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2. The world really has come to an end with Han and Luke-planned baby showers. It's a scary thought. All the women were supposed to be senators, thus their prudish behavior. I love Wedge too, though I don't know why.

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Chapter 53

The next day…

Han was slumped on a couch, palm resting on his forehead when Leia came home from the Senate. She gingerly sat next to him, one hand resting on her abdomen, her other hand brushing through his hair.

"Hangover, huh?" she asked.

"No," he mumbled.

"Well, then what has you so depressed?" she asked.

"What makes you think I'm depressed?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe it's the fact that you're lying down, looking either massively hung over or completely depressed."

"Nice. You're a real comedian," he muttered.

"C'mon, Han. I can't make you feel better if I don't know what's wrong."

"Hmm…maybe it's the fact that I can never go out in public again without being completely humiliated."

"I'm assuming this is because of the baby shower?"

"Yeah. Maybe we should leave New Alderaan for a while."

"I don't think so! It was your idea to have the baby shower, you know. And I'm not leaving New Alderaan until after the baby is born."

"Can we leave after the baby is born, then?"

"You're that embarrassed? Why did you have the baby shower in the first place, then?"

"It wasn't my idea to invite all those women. Now, thanks to their loud mouths, everyone in the Alliance knows about the little feminine party that Luke and me put on."

"Oh, poor baby," Leia coddled. "Is your ego damaged?"

"Yeah. And it needs a lot of repairing," he sat up and leered at her. "I can think of someone who can help fix it, though."

"Luke?" she asked, ignoring his look.

He laughed. "No. I was thinking of someone a little more petite."

"Hmm…Yub-Yub?"

"I don't think so."

"Lumpy?"

"No."

"How about…me?"

"That sounds about right."

Han leaned forward and kissed her. As he was kissing her, she was suddenly struck by something that had been occupying her for most of the day. Han had unintentionally reminded her of it, and now it was consuming her thoughts.

"Han…I wanted to talk to you about something," Leia said as she broke away.

"Hmm…what is it?" he muttered.

"Are you happy being here on New Alderaan all the time? Not going anywhere on the Falcon or leaving the planet?" Leia asked.

"Well, I dunno - I do miss flying, and the stars. I don't want to leave you or anything, though, if that's what you're wondering."

Leia abruptly stood up and began pacing, gesticulating animatedly. "No, it's just that I was thinking about resigning from my position as a senator after the baby is born. I don't want to miss seeing him grow up because of work, but I still want to be involved in the Alliance. I know I talked to you a little bit about this before, but I'm thinking about asking Mon Mothma if I can be sent as an ambassador to try to get more planets to join the Alliance. You can come with me as my pilot, and we can take the baby with us whenever we leave. We wouldn't always be gone, of course, so you can still run the adoption agency, and our son will always have a home to come back to," Leia said in a rush. "I understand if you don't like the idea, but the further into the pregnancy I get, the more I know that I won't be able to leave him with nannies or droids all the time while I go to work. It would be too hard."

"Leia," Han stated simply, standing up to wrap his arms around her. "That sounds like a wonderful idea."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I feel exactly like you do," he assured, then stepped back to appraise her. "So, you're really gonna leave your position in the Senate?"

"Yes. As long as Mon Mothma approves, that is."

"I don't know how easy that'll be. She was at the baby shower, ya know," Han laughed.

"I know, and that's why she'll probably approve. I don't think that she'll want me at the Senate anymore after that debacle."

"I don't know. I'm not gonna argue with anything that gives you more time with me, though."

"You, my love, are absolutely insufferable," Leia claimed with an air of dignity.

"I know," he said as he drew her into another kiss.