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 9: Feelings
Jaina stayed in the bacta tank for the rest of the night. Jag stayed by her side the whole time. He knew that she probably didn't know that he was there, but he felt like he needed to stay. If something were to happen to her he wanted to be close by. Wedge and Sean came in to check on the two of them. Wedge tried to talk him into going to get some sleep, but he refused.
"Jag, you've got to get some sleep. What good is it gonna do you if you are about to pass out from exhaustion when she finally wakes up?"
"Wedge, I've already told you that I'm not leaving her side. I almost lost her, I'm not going to be happy until she wakes up. Which also means I'm not gonna get much sleep until then either." Jag replied heatedly, the lack of sleep was getting to him, but if he admitted it then he would have to leave her in someone else's care. He definitely wasn't about to do that.
"Dad," Sean said as he started to defend Jag, "He doesn't want to go anywhere until he knows she is going to be just fine. I would do the same thing if it were Taylor, and I know you would do the same if it were mom." Wedge just looked at his son, as much as he hated to admit it, the kid was right. 'No, not kid,' he corrected himself, 'young man. He's grown so much, these past few months, and gotten so wise.' "Dad, I'll stay here with him, so he has somebody in case he needs it."
"Oh, alright. You two win. I see you later. I'll go and try to get a hold of Mara, Luke, Corran, Han and Leia."
It was Jag the broke the silence first, "You really miss Taylor, don't you?"
"Yeah, I sure do. Who knows what she is doing now, what kind of mission they have her on. I'm so afraid something is going to happen to her, or that the PB is going to catch her. I don't know what I would do without her."
"I know what you mean cuz."
"Jag, how exactly do you feel about Sticks? The way you basically lost it back there leads me to believe that it's more that just as a best friend. The way you were acting is the way I would've reacted had something like this happened to T.J. and that's not exactly just being friends with her. So what's up? You know you can tell me anything, and maybe I can help you."
"What exactly do you want to know? You already know she is my best friend, what else do you want to know, that I've fallen for my best friend and don't know what to do about it, well there's the truth. The great Colonel Jag Fel, who can't show emotion has fallen for his best friend and doesn't know what to do about it. Did I mention that he's scared to death by this fact also!" he replied to Sean acidly. "There it is Sean-Conner, all laid out in front of you, I hope you're happy now."
"Jag, I'm going to ignore most of what you just said because of lack of sleep and all of the stress that you've been under because of Jaina. I think I have something that will help you out."
"And what exactly would that be?" he asked sarcastically. He hated acting this way to his other best friend, but he just wouldn't take a hint. 'Great Jag, keep it up and you won't have any friends left.' "I'm sorry, about how I've been acting, it's as if I want to alienate everyone close to me. Please, continue."
"Well, there are two stories I thought you should hear, at least one in particular. A few years back I knew this guy and his best friend. The guy was nice enough, nothing special, just another pilot. The girl however had the most beautiful red hair and fiery green eyes. She's a very compassionate person while at the same time being somebody you really don't want to piss off. It had been simple enough to begin with, but then this guy starting having these strange feelings around her. When he saw her with other guys he was upset and couldn't figure out why. One day he saw her with a guy, you know just talking and joking and he couldn't take it anymore. With out realizing what he was doing, he walked over and yanked her away then proceeded to find all sorts of reasons to be mad at her. In the end she had wound up very hurt by the guy and ran off crying. It was then that her very protective and insightful brother walked to the guy. He had a way of just looking into a person's soul. He said, 'Look don't be mad with her just because you are too much of a coward to admit that you love her!' and with that he walked away. Of course the guy was confused and went to his room to think. He felt horrible about what had happened. After a while he figured out that her brother was right. Some where along the line he had fallen in love with her. He went and apologized and told her how he felt. It turns out she felt the same way and they have been dating since."
"Nice story, Sean-Conner, so that's how you and T.J. ended up together," he stated.
"Well, yeah, how did you know?" he asked confused.
"I don't know, I just knew somehow." He said shrugging his shoulders. "So, who's the other story about?"
"Luke and Mara." Sean Answered.
"Well since I already know that one, I don't really need to hear it again. You're right Sean, I do love her, I didn't want it to happen, especially not now, but it was bound to. I'm just afraid I'll lose her if she knows. I'd rather have her as my best friend that not in my life at all."
"Jag, I have a pretty good feeling that she feels the same about you."
"That's beside the point Sean, after what we've been through the past year, I think we should work on building our friendship back up before I admit that I've probably loved her since I laid eyes on her." Sean looked shocked at that. "Come on Sean, don't tell me that you think the only reason I confronted her on Ithor was just because I thought she was a wonderful pilot. Of course that was the main reason, but I also found her rather intriguing. And the moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she was the one for me. I've just been denying it until now."
"Well that's part of the reason I brought this up. I figured that you had to admit it to yourself first before you'd even think about telling her." He said triumphantly.
"Yeah, but what do I do now?" Jag asked feeling very confused.
"Well, like you said, you guys need to rebuild your friendship, so start there and whatever happens, happens. I was lucky, at least with T, I was able to apologize before our misunderstanding got out of hand. But just take things as they come Jag, it'll all work out for you. You both deserve some happiness in your lives."
"Yeah, hey they're getting ready to pull her out! Let's call Wedge."
"You go and wait for them to figure out what they will do with her, I'll call my dad."
"Dad, they're bringing her out."
"Ok, thanks son, I'll be up in a minute. So did your plan work?" he asked grinning that famous Corellian grin.
"Dad, what are you talking about?" Sean asked utterly confused.
"I know you had something up your sleeve, so did it work?"
"Yeah, I think it actually did." He said smiling a genuine smile. "I think things are gonna work out just fine for those two."
