The morning flew by quicker than Han had expected. He had struggled getting Luke back to sleep once he'd woken up, extremely hungry. The princess had retired to bed before then, the reason Han had struggled but he managed. Telling Luke that a pilot had to have lots of sleep.
"Hey, Luke you need to wake up" Han nudged, shaking his adopted son awake. The boy whined a few times before opening up his eyes, sparkly and energised.
"Morning" he sighed, stretching out his little limbs.
"Morning tyke" Han picked up Luke with one arm, giving him a big good morning hug. "We get to go back to base, you going to help me fly? Be my co-pilot?" he put Luke back down, slinging the wires he had been fiddling with over his shoulder.
"Yea!" He cheered "we see stars?"
"We will see lots of stars, but I have to make sure everyone is ready to go, it might be a bit rocky to start with so I want you to sit down with Leia, alright?" Blonde hair fell in front of Luke's eyes and he nodded happily. "That's good, let's go and find her" Han knelt down and took Luke from under the arms, sitting him on his hip. He brushed the hair out of the child's face and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I so happy you gots me back" Luke sighed, wrapping his arms around Han.
"Me too k-" he stopped himself, focusing on the blonde head that was shoved into his neck. "Me too son, me too"
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything" Zev smiled, raising his eyebrow slightly from the cockpit entrance.
"Not at all, just waking up my kid" Han answered snidely, his face hitting a smirk.
"Aha" Zev laughed "if your dad ever gets too pissed, come find me kiddo" Luke looked between Han and Zev, nodding gently.
"Is everybody awake?" Han asked, changing the subject.
"Yes, all but the princess and the Wookiee, who I was going to leave to you to wake, I'm going to get my wing ready, see ya captain, nice meeting you littleun"
"Buh-bye!" Luke smiled, waving at the pilot.
Camie sat up uncomfortably in the cockpit of the small ship. So much had happened in her life these past few months, and it just kept getting stranger and stranger.
"Good morning!" She heard a yell from outside. She slowly pulled herself from her slouching position and looked over the edge.
"Oh hello Luke, shouldn't you be inside the ship?" The toddler turned his head towards the huge ship Camie couldn't remember the name of before looking back up at her.
"Le is over there" he called, pointing towards a few other ships in the clearing. "Daddy say I can come out because I be inside for long time!" She smiled at the childish words he used; she had never seen anybody like him before. Well she had, she had seen Luke Skywalker, an uncanny version of this toddler, but this wasn't Luke Skywalker, this was Luke Solo, Luke Skywalker was back at the base, recovering from his violent injuries. Camie felt her stomach knot at the thought of seeing Luke again, guilt twisting her insides.
"You come down?" Luke asked, staring his curious blue eyes right into hers.
"I will sweetie, but I just have to wait for some help, that nice pilot yesterday helped me up, just gotta get down now" she told him, resting her chin on her arms. "So, how old are you?" The boy sat down on the wet grass, smiling his adorable smile.
"I 4, that big" he told her proudly.
"Wow! That is big! Well I just turned 22 last month, is that big?" Luke nodded, giggling in the process.
"Yes that big, I-"
"Hey bud, can you come back to the ship, pretty cold out today?" They both heard Han call, Camie sighed. Why Mr. Solo didn't like her was beyond her, maybe it was because she hadn't exactly been nice to Luke when he was little, Luke was the smugglers best friend after all. If that were true she deserved what she was getting.
"It not cold, I wanna stay an' talk to Cam" the toddler whined, pouting thickly. Camie couldn't stop herself giggling at the little name she had been assigned.
"Don't make me come get you!" Han called again, now leaning on the falcon impatiently.
"I come I come" Luke sighed, standing and waving goodbye to Camie.
"Bye Lu-" she stopped at the smugglers glare. She watched as the smuggler picked up Luke and ruffled his hair, making the 4 year old forget he'd just been whining mere seconds before.
"You're tunics wet now, we'll get it-" but she didn't hear the rest of the captain's chuckle as he descended into the ship; the child giggling away in his strong hold.
"Excuse me!" She yelled, catching a tall rebel's attention, his dark blonde hair falling in front of his brown eyes. "May I have some help?" The man chuckled and held out a hand, which Camie took gratefully. He pulled her from the craft, catching her as she jumped to the ground. "Thank you"
"No problem, I'm Derek, but call me Hobbie" he smiled, kissing her hand gently. She laughed, pulling it away with a smirk.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Camie, rebellion member" she introduced, the words feeling strange on her tongue. She did a little bow, placing one hand on her stomach and the other to the side. He laughed loudly, curtsying slightly.
"How fancy! You're a new one I'm assuming?" Hobbie asked. "That's nice, hey maybe you'll be joining us, we lost a crew member recently, he's going to be recovering for a long-"
"Luke Skywalker?" She asked sorrowfully. It seemed everyone had known Luke...
"Yeah, you heard? I feel pretty darn awful, I was sort of snappy with him before he left, I didn't think he could handle himself, I mean he obviously couldn't but still, he was my mate and my crew member, I should've been nicer to him" Camie was almost shocked that someone was feeling the same thing as her, she felt almost exactly the same.
"He was my ex boyfriend's friend's best friend before he left Tatooine" she told him, following Hobbie back to his own X-Wing. "He was the little guy of the group, youngest, smallest, the one who everybody wanted to squeeze his cheeks" she smiled, remembering her first encounter with Commander Skywalker. They had both been young, Camie had been around 5 years old, and she had met the blue eyed two year old at the Lars moisture farm. He had hid behind his aunt as her mother had bent down to pinch his cheeks, she missed her dearly.
"Kind of like that Solo's kid, feel bad for the poor thing, having Han Solo as a father must be horrible, but I guess anything is better than the things you lot went through in there, or imagine being Darth Vader's kid! The horror!" The both shared a laugh before recomposing themselves.
"True, it was horrid" she confirmed, perching down on a rock as Hobbie climbed the tree nearest his ship. "Solo seems like a good father, although I've only known him for a day, he doesn't like me very much"
"Solo doesn't like anybody apart from Commander Skywalker, General Organa and now that little kid, Wedge told me he'd offered to look after the kid whenever too, so we're probably going to have to baby proof the whole bunk when we get back, it sucks" Hobbie sighed, pulling out a rations bar and throwing it over to Camie.
"Thank you. He seems like a smart child; hopefully he won't get up to much mischief"
"Yeah well, we'll just have to see won't we?" He chuckled, munching on his own food.
"That we will"
As soon as the falcon landed on the rebels' currant base, Leia took off to join the other council members. The refugees were patted down to make sure nothing was stolen from the falcon before let go to join another ship to take them Skako. Camie and three others hung behind. Han emerged quickly, putting Luke down on the floor.
"Now you wait here for Wedge? Alright?"
"Yep! Bye daddy!"
"Bye kid! See ya in a bit!" Han called across the hanger, suddenly sprinting.
"Bet he's gone to see the commander" Hobbie muttered sadly. Camie nodded, remembering how worried Han must be, maybe that's why he was being snappy with her, he was just worried. Losing her best friend and gaining a son would tire her out for sure.
"Cam! You're here- ah!" Luke began, squealing as he was picked up around the waste by a dark haired rebel.
"Boo!" Wedge laughed, putting Luke over his shoulder. "How'd you sleep kiddo?"
"Good!" He giggled, clutching the back of Wedge's uniform. Wedge gave the boy a squeeze before turning to Camie, clutching onto the child tightly.
"Taking this one to the med centre to get his wounds checked out, Han has to talk to the council about something, little strange, he hates the council, anywho, let me know which squadron you're on later in the mess hall"
"Alrighty, Bye Mr. Antilles, Bye Luke!" She laughed, watching Wedge tickle the squirming blonde.
"He's so small, he's nothing like Solo, he looks more like Skywalker to me" Zev laughed "but then again, he could take after the Mrs."
"Hmm true, oh this is Camie by the way, she's looking at joining the rebellion aren't you?" Hobbie introduced, grabbing Camie's hand.
"Oh yes, I can fly most ships, my ex taught me, I'm hoping it won't be too difficult" she admitted, leading herself away from the two other ex prisoners to join the rouges.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Dak, you'll most likely be with us, Wedge is our new commander and we need a new member"
"Can't wait to join you guys" she smiled sincerely.
I know we don't want to know about Camie, but I promise this story will be all Luke, Leia, Chewie and Han soon, it just takes time. I want Camie to be a little like Wedge and Wes, close to the main three but not part of the main three. Ya know?
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