Chapter 7

Obi-Wan woke up feeling giddy. It took him a few moments to remember why, then the events of the previous night came back to him. He had finally asked Luna to marry him and she had said yes! Now he just had to figure out a way to make it happen without one or both of them getting caught by the Empire.

He looked at Luna who was still sound asleep. She had kicked off most of the blankets and now lay on her back in a short thin cotton nightgown with one hand under her head and the other resting on her stomach. The fabric of the nightgown was pale pink and so sheer it left little to the imagination especially since she seemed to have nothing on underneath. He raked his eyes over the lovely picture before him and decided she had been asleep for quite long enough.

He began placing feather light kisses under her ear and down her neck all the way to the edge of her nightgown. She didn't wake up. With a wicked grin, he decided to see how far he could go before she did. He placed his hand on her breast, cupping it and gently caressing with his fingertips. He repeated the motion on the other until the tips hardened and poked invitingly through the thin material. Pushing the fabric aside, he took one in his mouth and ran his tongue back and forth over the tip.

"Mmmm." she moaned, still asleep. He backed off for a few seconds, and then continued suckling her breasts while sliding his hand down to caress the silky skin of her inner thighs. They parted and he took the invitation to reach higher. By the time his fingers reached her center she was slick and wet and after one stroke she gasped and opened her eyes.

"Well, hello there. I was beginning to think you'd never wake up!" His warm blue eyes danced with laughter as his fingers continued their work..

"Mmmm, oh, god….Ben. You're incorrigible. " She groaned sleepily.

"You're right. How terribly inconsiderate of me to interrupt your rest. I do apologize." He started to move away, but she grabbed his hand and started grinding her hips in time with the movement of his fingers.

"NO! Don't stop now. Please…" He returned to his earlier ministrations and in a few moments she climaxed in waves of drowsy bliss.

Watching her was always an incredible turn on, and when she reached for him, he was already fully aroused and ready.

"My my, someone's having a good morning" she said, gently rubbing his hard length.

"Waking up next to you does tend to have that effect on me. Ahhhh!" he gasped. Luna slipped a hand inside his shorts and started doing marvelous things to him. Her thumb collected the large bead of moisture at his tip and spread it in circles while firmly stroking him just the way he wanted to be touched.

"I love the way you feel. I want you inside me." She breathed, biting his earlobe softly.

That was all the encouragement he needed. Suddenly she was pinned to the bed as he devoured her with kisses. Usually he was more gentle, but this morning he couldn't help himself and thrust into her so hard the headboard repeatedly banged against the wall. Incoherent noises came from him, but he was too far gone to care. Underneath him, Luna began to arch against him and wrapped her legs around his waist. She raked her nails down his back hard as she came. He followed her moments later with a shout, holding her tight against him as he released deep inside of her.

Moments later, Obi-Wan came to his senses. His entire body, from the top of his head to the tips of his toes glowed with spent pleasure. Luna looked as sated as he felt. Then a terrible thought occurred to him.

"Are you alright my darling? You don't suppose we hurt the baby?"

Luna smiled and snuggled close under his arm. "I'm fine. The doctor in Anchorhead told me having sex was perfectly alright as long as I felt up to it." She gave a contented sigh and began running her fingers through the soft patch of auburn hair on his chest. "I can't wait to be married to you."

…

For days they pondered their predicament. There were no local religious officials to speak of so that was out. The regional government offices in Mos Eisley performed marriage ceremonies, but walking into a building crawling with Imperial employees and storm troopers seemed foolish. Of course, this was Tatooine and most of the government officials were notoriously corrupt. Perhaps bribery was an option? Obi-Wan shook his head with uncertainty and sighed. There were times when he would give anything to talk with Anakin again. If anyone would know what to do in this situation, he would. He'd managed to keep his marriage to Padme hidden from everyone including the Galactic Senate and the Jedi High Council for for years. How had he done it?

In the meantime, Luke's training continued. Obi-Wan genuinely looked forward to their time together each week. The boy's boundless enthusiasm and optimistic outlook were infectious. About a month after proposing to Luna, he decided it was time to start working with the boy on taming beasts. It was a task he knew Luke would enjoy. He loved animals. Obi-Wan decided to start with the tiny desert lizards that thrived in the rocky outcroppings of the canyon near his hut.

As expected, his pupil arrived at the appointed time and found Obi-Wan waiting for him with a bag full of water and other supplies.

"What's that?" He asked curiously.

"Just some things we might need this morning. We're going on a field trip."

Luke's face erupted into a huge grin and he practically vibrated with excitement. "A field trip?! A field trip!" He danced around Obi-Wan in celebration. "Yes! Yes! Yesssss!" Suddenly he stopped cold and paused, his eyebrows knit together as if something had just occurred to him.

"Ben?"

"Hmm?"

"What's a field trip?"

He laughed and ruffled the boy's somewhat unruly hair. "It's when you go somewhere else to learn something new. Why were you so excited if you didn't know what it was?"

He shrugged and reached up to take his hand as they walked towards the canyon that was a 15 minute hike from the hut.

"I always have fun with you Ben."

….

Rocks and sand crunched under foot as they made their way down the middle of the canyon. Soon Obi-Wan found a suitable place and they sat down to begin.

"The trick is to be calm. Clear your mind and reach out with the Force. Feel it. Sense what it is thinking. Do you see that one right there?" He indicated a tiny brown lizard sunning itself on a rock a few feet away. Luke nodded.

Obi-Wan closed his eyes and felt the small being in the Force. It's only thought seemed to be focused on soaking up the twin suns warmth. Very gently he touched it's mind. Come, I mean you no harm. Immediately the lizard crawled into his outstretched hand. It looked up at him with beady black eyes and flicked it's forked tongue. Sleep. It closed it's eyes and lay still. With great care he placed the sleeping lizard back on its rock and commanded, wake. The reptiles eyes popped back open and he stared back at Obi-Wan for a few seconds before giving him a slight nod and scampering away.

"Wow! That was really neat. Can I try?"

"Of course. Let's try one together shall we?"

It was a fun morning. By the time they finished, Luke had managed to control several of the lizards they caught together, but was still having trouble summoning only the specific one he wanted. With so many of the small creatures close by, it was difficult to isolate a single one in the Force. They would have to continue another day, but overall the exercise had been a great success. Finally it was time to go. Obi-Wan gathered their belongings and reached for Luke's hand.

"Come along, young one. That's enough for one day." The poor lizards were probably exhausted by now and it wouldn't do to overstimulate them.

"Awww, do we have to? Just one more.. please?" Luke pleaded. He looked up at Obi-Wan with huge blue puppy-dog eyes. He was so cute it was difficult to resist.

Against his better judgement Obi-Wan relented. "Alright. But after this one we really must go. Your Aunt is waiting for us you know."

Luke sat back down and placed his hands on his knees. He was the picture of serenity. Obi-Wan looked around to find which lizard he was trying to summon, suddenly realizing that they had all disappeared. Something was wrong. His danger sense began screaming at him. They had to get out of here, now!

"Come on Luke. We'll do this later. There aren't any lizards out right now anyway. We have to go."

"But it's working! See? Look!" Luke pointed to a cave in the wall of the canyon a few hundred yards away.

He suddenly had a very bad feeling about this. A few seconds later he knew why. A huge krayt dragon stomped out of the cave. It was obviously agitated and very angry. With a bloodcurdling roar it bared it's teeth and headed straight for them at a run.