Disclaimer: see Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Reliving the past with old friends.
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"Nydia I brought guests. You might remember one of them." Jiro called as
they
walked into his house.
A woman who looked to be about two or three years younger than Jiro walked in and smacked him lightly. "You are late and I just got the kids to sleep. You wake them and you can deal with them all night. Now what's this about guests?" the woman looked at Luke and Mara. "You look familiar but I can't think of why." she said as she looked at Luke.
"That might be because I was the young racer boy back then. I always knew you two would get together Ny. Before I forget this is my fiancée Mara Jade." Nydia shook Mara's hand and stared at Luke in shock.
"Sandstorm? Rumor was you died. That or you left the planet so why the sith are you here?" She led them toward the table and as soon as they sat she was back with food for all of them.
Mara smiled. "Sandstorm? You have got to explain that one, farmboy.
"Shut up Jade. Nydia here was one of my friends when i was younger. She and jiro always looked at each other when they thought no one was looking." He took the plate of food Nydia offered him.
"Luke! Is that how you treat ladies now? I'm ashamed at you. Didn't you learn anything about women on Tatooine?" Nydia scolded.
Mara burst out in silent laughter. Luke snorted. "No this is just how I treat Mara. She would kill me if I treated her like she was helpless or like I treat any other lady."
"that's right farmboy. I'm not helpless or weak and if you ever treat me like you do your sister I will kill you then bring you back to life and kill you again." Mara ribbed back.
"Sister? You don't have a sister. What is this nonsense?" Jiro asked.
"Let's start from the beginning. I have a twin sister that was separated from me at birth to hide us from our father who was a Jedi turned to the dark side and served the emperor. She was taken to Alderraan and raised as part of the royal family and I was brought up here. Old Ben Kenobi was a Jedi who watched over me and began training me as a Jedi Knight when my aunt and uncle were killed by stormtroopers looking for me. We escaped with Han Solo in the Millinium Falcon and headed for Alderaan in search of my sister." Luke started.
"You're telling me you've met Han Solo? I don't believe it." Jiro cut in. This made Mara laugh. "What's so funny?" Jiro asked.
"Han Solo is my brother-in-law. I've spent a lot of time with him." Luke quickly explained.
"Now I really don't believe it." Jiro stated.
Luke took a holo album out of his bag. Look and see for yourself. In fact that has holos of a lot of things."
The first page of the album showed Luke in his flight suit with Artoo next to him by his X-wing right before the battle of Yavin. "That was when all that womprat targeting came in handy. I shot a proton torpedo down an exhaust pipe blowing up the empire's moon sized planet destroyer." Luke explained. The next holo was of Luke, Han, and Chewie receiving their medals after the battle of Yavin. Leia was standing behind them and in the corner you could see the ever-present R2 and 3PO. Luke pointed to Leia and stated simply"my sister who I didn't even know was my sister at the time."
The holo's continued till they got to the latest holo which consisted of Everyone. Mara decided to summarize this one. "It was a congrats party the day after we announced our engagement. That is Karrde my boss, Kam is a Jedi, Corran a security officer turned pilot turned Jedi, Chewie of coarse Han's best friend and protector of the whole family. Lando the annoying businessman who would always hit on me, Wedge Luke's buddy from his flying days,Aves my co-worker, then the family. Leia and Han who had just come out of a meeting that was for a treaty to be signed between the new republic and the empire. Their kids who were just happy for us cause they were worried about 'uncle luke' being alone for the rest of his life. That is Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin who is the youngest but looks almost exactly like luke creepily enough." she finished quickly.
"I've been dying to ask. How did Mr. I'm-so-shy-I-blush-at-the-sight-of-a- woman propose to you?" nydia asked then added as an afterthought. "In fact how did you meet?"
"As hinted at earlier we aren't a normal couple. We met when she found me stranded in Hyperspace and was on a mission to kill me. She tried to kill me at least three times, to the proposal question we were in a cave that was filling with water and were trying to think of a plan to escape when i asked her to marry me. Not exactly romantic but..."Luke stated turning red.
"Well farmboy I'm going to turn in. Where am I going to sleep by the way?" Mara asked Nydia. Nydia quickly stood and showed Mara to the guest room. "where will Luke be sleeping? I might want to wake him bright and early just to be cruel to him. maybe shove some sand down his pants." Mara smiled at the thought of that.
"Oh... um I thought you would be staying in the same bed. Um I'll find him a place in the sitting room we have a hoverchair that turns into a bed in there. Unless you want to take that but I don't think he would agree to that. Goodnight Mara. And i haven't had a chance to tell you but Congrats you got one of the most honest guys in the galaxy." Nydia smiled as she left the room.
Mara went back into the dinning room to find Luke. She found that he had disappeared. "He's in the `freasher. So you apparently can compete with his skills. Is he still a good pilot?" Jiro said spotting her.
"Yes he is. His niece is an excellent pilot too. In fact the whole family is remarkable at flying. Skywalker and friends really get into it about who is better. Well mainly his friends their egos are huge Skywalker's isn't really that inflated." Mara quickly defended her fiancée's ego.
"What's not inflated?" Luke asked from the doorway where he had just come in from.
"Your ego. Its not like wedge or Corran's. Especially not like Wes or Hobbies." She smiled and made her way over to him.
"Corran's has gotten better now Kyp on the other hand..." he let it trail off as he realized how tired Mara was. "Get some sleep Mara. The heat is getting to you. We're here for a week or two you don't have to try and find out my whole past in one day." He paused and kissed her. "Goodnight Mara, my love tomorrow I have to go see Biggs family. They don't know what happened to him."
"I know I need sleep Farmboy so do you you've been lacking for a month now. I came to say goodnight. We really should call Leia in the morning. She'll freak if we don't contact her soon. Night." She kissed him once more and went to her room.
Jiro looked shocked that Luke wasn't stuttering around Mara. "Took us ten long years to work our way here if you're wondering." Luke told him before heading toward the bed he'd made for himself.
A woman who looked to be about two or three years younger than Jiro walked in and smacked him lightly. "You are late and I just got the kids to sleep. You wake them and you can deal with them all night. Now what's this about guests?" the woman looked at Luke and Mara. "You look familiar but I can't think of why." she said as she looked at Luke.
"That might be because I was the young racer boy back then. I always knew you two would get together Ny. Before I forget this is my fiancée Mara Jade." Nydia shook Mara's hand and stared at Luke in shock.
"Sandstorm? Rumor was you died. That or you left the planet so why the sith are you here?" She led them toward the table and as soon as they sat she was back with food for all of them.
Mara smiled. "Sandstorm? You have got to explain that one, farmboy.
"Shut up Jade. Nydia here was one of my friends when i was younger. She and jiro always looked at each other when they thought no one was looking." He took the plate of food Nydia offered him.
"Luke! Is that how you treat ladies now? I'm ashamed at you. Didn't you learn anything about women on Tatooine?" Nydia scolded.
Mara burst out in silent laughter. Luke snorted. "No this is just how I treat Mara. She would kill me if I treated her like she was helpless or like I treat any other lady."
"that's right farmboy. I'm not helpless or weak and if you ever treat me like you do your sister I will kill you then bring you back to life and kill you again." Mara ribbed back.
"Sister? You don't have a sister. What is this nonsense?" Jiro asked.
"Let's start from the beginning. I have a twin sister that was separated from me at birth to hide us from our father who was a Jedi turned to the dark side and served the emperor. She was taken to Alderraan and raised as part of the royal family and I was brought up here. Old Ben Kenobi was a Jedi who watched over me and began training me as a Jedi Knight when my aunt and uncle were killed by stormtroopers looking for me. We escaped with Han Solo in the Millinium Falcon and headed for Alderaan in search of my sister." Luke started.
"You're telling me you've met Han Solo? I don't believe it." Jiro cut in. This made Mara laugh. "What's so funny?" Jiro asked.
"Han Solo is my brother-in-law. I've spent a lot of time with him." Luke quickly explained.
"Now I really don't believe it." Jiro stated.
Luke took a holo album out of his bag. Look and see for yourself. In fact that has holos of a lot of things."
The first page of the album showed Luke in his flight suit with Artoo next to him by his X-wing right before the battle of Yavin. "That was when all that womprat targeting came in handy. I shot a proton torpedo down an exhaust pipe blowing up the empire's moon sized planet destroyer." Luke explained. The next holo was of Luke, Han, and Chewie receiving their medals after the battle of Yavin. Leia was standing behind them and in the corner you could see the ever-present R2 and 3PO. Luke pointed to Leia and stated simply"my sister who I didn't even know was my sister at the time."
The holo's continued till they got to the latest holo which consisted of Everyone. Mara decided to summarize this one. "It was a congrats party the day after we announced our engagement. That is Karrde my boss, Kam is a Jedi, Corran a security officer turned pilot turned Jedi, Chewie of coarse Han's best friend and protector of the whole family. Lando the annoying businessman who would always hit on me, Wedge Luke's buddy from his flying days,Aves my co-worker, then the family. Leia and Han who had just come out of a meeting that was for a treaty to be signed between the new republic and the empire. Their kids who were just happy for us cause they were worried about 'uncle luke' being alone for the rest of his life. That is Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin who is the youngest but looks almost exactly like luke creepily enough." she finished quickly.
"I've been dying to ask. How did Mr. I'm-so-shy-I-blush-at-the-sight-of-a- woman propose to you?" nydia asked then added as an afterthought. "In fact how did you meet?"
"As hinted at earlier we aren't a normal couple. We met when she found me stranded in Hyperspace and was on a mission to kill me. She tried to kill me at least three times, to the proposal question we were in a cave that was filling with water and were trying to think of a plan to escape when i asked her to marry me. Not exactly romantic but..."Luke stated turning red.
"Well farmboy I'm going to turn in. Where am I going to sleep by the way?" Mara asked Nydia. Nydia quickly stood and showed Mara to the guest room. "where will Luke be sleeping? I might want to wake him bright and early just to be cruel to him. maybe shove some sand down his pants." Mara smiled at the thought of that.
"Oh... um I thought you would be staying in the same bed. Um I'll find him a place in the sitting room we have a hoverchair that turns into a bed in there. Unless you want to take that but I don't think he would agree to that. Goodnight Mara. And i haven't had a chance to tell you but Congrats you got one of the most honest guys in the galaxy." Nydia smiled as she left the room.
Mara went back into the dinning room to find Luke. She found that he had disappeared. "He's in the `freasher. So you apparently can compete with his skills. Is he still a good pilot?" Jiro said spotting her.
"Yes he is. His niece is an excellent pilot too. In fact the whole family is remarkable at flying. Skywalker and friends really get into it about who is better. Well mainly his friends their egos are huge Skywalker's isn't really that inflated." Mara quickly defended her fiancée's ego.
"What's not inflated?" Luke asked from the doorway where he had just come in from.
"Your ego. Its not like wedge or Corran's. Especially not like Wes or Hobbies." She smiled and made her way over to him.
"Corran's has gotten better now Kyp on the other hand..." he let it trail off as he realized how tired Mara was. "Get some sleep Mara. The heat is getting to you. We're here for a week or two you don't have to try and find out my whole past in one day." He paused and kissed her. "Goodnight Mara, my love tomorrow I have to go see Biggs family. They don't know what happened to him."
"I know I need sleep Farmboy so do you you've been lacking for a month now. I came to say goodnight. We really should call Leia in the morning. She'll freak if we don't contact her soon. Night." She kissed him once more and went to her room.
Jiro looked shocked that Luke wasn't stuttering around Mara. "Took us ten long years to work our way here if you're wondering." Luke told him before heading toward the bed he'd made for himself.