Hey everyone. Yeah, it's been awhile since I updated. Sorry, but here ya go.

Chapter 8

"Oh, Jory! It's so good to see you! My God, are you alright?!"

Jory's mother ran into her arms as soon as she seen her daughter.

Jory hugged her mother with tears in her eyes and said, "Yes, mother, I'm fine. It's so good to see you too."

Jory released her mother and went for her father, "Daddy, how are you?"

Jory's father hugged her and said, "Oh, Jory. We've been so worried. We've missed you so much."

"I know, I've missed you too."

Jory let go of her father and said, "I'm so glad you're here. Come in and sit down. C-3PO, get us some beverages, please."

C-3PO went to fetch the drinks and Jory's parents sat down.

"Well, this certainly is a nice place he's keeping you locked up in. How is he treating you?" asked her mother.

Jory rolled her eyes and said, "For the most part, he leaves me alone now. He tried to be cordial with me for the first couple of weeks, but when I kept denying him, he backed off. I think he may be tiring of me."

Jory's father straightened up and said, "Is that good if he tires of you? I mean, are you safe if he finds he no longer cares for you?"

"Sure. Why not? If he finds that he's not really in love with me or if he sees that I will never return his feelings, then maybe he'll let me go home. I think tonight will work out well. We just need to show how much we love each other and miss being together. Perhaps if we plead to him and work on his 'if you really love her, you want her to be happy' side, he'll release me tonight."

Jory's mother dabbed at her eyes and said, "I really hope so, Jory. I hate having you here."

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Darth Vader sat with Jory's family and watched as they ate dinner. Since he had his custome on, of course, he couldn't eat anything. He listened as the family caught up with one another and he even witnessed a few family stories. He never seen Jory so happy as he did tonight. She was smiling brightly and her eyes seemed to light up the room. He wished she would smile at him like that.

Jory's father cleared his throat and said, "Lord Vader, I want to thank you for having me and wife here for dinner tonight. It is quite a joy to see Jory again, but I wonder when she may come home with us."

Vader rolled his eyes, although no one could see this. He knew this topic was going to come up and he really had no good way of breaking the news to her family that she was not going anywhere.

"I understand your concern for Jory's safety, but do not fret; Jory is very safe here."

Jory's father smiled and said, "Yes, we know she's safe here, but we would really like to have her back home."

"This is her home now."

Jory's mother stepped in now, "Please, Lord Vader, we love Jory very much and......"

Vader cut her off, "I love Jory also, Mrs. Hushule. Jory will be staying with me."

"But, please......"

"That is the end of the conversation!"

Jory jumped up from her chair and said, "No! I will not stay with you! I would rather die than to spend another minute with you!"

Jory's mother grabbed hold of her daughter's hand and said, "Honey, please. Do not make the situation worse."

"How can it possibly get any worse?! I hate him and I don't want to be with him."

Jory looked at Vader and said, "Why me? Why did you have to pick me out of all the women in the universe, why me? Why do you have to torture me so?"

Vader said, "Jory, it's not torture. If you just....."

"If I just what? Open my heart to you?"

"Yes, exactly!"

Jory snorted and said, "I will never allow you my heart. You make me ill and I want you out of my apartment now!"

Vader stood up and said, "Fine, I shall go. Your parents ship will be arriving in an hour. Say your good-byes and I'll see you in the morning."

To Jory's parents, Vader said, "It was nice meeting you both Mr. and Mrs. Hushule."

Vader sulked out of the room.

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"No! I don't want you to go!" Jory cried into her father's arms.

Storm troopers were at Jory's apartment to take her parents to their ship to return to their planet.

"We don't want to leave either, Jory, but we must." said her father.

"Don't worry, Jory, we'll be back. He'll invite us again and we will always stay in touch", said Jory's mother.

"No, I don't want you to go."

Jory continued to cry as the Storm Troopers forced Jory's father away from her and lead them to their ship. She slammed the door to her apartment shut and ran into the fresher.

A moment later, C-3PO knocked on the door, "Excuse me, Mistress Jory, are you alright? Might of be of assistance?" C-3PO listened for a moment and all he could hear was Jory crying. He tried again, "Mistress Jory?"

Again, Jory did not respond. C-3PO started to worry and decided it was best to contact Lord Vader.

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When the golden droid came to Vader, all of his anger subsided and worry took its place. Vader knew Jory would try to leave with her parents and he also knew that she would be devastated when she found she wasn't going, but he never expected her to lock herself in her fresher and not respond to her droid whom she had gotten so attached to. He could also feel something was going to go horribly wrong.

Once Vader reached her fresher door, he used the Force to open it just in time to see Jory sitting on the floor with a piece of glass she had broken from her sink cup in her hand. Before she could strike herself with it, Vader once again used the Force to make the glass fly out of her hand and safely into Vader's.

"Jory, please do not try to harm yourself again."

Jory got up off of the floor and stalked passed Vader, "Well, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't try to hurt myself!"

"Jory, you must understand that I love you and I want you happy."

Jory walked up to Vader, searched his face mask, and said softy, "Well, if you love me like you claim, then please let me go. Can't you see that I'm so unhappy here? I miss my parents and my friends. I want to go home, back to my life. Can you please love me enough to let me go?"

Vader watched her with tears flowing down her cheeks and it pained him to see her this way. He took a moment, then said, "Jory, I do love you more than anyone has ever loved someone, but I am sorry. My selfishness is more powerful. I need you with me and here with me you shall stay."

As he went for the door to leave, her heard Jory cry out loud in frustration and heartache and then heard her run into her room. For the rest of the night, he let his mind stay with her to make sure that she was safe from herself.

Okay, that's it for this chapter. I still don't know how this thing is going to end, so we'll all be surprised together! lol I hope you like it and please, please, please review. Thanks!