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Chapter 25

Over the last eighteen and a half years Leia had forgotten the joys of being pregnant. Every morning for the last week and a half Leia had been waking up with terrible morning sickness. There were days that she spent nearly an hour over the toilet with Han holding her hair back. Today was no different.

She had awoken around ten and rushed straight to the refresher. Han opened his eyes and watched his wife run off. I'm way too old for this, he thought as he drug himself from bed to go take care of her. "Leia, you okay?" he asked.

Nodding her head, she said in a weak voice, "Yeah. It's not so bad today." Taking the rag that her husband offered her, Leia wiped at her mouth. "I don't understand how Jaina's gotten lucky enough to escape the dreaded morning sickness."

"You should feel happy that your daughter isn't going through this right now. This way you don't have to share me."

"I am happy for her," Leia growled. "The little winch."

"Uh huh. That's what I thought. Where is Jaina anyway? She's usually up by now."
"Don't know. Maybe you should go check in her room."

Han could tell by the tone of her voice that Leia wanted to be left alone for a little while. Happy to oblige the overly hormonal pregnant woman, he gladly went to check on his daughter. Knocking on the door of his guest bedroom, Han waited for Jaina to open up. When she didn't he called out, "Jay, you in there?"

There was no response so Han walked in. As he suspected Jaina was gone. But so were all of her things. Glancing around Han noticed that there was no longer any trace of his daughter in the room except for a note written on a piece of flimsiplast.

He took the note and walked back to the master bathroom. "Hey Leia, Jaina's gone."

"What?" his wife asked, as confused as he was. "Where did she go?"

"Not sure. She left us this note though." Reading what his daughter had written, he said, "Mom and Dad- thanks for letting me stay with you guys as long as you have but I had to get out for a while. Lately I've been researching the life of one of the former queens here on Naboo and I think I've tracked down her family. I can't really explain my fascination with her, but I think it is the will of the Force. Hopefully I won't be gone long. I love you guys, even if I don't tell you all the time. Thanks for being there for me. Your daughter, Jaina."

"She left," Leia murmured more to herself than to Han. "I hope she's okay."

"I'm sure Jaina's going to be fine, Princess. If going off on this little mission makes her feel any better, then I say that's great. Plus it gets her out of our hair for a little while."

Leaning into her husband's embrace, Leia sighed and said, "I know. I kind of liked having her here though."

Han was squeezing her shoulder's reassuringly when they heard a knock on the front door. After helping his pregnant wife stand, the two walked into the foyer of their home and answered the door. Both were surprised to see Jag Fel standing in front of them.

Fidgeting nervously, he said, "I'm sorry to bother you both so early in the morning, but I'm looking for Jaina. Kyp said I might find her here."

"Sorry to break it to you kid, but she just left last night."

"Left? Where did she go?"

"We're not completely sure," Leia said. "Will you come in for a moment?"

Nodding stiffly, Jag walked into his in-law's home. "She didn't tell you where she was going?"

"No, I'm afraid not. She did leave a note though saying that she was searching for the identity of a former queen here on Naboo. We're not completely sure why, but she seems to have a growing obsession with a woman by the name of Padme Amidala."

"That's strange," Jag said as he took a seat on the couch. "It doesn't really sound like Jaina."

"Well, pregnancy sometimes makes you do weird things," Han said with a laugh as he settled down next to his daughter's husband.

"Pregnancy?" Jag questioned. "What are you talking about?"

A look of worry passed between Han and Leia. "Jaina is pregnant. Didn't she tell you that?"

All he could do was shake his head in shock. How could Jaina hide this from him? It just made things worse.

"Are you okay there kid?" Han asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Jag could tell that he didn't sound fine at all.

"If you don't mind my asking Jag, why exactly has Jaina been staying with us for so long?" Leia questioned cautiously.

The young man looked up at the older woman, pain filling his eyes. "That you will have to ask her. I'm sorry for imposing on you both." Then he stood up and walked back out the door.

What Jag had just learned played over and over in his head on his walk back home. He had been beginning to forgive Jaina for what she had done, but now this changed everything.

Once he arrived at the apartment, he walked inside and looked around- praying that by some miracle Jaina would be there. She wasn't. But he did have a message flashing on his machine.

Running over to the comm station, Jag quickly glanced to see who it had been from. It wasn't Jaina. Oddly enough, it was from his mother. Out of curiosity, Jag went ahead and called her back.

"Mom," he said when his lovely mother picked up. "Did you call this morning?"

"Yes I did Jagged, but don't sound so excited," she said sarcastically. "Your father and I just wanted to say hello and see how you and Jaina were doing."

Not knowing what else to say, he simply murmured, "We're fine." On a whim, he added, "Jaina's pregnant, actually."

"Oh sweetheart, that's wonderful! Is she around? I want to congratulate her myself."

"No mom, Jaina's not here right now. I'll give her the message though."

"You two must be so excited!"

"Ecstatic," he said while tears began to form in his eyes. "Listen Mother, I have to go. Thanks for calling though."

"Of course, son," she said but he could tell that she was sad to end their talk so soon. "We love you both."

"I know. Love you too. And tell Cem and Wyn and Father that we love and miss them as well."

"I will Jagged. Goodbye."

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