I could see Han gulp. "She knows? You told Mon Mothma?"
"No! I didn't! I wanted to keep it a secret! She found out! I don't know…hold on…Luke." I said. He must have told her! Luke!!! "Luke! LUKE TOLD MON MOTHMA!!!"
"Why would Luke tell Mon?" Han asked, completely confused.
"He must have been mad at me for loving you instead of him. He must have told her to get revenge on me."
"Okay, two things sweetheart. 1) Why would Luke even think about doing that? And 2) How is that possible?" Han asked, and I started to stand up.
"What?" I asked him.
"Luke never returned with us. He never saw Mon Mothma after you guys rescued me."
"Yes…but he still could have told her before we left. Come on." I said, grabbing Han's hand and then running to the briefing room.
"Leia…what are you doing?" Han asked me in shock as I was about to press the button to open the door when Han grabbed my arm. "You really want to face Mon Mothma?"
"She's my boss Han. She gave you an order. I have no choice." I said, and then pressed the button.
"LEIA! NO!" Han screamed, but then saw Mon Mothma standing in the middle of the briefing room.
"Han. Leia. Or should I say 'Han and Leia'?" What was up with Mon? She's never acted like this before. "Please sit." She said, motioning towards the bench that was in front of her. I looked at Han and then sat down onto the bench, Han following me.
"Han…Leia…I have some good and some bad news. Which would you like to hear first?" She asked us.
"Good news please." I said to her.
"Han, I am thinking about promoting you to the position of General. You have shown great dedication to the alliance over the years, and I think that your hard work has paid off." She smiled.
"Really?" Han laughed in shock. He beamed at the thought of being general.
"I'm so proud of you!" I smiled at Han, and then gave him a hug.
"Wait." Han started. "What's the bad news?"
"I really don't want to say this, and it's going to be a big mood swing for me to go from good news to bad news."
"What is it?" I asked Mon. I wish she would stop rambling.
"Leia, sweetie. You lied to me about Han!" She blurted out at me.
"I'm sorry Mon." I shook my head in despair.
"Why did you lie to me?"
"I didn't think that you would approve."
"Not only don't I approve, but you consistently lied to me and told me that nothing was going on between you and Han."
"But Mon I…"
"Stop! Leia! How can I trust you if you lied to me about this?!"
"I'm sorry Mon I just…"
"Leia! I can't trust you anymore. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it would be in my best interest that you leave the rebel alliance." Mon said.
"WHAT?" I asked in shock.
"What?" Han asked, looking at me and then Mon.
"In other words Leia…because of the actions that I have seen the past couple of days or weeks, and now this….I can't trust you anymore…so you're fired."
"Fired?" I asked, and then bent my head down into my hands.
"Hey!!" Han screamed, standing up in front of Mon. "You can't fire her!!"
"Why not?"
"'Cause…Leia didn't do anything wrong! She just didn't want you to disapprove. But she went with what her heart told her to do."
"I've made my decision Han." Mon said coldly. Han took one look at me and then reached into his pocket.
"Before you make your finally decision, I want you to read this." I looked at the book. It was my diary. Why was he giving Mon my diary?
"What is it?"
"You'll find out." Han said, and then walked over and took me in his arms before walking out of the briefing room.
"I can't believe I got fired." I sighed as Han brought me into my cabin and laid me down onto the bed. I was still pretty much in shock.
"Its gonna be okay, sweetheart. I think that in time, Mon will change her mind, and hopefully soon."
"I hope so too." I sighed and then laid my head onto the pillow. "I'm tired."
"Okay." Han said, and threw me his extra pair of his clothes that was laying on the floor by my bed at me. "We'll go to bed then." I smiled at him and then got changed.
We laid down into bed and wrapped the covers around us. "Ahhh." I said, snuggling in closer to him.
"What?"
"I missed this. I feel so….safe." I said, smiling.
"Hopefully it will keep your mind off of you getting fired today." Han said.
"I hope so. I don't know why she fired me. I didn't do anything wrong."
"I know sweetheart, I know." Han says, stroking my hair.
"Good night Han."
"Good night sweetheart."
"I love you."
"I know." Han whispered before I fell into a deep sleep.
I can't believe I got fired…
So there's the chapter. I really wanted to update again today…so just deal with it….hehhe. Thanks for supporting the story!!!!
xoxox,
Alexandra