Prologue

Jaina walked through the tall grass with the wind wiping her hair out behind her. She saw a cottage in front of her and heard jubilant voices coming from inside. Intrigued, she increased her pace slightly until she could hear some of the cries clearly.

"Don't tickle me! NOOO!" she heard a young girl squeal. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw whom the young girl's cries were directed to. Colonel Jagged Fel, a very handsome Chiss colonel recently back from the Unknown Regions to help the New Republic with the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong.

"Jaina!" Jag called to her. "Come inside, we don't want you two to get sick." She played that over again in her head, Come inside, we don't want you two to get sick. It didn't make sense, why would he say that to her? She then looked down to where her hands were trailing the top of the grass still puzzling over what Jag had said . She then let out a gasp. She had a bulge at her abdomen, meaning only one thing. She was pregnant! But whose could it be, she thought to herself. She almost slapped herself in the head because of her own stupidity. Come inside, we don't want you two to get sick. Of course, it must be his if he's concerned about my health.

While trying to sort out the reasons in her mind Jag called out to her again, "Jaina, did you hear me? Jaina!"

*****

Just then, Jaina Solo awoke from her dream with a start.

"Jaina!" said someone pounding on her door. She realized it wasn't in her dream anymore.

"Hang on," she called to the person outside the door. She grabbed a robe from her closet and was working on tying it as she approached the door. She slammed her hand on the lock mechanism and the door flew open to show Jagged Fel, sweat drenched and only wearing pants. She couldn't help but look at his bare chest. Oh my gosh, she thought, he's so sexy without a shirt on.

As her gaze traveled up to his face he said, "Can I come in?"

Slightly embarrassed she replied, "Sure." As he came in she asked him, "What brings you by at this hour?" She was trying to stare at anything but his chest and was failing miserably.

"I know this is kind of late but I was working out and when I got back to my room the 'fresher wasn't working. I was wondering if I could use yours."

Stifling a yawn Jaina said, "Why not, since you're here already. Try not to cause too much more noise. I might be asleep when you're done because for some reason lately I haven't been sleeping well and tonight I was."

"Sorry for waking you. Thanks." He said smiling. Then he went into her refresher and she could finally stop seeing herself touching his chest.

She went to lie down but noticed something on the floor. It looked like a datacard she had dropped. She decided before she went to bed she'd figure out what it was and where to put it.

It took her a moment to find a datapad but she did and shoved the card in. She gasped when she saw what it read. It was something a person in Jr. High would write about the person they liked, not something a mature young man would write but it was written nonetheless. It read:

Reasons why and why not to kiss Jaina Solo

She almost dropped the datapad. She couldn't read any further. This meant she wasn't the only one in love. She was so excited! She felt Kyp reach out to her questioningly and she just brushed him off with the sense of happiness. She cut off their connection so she didn't wake him up further. For some reason, she had the feeling she wasn't going to be getting any sleep tonight.