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I'm thinking that is might be the last chance I get to post before I go on a trip to the Smoky Mountains. Not to offend anyone who lives there but I don't like going on trips unless I'm interested. We went to the Rockies last summer and I nearly died of boredom and there was no internet so, I 'm not too enthused about this trip. Anyways, here's your chapter:

Chapter Eleven: Planning

Jaina grumbled a bit. Modeling dresses stunk, really, really, stinky feet, rotten eggs, stunk. She had been in a great mood earlier in the day. She was repeating the schedule that she had made up for herself: wake up, shower, wear something that doesn't smell, wake up Zekk, go get Lowie, work on the Rock Dragon until Zekk or Lowie complains about being hungry too much, eat breakfast, work on the Rock Dragon, forget lunch, train with Kionne, annoy Jacen, annoy Zekk, make sure Al doesn't reverse work on Rock Dragon, laze around, eat dinner with everyone, and sleep.

Unfortunately, bridesmaid dresses can't be made without the bridesmaids. If only Jaina had remembered that, then she wouldn't be in this very annoyed state. Okay, scratch that, she would be annoyed either way, but at least there would've been a heads up. But for now, she was stuck in a warm, unbelievably stuffy room – causing her to become drowsy, only to be snapped out of it whenever the tailor stuck her with a pin – trying on very uncomfortable dresses.

I hope Jacen is as miserable as I am right now, Jaina thought.

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(Other tailor's place, with Jacen)

"Ow! Watch where you're poking that thing!"

"If you stopped squirming then the pin wouldn't poke you, sir." The royal tailor and Jacen had been arguing for the last 15 standard minutes. Everyone else had a suit ready. Even Zekk and Alaric were ready. Sadly, Jacen was being very picky about his suit and everyone else's. First it was dark green, then navy, and they finally convinced him to settle on the normal black.

After the first five minutes of listening to Jacen whine about the pants making his underwear ride up, everyone in the room wanted to strangle him. Who knew Jacen could whine like a four-year-old girl? So much for getting mature after the Yuuzhan Vong captured him.

"Jacen, just stand still for the nice man and let him do his job. Okay?" Zekk asked.

"But –"

"No 'buts', if you're a good little boy I'll buy you an ice cream cone," Zekk said.

"Hardy, har, har, very funny, Zekk; you're a kriffin' riot," Jacen said.

"Thank you, I like to think so."

Zekk turned around and found that Alaric and Mystiran were staring at him with identical dumbfounded expressions. After giving them curious looks that ordered them to explain, Mystiran said, "You... kinda sounded like our dad. . ."

"He always bribes us with ice cream when he wants us to do something," Alaric added.

"Does he still do that?" Jacen asked.

"Yeah," both answered.

"Even though you're two fully grown men and can buy the ice cream yourselves?" Zekk added.

They nodded. If this was one of those crazy anime shows that Marin obsessed over, then there would be multiple sweat drops on Zekk, Jacen, and the tailor's heads.

"Ow! Can't you be a little more careful with that thing?"

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(Marin, Jacen, and Kionne)

"Master Solo, are you in here?" Kionne called out.

"Wow, it's really dark! I know! I can use my alchemy to make it lighter!" Marin exclaimed while clapping. A ball of light appeared in the air.

"Marin, that's cheating, you used the Force," Kionne said.

Marin grinned and said, "No, I used my alchemy. Now why did Master Solo want us to meet him in this wing? It's all dark and creepy."

"Great, Marin, thanks; now I'm a bit freaked out. Where is he? And what's the funny smell?" Kionne asked her voice barely above a whisper.

"You're welcome, and I don't know," Marin whispered back.

"Why are we whispering?" a new voice asked.

The girls shrieked and a light came on. The three people were standing in what appeared to be a small menagerie – the third person being Jedi Knight Jacen Solo. There were a couple of wooden chairs through out the room.

Jacen smiled at them and gestured to the chairs. He approached one of the cages that were lining the walls and took out a blue, feathery ball that had three eyestalks, a narrow long beak, a long feather looking thing for a tail, and two bird-like feet.

"Good morning, Nicta. Did you have a nice rest?" he questioned the wingless avian. The thing blinked all three eyes in response. Jacen smiled and set the creature on his shoulder before turning to the two apprentices. "I bet you're wondering why I wanted you here."

"Yes, we are, Master Solo," Kionne answered.

"Please, just call me Jacen. Now to get down to business, I need your help."

"Our help?" Marin asked.

"Yes, you see, I'm going to be playing matchmaker with your masters and I need a bit of assistance from you two."

"You're saying that you want us to help get our masters together?" Marin asked.

Jacen nodded.

"You're crazy," Kionne announced.

"Hey – oh, wait never mind," Jacen said. He cleared his throat. "I think we should get down to business."

"Okay, what do you want us to do?" Marin asked.

Jacen grinned evilly. "I want you two to do this–"

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(Hangar)

"Lowie, can you hand me the hydrospanner?" Jaina asked, her hand waving out from under the food prep unit.

A tool slid into her hand, and a voice said, "Lowie isn't here anymore, Jay, and aren't you supposed to be trying on bridesmaid dresses?"

"Nope, we're done for now. You?"

"We've got everything settled for our end of the clothing part. No thanks to your brother."

"Jace showed his dislike for tailors, didn't he?"

"No Sith! I thought we would be stuck in that room forever!"

Jaina nudged him with her foot that was hanging out. "Don't exaggerate."

"Why not? You do it all the time."

"I'm going to hurt you for that later."

He rolled his eyes. "Haven't you beaten on me enough, these past few months?"

"Nope."

"Oh, that's nice."

"Isn't it?"

"You need to get outta there and eat something with me." He tugged on her boot to accent his statement.

"Just give me five more minutes and I'll be done," she protested.

"Five minutes when you're playing with machinery is like five hours."

She nudged him again before sighing in defeat and crawling out. "You know, Zekk, it's very rude to interrupt someone when they're working.

Zekk smirked down at her. "I never did have good manners."

"Maybe Tenel Ka can arrange for you to have some lessons?" Jaina suggested.

"Thanks, but no thanks," Zekk said with a grimace.

Jaina stifled a laugh and asked, "Where do you wanna eat? We can sneak into the kitchen and grab something or –"

"Way ahead of you, I have some sandwiches." He gestured to the table where a nicely sized plate of sandwiches sat. Then Zekk grabbed her hand and proceeded to drag her over to the table. They both ate quickly – Jaina, to get back to work, and Zekk, to keep up with Jaina.

When all the sandwiches had disappeared Jaina stood up and started to walk back over to the food prep. Before she could walk more than two thirds away, Zekk grabbed her arm and started to pull her in a different direction.

"Zekk, what are you doing?" Jaina exclaimed.

"Me, nothing."

"What do you mean nothing? You're dragging me in the opposite direction of where I want to go!"

"If you already knew what I was doing, then why did you ask?"

"Don't be smart with me, Zekk!"

"Me? Be smart with you? Why, whatever do you mean?"

Jaina let out a frustrated noise and stamped her foot, giving all appearances of a two-year-old having a temper tantrum. Zekk stopped and waited until Jaina's anger level left the red zone. Once she had calmed down to a somewhat lower level, he started to drag her once again. "Where are we going?"

"To my room; you're going to spar with me."

"In your room?"

"No, I need to get my lightsaber; we're going to spar in the gym. You know, that place people go to get ripped and stuff."

"I know what a gym is." After a moment's pause, she asked, "Aren't you supposed to keep your lightsaber with you at all times?"

Now that she had calmed down – or at least gave all appearances of being calm – Zekk moved his hand from her arm down to her own hand. "Err… I kinda forgot it this morning. I slept late when you didn't wake me up and had to rush out before Jacen would skewer me alive for being late."

"Weren't you always lecturing us back at the Academy if we so much as went to math class without our lightsaber?" Jaina lowered the pitch of her voice, in an attempt to mimic his own. " 'You can't leave your room without your lightsaber. You never know when someone will attempt to kill you. That weapon should be your life because it's going to be the only thing between you and the barrel of a blaster.' "

A slight tinge appeared on his face. "Haha, very funny; I was a little paranoid back then."

"Oh a little? I think you nearly beat Corran or Kam in that area."

Zekk gave a relieved grin. "Oh look, here's my room! Guess you'll have to continue mocking me some other time!"

An unexpected sight greeted them when they arrived to find the door jammed open. The room was totally trashed. Chairs, cushions, pillows, and the bed were slashed and spewing out fluffy junk; the blankets were ripped and torn into tiny pieces and the walls had large scratch marks. The rather large culprit sat in the middle of the bed, licking its paws in feline content.

"Jay, call Jacen and tell him to get his butt up here; now!" Zekk said his voice unusually calm.

She did as she was told. A few minutes later, Jacen came running into the room. "Muffin!" Jacen yelled.

The feline leapt off the bed and went galloping over to Jacen. It nearly bowled him over as it tackled and pinned the man to the ground. It licked his face a couple of times until Jacen, who was laughing, said, "Muffin, get off of me. I need to see the mess you made."

"I don't think you'll have any trouble of seeing this, Jacen. In fact, what was that… whatever it is, doing in my room?" Zekk asked.

"She escaped from her cage earlier this morning. I've been trailing her wreckage all morning; and now I've found her!" Jacen started to make a series of cooing noises at the animal.

Zekk patiently waited through two minutes of the baby talk and asked, "Where am I going to stay, Jacen?"

The animal-loving Jedi looked up. "That's a good question. All the other guest rooms are being claimed for and being renovated to accommodate the guests for my wedding."

"That's doesn't answer my question."

"It's simple really, you obviously can't stay in your room anymore so you can just stay with Jaina," Jacen said this as if it was one of the most obvious things.

"What?" both Jaina and Zekk exclaimed.

"It's the most logical thing. You and Jaina have been living in the same apartment for the past few months so it shouldn't be any trouble." Jacen stood up and said in a commanding tone that was rarely heard from him, "Now, I want no more arguments. Zekk, get your stuff that hasn't been destroyed and head to Jaina's room. Jaina, I want you to head to your room and pick up anything that you might not want Zekk to see." He paused for a moment before asking, "Well, what are you two waiting for? A red carpet? Get moving!"

They went off to do as they were told immediately, becoming docile and willing from shock.

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(Hallway, with Jacen, the kitty thing and a comlink)

"This is Animal boy calling Pink Girl and Cat Demon/Wolf Demon/Alchemist/Jedi," Jacen whispered, casting wary glances around the halls.

"This is Pink Girl; what's the situation, Animal Boy?"

"Going Solo and Goddess are once again sharing quarters. Operation Trash Room is a success. Begin Operation Awkward Moments. Make sure you are not caught!"

"Yes, sir! Consider it done!"

A grin made its way across Jacen's face. Even if it didn't work out, this was going to be fun. After all, the deadline he gave himself to get them together was the final day of feast, right before he went on his honeymoon. That shouldn't be too hard. His wedding was three months away. Speaking of which, he and Tenel Ka were supposed to go over the menus for the reception and feast in five minutes? Jacen broke into a sprint, hoping that he wouldn't be late enough to deserve the wrath of his fiancée.

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(Conference room, with Jacen, Tenel Ka, and a load of those "advisors")

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you go with the menu that has vegetarian substitutes for the first banquet? The ambassadors from Olanji can only be here for the reception and first banquet," Counselor Tamila said.

"Then we shall use that one," Tenel Ka confirmed. She turned to her fiancé, who was discussing the seating chart with another aide. "We hope that everything is going well with the seating chart."

"Of course, it is TenelKa, Counselor T'chita and I were just having a disagreement upon where we should place my family. Apparently, my extended family doesn't really count as my family," Jacen said.

"Extended family? What extended family members are you talking about?" Tenel Ka questioned.

"Why all my hold fathers and hold mothers!" stating this, Jacen started to list off every single one.

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(Jaina and now Zekk's room, right before bedtime)

"So… what are we going to do about the sleeping arrangements?" Jaina asked. They stood across from each other, looking at anything except each other.

"I could sleep on the floor?" Zekk suggested, knowing very well that Jaina would not allow it.

I'm sure you're all wondering why Zekk didn't just sleep on the couch. Well, unfortunately for them, there was not a sofa or any of its various forms in sight. There were only two chairs that were centered in front of a glass table with intricately carved wood legs and the holoscreen. Off to the side was a private comm station. The only other features of the room were a door to the bathroom, a small walk-in closet, the very plush queen-sized bed and the double doors with delicate carvings that served as the exit.

"No, absolutely not! You can sleep in the bed, I'll take the floor," Jaina stated firmly.

Zekk shook his head. "No, Jaina, I can't kick you out of your bed." There was a lapse of silence until Zekk finally said, "I know, we can take turns sleeping in the bed and on the floor."

"No way! Technically speaking, you're my guest and I wouldn't be a very courteous host if I had you sleeping on the floor at all."

I hate when she gets obstinate. Nothing's going to convince her otherwise so I might as well..., Zekk thought. "Well, there is another way." He hesitated. This was going to be very awkward. A red flush contrasted sharply with his pale skin. "We could… sleepinthebedtogether." The last part came out in a rush.

"What? Could you repeat that?"

"I said 'We could sleep in the bed together'." He cringed. A slight tinge appeared on Jaina's cheeks as well.

"Ahh… I guess that would be okay. Yeah, yeah! That would be fine!" She seemed to be trying to convince herself that nothing ill or odd would come of this arrangement.

Without looking at each other, the two climbed into bed and murmured good night before turning out the light and falling into dreamland.

TBC-

Important Author Note: Okay, here's the deal: this Saturday (the one coming this week for those who are as bad with days as me) I am leaving at an ungodly hour to take a family trip to the Smoky Mountains. I will be gone for a week and am pretty sure I will have no access to a computer. I feel that you guys should know, seeing as you are the people who are reading this. Hopefully, I may have a rough draft of the next chapter ready to type by the time I get back.

Reviews:

DathomiranAuthorRoamer: The weird name part is a real life thing. I'll have to tell Marin that people are enjoying her a lot. Peckhum does rock! I think he's one of my favorite minor characters out of the whole Star Wars universe. My brother loves Al. He keeps asking me to write more with him. But then again, he's 11. I'm very relieved that you liked the part with TK. I'm stressing out that I don't have her in character enough. Thank you for reviewing!

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Shira: Really? You like it? That's cool! The meds thing come from my reluctance to take the

horse pills I need in the morning.

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