* Old Ties, New Beginnings *
Luke felt something cuddle up into his body. It felt warm and soft. Slowly, he opened his blue eyes to have them filled with the beauty of his son. A smile spread on his face as he remembered the recent past. He had almost lost the two of them, but through their bond in the Force, and Mara's strength, they were both in his life. Lifting up his right hand he stroked the fine hair on his son's head.
The warm baby against his chest was a miracle.
What amazed him more was that the bundle of human was his son. His little Ben.
"Jaina is back."
Luke recognized his wife's voice. It was reassuring to have her still in his life. Then the words registered. "How was everything with Kyp?" he questioned curiously. But instead of Mara answering a familiar voice.
"I think she'll have to be the one to answer that." This time it was a male voice, familiar in sound, but different in tone.
Carefully sliding out of the cot by doing his best to not wake Ben, Luke turned around in his wrinkled clothes that needed a decent washing. "Wedge? What are you doing here?"
"Here to catch up on old times and the other half Jaina will have to answer yet again."
The Jedi Master had an urge to press the matter about his niece, but a look from his wife made him keep the questions to himself. Instead he went up to Wedge and gave him a friendly hug. "Where have you been lately?"
"Doing a little of everything really." He moved over to greet Mara once again. "You look good for someone who just gave birth to a big baby boy and gotten rid of illness all in one day."
Flashing him a smile she nodded. "Thank you."
Turning to Luke, they embraced like brothers, and then each took a seat and began to catch up on the recent news.
Luke felt something cuddle up into his body. It felt warm and soft. Slowly, he opened his blue eyes to have them filled with the beauty of his son. A smile spread on his face as he remembered the recent past. He had almost lost the two of them, but through their bond in the Force, and Mara's strength, they were both in his life. Lifting up his right hand he stroked the fine hair on his son's head.
The warm baby against his chest was a miracle.
What amazed him more was that the bundle of human was his son. His little Ben.
"Jaina is back."
Luke recognized his wife's voice. It was reassuring to have her still in his life. Then the words registered. "How was everything with Kyp?" he questioned curiously. But instead of Mara answering a familiar voice.
"I think she'll have to be the one to answer that." This time it was a male voice, familiar in sound, but different in tone.
Carefully sliding out of the cot by doing his best to not wake Ben, Luke turned around in his wrinkled clothes that needed a decent washing. "Wedge? What are you doing here?"
"Here to catch up on old times and the other half Jaina will have to answer yet again."
The Jedi Master had an urge to press the matter about his niece, but a look from his wife made him keep the questions to himself. Instead he went up to Wedge and gave him a friendly hug. "Where have you been lately?"
"Doing a little of everything really." He moved over to greet Mara once again. "You look good for someone who just gave birth to a big baby boy and gotten rid of illness all in one day."
Flashing him a smile she nodded. "Thank you."
Turning to Luke, they embraced like brothers, and then each took a seat and began to catch up on the recent news.