Disclaimer:  Same old one, none of these characters belong to me.  I am making no money off of this.  If you have any questions, or want to see the complete disclaimer and list of characters, see the Prologue

A Complicated Friendship:

The Story of Jag Fel and Jaina Solo

Chapter 2: The Challenge

Elsewhere on the ship:

Jaina Solo was about to enter the gym.  The people on this ship were really getting on her nerves.  The way the guys talked and acted really annoyed her.  But something that probably bugged her even more were the thoughts she would have after these people made those comments.  Like 'Jag wouldn't say that' or ' he wouldn't act that way.'  Then of course, it was always, 'WHY am I thinking about HIM like that!' And to make matters worse, she just found out from Colonel Gavin Darklighter that the Rogues had been grounded until further notice.  Talk about a wonderful day!  So she decided to go to the gym to work off her frustrations.  She went to the punching bag and started working on her kicking and boxing technique.

Jag walked in to see her working out.  'Man' he thought to himself 'she's pissed about something.'  While she punched and kicked he stood in the doorway and watched with awe.  Soon she was done, and basically collapsed into a heap on the floor.

Soon she realized that someone was watching her.  As she stretched out with the Force she felt that familiar flicker that was Jag. 

"I'm not a performer." She bit out.  "What do you want?"

"What, it's a public place isn't it, a guy can't work out when he wants to?"  He added with a goofy grin.

"Whatever you want, I really don't care right now."  'He's got a pretty cute gr…oh, no, I am not going there.  He's a stubborn, cocky flight-jockey, definitely not in the cute category.  But maybe the roguishly handsome.  I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM THINKING THIS!'

"Hello, galaxy to Sticks!  Boy, you must really have something on your mind."

"You have no idea."  She mumbled.  "Hey what's up with you, there's something bugging you also." She said as she pointed a finger at him.

"Oh, nothing."  He said trying to hide his feelings.  "By the way, I want to apologize for the way I acted the other day.  I shouldn't have yelled like I did."  He added looking away, he wasn't really good with apologies. 

"Hey," Jaina said, knowing he was uncomfortable she added that lopsided grin, "Don't worry about it."

"How do you feel about sparring?" she asked him.

His face brightened as he looked up and said, "Is that a challenge, Lieutenant?"

"But of course.  When  I win, you will tell me what's wrong and I get to decide how to cheer you up."

"Deal.  When you lose, you must admit, once and for all, that the 181st Imperial Squadron is simply the best group of combat pilots in the galaxy."

"Fine, but it's not gonna happen flyboy."  She added with a sly smile.

A little while later:

Luke and Mara were heading to the gym for some saber practice, Wedge tagging along to watch.  Even after all of these years spent around Jedi he was still fascinated by their weapons.

As they walked to their normal room, they heard the sounds of people fighting coming from inside.  They rushed to the counter, knowing that only family and friends were allowed in there.

"Who is in our practice room?"  Mara demanded.  Luke was just behind her with a worried look on his face.

"Um…I believe the last person to check into that room was Jaina Solo."  The lady replied nervously.  She'd heard of the notorious temper of Mara Jade Skywalker.  While she didn't show it as much now as she did in the past, all you had to do was get on her bad side in order to see it. 

"JAY!"  the three adults exclaimed at once.  The took off sprinting towards the room.

When they arrived they found Jaina laughing like crazy with some guy pinned under her. 

"Well that serves you and your big ego right."  Jaina cried.

"Hey, Sticks that wasn't fair, you tripped me!"  the guy protested, while finding her ticklish spots to make her get up.

"Sticks?" Luke asked confused.  "The only one that calls her that outside of the Squad is Jag Fel."  He added throwing a look at Wedge.

"Hey, don't look at me!"  He said throwing his hands up in defense.  "It was Mara and Corran's idea."

"Well thank you very much Antilles!" Mara exclaimed as she slugged him in the arm.  Looking at Luke she added, "We just thought that they needed a little push to start talking again.  After that misunderstanding they had we figured they wouldn't go to see each other, so we had to sort of arrange things."

"Well," Luke started, "At least they are talking, or laughing as the case may be right now."  He just shook his head and grinned.

"Hmm-uhh…" Luke cleared his throat to get their attention.  "Are you guys going to finish now or later?"  Luke asked mischievously. 

Startled Jaina and Jag jumped up and straightened their outfits out, from the work out they just had. 

"Sorry," Jag said with a little embarrassment, "we were just working on hand to hand combat."  He was not used to cutting loose, especially not with a crowd around. 

"Well we're going to go get cleaned up and grab some food.  See you all around later." Jaina stated as she grabbed Jag's arm to pull him away.

Wedge was the first to speak up, "You know what, they remind me so much of the two of you."

"I hope we weren't that oblivious."  Luke said.

"Forget he even asked that question, Wedge."  Mara said trying to hide her laughter.  "I just can't wait to talk to Corran again." She added as they watched the two teens leave.