Disclaimer: All characters or part thereof are property of George Lucas,
Timothy Zahn and
Lucasfilm. Don't sue me cos I ain't making any money from this. It's written for the
pure joy of writing.
Don't know why I did this, must be cos of the boredom on this godforsaken country. I hate Singapore. Anyways enjoy the fic.
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I could not take his eyes off her. She's the type of person who could make your insides melt and your legs wobble like jelly if she chose to. She is the kind of person who looked good in anything she wears. She is beautiful, short and smart, a deadly combination. She is intoxicating and she is looking at me now. She approaches me, flashes a big smile and looks straight in me eyes.
"Could you teach me how to use a lightsaber," she asks, blushing slightly averting her gaze from my eyes to look at her hands which were meddling with her robes.
"Sure," came my short reply. How could I refuse this woman? There is nothing I would not do for her even if she asks me to jump into an ion engine of a Star Destroyer.
Her mouth dissolves into a grateful smile. "Meet me in my cabin in about thirty minutes?" she asks me.
"Your cabin?" I inquire looking at her in bewilderment.
"Would you rather we practice in the cockpit or hangar?" she points out, her hands on her hips, her impatience an obvious thing through the Force. She is looking at me for confirmation.
"You have a point. I'm not sure whether Aunt Mara would let us practice in the cockpit. So I'll see you in thirty at your cabin," I reply flashing her a lopsided grin, one that was equal to my father's.
"Thank you Jacen," she says as she turns on her heels and heads towards her cabin.
"No, thank YOU Danni," I mutter softly heading towards my own cabin to retrieve my lightsaber.
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Jacen's POV.
I note with pride that Danni is a fast learner. Within a space of an hour, she has already mastered the basic attacks and defense for a simple lightsaber battle. However, her quick learning comes at a small cost. She has burned a bit of my skin with the lightsaber. Also she has slashed my shirt rendering it useless.
She insists, however, that I continue to train her with the lightsaber. Her reason being that she wants to learn the ways of the Jedi. I also noticed that she usually steals glances of me whenever we take a short water break. Her eyes do not look at my face but instead she is looking at my upper torso. I catch her during such a time and she blushes looking away.
"We should begin again and Danni, try not to burn my skin this time," I say to her, chuckling lightly as I ignite my lightsaber, preparing to train her again.
Danni POV.
"We should begin again and Danni, try not to burn my skin this time," he tells me, chuckling at himself. He has ignited is lightsaber and beckons me to activate mine. Luke Skywalker had insisted that I make my own lightsaber since I will be a Jedi soon. Even so, I do not know how to use it well and have asked Jacen to help me.
I remember that Jacen had once saved me from the Yuzhaan Vong on Belkadan where they had first began their invasion. He told me then that he held strong feelings for me but I told him that it was only a crush. He was only a boy then, he did not know much when it came to matters of the heart. Now he is a man, a young man, twenty-two years of age.
Now it is I who harbor strong feelings for this man. However, I can see that he does not hold any feelings for me except friendship. I find myself staring at his body, exposed after I accidentally slash his shirt. His chest is well toned with a round scar between his pectoral muscles. His abs are prominent as well. He is so muscular now.
He nods at me and he attacks me with small economic movements. I am able to defend against his attacks but in my haste to press on my offense, my lightsaber burns off another section of his skin, this time on his back.
"Sith Danni! Try to focus on your hand movements not your enemy's. What would happen if all your enemies were as handsome as me?" he asked flashing the infamous lopsided grin he had inherited from his father.
"Well didn't anyone tell you pride is of a dark side?" I pointed out, teasing him.
"It's not pride Danni. It's just knowledge," he replied the grin still on his face. "Anyways back to more important matters, your stance is wrong Danni. It's too low leaving you exposed to a high attack, it should be held like this," he told me stepping behind me, holding my hands with his and correcting my position.
At that moment, my heart rate increased as his hands made contact with mine. I felt a jolt of electricity when he touched my hand. I could also feel his body against my back. It felt like durasteel. Durasteel wrapped in warm, soft skin.
Jacen was saying something to me, something about my attack strokes but I couldn't hear him. All I could feel was his smooth body pressed against mine and his hands grasping my own. I do not know if this feeling was described as love or infatuation. I sighed and followed him as he led me through lightsaber strokes.
Jacen POV.
My cool, calm voice betrayed the excitement I am feeling in my heart. Even sweat drenched, Danni was the type of woman who always carried a clean, female scent despite being covered with sweat. It was taking all of my self-control not to move my hand to her waist and just hug her. I found it increasingly difficult to keep that control as we both made progress with the lightsaber practice.
She had opened up her mind to me and we began moving as one through the Force. Her presence invigorated my mind and I knew that I was in love with this woman. I know that there can be nothing more with this woman and me. We can only be friends.
"Jacen? Can we stop for a while," she asks me, not turning around.
"Are you tired?" I ask, her breathing was laboured and her hands tighten around her lightsaber as she leaned on me to catch her breath. Her hair was so close to my nose and I could feel it on my chest. It was soft. I felt the urge to bury my face in her hair and smell it, an urge which I gave in to. I felt her body freeze up when she felt my face in her hair. Her lightsaber clattered to the floor and I knew I had committed a grave mistake.
Danni POV.
I felt my body freeze up when he buried his face in my hair. One of his hands had released his grip on my hands and he was hugging me tightly from the back. I loved his touch, I felt safe in his arms. I never wanted this moment to end but then my female instinct kicked in.
"Did you just smell my hair? Why are you doing this?" I asked him, glaring at him. Part of me wanted to slap him and part of me wanted to hug him even more, to feel his whole body.
"Because I wanted to?" he answered, sounding more like a question. He grinned at me again and my only instinct was to slap the grin off him. An instinct I gave in to.
I gathered my strength and slapped him as hard as I could. His face turned to one of sadness and apology. My brain told me to scold him but my heart told me to kiss him, hug him or anything to make it up. My brain won.
"Who do you think you are to hold me like that? Do you think I'm some low class woman that does not have any dignity? Listen to me Jacen Solo, don't you even think of doing that to me again. Sithspawn Jacen, you ever hold me like that again and I will vape you where you stand! Now GET OUT!" I screamed at him.
He looked down to the floor, picked up his lightsaber and left the room without saying another word. His disappointment and sadness echoing through the Force. I regretted what I just did and I knew that I had just thrown away my best chance to let him be mine.
I buried my face in my hands and wept.
Jacen POV.
I walked back to my cabin in shame. I passed by Uncle Luke and Aunt Mara en route but I barely acknowledged them. I saw Uncle Luke's worry on his face but I did not want to be pitied. I headed straight to my cabin. I punched in the access code to my cabin and locked myself in.
I threw my lightsaber onto the bed and took of my trousers. I put on my bathrobe and headed towards the Jade Shadow's shower area. The shower could accommodate three people at once but I was the only one using it right now. I stripped off and turned on the shower, feeling the cold water on my skin.
I had taken this shower for one reason. To get away from Danni so I could face my own shame. I had given in to the urge to hold her in my arms and I paid the price for it. Now I do not think that I can even be friends with her or even look her in the eye.
I had ruined everything, as usual. I stand in the shower unmoving just feeling the cold water rejuvenate my dampened spirits. ____________________________________________________________________________ _
I hope you guys will like that. I'll be adding on later chapters soon.
Lucasfilm. Don't sue me cos I ain't making any money from this. It's written for the
pure joy of writing.
Don't know why I did this, must be cos of the boredom on this godforsaken country. I hate Singapore. Anyways enjoy the fic.
____________________________________________________________________________ _
I could not take his eyes off her. She's the type of person who could make your insides melt and your legs wobble like jelly if she chose to. She is the kind of person who looked good in anything she wears. She is beautiful, short and smart, a deadly combination. She is intoxicating and she is looking at me now. She approaches me, flashes a big smile and looks straight in me eyes.
"Could you teach me how to use a lightsaber," she asks, blushing slightly averting her gaze from my eyes to look at her hands which were meddling with her robes.
"Sure," came my short reply. How could I refuse this woman? There is nothing I would not do for her even if she asks me to jump into an ion engine of a Star Destroyer.
Her mouth dissolves into a grateful smile. "Meet me in my cabin in about thirty minutes?" she asks me.
"Your cabin?" I inquire looking at her in bewilderment.
"Would you rather we practice in the cockpit or hangar?" she points out, her hands on her hips, her impatience an obvious thing through the Force. She is looking at me for confirmation.
"You have a point. I'm not sure whether Aunt Mara would let us practice in the cockpit. So I'll see you in thirty at your cabin," I reply flashing her a lopsided grin, one that was equal to my father's.
"Thank you Jacen," she says as she turns on her heels and heads towards her cabin.
"No, thank YOU Danni," I mutter softly heading towards my own cabin to retrieve my lightsaber.
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Jacen's POV.
I note with pride that Danni is a fast learner. Within a space of an hour, she has already mastered the basic attacks and defense for a simple lightsaber battle. However, her quick learning comes at a small cost. She has burned a bit of my skin with the lightsaber. Also she has slashed my shirt rendering it useless.
She insists, however, that I continue to train her with the lightsaber. Her reason being that she wants to learn the ways of the Jedi. I also noticed that she usually steals glances of me whenever we take a short water break. Her eyes do not look at my face but instead she is looking at my upper torso. I catch her during such a time and she blushes looking away.
"We should begin again and Danni, try not to burn my skin this time," I say to her, chuckling lightly as I ignite my lightsaber, preparing to train her again.
Danni POV.
"We should begin again and Danni, try not to burn my skin this time," he tells me, chuckling at himself. He has ignited is lightsaber and beckons me to activate mine. Luke Skywalker had insisted that I make my own lightsaber since I will be a Jedi soon. Even so, I do not know how to use it well and have asked Jacen to help me.
I remember that Jacen had once saved me from the Yuzhaan Vong on Belkadan where they had first began their invasion. He told me then that he held strong feelings for me but I told him that it was only a crush. He was only a boy then, he did not know much when it came to matters of the heart. Now he is a man, a young man, twenty-two years of age.
Now it is I who harbor strong feelings for this man. However, I can see that he does not hold any feelings for me except friendship. I find myself staring at his body, exposed after I accidentally slash his shirt. His chest is well toned with a round scar between his pectoral muscles. His abs are prominent as well. He is so muscular now.
He nods at me and he attacks me with small economic movements. I am able to defend against his attacks but in my haste to press on my offense, my lightsaber burns off another section of his skin, this time on his back.
"Sith Danni! Try to focus on your hand movements not your enemy's. What would happen if all your enemies were as handsome as me?" he asked flashing the infamous lopsided grin he had inherited from his father.
"Well didn't anyone tell you pride is of a dark side?" I pointed out, teasing him.
"It's not pride Danni. It's just knowledge," he replied the grin still on his face. "Anyways back to more important matters, your stance is wrong Danni. It's too low leaving you exposed to a high attack, it should be held like this," he told me stepping behind me, holding my hands with his and correcting my position.
At that moment, my heart rate increased as his hands made contact with mine. I felt a jolt of electricity when he touched my hand. I could also feel his body against my back. It felt like durasteel. Durasteel wrapped in warm, soft skin.
Jacen was saying something to me, something about my attack strokes but I couldn't hear him. All I could feel was his smooth body pressed against mine and his hands grasping my own. I do not know if this feeling was described as love or infatuation. I sighed and followed him as he led me through lightsaber strokes.
Jacen POV.
My cool, calm voice betrayed the excitement I am feeling in my heart. Even sweat drenched, Danni was the type of woman who always carried a clean, female scent despite being covered with sweat. It was taking all of my self-control not to move my hand to her waist and just hug her. I found it increasingly difficult to keep that control as we both made progress with the lightsaber practice.
She had opened up her mind to me and we began moving as one through the Force. Her presence invigorated my mind and I knew that I was in love with this woman. I know that there can be nothing more with this woman and me. We can only be friends.
"Jacen? Can we stop for a while," she asks me, not turning around.
"Are you tired?" I ask, her breathing was laboured and her hands tighten around her lightsaber as she leaned on me to catch her breath. Her hair was so close to my nose and I could feel it on my chest. It was soft. I felt the urge to bury my face in her hair and smell it, an urge which I gave in to. I felt her body freeze up when she felt my face in her hair. Her lightsaber clattered to the floor and I knew I had committed a grave mistake.
Danni POV.
I felt my body freeze up when he buried his face in my hair. One of his hands had released his grip on my hands and he was hugging me tightly from the back. I loved his touch, I felt safe in his arms. I never wanted this moment to end but then my female instinct kicked in.
"Did you just smell my hair? Why are you doing this?" I asked him, glaring at him. Part of me wanted to slap him and part of me wanted to hug him even more, to feel his whole body.
"Because I wanted to?" he answered, sounding more like a question. He grinned at me again and my only instinct was to slap the grin off him. An instinct I gave in to.
I gathered my strength and slapped him as hard as I could. His face turned to one of sadness and apology. My brain told me to scold him but my heart told me to kiss him, hug him or anything to make it up. My brain won.
"Who do you think you are to hold me like that? Do you think I'm some low class woman that does not have any dignity? Listen to me Jacen Solo, don't you even think of doing that to me again. Sithspawn Jacen, you ever hold me like that again and I will vape you where you stand! Now GET OUT!" I screamed at him.
He looked down to the floor, picked up his lightsaber and left the room without saying another word. His disappointment and sadness echoing through the Force. I regretted what I just did and I knew that I had just thrown away my best chance to let him be mine.
I buried my face in my hands and wept.
Jacen POV.
I walked back to my cabin in shame. I passed by Uncle Luke and Aunt Mara en route but I barely acknowledged them. I saw Uncle Luke's worry on his face but I did not want to be pitied. I headed straight to my cabin. I punched in the access code to my cabin and locked myself in.
I threw my lightsaber onto the bed and took of my trousers. I put on my bathrobe and headed towards the Jade Shadow's shower area. The shower could accommodate three people at once but I was the only one using it right now. I stripped off and turned on the shower, feeling the cold water on my skin.
I had taken this shower for one reason. To get away from Danni so I could face my own shame. I had given in to the urge to hold her in my arms and I paid the price for it. Now I do not think that I can even be friends with her or even look her in the eye.
I had ruined everything, as usual. I stand in the shower unmoving just feeling the cold water rejuvenate my dampened spirits. ____________________________________________________________________________ _
I hope you guys will like that. I'll be adding on later chapters soon.