Aurra walked down the hall to her brother-in-law's office all the while cursing Zekk, his mother, and his mother's mother. She was just a [i]little[/i] pissed off at him. [i]I can t believe him,[/i] she thought acidly, [i]He's about five years younger than me and he's still trying to boss me around.[/i] She reached Wedge's office and knocked on the door loudly. The door whooshed open to reveal a very exhausted General forcing a smile, which he dropped when he saw who it was.

"What's up Aurra?" She stepped inside, closed the door, and sat down before she answered, "Well General, I was wondering if I could be transferred to a different squadron permanently." He seemed taken aback by this but if she wasn't a Jedi she probably wouldn't have noticed. "I wasn't aware you were having problems with Blackmoon." "I ve been having some problems with a squadron mate and no matter what I try he won't respect me or my judgment," she took a deep breath before continuing,

"I'm not the only one having problems with him, but he bothers me more so than the other female pilots, which is probably only because I have a higher rank than him." Wedge looked at her with concern before starting, "Okay. Twin Suns is going on a mission to the Unknown Regions and they need an extra pilot to go with them. If you decide you like it we'll keep you there, because after this mission Captain Kaylee Miylo is going on maternity leave." She grinned at him, "Thank you so much General!" "Just doing my job," he said smiling. "I'll tell Goddess I got her a replacement already, she'll be thrilled. Dismissed. " She got up to leave but didn't, "Wedge are you making dinner tomorrow night?"

His eyebrows knitted in confusion, "No. Are you coming?" "I was planning on it but I wanted to make sure before I said yes," she said chuckling, "I remember a story Iella told me one time about your cooking and I've decided I'd rather be killed by the Vong."

He grinned, "That was low, Aurra. So are you coming?"

She nodded. "The girls will be very excited. I have a feeling I'll need some earplugs, because last time you came to dinner it became a shouting match between the two of them." She smiled when she remembered that day. Little Myri had been only 9 and Syal had been 12. It was before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion and before she had lost her husband Dik and her young son Adam. She stopped her thoughts right there. [i]Go any further A&W and you won t be able to hold yourself together.[/i]

"See you Wedge," she said cheerily. She left his office and headed to the exercise room. [i]I need to get my mind off them,[/i] she thought sadly. [i]I need to kick some ass.[/i]

***** Kyp was in the exercise room for the second time today because Jaina said she had important business tonight and they couldn't hang out. He had thought about visiting Han but figured he and Leia needed to unpack.

Right now he was practicing with the remote and was thoroughly bored. He was about to turn it off when [i]she[/i] walked in. He forgot all about the remote and just stared at the beautiful woman who had just walked through the door. She had wavy strawberry blonde hair that was about shoulder length and piercing blue eyes. She had a lightsaber attached to her hip, which made him wonder why he hadn't seen her before now. She was slightly taller than Jaina and his thoughts were cut off as he fell to the floor from being hit too many times by the practice remote. The last thing he remembered was her rushing over to him and then all went black.

*****

Aurra had seen many stupid things in her lifetime but this one really took the cake. Kyp Durron had evidently been practicing with the remote on a setting that was dangerous and had let the thing shoot him 15 times in a row, making him faint.

He obviously had something on his mind because no Jedi was that stupid. Right then he opened his eyes and moaned. She looked at him sympathetically. "Are you okay, Kyp?" He sat up and rubbed his side, "I'll be fine. Who are you? I think I'd remember a beautiful Jedi if I saw one." She grinned at his charm, "Thanks. You might not know me but I know you. Wedge talks about you constantly." At Wedge's name he stiffened, "How do you know Wedge?" [i]Well I guess he knows how much Wedge likes him.[/i] Wedge is my brother-in-law. My name is Aurra Wesseri but my friends call me A&W. [i]Wait a minute why did I tell him that?[/i] "Well A&W, thank you for worrying about me," he said charmingly. "Oh, it was no trouble, Kyp," she said flirtatiously. [i]Oh my god! What am I doing? I just met him![/i] "So," he said, getting up off the floor, "would you like to go out for dinner?"

She was about to accept when a picture of her deceased husband and son came into her mind, her eyes welled up with tears and she answered, "I'm sorry, but I just can't. I." She broke off and headed for the door, tears streaming down her face.

She had gotten to the hall before he caught up. "Aurra, what's wrong," he asked softly as he laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. She collapsed to the floor and kept repeating the names Dik and Adam.

Kyp sat down on the floor next to her and pulled her onto his lap. He wrapped his arms around her as she cried herself to sleep.