So I forgot the disclaimer: All characters and places, except for Rynna
Sunni are the property of Lucas films. It's the flannelled god's sandbox;
I'm just playing in it.
Sparkvallen- YAY! Thank you for reading!
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Zekk approached the docks, and looped his arms around a tall blonde's waist. "Hey."
"Hey Zekk," she said, twirling around to face him. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, Rynna," he answered as she wiggled out of his grasp.
"Help me with those crates?" She asked, knowing he wouldn't refuse.
He picked up one of the crates and started hauling it onto the freighter. "Where are you taking this shipment?"
"Um. These are going to Bothawui. But I should be back by Friday," she replied.
"Hmmm. I've got a proposition for you, Rynna," Zekk said slyly.
"Yeah what's that Zekk?" she asked, throwing her head around to give him a funny stare.
"I have to go to a party on Hapes, Saturday night. As a personal favor to the Queen Mother, would you like to be my date?" he asked, sounding sincere, as he knew she hated wearing dresses. She was so much like Jaina, at least in his eyes.
She eyed him up and down. "What's in it for me?"
"I have it on good notice that Raynar Thul will be there," he said, teasing her about her crush on the Jedi Knight. "And so will Jacen Solo, and the famous Skywalkers."
"You got yourself a deal, but I hate wearing dresses!" she told him for the millionth time. "Why is the Queen Mother of Hapes inviting you anyway? How does she even know you?" Rynna quizzed him.
Zekk pulled the blond into a hug. "Thank you Rynna, I really didn't want to go alone. But the Queen Mother and I are old friends."
Rynna laughed. "Yeah right, you're friends with the Queen Mother of Hapes? In what world?"
"Rynna if I told you, you wouldn't believe me."
She rolled her eyes. "So will the wonderful, famous love of your life Jaina Solo be there?"
"Actually she will be. That's why I'm bringing you," Zekk admitted to the blond.
"Oh No! You're not using me to get back at her. She's a Jedi Knight, she might impale me!" she yelled.
"No she won't, and I'm not using you to get back at her, either. She just got out of a relationship, and I don't want her throwing herself at my feet. I don't want to be her pity guy."
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe she's over him, and she's realized that she loves you?" Rynna observed.
Zekk stared at her for a moment. "Not Jaina. I have finally realized that Jaina and I are not to be. So I'll just have to worship her from afar." Zekk sighed. "Well I have to go work on the Rod, pick you up at 18:00 hours on Saturday." With that he turned and walked off, leaving a stunned Rynna in his wake.
"Stubborn Man." She muttered. He's going to turn his back on the only thing he's ever wanted just because of his pride.
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Tahiri lay in bed staring at the ceiling. It was early in the morning, but a Force presence outside the door had awoken her. Sitting up and throwing her blue robe on, she strolled over to the door, and pushed the open button.
Jacen stood in the doorway with his fingers gripped in a ball ready to knock on the door that suddenly wasn't there. "Hey"
"Hey Jacen, what brings you to this end of the Maw so early?" Tahiri said through her yawns.
"Well I am here to bring you an invitation to go to a party at the Hapes Consortium, at the personal invite of the queen mother." He handed her the invitation.
"Oh wow! Jacen, I would love to go, but I don't have anything to wear to this," she said as she sat on her bed
"Don't worry, we have to swing by Mon Cal to pick Jaina up and I'm sure she has twenty things you can wear. So I figured we'd go to this and then leave for Corsucant Sunday night."
"Sure." She sighed. She felt an uneasy feeling coming from Jacen. "Jacen what's the matter?" she demanded.
"Nothing." He smiled
"Don't nothing me, big brother. Something about this is making you uneasy."
"Well we have to push the trip off to go to this, and I was really hoping to get there quickly," he told her while coming over to sit next to her.
"That's not it." She stated.
"Well, I'm sort of feeling weird about seeing Tenel Ka. I haven't seen her since the knighting ceremony, and even then I didn't get to talk to her. What am I going to say to her?" He put his head in his hands.
"Just talk to her. She's still the same Tenel Ka we went to the Jedi Academy with."
"But it's more than that. What if she's married? What if she hates me because I haven't come seen her? What if..." Jacen rambled.
"Jacen you can't dwell on the what if's," she cut him off. "What if Anakin hadn't died? What if I hadn't left Tatoonie? What if's only lead you to what could have been and not what is. I suggest you start focusing on what is." She advised him.
Jacen reached over and tickled her. "When did you get so smart?"
"Oh, I've always been this smart, you were just too preoccupied to notice."
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Tenel Ka slipped on her new green dress. It was an off the shoulder, shimmer silk dress that exposed most of her back. She placed her tiara on her head, and went to her ball, hoping that her prince charming would find her tonight.
In the Ball Room
Jaina and Tahiri entered the room, both looking lovely and quite uncomfortable in their dresses. Jaina was wearing a dangerously low cut red dress that hugged her curves all the way down to her hips, where it flared out, one single cut going up so high it was almost indecent. Her hair was pulled up into a bun with two single curls left down to frame her face. She had a confident look on her face, but every Jedi in the building could feel that she felt a little uncomfortable in that dress. Tahiri on the other hand showed just how uncomfortable she was. The dress was a beautiful blue color, strapless, and she kept tugging on it, like she was afraid it was going to fall down. Her hair was down around her shoulder, like she was trying to hide her bare skin. She looked very nervous.
Looking around the room, Jaina couldn't see or feel Zekk's presence anywhere. But she didn't have time to look as Wes Janson strolled over.
"Care to dance, my lovely ex rouge?" He bowed to her. Jaina looped her arm in his and they went off to dance.
Tahiri stood idly by the wall hoping to blend in, which was working well, until a pair of arms came up and looped around her from behind. "Want to dance?" he whispered in her ear.
"Don't you have a certain princess you should find?" she asked him.
"She won't come out until her grand entrance, so until then, come dance with me." Jacen grabbed her arm and pulled her out onto the dance floor.
Sparkvallen- YAY! Thank you for reading!
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Zekk approached the docks, and looped his arms around a tall blonde's waist. "Hey."
"Hey Zekk," she said, twirling around to face him. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, Rynna," he answered as she wiggled out of his grasp.
"Help me with those crates?" She asked, knowing he wouldn't refuse.
He picked up one of the crates and started hauling it onto the freighter. "Where are you taking this shipment?"
"Um. These are going to Bothawui. But I should be back by Friday," she replied.
"Hmmm. I've got a proposition for you, Rynna," Zekk said slyly.
"Yeah what's that Zekk?" she asked, throwing her head around to give him a funny stare.
"I have to go to a party on Hapes, Saturday night. As a personal favor to the Queen Mother, would you like to be my date?" he asked, sounding sincere, as he knew she hated wearing dresses. She was so much like Jaina, at least in his eyes.
She eyed him up and down. "What's in it for me?"
"I have it on good notice that Raynar Thul will be there," he said, teasing her about her crush on the Jedi Knight. "And so will Jacen Solo, and the famous Skywalkers."
"You got yourself a deal, but I hate wearing dresses!" she told him for the millionth time. "Why is the Queen Mother of Hapes inviting you anyway? How does she even know you?" Rynna quizzed him.
Zekk pulled the blond into a hug. "Thank you Rynna, I really didn't want to go alone. But the Queen Mother and I are old friends."
Rynna laughed. "Yeah right, you're friends with the Queen Mother of Hapes? In what world?"
"Rynna if I told you, you wouldn't believe me."
She rolled her eyes. "So will the wonderful, famous love of your life Jaina Solo be there?"
"Actually she will be. That's why I'm bringing you," Zekk admitted to the blond.
"Oh No! You're not using me to get back at her. She's a Jedi Knight, she might impale me!" she yelled.
"No she won't, and I'm not using you to get back at her, either. She just got out of a relationship, and I don't want her throwing herself at my feet. I don't want to be her pity guy."
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe she's over him, and she's realized that she loves you?" Rynna observed.
Zekk stared at her for a moment. "Not Jaina. I have finally realized that Jaina and I are not to be. So I'll just have to worship her from afar." Zekk sighed. "Well I have to go work on the Rod, pick you up at 18:00 hours on Saturday." With that he turned and walked off, leaving a stunned Rynna in his wake.
"Stubborn Man." She muttered. He's going to turn his back on the only thing he's ever wanted just because of his pride.
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Tahiri lay in bed staring at the ceiling. It was early in the morning, but a Force presence outside the door had awoken her. Sitting up and throwing her blue robe on, she strolled over to the door, and pushed the open button.
Jacen stood in the doorway with his fingers gripped in a ball ready to knock on the door that suddenly wasn't there. "Hey"
"Hey Jacen, what brings you to this end of the Maw so early?" Tahiri said through her yawns.
"Well I am here to bring you an invitation to go to a party at the Hapes Consortium, at the personal invite of the queen mother." He handed her the invitation.
"Oh wow! Jacen, I would love to go, but I don't have anything to wear to this," she said as she sat on her bed
"Don't worry, we have to swing by Mon Cal to pick Jaina up and I'm sure she has twenty things you can wear. So I figured we'd go to this and then leave for Corsucant Sunday night."
"Sure." She sighed. She felt an uneasy feeling coming from Jacen. "Jacen what's the matter?" she demanded.
"Nothing." He smiled
"Don't nothing me, big brother. Something about this is making you uneasy."
"Well we have to push the trip off to go to this, and I was really hoping to get there quickly," he told her while coming over to sit next to her.
"That's not it." She stated.
"Well, I'm sort of feeling weird about seeing Tenel Ka. I haven't seen her since the knighting ceremony, and even then I didn't get to talk to her. What am I going to say to her?" He put his head in his hands.
"Just talk to her. She's still the same Tenel Ka we went to the Jedi Academy with."
"But it's more than that. What if she's married? What if she hates me because I haven't come seen her? What if..." Jacen rambled.
"Jacen you can't dwell on the what if's," she cut him off. "What if Anakin hadn't died? What if I hadn't left Tatoonie? What if's only lead you to what could have been and not what is. I suggest you start focusing on what is." She advised him.
Jacen reached over and tickled her. "When did you get so smart?"
"Oh, I've always been this smart, you were just too preoccupied to notice."
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Tenel Ka slipped on her new green dress. It was an off the shoulder, shimmer silk dress that exposed most of her back. She placed her tiara on her head, and went to her ball, hoping that her prince charming would find her tonight.
In the Ball Room
Jaina and Tahiri entered the room, both looking lovely and quite uncomfortable in their dresses. Jaina was wearing a dangerously low cut red dress that hugged her curves all the way down to her hips, where it flared out, one single cut going up so high it was almost indecent. Her hair was pulled up into a bun with two single curls left down to frame her face. She had a confident look on her face, but every Jedi in the building could feel that she felt a little uncomfortable in that dress. Tahiri on the other hand showed just how uncomfortable she was. The dress was a beautiful blue color, strapless, and she kept tugging on it, like she was afraid it was going to fall down. Her hair was down around her shoulder, like she was trying to hide her bare skin. She looked very nervous.
Looking around the room, Jaina couldn't see or feel Zekk's presence anywhere. But she didn't have time to look as Wes Janson strolled over.
"Care to dance, my lovely ex rouge?" He bowed to her. Jaina looped her arm in his and they went off to dance.
Tahiri stood idly by the wall hoping to blend in, which was working well, until a pair of arms came up and looped around her from behind. "Want to dance?" he whispered in her ear.
"Don't you have a certain princess you should find?" she asked him.
"She won't come out until her grand entrance, so until then, come dance with me." Jacen grabbed her arm and pulled her out onto the dance floor.