A/N: Fluff warning

Chapter 17

It had been three weeks since that night and Nomi hadn't had trouble sleeping ever since. As Nomi lay in bed; she rolled over to realize Luke wasn't there. Nomi was finally being able to recognize Luke's Force signature. He was in the kitchenette and headed for the bedroom.

Nomi sat up and leaned against the headboard. She watched as the door slid open and Luke came in carrying a tray full of food on it. "What's all this?"

"Well, I decided to cancel everything I had planned to do today. This is your day. Starting with breakfast in bed. A two part surprise, then to your aunt's house to get your things. Then a very special dinner."

"And all for me?" Nomi asked, a little in disbelief.

Luke nodded yes, and set the tray on her lap. He walked to the other side of the bed and crawled in. He sat next to Nomi and put his arm around her shoulders.

"Luke, I can't eat all this."

"I know." Luke reached across the tray and got himself a piece of bread.

Nomi just chuckled. She began eating the breakfast. It was delicious. He had made her all her favorites. After she finished eating she drank her juice. She let out a burp. Then they both began to laugh.

"If I remember right that means it was good but I'm full now," Luke said with a grin on his face.

Nomi laughed again. "Something like that."

Luke got up and walked into the closet and used the Force to bring a box from off the top shelf. He brought the box over to Nomi. "Open it."

Nomi opened it and wanted to cry. She had always wanted her own, but Ben had never taught her how to build one. "This is mine?"

Luke could tell how excited she was. "All yours, I made it just for you."

"I love it." Nomi said as she threw her arms around Luke. "Can I?"

Luke thought she looked like a kid that had just gotten the birthday present they asked for. "Go ahead." He had to chuckle as she hurriedly got from under the covers.

She activated the lightsaber and watched it hum to life. She saw the blue blade and it reminded her of Luke's eyes. She looked back at him. He was starring at her with a smile on his face. Nomi turned her eyes back to the lightsaber in her hand.

"The weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. 'An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.'" Nomi said

The both went silent. "Where did that come from?" Nomi asked, mostly to herself.

"Luke's grin grew wider. He had heard those words before. "Obi-wan."

Nomi shut down the lightsaber and could feel the cool metal in her hand. She sat down next to Luke on the bed. "I love it." She kissed him. When he said surprise she never would've guessed this.

"I thought you might want one of your own. This way you don't have to keep taking others." Luke chuckled, "okay, go get dressed. We have to go get your things. Then we'll go for dinner and then for part two of your surprise.

"Okay" Nomi went to a drawer and pulled out a simple outfit she had bought from a local shop. She went into the refresher unit and changed.

"So this is it?" Luke asked her.

"Yup. This is her house." Nomi took a step forward and pressed the door pager. She waited and waited, but her Aunt never came to the door. Nomi sighed and reached over and typed the code into the control panel so they could get inside.

The door slid open and they walked inside. No one was there. That's strange; Aunt Losa is always here this time of day. Nomi pushed the thought from her mind.

Nomi led the way to, what uses to be, her bedroom. The door slid open and they walked inside. She could feel tears forming in her eyes. She looked around and saw that all of her stuff was already packed. The boxes were even labeled.

Luke almost couldn't believe that her aunt would do this. She either has finally accepted it or she is just so angry that she wants Nomi out. Luke figured on the latter. He put his arm around her.

Nomi gave a small, and clearly fake, smile to Luke. "There's a bunch of boxes. We might as well get moving." She picked up a box and took it to the special speeder they had rented.

Luke followed Nomi's actions and picked up a box. They both continued to pack the speeder until every box was gone from the house.

Nomi was standing in the empty room. Luke stood at the entrance; leaning on the door's frame. He just watched her as she looked around the room. "You ready to go?" He asked her.

"Hang on." Memories of the years were coming back to her. She walked to the desk and opened a drawer. She pulled out a few holovid disks, and an old style datapad. "Remember these?"

Luke walked over to see the disks. She had ten or eleven set out on the desk. Each was labeled something different. The one that caught his eye was labeled 'Bye Biggs.'

"What's on this one?" Luke asked, picking up the disk.

"Let me see that. I'd forgotten all about this one." Nomi turned on the datapad and slipped the disk inside.

On the screen were three figures: Luke, Nomi, and Biggs. Nomi waked behind the couch and threw her arms around her brother. "You know were going to miss you."

Biggs smiled, "Yeah I know. But don't worry you two will be fine. I know you won't get bored while I'm gone. Luke, you going to keep teaching her to be a pilot?

Luke smiled his innocent smile, "of course. I need somebody to race with."

"She is my little sister, so go easy on her. Oh, and no Beggar's Canyon."

Nomi pulled away from her Biggs. "I could so do Beggar's Canyon."

Decame passed behind her and came on the screen. "Yeah, right! If dad knew you about you and the T-16 he'd have a banthas, let alone if he found out you were racing in Beggar's Canyon."

"Don't worry Biggs I'll take care of her." Luke said.

"I think I can take care of myself. I don't need Luke, or you, watching after me. I'm a big girl."

"Okay, Nomica, sure. Biggs said sarcastically.

Nomi took in a quick breath of air and her eyes widened as she took offense to his comment. She smacked Biggs in the back of the head.

"Ouch, that hurt," Biggs said as her rubbed the place where she hit him.

Luke started laughing and soon so did Nomi. "Serves you right!" Nomi just kept laughing and soon Biggs started too. Nomi walked around to sit on the couch beside her brother.

The screen went black. "I forgot all about that." Nomi said, trying to keep her voice from choking. Things had certainly changed since those three teenagers sat on that couch.

"That was a long time ago."

"I forgot these disks were in here. I opened it to get something else." Nomi pulled the drawer further out. She saw it then. She saw that little flicker of gold. She pulled it out. "Do you remember this?"

Luke looked up from the holovid disks. In front of him she dangled a golden locket. "You kept it?" He took it from her. Does she still have the pictures I put in there? Luke opened it and on the left was a picture of her and him. Then on the right was a picture of him sitting in his landspeeder.

"Of course I kept it. I wore it everyday until I lost Nicka. I got angry, yanked it off and threw in the drawer. See the clasp is broken." She pointed to that part of the chain.

Nomi noticed how she didn't tear up at the thought of loosing her baby. With Luke with her, she was able to talk about it more freely. Last night had been the first time in years that she had called Nicka by her name, instead of 'the baby.'

Luke noticed too. He closed the locket and put into a pouch on his belt.

"Hang on. I know something she wouldn't have packed." Nomi walked into the empty walk-in closet. Luke followed close behind, curiously. She closed the closet door. She hit the wall and a panel popped out.

"Sneaky little thing aren't you?" Luke teased her.

"Uh huh." Nomi said as she reached into the hole. She pulled back a small narrow box. She handed it to Luke. His name was written across the top. "I worked on it my first year here. Open it."

Luke was at first hesitant. Whet he took the top off he saw a stack of pictures. A few were of him and her, before she left. Some were of Luke and Biggs. There were about twelve that showed Nomi standing sideways to emphasize how big her stomach was getting. The last five were sonograms. He got to the last picture in the stack.

"That was the picture they took when I found out I was pregnant. Dad wouldn't let me have it back until after I was moved here and completely unpacked. Even then he didn't want to. He gave it to my aunt and let her give it to me." Nomi saw tears starting to form in Luke's eyes. "Come on, let's get going. You still have to give me part two of my surprise."

Luke chuckled, "you can't have it until after dinner."

"Oh, come on?"

"Nope," Luke said shaking his head.

Nomi looked at him as they left the house. She gave him a sad and pitiful look. She even stuck her bottom lip out a bit just to look as if she was pouting.

He was having a hard time not giving in. Then she pretended to sniffle. Luke began to laugh. He shook his head no and continued to laugh.

He helped her into the speeder as she kept that same look on her face. He laughed again and climbed in. Then they were on their way back to their apartment.