Disclaimer: I am not George Lucas, I am not making any money from this, and I do not own Star Wars, or any of these characters, although if he lets me use them I will return them in good condition, I promise!

MistiWhitesun: Sometimes my family doesn't really understand it either. It is very distracting to have people around while I'm writing, so I close the door. Only my sister seems to understand why. And the emotional scenes aren't going to stop coming, not in this story! I'm worried I'm going to give myself an ulcer before this is done! As for the typos, fixed now! That ( wasn't a slip, my computer uses a long dash character that FF interprets as a (.

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Star Wars – Anakin Solo's Legacy

Chapter 2 – Morning

Anakin woke slowly. He was lying on a rather hard bed, and there was a warm, soft weight in his arms - a warm weight? No way. They hadn't! He opened his eyes, and stared at Tahiri's sleeping face. Trying to move, he found his legs tangled with hers, and his hands pressed to the warm, bare skin of her back. Yes. They had.

Oh...wow. What are we going to do now?

Even as he thought this, Tahiri stirred. Opening her eyes, she tried to sit up, only to encounter the same problem he had. Her eyes focused on him, then flicked down over their two bodies before coming back to his eyes. A slow smile spread itself across her face, and for a split second, there was a feral hunger in her eyes. Then she blinked, and the smile was replaced by a look of confusion and surprise.

Anakin was momentarily shaken. Who was that looking out at me just now? he wondered. Or did I imagine it?

"Oh my," said Tahiri, disentangling her legs from his and sitting up. "Did what I think happened really happen?"

"Umm, yeah. I think so." Anakin sat up. Hazy memories were starting to come back now, and he blushed and turned his head away as his emotions caught up with the fact that neither of them had a thing on.

"Oh, don't be embarrassed now, you big dummy." She slapped his arm playfully. "You certainly weren't last night!"

He blushed ever harder, but turned back to face her. "No, I guess not," he said. "You're not upset about...?"

"No," she said, and was immediately surprised by her answer. Something this monumental had just happened to her life, and she wasn't disturbed? Why? But the answer came quickly. It was because she really did love him. "It was a surprise, certainly. Like when you kissed me, that first time." She grinned at the memory. "But not an unwelcome one. What about you? Are you ok with this?"

"Yes." He took a moment to marshal his thoughts. "I think this is what was meant to happen from the beginning. I never thought of it that way, until...well... last night I suppose, but I think it was inevitable. Which isn't to say that we didn't jump the gun a bit!" He grinned. "Not that I'm complaining!"

Tahiri settled down a bit and leaned back against the wall. "There's another question. What are we going to do about this? And will you stop looking at me like that?"

"Sorry," he said, another blush forming on his cheeks.

Tahiri favored him with an amused smile. "Oh, it's not that I mind, it's just that...well, it's new, and... a bit embarrassing. But, anyway..."

"Well," began Anakin, "we obviously can't tell anyone about this. They'd go ballistic! But I suppose we could announce the engagement pretty soon. After this mission, maybe. Now all I gotta do is find a ring." He grinned.

"Sounds good. Now-" She broke off as a new thought struck her.

She began to laugh, uncontrollably, loudly, and long. Anakin looked at her, mystified. "What's so funny?"

"I- I was just thinking-" she broke off as a new wave of laughter assailed her, "a-about what your parents would say when- wh- when we told them!" She collapsed down on her side and shook with laughter.

Anakin looked stricken for a moment, then he too began to laugh. He flopped down on his back and stared at the ceiling, laughing even harder as he imagined the looks on their faces, and their laughter, joyful and carefree, echoed around the small room.

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Luke was walking down the sleeping area hallway on his way to the fresher, when he heard voices as he was passing Anakin's room. He stopped to listen. There were two voices, and as he listened, one of them said something and they erupted into happy laughter. He extended a wisp of force awareness towards the room on the other side of the door. His eyebrow quirked. Now what, he wondered, was Tahiri doing in Anakin's room this early in the morning? He shook his head and resumed his trek down the hall. If they wanted to tell him they would, until then it was none of his business.

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Sorry for not updating sooner than this, I had quite a busy weekend, and writing this chapter gave me a bit of trouble too. On more consideration, this story is very likely to become longer than 4 chapters.

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