Soontir went into an interesting looking bar, after leaving Wedge to find his sister. When he walked in, the first thing he noticed was that Tycho Celchu, Gavin Darklighter, Wes Janson, and Han Solo where all sitting at the bar.
/Great another Solo, that's all I need. /
He sat down in the furthest possible seat from them and ordered a drink. He watched Gavin and Wes have an argument, over a stuffed ewok sitting on the counter, a troubled Han Solo down another drink, and Tycho walk over towards him.
"Soontir!" Tycho said, embracing his old friend. "How are you? You and Wedge left the hanger pretty quick."
"Hello Tycho, long time no see."
"No kidding, but seriously where did you and Wedge go?"
"To see my son."
"Well that explains your troubled expression." Han Solo said coming to stand next to them. "You saw Jaina, didn't you?"
"Yes…and to tell you the truth I'm quite confused."
/Well this is a different Soontir then I remember. /
"It's a long story. Come on, I'll bye you a drink." /You're going need it. /
"Okay, so let me get this straight. A few weeks ago the two of them went on a mission to Corellia where they accidentally ran into you. They were posing as a married couple, and trying to find the Peace Brigade bases. They found them, they were captured, Jaina fought Tsavong Lah, they escaped, the Vong think Jag is Jaina's Paramour, and so Sharr Latt and Piggy saBinring decided to have them living together, yet the whole time they're actually dating?"
"Pretty much."
"I need another drink."
Han and Soontir had moved from the bar to the Solo's apartment so as to not be overheard, and Han had been explaining the last few weeks to Soontir over the course of a few hours and drinks.
"Yeah, no kidding…so what are you going to do?"
"I don't know, I really don't know. I am happy that he found someone, but at a time of war? It's just so uncertain. But I can't reprimand him for that because I met Syal at war. But they're also both in the same squadron, and that can be dangerous if either one pays too much attention to the other, then they're likely to get themselves or someone else killed."
"Then you have nothing against Jaina personally?"
"What do you mean? I've hardly been around her for five minutes."
"You have nothing against her because she's my daughter, or because she's a Jedi?"
"As much as I don't want to say this, it would be unfair to judge her by your actions. And why would I have a problem because she's a Jedi?"
"Oh I don't know…maybe because Mara Jade, who single-handedly blew up your hanger, is her aunt and former master."
Soontir smiled, a very tight smile but a smile nonetheless. "Not anymore, a few years ago, but not anymore, not after Davin."
Jaina had told him that Jag had lost his older brother and younger sister, and he could relate with Soontir better then he really cared to. Not being able to think of anything else to say or do, Han put his hand on his former enemy's shoulder.
Wedge ran down the corridor to the docking bay where Syal, Cem, and Wyn were about to land. Turning the corner he ran straight into Leia, Iella, and Winter.
"Oh Leia, I'm so sorry. Here let me help you up."
"I'm fine. What's the big hurry?"
"Soontir and Syal are here!" Wedge said, running down the corridor again. Iella caught him by the arm.
"Syal! As in your sister Syal?" Iella asked with her eyes sparkling.
Wedge nodded and headed off down the corridor again. By the time he got to the landing field he could just barley see the ship on the horizon. He felt a slight touch on his arm and turned to see that Iella had followed him, as well as Leia and Winter. /Well it makes sense; Iella's never met Syal. Gods, I still can't believe I'm going to see her after all this time. /
Time seemed to stop for Wedge as the ship landed and the ramp slowly descended. A tall woman emerged with long flowing hair and slim figure.
/Syal. /
She stopped and the edge of the ramp and smiled, a smile that grew larger as her eyes met Wedge's. Abandoning all rational thought she ran straight into Wedge's arms crying and smiling all at the same time.
"Oh Wedge I've dreamt of this for years. I've missed you so much!"
"I've missed you too."
As Syal pulled away she saw the group gathering around her. As her eyes landed on Leia she fully pulled away from Wedge and ran over to hug Leia. "Leia! I can't believe it's you!"
"Wait, you two know each other?" Wedge asked as the two women held on to each other.
Leia smiled as she looked over to him. "I was the princess of Alderaan, she was a famous holo-star. We were both living on Coruscant; we were bound to run in to each other. We had a lot in common so we spent a lot of our free time together. Then I got really into the Rebellion and by the time I could come out of hiding, so to speak, she had left with Soontir."
"Oh…um Syal I would like you to meet someone." He motioned Iella over and put his arm around her shoulders. "Syal this is my wife Iella. Iella this is Syal."
"It's wonderful to finally meet you Syal, you're all this big lug will ever talk about."
"It's wonderful to meet you as well, Iella." Syal said laughing.
"I wish you could meet the rest of the family, but Syal and Myri are on the Jedi shelter with Ben Skywalker and the other Jed students."
"Syal?" Syal asked with wonder and amazement in her voice.
Smiling warmly Iella replied, "Yes, Syal. We named our first child after you. It was something Wedge always wanted, he was never sure if he'd ever see you again and wanted to…keep you or your memory around…or so to speak."
"Thank you." Syal said with tears forming in her eyes. She looked behind her towards the ship to see her youngest daughter talking lively with Leia. /That's my daughter all right. Face first into everything, never shy and always up for a good conversation. / She saw her other daughter standing at the edge of the ramp looking as if in attention as she "talked" to Wedge. /She's too much like Jagged and her father for her own good. I wonder where the two of them are anyway. /
"Well would any of you like to came back to my apartment for some caf?" Leia asked walking over with Wyn and Winter.
Syal looked around one more time to make sure Soontir and Jagged weren't coming before taking Leia up on the offer
Syal, Leia, Winter, Wyn, Cem, and Wedge walked into the Solo apartment where they saw Han and Soontir talking calmly.
"I think I just walked into an alternate universe." Wedge muttered as Soontir walked over to his wife.
"Syal, what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing. I had expected you to be with Jagged." She saw Wedge turn slightly pale and make the 'kill' motion, while Soontir got a scowl on his face. "Something wrong?" She asked sitting down on the couch excepting a cup of caf from See Threepio.
After a few minutes of pleasant conversation Wyn's curiosity got the best of her and she asked the question that both Wedge and Soontir were dreading. "Where's Jag?"
"I was actually wondering the same thing." Syal said from her seat next to her daughter.
"He should actually be asleep right now. Twins Suns has had a long day, and Jaina ordered all her pilots to turn in early. Speaking of which Wedge and I have an early meeting…well today, and it's getting awfully late." Iella said while dragging Wedge into a standing position. "We had better get going, and I'm sure all of you have had a long day as well."
"It was wonderful to meet you Iella." Syal said while hugging her goodbye.
"It was wonderful to meet you as well, we really should get together sometime soon."
"Yes, we should. What does your schedule look like for tomorrow afternoon?"
"It's free as far as I know. I could show you around a bit, if you like."
"That's perfect, in fact, we should all go." Syal said pointing around to Leia and Winter.
"I'd love too." Leia and Winter both said at the same time causing laughter to burst out around the room.
"I think I missed something." Han said looking confused from where he sat surrounded by laughing women.
"Wyn, I really don't think this is a good idea." Cem said as she and Wyn walked down the corridors towards the officer's quarters on base. Wyn had gotten impatient and decided that wasn't going to wait till morning and that she was going to see Jag now. She had hacked into the comm unit in her room and located where Jag was based. She had woken Cem up to let someone know where she was going, and Cem had gone with her, to 'keep her out of trouble'.
The thought of seeing her brother again however, balanced however much trouble she and Wyn could get into for this. And with that thought in mind she continued down the hallway.
Jaina groaned and rolled over in Jags embrace as the doorcomm went off, again. It had been only two hours since Wedge and Soontir had left and she really didn't feel like getting up again.
"I swear if that's Wedge I'll shoot him." Jag said as he woke up.
Laughing, Jaina sat up and stretched out with the Force to see who it was. " It's not Wedge. It's two girls…I think. I've never met them before." Jaina said with a small frown on her face. She got up and threw her robe around her and tying tightly at the waist.
"Do you want me to get it?" Jag asked tiredly from where he was still lying down.
"Considering I'm already up…no."
"Good." Jag said falling immediately back to sleep.
Shaking her head in silent laughter Jaina walked over to the door.
Wyn stood rather impatiently outside of the room that Jag was assigned to. When the door opened however she saw one of the last things she ever thought she'd see in her brother's room, a girl.
"Um, hello?" The young women said as both Wyn and Cem stood there with their mouths hanging open.
"Oh, um sorry, we must have the wrong place." /All righty, so where's Jag? /
"Come on in, I'll go get Jag." Jaina said opening the door wider to allow them in. Wyn and Cem walked in dumbfounded. They stood in the middle of the room looking around carefully. /How does she know that we're looking for Jag? / Wyn looked over to Cem, who was standing ramrod straight with a frown on her face. "Cem, what's wrong?" /Well, besides the obvious. /
"One; how did she know we were looking for Jag? Two: what is she doing in Jag's quarters? Three; I just don't trust her. She was able to just miraculously guess why we're here. I don't think so, she knew, somehow she knew."
"Well maybe people are always coming to see Jag and she automatically assumes it's for him."
"I don't think so. She knew. The only question is how?"
"She's a Jedi."
Jaina left the two girls in the sitting area and went back to get Jag. "Jag? Come on, you need to get up. There are some people here to see you."
"Just five more minutes mom." He mumbled out into his pillow.
/Oh no, not again. /
/I'm just kidding. /
/Haha, very funny. /
"So whose here?" Jag asked sitting up and rapping his arms around her.
"There are two girls here to see you. I'd say one is about sixteen maybe seventeen and the others about fourteen. Would you care to explain why they're sitting in our living room?"
"Sixteen and fourteen? I have no idea."
"Well go and find out what they want."
"This is turning out to be a very long night." Jag mumbled as he got up and walked out of the room. He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw who was sitting there, his sisters.
"The only question is how."
"She's a Jedi."
"Jag!" Before he knew what was happening Wyn had bolted over the chair and was wrapping herself around him.
"Hi Wyn, what are y'all doing here?" Jag asked hugging her back with just as much forcefulness.
"We came with mom and dad."
"Mom's here?" Jag asked, his eyes getting as big as saucers.
"Yes, she and father are in our quarters, where we should be." Cem said eying Jaina warily.
Jag caught the look but moved forward to embrace her. "Hey Cem, how are you?"
"I am fine, thank you."
/She's as cold as you are. /
/I know, we'll have to work on it…hey wait I'm not cold! /
He got the mental image of her sticking her tongue out at him, and saw her start to quietly edge towards their office. Jag quickly grabbed her hand and brought her closer to his sisters.
" Wyn, Cem this is Jedi Lieutenant Colonel Jaina Solo, Twin Suns commander, and Yuuzhan Vong Goddess Yun Harla. Kriff, you have a long title. Anyway Jaina these are my sisters, Cem and Wyn."
"It's nice to meet both of you."
"Are you really a Jedi?" Wyn asked with a bouncy excitement.
Jaina smiled in amusement as she sat down on the sofa. "Sure am."
"Wow, that's awesome! Can I see your lightsaber? You do have one, don't you? You know I think I've heard of you. You're mom's old friend's daughter, yeah that's right you're Han and Leia's daughter. Mom said that your coming with us this afternoon and then we can get to know each other and…"
"Wyn, Wyn, slow down and take a breath. I'd be surprised if she could even comprehend any of that."
"Yeah, I have a lightsaber, and sure you can see it if you like. Yes, my parents are Han and Leia, whom I'm sure are going to call me later about that outing you mentioned."
"So you're going to come with us?"
"If I can get either Kyp or Jag to take over practice today. Or I guess I could give them a break tomorrow. They've been working pretty hard and they are getting better."
"Your going to cancel something as important as squadron practice?" Cem asked practically glaring at her.
/She definitely takes the price for ice queen. /
/Be nice, she'll come around. It just takes her a while to warm up to people. /
/Yeah, I guess I'll just have to set her up with some lonely rebel pilot. /
/What! /
/Hey it worked with you. /
/You are NOT setting my sister up! /
/Aww come on… /
When he didn't respond she looked around and noticed that both Wyn and Cem were staring at them.
"Oh, right, sorry. Yeah, I'm going to cancel practice. My pilots have the highest amount of kills and the lowest amount of casualties, and I've been working them pretty hard lately. They deserve a break. /And If they've had even half the kinda night I'm having they'll need some extra sleep. /
/No kidding. /
"You think pretty highly of your squadron. I bet mine could beat yours anytime."
"Is that a challenge?"
"Cem don't, trust me. And since when do you command?"
"I'm the EXO of Moonraker. And yes, that is a challenge."
"Good. We'll see you in the sims 1600 tomorrow."
"Fine. Goodnight Jagged. Come on Wyn." Cem walked out the door leaving a very confused Wyn behind.
"Go on, we'll see you tomorrow." Jag hugged his sister and walked her the door.
The moment the door closed Jaina flopped back down on to the sofa and stared up at him. "Are anymore of your realities going to show up tonight or can I go back to be WITHOUT being woken up again?"
"I don't care if it's the bloody chief of state, I'm not opening that door again." Jag said while sitting down next to her.
Jaina scooted over so that her head was resting in his lap and sighed contently. "You really are a rebel you know."
"All because of you dear, all because of you."
She smiled and snuggled up closer to him. "I guess we should let the squadron know that they have the day off till four, when we kick y'alls butt."
"Mine? Now wait just a minute here. Last time I checked I was on YOUR squadron."
"Fine, to let them know that we're going to beat your ice queen sister's butt."
"Play nice. We don't want to hurt their feels feelings…too badly."
"Why? You did it to us at Ithor."
"Nah, y'all put up a good fight. You only lost by a few hundred points."
"Thanks, you make me feel SO much better."
"Sor-" Jag stopped as Jaina slowly let her hand trace his scar up into his hair before kissing him lightly.
"Come on, let's go to bed…again…again."
"I swear I'm going to disconnect that thing!" Jaina said as she was once again woken up by someone at the door.
"Well at least it's at a decent hour."
"If you call 8:30 a decent hour after the night we had."
"Stop complaining and just open the door." Jag shoved her towards the door and started walking towards the refresher.
"How come I have to answer it? It's probably another one of your realities."
"It's your apartment."
"Lazy." Jaina walked over to the door to find her mother and another woman, who looked remarkably like the holo-star Wynssa Starflare. "Hey mom, come on in." /Well at least it's not another member of Jag's family. /
"Hi sweetheart, I hope we didn't wake you up. I thought you'd be up by now, don't you have practice in about 10 minutes?"
"Considering every member of Jag's family but his mom and Iella came by for a late night visit I canceled it, cause I want sleep."
"That's understandable, Soontir was actually at home with your father last night."
"You mean they didn't shoot each other on the spot? Wow, he looked as if he was ready to kill me yesterday."
"He's just upset with Jagged that's all. He's reacting rather badly actually."
"Um, excuse me, I don't mean to be rude but-"
"Mom!"
"Jag!" They both ran towards each other and held on to each other.
"Mom, what are you doing here?"
"Mom? Wait Jag THIS is your mom? I knew it, it IS another one of your relatives."
"Mom this is…huh, Yuuzhan Vong Goddess, Lieutenant Colonel, blah, blah, blah, ah never mind. Mom this is my girlfriend Jaina. Jaina this is my mom."
"It's great to meet you Mrs. Fel."
"It's nice to meet you as well Jaina, and please call me Syal."
"Sure um…Syal."
Syal smiled at her awkwardness and sat on the sofa gesturing for her to do likewise. Leia excused herself to the kitchen, dragging Jag along with her.
"So tell me Jaina, how long have you and Jag been dating?"
"Wow, um wow. You mean that's it? No why are you and my son living together? No why isn't my son commanding? Or how dare you make him part of this goddess thing?"
Laughing slightly Syal gently took Jaina's hand. "No, of course not dear. Leia explained everything to me yesterday, plus I think that Soontir covered that enough for the both of us."
"Yeah, suppose so. Although I think he was really to stunned to say much last night."
"You still haven't answered my question."
"Hm? Oh yeah, uh since Borleias, so about two months, I guess."
"He really does love you, you know. You can see it in his eyes."
Jaina's head snapped up and she looked into Syal's smiling face. "I know."
" I wonder what they're talking about out there." Jag said as her nervously paced the kitchen.
"You, probably." Leia said busily making them all drinks.
"You're so very comforting."
"You're spending to much time with Jaina…either her or Han, your starting to sound like them."
Jag gave a full smile and quickly walked back out in to the main room as Leia handed him the drinks. Leia followed him out to find an empty room.
"Where did they go?"
"I don't know, umm…"
"They're in the bedroom."
"How did you…wait, never mind, force thing."
The two of them walked into the bedroom to find Syal and Jaina going through her limited wardrobe.
"I think they're going to get along just fine Jag, just fine." Leia said squeezing his shoulder lightly before walking back out to the main room.
/I think you're right Leia, I think you right. /
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