Disclaimer: All characters or part thereof are property of George Lucas, Timothy Zahn and
Lucasfilm. Don't sue me cos I ain't making any money from this. It's written for the
pure joy of writing.

Don't know why I did this, must be cos of the boredom on this godforsaken country. I hate Singapore. Anyways enjoy the fic.

Well I wanna thank all my reviewers for the words of support. I'll try to make Jacen and Danni act humanely in this chapter. :)

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The Errant Venture might have been a 1.6-kilometer long Star Destroyer but for two people even a Star Destroyer was not big enough to keep them from seeing each other occasionally. Namely, Danni Quee and Jacen Solo. Ever since the incident where Danni had slapped Jacen for smelling her hair, the two had been at each other's throats acting like small children, much to the shame of Luke, Mara, Leia and Han.

Jaina and Tahiri Veila had been forced to act as peacekeepers whenever the two crossed paths. Much to the chagrin of Luke, Jacen and Danni reminded him of the time before he had married Mara Jade. When he and Mara had first met, she had wanted to kill him to fulfill the Palpatine's last command. Mara used to be the Emperor's Hand but instead had helped Luke to stop an insane Dark Jedi clone, Joruus C'Baoth. C'Baoth had unleashed a clone of Luke. Mara had killed the clone and also fulfilled Palpatine's last command and so began their turbulent friendship.

It had taken a long ten years for him to finally realize his feelings for Mara. Even so, he had nearly lost her during the time when Mara had been trapped on the world of Nirauan looking for the Hand of Thrawn. Luke wondered whether Jacen and Danni would take as much time as he and Mara did to finally realize their feelings.

"It's NOT my fault! If you ACTUALLY stop paying attention to my handsome face, you wouldn't be walking into kriffing bulkheads and dropping all your papers on the floor. So don't go blaming me or something!" he was snapped out of his reverie when he heard his Jacen's voice reverberating throughout the relaxation area on the Venture.

"Well excuse me, I think a Dug on a bad hair day will look better than you and," Danni stopped leaned forward and sniffed Jacen ,"and SMELL better too." Luke sighed and watched the two again. He was not the only person in the relaxation room. Han, Leia and Booster were seated with him as well. Leia was looking at her son in horror while both Han and Booster were smirking.

"If you would stop isolating yourself in your room doing paperwork, you would at least notice people STILL have Jedi stuff to do! So it's none of your business if I stink from sweat or dust or from anything else!" he shouted back.

"So you do KNOW that you smell like a wet Dug?" she replied, chuckling softly to herself. She would never skip a chance to humiliate Jacen in front of a huge crowd.

Jacen's eyes narrowed and a retort was on his mouth when Booster cut him short.

"Enough! The both of you! I will not have two adults shouting at each other like children on my ship! You two act like as if you're married! Now cut it off before I send both of you to your rooms like small children!" Booster boomed out but Booster did not intimidate Jacen in the least.

"Stay out of this Booster. No one would want to be married to this-to this.this.woman!" he bit out.

"Fine then!" Danni shouted back at him turning to head back to her quarters.

"FINE!" Jacen roared back at her heading back to his own quarters on the Venture.

Luke could only sigh as he watched his nephew and Danni disappear. Come to think of it, Jacen and Danni reminded him of Han and Leia's rocky start to their relationship. Whatever happened, he would expect the best to come out from Jacen and Danni.

"Bring back memories hon?" Han asked his wife who was still gaping at the scene that had unfolded in front of her.

"Of course it does, nerf herder," she said back pulling Han close for a kiss.

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Jacen was inside his quarters lying down on his bed after taking a shower to wash off his sweat. He was not doing anything but just staring at the wall thinking what he had said to Danni. She did not even argue his point when he had made the comment on no one wanting to marry Danni. He regretted his words but there was no way to make anything better.

He sighed and closed his eyes drifting to a deep sleep.

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She could not believe that Jacen had said that. How dare he made such an insensitive comment about her.

"But it was your fault," a voice inside her head said. Danni frowned upon hearing the traitorous voice.

"It's not my fault! He started it!" she screamed back at the voice.

"Who was the one who decided to slap him? Who was the one who got jealous when he hugged his own SISTER?" the voice shrieked back.

Danni did not have any fight left in her ,"Yes, it's all my fault". She had no idea why she agreed with the voice but right now all she wanted was some rest. Falling onto her bed in her quarters, she fell asleep.

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"I have an idea," Booster said.

"You always have an idea. They're usually bad ones," Corran Horn told his father-in-law.

"Watch your mouth Jedi," he scowled back at Corran.

"Now now, we should all pitch in and help. So the two of you behave yourselves," Corran's wife and Booster's daughter reprimanded.

Luke had approached Booster for help concerning Danni and Jacen. He did not even know why he had asked Booster for help in this matter. As soon as Luke told Booster, the ex-smuggler had let everyone know of Luke's plan and now those everyone were in the same room with Luke talking about Jacen and Danni. Everyone included Leia, Han, Lando, Tendra, Corran, Mirax, Jaina, Tahiri, Karrde, Shada and his wife, Mara.

"How about we get prepare a formal dinner and make Jacen and Danni sit together?" Leia suggested.

"Are you crazy? Putting those two together is even worse than flying the Falcon through the Death Star," Mara, Lando and Han piped up. Luke could not blame them since all three of them had flown into a Death Star's superstructure before.

"Well I don't see you coming up with anything better?" she retorted.

"We could try having a dance? Then 'accidentally' get the two of them to dance together," Corran said.

"Well I guess you met Mirax that way then Horn," Karrde said, chuckled while both Mirax and Corran scowled at the smuggler.

"We could lock them up in a small room together, make them confess their feelings for one another," Jaina interjected.

"How do you even know those two like each other? They've been screaming and bickering at each other ever since they arrived on the Venture," the young Jedi, Tahiri quickly jumped in.

Shada definitely did not want anything to do with the discussion and shook her head ruefully when all people assembled degenerated into a bitter argument on whose idea was best. She saw Luke Skywalker standing by himself watching in both amazement and regret at the group. She headed over to him.

"You can't be that worried for your nephew, so what's wrong?" she asked upon reaching where he stood.

"Shada, you're either Force-sensitive or you really have a strong gift for reading people," he replied. "I guess I just don't want to see Jacen and Danni becoming like what I used to be. It took me ten long years to know that I loved Mara when I first met her. That's a poor track record," he continued not giving Shada a chance to argue.

"They're both grown adults Master Skywalker. I'm sure they'll find their way to each other soon enough," she smiled confidently at Luke.

"Please call me Luke. We've known each other for long enough and speaking of grown adults. I guess you're still a kid when it comes to matters of the heart eh Shada?" Luke said a grin appearing on his face.

"What are you talking about Luke?" she stammered.

"Come now Shada. You're not getting any younger and neither is Karrde. Don't you think you've wasted as much time as is already?" he stated matter- of-factly.

"Karrde? What makes you say that? You really lost your Jedi perspective on this Luke," she replied back, her face reddening slightly.

"Don't lie to yourself Shada, we all know you care for him as he does for you. If you need my help, just ask. I need to get away from this noise," he said pointing at the still arguing group before he turned and left.

Shada shook her head once again. She and Karrde could be nothing more than colleagues and friends. She just looked on silently at the group.

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"Okay! So it's settled. Tahiri you tell Danni and Jaina you go inform your brother," Booster ordered the Jedi females.

As they left, Booster sighed in weariness. It had taken them more than two hours to think of a good plan to bring Jacen and Danni together. They had decided on having a dinner and dance session on one of the posh restaurants on Mon Calamari four days from now.

Everyone who was anyone would be there including Chief Of State Cal Omas and Supreme Commander Sien Sovv. Even Admiral Pellaeon and the four ruling families of the Chiss would be invited. It seemed foolproof but the catch was to put Danni and Jacen at the same table without them screaming at each other.

It was going to be a long four days.