Thanks for all the sympathy about me and my boyfriend. I really appreciate
it. As well as the reviews of course. But now things are better and I don't
feel tempted to just have as may male characters as possible die in really
horrible ways. Which is good, now on with the story.
Family of the Light: Chapter Sixteen
By Jayde Star
Later that night Jayde was sitting with Pen and the rest of Rouge Squadron in a huge nightclub called the 'Hangerbay', which had become a very popular hang out for pilots especially, as well as many other people. The music was loud but everyone was still talking as best they could over the music. Most of Wraith Squadron was there too, but so far Steve hadn't shown up. Pen said something to Jayde, but she didn't quite catch what was said.
"What?!" Jayde yelled.
"I said," Pen raised her voice a bit. "Stop looking so depressed, you are allowed to have fun without Dave, you know."
Jayde gave her a grin. "I know that. It's just that it's taken us so long to get to where we are. And we have only started dating, so we're in that 'can't stand to be apart' stage still. Even if we have know each other for years."
"I know what that's like. But didn't you say you guys were going away together for a couple of weeks? Think about the time you'll get to spend together then and forget about being apart tonight." Pen paused for a minute. "Come on, lets go dance." She grabbed Jayde's hand before she could say no and dragged her on to the dancefloor.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the club, Ben, Phil and David were sitting and talking. None of the knew that Jayde was there as well, just as she didn't know they were there.
"Stop looking like you're at a funeral, Dave." Phil said. "We're here to have fun, not sit around moping."
"I wasn't moping." David replied defensively.
"You were too." Ben joined in. "Just because Jayde isn't here, you're acting like the universe is about to end. Stop it."
David rolled his eyes at his friends. "Okay, maybe I was moping just a little. I can't help it, we've finally gotten together. I don't want to do anything that might harm what we've got. Would you rather I was checking out the other women in this place?"
"I know you wouldn't do that." Ben said.
"Are you so sure? How do you know I don't consider Jayde just another girl?"
"Because you like your body intact." Ben said in a thinly veiled threat.
David grinned. "You're right. Now who's round is it?"
* * * * *
Both David and Jayde spent most of the night not realising that the other was also in the club. That is, until very close to the end of the night. Jayde went to the bar to get a round of drinks. As she was waiting to be served a guy came up to her.
"Hi there, beautiful. What is a gorgeous girl like you doing on your own?" He asked.
Jayde rolled her eyes at the extremely bad attempt at a pick up line. "I'm not on my own, I'm here with my friends."
"Ah, but a good looking girl like yourself should have a boyfriend paying her all the attention she deserves. Why don't I buy you a drink and we'll go dance." He said more as a statement than a question, as he put his arm over her shoulder.
Jayde raised her eyebrow at him as she pushed his arm away. "I don't think so. I have a boyfriend, besides I like my men to have more than one brain cell."
"Excuse me? I don't take kindly to being insulted." He grabbed Jayde tightly by the arm. "And I don't take no for an answer.
"Let go of me." Jayde cried as she tried to yank her arm out of his grasp.
"You heard her." Someone yelled from behind Jayde. "Let her go."
The guy let go of Jayde and glared at the newcomer. "And who are you?"
"I'm her boyfriend." David said, quickly putting himself between Jayde and the guy.
The guy looked down at David, he was quite a bit taller. "You? Her boyfriend? I think you should let her make up her own mind about whether or not she'd like to dance with me."
"She already told you that she didn't want to." David glared at him. "Now, you have a choice. You can leave nice and quietly, without making a scene."
"Oh yeah? And what's the other option? I beat you into a pulp?"
"No. The other option ends up with you lying in hospital in a lot of pain."
"Really." The guy said in extreme disbelief. "And what army is going to help you do that?"
"I don't need an army, I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself. And if I do need any help, see those two guys at the end of the bar." David pointed to where Ben and Phil were standing not to far away, where they were paying close attention to what was happening. They nodded towards David when he mentioned them. "They are her brothers. Not only that, they are also Jedi Knights."
The guy looked uncomfortable, but he still wouldn't back down. By now they had quite a crowd watching, waiting to see if a fight would break out. "I've got enough friends in here to easily out number you guys. You don't scare me."
"I'm half Corellian [A/N: Is that spelt right? I don't think it is.] so odds aren't something I pay attention to. And seeing as they're Jedi I don't think they care about the odds either, especially since they have the force on their side. Not to mention the fact that all of Rouge Squadron and most of Wraith are here as well and they are most definitely on our side."
The guy began to look not only scared, but extremely annoyed. Without any warning he punched David right on the nose and a full-blown brawl broke out.
* * * * *
About fifteen minutes later the brawl was over. Security had been called and the participants had been pulled off one another. Rouge and Wraith Squadrons had been sent back to their barracks with all leave cancelled. Everyone else had been sent home, unless they had continued to fight when security tried to stop them, those people were sent to spend a night in a jail cell. Included in those people was the guy who had tried to hit on Jayde. Everyone involved was banned from the nightclub for three months.
Jayde, David, Ben and Phil went back to Jayde place so she could take care of their various injuries.
"I can't believe you guys got in to a fight because of me." Jayde shook her head, guilt evident on her face.
"It wasn't your fault, sis." Ben said, trying to console his sister as best he could. "It was that creep who wouldn't take no for an answer. Dave did what he could to make sure a fight didn't happen. Don't blame yourself."
"I just hope dad doesn't find out. Can you imagine what he'll say if he does?" Jayde grabbed some bacta patches to put on the guys cuts. "And don't say that he'll never find out, because he always does. Especially as he has evidence on your face as to what happened." Jayde pressed a bacta patch on the cut just above Ben's eye that she had finally got to stop bleeding. "And what is Cassie going to say? You go out without her for one night and you get into a fight. And you, Phil, what will Grace say? They're both going to blame me." Jayde moved on to tend to Phil's wounds.
"Don't worry about dad. As long as we tell him the first chance we get, he'll understand. Especially as we were protecting you." Jayde just gave an exasperated sigh at Ben's over-protective attitude.
"And Grace and Cassie'll understand what happened." Phil joined in. "They might be annoyed at first, but I'm sure once we explain that we tried to avoid a fight then they won't get too mad. OW!" He cried as Jayde inspected his wrist.
"I don't think it's broken, but if it's still really sore tomorrow I suggest seeing a doctor just to be sure you haven't done too much damage."
"I'll just heal it myself when I get home."
"Whatever." Jayde finished looking after her brothers and started to check David's nose. "And what do we do if this becomes news? Skywalker and Antillies families in nightclub brawl. Dragged in Rouge and Wraith Squadrons as well? What would people think of a headline like that?"
"You don't have to worry about that." David finally joined in the conversation. "There was only the one reporter that realised who we are and I gave her a large amount of money in the form of a check. Told her that if there was so much as a mumble that we were there on ANY station then I would cancel the check instantly and she wouldn't get a credit. And the check is dated for a weeks time."
"You didn't?" Ben was shocked at his friend's actions, but happy about them as well.
"Sure did." David grinned at them all. "Jayde, stop fussing. My nose isn't broken, just badly bruised. I'll probably have a couple of black eyes in the morning and I'll be in a bit of pain for a few days, but other than that I'm fine. Makes me wish I was a Jedi for the first time in my life, I could heal it in a couple of hours."
Jayde gave another exasperated sigh and put away her first aid kit. "Men! They act as though a black eye were a medal or something." They guys just grinned at her. "Did you want a drink before you go home?"
Ben and Phil both shook their heads. "I promised Cassie that I'd be home relatively early and as it's already nearly 5am I'd better get back before she wakes up and wonders were I am." Ben said "But thanks for the offer." He gave Jayde a kiss on the check as he got up to leave.
"And I'm have to be somewhere in about 4 hours, so I should get some sleep before hand." Phil added. "We will see you tomorrow before you guys leave won't we?"
"Of course you will. How could I leave without saying goodbye to my two favourite brothers?" Jayde said as she saw them to the door. "I'll see you in a few hours."
Once they had left, Jayde turned to face David. She originally was going to yell at him for being stupid enough to get in to a fight, but when she saw how much pain he was in, her face softened and the urge to yell subsided. "Oh, Dave. I was so worried when I saw him hit you. I thought he was going to kill you or something."
David gave her a small smile. "I'm fine now, just a bruise or two. There was nothing to worry about." He pulled her into a hug. "You'll just have to kiss all my bruises better."
Jayde pulled away from him slightly so that she could look at his face. "And where are all the bruises I need to kiss better?"
"Oh, all over my body." David said in a serious voice, but with mischief evident in his eyes.
"Such as where?" Jayde smiled.
"Here." David pointed to just above his eyebrow and Jayde gave him a light kiss there. "And here. And here. And here." David pointed to different parts of his face and Jayde placed a light kiss in each place. "And finally here." David pointed to his lips. Jayde placed a light kiss on his lips, but as soon as she went to deepen the kiss David said. "OW!"
Jayde pulled away from him. "Ow? I kiss you and you say 'ow'?"
"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that, it's just that my nose really hurts."
"Well maybe we should just go to bed then."
"I don't think I'm in any condition for that either." David said with a straight face.
Jayde smacked him lightly with her hand. "You know I didn't mean that. I meant to sleep. Come on, it's very late and we have things to do tomorrow."
"Yes dear." David said mockingly, but he willingly allowed himself to be lead to the bedroom.
tbc
Family of the Light: Chapter Sixteen
By Jayde Star
Later that night Jayde was sitting with Pen and the rest of Rouge Squadron in a huge nightclub called the 'Hangerbay', which had become a very popular hang out for pilots especially, as well as many other people. The music was loud but everyone was still talking as best they could over the music. Most of Wraith Squadron was there too, but so far Steve hadn't shown up. Pen said something to Jayde, but she didn't quite catch what was said.
"What?!" Jayde yelled.
"I said," Pen raised her voice a bit. "Stop looking so depressed, you are allowed to have fun without Dave, you know."
Jayde gave her a grin. "I know that. It's just that it's taken us so long to get to where we are. And we have only started dating, so we're in that 'can't stand to be apart' stage still. Even if we have know each other for years."
"I know what that's like. But didn't you say you guys were going away together for a couple of weeks? Think about the time you'll get to spend together then and forget about being apart tonight." Pen paused for a minute. "Come on, lets go dance." She grabbed Jayde's hand before she could say no and dragged her on to the dancefloor.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the club, Ben, Phil and David were sitting and talking. None of the knew that Jayde was there as well, just as she didn't know they were there.
"Stop looking like you're at a funeral, Dave." Phil said. "We're here to have fun, not sit around moping."
"I wasn't moping." David replied defensively.
"You were too." Ben joined in. "Just because Jayde isn't here, you're acting like the universe is about to end. Stop it."
David rolled his eyes at his friends. "Okay, maybe I was moping just a little. I can't help it, we've finally gotten together. I don't want to do anything that might harm what we've got. Would you rather I was checking out the other women in this place?"
"I know you wouldn't do that." Ben said.
"Are you so sure? How do you know I don't consider Jayde just another girl?"
"Because you like your body intact." Ben said in a thinly veiled threat.
David grinned. "You're right. Now who's round is it?"
* * * * *
Both David and Jayde spent most of the night not realising that the other was also in the club. That is, until very close to the end of the night. Jayde went to the bar to get a round of drinks. As she was waiting to be served a guy came up to her.
"Hi there, beautiful. What is a gorgeous girl like you doing on your own?" He asked.
Jayde rolled her eyes at the extremely bad attempt at a pick up line. "I'm not on my own, I'm here with my friends."
"Ah, but a good looking girl like yourself should have a boyfriend paying her all the attention she deserves. Why don't I buy you a drink and we'll go dance." He said more as a statement than a question, as he put his arm over her shoulder.
Jayde raised her eyebrow at him as she pushed his arm away. "I don't think so. I have a boyfriend, besides I like my men to have more than one brain cell."
"Excuse me? I don't take kindly to being insulted." He grabbed Jayde tightly by the arm. "And I don't take no for an answer.
"Let go of me." Jayde cried as she tried to yank her arm out of his grasp.
"You heard her." Someone yelled from behind Jayde. "Let her go."
The guy let go of Jayde and glared at the newcomer. "And who are you?"
"I'm her boyfriend." David said, quickly putting himself between Jayde and the guy.
The guy looked down at David, he was quite a bit taller. "You? Her boyfriend? I think you should let her make up her own mind about whether or not she'd like to dance with me."
"She already told you that she didn't want to." David glared at him. "Now, you have a choice. You can leave nice and quietly, without making a scene."
"Oh yeah? And what's the other option? I beat you into a pulp?"
"No. The other option ends up with you lying in hospital in a lot of pain."
"Really." The guy said in extreme disbelief. "And what army is going to help you do that?"
"I don't need an army, I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself. And if I do need any help, see those two guys at the end of the bar." David pointed to where Ben and Phil were standing not to far away, where they were paying close attention to what was happening. They nodded towards David when he mentioned them. "They are her brothers. Not only that, they are also Jedi Knights."
The guy looked uncomfortable, but he still wouldn't back down. By now they had quite a crowd watching, waiting to see if a fight would break out. "I've got enough friends in here to easily out number you guys. You don't scare me."
"I'm half Corellian [A/N: Is that spelt right? I don't think it is.] so odds aren't something I pay attention to. And seeing as they're Jedi I don't think they care about the odds either, especially since they have the force on their side. Not to mention the fact that all of Rouge Squadron and most of Wraith are here as well and they are most definitely on our side."
The guy began to look not only scared, but extremely annoyed. Without any warning he punched David right on the nose and a full-blown brawl broke out.
* * * * *
About fifteen minutes later the brawl was over. Security had been called and the participants had been pulled off one another. Rouge and Wraith Squadrons had been sent back to their barracks with all leave cancelled. Everyone else had been sent home, unless they had continued to fight when security tried to stop them, those people were sent to spend a night in a jail cell. Included in those people was the guy who had tried to hit on Jayde. Everyone involved was banned from the nightclub for three months.
Jayde, David, Ben and Phil went back to Jayde place so she could take care of their various injuries.
"I can't believe you guys got in to a fight because of me." Jayde shook her head, guilt evident on her face.
"It wasn't your fault, sis." Ben said, trying to console his sister as best he could. "It was that creep who wouldn't take no for an answer. Dave did what he could to make sure a fight didn't happen. Don't blame yourself."
"I just hope dad doesn't find out. Can you imagine what he'll say if he does?" Jayde grabbed some bacta patches to put on the guys cuts. "And don't say that he'll never find out, because he always does. Especially as he has evidence on your face as to what happened." Jayde pressed a bacta patch on the cut just above Ben's eye that she had finally got to stop bleeding. "And what is Cassie going to say? You go out without her for one night and you get into a fight. And you, Phil, what will Grace say? They're both going to blame me." Jayde moved on to tend to Phil's wounds.
"Don't worry about dad. As long as we tell him the first chance we get, he'll understand. Especially as we were protecting you." Jayde just gave an exasperated sigh at Ben's over-protective attitude.
"And Grace and Cassie'll understand what happened." Phil joined in. "They might be annoyed at first, but I'm sure once we explain that we tried to avoid a fight then they won't get too mad. OW!" He cried as Jayde inspected his wrist.
"I don't think it's broken, but if it's still really sore tomorrow I suggest seeing a doctor just to be sure you haven't done too much damage."
"I'll just heal it myself when I get home."
"Whatever." Jayde finished looking after her brothers and started to check David's nose. "And what do we do if this becomes news? Skywalker and Antillies families in nightclub brawl. Dragged in Rouge and Wraith Squadrons as well? What would people think of a headline like that?"
"You don't have to worry about that." David finally joined in the conversation. "There was only the one reporter that realised who we are and I gave her a large amount of money in the form of a check. Told her that if there was so much as a mumble that we were there on ANY station then I would cancel the check instantly and she wouldn't get a credit. And the check is dated for a weeks time."
"You didn't?" Ben was shocked at his friend's actions, but happy about them as well.
"Sure did." David grinned at them all. "Jayde, stop fussing. My nose isn't broken, just badly bruised. I'll probably have a couple of black eyes in the morning and I'll be in a bit of pain for a few days, but other than that I'm fine. Makes me wish I was a Jedi for the first time in my life, I could heal it in a couple of hours."
Jayde gave another exasperated sigh and put away her first aid kit. "Men! They act as though a black eye were a medal or something." They guys just grinned at her. "Did you want a drink before you go home?"
Ben and Phil both shook their heads. "I promised Cassie that I'd be home relatively early and as it's already nearly 5am I'd better get back before she wakes up and wonders were I am." Ben said "But thanks for the offer." He gave Jayde a kiss on the check as he got up to leave.
"And I'm have to be somewhere in about 4 hours, so I should get some sleep before hand." Phil added. "We will see you tomorrow before you guys leave won't we?"
"Of course you will. How could I leave without saying goodbye to my two favourite brothers?" Jayde said as she saw them to the door. "I'll see you in a few hours."
Once they had left, Jayde turned to face David. She originally was going to yell at him for being stupid enough to get in to a fight, but when she saw how much pain he was in, her face softened and the urge to yell subsided. "Oh, Dave. I was so worried when I saw him hit you. I thought he was going to kill you or something."
David gave her a small smile. "I'm fine now, just a bruise or two. There was nothing to worry about." He pulled her into a hug. "You'll just have to kiss all my bruises better."
Jayde pulled away from him slightly so that she could look at his face. "And where are all the bruises I need to kiss better?"
"Oh, all over my body." David said in a serious voice, but with mischief evident in his eyes.
"Such as where?" Jayde smiled.
"Here." David pointed to just above his eyebrow and Jayde gave him a light kiss there. "And here. And here. And here." David pointed to different parts of his face and Jayde placed a light kiss in each place. "And finally here." David pointed to his lips. Jayde placed a light kiss on his lips, but as soon as she went to deepen the kiss David said. "OW!"
Jayde pulled away from him. "Ow? I kiss you and you say 'ow'?"
"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that, it's just that my nose really hurts."
"Well maybe we should just go to bed then."
"I don't think I'm in any condition for that either." David said with a straight face.
Jayde smacked him lightly with her hand. "You know I didn't mean that. I meant to sleep. Come on, it's very late and we have things to do tomorrow."
"Yes dear." David said mockingly, but he willingly allowed himself to be lead to the bedroom.
tbc