Kyp lifted Aurra up from the floor and began to walk the way he had been heading when he stopped abruptly. [i]I don't know where her room is! I guess I'll just take her back to mine.[/i]

Kyp turned back around and headed towards his room. [i]I wonder who Dik and Adam are[/i].

He reached his room with no mishaps and keyed his locking mechanism with the force because his hands were full.

He adjusted her slightly so they could fit through better and whispered, "It's not much, but for now it's home." After he said that she stirred and sighed quietly.

He stopped and looked down at her expectantly but then continued when nothing else occurred. [i]Hmm[/i], he thought, [i]where should I put her, on the bed or the couch? The bed'll be more comfortable but when she wakes up she might be freaked out she's on my bed. Couch it is.[/i]

Kyp placed her carefully on the couch but whenever he tried to remove his arms from underneath her curvy form her groaned and clutched them.

"Sithspit," he muttered under his breath as he tried harder to extricate himself from the predicament he got himself into.

The harder he tried to get away the tighter her vise grip became. [i]Well isn't this just lovely[/i], he thought sarcastically.

Kyp used the force to help him but to no avail. It only succeeded in making her moan and pull him towards her. Aurra kept pulling until they were a breath apart.

He had always found it quite disconcerting to be that close to somebody's face so he closed his eyes and tried to find something to occupy his time while he was in a position to do nothing [i]but[/i] that. He discarded thoughts about the squadron because he was on leave [i]and[/i] Jaina would be upset if she thought he was trying to plan something without her. Now without having anything to think about except the beautiful Jedi in front of him he finally let his thoughts drift to her and sank to his knees on the floor.

He brought to mind a picture into his minds' eye and studied it. Her strawberry blonde hair looked as if she had spent hours to make it fall "just so" when she probably never gave it a second glance. He liked women who had natural beauty and didn't have to spend hours in the 'fresher putting on their beauty. Kyp had probably picked that up from his mother who had always seemed the most beautiful person in the entire galaxy to a naïve seven year old. Since his mother had died when he was seven his opinion would stay that of a seven year olds.

He missed his family so much. The last person he saw from his family had been Zeth when he was eighteen. He hadn't been fast enough to save his older brother who had been his idol. Kyp slammed the on those memories.

[i]That chapter of your life is over[/i], he told himself sternly. [i]And a new one has begun[/i] something whispered from the back of his mind.

He was snapped out of his reverie by a gasp and found himself hurtling across the room from a Force push.

Kyp reached into the Force and stopped his backward momentum. "Can I help you?" he asked Aurra while opening his eyes.

"What are you doing here?" she asked trying to orient herself.

"I," Kyp began but was interrupted by Aurra.

"And where am I?" she asked glancing around his room in confusion.

"If you'd let me finish maybe you'd find out," he said testily. She glared at him but didn't speak. "You had been crying in my arms in the hall and fell asleep," he took a breath and held up his hand as she opened her mouth to interrupt. "I was planning on dropping you off at your room but then I realized I didn't know where your room was so I came back to mine and you woke up."

She looked at him skeptically and replied, "Then why were you so close to me when I woke up?"

"Well," Kyp said walking back towards the couch where Aurra was perched. "You kinda wouldn't let go of me after I put you on the couch."

She raised her eyebrows in doubt. "And I'm supposed to believe you because?" she asked sarcastically.

"Maybe because I was the only one awake," Kyp said matching her sarcastic remark with one of his own.

She rolled her eyes but didn't reply.

"Do you want to see since you don't believe me?" he asked her seriously.

She squinted her eyes in thought and nodded.

He opened himself to the Force but found something odd, in the back of his mind he felt a link with Aurra already in place. He decided to ignore the weirdness of that fact, opened up the already existing link to her mind, and found her waiting for him.

Kyp went to bring to mind what he had been doing a few minutes ago but could only find what he was doing yesterday. Aurra's presence was gone from his mind and he shook his head in confusion.

"What did you do?" he asked incredulously as he opened his eyes.She held up her hand to hold his questions.

"Hello?" he said waving his hand in front of her face.

Aurra grabbed his hand on the second time down. "Don't do that."

"What did you do?" he asked again ignoring her comment.

She let go of his hand as she said, "So you think I'm beautiful, huh?"

"I do?" Kyp asked clearly unsure of how where she had got that.

"Well, that's obviously what you were thinking a few minutes ago," Aurra responded grinning.

"Oh." Kyp said avoiding her gaze. "What did you do to me? Why can't I remember what happened today?"

"I didn't want you to remember."

"What did you do though?" Kyp asked glaring at her.

"I plucked your memories from today." She said grinning.

"Why?" he asked in confusion.

"Because I wanted to know how you see things," was his only reply.

"Oh," he said inwardly grinning. [i]She likes me[/i]. "Neat trick."

He closed the short distance between them and kissed her. She returned the kiss and put her hands on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and placed one of his hands on the small of her back to bring her closer. Aurra moaned and pushed away from him.

She slapped him hard across the cheek and bolted from the room, leaving a thoroughly confused Kyp Durron in her wake.