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 30: Dreams
Ben was standing on the beaches of Chandrila.
"Daddy!" a little girl screamed with delight. "Your home."
Ben turned to see a little girl running towards him. She was a carbon copy of Ally, with the exception of reddish-blond hair and blue-green eyes. He dropped to one knee and scooped the girl up into his arms.
"Hey sweetie. How's my little girl doing?" he asked smiling.
"Wonderful," she said as she got out of his embrace and grabbed his hand. She pulled him along behind her as she told him about all of her adventures.
They soon came up to a small house. As they approached a little boy came running out followed closely by Ally. The boy looked a lot like him but he had Ally's hair and pale green eyes.
"Daddy," the boy said as he ran into his father's arms, "do you get a break now?"
"I sure do little man," he said ruffling the boy's hair. He then released him and turned to Ally.
"Hiya handsome. Did you and the rest of the council get things straight?"
"We sure did beautiful." Then as he was about to kiss her he felt someone hit his arm hard.
Ben woke up rubbing his arm. He realized he was in his room on Naboo with Jaina and Taylor leaning over him.
"Good," Taylor said, "I thought I was going to have to hit him again."
"What are you two doing?" he asked a little angry. "I was having a great dream."
"We know," Jaina informed him. "That's why we woke you. You'll be lucky if every other person on this planet doesn't know what you were dreaming, Force-Sensitive or not."
"What are you talking about?" he questioned.
"You were projecting pretty loudly bro," Taylor told him. "In other words you forgot your shields."
"Oh, sith."
"Yeah Ben," Jaina started, "What's going on? While Jag and I were out we felt this huge rush of emotion coming from you."
"Yeah, I felt it too, when I was lying in bed," Taylor informed him.
"Well, I should have known I couldn't keep this from you two. This is a secret, as in it doesn't leave this room unless I say so."
"Ok," the girls said in unison.
"Ally and I figured that we'd have to tell Sean, Jag, and the two of you. Earlier this evening we started talking about the future. Somewhere in the middle of all of it I asked Ally to marry me and she accepted."
"Oh my gosh, Ben that's wonderful!" Taylor exclaimed as she hugged Ben.
"Thanks, Sticks, what do you think?" he asked, almost afraid of her reaction.
"I'm happy, don't get me wrong. I just thought you were going to wait."
"We are, we're waiting until the war is over. As soon as it is, we start making plans. It gives us something to look forward to…Well as much as I hate to break this up, we need sleep. Jace wants us all to meet for breakfast."
"Yeah, I saw the note he left, goodnight," Jaina said as she left.
"Goodnight, Jay," Taylor said. "Goodnight Ben, sweet dreams. But put you're shields up this time," she said jokingly.
"No prob sis, goodnight," he replied.
The next morning:
Across the hall, Jag had gone to see Sean and tell him how his date went.
As he arrived, he saw Sean trying to get information from Ally.
"All I am saying is that you never show this much emotion. Why are you so happy, what's going on?"
"Sean, it's nothing…"
"Ally," Jag cut in, "you might as well give up and tell him now. Trust me, he won't give up until you do."
"Fine, I'll tell," she conceded. "Last night Ben and I made a big decision about our relationship."
"What kind of 'decision'?" Sean asked worriedly.
"Well, we started talking about the future, ours. And what we wanted to do with it. He proposed to me and I accepted. We decided to get married as soon as possible after this war is over."
"Wow," both guys said.
"Congratulations, Ally," Jag said as he pulled her into a hug.
"Thanks," she replied. "Sean, aren't you going to say anything?"
"Yeah, congratulations," he said flatly. "If you two will excuse me."
Ally's mood darkened as she said, "Guys please don't mention it to anyone else, we wanted to keep it a secret. But we decided between you two, TJ, and Sticks that you would know something was up."
"Sure Ally," Jag said.
"Yeah, whatever, excuse me," Sean said as he stormed out.
Suddenly tears came to Ally's eyes and threatened to fall.
"Come here Ally," Jag said, 'I've never seen her like this.' "What's wrong Ally?" he asked as she walked into his embrace.
"What's wrong with him Jag?" she asked, the tears finally falling. "I thought he'd be happy for me, he's always been happy for me no matter what. And he's always been proud of me. All I've ever wanted to do is make him and Dad proud of me."
"He's still proud of you Ally, he's just in shock. He'll come around, don't worry."
"I hope so."
"He will, look I'm gonna call TJ over because I have some business to take care of. I'll be back later."
"Ok."
As he left he called Jaina on the comlink. "Sticks, do you know where Sean is?"
"He just walked in the gym. Why?"
"Stall him, I need to have a talk with him."
"What happened, he looks pissed," she commented.
"Yeah, he is. Ally just told us about her and Ben. He didn't take it too well."
"Ok, consider it done, but hurry up, I want a nice, long, hot shower before breakfast."
"Alright," he said chuckling, "I'm on my way now."
He then called Taylor. "Hey, TJ, can you go and check on Ally, she really needs someone to talk to."
"Sure, what's wrong Jag?"
"Sean didn't take the good news too well."
"He WHAT! Just wait until I get my hands on him. He'll wish…"
"TJ, calm down, I'm going to talk to him. If that doesn't work then you can do what you want to him."
"Ok, I'll go check on her. Bye."
"Bye."
By then Hag was at the entrance to the gym. As he walked in he heard Jaina distracting Sean.
"So, why don't we see if we can download those programs into the sims here."
"Yeah, that sounds good Sticks."
"Hey Sean," Jag yelled, getting his attention. "Can we go talk somewhere?"
"I really don't want…"
"You will," Jaina said, "NOW! Do you have any idea of how upset Ally is?"
"Alright fine, I'll go. Come on Jag."
"After they got back to Jag's room they say. Jag spoke first.
"Sean, why did you react like that? Ally was crying after you left, I've never seen her show emotion before."
"She was crying! Why?"
"She thought you weren't happy for her, she thought you weren't proud of her. All she wants to do is make you and Wedge proud of her."
"Wow, I had no idea. I'm just worried about her. Does Ben know what he's doing?"
"Well instead of getting upset with Ally why don't you go discuss things with Ben?"
"Good idea," he said getting up.
"And after you get done talking to Ben I suggest you go and apologize to Ally. Talk things out with her, let her know you still love her and are proud of her."
"I will, now if you'll excuse me I must have a talk with Benjamin Brady Jade-Skywalker."
At the Skywalker suite:
The door opened to reveal Ben standing on the other side.
"You wanted to speak with me Sean," he said as a statement, not a question.
"Why?" Sean asked, "you guys are so young."
"Sean, she's 19 yrs. Old. Besides by the time we finish this war we'll both be older."
"The war, that's another thing. What if something happens to you, or her, what's going to happen then?"
"We're going to take things as they come, that's why we're not rushing out and getting married right now. Anything else?"
"Yeah, why the big secret?"
"Because, we just wanted to keep it to ourselves, with the exception of a few close friends. Could you imagine the big deal your mom and my aunt would make out of this? Especially if they have a couple of years to plan it."
Sean just laughed. "I see that you two have thought this through. I have one more question for you and please don't take any offense by it."
"Ok."
"Do you love her?"
"Yes, I love Ally with all of my being. She is my soul, the best thing that ever happened to me. I love her so much it hurts sometimes. It kills me when we're apart, especially when she might get hurt, I can't stand it," Ben said with all of the emotion he had in him.
"That's all I needed to know. I guess I should welcome you to the family Ben. Since no one else knows," he said smiling.
"Thanks. Now go see Ally."
"What…How?"
"I can tell she's upset about something…and Taylor said to send you over after you'd calmed down," he said grinning.
Sean crossed the hall and returned to their suite. As he walked in Taylor greeted him. He gathered her into his arms and whispered in her ear.
"How bad have I screwed up?"
"Not too bad if you go ahead and straighten things out now," she said giving him a gentle kiss. "Go talk to your sister. I'll see you at breakfast."
"I love you Taylor."
"I know."
Sean turned and walked into Ally's room.
"I'm sorry Ally, I hope you can forgive me. I didn't mean to upset you."
"I understand, but why were you so upset by my news. I figured you'd be happy for me."
""I am happy for you, I was just in shock, I'm so happy for you and very proud of you. Don't ever doubt it, EVER." As he said this he pulled her in for a hug.
"I love you sis, and I'm so sorry."
"I love you too bro. You're forgiven. Now let's go get breakfast."
