Disclaimer: I'm not Hayden's girl yet. Nor am I Aleese Lucas so…not mine.
A/N: Paige (Not you AriaPaige, you know I love you though): Okay, look, don't get me wrong, you're allowed to have your own opinion. I wasn't insulting my readers, in fact, if you looked back at what I said, I care VERY deeply for my readers and I love most of them very much (If you read my other story, you know who I'm not talking about). I'm not being snippy, I just haven't slept all week and I don't like it when people sit there and tell me to change things about my story because it doesn't suit their own ideals. If you don't want to read my story, don't, I'm not gonna tie you to a chair and force you to read it. You WERE insulting the name, and I take great offence when people insult that name because it happens to be the name of my younger brother and both my grandfathers. (You all knew I wasn't original. It was a dedication to my grandfathers of which neither of them I got to meet)
To all my other readers, especially those who have been with me since the beginning, I apologize for the short parts, I'll try to have a really good one this weekend (Work's been hectic, and that whole sleep thing has been not going so well). I love you all very very much, thank you for reading!
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2 Rebuilding, Part 13
By Aleese Sundancer
A steady beeping shook Mara from her dark sleep, and the steady murmuring of a few people in deep conversation managed to stir her head back into a thinking mode. Slowly she forced her eyes to open, and then quickly shut them at the glaring white light. Desperate to find that warm dark shelter of unconsciousness, Mara groaned lightly.
"Mara?" A quiet male voice asked, urging her back to consciousness. "Mara, please love, please wake up."
Mara was content just to moan again.
"Come on sweetie." He asked again, squeezing her hand. Mara forced her eyes open again and tried to focus them on the face that was hovering near hers. Slowly the features came into focus and she smiled slightly at the sight of her husband. His face was ragged and his hair messy, but he was smiling at her. Bringing her hand to his lips, he kissed it gently and squeezed again. "Morning."
"Luke? Where am I?" She asked quietly, trying to sit up. Luke kept her firmly in place and smiled warmly.
"You're in the med centre. We managed to find you in time, you'll be alright."
"Med centre? What happened…. how did you find me?" Mara asked as everything came flooding back to her.
"When you fell unconscious your shields came down and Hal and I could feel you again. We came as fast as we could, and got you here just in time. We've missed you Mara. Will you come home with us again?"
"I…I don't know Luke. I just…" Mara stuttered, closing her eyes. Luke mentally berated himself for pestering her so soon.
"I'm sorry Mara. Just…think about it. Hal and I will support whatever you choose." He smiled and kissed her hand. Mara smiled slightly and relaxed, falling into a restful sleep.
"How's she doing Luke?" Leia asked from the doorway. Luke turned and smiled slightly.
"She'll be alright. She's just a bit tired I guess"
"I'm glad we found her Luke." Leia smiled and took a place behind her brother, resting her hands on his shoulder and peering at his sleeping wife. Through the Force, Leia could feel the joy in Luke's heart, and finally his happiness returning.
"Am I interrupting something?" Han asked.
"No, come on in." Luke smiled. Han came in, carrying his sleeping nephew. After handing Hal back to Luke, he wrapped Leia up in a bear hug. Leia laughed and held him close.
Luke stared down at Hal, studying his sleeping features. Despite being only a few months old, Hal was acutely aware of his surroundings, and without Mara around had a haunted look in his eye when he wasn't trying to be cute. Neither did he sleep well. Both he and Luke knew that Hal would be perfectly able to sleep through the night, but Luke quickly realized that it wasn't because Hal needed something, he just felt lonely without his mom and wanted to be held by his dad while he was sleeping. In his own way, Luke wanted to hold his son, since it helped him sleep as well. But, hopefully things would be better now that they knew where Mara was. Hal got all the sleep he'd missed and had been blissfully content since they'd arrived on planet.
"Cute." Came a shaky feminine voice. Luke looked up and smiled at Mara, finally noticing that Han and Leia had left the room while he was so deep in thought.
"Yeah, he is." Luke smiled and held him for Mara to see better. Mara smiled and slowly reached up to caress his face. Hal let out a small coo and snuggled a bit to the hand. Mara laughed lightly, completely enthralled at the small boy. Opening his eyes, Hal took in Mara and let out his cutest baby smile. Mara laughed a bit more, and studied him with her hand and eyes.
"He's wonderful." She whispered.
"Just like his mother." Luke whispered back, and moved the bed so that Mara could hold Hal. Mara slowly took the little baby into her arms and smiled down at him. Hal smiled back up at her and studied her face with all the enthusiasm he had, reaching out his small hands to grasp her hair. Luke laughed and took his hand away from where it was firmly clasped around a bundle of hair and transferred it to his hand.
"This is our son." Mara whispered.
"Yes, he is." Luke smiled and shook his finger back and forth to entertain Hal. Hal let out a small giggle and gripped tighter.
"I missed you." Mara whispered again, running a hand over Hal's cheek. "both"
"I missed you too Mara, we both did." Luke said, running his free hand over Mara's cheek. She smiled slightly and looked up at Luke.
"I'm sorry."
"I know love." Luke smiled and leaned forward to kiss her gently. He was pleasantly surprised when she returned the gentle kiss. In the background, they both heard a gentle cooing sound.
A/N: Mushy part. Hehehee….
A/N: Paige (Not you AriaPaige, you know I love you though): Okay, look, don't get me wrong, you're allowed to have your own opinion. I wasn't insulting my readers, in fact, if you looked back at what I said, I care VERY deeply for my readers and I love most of them very much (If you read my other story, you know who I'm not talking about). I'm not being snippy, I just haven't slept all week and I don't like it when people sit there and tell me to change things about my story because it doesn't suit their own ideals. If you don't want to read my story, don't, I'm not gonna tie you to a chair and force you to read it. You WERE insulting the name, and I take great offence when people insult that name because it happens to be the name of my younger brother and both my grandfathers. (You all knew I wasn't original. It was a dedication to my grandfathers of which neither of them I got to meet)
To all my other readers, especially those who have been with me since the beginning, I apologize for the short parts, I'll try to have a really good one this weekend (Work's been hectic, and that whole sleep thing has been not going so well). I love you all very very much, thank you for reading!
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2 Rebuilding, Part 13
By Aleese Sundancer
A steady beeping shook Mara from her dark sleep, and the steady murmuring of a few people in deep conversation managed to stir her head back into a thinking mode. Slowly she forced her eyes to open, and then quickly shut them at the glaring white light. Desperate to find that warm dark shelter of unconsciousness, Mara groaned lightly.
"Mara?" A quiet male voice asked, urging her back to consciousness. "Mara, please love, please wake up."
Mara was content just to moan again.
"Come on sweetie." He asked again, squeezing her hand. Mara forced her eyes open again and tried to focus them on the face that was hovering near hers. Slowly the features came into focus and she smiled slightly at the sight of her husband. His face was ragged and his hair messy, but he was smiling at her. Bringing her hand to his lips, he kissed it gently and squeezed again. "Morning."
"Luke? Where am I?" She asked quietly, trying to sit up. Luke kept her firmly in place and smiled warmly.
"You're in the med centre. We managed to find you in time, you'll be alright."
"Med centre? What happened…. how did you find me?" Mara asked as everything came flooding back to her.
"When you fell unconscious your shields came down and Hal and I could feel you again. We came as fast as we could, and got you here just in time. We've missed you Mara. Will you come home with us again?"
"I…I don't know Luke. I just…" Mara stuttered, closing her eyes. Luke mentally berated himself for pestering her so soon.
"I'm sorry Mara. Just…think about it. Hal and I will support whatever you choose." He smiled and kissed her hand. Mara smiled slightly and relaxed, falling into a restful sleep.
"How's she doing Luke?" Leia asked from the doorway. Luke turned and smiled slightly.
"She'll be alright. She's just a bit tired I guess"
"I'm glad we found her Luke." Leia smiled and took a place behind her brother, resting her hands on his shoulder and peering at his sleeping wife. Through the Force, Leia could feel the joy in Luke's heart, and finally his happiness returning.
"Am I interrupting something?" Han asked.
"No, come on in." Luke smiled. Han came in, carrying his sleeping nephew. After handing Hal back to Luke, he wrapped Leia up in a bear hug. Leia laughed and held him close.
Luke stared down at Hal, studying his sleeping features. Despite being only a few months old, Hal was acutely aware of his surroundings, and without Mara around had a haunted look in his eye when he wasn't trying to be cute. Neither did he sleep well. Both he and Luke knew that Hal would be perfectly able to sleep through the night, but Luke quickly realized that it wasn't because Hal needed something, he just felt lonely without his mom and wanted to be held by his dad while he was sleeping. In his own way, Luke wanted to hold his son, since it helped him sleep as well. But, hopefully things would be better now that they knew where Mara was. Hal got all the sleep he'd missed and had been blissfully content since they'd arrived on planet.
"Cute." Came a shaky feminine voice. Luke looked up and smiled at Mara, finally noticing that Han and Leia had left the room while he was so deep in thought.
"Yeah, he is." Luke smiled and held him for Mara to see better. Mara smiled and slowly reached up to caress his face. Hal let out a small coo and snuggled a bit to the hand. Mara laughed lightly, completely enthralled at the small boy. Opening his eyes, Hal took in Mara and let out his cutest baby smile. Mara laughed a bit more, and studied him with her hand and eyes.
"He's wonderful." She whispered.
"Just like his mother." Luke whispered back, and moved the bed so that Mara could hold Hal. Mara slowly took the little baby into her arms and smiled down at him. Hal smiled back up at her and studied her face with all the enthusiasm he had, reaching out his small hands to grasp her hair. Luke laughed and took his hand away from where it was firmly clasped around a bundle of hair and transferred it to his hand.
"This is our son." Mara whispered.
"Yes, he is." Luke smiled and shook his finger back and forth to entertain Hal. Hal let out a small giggle and gripped tighter.
"I missed you." Mara whispered again, running a hand over Hal's cheek. "both"
"I missed you too Mara, we both did." Luke said, running his free hand over Mara's cheek. She smiled slightly and looked up at Luke.
"I'm sorry."
"I know love." Luke smiled and leaned forward to kiss her gently. He was pleasantly surprised when she returned the gentle kiss. In the background, they both heard a gentle cooing sound.
A/N: Mushy part. Hehehee….