Nicky

"Now this is a nice ship!" I said as I glanced around the giant hanger we were in. We had just parked the Falcon and I was the first one off, followed by the rest of the girls.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Han demanded as he stepped out of the ship.

"Oh, nothing." I said before searching the room for some sort of welcoming party. I found it quite quickly.

"Welcome! I'm Markus Traldion, I assume you are Han Solo?" A man at the front of the group said as he shook Han's hand.

"That'd be me. Thanks for getting us out of that, Markus."

"Well we couldn't let the information fall into Imperial hands." Han's smile dropped and Markus continued to Luke, ignoring Han's insulted face. I felt a bit insulted myself, he could have at least tried to make us feel welcome. Or told us that they had saved us for our sake, not just because we were carrying the location of their base.

"And you are Luke Skywalker?" Markus said, holding out his hand to Luke. Luke shook it.

"Yes sir, that's me. And this is my cousin Haven." Luke pulled Haven over so she was standing next to him and at that moment you could easily think they were brother and sister. Same blonde hair, skin tone, facial structure and smile. It was weird to think that they were from two different galaxies.

"How nice." He said before continuing to Ben. I wonder if he'll pay any respect to the him and Kari.

"Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, I am correct?" Markus asked the Jedi master.

"That would be me." They shook hands.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Master Jedi." Wow, he's actually acting kind. I bet it'll go away when he meets Kari. Maybe he just has something against teenagers. Or girls. Or everyone.

"Same to you, Markus. This is my Padawan Kari Roca." Ben stepped aside so Markus could clearly see her. She looked at him with an unsure, slightly aggravated expression, waiting for him to disregard her and continue on.

He shocked us all by holding out his hand for her to shake. Kari stared at his hand in confusion until Ben nudged her. She carefully shook his hand.

"Well, since you shoved Han aside before he could introduce me, I'll do it. I'm Nicky Br- Solo, sister and sort of co-pilot to Han."

He raised an eyebrow and plastered on an obviously fake smile. "Isn't 'Nicky' a boy's name?" Okay, he did not just say that. "Who would give their daughter a boy's name?" He did.

I saw Kari, Han and Haven's eyes widen and they all got a panicked expression. They knew what was coming.

I'm in front of him with a red face in a matter of seconds. "Excuse me? A boy's name? It's short for Nicole, you idiot! How dare you insult me like that!" I felt three pairs of arms pulling me back.

"Sorry about that, she hates it when people say Nicky is a boy's name. She's quite the feminist." I heard Haven say from behind me.

"You heard her, don't called me a freaking boy!" I shouted at him as I'm pulled into the Falcon, where I'm greeted with a slap from Kari.

"Really Nicky?" Kari said angrily.

"You've been asked that so many times in your life and yet you snap every single time! You need to learn to control yourself." Haven joined in and they both sounded like my mom. Very annoying.

"Gosh guys, it's not I went full out temper with him, like I did to Cole Harrisburg. I've improved." It was true and they both knew it. Cole Harrisburg had made the mistake of asking if I was secretly a boy in the 4th grade because my name was 'like a different version of Nick'. I had exploded with punches and curses that a 4th grader really shouldn't know. I got suspended for 2 weeks, even though I hadn't even bruised the idiot, since I was so scrawny back then.

They just glared at me.

We stood in silence until I spoke up. "Kari why did you look at his hand weird? I mean I know he's a jerk, but you looked at it like you saw poison on it." Her face relaxed and actually got a bit worried.

"I, I have a bad feeling about him." She simply said.

"You sensed something about him?" I said, temporarily forgetting that he'd pretty much called me a boy. "That is so cool!"

"Gosh Nicky, you sound 6."

"Hey guys, Markus needs to show us our rooms, come on." Luke called from outside the ship.

We headed out and followed Markus to our rooms.

•••

3 days later

I took one last glance around the room I had been staying in. I didn't really like it, it wasn't very exciting for a ship traveling through space. Gray walls, gray floor, white beds, dark gray furniture. The only color was from a picture on the wall of some barren landscape.

You know what else was wrong with the room? I had to share it with Han. Enough said.

Anyway, we had just landed on Yavin 4, where Olivia and Leia would be waiting for us. I wondered if Han will still wanted to leave once we got whatever we could get for a reward.

I followed Han down the long hallway and muiltple sets of stairs. We came to the entrance/exit and stepped outside.

The sun was blinding.

Wow. What a sucky chapter ending. Sorry it's so short, but I'm having stress-induced writer's block. I have PASS this week (I'm going to fail math tomorrow) and 3 stories that need updating. It may not sound like a lot, but trust me, it is.

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