I'd Miss You Still 'Missing Scenes'

by obi's girl

The following excerpt are deleted scenes from "I'd Miss You Still".

"Meeting with Cherith"

A/N: This scene was to be an extension of the conspirator's (Wedge, Soontir & Jag) meeting together in the booth, discussing where Jag was going to take Jaina. The original draft of the chapter, it was very short and the dialogue was very snippy. I thought it'd be funny if Cherith interrupted her father during their little conversation and told him about her relationship with Kyp. But I decided, it was too much and just to leave Cherith out of the chapter.

Also, the chapter left out Wedge and Soontir. It was almost like an awkward family reunion. Cherith is already familiar with Wedge but she doesn't recognize her own grandfather, and I knew I could write that scene later with Cherith meeting Soontir for the first time in a different setting. ~~ "Hey dad," Cherith piped, fidgeting less as she shocked her father and Uncle Wedge, and an older man she didn't recognize. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything, but there's something really important I need to talk to you about,"

Jag shrugged as Soontir moved out of the booth and moved to the opposite side where Wedge was and Cherith took his seat instead. Cherith looked curiously at them and smiled, "Um, can I talk to my dad alone or do I have to use a Jedi Mind Trick to get you all to leave?"

Wedge glanced at Soontir and smiled, "Cherith, whatever it is, you can tell us,"

The girl 'hmm'd and turned to her father again and fidgeted, "How do you feel about Jedi Master Kyp Durron?"

Jag grunted and rolled his eyes, "I used to hate him but now I think I just loathe his presence,"

Cherith moaned and started to laugh nervously, "You loathe his presence?" Mentally, she felt like kicking herself but she knew she had to tell him, "Dad, I asked you because what I have to tell you. There's so much talk and hype about my Jedi potential so I asked Kyp if he could train me and he said he'd think it over, and he came to the apartment awhile ago and said he would."

Jag looked at his father and Uncle before slamming his head on the table, repeatedly. Cherith looked at her Uncle Wedge and the other man. Wedge just sat there but Cherith knew he was ready to dart from the booth, look for Durron and kill him. She turned to the older man and then looked at her own father, there was a vague resemblance between the two. "Um, sorry you have to be here sir," she whispered.

He shrugged, "I came to see my son, Cherith, but it's nice a surprise to see my granddaughter, too,"

Cherith perked up and smiled, "You're my grandfather?"

Soontir shrugged, "I am, on your father's side and as much as I would love for this little meeting to continue, I have some things to work on," he turned to his son, "Call me when you're ready, Jagged," and Jag waved him away.

"You ask Kyp Durron to be your Master?" Jag echoed, looking up at his daughter, "You couldn't ask Luke Skywalker or your mother? You had to ask him?"

Cherith's smile lessoned and she shrugged, "Well, he was the first Jedi I met and I have a little crush on him,"

Again, Jag banged his head against the table. This definitely was not his day.

~~

Originally, I was going to have Jag & Jaina crash land on Geonosis but then I realized, there really wasn't a whole lot I could do there. They'd just be stuck in a cave for a week with no way of getting off the planet since their fighter was out of gas and had lost an engine. I mean, they're only supposed to be alone a week and after that, return to Borealis.

Basically, the idea was that they would head for Naboo but crash land on Geonosis.

You'll also notice that I kept the beginning intro and rewrote the second half to reflect the change in setting.

Jaina moaned, feeling a disturbance from the Force as she tried to sleep in her small space behind Jag's seat. Finally, overwhelmed by the disturbance and lack of comfortability, she woke up and looked at Jag's reflection. He was worried about something, panicked almost.

"Jag, what's wrong? Is everything all right?" she asked, sincerely worried something had gone wrong.

Jaina felt a cold shiver run down her spine...and something else. Something else was wrong. A moment later, her fears were confirmed as she heard engine burn. Maneuverability was harsh as Jag searched his scopes for a place to land, and smiled when he noticed a small red planet surrounded by a large asteroid field. Jaina wished she was in the pilot seat so she could safely maneuver them through the asteroid field but as it was, she was the kidnappee and helpless.

Not entirely helpless, she realized and reached out with the Force and touched Jag's mind, guiding him through the asteroid field and safely to the planet's surface. She was able to guide him as far as through the planet's atmosphere but after that, she released her grip on Jag's mind and let him do the rest of the flying.

Except he wasn't really flying, but dropping rapidly to the planet in a downward spiral. Jaina closed her eyes and fell into a meditative state as they continued to drop through the atmosphere...

~~

Jag gasped, pushing the cockpit shielding off as he stood up and walked to the back of the craft and knelt down on the right wing beside Jaina. He checked her pulse first, it was beating faintly but he knew she wasn't dead. She had to be a meditative state of some kind, to preserve her energy.

He went back to his cockpit seat, opened a small compartment on the side and removed the medical supplies and then returned to his position beside Jaina. Jag hesitantly reached out with his hand and cupped her chin, rubbing her cheek as she stirred from her state. She moaned, rolling her eyes until they focused on Jag's green eyes. She stared at his eyes for a moment longer and almost drew him closer to her to kiss him, but her arm hurt for some reason.

"C'mon," he said, helping her out of the cramped space. He jumped off the wing and held out his hand to her as she jumped down as well, and surprisingly, landed in Jag's arms. They stared at each other again, brown looking back at green until Jag broke away and grabbed his supplies. "We need to make camp, and then we should look at that arm."

~~

Jaina watched Jag from as he rolled out a sleeping bag or something on the cave floor. As far as she could tell, they weren't on the most beautiful planet. It was more like a red wasteland with caves, caves, caves and more caves. She smiled, at least Tatoonie just had rough sand, this place is a like a sauna. Jaina lowered her collar and bounded her hair into a bun as Jag turned to her.

"A place for, m'lady," he said and gestured to the sleeping blanket.

She smiled and crawled onto the blanket, holding her right arm as she sat down. As soon as she was situated, Jag grabbed a scanner from his pack and ran it over Jaina's arm.

He looked at her and smiled, "Nothing serious, just a fracture,"

"That's good," she mused and stared at Jag, fidgeting, "I'm sorry, Jag,"

Jag sat down and rested a hand on his knee, "Why? Sorry for what?"

"For the way I've been treating you lately," she admitted, "You were right. I said I was going to give you a second chance but instead, I was giving you the cold shoulder. I'm sorry,"

He shook his head, "Don't worry about it, Jaina. I'm not mad. In fact, the whole performance back at the base was fake. I did it so you'd go with me on this little excursion."

"I kinda figured that," she mused, "So, where we're we supposed to end up?"

"Naboo. Ever heard of it?"

She shrugged, "Not really, but it sounds like it would have been nice. But here's nice too,"

He laughed and stood up, playing with the scanner, "You should get some rest. I'm gonna try and see if there's any food I can salvage from the craft."

tbc

Another scene, I wrote up but never made the cut. It was meant as a small interlude, while Jag & Jaina are still missing but expected to return soon. I thought since Soontir was already on Borealis, it would be nice to have a little conversation between him and his wife.

Once again, it happened in the middle of the night, a theme I like using as "visiting hours".

Soontir Fel grumbled, stumbling through his temporary apartment as his vid com continually beeped and blinked. He slammed the com button, sitting down on a sofa chair as he ordered on the lights and looked up at his wife. Syal smiled timidly at him, and he reluctantly smiled back. "How are you my love?"

"Are you coming home soon?" she asked.

He shrugged, "In awhile. Jagged and Jaina Solo still aren't back, but they probably will be later tonight or tomorrow and then you can call Jaina, daughter-in-law,"

Syal nodded and continued in a low voice, "High command has made the decision to enter the war,"

"When did they decide this?"

"Two days ago. There was a lot of debating but ultimately, they decided it would be best. They were going to wait for your return but decided to go on with the vote anyway. A fleet has been dispatched to Borealis and will be there in a day or two. The Senate can decide what they want to do with the fleet then," Syal explained and leaned on the COM, "How are you my darling?"

Soontir shrugged, "I met our granddaughter a couple days ago at the Funeral. She looks so much like Cherith, our Cherith when she was that age..Her eyes, they're so green, there's no mistaking she's a Fel,"

Syal smiled and leaned on the vid, "Do you remember those days? Cherith had a very inquisitive nature, always asking questions about anything and everything, and even though she was the youngest, she was very protective of her brothers." She frowned suddennly, "And now, we only have one child,"

"One child but one granddaughter and hopefully. daughter-in-law," Soontir added.

"There was a time I didn't think Jagged would settle down and find love. He was always involved in the military, a work-a-holic, like you and then he found Jaina and they have a daughter together," Syal mused and smiled, "I won't keep you up, my love. Goodnight,"

Soontir smiled again at his wife, "Goodnight, Syal."

Alternate Ending to "The Reunion" scene:

by obi's girl

"Mother?" Leia questioned and then started to laugh to herself. "Sorry miss, but you are not my mother..." Jaina rushed to her mom's side, in case she started to lose it. "My mother died a long time on Alderaan. I don't know who you are, but you're not her."

Padme nodded, "I never died on Alderaan, but I understand how you might think I did."

Jaina turned, looked at Padme and frowned, "Padme explained to me while we were on the shuttle that it was her handmaiden that took her place as your mother."

"...Leia, the white shawl you have, I gave it to you. You always told people it was supposed to remind them you were a refugee from Alderaan but that shawl wasn't made there, sweetheart. My mother gave it to me, so I gave it to you," Padme noted.

"This is crazy..." Leia started again, "Jaina, call your Uncle Luke and aunt Mara and tell them we'd like to have a family breakfast," she turned to Padme and Jaina, "We have a lot to talk about,"

As the current Solo clan gathered around the table, Jaina jumped upon hearing the

door comlink buzz. She rolled her eyes and started for the door...she knew it couldn't have her Uncle Luke and aunt Mara, since she really didn't get to com'ing them yet. Everyone she knew that needed to be there, was already there so that only left...

"Kyp!" she cried, flinging her arms around his neck, "It's good to see you. We were just about to have breakfast. Wanna join us?"

He smiled as the Goddess led him into the main room. Cherith smiled at him too as he sat down beside her, but Jaina didn't sit down so quickly and com'd Luke and Mara.

"Good to see you, kid," Han greeted from across the table. Kyp noticed Padme sitting next to Leia but didn't say anything, as he knew her appearance would be soon explained. A minute later, Jaina sat down next to Jag and smiled at him. As a friend and a good observer, Kyp noticed things were different between then two of them. Jaina, especially, there was something different about her...

Jaina stood up again, but this time to announce something. "Everyone, I have really big news. As you may or may have noticed, Jag and I have been missing for the past week," she glanced and Jag and smiled, "We spent a week together, and well, on our last day there, we got married! And, I'm pregnant with twins!"

Cherith gaped, "Twins, mom? So soon?"

Jag shrugged, "I caught me off guard too, Cherith."

"Twins," she repeated and mumbled, "And I almost killed my grandmother,"

Kyp looked again to the woman sitting next to Leia. He panned back and forth between the two woman. Of course, he thought. Why didn't I see it before. They look so much alike. Next, he turned his gaze to Jaina and Jag. He felt something was different about Jaina, but twins, was the last thing he suspected.

"Mrs. Skywalker..." Kyp asked, the question directed to the older woman, "You're Luke and Leia's mother?"

Padme smiled, "I'm not a ghost, Mr..."

"Durron. Kyp Durron, Jedi Master,"

"Master Durron. Kyp Durron. You used to be a slave on Kessel right? You were the one, with the Sun Crusher?" Padme asked, unaware the room had become deftly silent.

He shrugged, "Yes ma'm, but I'm one of the good guys now. Well, by most people's standards anyway. Some people still don't like me, but that's to be expected,"

The table was silent for a moment before Luke, Mara and little Ben arrived. Ben wiggled in Mara's arms, and she let him down as he walked over to Jaina and hugged his cousin. "Hello Leia," Mara greeted as she and Luke grabbed two extra chairs. "What's to eat?"

Luke noticed Jag and Jaina at the table too, and that they were very comfy with each other. "We're missing someone," Jaina mused and then smiled, clearing her throat, "Calling guardian angel,"

Padme looked at Jaina and then in another direction as Qui-Gon's ghostly form shimmered into the room. The two caught each other's eyes and they both smiled. It was obvious they'd known each other. Padme, you're here?

"I can't believe you're here, Master Jinn!" she cried, "Although, I'm not that surprised. I talked to Ben briefly before coming here. He made a very good argument that I should tag along with Jaina and her husband. It's good to see you, old friend,"

Luke raised his hand, "Um, can someone explain what we missed?" They all laughed as food was passed around the table.

The End