Here's another chapter, right off the bat! Just so you guys know, I will be gone Friday through Sunday, so there won't be any updates on those days. I can't gurantee that there will be more chapters befor then, but possibly one more late tonight. Thursday is going to be a crazy whirlwind of activity of errands and a new pottery class and dentist and all that fun stuff, sooooo probably not an update tomorrow either. There won't be one Thursday night either as I have to get up early Friday morning so I need a full night's sleep. Check out the new cover art too!

For ChristineThalassinou1990

We Can Cry Together

Twenty-year-old Obi-Wan awoke to muffled whimpers coming through the air vent. He got out of bed and tossed his braid over his shoulder, padding out into the small common room. His Master was hunched on the couch, clutching a strand of something dark in his fists.

"Let this moment be my last one," He mumbled between quiet cries and gasps for breath.

"Master?" Obi-Wan asked quietly. Qui-Gon nearly jumped out of his skin as his head shot up to meet Obi-Wan's grey-blue eyes.

"O-Obi-Wan?"

"Yes, Master, it's me. Are you okay?"

"O-Obi-Wan, I-I have some horrible news." Qui beckoned for the boy to sit on the couch beside him.

"Yes?"

"Obi-Wan, do you remember Master Tahl?"

"Why of course. She was your closest friend. I haven't seen her though for at least 2 years."

"That's because she was on a very long mission. She was on Melida-Daan, mediating peace. She was captured by rebels and blinded by a drug. They injected into her bloodstream a life draining drug that she had no control over. She returned last night, severly weak and barely breathing. They commed me and I rushed down to the medcenter. I'm sorry I didn't bring you; I was running on adrenaline and you were already asleep."

"Master, It's alright."

"She was lying in a bed, and I went and held her hand. I told her I loved her, and that I didn't want her to go. She replied "Let this moment be my last one," in barely a whispered. And then, and then, she, she died."

Obi-Wan gasped. Tears started to flow from both of their eyes.

"I took a strand of her hair," Qui managed to say, showing Obi the dark braid of brown hair. "Obi-Wan, I don't-"

"Shh, Master. It'll be alright," Obi-Wan said, his voice low and quiet. Qui-Gon's shoulders shook with grief while silent tears leaked from his apprentice's eyes.

"I,I'm sure I look a sight, c-crying like this in f-front of you."

"It's-It's okay, M-master. We can c-cry together."

"Thank you, Ob-bi-Wan."

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Well, that was short and frankly quite horrid. Hope you enjoyed anyway.