A/N: Thanks for sticking with me guys. I will not abandon this story, but 6 classes makes it a bit hard to update all the time. I love you all and your support and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. Enjoy!

"park the truck and we take off running
hurry up, girl I hear it coming
got a moon and a billion stars
sound of steel and old box cars
the thought of you is driving me insane"-Jason Aldean

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Leia leaned back in Han's arms and she couldn't believe how safe she felt-so much so that her face broke into a wide grin without any encouragement, and she was sure if he could see her, he would laugh at her. His strong arms held her just right, with his slightly calloused fingertips making little lazy circles around her waist.

"Can we talk about it though?" her voice was small as the stars started to come out and the chirping of cicadas could be heard around them. Han leaned back from where he had rested his chin on the top of her head, taking in the fresh smell of vanilla and sandalwood that seemed to follow her everywhere.

"About California?" he asked, reaching over for his Dixie cup of wine and talking a long gulp.

"Yeah…"

"Well, what is it that you want to do there? What's the draw, darling?" he tried to keep his voice light, playful even, but he felt Leia tense in his arms.

"Politics. Law maybe. I want to be like my Dad. Well, I wanted to…" she murmured out the last part, suddenly feeling a little light headed. She didn't know if it was the wine, or Han's presence, but she hoped it wasn't the sinking suspicious feeling that she had about her father.

"Law, huh? I can see you being a lawyer. There's nothing you seem to like better than arguing," he teased and she turned her body slightly in his arms to give him a playful little shove before settling back into his warm embrace and was suddenly too quiet for Han's liking.

"What did you mean about you 'wanted to' be like your Dad, Leia? Is something going on? I've never gotten a real good picture of your old man, but you must know something I don't…" Han urged her to keep talking and she once again maneuvered herself in his arms, this time so that her chest was pressed against his and she was looking up at him. A long sip of her own cup of wine calmed her nerves for a second before she began, "How can a man, a man I love so much, go from being the best Dad in the world, to someone I don't even know?"

"I hate to say it Leia, but money and fame will do all sorts of shit to a man's ego. Listen, I used to value that stuff for a while, mostly because it was nice eating every day. But if you get too far into it, you start compromising yourself…you owe people favors that turn into money. That turns into fights. And that turns into stealing. I'm not proud of some things I did, but I got out of it. Hell, you know I like being reckless, but there's a time and place for that. Politics here in Austin is nothing to laugh at. It's a lot of pressure and even more power. He may not realize it, but it's for a man much worse than your Daddy."

"He's changed, Han. Momma used to be so happy, and so were Luke and I. His position in Savannah never prevented Sunday dinners or going to the football games. He was my role model. He could have it all. That's what I want. I want to show the world that I am just as smart as anyone. Han, did you know there is a dismal lack of representation of women in politics…even still?" Leia started to get fired up, and he saw the spark in her eyes that attracted him so much.

"Hold on there girl, one thing at a time. You'd make a brilliant politician, or lawyer, or whatever. And just because your Daddy is being a little bit cold lately, it doesn't mean you shouldn't go for your dream," Han said. He had his dream. He had Falcon and his home was now at Skywalker Ranch, but he was content anywhere as long as he had his boots, and the sky, and his wits about him.

But just because he was content with the life he made being an independent spirit, it didn't mean that Leia would be content in the same way. It was what he liked so much about her-that she was like him in so many ways, that she made her own decisions with a smart but hard head, and she wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. It nearly made him sick that he had been thinking lately that he could convince her to stay. He was a selfish man, but not that much so.

"But is California really my dream?" she asked, more to herself than to Han, and he let her brain tick for a moment, watching her beautiful, puzzled face in the young moonlight as the giant white orb started to rise above the trees. He took the blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders and poured her a bit more wine.

"How long have you wanted to go to school there?"

"Stanford has been my dream since…I can't even remember. When I was twelve? I don't know why. Just one of those things, I guess," Leia sighed, and Han watched as her lips parted for that sigh, lightly stained pink from the wine.

"Then you have to go. Let's not pretend there will be any stopping you," he laughed a bit and she gave him a look. It was slightly scared and a little unsure, but he felt so close to her, even after such a short amount of time that he was certain he knew what the look meant, "We'll figure us out, Leia. Don't you worry."

Leia hadn't been exactly sure what she wanted to hear from him when she brought up California, but his answer made her feel warm, and pretty damn close to loved. They had time. Not much. But they had some. And Leia was sure that she didn't want to waste another second holding back.

"You know, if you are going to show me the real Han, I want you to know the real Leia. The girl I was back in Savannah, the girl I was before I came here and everything got turned upside down," her voice lowered to a mere whisper as she wriggled a little in his lap, getting closer to him and putting her hands on his chest. Before he could turn the roguish smirk on his face into a request for that to happen, she leaned up and kissed him. It started sweet but quickly turned passionate and Han moved to wrap his arms around her under the blanket, but with a quick shift, she was off of him and heading for the edge of the truck bed.

"The hell Leia?"

"Catch me if you can," she giggled, winking at him as she climbed ungracefully out of the truck and took off on bare feet. Han swore with a smile on his face and took off after her, hopping out of the truck bed with ease and sprinting after here. They were only a couple dozen yards from the train tracks, but Leia was over them in a second and running past them. It didn't take long for Han to realize where she was going.

Most nights he never ventured past the train tracks, but he knew a small lake was past them a little ways, as he sometimes saw the reflection of the moon on the water past the trees between the slits of the metal boxcars that passed. He had never planned on going in that tiny lake, but Leia was running towards the banks and Han's heart lurched when her hands dived for the hem of her shirt and she pulled it off her head, leaving it forgotten on the gravelly bank.

"What, you don't want a moonlit dip?" she asked, turning around when she got to the very edge of the water. Han stopped a few yards away and leaned against a tree before the clearing of the lake to keep from falling over. He wasn't winded in the slightest, but it was the fact that Leia, the woman he was falling so hard for, was standing there half-naked in the moonlight. Her body was flawless and perfectly kissed from the sun, and she hadn't been wearing a bra, which caused Han's wranglers to feel a little bit too tight.

"Hell yeah I do, I'm just enjoying the view. It's a nice night and the stars are gorgeous," Han smirked, crossing his arms as he leaned against the tree, trying to look everywhere but her breasts as she started taking off her jeans and they bounced at the effort of her tugging the skinny denim down her thighs.

"Oh Han, you aren't as much of a cowboy as you say you are if you are going to leave a naked woman to go for a swim all alone. Completely un-chivalrous!" Leia laughed. Han loved her laugh. It wasn't girly, but throaty and sexy and when he saw her reach to take off her cotton panties, he immediately started on his belt, not being able to hold back any longer.

"You are right, how could I be like that?" Han grinned, hurrying down the bank as he stripped his shirt off. Leia had already dived into the chilly, shallow water of the lake. The water only reached her waist at the deepest and when she emerged with streams of it dripping between her breasts and her long hair hanging down her back, Han couldn't believe what a lucky guy he was.

Finally he tugged off his boxers and joined her. She gave him another good chase in the water, darting under to avoid his arms and even pushing him down into the mud underfoot of them. But even the splashing and teasing couldn't keep their hands off of each other for long and soon their bodies were pressed up against each other with the water lapping at their hips. Han put his hand on the back of Leia's head and pulled her in to finish what they had started in the truck and this time, Leia didn't pull away. She leaned against him, losing her balance a bit as her toes couldn't find purchase in the mud underneath her, and he caught her, keeping one arm solidly around her waist.

It wasn't long before Han was hard, even with the night air prickling up the hairs on his chest and the cool water surrounding him, the heat from Leia's body and the way she kept nipping at his lower lip had him at full attention for her. Leia trailed kisses down his chest as she wrapped her hand around his length and stroked him under the water. Han tugged lightly at her nipples and watched them pebble from his touches and the slight breeze around them.

The only thing that momentarily interrupted them from their fervent touching was when the train passed by. Han held Leia close to him in the water as they watched the smoke rise above the trees and the cars whip past them. The clinking and clanking of metal and the horn of the train was the perfect backdrop to their passionate kisses and caresses and when the train was long gone, Han scooped Leia up by her ass and she wrapped her legs around him as he started to walk out of the lake. The cold air was bracing and the humidity made the water cling to their bodies. Leia couldn't stop kissing Han's neck, even as he set her down on the bank of the lake. Both of their feet were muddy and he had to gently pull her away.

"Let's get you dry and then we can continue that…"

"I need you now," Leia breathed, reaching once again down to his cock as if to remind him that his body was just as ready as hers.

"Oh trust me, I could lay you down right here, but I don't think you'd like to go home covered in dirt, princess."

"You don't know that," she looked affronted but he pulled her back towards the tracks anyway.

"Southern girl or not, I'm making love to you and I'm not doing it on the ground, alright?" he looked back at her as he held her hand and they stepped over the railroad tracks. It was on odd feeling for them to be so far away from town, with nothing but the moon and stars and the lonely train that had just passed, but it was also perfect at the same time.

When they made it back to the truck, Han gently cleaned her up and they dried off with the extra blanket he had brought just in case. Even when he wiped the mud off her little feet, it was sensual to Leia, and as soon as they were a little more comfortable, she made Han lay down in the back of the truck and she crawled on top of him.

It had been torture for her to look at him that whole time, naked. His body was perfect to her-tan and muscular but not high-maintenance and the sexy stubble forming on his chin made him all the more enticing to her. She took him in her hand and moved her body so that she was kneeling between his thighs. Han sat up on his elbows and gave her a puzzled look, "Princess, you don't have to..." he began, but it was caught in his throat as she tentatively kissed the head of his cock. Leia had been a virgin in all senses of the word before him, but she knew men liked this, especially if what her girlfriends back in Savannah said was true. When Han groaned appreciatively, she became more emboldened and took more of him in her mouth. He tasted a bit like the lake, but his skin itself had its own sinful taste and Leia found she couldn't get enough. She knew she had always been a good girl, but she was always up for trying new things, and this had to count for one of them.

Han tried his hardest to control his hips and not buck up into her mouth and shock her. He was nearly rigid with pleasure with watching Leia carefully suck him, only being able to get about half of his long length in her mouth.

"Leia, God, please…" he groaned out, reaching down to tap her on the shoulder, not wanting to spend himself like an adolescent too early. She looked up with wide eyes, "Something wrong, Han?" A blush crept up her cheeks and he took the moment to pull her up his body, his cock twitching as she soft skin passed over it and it caught for a second on her wet folds.

"Nothing was wrong, I just want to make you feel just as good. You are an incredible woman…" he told her, but Leia was in a mood unmatched by anything she had ever felt and situated herself with his cock right at his entrance. Han had all the plans in the world of licking her until she came apart for him, but when she lowered her tight body down on him, his mind went completely blank as he held her and watched himself move in and out of her pussy, as if in a trance.

"I can't even believe how good this feels," Leia whispered, rocking her hips as Han started to find a rhythm with her and she met him stroke for stroke. Soon her back was arching and she was having a harder time keeping control. He loved the way her lips parted slightly and the sound of her low moans that started in the back of her throat. Soon she was riding him even harder, having pushed him back down onto the pillows and blanket with her hands lightly running up and down his chest. Han gave into his basest desired and bucked his ass up to get deeper inside of her, not being able to get enough of her walls squeezing and fluttering around him. He reached up to grab Leia's breasts just as she was about to come and he felt her squeeze him harder as she let out a loud, sensual, and almost primal scream into the empty little corner of Texas. Han tried his best to hold back until she was done and quickly slipped out of her, coming into his hand in a rush of warmth as he grunted. He was cursing himself once again for letting Leia get the best of him without a condom and vowed it wouldn't be long before he could finally come in her beautiful body.

"Fuck."

"Fuck is right," Leia shook her head, not one to swear too often as she collapsed on his chest. He held her close as their heartbeats slowly returned back to normal together and he kissed her on her slightly damp forehead.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Leave a review if you feel so inclined!