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Blame

Leia was lying on the bed in her cabin in the Falcon. Her face was stuffed in a pillow and the only sounds coming from her were muffled sobs.

She was no longer angry at Han. She was angry at herself and everyone else who had tried to tell her that the destruction of Alderaan wasn't her fault.

Because it was. It was her fault.

The night after the battle of Yavin 4 she had escaped from the celebrations of the recent victory, only to be followed by Luke Skywalker. They had talked about people and things they had lost. Luke talked of his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. Leia had told him that their deaths could not have been helped and that none of it was his fault.

She had talked of Bail Organa, her father, and one of her closest friends, and of Alderaan. Luke had told her that it wasn't her fault. He had told her that it was the fault of Grand Moff Tarkin and of Vader. It was the fault of the Empire. She hadn't been the one to build the Death Star and she hadn't ordered the Empire to destroy Alderaan.

Luke had said that wherever Bail Organa was now, he was sure to be proud of how strong his daughter was, and how she had not given away any secrets to the Empire.

That wasn't true. How could her father be proud of what she had done? Of what she had let them do to him and the rest of Alderaan?

Rieekan had said that she had done the right thing. He had praised her strength to hold out against the Empire. Mon Mothma and Dodonna had agreed with him full heartedly. They hadn't blamed it on her.

Chewbacca the wookie had told her it wasn't her who was to blame for the decisions of the Empire. Well, Han had to translate what the wookie had said, but Chewie hadn't pinned the blame on her.

Han. Once he had said he didn't blame her. He had lied. He did blame her and now she knew it.

Han was the only one brave enough to eventually tell her the truth. Tell her that it was all her fault. Tell her that she had let it happen.

With tears still pouring down her face, Leia turned to face the darkness of the room.

"I'm sorry," she whispered quietly. "Daddy, I'm sorry that I killed you all!"

With that, she fell into an uneasy sleep.

..........

Han had just finished looking at the hyperdrive. It would indeed take two days to fix. But he couldn't start just now. He needed to contact someone back at base to tell them why they were delayed.

Chewie was the first person he thought of. A lob sided grin grew across his face when he imagined the wook trying to tell Commander Rieekan that the broken hyperdrive had delayed Han and Leia's mission.

There was always Luke. The kid could tell Rieekan what had happened.

Luke's face flickered onto the screen.

"Hey Han! What broke this time?"

Han glared. "Very funny kid. The hyperdrive crapped out, if you must know. Tell Rieekan that we're stuck in the middle of Alderaan's remains and we'll be back in two days, if all goes well."

Luke grinned. "So, do you reckon that you and Leia can survive that long without ripping each others throats out?" The question was innocent enough from Luke's point of view, but Han just wanted to pretend that the fight between him and Leia had never happened.

"I think I killed Her Highnessness already," Han said with a groan.

Luke's eyes widened. "Already? You haven't even survived a day yet! What did you do?"

"It's always my fault, isn't it? Never considered that it was her who started it, have you?"

"Alright! Calm down Han! What happened?"

"Okay. What is the worst thing you could accuse the Princess of?" Han asked.

Luke looked bewildered. "Um... Betraying the rebellion?" he asked tentatively.

Han shook his head. "Another clue. Think about where we are."

"Well," Luke paused. "You could have accused her of the destruction of Alderaan, but even you wouldn't be that stupid!"

Han moaned. "I was that stupid!"

Luke stared at Han. He even tried reaching out with the Force, just to find any clue if it was all just some sick joke. It wasn't.

"I don't know what to do," said Han, for the first time in years, feeling absolutely helpless.

Luke shook his head. "I suggest an apology, but apart from that, you're on your own buddy."

"Yeah," Han sighed. "Well, look kid, tell Rieekan about the hyperdrive, and wish me luck when it comes to apologising to Leia."

Luke gave him a dry smile and said, "It'll take a lot more than luck to get Leia to forgive you, but, good luck!"

Han gave a lob sided smile back. "See ya!"

"See you!"

Luke's face flickered a moment, and then disappeared. Han lay back in his seat with his hands covering his face for a few moments, then sighed and turned in for the night.

A.N. Well, that's another chapter. Not great, I know. I was watching the Return of the Jedi while I was typing this so excuse me. I was a little distracted at times. Please Read and Review!

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