Ben rolled over and reached out in the darkness only to find the other half of the bed empty. He lifted his head sleepily and glanced around the room.

"Jessie?"

But only silence remained. He thought it quite odd that he had spent his entire life sleeping alone and after only a few days finding his bed empty in the middle of the night felt wrong. He climbed out of the bed and pulled his clothes on. He was still securing the ties on his shirt when he stepped out into the corridor and walked right into B'Elanna.

"Uh, hello," she said, glancing at the door to confirm that it was Jessie's room he'd just stepped out of.

"Hello," he said. "Is Jessie on the nightshift tonight?"

"I don't think so," she said, and she tapped her comm badge. "Computer, can you locate Lieutenant Thorton?"

"Lieutenant Thorton is in Holodeck two," the pleasant voice of the computer replied.

"Thank you, B'Elanna," he replied and headed off in the direction of the holodeck.

B'Elanna watched him go and shook her head. In her best imitation of his accent she muttered: " And what about your oath of chastity?"

When the doors to the holodeck opened Ben was engulfed by music. He stepped inside and looked around. He was in a massive room that was sparse except for a wide metal staircase before him. He could hear the sounds of clashing lightsabers coming from the top of the stairs and he slowly started to climb. He began to absorb the words to the song that was blaring and it filled him with dread.

Here comes the woman
With the look in her eye
Raised on leather
With flesh on her mind
Words as weapons sharper than knives
Makes you wonder how the other half die
Other half die

The devil inside, the devil inside

Every single one of us, the devil inside

When Ben reached the top of the stairs he found Jessie engaged in a ferocious battle with someone that was completely encased in black armor. He was a dark figure that seemed to be the embodiment of evil.

As Ben watched them fight, transposed against an enormous circular window displaying a starscape behind them, he felt a spike of fear stab him. He knew it was a simulation but Jessie looked desperate as she struggled to defend herself and it was very clear that she was losing.

The dark figure, clearly a Sith Lord, lifted his hand and Jessie rose into the air and was slammed back against the nearest wall. She remained pinned against it, struggling for breath until Ben couldn't stand it any longer. He lifted his hand and gave the armored man a Force push that sent him spiraling off his feet. Released, Jess slid to the floor. She landed on her hands and knees, gasping. She looked up at Ben and her eyes went wide.

Then the dark Jedi spoke.

"Obi Wan."

It was more of a hiss then a voice but it sent a shock wave through Ben. It was as if he knew the voice but….

"Computer, end program," Jessie barked out and the room and her imposing combatant vanished. The music ended as well and they were left in silence.

"What was that?" Ben demanded, alarmed and unsure why.

Jessie climbed to her feet and he could see that she was soaked in sweat and had several burn marks on her arms.

"A training exercise," she replied.

He took her hand and gently pulled her closer, examining her injuries.

"You took the safeties off the holodeck?"

She shrugged.

"I can't really learn anything if I know I'm always going to win."

"That thing almost killed you."

She pushed her hand through her hair and looked down at the floor. Ben put his finger under her chin and directed her eyes to meet his.

"Jessie, who was that? He recognized me."

She looked him in the eyes for a very long time. She was struggling with something, he knew. And in that moment he wanted her to give him a straight answer more then any time before. When she looked back down at her feet though, he knew she would not give him that.

"Just a simulation I created. I updated the perimeters to recognize you in the event you wanted to use the program too."

"And the music?"

She shrugged and moved away from him.

"My theme song," she said with a laugh that sounded false to his ears. "I like to workout to music."

"And you chose to do all this in the middle of the night?"

"I couldn't sleep."

He crossed his arms and studied her. Since the day they met she had never given him a complete answer about anything. She hadn't been able to. But no other time then right now was he convinced she was simply lying to him.

"Jess…"

She turned back to him suddenly and put both hands on either side of his face. Unlike before she seemed desperate to look him in the eyes, to make sure that he knew she was telling the truth this time.

"I love you," she whispered. And then she kissed him. Truly. Madly. Deeply.

When she pulled away from him she buried her head in his chest and Ben found he'd lost the ability to speak.

"I know the vows you took," she whispered. "I know you can't--"

"But I--" he sputtered. Yes, he had taken vows that forbid him from love but that had also included intimacy. And that certainly hadn't stopped him recently. Still, the words refused to come out of his mouth.

"I just wanted you to know that," she said.

"You're worried", he said abruptly, pulling away from her so he could study her face. "Terrified. You have been since you told me your brother was coming here. Why are you scared of him?"

She shook her head and smiled a little.

"I'm not afraid of Luke. It's just--" she touched his face. "Things are going to change once he gets here."

Captain Janeway had agreed to let Luke surprise Jessie when he arrived. But when her friend B'Elanna escorted him to the holodeck she seemed hesitant.

"You may want to let them know you're coming," she said when the door slid open on a tropical setting.

"Why?"

"Because you don't want to stumble across them--training," she mumbled.

Luke was still puzzling over what she meant when he heard the familiar clash and sizzle of lightsabers connecting as he made his way through the jungle. He followed the sound until he broke through the foliage and stumbled across a clearing with a stunning waterfall.

It was several stories high and near the top, on a narrow outcropping, Jessie was engaged in battle with a Jedi Master. Obi Wan Kenobi.

Luke watched with unabashed awe. When Luke met Obi Wan he was older and slower but still an amazing fighter and a powerful man. Seeing him now, decades younger, in his prime, was incredible.

He moved with easy grace and, oddly at the same time, with lightening quick reflexes. And he had a small, unexpected smile on his face and a mischievous look in his eyes that Luke didn't expect to see.

His heart swelled with pride to see Jessie sparring with his former master and holding her own. He could see a definite improvement in her technique. Still, where Obi Wan was elegant Jessie was brash.

He watched as Obi Wan did an impressive forward flip to the tier she was on only to watch her grab a fistful of dirt and blind him with it. It threw him off balance long enough for her to send her foot into his abdomen. Only he didn't need his eyesight to reach out and catch her ankle before it connected. He gave it a twist that sent her crashing over the side.

Her lightsaber jarred out of her hand. She flipped onto her back and reached out to it but Obi Wan was quicker. He landed next to her and her lightsaber flew to his hand.

He leveled his weapon at her.

"Do you yield?" He asked rather smugly.

Jessie lifted her chin defiantly and didn't surprise Luke at all by replying: "Never!"

But something about the tone she used seemed--inappropriate.

Obi Wan lifted an eyebrow.

"Never?" She shook her head slowly, a wicked smile growing on her face. Luke felt his stomach drop to about his knees. "I am a Jedi you know. I have my ways."

"Oh I know you do," she replied and Luke swallowed hard.

They wouldn't…..

Obi Wan snapped off his lightsaber and dropped on his knees in front of Jessie and pulled her into a kiss. And it wasn't a gentle kiss or in anyway tentative. They'd done it often from the looks of it. And more, he realized with a jolt of unease, as he watched Obi Wan reach around and put his hands on his sister's backside and push her up against him.

Oh I sooo don't want to see this….

Luke actually felt bile creep up the back of his throat when Jess suddenly pulled away from Obi Wan and shot her head in his direction.

She smiled brilliantly at him and quickly disentangled herself from the stunned Jedi Master to run over to him. He was still feeling a bit unsteady when she threw her arms around him and with it all of her love and enthusiasm covered him like a blanket. He felt his world refocus and he clutched her tightly. It was then that he could feel all of her emotions bubbling within her.

She was in love. In love with Obi Wan.

"It's good to see you kitten," he whispered. She pulled back from him and smiled brightly. Then she turned toward Obi Wan, who was approaching them cautiously.

"Ben," she said to him and held out her hand. "This is Luke."

Obi Wan's clouded expression cleared and he chuckled.

"Luke," she said with a quiet reverence. "Obi Wan Kenobi."