Lyrics: Anywhere But Here by Hilary Duff

When I'm in a crowd
Or on an island by myself
Silent or too loud
Wishing I was somewhere else
And I can't believe
You hit me fast and hard
When you turn to me and say
Never change the way you are

Jaina sighed as she looked over the datapad in her hand. This was definitely not going to stop her reluctance at keeping everything wrong in her life a secret. Sure, Mara had figured it out, but that was only because she was skilled in breaking past Jaina's barriers. How could she have been so stupid? She should've known these things...considering, after all, they were about herself. Mara had told her not to worry about it, since she hadn't known about Ben right off. Not that that made Jaina feel better.

Maybe it was a selfish thought, maybe not, but whenever Jag was around, everything felt so right. Then, the moment he was gone, all her 'normalcy' went haywire. Not that there was ever anything normal in her line of work. And then Zekk had shown up...curse him, the fool. Rotten bit of Bantha fodder... Jaina sighed slightly, shaking her head.

Trying to catch your eye
Things will never look the same
Now I can't deny
You're the moth and I'm the flame
There I go again
I should walk before I run
How can I explain
I can't stop what you've begun

Abruptly she turned the datapad off and put it back into her pocket. She needed something to do; something, anything. So, for lack of better idea, Jaina began pacing back and forth in front of the table in her quarters. A millisecond later, she felt Kyp's inquiring probe. Yes Kyp, she was absolutely fine, honestly.

Unable to think of anything more to do with her 'free time' that would keep the Jedi Master from probing her every five minutes, Jaina brushed a hand over the control panel, sending a mental summon to Kyp as she did so. Kyp could 'escort' her to her Uncle's, then leave her there. As of three days ago, when Jag left, she found the only person she was completely at ease around was her aunt. Not that it was hard to understand that, of course. Her summon was countered with another mental brush, merely one of confirmation, not of any question lingering in waiting to be answered.

I'm falling through the door
Flying 'cross the floor
When you look at me suddenly it's clear
You're burning up my dreams
Crazy as it seems
I don't wanna be anywhere but here
Anywhere but here

It took her a minute, but when she actually took in what she was seeing, Jaina blinked, a bit put off. Zekk was standing outside her door, hand raised as if he were just about ready to key the door comm. What the frill was he doing here? Jaina scowled up at him, going through a bit of a struggle to keep that simple an expression on her face. Couldn't he leave her alone? He certainly had no trouble in doing that after Myrkr.

Zekk opened his mouth as if he were about to comment, but Jaina brushed past him, unconsciously taking in that her door had closed after she'd step through it. Zekk turned to follow her progress along the short walk to the next door as it opened. Kyp stepped into the hall, nearly running into Jaina as she came up parallel with him.

"Let's go, Kyp," she said, voice low.

Jaina saw Kyp glance back at Zekk, could feel the question lingering in his mind as he looked back at her, but she didn't offer any explanation. Kyp was smart enough not to press the subject, thankfully. Before they'd gotten halfway around their route to the Skywalker apartments, a voice called out behind them.

What goes on inside
Is a mystery no doubt
A roller coaster ride
I may never work it out
Here's the brand new me
Skates around and floats on air
I'm a sight to see
Rainbow colors in my hair
You have set me free
The one who gets me there

"Goddess, a word?"

She glanced over to see Wedge coming up behind them, a smile on his face. A quick glance at Kyp told her he was just as interested in what the General had to say as she was. With a raised eyebrow, Jaina dipped her head over so slightly in assent.

"Great One, I thought perhaps you might be interested in the report we've just received." He handed her a datacard before he went on, elaborating. "It's actually a transmission from Csilla. There was specific information that was requested to be given to you only, however, the information not on that datacard is linked to Colonel Fel and his return to the Known Regions." Immediately Jaina's outlook on life brightened. Wedge must've picked up on whatever had appeared on her face, for his smile got larger. "He's returning with Vanguard Squadron in five days. I thought I might pass that information along to you."

I'm falling through the door
Flying 'cross the floor
When you look at me suddenly it's clear
You're burning up my dreams
Crazy as it seems
I don't wanna be anywhere but here
Anywhere but here

Any thought of going to her aunt's was immediately rerouted. She watched as Wedge walked away, unable to keep an insanely weird grin off her face. Absently she turned the datacard over in her hand, weaving it through her fingers. Thoughts she had harbored about wanting to leave this place were dismissed. She looked over at Kyp once more and offered him a trademark Solo grin.

"Change of plans. Back to the barracks." Kyp laughed softly as they retraced their steps to their original starting point. Thankfully Zekk was gone when they approached. Kyp waited until Jaina was inside her apartment before leaving, but she hardly noticed. Instead she was changing the datacards in her datapad. Immediately the information appeared. It was a coded message, sent in such a way that no one but Jaina would be able to read it. Silently she answered the request of decode password and watched the message appear.

Here is the place where
My head is spinning
Time is beginning
To race away
You come to throw me
Knock me off my feet
You give me wings to fly
The world goes crashing by again