Sorry it has taken so long to update, I think my plot bunny was kidnapped
and a decoy was left cos I keep having ideas for other stories.
Family of the Light: Chapter Eighteen
By Jayde Star
Three days later, Jayde and David were only ten minutes from coming out of hyperspace at Tatooinee They had spent the past few days simply enjoying each other's company, and just getting to know one another again. Even though they pretty much grew up with one another, the events of the past three years had brought about changes in each of them. Jayde sat in the co- pilot seat, looking at David, remembering the talks they'd had over the past couple of nights.
"So, what have you been doing, exactly, in the past couple of years?" Jayde had asked David, "You still haven't told me. And whenever I asked people if they knew, they seemed to do their best to avoid the question."
David just shrugged. "Is it really that important?"
"Normally I would say no, but seeing as everyone wants to avoid telling me, then there must be a good reason as to why."
"Jayde, it doesn't matter. What is happening right now is important. Nothing else." David stopped looking Jayde in the eye.
"Dave, what could you possibly have done for Karrde that was so bad?"
David sighed as he realised that Jayde was going to keep asking until he told her something, preferably the truth. "Fine. It's no big deal really. I just volunteer for some of the less safer jobs he needed done."
Jayde narrowed her eyes slightly, "What do you mean, 'less safer job'?"
"The details don't matter. And it certainly doesn't matter now. What matters now is that I plan on only going on the safer assignments now I have you in my life."
"Dave, I'm sorry."
"For what?" David was confused.
"For making you think there was nothing to live for. For making you think that didn't love you. For everything."
"You have nothing to be sorry for. I made just as many bad decisions as you, more even. And you really have to stop blaming yourself for everything that has happened. Otherwise you'll never be able to move forward in your life. I made the decision to risk my life, I made the decision to not go after you that night three years ago." David paused and took Jayde's hand in his, gazing in to her eyes. "And who knows where we would be if we hadn't made those decisions. I'm right where I want to be right now and that is all that matters. Okay?"
Jayde nodded her head. "Okay." And David kissed her softly.
David looked up at Jayde to see her gazing at him. "What?" He asked with a grin.
Jayde shook her head. "Huh?"
David grinned even more. "You looked like you were daydreaming. Was it at least a good one?"
Jayde smiled at him. "No, I was just thinking about last night and what you said about moving forward."
"And?"
"And I just hope the plans you have in moving forward in your life don't include any more dangerous missions."
"I can't promise there will be no more dangerous missions. But I will do my best to keep them to a minimum. And when I do have to go on a dangerous mission I promise to do my best to come back in one piece. Will that do?"
"I guess I have no other choice. Just remember that if you ever don't come back in one piece then I will have to kill you."
"I'll remember that." David checked how long it was until they were out of hyperspace. "10 seconds to go." He looked back at Jayde "Ready to see the dust ball of a planet your father used to call home?"
Jayde just rolled her eyes as David pulled back the lever to bring them in to real space. She looked out expecting to see Tatooinee, but all she could see was darkness, not even stars. "Dave, what's going on?"
"I don't know. The sensors can't pick up anything. All I know is that it's creating a lot of gravity and it's pulling us towards it, very quickly." David shot Jayde a worried look.
"Can't you get us away?" Jayde could feel the fear starting to overtake most rational thought.
David shook his head. "No, the gravity pull is too strong." He looked completely hopeless as he tried to find some way out of what was happening. "I'm sorry."
Jayde looked at him, tears glistening in her eyes. "It's not your fault. If this is how things are meant to end then I'm glad I'm at least with you. I love you." She added as the ship began to shake violently, as though it could be pulled apart at any moment.
"I love you too." And with that everything went black.
* * * * *
All the way back on Courucant, Mara had been sleeping peacefully next to Luke when all of a sudden she was woken up and she wasn't sure why.
"Mara?" Luke asked sleepily, her sitting up had woken him, "What's wrong?"
Mara looked down at Luke. "I don't know. I just had an awful feeling for a moment. I'm not even sure what caused it."
Luke sat up too. "Something through the force?"
Mara shrugged. "Maybe, I'm not sure. It could have just been a bad dream. But I think that it might have something to do with Jayde."
Luke began to feel a little worried. "What about Jayde?"
"I don't know. It probably was just a dream. She said she'd be calling tomorrow so I can make sure she's alright then." Mara felt like she was trying to convince herself as well as Luke.
He didn't look convinced. "If you're sure that's what you want to do."
Mara shook her head. "No I'm not sure, but there is nothing else we can do right now, is there?"
Luke sighed. "I guess not." He looked at the clock, it already said 0530, and sighed. "But as I don't think either of us are going to get any more sleep right now, so how about I make us some breakfast?"
"Sounds good farmboy." Mara said with a slight smile.
tbc
Gee, I'm mean aren't I? Oh well, get reviewing now.
Family of the Light: Chapter Eighteen
By Jayde Star
Three days later, Jayde and David were only ten minutes from coming out of hyperspace at Tatooinee They had spent the past few days simply enjoying each other's company, and just getting to know one another again. Even though they pretty much grew up with one another, the events of the past three years had brought about changes in each of them. Jayde sat in the co- pilot seat, looking at David, remembering the talks they'd had over the past couple of nights.
"So, what have you been doing, exactly, in the past couple of years?" Jayde had asked David, "You still haven't told me. And whenever I asked people if they knew, they seemed to do their best to avoid the question."
David just shrugged. "Is it really that important?"
"Normally I would say no, but seeing as everyone wants to avoid telling me, then there must be a good reason as to why."
"Jayde, it doesn't matter. What is happening right now is important. Nothing else." David stopped looking Jayde in the eye.
"Dave, what could you possibly have done for Karrde that was so bad?"
David sighed as he realised that Jayde was going to keep asking until he told her something, preferably the truth. "Fine. It's no big deal really. I just volunteer for some of the less safer jobs he needed done."
Jayde narrowed her eyes slightly, "What do you mean, 'less safer job'?"
"The details don't matter. And it certainly doesn't matter now. What matters now is that I plan on only going on the safer assignments now I have you in my life."
"Dave, I'm sorry."
"For what?" David was confused.
"For making you think there was nothing to live for. For making you think that didn't love you. For everything."
"You have nothing to be sorry for. I made just as many bad decisions as you, more even. And you really have to stop blaming yourself for everything that has happened. Otherwise you'll never be able to move forward in your life. I made the decision to risk my life, I made the decision to not go after you that night three years ago." David paused and took Jayde's hand in his, gazing in to her eyes. "And who knows where we would be if we hadn't made those decisions. I'm right where I want to be right now and that is all that matters. Okay?"
Jayde nodded her head. "Okay." And David kissed her softly.
David looked up at Jayde to see her gazing at him. "What?" He asked with a grin.
Jayde shook her head. "Huh?"
David grinned even more. "You looked like you were daydreaming. Was it at least a good one?"
Jayde smiled at him. "No, I was just thinking about last night and what you said about moving forward."
"And?"
"And I just hope the plans you have in moving forward in your life don't include any more dangerous missions."
"I can't promise there will be no more dangerous missions. But I will do my best to keep them to a minimum. And when I do have to go on a dangerous mission I promise to do my best to come back in one piece. Will that do?"
"I guess I have no other choice. Just remember that if you ever don't come back in one piece then I will have to kill you."
"I'll remember that." David checked how long it was until they were out of hyperspace. "10 seconds to go." He looked back at Jayde "Ready to see the dust ball of a planet your father used to call home?"
Jayde just rolled her eyes as David pulled back the lever to bring them in to real space. She looked out expecting to see Tatooinee, but all she could see was darkness, not even stars. "Dave, what's going on?"
"I don't know. The sensors can't pick up anything. All I know is that it's creating a lot of gravity and it's pulling us towards it, very quickly." David shot Jayde a worried look.
"Can't you get us away?" Jayde could feel the fear starting to overtake most rational thought.
David shook his head. "No, the gravity pull is too strong." He looked completely hopeless as he tried to find some way out of what was happening. "I'm sorry."
Jayde looked at him, tears glistening in her eyes. "It's not your fault. If this is how things are meant to end then I'm glad I'm at least with you. I love you." She added as the ship began to shake violently, as though it could be pulled apart at any moment.
"I love you too." And with that everything went black.
* * * * *
All the way back on Courucant, Mara had been sleeping peacefully next to Luke when all of a sudden she was woken up and she wasn't sure why.
"Mara?" Luke asked sleepily, her sitting up had woken him, "What's wrong?"
Mara looked down at Luke. "I don't know. I just had an awful feeling for a moment. I'm not even sure what caused it."
Luke sat up too. "Something through the force?"
Mara shrugged. "Maybe, I'm not sure. It could have just been a bad dream. But I think that it might have something to do with Jayde."
Luke began to feel a little worried. "What about Jayde?"
"I don't know. It probably was just a dream. She said she'd be calling tomorrow so I can make sure she's alright then." Mara felt like she was trying to convince herself as well as Luke.
He didn't look convinced. "If you're sure that's what you want to do."
Mara shook her head. "No I'm not sure, but there is nothing else we can do right now, is there?"
Luke sighed. "I guess not." He looked at the clock, it already said 0530, and sighed. "But as I don't think either of us are going to get any more sleep right now, so how about I make us some breakfast?"
"Sounds good farmboy." Mara said with a slight smile.
tbc
Gee, I'm mean aren't I? Oh well, get reviewing now.