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.
************************************************************************ 12 standard hours later Zekk woke in his bunk. Not remembering much of the party last night, he wondered what happened. He remembered Jaina in that red dress and Rynna dancing with Raynar, and something happened after that, but what? Getting out of bed, he noticed he was still in the pants he wore last night and his undershirt. He went over to his dresser and he grabbed a towel and went into the refresher hoping that would wake him up. 20 standard minutes later, he stepped out of the fresher and wrapped his towel around his waist. Walking into his cabin, he was taken aback.
"Jaina what are you doing here?"
"You don't remember?" She eyed him suspiciously, raking her eyes over his very sculpted chest and arms. Zekk was one of those guys who looked very good right out of the shower. His wet black hair clung to his head, and Jaina wanted to go run her hands through it to dry it out. Looking down again, Jaina eyed his muscular legs, and noticed that the towel didn't cover much.
Zekk noticed that Jaina was still in the dress from the night before. "Honestly, no. But I apologize for anything I did last night."
Jaina got up from her seat on the bed, "You may not want to apologize until you remember, and this may help with that." She slid up to him, and lightly placed her lips on his.
Suddenly a wave of emotion and thoughts came rushing back to him. The dance, Jaina and him fighting, the kiss, and then nothing. He grabbed his towel as he felt it slipping and tore his mouth away from Jaina's.
"Where are we? What did you do? What have you gotten us into?" Zekk demanded.
Jaina sighed and ran her hand down his chest. "I guess you remember now," she replied, taking her seat back on the bed. "As much as I love staring at you in that towel, you might want to get dressed before I continue." Jaina batted her eyelashes at an obviously furious Zekk.
Zekk walked over to his dresser and grabbed some clothes, and then stepped back into the refresher. A couple of minutes later he stepped out fully dressed, in a pair of black pants and a gray tank top. "Now what did you do?" He demanded.
" Nothing, really." Jaina smiled at him.
"Jaina, where are we?" he nearly yelled at her.
"We're on the Lightning Rod , en route to Yavin Four," she said sweetly.
"No, we're not, I'm going up front and turning this ship around."
"Won't be possible, I've locked the controls to only respond to my code."
"Jaina! You've rigged my ship?!" He exclaimed.
"Well, sort of."
"Jaina! Do you have any idea how much trouble we're going to be in?! I have a job to do, there are going to be some really mad customers when I don't show up to pick up my cargo. What about Rynna? I just left her there! She's going to hate me!" Zekk ranted and raved at Jaina. "And don't forget about Jacen and you father, they're going to have my neck when they realize that the both of us are conveniently missing! Jaina, this is the most idiotic, hair-brained thing you've ever gotten us into. And we've gotten into a lot of hair brained things! What if something major happens and they need your squadron to go up. What are they going to do when they can't find you?"
"Zekk, everything will be fine," Jaina told him in her most monotone voice. "I have it all under control, my squadron has the week off. If anything major happens, well, they'll just have to do without me. And if you're going to be like this the whole week we're here, it is going to be very unpleasant for us both."
"I don't care if it's unpleasant, this is kidnapping Jaina!" He yelled at her. "I'm not here for the fun of it!"
Jaina was started to get aggravated about this. "Well Zekk, if you had just heard me out the first time when I said I loved you, I wouldn't have to go to such drastic measures!" she yelled back at him.
"If you would have just let it go, and that I didn't love you the first time I told you, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"I don't believe you don't love me. I sure as hell hope you don't love that blond Slut !" Jaina screamed.
In one swift motion Zekk's hand came out and slapped Jaina right across her cheek. "Don't you ever speak about Rynna that way. She is not like that. If you were half the woman she was, I wouldn't have problems loving you."
Jaina stared at him in awe. He had never hit her before. She didn't know what to think. But that didn't stop her mouth from going "Well, if you loved her so much, why did you push her off on Raynar the first chance you got?"
"What does it matter, even if she doesn't love me, that still wouldn't give you a shot with me! You had your chance and blew it Jaina!"
"Why did I ever think that you would ever change Zekk? You don't see a good thing when it smacks you in the face!"
"Well, you're sure as hell not a good thing Jaina! All you are is a spoiled rotten little princess! And all this is, is you throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way!" With that Zekk stormed out of the flight cabin and back to his bedroom.
Jaina looked at the empty spot where Zekk had just been standing. For the most part Zekk had been right. She was a spoiled rotten little princess, and she knew it. Turning back to the view screen, she broke down and cried. Sobbing for hours, she finally fell asleep on the control panel.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I'm just finishing putting up this cargo," Tahiri yelled.
"Thanks Tahiri," Jacen yelled back. He looked over the Solo's Pride; Jaina had lent him her ship for this mission. She said that her X-wing could take her anywhere she really wanted to go, anyways. Looking over the ship, Jacen felt a little sorry that Jaina couldn't come on this mission with him. They never really had enough time to see each other anymore. He had tried contacting her for the last several days, but she hadn't returned his messages. He was starting to wonder where his sister had scampered off to.
"Solo's Pride," Raynar read off the side of the ship. "We're taking Jaina's ship?" he asked.
"Yeah, I told Jaina about this mission and she insisted I take it. She said she felt better knowing that the ship was in working order, and not one of those beat up old ships like the one dad flies," Jacen laughed.
"Why'd she name it this?" Raynar inquired.
"She didn't, Dad did. He said that the ship was Jaina's pride and joy, and Mom said that she was his. So Jaina decided to call it that."
"Will you two stop yacking and help me pack!" Tahiri yelled from the cargo bay. "Leave all the hard work for the woman why don't you?"
"We're coming," Jacen yelled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zekk lay in his bed and stared at the ceiling of his own ship. I can't believe Jaina did this! What in her right mind made her think that doing this would win me over? She's far too much like her father. What about Rynna, she just got left there! And what are Han and Jacen going to think when the realize that both she and I are conveniently missing?? I'm a dead man! He rolled over and crawled out of his bed. Creeping out of the room, he slowly made his way to the cabin. She was sitting quietly in the pilot's chair. His chair, it was his ship! Taking the back of the chair, he spun it around. Jaina quickly woke up from her nap in a jolt.
"Hey! I was sleeping here!" she snapped quickly wiping the tearstains from her face.
"Jaina, did you even plan this out? What are we supposed to eat on Yavin Four, are we going to sleep on the ship? Do you have any changes of clothing?"
"There is food in the cargo bay that I picked up when I made a short stop on Mon Calamari while you were asleep. I have plenty of clothes, and its not like I can't wear yours."
Kneeling down to be at her level, he took her hands into his, and bore into her brown eyes. "Jaina, why are you doing this?" he asked sweetly.
Jaina got temporarily lost in his beautiful green eyes. "You kept telling me I don't love you, and I know what I feel, so I'm going to prove it to you," she admitted to him.
Throwing her hands away, he stood back up. "You kidnapped me to prove that you love me? Jaina, you're delusional! This doesn't prove anything to me except that you're crazy."
"See, this is what I mean! You refuse to hear me! So a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do," she told him. Softening her expressions, she stood up and put her hand on his cheek. "Especially for the man she loves."
Stepping away from her, he shook his head. "Jaina, what's it going to take to make you understand that you don't love me? And even if you did, I don't love you," he lied to her.
Tears welled up in her eyes. "You don't mean that and I know it." She sat back down on the chair and wiped away the tears from her eyes. "I'll make you a deal, Zekk. Give me seven days; seven days on Yavin Four, to make you fall in love with me. After those seven days, if you don't love me, then I'll let it go." She looked up at him with bright eyes.
He leaned down and placed his hand on her cheek. "Jaina, in seven days, you'll just realize you don't love me."
************************************************************************ 12 standard hours later Zekk woke in his bunk. Not remembering much of the party last night, he wondered what happened. He remembered Jaina in that red dress and Rynna dancing with Raynar, and something happened after that, but what? Getting out of bed, he noticed he was still in the pants he wore last night and his undershirt. He went over to his dresser and he grabbed a towel and went into the refresher hoping that would wake him up. 20 standard minutes later, he stepped out of the fresher and wrapped his towel around his waist. Walking into his cabin, he was taken aback.
"Jaina what are you doing here?"
"You don't remember?" She eyed him suspiciously, raking her eyes over his very sculpted chest and arms. Zekk was one of those guys who looked very good right out of the shower. His wet black hair clung to his head, and Jaina wanted to go run her hands through it to dry it out. Looking down again, Jaina eyed his muscular legs, and noticed that the towel didn't cover much.
Zekk noticed that Jaina was still in the dress from the night before. "Honestly, no. But I apologize for anything I did last night."
Jaina got up from her seat on the bed, "You may not want to apologize until you remember, and this may help with that." She slid up to him, and lightly placed her lips on his.
Suddenly a wave of emotion and thoughts came rushing back to him. The dance, Jaina and him fighting, the kiss, and then nothing. He grabbed his towel as he felt it slipping and tore his mouth away from Jaina's.
"Where are we? What did you do? What have you gotten us into?" Zekk demanded.
Jaina sighed and ran her hand down his chest. "I guess you remember now," she replied, taking her seat back on the bed. "As much as I love staring at you in that towel, you might want to get dressed before I continue." Jaina batted her eyelashes at an obviously furious Zekk.
Zekk walked over to his dresser and grabbed some clothes, and then stepped back into the refresher. A couple of minutes later he stepped out fully dressed, in a pair of black pants and a gray tank top. "Now what did you do?" He demanded.
" Nothing, really." Jaina smiled at him.
"Jaina, where are we?" he nearly yelled at her.
"We're on the Lightning Rod , en route to Yavin Four," she said sweetly.
"No, we're not, I'm going up front and turning this ship around."
"Won't be possible, I've locked the controls to only respond to my code."
"Jaina! You've rigged my ship?!" He exclaimed.
"Well, sort of."
"Jaina! Do you have any idea how much trouble we're going to be in?! I have a job to do, there are going to be some really mad customers when I don't show up to pick up my cargo. What about Rynna? I just left her there! She's going to hate me!" Zekk ranted and raved at Jaina. "And don't forget about Jacen and you father, they're going to have my neck when they realize that the both of us are conveniently missing! Jaina, this is the most idiotic, hair-brained thing you've ever gotten us into. And we've gotten into a lot of hair brained things! What if something major happens and they need your squadron to go up. What are they going to do when they can't find you?"
"Zekk, everything will be fine," Jaina told him in her most monotone voice. "I have it all under control, my squadron has the week off. If anything major happens, well, they'll just have to do without me. And if you're going to be like this the whole week we're here, it is going to be very unpleasant for us both."
"I don't care if it's unpleasant, this is kidnapping Jaina!" He yelled at her. "I'm not here for the fun of it!"
Jaina was started to get aggravated about this. "Well Zekk, if you had just heard me out the first time when I said I loved you, I wouldn't have to go to such drastic measures!" she yelled back at him.
"If you would have just let it go, and that I didn't love you the first time I told you, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"I don't believe you don't love me. I sure as hell hope you don't love that blond Slut !" Jaina screamed.
In one swift motion Zekk's hand came out and slapped Jaina right across her cheek. "Don't you ever speak about Rynna that way. She is not like that. If you were half the woman she was, I wouldn't have problems loving you."
Jaina stared at him in awe. He had never hit her before. She didn't know what to think. But that didn't stop her mouth from going "Well, if you loved her so much, why did you push her off on Raynar the first chance you got?"
"What does it matter, even if she doesn't love me, that still wouldn't give you a shot with me! You had your chance and blew it Jaina!"
"Why did I ever think that you would ever change Zekk? You don't see a good thing when it smacks you in the face!"
"Well, you're sure as hell not a good thing Jaina! All you are is a spoiled rotten little princess! And all this is, is you throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way!" With that Zekk stormed out of the flight cabin and back to his bedroom.
Jaina looked at the empty spot where Zekk had just been standing. For the most part Zekk had been right. She was a spoiled rotten little princess, and she knew it. Turning back to the view screen, she broke down and cried. Sobbing for hours, she finally fell asleep on the control panel.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I'm just finishing putting up this cargo," Tahiri yelled.
"Thanks Tahiri," Jacen yelled back. He looked over the Solo's Pride; Jaina had lent him her ship for this mission. She said that her X-wing could take her anywhere she really wanted to go, anyways. Looking over the ship, Jacen felt a little sorry that Jaina couldn't come on this mission with him. They never really had enough time to see each other anymore. He had tried contacting her for the last several days, but she hadn't returned his messages. He was starting to wonder where his sister had scampered off to.
"Solo's Pride," Raynar read off the side of the ship. "We're taking Jaina's ship?" he asked.
"Yeah, I told Jaina about this mission and she insisted I take it. She said she felt better knowing that the ship was in working order, and not one of those beat up old ships like the one dad flies," Jacen laughed.
"Why'd she name it this?" Raynar inquired.
"She didn't, Dad did. He said that the ship was Jaina's pride and joy, and Mom said that she was his. So Jaina decided to call it that."
"Will you two stop yacking and help me pack!" Tahiri yelled from the cargo bay. "Leave all the hard work for the woman why don't you?"
"We're coming," Jacen yelled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Zekk lay in his bed and stared at the ceiling of his own ship. I can't believe Jaina did this! What in her right mind made her think that doing this would win me over? She's far too much like her father. What about Rynna, she just got left there! And what are Han and Jacen going to think when the realize that both she and I are conveniently missing?? I'm a dead man! He rolled over and crawled out of his bed. Creeping out of the room, he slowly made his way to the cabin. She was sitting quietly in the pilot's chair. His chair, it was his ship! Taking the back of the chair, he spun it around. Jaina quickly woke up from her nap in a jolt.
"Hey! I was sleeping here!" she snapped quickly wiping the tearstains from her face.
"Jaina, did you even plan this out? What are we supposed to eat on Yavin Four, are we going to sleep on the ship? Do you have any changes of clothing?"
"There is food in the cargo bay that I picked up when I made a short stop on Mon Calamari while you were asleep. I have plenty of clothes, and its not like I can't wear yours."
Kneeling down to be at her level, he took her hands into his, and bore into her brown eyes. "Jaina, why are you doing this?" he asked sweetly.
Jaina got temporarily lost in his beautiful green eyes. "You kept telling me I don't love you, and I know what I feel, so I'm going to prove it to you," she admitted to him.
Throwing her hands away, he stood back up. "You kidnapped me to prove that you love me? Jaina, you're delusional! This doesn't prove anything to me except that you're crazy."
"See, this is what I mean! You refuse to hear me! So a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do," she told him. Softening her expressions, she stood up and put her hand on his cheek. "Especially for the man she loves."
Stepping away from her, he shook his head. "Jaina, what's it going to take to make you understand that you don't love me? And even if you did, I don't love you," he lied to her.
Tears welled up in her eyes. "You don't mean that and I know it." She sat back down on the chair and wiped away the tears from her eyes. "I'll make you a deal, Zekk. Give me seven days; seven days on Yavin Four, to make you fall in love with me. After those seven days, if you don't love me, then I'll let it go." She looked up at him with bright eyes.
He leaned down and placed his hand on her cheek. "Jaina, in seven days, you'll just realize you don't love me."