Fortune and Glory (Sequel to My Name is Myra)

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Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!!!! And what are *you* thankful for boys and girls? I?m thankful for this really cool Fan Fic and the fact that more will be coming soon!

 

Just checking in (and sending this back to page one). Did everyone gain 5 pounds yesterday? I think I ate my weight in pie!

 

Here's something else to be thankful for, a new post!

Enjoy!
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?Never letting up on the customers, eh?? he said, a trace of amusement running through his voice.

I was standing near his table, as a waiter might to take an order. I could smell the sour ale sitting in his mug. Wrinkling my nose, I tried to ignore it.

?Hello, stranger,? I said, tilting an invisible hat towards him.

He shook his head slowly. ?Very funny. Now answer, please.?

I moved towards the booth seat across from him. ?It was his choice to hold my payment. He has been in this business long enough to expect what to happen. Not my fault that he expected different just because I?m a woman,? I countered, sitting down at the booth. I traced the smooth surface of the table. Feeling the coolness absorbing into my hand, calming me down after my earlier meeting.

?Don?t you think that breaking his arm at the end was cruel on your part?? His question came as a gentle probe, but the words still stung.

I looked up from the table and found his brown eyes searching mine. /Looking for traces of evil, Wedge?/ He sincerely had to have doubted me to ask me my intentions. I wanted to put him at ease. I had to reason it out with him.

?I wasn?t being cruel, I was being cautious. I had to make sure that he wouldn?t follow me and decide to balance my account once and for all.?

Wedge leaned back, his messy brown hair falling into his eyes. The hooded look gave him a mysterious air.

Immediately I got uncomfortable. Silently I laughed at myself. /Come on, Mirax. This is Wedge. You know him like the inside of your ship./

?I thought that was what back up was for,? he said.

?I can?t always rely on you.?

Between strands of hair, his eyes narrowed. ?Myra, I?m not your father. I?m not going to disappear on you.?

I grimaced. Annoyed at him for using my childhood name. ?This isn?t about Father. I got used to the fact that he?s not around. I got used to that fact even before he went to Kessel.?

?Then why don?t you trust me??

I was jarred from that simple remark. How could I not trust him? I must trust him. It wasn?t possible for me not to. He was Wedge, infallible to the end. I?ve always trusted him.

?I do trust you,? I said.

Wedge stared at me to stop. I took that time to try and see things his way. I knew that I trusted him always to be truthful. Always to be the same. Always to be there when I needed him. That wasn?t the issue with me, I knew I trusted him. I looked the other way. Why would he think I didn't trust him?

?Myra, I can tell you?re thinking about it. You?re not a stupid woman so I?ll cut the small talk and get to the point. You don?t ask for my help any more. You have completely lost your faith in everyone. Including me.?

/What?/ I stared at him. What he was saying couldn?t be true. I have always relied on him to be there to pull me out of trouble in case it rose up. What he probably didn?t realize was that I liked to take care of things by myself. I didn?t want to rely on anyone, they were there to help, not be my limb.

I stated myself again. ?I didn?t need your help.?

He didn?t buy it, not that I expected him to. He was stuck behind his perception. ?No, you could have ended this with less violence. You could have simply asked me to watch your back-?

?I *did*.?

?-and you could have trusted my abilities. Instead you chose to lose a slice of your humanity. No, you?re not even trying to trust people any more.? He said all of this with absolute conviction. His doubt cast a pain in my side. It was terrible, but I let my face show nothing. I wanted to yell at him how he was twisting everything, but mostly I just wanted him to stop.

?I?d rather not be talking about this in public.? I tilted my head sharply at the crowd. He didn?t know how much he had hurt me. Whether from my concealment or from his lack of insight, he didn?t know. If he continued, he would end up with a sobbing wreck in his hands.

Wedge snarled, I jerked back, surprised at his reaction

 

Wow! What a great post! It's interesting to explore how an intelligent smuggler like Mirax still managed to stay a kind and sweet person by the time of the X-Wing series. She must have had moments like this in her past.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Jen

 

Great job Mirax! Post more!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

Just moving this to the top in case anyone wanted some good holiday reading material!

 

Great post!

 

Up!

 

Excellent post, Mirax! I've always liked Wedge... hehe...

 

So far, this is shaping up to be about as good a story as its prequel-- and I've got no qualms about this story's title, either! You've done a good job of characterizing Mirax; I think you have a very good writing style.

Anxiously awaiting more...

 

This is really great!!!
I love it!
Post soon!

 

IA-63152 checking in. Great post, mirax. You keep up the good work and we'll keep up the thread.

UP!

 

3xT!

 

This is fabulous! I'm sorry I missed it last night. I love the way Wedge helps her; it fits perfectly into the way I see them. Great post Mirax!

 

Who does Wedge think he is? Her daddy?

 

up Up up! So no one else can miss it!

Is it too soon to start begging for more, Mirax?

 

Post soon!
top!

 

Pleeeaaase post soon! Please pretty please!?!

 

*grin* WAHOOOOO! MORE WEDGE! MORE MIRAX! WAHOOOO!

 

So many loyal fans, so few story posts. . . what?s this world coming to? ;-)

 

Eek! Sorry, I don't mean to leave you all! My connection crashed yesterday, and it's my dad's birthday today. We're going out to celebrate, but my editors will be getting something tonight. I promise!

 

That's so sweet of you, Mirax! Tell your dad that your demanding fans will let you have the night off in honor of the occasion. Well, I'll stop bugging you anyway.

 

woohoo! Have fun Mirax.