Just to mention, no, I don't own Star Wars, Lucas does. Ari, Jett, Saber and all them are my characters though so please ask for permission if you wanna use them.
About ten minutes later, Ari was pulling up to the Lars' farm. She didn't see anyone, but pulled up to outside Luke's room before shutting the speeder down. She jumped out, followed by Saber.
"Luke?" she called, knocking as she walked in. He wasn't there. She glanced up to the suns and saw it was about lunchtime. She walked towards the main area, and could hear voices. She knocked on the door, this time waiting until Beru glanced to the doorway.
"Arianna, how nice to see you. We were just about to have lunch. Come join us," she smiled.
"Thank you Aunt Beru," Ari grinned. Beru had told Ari that she could call her Aunt Beru like Luke did, since Ari was over so often
"Luke, please set an extra place," Beru asked.
"Stay there," Ari turned and told Saber. She hated to leave Saber outside, but she knew that Owen wasn't too fond of animals in the kitchen area. He said it wasn't sanitary. Saber went to her usual spot, lying down a little outside the doorway.
Ari walked in to the room, out of the heat and suns, as Luke placed another glass out for her. He looked up as she walked in and smiled.
"Hey Airie," he greeted her using a nickname some of their friends has given her. He was the only one that Ari didn't mind calling her that.
"Hey Wormie," Ari teased, using a name Fixer and a few of the others sometimes called him. Luke made a face and Ari made one back with a laugh.
Beru brought lunch over to the table and everyone took their spot, Owen nodded to Ari when she sat down, to acknowledge her.
The four made small talk as they ate, Ari and Luke teasing each other at times, as normal. Luke mentioned how Biggs had come back to visit, and he had seen him in Anchorhead, which of course, caused Owen to shoot him a look. Ari asked a few questions, having been friends with Biggs also.
"So what brings you here so early?" Owen asked Ari as they finished. Usually she would stop by in the later afternoon or early evening, usually being sure to leave at dusk or soon after.
"Oh, I had a bit of time off so I thought I would stop by," Ari replied after a short moment of hesitation, telling him a half lie. Owen nodded, being a more quiet man though he had an air of respect around him.
"Can I take some time off?" Luke asked his uncle.
"You have a lot of chores," his uncle reminded him.
"I'll help," Ari spoke up, then looked down from Owen's look. "And I can't stay too long either," she added.
"Go work on the vaporator in the south before anything then," his uncle told him. Luke nodded and then walked back outside with Ari.
"You are going to help me with my chores?" he asked, looking at her eyebrows raised in question
"Yeah. You are my best friend," Ari replied. 'He looks so cute like that. Woah, where did that come from?' she asked herself.
"I have a feeling you didn't just get some time off did you?" Luke asked, breaking her from her thoughts. He whistled, "L.S.," he called, using his own made up nickname for Saber, to call her. Saber shook as she stood up then lumbered over to Luke to get pet. Luke looked up at Ari, while still petting Saber. Ari had to smile. She remembered how Luke teased her about having a pet that shared his initials.
"Well, I did get some time off. And also I got into another fight with my father. It was stupid," she answered. She knew that Luke's father was dead and felt bad complaining about either of her parents when he didn't have any or know who they were.
"Don't feel bad about telling me this stuff. What did he say?" he made his way over to his speeder.
"We can take mine," Ari offered. Luke nodded and went into his workshop area, grabbing a few tools and came back out. Ari had already jumped into the driver's seat and Saber sat in the back. Luke swung himself into the passenger seat.
"Thanks for giving it up, Sabe," he told the canido, who barked in response. The two humans smiled as Ari started it, heading towards the south.
"So…tell me," Luke stated, looking over at her.
"He just…he wants to protect me he says. But I feel like I will never get out of here. Besides that, he first wants me to be a mechanic and then tells me to act like a young lady." Ari blushed slightly when she said this, but then quickly continued. "I told him to decide what he wanted me to be and he told me I had to get my head out of the clouds and see how life really is. But what is wrong with having dreams? Hopes?" she asked, as they sped along the sand.
"Nothing," he replied.
"He would lock me up if he knew about my feelings or visions or whatever they are," she told him, sadly.
"I doubt that," Luke kindly answered.
"He might. He would think it was the bad influence the 'Toshi kids' have on me," she replied, using one of the terms her father used in referring to her friends.
"Maybe it was just a bad day," Luke suggested with a shrug. He didn't know what to say, but was glad that Ari would confide in him.
Ari nodded, keeping her eyes forward on the sand. She seemed almost in a trance for a moment.
"That's not all of it, is it?" Luke asked, looking at her.
"What do you mean?" Ari asked, not meeting his gaze. "Oh, here we are," she replied, slowing the speeder down in front of the broken machine.
Saber hopped out to explore the sand-filled area wagging her tail, panting.
Ari moved to jump out, but Luke held her back, hands holding her wrists, strong enough to hold her, though not hurting her.
"Ari…what is it?" he asked. Ari turned her head, tears in her eyes. She sometimes hated that he could see when she lied, it was as if it was impossible to do with him. Luke lifted her chin with one of his hands, stroking her cheek with his thumb.
"What is it?" he asked again. All of a sudden he felt a wave of fear and sadness fall over him, covering him like a blanket, then disappearing just as quickly. He dropped his hand in surprise, yet holding her gaze. "Ari…?" he asked in barely a whisper.
"It happened again. The feeling. Stronger than ever. It hit like a bantha stampede earlier today. Something big is going to happen. Something bad, which will result in life changing events." Ari closed her eyes for a few moments before opening them. When she did, Luke could see the tears in her eyes. "I'm scared," she admitted.
"Of what?" he asked, his voice still quiet like hers.
"These feelings. Why do I get them? Why me?" she questioned. She started to cry. "I never asked for them. I never asked to be strange and unable to fit in. I hate this. I don't know what any of it means or know how to stop them, or at least control when they hit." Ari started to cry even harder, something she very rarely ever did. Luke slid over and hugged her, on hand rubbing her back.
"It's going to be ok…" he whispered. "I promise. Everything is going to be ok."
Eventually, Ari wiped her eyes, then lowered her head, embarrassed about crying on Luke's shoulder.
"It's ok to cry," Luke spoke up.
"You never do," Ari pointed out to him.
"That's not true. Do you remember your last birthday?" he asked. Ari nodded, closing her eyes to remember that night, close to a year ago, though she could remember it like it had been yesterday