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Chapter 12

Kelsey

"You know about that?"

"Of course I mean, who hasn't?" I said.

"I didn't think Han would've told you," Luke said.

"It was all over the galaxy how you and my brother managed to blast up the Death Star. Han didn't tell me until we were in contact with one another," I replied. "Luke Skywalker and my brother Han Solo and Chewbacca; heroes of the Rebellion. That's impressive stuff and so risky in my opinion."

Luke had a pensive look on his face as I tried not to laugh at him. I bit into the fruit as I continued to study him. I continued to eat since the fruit was so good.

"Where did you grow up?"

"You certainly have a lot of questions," he said with a small smile.

"Well if we're going to be around each other a lot, I'd figure why not get to know one another. Unless you don't want to I totally get it," I said.

"Of course," he said.

"Okay then, so home planet, " I said.

"Tatooine," Luke said.

"That desert planet?"

"Yeah," he said. "What about you?"

"Corellia," I replied. "Obviously Han must've said something since my um incident back on Rishi."

Yeah that was still a bit hard to talk about given the circumstances. While that was long gone, I don't think I'll forget that for a while when things are still a bit fuzzy no matter how hard I want to remember.

"He may've mentioned it. I grew up with my aunt and uncle before I joined," Luke said.

"They didn't mind you joining the Rebellion?"

I saw Luke grew quiet and looked away. Was it something I said?

"They died two years ago," he replied. "The Imperial army invaded my home and by the time I got back, it was too late. I was sadly lucky enough to not have been there when they were. Who knows what the outcome would've been"

"Oh no I'm sorry," I said. "That must've been tough."

"Yeah but even I knew then, there is nothing there for me now. I never knew my mother and my father died when I was young after the clone wars when Darth Vader came to power from what I was told," he said.

"Oh no," I said. "I guess we have the no parent thing in common then."

"What do you mean?"

I looked up slowly at him.

"How much did Han tell you about my life?"

"Very little it was only brief before we met up with you," he replied.

"I see. Han's family adopted me when I was only two right after my mother died. I don't know what happened with her and they never told me. My real father; I always thought for a time left my mother. It wasn't until I was eleven my adopted parents told me my father had died sometime after I was born and my mother escaped with me to Corellia. They don't know how and I have a hunch they kept how my mother died a secret from me also," I explained.

"Why do you think that?"

"Only because whenever I asked, mostly my father shut that down. All I knew is that he was there when it happened. Maybe he didn't want me to be so hurt since I was missing them enough as it is or something. I was simply told they died in an accident of some sort," I replied.

I looked down at the fruit in front of me suddenly lost my appetite. While I was glad to leave there, I do miss it from time to time. I felt my eyes burning as I tried to not let any tears fall.

I don't want to be weak in front of Luke. Not now. Not when I'm getting to know him.

"I left Corellia a few years after Han did," I said, not looking at Luke. "When I got older, I left. My father had disappeared before I was a teen. My adopted mother did the best she could but it was Han who had looked out for me mostly. Han and I met up after I left. I'd help him and Chewie on a few smuggling jobs until that one time and I left soon after. We've kept in contact for a while after that and up until recently, I've been traveling on my own, fixing any ships that needed to be fixed and getting parts for it."

I felt his hand on mine and I looked up to meet his eyes. They held sadness and his grip was light but I can tell that this felt right.

"I'm so sorry Kelsey," Luke said.

"Thank you but it is what it is I suppose," I told him. "Though I'm a tad surprised that Jedi still existed."

"What?"

"Your lightsaber," I replied, indicating his weapon that was hanging off his belt. "I saw you using it the other day. I didn't mean to spy on you."

"Oh um, I'm training to become a Jedi like my father," Luke said. "You see; Obi-Wan Kenobi was once a Jedi himself and he was starting to train me when I met your brother and Chewie. After Ben was gone, I've been training on my own."

"Wow. That's impressive," I said.

"You think? I know your brother isn't too thrilled of it," he said.

"Han's has his way with things so I wouldn't take it as a bad thing necessarily. I mean whatever you choose to do that's up to you," I said. "Whoa that rhymed."

He laughed a little at that. I finished my one piece of fruit and managed to move on to the next. I took a sip of my water when I looked up at Luke.

"How long have you fixed ships?" Luke asked.

"Since before our father left, so I would say around ten," I replied.

"That long?"

"Yeah. You sound so surprised at that," I said.

"No um, I mean I was but I was only..."

"Commander Skywalker?" a rebel solider said, approaching the table. "I'm sorry to interrupt but General Rieekan needs you for the brief on today's patrol."

"Okay I'll be right there," Luke said. He looked over at me with concern as the solider left us alone.

"It's okay really," I said, getting up from my seat. "I need to get back to work anyways."

"I'm sorry," Luke said.

"It's fine," I said. "We should do this more often. It was good."

He smiled at me brightly as he followed suit. "I'll see you later," he said. "And just be careful."

"Oh Luke you got nothing to worry about," I said with a smile, as we went our seperate ways.

Only with me, I added a bit of a spring in my step as I headed back to the hangar.

-LINE BREAK-

My body ached as I slowly put my toolkit away in the storage room. After our lunch, I continued to work almost non stop until it got dark and almost below freezing. I took a long deep breath as I left the room.

"Hey Kelsey."

I turned and saw Leia walking towards me.

"Hi is everything okay?" I asked.

"Oh yes I just wanted to let you know about the supplies you requested," she said.

"Oh?"

"Some might come with the next shipment of supplies that the guys are going to go get and some might not come," she said.

"Oh that's fine. I can work with what I have if anything," I said.

"Okay I just wanted to be sure, I don't want you to worry," Leia said.

"It's fine thank you," I assured her.

"So...I heard you had lunch with Luke today," she said.

I turned to face her and I saw her giving me a knowing look. I wonder what's that about.

"Yeah it was nice," I said.

"Good," she said, still giving me the same look.

"Oh we're just friends it's not what you think. I mean unless you like him I don't want to get in the way of you two..."

"What? Goodness no. Luke's just a friend. You have nothing to worry about," she said, sincerely. I relaxed slightly at her statement.

"So does that mean you like Han then?" I asked with a cheeky grin as I crossed my arms over my chest.

Leia went from shocked to perplexed within seconds. I could see she was trying to hide the blush that was rising on her cheeks. Her lips started to curve up a little as she tried to keep calm.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said, trying to remain calm. "I hope you're not like your brother."

"No way I was the good child after all," I said.

"Huh," she said. "I will see you in the morning."

"Night Leia," I said as she walked down the hallway.

I couldn't help but hide my grin as I headed to my room shaking my head along the way.

Imagine teasing my brother about his feelings for Leia?

Oh that would be something huh?

A/n So I wrote this literally in almost a day. Guess that funk is gone now. Apologies if this is a bit long.

Anyways, next weekend my update will be a bit hectic since I'll going away upstate for the weekend weather permitting (meaning if it snows the trip is cancelled. Don't you just love winter where I am) soooo my update will happen most likely on the day I get back which is that Sunday. Maybe if I'm lucky and write out the chapter early I can upload and then update on that saturday while I'm gone. We'll see what happens right?

Coming up the heroes get their mission, trouble ensures along the way, feelings will be discovered and a Luke POV will happen (hopefully next chapter!).

Thank you for the love! Keep them coming! I'm dying to know what you think so far! Think we can get to 20 by the time I get home from my trip? No pressure or anything ;-).

Until next week or Sunday,
Spike