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 6: The Talk
Later that Day:
"So, Jag, you wanted to see me?" Wedge asked him as he walked into the room assigned to Jag.
"Yeah!" he snapped.
Wedge held his hands up in a defensive position, "Look, I don't know what happened between you and Sticks, but don't take it out on me!" He added a grin.
"Nothing happened!" he yelled. Wedge just looked at him. "Is it that obvious Uncle?"
"Yes, what happened?"
"I really don't know. One minute we're having fun, doing things that friends do, and then she found out about Hapes and broke down. I just sat there and held her, then we started arguing and we said some pretty hurtful things. We haven't spoken since then."
Wedge could see the hurt on his face. "You love her, don't you?"
"Well, of course, she's my best…" he began.
"That's not what I mean and you know it." Wedge said pointing a finger at his nephew.
"I don't know how I feel about her, Wedge! It's so confusing; I've never felt like this before! I don't know what to do or how to act. And now I've hurt one of my only friends!" Jag said trying to control the confused, hurt, angry feelings building up in him, his normally stoic nature gone.
"All I can say is just take time to think about it. Which soon you will have plenty of; Spike squadron was put back on active duty. You ship out in half an hour. But do try to talk to her."
"Well thanks for talking with me, I just hope that now I can figure things out, before things get much worse. Like that can really happen now."
"Good Luck, and don't be a stranger, come by, or at least call sometime, got it?" Wedge asked smiling.
"Of course, Uncle. Well I'd better get going. Bye."
"Bye." Wedge said as he hugged his nephew. "And don't worry, she'll come around."
"Let's hope so, Uncle, let's hope so." He said not so brightly.
Across the Ship in Jaina's room:
"I said I didn't want to talk right now!" Jaina yelled at the guest outside her door.
As Mara barged in she said, "After I came all the way down here, you're just gonna throw me out. "
"Mara, I'm not in the mood right now. Last time I checked the Rogues were still grounded, that means I'm not a happy person."
"It could be worse, I could be your brothers beating down the door. By the way, is there anything else that would not make you a happy person?"
"What you mean that jerk Jag Fel, no of course not. And who says my brothers haven't tried beating the door down."
"Jaina, you really need to talk to him. It's not good to leave matters such as these unsettled especially with all that is going on now." Mara pondered for a moment, "How exactly do you feel about him, and don't give me that I hate him crap. When you guys left here last week, I could've sworn that the two of you were the best of friends."
"Were is the key word there. Besides I don't really know how I feel, it's just all so confusing. Sometimes I am just friends with him, at others it's all I can do not to kiss him. But it's not like any of that matters now. He'll never speak to me again. I've lost one of the people I am closest with."
"Go talk to him Jay. Make him understand what happened. It's been rough on all of us lately."
"Alright you win, I'll go. See you later Mara."
In the Hanger Bay:
Jaina arrived just in time to see Jag's ship depart. 'How could this happen? How could he do this to me? I didn't even get a chance to explain myself or say goodbye.' With that she left to go back to her room and cry. She ran into Mara on the way there.
"Jay, what happened, did he hurt you? If he did he's gonna get a tongue lashing from yours truly."
"No, he left and I never got a chance to even talk to him."
"Look sweetie, I just got a call from Corran, he's on Corellia and said he would love for you to come visit him. Why don't you do that and just get away from all this mess for a while?"
"You know, that sounds like a good idea. With his kids gone he has time to help me with some RS things. Of course, he'll never be a better mentor or teacher than you," Mara smirked at that, but then Jaina quickly added, "but he's come pretty close."
"Girl, you'd better watch it! Come on, I'll help you pack." With that they left the hanger, thoughts of Jag Fel still hung in the back of Jaina's mind.
In Space:
Jag just sat in his ship, numb to things going on around him. 'She didn't even try to contact me, I thought I meant more to her than that.' He thought. 'Well apparently not, or of course, I could've hurt her so bad that she never wants to speak to me again.' "How could I have been so stupid and inconsiderate!" he yelled into the empty ship. 'I just hope she's alright until I am able to straighten things out with her, she's my best friend, I don't know what I would do without her.' "Please stay safe Sticks." He whispered aloud.
