A/N: Apollo-gizing (see what I did there~ gods stop with the puns )for the shortness of this chapter. Just really needed to update.
Age 16: Amora:
"Hey 3PO, R2," I waved slightly.
"Hello Ms. Amora," 3PO replied and R2 gave a happy little beep. I plopped down in the driver's seat of Luke's speeder sighing.
"3PO are you any good at giving advice?" I asked.
"Well, I'm not programmed for that type of thing, but I'll give it my best shot." He answered.
I sighed and looked up. "I've known Luke since I was 5 years old; he's been my best friend since age 7. I can tell him anything, and he'll understand right?"
"Well, I don't know enough about human interactions to answer that, but I do know that if you completely trust Master Luke then you should be able to tell him everything." 3PO said. My hand flew my bare neck. I'm not wearing it. I trust him. Maybe I should tell him. I looked up. Ah fuck!
"DAMN! The Stormtroopers found us!" I whisper-yelled. I turned the key in the speeder. "3PO, R2, get down!" I hissed as I pulled the speeder into gear. I slammed down on the accelerator and tore out of there. I looked back the Stormtroopers weren't following us. "Holy fuck! How did they find us!?"
"AMORA! LANGUAGE!" 3PO scolded.
It's only the word fuck, argued R2. I looked back at the little droid happy he was sticking up for me.
"WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING!" 3PO commanded.
I looked back and we were about to crash into a building. "Shit!" I swerved and we barely missed it. (A/N: Legit this is me driving messing with music or just daydreaming. I'm not the best driver, but I always scream "Shit!" and swerve. I've never crashed or got a traffic violation so I guess I'm not that bad.) I turned and headed to the back of the bar. Suddenly, Luke and my dad were in front of the speeder coming out the back door. "FUCK!" I slammed on the brakes and stopped in time. "HOLY FUCK! I could've killed you!"
Luke chuckled. "If you drive like that I'm surprised you haven't killed everyone on Tattooiine yet."
"Amora, watch your mouth, young lady." My father scolded teasingly.
I smiled. I leaned back in the speeder casually completely failing and knocking the gear into neutral. We began drifting back. "Shit!" I pulled the emergency break and it stopped suddenly. I jumped out of the driver's seat. "Luke! You take this I can't drive."
He laughed. It was the first time I'd caused him to laugh in three years, simply by my pure awkwardness. "Mori, we should really fix that."
"When am I going to need to drive?" I asked. "You're the pilot… And I guess Han. Also I'm just along for the ride."
Father gave me a look. "You are not just 'along for the ride.'"
"DADDY," I whined. "Why you gotta make me do stuff?"
Luke snickered. "You love being able to do more than sit on your ass."
"LUKE! LANGUAGE!" I fake scolded. "I expect better from you farm boy!"
"You have a worse mouth than me!" He snapped playfully.
"Oh fuck no, I never fucking cuss; not once in my whole fucking life." I replied sarcastically.
My father and Luke both laughed at this. I smiled cheekily. My father turned to Luke. "We must work fast. You'll have to sell your speeder."
"That's fine I don't plan on coming back to this planet." Luke said.
"Amora come with me." My father commanded.
I nodded and jogged to catch up with him, as Luke and the droids went to sell the speeder. As soon as we were out of earshot my father turned to me. "Sweetheart, he cares very much for you."
"Well, duh, he's my best, and only, friend!" I replied.
Father watched me with an expression I couldn't read. "You love him, don't you?"
I gave my father my WTF face. "No I'm in love with R2." I replied sarcastically.
He chuckled. "That's a yes." He sighed and turned serious. "Be careful. Love can bring you to the dark side or pull the dark side out of you. I have seen both. I- I'm just worried that you'll become like An- some people I've known."
What was that stutter about? I narrowed my eyes at him suspiciously. I plastered a smile on my face and hugged him. "Daddy, I'll be better than careful. I'll make sure to keep my love in my music box locked away."
My father suddenly shook his head. "No. The worst thing you can do is bottle this love up and keep it a secret. Let him know. Just know you may have to learn to hide that love from Vader and the Emperor. They would use it against the both of you. They'll even use your friendship." My father paused; as I let all of that sink in. "Amora, I want you to train with my old master."
"Qui-gon?" I asked. "Isn't he dead?"
Suddenly a ghost of a man with long brown hair stood over the shoulder of my father. "Jedi never truly die."
"Uhhh, Dad," I said kinda scared. "Am I crazy?"
He laughed turning to his old master. "No. Hello Qui-gon."
"Hey, Obi-wan," said Qui-gon's ghost. "She is truly beautiful, so much like her mother."
I scowled. "I don't understand what's going on here."
"Qui-gon was what they call a Grey Jedi. He finds balance in both sides of the force. I want you to do so given your lineage." My Father explained. I looked between him and the ghost like they were insane.
"Okay…" I slowly began backing away. "He knows who my mother is?"
Qui-gon nodded. "And who Luke's father is."
"What? Luke's dad is Anakin." I said confused.
"You haven't told her?" He asked my father.
"Told me, what?" I asked.
"It is not my secret to tell." My father replied completely ignoring me.
"Well, does she know who her grandfather is?" asked Qui-gon.
My father shook his head. "But she will find out in time."
"WHAT EVEN GUYS?" I yelled. "Can I just be told all this stuff and it be done?"
"No," they replied in unison.
I rolled my eyes. "I'm gonna go find Luke." I walked away from my father and his weird ghosty friend. I wandered around the temporarily market looking for Luke. I found him and the droids walking out of a used speeder place. I ran over to them. "HEY LUKE!" I yelled in his face.
He gave me that annoyed look I love so much. "Really Mori?"
"You love me," I teased.
He considered this; no he actually seemed to be considering it. "Maybe but I wouldn't tell as to not inflate your ego anymore."
"My ego!? What about Han's!?" I fake pouted. We both burst into laughter. Everything was okay. Everything was somewhat normal for now. Our laughter died down and I looked at Luke seriously this time. "Luke I fear something horrible will happen soon."
Age 17: Luke:
She truly did look scared as she looked at her feet. I pushed her head up lightly. Tears were forming in her eyes again, I pulled her into a hug. "It's okay Mori," I said rubbing her back. "We've got each other now."
She pulled out of the hug. "Thanks Luke." She sighed. She's so beautiful when she does that. Actually, she's always beautiful. "Luke, I-." She stopped and took a deep breath. "I have to tell you something, about my mom."
I nodded motioning for her to continue.
She looked around. "Not here. When we get somewhere private enough, I promise."
I smiled. This must be what she has so much trouble telling me. "Whatever it is, Mori, it won't change my opinion of you."
She smiled at me gratefully but added under her breath. "Don't stake your life on that."
I cocked my head to the side in confusion. "Mori, you are not your mother. We make our own decisions. I promise you, I'd stake my life on it, that my opinion will not change." I smiled teasingly. "You'll still be the best girl in the galaxy even if you're as annoying as a gungar." And as beautiful as the sun.
She smiled and gave me a playful shove. "Skywalker, you best be ready to back up those words with actions. Let's find Han's ship."
I will back up my words with actions thank you very much. As she led the way I added under my breath. "I love you, Mori." I had been doing this for years and she never noticed. I don't think she'll ever feel the same for me.
A/N: Shout out to the peeps who leave me those reviews. I absolutely love your feedback so keep it going. PS This is my total escape right now.
