Thanks to those who reviewed! Here is ch. 20 and 21, but beware. Ch. 20 has a strong pg-13 rating because of some mature themes. If this offends you, do not read! Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 20

The trip back to the Fel residence was mostly spent in silence. There wasn't much to say that hadn't already been said and everyone was still a little upset over what had happened at lunch.

Trying to break the suffocating tension that encompassed the speeder, Wyn asked, "So how long are you guys staying and where are you going after you leave?"

Turning to the pretty blonde sitting next to her Jaina answered, "I'm not sure. We'll probably leave soon; go back to the New Republic to help out some more with the war. I feel guilty for being away as long as we already have."

"I overheard Jag and Cem talking last night. I think they are planning on going back with you guys, to go help out some more with the war effort."

Suddenly very excited, but also a little hurt that Jag had not mentioned this to her, Jaina said, "That's great! We could really use them both. Gavin and Wedge will be thrilled."

A curious look crossed Wyn's face. "Wedge? Wedge Antilles?"

"Yes. I believe Jag said that he was your uncle."

"He is, but I've never met him. I've only heard my mom speak of him a few times. I really wish I could meet him, too." Wyn considered this for a few seconds. "Hey, maybe I could go with you guys! I'm a pretty good pilot and I could help out just as much as my brothers can."

At that Tahiri shook her head, "I don't know about that. Your parents won't even let you go to military school; I doubt they are going to allow you to go into the middle of a ragging war."

"They'll let Cem and he's only about fourteen months older than I am. I'm sick and tired of being treated like a baby!"

Jaina smiled wistfully; she knew how that felt. "If your parents say it's ok, I'll allow you to go back with us. But only if they say it's ok."

"Don't worry, they will. I'm going to make them understand."

Jaina had been planning her surprise all day and the Fel family had all graciously agreed to help out by giving her and Jag the evening at home alone.

When the three girls arrived back at the house, Syal had a surprise for Jaina also. While they were gone visiting the boys, she had been out shopping for something nice that Jaina could wear tonight.

Once Jaina opened the large dress box and gazed inside, she was amazed at Syal's fashion choice. Beneath the tissue paper laid a beautiful black dress. "Mrs. Fel, it's beautiful. You didn't have to do this."

"Please dear, call me Syal. And it's my pleasure; I just thought you should be able to have something nice to wear this evening. Now go try on; see if it fits."

Jaina quickly ran out of the room and slipped on the gown. It had tiny straps holding it up which criss-crossed in the back. The material of the dress was silky and light; flowing against her body and stopping mid way down her calf. After looking at her reflection in the mirror for a few seconds, Jaina returned to the living room where the others were waiting.

Catching a glimpse of her, Tahiri cried, "Jaya, you look beautiful."

"Thanks. I'm really looking forward to tonight. This will be the first time Jag and I have ever gotten to have a real date. I'm actually getting a little nervous."

"Don't be, you'll be fine." Grabbing Jaina's hand, Tahiri added, "Come on, lets go see if you have any jewelry that would look good with this."

Once the two girls were safely behind the closed doors of Wyn's bedroom, Jaina questioned suspiciously, "What's going on? You know I don't ever wear any type of jewelry."

"I know. I just wanted to get the chance to talk to you privately about tonight's hot date. So what all do you really have planned?"

"I don't know. We'll have some dinner, watch a movie maybe. The usual date stuff, not that I really know what that is." Jaina sat down on her bed and thought about something for a moment. "Tahiri, do you mind if I ask you something kind of personal?"

"I guess not. What is it?"

"Do you ever regret that you and Anakin, you know, did it? I mean, you were kind of young and now you're pregnant and all."

"We were young, but I don't regret it; not really. Yes, I'm pregnant, but it came out of our love. Why? How old were you when you and Zekk started having sex?"

At that Jaina turned slightly red. "Um, well, we never really did exactly."

"What? Anakin and I could have sworn that you two did it a long time ago, back in your academy days. That's part of the reason why neither one of us thought it was a big deal that we were so young."

"Nope. It almost happened a couple of times, but I never felt comfortable doing it. I was scared I would get pregnant."

"Are you still afraid?"

That made Jaina pause. Was she still afraid? Finding the answer deep within, she said, "No, I'm not. In fact, I'm hoping that tonight might be the night with Jag and me."

"Well, good luck with that. Be sure to give me all of the juicy details tomorrow, but right now I think it's time for the rest of us girls to be leaving. Have fun tonight."

And with that, Tahiri turned and left the room, where she was met with Syal and Wyn who accompanied her out the door, Syal calling out, "You two be good tonight!"

Earlier that day when Jaina and Jag had left the cafeteria, Wyn had been sure to tell Cem not to go home once he left the base in order to give them some privacy on their date.

Slightly suspicious, Jag went with Cem's suggestion that he should go on home alone and not worry about him. Once Jag reached his house and went inside he became really suspicious. The lights were all off and there was no sign of any of his family members. Glancing into different rooms, he called out, "Mom? Jaina?"

From inside the kitchen he heard a voice answer him, "I'm in here."

He followed the sound of Jaina's voice into the formal dining room and what he saw before him stopped him in his tracks. The room was lit by candle light and on the table sat a beautiful feast for two.

"Don't worry, your mom helped me cook it."

This brought his gaze to Jaina and he was stunned by what he saw. She had on a short black dress and stacked heels that made her nearly as tall as he was. A little bit of makeup even graced her face. "You look beautiful!"

"Thanks. Your mom picked out the dress. I hope you like it."

"I love it, but what is all this?"

"Your surprise. Our first official date. Your family agreed to go out for a couple of hours in order to give us some privacy. Which brings us here to this wonderful feast I slaved over all afternoon."

Walking towards the table and pulling out a chair for Jaina to sit in, Jag said, "Well, it looks delicious. Your hard work seems to have paid off."

Taking the offered seat, Jaina made herself comfortable and began serving the meal. The two began to eat in a relaxed silence, stopping every once in a while to smile at each other.

When both had cleared their plates, Jag said, "That was delicious, Jaina. You and my mom make a great team."

With a little smirk, Jaina replied, "Thank you. Now, what would you like to do next? We could watch a movie, go for a walk."

"Movie sounds good, considering it's below freezing outside. Were pretty big movie buffs, so I have a really great collection upstairs." Taking Jaina by the hand, he led her up the large staircase and into the room across the hall from where she had been staying.

It was the first time Jaina had entered Jag's room. Glancing around, she admired her surroundings. The walls were painted a dark blue, and the covers on the double bed matched them. There was a wooden desk covered with papers and also holding a small holo screen.

On the opposite wall was a shelf holding several awards the Jag had received over the years and photos of him and his family. One photo in particular caught Jaina's eye. It was a family shot that looked like it had been taken about three years ago. The photo showed Soontir and Syal standing side by side in a loving manner with Jagged on their left and Cem on their right. Sitting down on a stool in front was a much younger looking Wyn, her blonde hair creating a sharp contrast to the dark, curly locks of the girl sitting next to her. She had the bright blue eyes of her mother, but the dark features of her father.

Noticing her interest, Jag explained, "That's Cherith. She was around sixteen when that picture was taken, about a year before she died." Pointing to a young blonde man standing behind his parents, Jag continued, "And that's my brother, Davin. He would have been twenty about two months after this was taken except that he died only a few weeks later."

Seeing the pain in his eyes, Jaina laid her hand on Jag's shoulder. "Come on. Show me that great collection of yours."

The two quickly chose a movie and settled down onto Jag's large bed to watch it. Although Jaina was trying to pay attention to the film, she kept getting distracted by Jag's fingers lightly stroking her hand, and by the steady rhythm of his heart next to her chest.

At one point towards the end of the film, Jag leaned down to give Jaina a quick kiss on the lips, which she soon deepened. Not minding the added closeness, he went along with her passionate kiss, enjoying it much. Suddenly Jaina rolled over so that she was lying down with her small body covering his and grabbed his hands.

Still okay with what was happening, Jag moaned slightly and pulled Jaina a little bit closer, kissing down her neck, the movie completely forgotten. While Jag's hands were busy rubbing her shoulders and his attention was focused on his heated kisses, Jaina slipped her hands down between the two of them and began to undo his belt.

Jag was completely unaware of what Jaina was doing until she began to pull his pants off. Startled by her forwardness, he stopped his trail of kisses.

Jaina looked up at him, and with a deep blush stammered, "Do you have, um, a… you know."

This caused Jag to blush also. "Well, yeah I do, but are you sure about this? Isn't it a little bit soon?"

"I'm sure. I mean, I'm almost nineteen years old and I'm still a virgin. Even Tahiri's lost it already."

"Yeah, I know what you mean." The two sat in awkward silence for a moment. Trying to get past that nagging little voice inside his head, Jag pulled his pants the rest of the way off while Jaina removed her shirt. But as soon as Jaina's hands went to unclasp her bra, Jag grabbed them. "Jaina, I don't know about this. I don't think we should be having sex just to have sex. Your first time is supposed to be special, memorable. Not two teenagers rolling around on their beds while their parents are gone. And yeah, Tahiri might have beaten us both to the punch, but she is also suffering the consequences of her actions. I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to be a parent."

With a great sigh, Jaina said, "I guess you're right. As long as you promise that when we do make love for the first time, it will be perfect."

"Beyond your wildest dreams."

"I sure hope so." Glancing down at herself, Jaina began to turn red, "I guess I should put my shirt back on now and we should finish watching the movie."

"Oh, your fine like you are."

Hitting him with a pillow, Jaina said, " I thought you were supposed to be the sweet, noble one."

With a shrug, Jag replied sheepishly, "Hey, I'm only human."

Chapter 21

By the time the Tahiri and the rest of the Fel family returned home, Jaina and Jag were downstairs cleaning up the mess from dinner.

Entering the kitchen, Syal smiled and asked, "How was your evening?"

Simultaneously, the two answered "Great" with a bit of a guilty look between them.

Pretending like she didn't see that quick glance between her son and his girlfriend, and trying not to think about what that guilty look might have meant, Syal simply forced a grin on her face and said, "That's nice. I'm glad you two had a good time."

Poking her head into the kitchen, Tahiri called out, "Hey Jaina, can you come here for a sec? I have to ask you something."

Giving Jag an apologetic look, Jaina set down her dish rag and said, "If you'll excuse me, I'll be right back to help finish cleaning." She then followed Tahiri up the grand staircase and down the hallway that led to Wyn's bedroom.

Closing the door behind the two, Tahiri turned to Jaina who had just sat down on the bed next to Wyn and asked, "So how did it go tonight?"

With a grand sigh, Jaina laid back on the bed. "It didn't."

Not understanding, Tahiri asked, "What do you mean it didn't?"

"I mean, nothing happened. Well, it almost did. We were watching a holofilm on his bed, and everything was going great. We were just about to…you know, when all of a sudden he pushed me off of him and said that it wasn't the right time. That we would regret it later if we did it then. And, I don't know, I guess he's right, but still…"

Suddenly catching on, Wyn spoke up from her seat next to Jaina. "Wait a minute. You and Jag were gonna…do it? You guys barely even know each other! And my parents would have gone supernova if they ever found out." Unfortunately forgetting the third party in the room, Wyn added, "What if you had gotten pregnant?"

With a bit of a glare, Tahiri snapped, "Aww, thanks Wyn."

"Sorry."

Sitting back up on the bed, Jaina placed her hand on Wynssa's. "Those are all reasons why we didn't end up doing it. And there all really good ones, it's just I can't help feeling like he doesn't want me."

At that Tahiri threw herself down on the bed also and grabbed a pillow to put in her lap. "Jaina, I'm sure that's not it at all. He was just trying to do the right thing. Don't worry, your time will come."

"Well, I sure hope it comes sooner rather than later. I've waited long enough."

"Oh, and not to try and brake this little girl-bonding moment, but this afternoon your uncle commed me."

"What did he say?"

"Just that he needed to speak with you as soon as possible. I guess you had your comm off all day."

"Yeah, I did. I guess I need to go call him back. I hope everything is ok. Excuse me."

Jaina quickly left the room and went on the porch out back where she could have some privacy to call her uncle. After a few buzzes, her aunt Mara answered.

"Jaina? Hello sweetie, how is your trip going?"

"It's been good Aunt Mara, thanks. But Tahiri just told me that Uncle Luke has been trying to get a hold of me all day; she said it was something urgent. Is everything alright?"

"Oh, everything is fine, I think he just had something to tell you. Let me go see if I can find him."

She was gone for only a moment before the face of Luke Skywalker appeared. "Hello Jaina. How are you doing?"

"I'm good, thanks. What is it you needed to tell me?"

With a laugh, her uncle said, "Never one to beat around the bush, were you Jaina. I just wanted to tell you that General Darklighter has been expressing some interest in allowing you to form your own squadron. He said he has been thinking it over and that Intelligence has come up with a few ideas in which they would like to use you as a key player if you are interested. All he needs is a quick confirmation call."

"That sounds great Uncle Luke! I would love to run my own squadron, but aren't there plenty of other people much more qualified than me to be taking this job?"

"Don't worry Jaina. It's all a part of their master plan. We just need you and Tahiri to return a little earlier than you had hoped, if that's okay."

"It's fine. We're willing to do whatever it takes to win this war. I'll talk to her tonight and we'll be in route first thing tomorrow morning."

"That's great. Good night Jaina."

"Night."

When Jaina reentered the house, she found Tahiri, Jag, Wyn, and Cem all sitting and waiting for her in the living room.

Looking up at his girlfriend as she sat down next to him on the couch, Jag asked, "So what did he have to say?"

"General Darklighter is letting me form my own squadron. And Intelligence has some big plan which they want me to take part in."

"That's great Jaina."

"Yeah, except Tahiri and I have to leave tomorrow."

"Well, are you in the search of any cocky Imperial pilots? 'Cause if you are, you can count me in."

Throwing his arm over Tahiri's shoulder, Cem said, "Yeah, me too."

As Tahiri attempted to dislodge herself from the boy she was sitting next to, the girl on her other side spoke up. "I want to go with you guys."

Looking at his little sister, Jag said, "Wyn, I don't think Mom and Dad are going to let you go off to the Known Regions with us. They hardly ever let you leave the house alone."

"I know, and it's just not fair. I want to help out too. Maybe if I talk to them about it alone I can convince them to let me."

Still a little doubtful, Jag added, "Maybe."

Early the following morning the small group assembled out in the docking bay where Tahiri and Jaina had left there ship when they arrived two weeks earlier. They were trying to figure out how they were going to get both Jag and Cem's claw crafts on board with them, but eventually decided on just taking Jag's and leaving Cem's here. Of course he had the option of flying himself there, but he said he rather spend all of that good quality time with a special blonde someone.

Only moments before the group was about to leave, Wyn came jogging up with her suitcase in hand. "Can you believe it? I was actually able to talk Mom and Dad into letting me come with you guys. I never thought I'd see the day!"

With a smile, Jaina said, "That's great. The more, the merrier."

Well, there you go. I hope everyone liked these chapters and will come back for more! Remember: please review! Thanks.