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.
Sorry for the wait, I sort of got caught up with college.
************************************************************************ Tenel Ka waited for the announcement to come in the Ballroom. The butterflies fluttered in her stomach on about a parsec a minute. She hated the waiting; she just wanted to walk into the Ballroom and find Jacen. Even then she couldn't. She would have to wait until after the dignitaries had been greeted.
"And now, it is my pleasure to introduce the Queen Mother Tenel Ka Chume Djo." Anora announced.
Tenel Ka strolled into the ballroom, her head held high and regal. She scanned the room for Jacen's Force presence. She found it over at the left side of the room. Trying to be convincing, she managed to look that way, only to find Jacen standing with Tahiri in his arms. The jealously swelled up into her stomach. Tahiri and Jacen? No, it couldn't be, could it? Maybe Tahiri thought that if she couldn't have one Solo, she'd have the other. Well, Tenel wasn't having that. Jacen was hers. Prying her eyes from the two of them, she held up her hand to stop the clapping.
"Thank you, my friends, for coming to this party. This celebration is a way of congratulating ourselves for finding a solution to bloodshed, and the melee. I encourage you all to have fun, dance and celebrate that this galaxy is now at peace." The clapping resumed in the Grand Ballroom. Tenel moved to the side, to meet the foreign dignitaries, thanking them all for coming. But all she wanted to do was rip Jacen away from Tahiri's arms.
On the other side of the ballroom
"Go talk to her!" Tahiri demanded to Jacen.
"She has to meet with all the dignitaries first."
"That's not an excuse," Tahiri scolded him. "Go wait for her!"
"What am I going to say to her?" Jacen pleaded.
"It doesn't matter!" Tahiri snapped at him. "Don't expect her to come to you!"
"Fine!" Jacen snapped at her. "But you're coming with me!" Grabbing her wrist, he dragged her over to where the line ended to wait on Tenel Ka.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Outside the Building
Stepping out of the hover car and paying the driver, Zekk look at his date once more. Rynna had gone all out for this dance, and Zekk couldn't help but notice how lovely she looked. She was wearing a shimmering black halter dress, which hung loosely on her, but it also showed off her muscular arms. Her blond hair was up in a geometric pattern, and Zekk wondered how she managed to get it to do that. Her makeup accented her high cheekbones and bright green eyes. Any guy would be lucky to get a girl like Rynna, he thought.
"Zekk?" She waved her hand in front of his face again. "You there?" she questioned.
"Um, yes, I was just admiring how lovely you looked tonight."
She punched him lightly in the shoulder. "You're lucky I'm even doing this for you, you don't have to compliment me too. Now shall we go, my fine escort?" She looped her arm through his, and they walked into the Ballroom.
~*~
Sitting with the majority of Rouge squadron, Jaina felt Zekk's presence as soon as he entered the room. Twirling around seductively, she eyed him and his date. The girl was very pretty, high cheekbones, muscular arms, and beautiful long blond hair. She looked radiant on his arm. Trying to shrink the jealousy growing within her, she turned back around to the rest of the squadron. That's why he doesn't want me, she thought. He's found someone else. Well, she had other plans for him. She stood up, and decided to go say hello.
"She's coming over here," Zekk whispered in Rynna's ear.
"Who?"
"Jaina."
"Oh, well great, I want to meet her," Rynna said as she turned around and smiled at Jaina as the other woman approached.
Jaina plastered on her best fake smile. "Hello Zekk." She nodded to the girl on his arm.
Zekk tried to swallow, but his throat felt very, very dry all of a sudden. Jaina's dress left little to the imagination, and his imagination was currently very vivid. He couldn't help looking her over once, twice, three times. What he wouldn't give to just take her away right now. Rynna was beautiful but she didn't hold a lightsaber to Jaina. Trying to breathe again, he opened his mouth to say something but no words would come out.
Rynna extended her arm "Hello, Jaina. I'm Rynna, I've heard quite a lot about you. Zekk is currently awestruck by your beauty and can't speak for himself, but if he could he would say hello."
Jaina laughed. No matter how jealous she was of this girl, she couldn't hate her. She reminded her too much of herself. "Hello Rynna. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"I umm. Hello Jaina," Zekk finally spit out, trying to make sure he didn't drool at Jaina's feet.
Both the girls laughed, and Zekk's faced turned bright red. Jaina leaned over to give Zekk a hug, now that he was back in thinking mode.
Zekk wrapped his arms around Jaina's tiny body, silently thanking the Force for a girl this beautiful. Feeling her body pressed up against his, Zekk struggled to control himself. Stare at the wall, he thought, stare at the floor, stare at anything but Jaina.
Jaina didn't want to let go of Zekk. I wish I could just stay in his arms forever, she thought. Running her hands across his arm, she could feel every muscle in them as she pulled back far enough to still be at arms length.
"Well, I guess I'll let you guys go dance and have fun," Jaina told them as she quickly turned and walked back over towards Rouge squadron.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tenel Ka saw Jacen and Tahiri waiting for her at the end of her line of dignitaries. As she reached them she sucked in her breath; had been five years, would he still love her? Reaching them, she stood and stared at Jacen.
"Umm hello, Queen Mother Tenel Ka," Jacen said as he bowed fully in front of her. Sweet force, she's beautiful, and I'm making a bumbling idiot out of myself, Jacen thought.
As Jacen stood again, Tenel's strong arms pulled him into a hug. "It is good to see you, friend Jacen. It has been far too long." Standing in her arms, Jacen noticed that she had gotten a replacement limb, for the one he had cut off.
"I felt, as Queen it would be better to have both arms, in case I had to climb out of the palace while shooting a blaster," she said, obviously picking up on his thoughts. Pulling away from him, she turned and enveloped the Tahiri in a strong hug.
"Hello Queen Mother Tenel," she smiled at her and then at Jacen. "I think I will leave you two alone. Have you seen Jaina anywhere?" she asked as she turned to find her.
"How about a dance?" Jacen inquired.
"Friend Jacen, I would love to," Tenel replied. She took Jacen's hand, picked up the skirt of her dress with the other, and they headed out to the dance floor.
Pulling Tenel into his arms, Jacen felt more alive than he had felt in years. She leaned her head on his shoulder as he led her through the dance.
"It's so good to see you again friend Jacen," Tenel told him, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"It's so great to see you Tenel. I really have missed you," he admitted to her.
Tenel could no longer control the tears in her eyes. They came flooding down, soaking Jacen's jacket.
Jacen lifted Tenel's face up to wipe away her tears. "What's the matter Tenel?" he asked softly.
"I am just so happy and so sad all at the same time. Could we talk about this outside?" she begged him.
"Of course." Taking her hand in his, he led her outside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Stop being a fool!" Rynna snapped at him.
"I'm not being a fool. She's in love with someone else, who broke her heart. I won't pity her, and I won't have her pity me," Zekk countered.
"Did you even see the way she looked at you? Were you even there?" Rynna asked, giggling.
"I was there, just not in my right mind. But it doesn't matter; I won't be Jaina's fallback," Zekk stated for the millionth time. Zekk twirled her around. "There's Raynar, let's go say hello," he teased her, taking her hand and leading her over towards him.
Rynna smiled, while thinking of way to kill Zekk for this later. Zekk tapped the taller blond man on the shoulder.
"Zekk!"
"Hey Raynar." Zekk wrapped the man in a hug. "Let me introduce my friend Rynna Sunni." He pulled Rynna in front of him, as she had been hiding behind his back.
"Why hello," Raynar said as he took Rynna's hand and kissed it.
Rynna whole face turned bright red. "Hello," she managed to squeak out.
"Would you care to dance?" Raynar asked her, still holding onto her hand.
"Of course, let me just speak to Zekk privately first." She smiled at him.
"Of course." He let go of her hand and stepped away to let her speak to Zekk.
"You're so dead, Zekk."
"Turn about is fair play, Ryn. Now go dance and have fun," Zekk said laughingly as he pushed her.
"Alright, but you have to go dance with Jaina," she told him as she walked back over to Raynar.
Sorry for the wait, I sort of got caught up with college.
************************************************************************ Tenel Ka waited for the announcement to come in the Ballroom. The butterflies fluttered in her stomach on about a parsec a minute. She hated the waiting; she just wanted to walk into the Ballroom and find Jacen. Even then she couldn't. She would have to wait until after the dignitaries had been greeted.
"And now, it is my pleasure to introduce the Queen Mother Tenel Ka Chume Djo." Anora announced.
Tenel Ka strolled into the ballroom, her head held high and regal. She scanned the room for Jacen's Force presence. She found it over at the left side of the room. Trying to be convincing, she managed to look that way, only to find Jacen standing with Tahiri in his arms. The jealously swelled up into her stomach. Tahiri and Jacen? No, it couldn't be, could it? Maybe Tahiri thought that if she couldn't have one Solo, she'd have the other. Well, Tenel wasn't having that. Jacen was hers. Prying her eyes from the two of them, she held up her hand to stop the clapping.
"Thank you, my friends, for coming to this party. This celebration is a way of congratulating ourselves for finding a solution to bloodshed, and the melee. I encourage you all to have fun, dance and celebrate that this galaxy is now at peace." The clapping resumed in the Grand Ballroom. Tenel moved to the side, to meet the foreign dignitaries, thanking them all for coming. But all she wanted to do was rip Jacen away from Tahiri's arms.
On the other side of the ballroom
"Go talk to her!" Tahiri demanded to Jacen.
"She has to meet with all the dignitaries first."
"That's not an excuse," Tahiri scolded him. "Go wait for her!"
"What am I going to say to her?" Jacen pleaded.
"It doesn't matter!" Tahiri snapped at him. "Don't expect her to come to you!"
"Fine!" Jacen snapped at her. "But you're coming with me!" Grabbing her wrist, he dragged her over to where the line ended to wait on Tenel Ka.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Outside the Building
Stepping out of the hover car and paying the driver, Zekk look at his date once more. Rynna had gone all out for this dance, and Zekk couldn't help but notice how lovely she looked. She was wearing a shimmering black halter dress, which hung loosely on her, but it also showed off her muscular arms. Her blond hair was up in a geometric pattern, and Zekk wondered how she managed to get it to do that. Her makeup accented her high cheekbones and bright green eyes. Any guy would be lucky to get a girl like Rynna, he thought.
"Zekk?" She waved her hand in front of his face again. "You there?" she questioned.
"Um, yes, I was just admiring how lovely you looked tonight."
She punched him lightly in the shoulder. "You're lucky I'm even doing this for you, you don't have to compliment me too. Now shall we go, my fine escort?" She looped her arm through his, and they walked into the Ballroom.
~*~
Sitting with the majority of Rouge squadron, Jaina felt Zekk's presence as soon as he entered the room. Twirling around seductively, she eyed him and his date. The girl was very pretty, high cheekbones, muscular arms, and beautiful long blond hair. She looked radiant on his arm. Trying to shrink the jealousy growing within her, she turned back around to the rest of the squadron. That's why he doesn't want me, she thought. He's found someone else. Well, she had other plans for him. She stood up, and decided to go say hello.
"She's coming over here," Zekk whispered in Rynna's ear.
"Who?"
"Jaina."
"Oh, well great, I want to meet her," Rynna said as she turned around and smiled at Jaina as the other woman approached.
Jaina plastered on her best fake smile. "Hello Zekk." She nodded to the girl on his arm.
Zekk tried to swallow, but his throat felt very, very dry all of a sudden. Jaina's dress left little to the imagination, and his imagination was currently very vivid. He couldn't help looking her over once, twice, three times. What he wouldn't give to just take her away right now. Rynna was beautiful but she didn't hold a lightsaber to Jaina. Trying to breathe again, he opened his mouth to say something but no words would come out.
Rynna extended her arm "Hello, Jaina. I'm Rynna, I've heard quite a lot about you. Zekk is currently awestruck by your beauty and can't speak for himself, but if he could he would say hello."
Jaina laughed. No matter how jealous she was of this girl, she couldn't hate her. She reminded her too much of herself. "Hello Rynna. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"I umm. Hello Jaina," Zekk finally spit out, trying to make sure he didn't drool at Jaina's feet.
Both the girls laughed, and Zekk's faced turned bright red. Jaina leaned over to give Zekk a hug, now that he was back in thinking mode.
Zekk wrapped his arms around Jaina's tiny body, silently thanking the Force for a girl this beautiful. Feeling her body pressed up against his, Zekk struggled to control himself. Stare at the wall, he thought, stare at the floor, stare at anything but Jaina.
Jaina didn't want to let go of Zekk. I wish I could just stay in his arms forever, she thought. Running her hands across his arm, she could feel every muscle in them as she pulled back far enough to still be at arms length.
"Well, I guess I'll let you guys go dance and have fun," Jaina told them as she quickly turned and walked back over towards Rouge squadron.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tenel Ka saw Jacen and Tahiri waiting for her at the end of her line of dignitaries. As she reached them she sucked in her breath; had been five years, would he still love her? Reaching them, she stood and stared at Jacen.
"Umm hello, Queen Mother Tenel Ka," Jacen said as he bowed fully in front of her. Sweet force, she's beautiful, and I'm making a bumbling idiot out of myself, Jacen thought.
As Jacen stood again, Tenel's strong arms pulled him into a hug. "It is good to see you, friend Jacen. It has been far too long." Standing in her arms, Jacen noticed that she had gotten a replacement limb, for the one he had cut off.
"I felt, as Queen it would be better to have both arms, in case I had to climb out of the palace while shooting a blaster," she said, obviously picking up on his thoughts. Pulling away from him, she turned and enveloped the Tahiri in a strong hug.
"Hello Queen Mother Tenel," she smiled at her and then at Jacen. "I think I will leave you two alone. Have you seen Jaina anywhere?" she asked as she turned to find her.
"How about a dance?" Jacen inquired.
"Friend Jacen, I would love to," Tenel replied. She took Jacen's hand, picked up the skirt of her dress with the other, and they headed out to the dance floor.
Pulling Tenel into his arms, Jacen felt more alive than he had felt in years. She leaned her head on his shoulder as he led her through the dance.
"It's so good to see you again friend Jacen," Tenel told him, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"It's so great to see you Tenel. I really have missed you," he admitted to her.
Tenel could no longer control the tears in her eyes. They came flooding down, soaking Jacen's jacket.
Jacen lifted Tenel's face up to wipe away her tears. "What's the matter Tenel?" he asked softly.
"I am just so happy and so sad all at the same time. Could we talk about this outside?" she begged him.
"Of course." Taking her hand in his, he led her outside.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Stop being a fool!" Rynna snapped at him.
"I'm not being a fool. She's in love with someone else, who broke her heart. I won't pity her, and I won't have her pity me," Zekk countered.
"Did you even see the way she looked at you? Were you even there?" Rynna asked, giggling.
"I was there, just not in my right mind. But it doesn't matter; I won't be Jaina's fallback," Zekk stated for the millionth time. Zekk twirled her around. "There's Raynar, let's go say hello," he teased her, taking her hand and leading her over towards him.
Rynna smiled, while thinking of way to kill Zekk for this later. Zekk tapped the taller blond man on the shoulder.
"Zekk!"
"Hey Raynar." Zekk wrapped the man in a hug. "Let me introduce my friend Rynna Sunni." He pulled Rynna in front of him, as she had been hiding behind his back.
"Why hello," Raynar said as he took Rynna's hand and kissed it.
Rynna whole face turned bright red. "Hello," she managed to squeak out.
"Would you care to dance?" Raynar asked her, still holding onto her hand.
"Of course, let me just speak to Zekk privately first." She smiled at him.
"Of course." He let go of her hand and stepped away to let her speak to Zekk.
"You're so dead, Zekk."
"Turn about is fair play, Ryn. Now go dance and have fun," Zekk said laughingly as he pushed her.
"Alright, but you have to go dance with Jaina," she told him as she walked back over to Raynar.