Chapter 13: Driven by the stars
"Mmm..." Vette moaned into the softness of her pillow, the warm blanket gently wrapped around her. While it was comfortable, her body was already telling her it was time to get up. Slowly her eyes fluttered open and when her vision adjusted she realized something was odd. 'oh yeah I slept in Uri's room.' The sharpshooter nuzzled her face into the pillow but stopped abruptly and her eyes immediately shot open. 'oh cripes I slept in Uri's room.' The tomb raider quickly shot upright throwing throwing the covers off her and looked to her side. A wave of calm washed over when she saw the space next to her was empty. "Phew." She sighed in relief as she placed a hand over her heart and steadied her breathing. Though as soon as she got her breathing back to normal , she heard the door on her left begin to hiss open. 'I thought that was a closet!'
Without thinking she threw herself back onto the bed and draped the covers over herself. The door shifted open and steam spilled out onto the floor, "ahh, nothing like a shower in the morning to get things started." Said a familiar voice.
"Ain't that right my dear Vette?" Uri questioned the embarrassed twi'lek. Vette pulled the sheets off carefully, only revealing her eyes which were shut tight.
"Good morning love." Uri greeted kneeling down next to the bed.
"Good morn...ing" Vette trailed off as she peeked out with one eye.
"why in the world are you naked?" The blushing twi'lek asked shielding her eyes.
"I'm not naked, I have this towel." Uri pointed out matter of factly.
"Ohhh, righttt...so sorry." Vette feigned apology.
"Would you rather I take the towel off?" The sith taunted, untying the knot only to be stopped by an assault of pillows. Vette threw the last of her ammunition and grinned at her partner struggling.
"Yeah yeah okay I get it, little lovely doesn't want a show." Uri groaned tossing aside another pillow. She made her way to the dresser and pulled out a box, a medical kit it looked like. Vette watched in curiosity as the other girl pulled out a small cylinder of sorts. Uri took a seat at the edge of her bed and placed the box in her lap and began to unravel the cylinder carefully.
Vette came to a realization as to what it was and she made her way across the bed, upon making it to the edge she took her place beside Uri and placed a hand on her right arm.
"Want some help?" The Twi'lek asked, her voice was soft. Uri nodded as she handed the bandages off to her friend. The two sat in silence as they started the wrappings from the Sith's right shoulder.
"It's not very pretty… is it?" Uri asked. Vette looked up from her bandaging and attempted her best smile. Ultimately she frowned as the thoughts of the injury being her fault came rushing back into her mind.
"It's my fault that this happened…" Vette trailed her finger down the scarred tissue, it was rough. Uri looked at her companion with a sad expression and rested her left hand on her knee.
"It's not your fault." The warrioress managed a weak smile for her partner, though it was clear that her consolation wasn't working very well. The two remained in silence as Vette made it up to the white haired girl's elbow. "Did I ever tell you about my time before the academy?" Uri pondered.
A small glint returned to Vette's eye as she shook her head to the question. Uri let out a small laugh at her enthusiasm. She adjusted her position on the bed and took a deep breath to compose herself.
"My mother and I had a special place where we would relax and watch the wind blow through the drab green of the hills. We sat on an odd yet comfy tree and talked about the day, or sometimes we would just sit in silence. The weather was always nice and comfy there." Uri smiled as she reminisced about the past.
"One day I felt sad because one of our farm animals had passed away because of an illness. I think I was around 5 when it did, I sat on the tree and cried my eyes out." The white haired Sith still had a nostalgic smile on her face.
"He was big and dumb, but he was so friendly but for the life of me I can't remember what he was. We didn't even have a proper name for him, just called him buddy or something." Vette was up to her partner's hand by now.
"I cried and cried, but my mother came to me and put my arm around me and told me: "Uri, don't cry, buddy is off wandering with the stars now, he wouldn't want to see you being sad y'know."
"I want to go with him!" "I cried to my mother. She grabbed me and held me close."
"In time my love, in time. But he will always be among the stars waiting for you. You must not stumble and must not collapse and disregard everything and everyone around you, for the memories you make now will be amazing to hear among the stars."
"I was too young, too sad, and too stupid to get it back then. But now, I feel like I understand." Vette wrapped the last of the bandages around Uri's hand and cut the excess off. Uri clenched her bandaged fist with burning resolve.
"One day we will all be among the stars, but for now I will cherish the moments I have down here, I don't wish to be sad or angry for long when I am. I refuse to write a sad story for the stars." Vette stared at her partner for a while before speaking.
With a smile she clasped her newly bandaged hand between both of her own hands.
"Then let's write a story the stars will never forget." Vette giggled.
"It sounds kinda cheesy."
"The better." Uri laughed back throwing her arms around her companion in a hug. The two girls embraced then pulled away slightly. Both smiling like mad.
"Together" Vette whispered.
"Together." Uri replied. As the two girls closed the distance between each other into a kiss. It felt soft and like pure bliss, it felt right, both girls wishing they would have done it sooner. When their lips parted ways it felt like the moment was too short but amazing nonetheless. The two girls sat for awhile longer enjoying being in one another's embrace.
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A/N: Hey it's me commin at ya outta no where. I"ll save you the story of me not writing because of personal things but I still do try i really do. I really enjoyed writing this chapter albeit it may be really short i have big things planned if my writers block doesn't get in the way, again i'll save you the sob story. But this one is for all you having troubles out there. Stay strong. As always thank you for favoriting, following, or giving me feedback and especially taking time out of your day just to check my story out, it means the world!
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