Chapter 64

Leia met Luke's eyes and winked, and he gave a slight nod in return. She tried to hide the mischievous smile that had unexpectedly appeared, and pasted a frown upon her face. She furrowed her eyebrows in concern, tilted her head to the right, and looked intently at Luke.

"Fabio?" she questioned. "I've never heard of anyone named 'Fabio.'"

"Oh," Luke sighed. "Han told me that a prince named Fabio came to your door early this morning and talked with you two. I guess he was just dreaming."

"I wasn't dreaming!" Han protested.

"No, you really were dreaming, Han. I don't remember anyone coming to our door this morning, and I would definitely remember if a prince came here," she replied with a shake of her head.

"No! I know that I wasn't dreaming! I even tried to convince myself that it was a dream, but there's no way I could've thought up this," he stated.

"Maybe you dreamt that because of the conversation we had before we went to sleep. You said that the only thing that would break us apart was if a prince came from far away and demanded my hand, so maybe that just stuck in your mind."

"No, I said that after we woke up the first time! We woke up because Alden was crying, and you fed him, which was why I said…"

"You must have dreamt that too, because Alden slept through the night," Leia interrupted. "He's such a good boy." She looked down at her son with motherly affection.

"No, he didn't. I tell you, there's no way I thought all that up – it's too strange! No normal person would be able to make that up," he argued.

"You don't consciously make up dreams, though, Han," Luke put in.

Han looked puzzled and a little bit disturbed, and for a moment considered that perhaps it had been a dream. Then he remembered the proof.

"Wait!" Han said. "I can prove that it really happened."

He strode over to the kitchen counter and grabbed a blue and silver container. "This is what he gave Leia – 'Fabio's Healing Cream.' See?" he said as he showed the container to Luke.

"Oh, Han," Leia said with a laugh. "I got that at my baby shower! You must have seen the name and that's why the prince was named Fabio in your dream."

"This was not here before," Han proclaimed, though as he looked at the container he questioned the veracity of his statement. It's not as it he went around memorizing where all of Leia's beauty products were.

"Okay, so maybe I was dreaming," he said, hard as it was for him to admit that he was possibly mistaken.

"Yes, you're right - you did dream about Fabio of the planet Ican'tbelieve. But there's no such planet as Gooselvania, you know. And no one poses for holo-novels anymore," Leia said stoically, before bursting out into laughter. Luke followed suit shortly after.

"Hey!" Han complained. "I can't believe you guys did that to me!"

"Yeah, Ican'tbelieve is the name of the planet," Luke laughed. Leia, enjoying his jibe, pushed him lovingly and laughed even harder. Alden was awakened by all the noise, and opened his eyes wide, watching everyone. He looked as if he was about to cry, until his father took action.

"I'll be taking my son now," Han declared, standing up and taking Alden from Leia's arms into his own. "I don't want you guys to influence him with your cruelty. He's lucky that at least one of his parents isn't mean."

"And you're not?" Leia asked, raising her eyebrows. She would have a few moments of intelligible remarks before her laughing attack returned. "Don't tell me that you wouldn't have done the same thing in our situation."

"Of course I wouldn't!" he immediately and emphatically stated.

"C'mon, Han," Luke began. "You know you would not only have done the same thing, you would have been planning it since the moment you woke up. Or since the moment you met this Fabio."

"No, I wasn't planning anything like this!" he contested, then, upon thinking his statement over, revised himself. "Okay, maybe I thought a little bit about trying to trick Leia. But that was only thinking, I didn't do it."

"Yeah, but you were thinking about it, so you can't exactly play innocent," Luke replied. He then moved on in the hopes of satisfying his curiosity. "So, you never told me the whole story about the prince. What happened, exactly?"

Han and Leia relayed the story, with Luke opening his eyes wide at various points throughout the tale. When they were finished, he was speechless for a moment. When he was able to comprehend enough of the bizarre story to vocalize, he showed his feelings.

"That is the most ridiculous story I've ever heard," he claimed. "Are you sure that really happened, Leia?"

"Contrary to what seems logical, it really happened," Leia smiled.

"Well, now I can see why we almost had Han convinced that he had dreamt it all up. You two really know how to attract the 'interesting' characters, don't you?" Luke asked.

"It seems that way, doesn't it?" Han agreed.

A moment later they heard another knock on the door. Luke stood up to answer it, and opened the door to reveal Ty, his parents, Chewie, Malla, Lumpy, Lando, Wedge, Threepio, Artoo, and possibly some other creatures (perhaps Ewoks) who were hidden by the enormous Wookiees. Evidently everyone had had the same idea.

"You really need to stop making comments like that, Luke," Han said, rolling his eyes. To top it all off, Alden started crying.