Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
See the man with the lonely eyes
Take his hand, you'll be suprised
So i'll give a little bit
I'll give a lttle bit of my life for you
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your time to me
Now's the time that we need to share
So send a smile, we're on our way back home
ooh yea yea
We gotta feel it
Yea yea yea yea...
Ooo
Don't you need to feel at home
Ooo you gotta feel it
Yea you gotta want to
OO you gotta sing, we've come along way tonight
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
Now's the time we need to share
So send a smile, we're on our way back home
Yea come along too
Yea we gotta feel it
Cause i need to feel at home
Come along too
Such a long ride
oo come a long way
Such a long ride
Come a long way
Sing it tonight
- Googoodolls
Give A Little Bit
It had been almost two weeks since Mara had spoken or made any kind of contact with Luke or any of the other Lightsiders, and was trying to do that with the other Imperials. Coruscant had sunk into a cold winter that was to last for another three weeks before returning to the planet's normal temperature again. She was bundled up in a black coat that covered the black jeans and long sleeved black shirt she wore. She was dressed like she was supposed to be dressed, receiving no grief from anyone.
It was strange to walk alone in the cold weather, an experience she had not yet grown used to. It was almost sad in its peace, though not as lonely as her home. She was heading for a coffee shop around the corner, hoping to get something warm before her long walk home. As she moved to open the door, someone was coming out. Mara almost did not recognize him, for just like her, he was bundled up in several layers of clothes.
" Mara, wow, I haven't seen you in awhile." Luke said, slightly startled. He appeared to be alone, none of his minions behind him. She smiled slightly at him, nodding.
" Yeah, it's been a few weeks. I see no coffee in your hands. Why?" he pointed with his thumb behind him to the shop.
" You could die waiting for anything in that line. I'm just going to wait until I get home." he said. She frowned, ad rubbed at her red nose.
" I guess I will too then. Not much of a choice." she grumbled.
" Hey, do you want to come over? My house is closer than yours, and I guarantee we have hot beverages." She laughed slightly and nodded.
" Yes, that actually sounds nice. Thank you." he looked stunned that she had so easily agreed. Luke's hands covered his ears, trying to warm them from the cold. Mara noticed this and took off the black watcher's cap she had on, and signaled for him to bend down so she could reach. And then she surprised him by pulling the black hat over his blonde hair, covering his ears.
" Uh, thanks. But won't your ears get cold?" he asked her. She tugged on her long red hair, explaining everything in one gesture.
" Oh, I see. Well, maybe I should grow my hair out long to cover my ears and keep me warm." he said sarcastically.
" Or you could just get a hat." she smiled back at him, laughing.
000
Luke's house seemed much different during the day than it did at night. When they had stepped inside, the smell of cinnamon and something baking hit Mara's nose, luring her farther into the house. Luke took her coat and scarf after taking off his own, leading her into the kitchen where a beautiful brunette sat on the counter, reading while drinking coffee. She was an older, yet almost exact portrait of Leia, with long brown curls that stopped at her waist, and dark brown eyes. Mara assumed she was Luke's mother, though she didn't look it.
" Oh, hi sweety. You're home earlier than I expected. Where's your sister?"
" She's at Tionne's house finishing a project. What smells so good." Padme just seemed to notice Mara was there and hopped off of the counter walking quickly up to the girl.
" Cookies. Now who is this gorgeous red head here?" she asked him, though looking at Mara, smiling brightly.
" Hi, I'm Mara Jade. I hope I'm not intruding." Padmeshook her head and seemed to smile more brightly than before.
" No, of course not! It's so nice that Luke actually brought home a girl for us to meet. He never does. Now tell me all about yourself. I'm Padme, his mother by the way." Mara just had to smile at the woman who was so motherly and different from anyone Mara had ever met, and it set off a longing in her heart for that kind of a family.
After they had talked for awhile, talking of random things, thankfully never bringing up the gangs, Anakin Skywalker walked into the kitchen from the garage, a black sweater and jeans pulled on. He was reading the newspaper, oblivious to the fact that there was someone there.
" Ani, this is Mara Jade, Luke's friend." he turned surprised, and then smiled and nodded, remembering the girl's face.
" Yes, I believe we've met, though not under the best of circumstances. How have you been?"
" Fine. Only a slight scar remaining." At that moment, Luke was trying to pass behind her chair as she drank on her hot chocolate, bumping into her. The hot drink spilled all down the front of her shirt, soaking the black material. Padme quickly got up and grabbed a towel, looking apolegetic.
" Oh, I'm sorry that happened. Well, you can't wear that shirt at the moment. Luke can go grab one of Leia's sweaters real quick." and Padme signalled for her son to go. Pulling Mara over by the adjoining laundry room, she took the sweater rom Mara's hands and threw it into a new load of laundry. Mara leaned against the wall in her black T-back undershirt, and that was when Anakin noticed. Luke walked into the kitchen just as his father saw the tatoo on her back. He now would know.
Anakin brushed his fingers ligtly across the tatoo with his fingertips, old memories arising in his mind. Mara jumped at the touch to her back, and she turned, only to be surprised to see Anakin standing in front of her. He jumped back, unsure of what made him do that.
" That tatoo... on your back. You're an Imperial?" she swallowed hard and nodded, her eyes drawing to Luke's blue ones.
000
All four of them sat around the table looking solemn with the current conversation.
" How old are you?" Padme asked her.
" I'm turning sixteen in a week, and am currently in the tenth grade." Mara answered her calmly. Padme looked at her husband, worry written in her eyes.
" My God, they're taking them in young now. You're only fifteen and you're wrapped up in all of this mess." she spoke softly. Mara was confused by everyone's comments like that.
" Why is everyone saying that? I'm in tenth grade, big deal." Anakin finally spoke up.
" It has never been morally correct, almost like a silent agreement or rule that both gangs had, that anyone below 16 1/2 years of age was too young to risk their lives like that. It was hard enough for eleventh graders to get in, much less tenth years. I was lucky, or actually unlucky, to get in as an eleventh grader."
" Well, I was in it long before I ever even moved to Coruscant. My father had me wrapped in it so tightly from the day he brought me home. He told me stories and practically trained me to be the perfect Imperial, along with the perfect person. He tried to atleast, because there's no way I succeeded in either of those categories." she smile sadly and sighed, not liking the fact that she was telling these people stuff about herself.
" It's getting late. I should probably head home." Mara stood up from her seat, Luke repeating the action, obviousley agitated by how the afternoon had turned out.
" Please come back at any time. It was so nice to meet you. And you're so interesting to talk to." Padme said pleasantly.
" Thank you. It was nice to come." Mara followed Luke to the front door, and proceeded to pull on her coat and scarf, with him doing the same.
" I'll walk you home." he said roughly, wanting badly to get out of the house. He slammed the door behind them as they headed out onto the snowcovered sidewalk. She walked by his side, silent except for her footsteps on the crunching ice.
" So, why are you so upset?" she asked him cooly. His jaw was set in a determined expression of anger, signaling for her to back down, but she didn't. Stepping in front of his path, she met his eyes with hers, finally pulling an answer from him.
" I just don't like bringing up my dad's past." he said trying to move past her. But she stopped him again, receiving an aggitated glare from him.
" Why?"
" Because, I hate living in his shadow constantly. I hate that, just because Anakin Skywalker is my father, everyone thinks that I'm supposed to live up to his name, or that I'm just like him. They expect me to be as good a leader as he was, or as bad a person. So, my course of anger management is distancing myself away from him and anything that deals with him." he pushed past her and continued walking, his blonde hair rustled by the wind. She thought he looked like a character from a holofilm, as he walked so seriously, the wind blowing his hair, his face contorted into a still handsome expression of fury.
" Have you ever told him about how you feel? Or how about what actually happened?" she pressed on, testing the strength of his nerves. Before she realized it, they had reached her apartment building and had managed to enter the elevators.
" No! Ok, I haven't talked to him about it. I've heard enough from the stories." he said bitterly. The elvator doors began to open and she pressed the button to close them.
" Stories aren't always true. So ask him before you set up this whole unforgivable grudge." Luke stared down at her frowning.
" Why do you care so much Jade?" he asked quietly. She shrugged her shoulders and finally let the doors open.
" Because you have a chance to have a good relationship with your parents. So take it." her words' meaning did not fully hit him until he was on his way home. They stepped into her apartment, and the surroundings had not changed since last time he had been there. Mara plopped down on the sofa, followed by Luke, ad the two just layed there for awhile in silence, comfortable and tired. Finally he stirred, and rose to his feet, followed by her.
" I guess I'll head back home. Sorry for fuming all over you earlier." Mara smiled at his comment and waved it off. Her eyes held an unusual warmth as she studied him. Automatically, maternal instincts kicked in and she adjusted his scarf and ran her fingers through his blonde hair, laughing at the expression on his face. He handed her back her black hat, and she smiled, taking it from his hands and pulling it onto his head.
" You need the hat more than I do. Now get going before your mom worries about you." she called to him as she pushed him out of the door. He laughed, and was about to step on the elevators befoer Mara quickly walked up and kissed his cheek. The day was looking up.
A/N: Hey again. Alright, that a was a bit longer chap. I started school this week, and so far it's ok. Very crowded. Am currently in search of hot senior boys. lol. so school is the reason the updates are coming slower than usual. Hope ya enjoy.
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