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Chapter 12: Sore Subject
"So, Fel, you and Danni were looking pretty cozy at lunch today," Zekk said as they came out of the locker room and headed towards their respective sparring areas.
Jag refused to respond hoping it would deter Zekk; no such luck.
"I suppose that will put Anakin's mind at ease. Me too, now that you're not so set on having my girl."
Jag stopped and turned to face him, glad to finally have one up on the annoying prick. "From what I hear she's not your girl."
"Well, who ever told you that was seriously misinformed."
"Funny, you'd think Jaina would be aware of her own dating status."
"You're lying."
"What? She didn't tell you about how our little alone time at the ball on Friday night."
Zekk seemed to be in speechless fury. Jag smirked and began to walk away.
"Be sure to ask Danni for a back massage. They're to die for. Besides, she's already done it for all the other guys on the team," Zekk said with an evil grin, and then, as he brushed past Jag, hissed out, "And some of the girls too."
Jag was dumbfounded. Danni wasn't like that; she couldn't be. Zekk was just trying to mess with him.
He walked over to Tahiri who was busy warming up. She would know the truth, wouldn't she?
"Tahiri, what do you know about Danni Quee?"
Her head shot up. "Don't say that name!" she warned. Glancing around furtively, she stopped what she was doing and walked over to him before continuing in a low voice, "She's a really sore subject around here."
"Why?"
"Her and Jaina… don't… get along. I don't know why, no one does, so don't ask."
Jag got a strange feeling that he might know why.
She continued, "It's just between them, no one else."
"Zekk seems to have a problem with her too," Jag commented trying to get more information.
"Zekk has a problem with everyone… Jag, I get that you're curious about the girl you're dating, but I don't know. Please just drop it."
"We're not dating," he automatically corrected. She rolled her eyes.
"Just give it time. Anyway, as a friend, I'm saying leave it alone. The feud is between Jaina and Danni. None of us are sure why or how or even what happened, but no one is very eager to be the one to ask."
Just as Jag was agreeing to drop it, the door to Coach Durron's office flew open and Jaina stormed out.
"Tahiri, Fel," she snapped. Out of the corner of his eye, Jag saw Anakin whip around at the sound of the name order which Jaina had chosen. 'Great,' he thought. Jaina continued her shouting, "We have our first match in two weeks, and you're just standing around! Get to work and stop chatting!"
"She could have at least said please," Tahiri quietly mock-grumbled as they prepared themselves for sparring. Jag only half smiled. He was too caught up in trying to figure out what had happened and what Zekk meant about Danni to fully appreciate Tahiri's humor or to see her epée come flying at him.
