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Emma was still trying to figure the oh-so-big secret. While she was still thinking, Dash-el walked in.
"Hi, Emma," he greeted.
Emma looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"Hi yourself, Master....?"
Dash-el looked at her. I know something you don't know! The apprentice immediately detected this in his voice.
"Oh, not you too, Master!" she cried.
"Pardon?"
"The thing is, Senator Lowen and Rilevra have been teasing me with this 'big secret,' and by the way you're acting, you're now in on it too!"
"I'm not sure what that's about; my little secret just came up. There's just one more thing that needs to be done before something happens."
"Does it concern me?"
"It has everything to do with you."
"Figures," Emma muttered.
"But don't worry; I won't rub it in on you."
"Thank you, Master. Would you mind telling Senator Lowen and my sister that?"
Dash-el laughed.
"I'm afraid rubbing the secret in on you or not is their choice, not mine. But you're a smart girl, Emma; you'll figure it out."
And Dash-el left the room, chuckling to himself.
"Rilevra?" Garrett called. "I need to talk to you."
"Sure. What is it, Senator?"
"Well, it's about Emma. There's something I really want--almost need--to say to her, but I want to ask your permission first."
"What is it?"
Garrett leaned over and whispered something into the red-headed girl's ear.
Emma was bored. She had completely given up thinking about the secret; for all she knew, it very might unravel itself. Relieving the poor girl's boredom, Garrett walked into the sitting room. Emma could sense that he was nervous and excited at the same time. His emotions were very mixed and hard to read.
"How would you like to go back to Fresia?" Garrett asked.
"Really? Back to Fresia? Of course! We should probably ask Master Dash-el first before he almost bites my head off again."
"I did already. He's perfectly fine with it, but he wants us to be extra-careful."
"Awesome! Can we go now?"
"Anytime."
Emma smiled and immediately got up and headed outside. Garrett followed her. Before long, they were there and walking through the door of the Fresian mansion yet again,
Be careful not to kiss him again, Emma!
"Is it all right if I check in with Lieutenant Shadowspin? It will only take about ten minutes."
"You don't have to ask my opinion; I have no say in what you do," Emma commented cheekily. "So it's all right."
A corner of Garrett's mouth pulled into a smile as he went up the steps.
"Who are you?" came a voice from behind Emma. She whirled around. It was a servant.
"Excuse me?"
"I would just like to know who you are exactly. It's been a few years since Senator Lowen's brought his girlfriend home. I didn't even know he had one."
"Me? Senator Lowen's girlfriend? Oh no, we're just friends! My name's Emma, by the way."
Emma sure hoped she wasn't blushing. The servant almost looked relieved about her words.
"Alayseeya. I see. But have you ever noticed that he is very handsome?"
"Oh, you like him?" Emma's voice was thick with jealousy.
"Do you?"
"I'm a Jedi; we have a rule against it, so no."
She had become an excellent liar over the past decade.
"Yes, I do, then."
Now Emma really didn't like Alayseeya. She was rude and had feelings for Garrett too! No one was going to have feelings for Garrett besides her! So, instead of releasing her anger and messing things up, she said,
"I guess I might see you later, then."
Emma walked away. Alayseeya looked after her disdainfully and didn't say goodbye back.
Where was Garrett, anyways?!
"May I help you?" asked a female droid's voice. Another servant?! Did Emma have a magnet attatched to her that drew every single servant under the suns to talk to her?! Unlike Alayseeya, the droid seemed actually pretty nice. But weren't all droids made to be that way? Emma then realized that the silver droid was like C3PO, the droid Anakin had built all those years ago.
"Oh, no thank you; I'm fine. Are you one of the servants here?"
"Yes. I am D456, Protocol Droid! Are you sure you wouldn't like something to drink or to eat?"
"I'm sure."
Emma paused to think about an excuse.
"I, uh, already ate."
She and the droid began to talk just a little bit.
Meanwhile, upstairs, Garrett was.... somewhat nervous. He had basically lied to Emma about what he was doing, even though he had checked in with his head of security. That had only taken three minutes, at the most. What exactly was he doing for the other seven minutes, then? Bracing himself. What he was going to do was going to change everything. He sure hoped he had picked the right place to do it. And what would Emma's reaction be? She was so unpredictable; she may be excited, but she might, well.... become confused and angry and freak out. Either way, talking to her was going to be very difficult. Bracing himself, he came out of his room and walked back down the stairs. What he found was Emma talking to D456.
"Emma, I see you've met D456, though I just call her Dee."
The Jedi turned around at the sound of his voice.
"I did! And I see that you're finished up?"
Garrett nodded.
"You did fine while I was gone?"
"Yeah; so what do we do now?"
Garrett shifted uncomfortably.
"Let's take a walk."
Again, a shorter chapter, but I promise that BIG things will happen in the next! I hope you liked it! Please, please, please review. The cookies are really good! (???) I am also now out of school for the next two months, so I can update more quickly.
~Katie~
