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ClaudiaR
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8/2/07 8:19am
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RE: To You - - A Qui-Gon/Tahl Romance in Short Installments, JA, AU - I Find Him - 1-August-2007
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that last line... it was great...
I can't say... lovely ...really
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dianethx
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8/2/07 8:50am
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She better watch out. The Council might start getting suspicious. Loved that she yanked him down on top of her. Good job, Tahl.
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Healer_Leona
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RE: To You - - A Qui-Gon/Tahl Romance in Short Installments, JA, AU - I Find Him - 1-August-2007
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My foot jams into the sudden incline and I stumble forward. My hands out, I catch myself on the grass. I am on my knees.
"Hello, Tahl," Qui-Gon says in a friendly tone above me. Now I know exactly where he is.
I grasp a handful of robe and yank hard. And he tumbles down on top of me.
Awwww... 
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DarkAnakinfan
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8/4/07 5:14pm
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Those pesky padawans! They need to learn to move a little slower. 
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ardavenport
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8/6/07 4:26pm
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ratna: Aaaaah, a Qui-Gon laugh is the best type of healing. Thanks for reading!
Fifilla: Thank-you!
ClaudiaR: Thanks! They're slowly getting back to normalcy.
dianethx: Thanks! Tahl probably didn't mean for him to fall on top of her. . . but it didn't make her unhappy when he did. 
Healer_Leona: Thanks for reading!
[b]DarkAnakinfan[b]: Awww, those padawans are just trying to help. Qui-Gon and Tahl will forgive them. Thanks for the reply!
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ardavenport
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//^^\\v//^^\\v//^^\\_ He Touches Me _//^^\\v//^^\\v//^^\\
Qui-Gon has left the med center. Obi-Wan accompanied him to his room. It must have been a long slow trip if Qui-Gon really insisted on walking the entire way. He is stubborn enough to do it.
Qui-Gon has also begun lightsaber training with Master Yoda. But if they both insist on walking the halls together all the time then they really won't get much done.
I touch the panel outside Qui-Gon's room. The door opens and I enter. It feels like every other room as I follow the inside entryway wall with my hand. But Qui-Gon is inside this one. All my senses detect the long disused space, the stale scents that are now renewed by his presence.
"Tahl."
I know from the tone of his voice that we are alone. His voice is always different, lower, when we are alone. So, is mine. His arms go around me and my arms go around him. We press together in a long slow embrace.
Our lightsabers poke each over in opposing hips. We draw back a little.
"I pledge myself to you, Tahl", he says softly.
"I pledge myself to you, Qui-Gon," I say into his hair. "I feel the same as it was when we first spoke these words."
He chuckles. "I am not the same as I was then. I am weak Tahl. And old."
I can not deny that his voice quavers with the sound of age now. And he is thinner. I stroke his beard. It is still long.
"And my hair is gray, Tahl."
I smile. "I cannot see that." I lay my head on his shoulder. "You are still you." My hand rests on his chest. "And we all age, Qui-Gon."
He is still sad as he holds me.
"When I lost my sight Qui-Gon, I claimed to accept it, but I didn't. I pushed away any kindness because I was so afraid of pity. But you never did, and your injuries were so much worse than mine."
"It is hard to push anyone away when you cannot move," he tells me.
"But you were never angry, Qui-Gon. You were just you." I move my head closer. I breath on his neck. "That has always been your strength, Qui-Gon." I do not know what will happen next.
"Tahl," he whispers. "I. . . . cannot." His voice is heavy with sorrow. At first I do not understand.
Then I do.
I was there for his recuperation. The slow progression of teaching his body to heal itself as best it could. Arms and legs, hands and feet, shoulders, back, neck. But the. . . .manly parts of him were not included. Not that I know of. Technically, there would be no need. For that. It certainly would have been difficult to explain to Healer Leona why that part of him would need to be exercised. Would Obi-Wan understand that request? Possibly. He is a man now, but I know Qui-Gon could not ask.
I am embarrassed for being so thoughtless. Really, I should have known.
I take his hands and clasp them between us.
"You are still you, Qui-Gon. And I pledge myself to you."
He lifts my hands and I feel his lips on them. Then he guides me into his room. I really do not know what will happen next.
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dianethx
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8/6/07 4:44pm
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RE: To You - - A Qui-Gon/Tahl Romance in Short Installments, JA, AU - He Touches Me - 6-August-2007
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That was sweet. I liked that he wasn't really ready for a more intimate relationship - perhaps never but love transcends the physical.
Looking forward to more.
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Layren
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8/6/07 5:12pm
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww That was so incredibly sweet. I have enjoyed this story so very much, I just don't usually have much to say because I'm in a puddle of mushy goo by the time the post is over. You're doing such a good job with this story. It's so very beautiful.
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LuvEwan
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8/6/07 5:52pm
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Eww.
I mean, awww.  That was my favorite post yet. Especially this: "But you were never angry, Qui-Gon. You were just you." I move my head closer. I breath on his neck. "That has always been your strength, Qui-Gon." I do not know what will happen next.
What a powerful statement about him ,a very true one.
But they better be going into that room to play GFFA Monopoly. 
Lovely and lyrical, as always, anne.
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ratna
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8/6/07 7:18pm
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This is very lovely. Glad they can get some alone time together. (Was that an oxymoron?)
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Fifilla
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8/6/07 11:23pm
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Qui-Gon has also begun lightsaber training with Master Yoda. But if they both insist on walking the halls together all the time then they really won't get much done.
It's not fair to laugh about that but that picture is just too funny! 
I touch the panel outside Qui-Gon's room. The door opens and I enter. It feels like every other room as I follow the inside entryway wall with my hand. But Qui-Gon is inside this one.
That is so sweet!
It certainly would have been difficult to explain to Healer Leona why that part of him would need to be exercised.
Difficult to explain, indeed!
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Healer_Leona
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Qui-Gon has also begun lightsaber training with Master Yoda. But if they both insist on walking the halls together all the time then they really won't get much done.
lol But at least Yoda needn't hurry along now.
Let me add an AWWWWWWW. Sweet indeed.
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DarkAnakinfan
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8/9/07 6:34am
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How beautiful. She loves him for who he is no matter what can or can't happen physically between them. Knowing Qui-Gon's resourcefullnes, I am sure they can get around any problems. L_E - of course, they are playing monopoly. Whatever else would they do now that they are FINALLY alone???!
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ardavenport
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dianethx: Thank-you! Tahl and Qui-Gon's love does transcends the physical.
Layren: Thanks for reading! Don't worry about replies; this is my first attempt at some serious romance, so I'm glad the gooey mush is going well.
LuvEwan: Thanks! And Qui-Gon and Tahl violate TOS? Nyaaaaaaahhh.
ratna: Hmmm, I suppose if they're together then they can't really be alone. With each other. But love is funny that way. Thanks for the reply!
Fifilla: Oh, I think Qui-Gon and even Yoda would recognize that they would be quite an odd couple creeping along the hallways. Meeting with Tahl would at least give Qui-Gon enough reason to hurry. Thanks for reading!
Healer_Leona: Thank-you!
DarkAnakinfan: Thanks! I'm sure they will find something to do, all alone, in Qui-Gon's room. 
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8/10/07 9:10pm
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//^^\\v//^^\\v//^^\\_ I Hide _//^^\\v//^^\\v//^^\\
I wake up, but I do not move. I enjoy lying there next to him. I suppose it is early. He does not wake for a time while I lie there playing with the ends of his hair under the blanket that covers both of us.
Jedi sleep couches are not meant for two. But he is thinner and I have always been slender. If we don't move too much neither of us will end up on the floor.
He stirs and sighs. My arm lies across his chest and he gently strokes my skin.
He tenses.
"Obi-Wan," he says.
I hear the noise outside. Sense the presence.
He leaps up, taking me with him and he pushes me into the fresher. The door closes.
I stand still in the room. The air feels chilly.
The door opens and I throw my hands up in a preposterous gesture to cover myself. I am assaulted by my clothes being flung on me. My boots and most of my other things thump at my feet. The door hisses shut again.
I wait. My tunic slides down off my shoulder.
My lightsaber is still next to Qui-Gon's, on the stand next to his sleep couch.
But the door stays closed, and now I hear another person in the room. Muffled footsteps, muffled voices.
Very alert now, I hear the faint sound of footsteps leaving.
The door slides open again.
There is only Qui-Gon now. My arms are folded across my body.
"What do we do now?" I ask.
He has no answer.
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