Talon tutted "A pez, Mara, you couldn't have done something less…"

The ex Emperor's hand placed her hands on her hips "I didn't exactly have much time to think about it, he just sprang it on me." She let a sly smile escape her lips "Was worth it when you saw his face though".

"I bet the Jedi Master didn't see that one coming" Karrde laughed in his booming voice

"Reckon he's figured it out yet?" She sighed "I'm surprised Han hasn't let him in on it, assuming he's gotten over his big Jedi pride and told him" Mara pondered

He slapped her on the back "If not then you're going to be waiting a very long time"

"Why"

Talon pulled a face "Have you any idea how difficult to get a pez in this day an age?"

"There was something she wanted me to get for her before she could agree to marry me to signify a new start"

"Oh Luke that's beautiful" Leia cooed tearfully, wishing that her proposal had been a little more romantic and a little less, well kidnappish.

"I looked everywhere, but the only one I could find was" He paused to find a way of phrasing what he wanted to "unsuitable" The Jedi held up the Emperor pez

Han sniggered "A pez?"

"Yeah" Luke looked miserable

Han laughed some more

"Don't be so insensitive" Leia scolded "its so, well un-mara like"

"Oh that's a classic!" He wiped a tear away from his eye

"Han!" His wife put her hands on her hips that in a gesture meant she was really mad.

"Sorry, Leia. But that's gotta be one of the most original ones I've come across"

Luke looked up "What do you mean? One of what?"

Han slapped his brother in law on the back "I can't believe you didn't know, kid"

"Know what?" His face fell.

Han held up his hands "Can't tell kid, smugglers code"

Leia grabbed her husband by his collar, "Han you tell Luke what's going on right now"

"Well" Han looked around nervously "If it ever gets out that I told you I'm never going to show my face on the Kessel Run again"

Leia removed her lightsabre from her belt "If you don't tell me then you're never kids again"

Han swallowed "Okay princess. You see the thing is Luke, when a female smuggler is gets hitched she has to do some kind of practical joke on the husband to be" Han started to snigger again "She has to get him to find something ridiculous. The better it is the more behaved her friends are at the wedding."

Leia laughed along with her husband, finally seeing the joke. "And Mara asked for a Pez! Oh that's funny, I take it she has an idea about how difficult they are to find" Her face straightened "Why you didn't just ask us to lend you Anakin's I don't know"

"Anakin has one?" Luke looked at her incredulous.

"Oh no little brother, I'm not going to give it to you now"

Han grabbed his wife and pulled her onto his lap "I think the Solo charm has rubbed off on her"

"Leia!"

She smiled at him sweetly "Who am I to mess with tradition?"



"Hey farmboy"

Luke choked on his cafe "Hi Mara"

She peered round the door coyly "How's it going?"

"Ummm" He swallowed "Fine"

"Then you got it" She clasped her hands together in excitement.

"Sorta"

Her expression changed "What do you mean sorta" She glared at him.

"Well" He handed over the pez "The only one I could find was in Ye Olde Imperial Sweet Shop"

Mara laughed, she could not help it; his face was so sincere. She pressed the top of the Pez and the Emperor's tones of 'serve the Empire' made her chuckle even harder "It's great, thanks".

"Yes" He replied sullenly, "Han did tell me afterwards"

"Oh Luke, I'm sorry" She wiped a stray tear away from her eye "I couldn't help it. I was duty bound to make you sweat, just a little".

He looked up still not impressed "Duty bound?"

"Talon would have killed me. Still want to ask me to marry you?"

"Depends whether you are going to accept or not"

Mara smiled

The End.

Hope you enjoyed it, blah blah blah. Go Pez.