Chapter 7

The next morning Jaina and Jag discreetly accompanied Han, Leia, Luke, and Mara to the spaceport to see them off. In a dark corner of the spaceport they said their farewells.

"Be careful Jay, we'll see you soon." Luke and Mara both hugged Jag and Jaina, and headed to their own ship leaving only Han and Leia to their goodbyes.

Jaina can up to Leia and hugged her. Leia was surprised, considering what Jaina and hers recent history had been like, but returned the hug heartily. /Bye Mom, be careful out there./ Jaina said via the force to Leia.

/I'm more concerned about you out there then me. Be careful Jaina, this isn't the safest place to be right now. Especially for you. / Leia pushed back and held her daughter at arms length.

/Love you mom. /

/Love you too. More then you can imagine. Bye baby. /

/Bye Mom. /

Jaina then turned to Han and hugged him. "Bye sweetheart."

"Bye d-…bye."

Han chuckled then turned to Jag while still holding Jaina. "Take care of her for me."

"I will."

Han and Leia left, leaving Jag and Jaina to watch as the Millennium Falcon and the Shadow took off.

Jag and Jaina wrapped them selves back up in a their cloaks and headed out of the space port.

/Jaina Ann Solo, you know that your not supposed to be connected to the force/ Mara yelled over their force link.

/I know, I know, I know! Bye Mara, see you soon. /

/Bye Jaya. /
Once Jaina and Jag got back, they started packing the few belongings they had, getting ready to move into Luke and Mara's apartment that afternoon. They were pleasantly talking when the doorcomm rang.

"I'll get it." Jaina walked over to the door and opened it to find Aion Lestnoe standing there.

"Mrs. Vestre, I'm here on behalf of Mr. Lark. He invites you to dinner tonight at his home. It's formal, of course."

"Umm… I don't know if we'll be able to make it. We're planning on heading out this afternoon."

"I'm sure you can squeeze this into your schedule. I assure you, you won't want to miss this."

"Uhh…"

"Good. I'll have someone come pick you up at 1900. Have a nice day." With that he turned around and headed back down the corridor.

Jaina closed the door and headed back into the apartment, confused. "Jag--! We have a slight problem."

"What's the matter?"

"I'm not entirely sure what happened, but somehow Gallian is expecting us for dinner tonight."

"Oh great!" Jag slumped down on the bed.

"You're telling me." Jaina sat down next to him, and laid her head on his shoulder. "What are we going to do?"

"I don't know. I don't think we can just up and leave, it would cause to many suspicions."

"I agree. I think we have to go. We can just start our vacation tomorrow I guess."

"Kriff" Jag mumbled, Jaina laughed which made Jag's heart swell. /I cannot wait till tomorrow./

"Neither can I." Even without the force Jaina seemed to know exactly what Jag was thinking. "Come on."

"Where are we going."

"Shopping. I need something to wear tonight." Jag groaned as Jaina pulled him through the door.
"I'm coming out now." Jaina, AGAIN, called from the fresher door.

/Finally / "Good." Jag was, AGAIN, standing in the hallway waiting for her to come out. Jaina had locked him out of the bedroom and the fresher for over an hour. Jaina walked out and he felt his mouth drop. Even though he had "helped" pick out the dress, she still looked stunning. Jaina had in a midnight blue full-length dress. It was a low cut v-neck with crisscrossing straps in the back, and a low waist. Her hair was curled and pulled up so that only a few stands were down, framing her face. /Well, then again she looks good in an old jumpsuit with grease stains. / "Wow."

"You know that's all you've said this entire trip."

"Only because it's true."

"What's true?" Jaina asked, slightly confused.

"That you're beautiful."

"Oh." Jaina blushed a deep red and turned to stare out of the window to keep Jag from seeing. Jag noticed as he wrapped his arm around her waist that the dress back was low, very low. Jaina turned in his embrace and mumbled something into his shoulder.

"What?"

"I'm sorry." She looked up with her eyes glimmering.

"For what?"

"For you having to go to this dinner, for you having to be on this mission, for you having to stay in the known regions, away from your family. I'm sorry for everything."

"Jaina I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't stay here if I didn't want to. I'm right were I want to be, with you. Now come, stop crying. You're going to ruin your makeup." He said with a hint of a smile.

Jaina gave a tearful smile, and wiped her eyes. "Sorry."

"Jaina if you say you're sorry again I'll, well, I don't know what I'll do."

Jaina laughed, "Sorry…oops"

"Oh see now you're going to get it."

"Ahh!" Jag started tickling Jaina; they wound up on the sofa with Jag continuing his tickle attack on top of Jaina. "I give, I give, I give!"

"I'll stop as soon as you admit that claw crafts are a hundred times better then x-wings."

"No way, I-" /Knock Knock Knock/ Jaina used the sudden distraction to push Jag off of her and jumped up.

"I'll get you to admit it one day." Jag said.

Jaina stuck her tongue out at him and walked to the door, while straightening her dress. "Yes?"

"Mrs. Vestre, I'm here to escort you and your husband to Mr. Lark's estate."

"Ah yes of course, just one moment. Cal! Are you ready to go?"

"Yea, just a minute."

Jaina grabbed her bag and slipped on her high heel sandals and met Jag and the door. They stepped out the door together, met up with their driver and headed off down the corridor.
Jag and Jaina sat in practical silence for the almost 25 minute ride. Their driver opened the door to allow them out.

When Jaina steped out of the hover limo she let out a small noise of shock. "Kriff! He wasn't kidding when he said estate. This place is huge!"

They were led into the front corridor, where they were then led down many more corridors. Jaina tried to keep track of the directions they were taking, but it was just too much to handle. They finally made it to a large chamber. At the table in the center of the room sat Gallian, when he saw them he stood up.

"Ah, welcome my friends. Please, won't you have a seat?" Jag's Chiss training kicked in immediately and he pulled out a chair for Jaina and helped her sit. She smiled her thanks as he scooted in the chair.

"Yes, well our previous meetings were very ah…eventful. So I decided to meet here this time in order to be able to speak business without screaming."

/Business? This cannot be good. / "That makes sense." /I guess. /

"Indeed, but that's for later. Now lets eat." He waved his hand and platter after platter of food was placed on the table. They remained in a comfortable silence with the exception of a few comments.

"So" Gallian began as the dessert was being put out. "I understand that the two of you are…" He was cut off by Aion whispering something to him. "If you'll excuse me for a moment."

After he left Jaina walked over to where Jag was sitting on the opposite side of the table. "What was that about?"

"I have no idea."

"I have a bad feeling about this."

"It's never a good thing when your family says that. Something bad always happens."

"I think something bad is going to happen anyway."
"What is this all about Aion?"

"Here look at this." Aion shoved a villip in Gallian's hand and it begain to play.

"What is this…?" He stopped when he saw Luke Skywalker open a door and allow the Vestre's in. "What this sith is this!" Gallian exclaimed after realization sunk in.

"That's exactly what I want to know."

"Lock them in there NOW!"

"Yes sir."
"What is that!" Jaina asked jumping up from her seat. There was a translucent gas filtering into the room.

"Gas!" Jag grabbed Jaina's arm and ran towards the door.

"It's locked! What are we going to do now?"

"I…look the window!" They ran over to the window, but by the time they got there Jaina began swaying on her feet. "Hold on! Just a few more seconds and I'll have us out of here"

"Jag I…I…" Jaina fell to the floor. Jag lunged at her and caught her just before she hit the ground.

"Jain…Jay…" He fell to the ground as the gas filled the room.
End chapter 7