Ihave never been to a more boring dinner.
She stood there, quietly, pretending to listen to the flick of young men surrounding her.
Trying to get a glimpse down my dress, more like it. Nerfherders. Why in space did I even think of wearing this thing?
But she already knew the answer for that one. It was for him. It was all, always for him. As much as she may have hated to admit it, she did everything for him, without anyone even knowing it.
Best that way.
She sighed and glanced around the room, looking to see if Karrde was anywhere near her. She really needed a familiar face right now.
"My, my. Looks like farmboy does have clothes besides his black Jedi robes," she muttered to herself, sneaking a quick peek.
As much as she didn't want to admit it, he looked… incredibly stunning.
He had a pair of light, sand colored dress pants that seemed to fit him quite nicely, or so she thought. Tucked inside his pants was a dark royal blue shirt that buttoned up, but he left the top few unbuttoned, exposing a nice, well defined chest that had (thankfully) no chest hair. Though he had on his customary black boots, he still looked like a different person. The whole outfit brightened his eyes. If it wasn't for that shaggy blonde hair that seemed to fall right into his piercing blue eyes, Mara probably wouldn't have even noticed him.
He kept a very guarded expression on his face as he was listening to some senator from an unimportant planet (in Mara's opinion). A calm, cool, collected version of himself.
Ever the Jedi Master, Farmboy?
Mara! What are you doing here? Where are you?
Oh, just watching your emotionless Jedi Master self from afar.
She saw him grin once he caught sight of her, then chuckled in amusement at the men (who suddenly reminding him of little penguins) gathered around her, staring lustfully at her figure.
I can't really blame them for gawking at you, Jade. You do look quite beautiful tonight… more than usual, I mean.
This brought a small smile from her lips. One of the very few the galaxy as ever seen from her.
Her smile quickly changed back to her typical scowl as she saw him slowly make his way over to her, all the while a smile on his face.
What do you think you're doing, Skywalker?
Why, coming to lust after the great Mara Jade, of course!
You ignorant bantha!
Relax, Jade. I was only joking.
Sure, farmboy…
She still held her scowl as he approached.
Damnit. He's already seen too much already. He always has a way of sneaking around like that.
"What do you want, Skywalker?" she growled, trying her hardest to keep the frown on her face.
Bring those mental shields back up – 100. Can't let anything through – not even him.
He merely bellowed out a laugh, leaving her very confused.
"Well, nice to see you too, Mara. I must say, you are quite the radiant beauty tonight."
Of course, this lead to more arguing through their bond. Something Mara secretly enjoyed. Along with threatening to kill him, of course.
But she would never kill him. She knew she couldn't. She cared too much.
They stood there for a moment, Mara avoiding his eyes while he seemed to take his time gazing at her.
Probably trying to read my thoughts. And see through my clothes.
Thoughts, maybe. But your clothes – would I really do that, Mara? Besides, one could see quite enough of you even with this dress on.
She fumed, her face turning nearly the same color as her red hair. He stepped closer to her, his breath faintly tickling her ear, making her stray locks of hair sway.
"You know, Mara, you seem quite bored, standing here with nothing to do but listen to these goofs babble on. Let me take care of that," he murmured. He smiled and grabbed her hand (which immediately seemed to heat at her touch), and led her to the dance floor, despite her protests.
You got me this time, Skywalker. You just watch it.
She suddenly smiled.
I just fixed this chapter up. I hope you all noticed how I DELETED THE PART WITH THE CHEST HAIR! NOW, LUKE HAS NO MORE! YAY!
FIN