A/N: That's so strange to think that I've already finished one book! That goes too quickly, doesn't it? :D

So, first thing, for all those cute enough to add this to their story alert, I'd advise you, from tomorrow, to look for the next book, which will be called "Another time". So that you don't wait too long... ;)

Second thing, I've written a part of this chapter quite under influence, so I'm sorry for that. So, yeah, when you come to that part, obviously, put Radio by Lana Del Rey on, especially the choruses. ^^

Here we go!

10. A debt that is still to pay.

When it all was over, Luke and the others flew back to Yavin IV. We could only guess what kind of welcoming they'd have.

Luke landed his X-Wing and opened the cockpit. We could already hear the others' yells of victory, all converging towards us. Luke chuckled.

"Tani? You still in there?"

"Of course I am! Go, have your moment of victory and forget I'm here for a while." I chuckled too, and waited for him to jump down his ship.

Leia was the first to land in his arms. I could have felt jealous, if I didn't know better. I erased the thought at once, remembering I couldn't ever let them learn it from me.

"Hey!" Han was running from behind, and Luke pushed Leia away to jump on him.

"Hey! I knew you'd come back, I just knew it!"

"Well, I couldn't let you take all the credit and all the reward!" I chuckled at his nonsense.

"Hey, I knew there was more in you than money!" Leia pushed herself between the two of them.

"Oh no!" Luke watched as a very burnt Artoo was taken down by some mechs.

Threepio ran to us in his shiny outfit. "Oh, Artoo... Can you hear me? Say something!" He turned to the mechs. "You can repair him can't you?"

"We get to work on him right away!"

"You have to repair him!" And he then turned to Luke. "Sir, if any of my circuits can help I want to donate them!" I hardly had seen any kind of loyalty or friendship in droids before, but those two weren't newcomers, were they?

"He'll be alright!" And they started walking towards the officers' quarters.

!-!-!-!-!

After a minute, Han stopped their advance. "Wait! Where's Tani?"

Leia seemed to remember my existence, and put a hand before her mouth. "Oh, gosh, I forgot about her! We must find her, she doesn't know!"

Luke and I both started chuckling together, and the three others looked at us strangely.

"Luke, are you alright?" Han's face was most amusing when he was doubting someone's faculties.

"I am, I am! In fact, you are both so mistaken! Tani hasn't lost a piece of it!"

Leia's eyes widened. "What? But, she stayed in here! I mean, she was still there after your departure, I saw her running in the corridors!"

Luke chuckled once more. "Oh, she hasn't left Yavin. But she was up there too."

Han looked at Leia as if he really thought Luke was mad. Time to interfere.

"Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"Tell Han that time when he shot the fighters reminded me of when he taught me how to drive a TIE bomber, and that I had shot a corvette down."

Luke repeated my words exactly, and Han's eyes widened even more.

"What the Hell?"

Luke pointed at his head. "She's in here. Since the beginning! Tani is in my head!"

Leia started laughing, Han stayed still suspicious. "But, she can't be in your head, Luke, she-"

"Han, she is a Jedi! She can!" Leia patted his shoulder and resumed her walk.

Han followed, and Chewie. Luke just stayed behind.

"I'm going to get her, don't wait for me!"

They all waved and went away.

"Tani?"

"Turn right, then front, third on your right and then door 995 on your left. See you!" And I left Luke's mind, both to get used to the feeling of being in my own body again, and to prepare myself for the meeting.

!-!-!-!-!

As I opened my eyes, I felt slightly disoriented, as I had recovered a body that was inches smaller, and well more muscular, than Luke's. I had to remember how to move, and then it all made sense.

I jumped out of my bed, verified the state of my hair, put my father's sabre at my belt, and sat back down.

The door opened as I was heading to my wardrobe. I turned slowly on my heels, and smiled widely.

Here he was, standing on my doorstep, in his pilot outfit, all smiling. Luke. He whose mind I had shared these last hours.

I couldn't contain myself, I launched myself into his arms. He caught me and made me spin, laughing hard to echo my own.

We stopped when it became awkward to be wrapped like that in each other's arms.

I locked my eyes on his, still smiling. We said nothing, as if our connection now provided us to understand each other without words.

He outstretched a hand and I took it, intertwining our fingers, and he drove me to the officers' room, where we'd be debriefed and get changed for the celebration.

!-!-!-!-!

Once we entered the room, we had to split up, because Chewie instantly caught me in his arms and I found myself hugged so tightly I couldn't breathe.

"Chewie, I can't...breathe!"

I let go a little. "Sorry, Tani. I was so-"

"I am happy to see you too, furball!" I said grinning, and Chewie stepped aside.

Han was suddenly before me, his eyes on the ground, hands behind his back.

I rolled my eyes and took him in my arms. After a moment of surprise, he started grinning and hugged me back, making me spin just like Luke did moments before.

As he put me back down, I pointed a threatening finger to his face. "That doesn't mean I'm forgiving you, ingrate excuse for a best friend!" His eyes widened, and then he smiled softly when he heard "best friend". He bowed and then we all walked towards the debriefing table, where Leia and her generals were already all sitting.

!-!-!-!-!

After the meeting, we were all sent to different edges of the officers' quarters to get dressed. Han was only asked to close his shirt, but Luke was given a black shirt and leather jacket, to look more hero-like.

I was helped by Leia to tie my hair up into a complicated bun, and she just plaited her own and wrapped them on a bun too. She wore a beautiful white dress, and almost no make up on. That was on times like that that you could see Padmé in her.

I waited in the ceremony hall, standing next to Threepio and a all-new Artoo, already repaired and cleaned only two hours after he came back, and we all stood up when the doors opened to reveal Han, Luke and Chewie.

They all three walked to Leia, who tried to hide her smile. Luke was looking so small, so innocent that I thought it was perfectly thought of her. Who would think that short farm boy was a war hero?

When they reached her, Leia looked at both of them very intensely, but Luke couldn't help himself but grin. She answered it, and then turned to grab their medals. She put it around Han's neck first, and I saw him wink to her, ô surprise.

When she grabbed Luke's, he turned to smile to me, and I couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up. He smiled even more widely, and then turned around so his sister could put the medal around his neck.

They all bowed to her next, and started laughing when, next to me, Artoo started bleeping noisily. Then, they faced the crowd, who started shouting and applauding their heroes.

Leia proclaimed the celebration party to be on.

!-!-!-!-!

Once the main soldiers were out to celebrate outdoors, we were left with the officers, some of the heroes, including Wedge, and the generals. An orchestra of locals had been put up, and a buffet was lying against a wall. Some directly walked to get something to eat, but I had something else in mind.

I walked to Chewie, smiling widely. "Chewie? Would you mind?" I gestured towards what seemed to be an improvised dance-floor.

His eyes widened, as did Han's. "Tani, this isn't Corellia!"

I shook my head. "So what?" I smiled and walked to the musicians to tell them about my idea. I then walked back to my unwilling partner, and pulled him onto the dance-floor.

Leia started laughing, until Han grabbed her arm and pulled her in too. Some female soldier, bearing the arms of Corellia, put a hand on Luke's arm, and Wedge was harpooned by another. Soon, all the Corellians had found partners. But I was the only one to have a partner who already knew the dance.

I smiled widely as Chewie unwillingly placed himself side facing me.

!-!-!-!-!

It started slowly. Chewie walked backwards, I forward, and when we almost touched, he took my arm and made me spin. The music then became quicker, and he made me spin twice, one in each direction, before taking my waist and my hand.

When the chorus started, we started walking forward, then backward, then right, then left, as in a pastiche of a waltz.

At the end of the chorus, I launched my leg in the air and landed in Chewie's back, that meant a change in partner, and I walked forward as the man standing behind us was Wedge.

And it all started over again. At first, the man who were oblivious to the dance were all watching their neighbours attentively, and then they just let go and let themselves get amused.

As I landed in Han's arms, I rolled my eyes and we danced perfectly well, as he, after all, was the one who had taught me that celebration dance.

I was in Luke's arms right before the last chorus. He watched his feet all along, but he was grinning widely, and I guessed it was the first time he danced, as Tatooine wasn't really the happiest planet.

As the music wore down, I faced Chewie once more, and we bowed to each other. When it all stopped, I started laughing and walked myself towards a table, where I let myself fall on a chair.

Leia joined me quickly, as did Han, obviously, and then Chewie grabbed Luke and drove him to us, where he sat next to me.

I just started smiling to him like a proper idiot, and then Han's voice stopped my thoughts.

"Oi, lovebirds! D'you drink anything?"

That would be the beginning of many adventures. And of many jokes too...

End of book one

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