Chapter 10

Nomi was throwing up from the alcohol that she had from the night before. She had been up for about two hours, doing nothing but just sitting in front of the refresher bowl. Luke had just woken up and realized where she was. He could smell the hint of alcohol. Nomi bent back over to throw up again. Luke walked in and pulled her hair back.

"How much did you have to drink last night?" Luke said as he sat down behind her.

"It wasn't that much." Nomi reached for the wet cloth beside her, and wiped her mouth. "I need to lie down." Luke scooted back to let her lay down on the floor. She curled up and put her head in his lap.

Nomi chuckled and Luke gave her a strange look. "Its just I haven't been this sick since I was..." She stopped herself short. Oh, Sith!

"Since when?" Luke noticed the way she had cut herself off. Maybe this was what we needed to talk about.

"Since Leia probably doesn't know you and I are down here, can we just skip breakfast upstairs?"

"Yeah, are you okay?" Luke noticed she now looked twice as sick as she had just a few seconds ago.

"We just need to talk about something. I'm going to get cleaned up." She sat up and then stood up, Luke mirrored her action.

"Yeah, um, I'll go make us something down here for breakfast." Luke said not too sure of what he was suppose to do while he waited. I'm nervous! Why in the worlds would I be nervous? He put the thought out of his mind and headed to the kitchenette.

Nomi walked out of the refresher unit to smell a wonderful smell. She let her nose lead her to the scent. She sat down to a plate of a variety of foods and colors.

"It smells so good. Hurry up, I'm starved," Nomi said as a plate was placed in front of her.

"Wait! Talk first then, eat. You keep saying that we need to talk. I want us to talk then." Luke was clearly serious about them talking.

"Um, okay." Nomi put her fork down on the plate and pushed the plate away. She wanted and needed to be able to concentrate completely on what they were talking about. "Do you know why I left Tatooine?"

"Yeah, your father made you."

"Did he or Biggs ever tell you why he made me leave?"

"No, but I always thought it was because your father didn't like me."

"Do you know why he didn't like you?"

"I thought because I was stealing his little girl from him. Please, stop asking questions and tell me what is going on, Nomica." His voice was filled with concern.

She realized he had called her by her real name and not by the nickname he'd given her. "I don't know how to say it." Nomi's eyes began to tear up as the past, that she had worked so hard to push in the back, finally came forward.

"Just say it." Luke pulled his chair over to where she was sitting. He put his arm around her shoulder as she began to cry.

Nomi sniffled a little and then regained her composure. "When I left, um, I was..." She took a deep breath. "I was pregnant, Luke."

"What?"

"Dad made me leave when he found out."

"You were, pregnant?" Then the shock part of it hit him. "I was the...?"

Nomi couldn't look him in the eye, she just shook her head. She expected that he would be upset that she had not told him sooner. His reaction surprised her.

Luke put his hands around her face to make her look him in the eye. She saw, then, that there was a smile across his face. He pulled her close to steal a kiss. "Was it a boy or girl?"

"It was a little girl." Nomi now had to give the second part of the news.

"A girl, where is she? Do you have a picture?" Luke seemed almost excited.

"No, Luke, there are no pictures." She was happy that he wasn't mad but knew that the second part of the news she brought would devastate him.

"Oh, come on Nomi. I want to see her. Is she staying with your aunt?"

"No, Luke! During the fifth month I lost her." She felt the pain from all those years ago arise.

The news of a daughter and then her death all at the same time hit Luke hard. I always seem to loose everything. Luke didn't know how to respond. It was clearly hard for Nomi to talk about it, but he wanted to know more about what happened. He knew this was not a time to probe into the subject.

A/N: sorry about the short chapter, but a lot happened.Thanks to everybody that has reviewed! I really appreciate it!