A/N: So, so, so sorry for the long update time, but you see… Darth Writer's Block decided to duel my Muse (a long story involving a monkey, a key lime pie, and some mashed potatoes…), but unfortunately, my Muse is not a Jedi, so of course, she lost, then all my plot bunnies died of starvation because she wasn't there to feed them… But a couple of new bunnies have latched themselves onto me, and I managed to resurrect my Muse, so I'm back in the game!

REVIEW RESPONSES: To IfOnlyIfOnly: Thank you. Sorry to have left you iching for so long! Yeah, "turn the rest of your hair white" was my fav line in that chapter. I told my beta, you can change anything you want in that convo, but I'm keeping that line! To G-Anakin13: You'll find out... I refuse to comment either way on the evilness/non-evilness of Danni in this story. Thank you. To SWaddict1986: I'm glad you're glad. Interesting theory, but no theory will be debunked until it happens in the story. At least you're happy with your confusion. Sorry, the post took so long, but as I said, DWB killed my Muse, so it really wasn't my fault. To Black Dragon of Destruction: thank you. Here's the next chapter! To Chimpo: She certainly has an interesting one... Jaina's a pain in the ass, so what else is new? Hmm, I wonder why she could possibly interested in who Jag's dating... But, seriously, there is more to it than what you're probably thinking... To Ishbugirl: Here's the update, please don't die! Hey, are you on the Boards? Because your name is really similar to someone who's on there...

Chapter 16: Complicated Social Infrastructure

"So, you and Danni, huh?" Jacen asked that day after practice.

It was the first time anyone spoke to him since Jaina confronted him in the cafeteria. Not even Danni had been willing to meet him in the eyes.

"It's nothing official. I mean, we haven't been on a date or anything," he admitted, though the thought of dating Danni was certainly appealing.

"Well, I think it's cool. I used to have a crush on her back in the day. But don't tell Tenel Ka that. She'd murder me even though it was in the first grade."

"You did?"

"Hell yeah – every guy had a crush on her at one point or another. Don't expect anyone to admit to it though, not after last year…" Jacen seemed to be out of it, almost regretful, as he trailed off, but after a moment he snapped back to look at Jag.

"Jacen," he approached the subject carefully. So far no one had told Jag a thing. Either he was told no one knew or he was asking the wrong person or they didn't even seem to want to recall what had happened, but Jacen was upfront and had to know what was going on. He was Jag's last chance at finding out what happened, unless he wanted to ask Jaina about it – which he didn't. "Do you know what happened between Jaina and Danni?"

"No, no one does, not even Tenel Ka." For a moment, Jacen looked like he would say something else, but he didn't say anything until they left the building. "So, listen, it really is great that you and Danni are together. She's a really cool girl, it sucks that she doesn't have many friends…" Jag couldn't help but notice that Jacen once again refrained from blaming his sister for anything. "Anyway, I'm just glad you two are together now…" Jacen stuffed his hands in his pockets uncomfortably and shuffled his feet. "I'll talk to you later." With that, Jacen practically ran to his speeder and hopped in, not even looking back as he jetted off.

Jag shook his head as he stared after Jacen. How did he suddenly become the center of some huge scandal?

It was high school – there didn't need to be some complicated social infrastructure to keep it running.

Jag got in his own speeder and headed home.

He wasn't naïve; he knew that not everyone could be friends. But was it necessary to completely exclude some one from every group simply because one girl said so? 'Though,' the annoying, inquisitive part of his mind whispered, 'You don't know the whole story… maybe it's not what it seems like.' He quickly banished the thought. Everyone said it was Jaina, and from what he had seen, there was no reason to believe otherwise.

He was glad Jacen, the first to accept him, supported Danni and he, but he couldn't understand why Jacen acted the way he did. If he thought Danni was as cool as he had said, why did he let Jaina push Danni around?

Jag let out an involuntary groan. If he was still on Csilla, he would have a happy, uncomplicated life, but no, he just had to move with his parents and transfer schools. Ever since he'd met Jaina Solo, his life had started going down hill.