The mourning after type stuff, so if that offends you, don't read! Reviews would be lovely!!

Chapter 4

The following mourning Tahiri groggily woke to realize that someone was lying in her bed. After a minute or two she realized where she was and what was going on. The events of the previous night all of a sudden became exceptionally clear when she realized that she was lying in Anakin's arms. As she reached out to brush a piece of hair off of his eyes, he began to stir.

When Anakin eventually woke he seemed rather surprised and confused as to why he had a naked girl in his arms, but when he remembered the incredible gift that Tahiri had given him the night before, he pulled her in a little closer and smiled. "Good mourning. How do you feel?"

"Great," she answered him shyly while pulling up the blanket a little bit more.

"You are great."

As she went to shift positions slightly, a jab of pain shot through her. "Oh, I'm a little bit tender though."

"Did I hurt you? I'm really sorry, Tahiri," replied Anakin with genuine concern in his eyes.

"It's ok, you were worth it."

"You're going to be able to walk, aren't you?"

"I don't really have much of a choice now do I? But yes, I think I should be fine. Just have a few muscles that I didn't normally use that are now making themselves known. Perfect timing for all of this, huh?"

"Yeah," he replied sarcastically, "we're known for our great timing."

During their conversation Jacen had left his room to go find Anakin and apologize for what he had said the day before. Without knocking, he began to speak as he walked through the door. "Look Anakin, I'm really sorry about what I said yesterday. I didn't mean-" and all of a sudden he stopped dead in his tracks.

Looking around the room, he saw Anakin lying down on his pallet in the middle of the floor with Tahiri-naked- lying next to him. When he realized what he had barged in on, Jacen turned beat red and began to leave the room.

Just as startled as Jacen had been, Anakin and Tahiri just stared for a minute. When Jacen turned to walk away, Anakin called out to him, "Jacen!"

Pulling on his pants quickly, he got up and went after his older brother. "Wait, come back here."

Jacen turned around in the hallway to look at Anakin. "Are you sure you want me to go back in there?"

"Just come here. I need to talk to you."

As the two walked back into the sleeping room, they noticed that Tahiri had stood up with the small blanket wrapped around her to keep her covered. "Jacen please don't tell anyone what you saw in here," she pleaded. "It was our first time and I don't want the whole strike team to know about it," she spoke, close to tears.

It was now Anakin's turn to blush, with his brother now knowing about his until-recent lack of experience. He tried to cover it up by speaking out in a threatening voice, "Yeah, you better not say anything. That's the least you owe me."

"Fine, I won't say anything. But I can't believe you two, doing something like that when were supposed to be focused on our mission. What would mom or dad say, or better yet Uncle Luke? And what if she gets pregnant?"

"Then we'll deal with that when it comes; together," replied Tahiri defensively while slipping her hand that was not holding the blanket up into Anakin's.

Together. For some reason that word seemed to echo funny in Anakin's head. Why was he beginning to get an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach? Probably because Jacen had just mentioned Tahiri possibly being pregnant, but for some reason Anakin didn't think that was it.

Over the next few days the strike team became even closer, relying on each other to make it through the different obstacles placed in front of them, but it seemed that Jacen and Anakin kept drifting further and further apart. Jaina noticed the increased tension between her brothers and tried everything she could think of to alleviate their problems, but nothing seemed to work. The only reason the two were even communicating any more was for the sake of the mission and the rest of the team.

The days creped by as the group continued to get closer to accomplishing their goal of destroying the voxyn queen. A few jedi had been lost, but the team was still confident and focused, knowing that eventually it would all end and that those who had died were now one with the Force.

And then tragedy struck.

Hope you enjoyed, if anyone is actually reading.