and placed my hand on his cheek.
"It was the best night in my life. You have nothing to be sorry for." A rush a relieve flooded his face. Then the blush came.
"Oh. Okay. What were you just doing?"
I smiled at him then turned around and walked to the center of the room again. "Just some hand to hand combat moves."
"How do you do that without a partner?"
"I get by."
"How?"
"Uhh… well. I practice these moves, then I try them out on Rex later."
"Rex?"
"My Master's clone captain. Remember? I told you about him."
"Oh. Oh yeah, okay."
"Want to be my partner? I could really use the help."
"Sure… you won't beat me up too much will you?"
"No…at least you better hope so." I grinned and winked at him. He grinned back and stepped to the center of the room with me. I grinned and started toward him. "Do you know any basic skills?"
"Uh. A bit from P.E."
"Well, I guess that's enough. Get ready."
"Okay. Got it."
"Ready?"
"Ready."
I started toward him and tackled him. We ended up twisting and turning on the floor, dodging punches and kicks. He could dodge well enough. But he really needed help about defense.
It ended 5 minutes later. I had him pinned on the floor. I had him in such a way he could move a muscle. We were both panting, trying to catch our breaths.
"Wow… you're… better…than….I thought." He managed to get out in between breaths.
"Ha hu haha." I smiled at him. "It comes… with being… a jedi.." He grinned at me.
"So are you ever going to let go of me?"
"Mmmmm. No. I don't think I will." I grinned and leaned down. I could feel his warm breath on my face. He didn't flinch away. "Besides," I whispered into his ear. "It's my turn to kiss you." I leaned down and kissed him. His lips were soft and warm. Unsurprisingly, he kissed back. My arms felt weak all of the sudden. I couldn't keep myself up much longer. I broke away with a gasp and fell down on top of him.
When I opened my eyes my arms were sprayed out across his shoulders, I felt his warm hands wrapped around my waist. I looked up, only to see his face completely smothered with a smirk.
"Didn't you get enough of me last night?" He grinned even harder as my face flushed out.
"I-I… my arms….I just slipped…. It's- it's not like I didn't that on pur-" He cut me off by sitting up and kissing me again. He adjusted my legs so that I sat on his lap. He wrapped his hands tighter around my waist; I let my hands rind through his hair, pressing him closer. But I didn't let him get as far with me this time as I let him last time.
We eventually broke the kiss, and my stomach, with its perfect timing, growled. Lux grinned and chuckled.
"Wanna go get some grub?"
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