Chapter Five: Race You to Hoth

It had been three weeks since Jack had been with the Alliance, and, being a social butterfly, she had gone and made good friends with everyone. Now almost everyone in the Alliance knew her. But she was close friends with Leia. And also Han and Chewie. Only Artoo knew that she was in contact with Vader. She told him because she knew she could trust him. And Jack and Luke were really good friends. It was probably because they had been together on the trip to the fleet. But they argued a lot. It reminded Jack of her brother Jason. Jacklin spent a lot of her time with Han. They worked together, secretly trying to get Leia to like Han.

She would also help Han and Chewie on the Falcon almost every day.

But today, they were braking out of their comfortable habits. Luke, Jack, Leia, and Chewie were gonna be sent to look for a new base. Leia and Threepio went with Han and Chewie in the Falcon, and Luke and Artoo went with Jack in the Star Streak.

Jack and Han planned for Leia to be in the same ship Han was in so she could start to like him.

Remembering Star Wars Episode V, Jack suggested that they check out Hoth. Right before the jump into hyperspace, Han comed the Star Streak.

"Race you to Hoth, Jack. Last person there owes the other ten credits."

"You're on!" Jack said. And they made the jump into light speed.

"Jack, how long will it take to get to Hoth?" Luke asked.

"Just a minute, I'll find out." Jack keyed in the cordinents to Hoth, and waited for the data to load. When it was finished, Jack groaned.

"It's twenty-four 1/2 parsecs away. It'll be a little more than a weak before we get there."

"Darn! Alright, Jack, who's up for a Lord of the Rings marathon? And before that, can you make me some pancakes?"

They watched Lord of the Rings the rest of the day. Luke fell asleep again, but Jack managed to stay awake long enough to get to the conservatory. Artoo was on there waiting for her.

"Remind me to ask Vader for a ship with two beds next time." Artoo beeped something which didn't sound polite.

"I am not picky! Luke just keeps stealing my bed." Artoo beeped again.

"You wouldn't understand, you're a droid." Artoo begged her to continue.

"Well you see, humans don't sleep together unless they're married." Artoo beeped another question.

"To be married means to spend time together, to live together, and to be best friends." Another beep from Artoo.

"No! Leia and I aren't married!" Artoo said something.

"No, we share rooms, but that doesn't mean we're married. Marriage takes place between a guy and a girl. Remember Anikans' and Padmes' marriage? Well it's like that. Only it usually doesn't end with the husband choking the wife." Another question.

"Oh, just let me sleep." Artoo rolled out of the room letting Jack get her rest.

The next morning, it was Lukes' turn to wake up first. But he was too bored to let Jack sleep in.

"Jack, wake up!" Luke shook Jack as he said this.

"Come on, I'm bored. Plus I want some pancakes!"

"Five more minutes Luke."

"No! Get up!" Luke ran to the galley and filled a bucket with water and came back to where Jack was sleeping.

"Aaaaaaaaah! No pancakes for you, young man!"

After breakfast, which, despite what Jack said, consisted of coffee and pancakes, they went to the conservatory to find something to do.

"I want to watch Lord of the Rings!" Luke said. Jacklin groaned.

"Come on, Jack! I only want to finish Return of the King. We've never been able to do that!"

"Fine. But after that, we do something else!"

Luke and Jack managed to exist in harmony for the rest of the day. But unfortunately, that harmony couldn't continue when the question of who would sleep where came up that night.

"Luke, it's my bed. So by rights, I should be sleeping there!"

"I am not sleeping on the sofa!"

"I slept on it last night! So it's your turn to sleep there anyway!"

"Fine! We'll take turns. You sleep there tonight, and then it's my turn, than yours, and so on 'till we get there."