By JediGirl
CATAGORY: New Republic
SPOILERS: Tim Zahn's Hand of Thraw duology
RATING: R
SETTING: Those missing chapters that Mr. Zahn forgot to write in Visions
of the Future. Luke and Mara have just taken off from Nirauan and heading
out to meet up with Leia,
Han and Karrde. This is my version of what happened between Luke and
Mara during those days alone on their "borrowed" Chiss ship. And of course
how the "family" hears about the pending nuptials.
DISCLAIMER As always, these charcters do not belong to me. They belong to wonderful people such as Mr. George Lucas and Mr. Timothy Zahn, among others. They inspire me
to make up my own tales and share them with others....just for pure enjoyment. There is more to life than just money :)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: A huge big THANK YOU to my wonderful beta reader,
Michele. This story would never have happened without her. She completely
inspired me and
helped to make it as good as it could be. Plus, if it wasn't for her,
the "challenge" would never had happened
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CHAPTER 2
Several hours later, Luke awoke drowsily. His head felt fuzzy, his muscles
ached and
his eyes were having trouble focusing. *Where am I?* he asked himself
as he
blinked his eyes several times trying to get his vision to clear.
He shifted his body slightly to bring a hand up to rub the sleep from
his eyes. The
movement caused him to notice the warm body that was curled up next
to him. He
held his breath in surprise at the revelation, but then all the memories
of the past
few hours flooded back into his mind and brought a smile to his face.
*How could I
forget where I was?* he thought to himself, as he gazed at Mara's sleeping
form
cuddled up next to him. He gently ran his fingers through her hair
and kissed the top
of her head.
Mara moaned quietly and snuggled up even closer to him. Luke wrapped
his arm
around her tightly and she moaned again with pleasure. "I love you"
she whispered
not opening her eyes.
"Love you too," Luke mumbled into her hair.
Mara slid her fingers along his arm and intertwined them with his when
she
reached his hand. "What time is it?" she asked, her eyes still closed.
She was afraid it
may all be a dream and if she opened her eyes she would find herself
in a dark, cold
cave once again.
Luke raised his head a bit to get a clearer look at the chrono on the
pilot's console.
"We still have about 3 hours till we come out of hyperspace," he said
as he settled
himself back down.
"Good, then go back to sleep," she replied groggily. "We haven't got much of it lately."
"True, but we have our whole life to sleep," he said as he caressed
her bare abdomen
with his thumb, and brushed his lips across her shoulder.
A little giggle escaped Mara caused by Luke's caresses as well as his
desire to make
love to her again. She twisted around to look Luke in the eyes. "And
we have our
"whole life" for other things too. But right now I am very tired. It
has been a very
busy couple of weeks and I have the feeling that things aren't going
to be slowing
down any time soon, so if we have time for a couple of hours of sleep,
I think we
should take advantage of it."
"Always the practical one," Luke responded twisting his face into a mock frown.
"Pouting is not becoming a Jedi Master," Mara teased as she pinched his ribs.
"Hey! That tickles!" Luke laughed and tried to scoot away from her.
"Really? You, ticklish? I learn something new about you every moment."
Mara
reached out and pinched him lightly again and again.
Luke continued to laugh and tried to defend himself from her attacks.
He finally got
hold of both of her wrists, rolled her on her back and pinned her down.
"You'll find
I'm full of surprises," he all but growled as mischief twinkled in
his blue eyes.
A sly smile formed on Mara's face and she raised an eyebrow. "I see
that." She relaxed
her body and felt Luke's grip on her wrists do the same. A smile of
triumph formed
on his face, but was quickly followed by a look of astonishment as
a moment later he
found their positions switched, he was now on his back and Mara straddled
him, his
arms pinned to the floor. "You'll find that I am too," she smiled broadly
down at him,
and kissed the tip of his nose. "Now close your eyes and go back to
sleep."
"Yes dear," Luke replied dutifully.
Mara released his arms and slid back into the blankets beside him, snuggling
against
his side. "Much better."
"I love you," he whispered and leaned down and kissed her gently yet
passionately.
He wrapped his arms around her, laid his head back and closed his eyes.
"Artoo?" he
called.
Artoo came alive with a happy whistle at his master's call.
"Wake us in two hours, would you?"
Artoo replied with a disappointed whirl as he was hoping to be of more
use than just
an alarm clock.
Luke opened one eye and looked at the little droid at the back of the
cockpit. "Artoo,
don't whine. There will be plenty to keep you busy once we get to Coruscant."
The
droid replied with an apologetic beep and Luke closed his eyes once
again and settled
back to sleep with a happy smile on his face.