Into the Unknown (AUTHOR QUESTION POSTED - Possible sequel?)

Mely awesome. but that was certainly evil!

 

*runs (okay, waddles) into the thread and collapses* Whew! I did it! *breathes deeply* I finally caught up!!! Just in time for the birth, too.

OOOH! T-shirts!!! *chooses one that says, "Into the Unknown: a journey through angst, mush, laughter, and tears. Join Melyanna's soap opera today!" *puts it on*

Now to catch up on other stories!

 

Dang... how'd I miss out on the T-shirt thing... ?


**picks up a very special shirt indeed**


"I SURVIVED INTO THE UNKNOWN"
........Official Moria of Fanfic........

 

awww, Mely, those last two posts were amazing! can't wait to read more!

tshirts? ooh... *looks through pile and chooses one that reads I Love Into The Unknown! And Jag, too! *

 

MELYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! *smack*

Don't just leave us here! YOOHOO!!! POST! NOW!

And before you ask, no, I have gotten no more than six hours of sleep a night, if that, for the past two weeks, so if I'm incoherent, got over it.

I love this! I'm actually taking a sabbatical from teh boards except to post my own story, but since this is almost done (and because of "Joy") I decided to continue reading this and replying.

Can't wait for the end! *abbreviated bounce* *falls over in a dead stupor of sleep deprivation*

 

hmmm...T-shirts, eh?

I'm the long lost daughter of Han Solo

*looks around*
what? a girl can dream, can't she?

 

Great posts Mely. I can't believe that the cakes are almost ready to be taken out of the oven.

 

dumdumdumdumdumduuuum....

 

Cakes taken out of the oven!

 

Grrrrr, you better post more soon or else!!!!!!!!!

 

Eh, I'll be nice.

*~*~*~*

"Jag, Jag, slow down!" Jaina insisted.

To her great surprise and considerable annoyance, Jag had begun to panic on the way to the Jedi Temple. The traffic control authorities had contacted the military and informed them of the situation, and someone had met them at the hangar with a speeder. Jacen had been contacted as well, and he would be meeting them on the seventy-fifth floor of the Temple, just outside the mid-level skylobby and docking bay. Jacen had been serving as her primary caregiver, as a Jedi Healer, and he wanted her in the Temple hospital wing to give birth.

"Jaina, I think the situation warrants a little speeding," Jag replied, his voice strained as he took a sharp turn.

"Jag, unless you want to deliver these two yourself, I suggest you stop raising my blood pressure any more than the girls have raised it," she bit out.

Jag looked at her darkly, but slowed down anyway.

A few minutes later, Jag was helping her out of the speeder as a messenger ran up. Jaina vaguely recognized him as a healer apprentice, one whom Jacen would probably end up training. "General Fel, Knight Solo Fel," he greeted with a bow.

Jag nodded to the boy. "A Jedi always takes precedence over an officer, no matter what his rank," he replied shortly.

The boy bowed again. "My apologies." He looked from Jag to Jaina, then to her abdomen. "Knight Solo sent me here to escort you to the delivery room."

"By all means, lead the way," Jaina said.

*~*~*~*

Four hours later, night was falling, and Jaina was barely any farther along than she had been when they arrived.

The contractions were now regular, and the pain was becoming more and more acute, but the girls, who had been so anxious to be born a few days before, now seemed no more ready than they had been six months before. Sweaty and gasping for breath, Jaina was annoyed.

Jag sat on her right, massaging her hand between contractions and letting her squeeze it hard during contractions. On her left stood Nadia Solo, also pregnant, but not due for another three months. She alternated between wiping Jaina's face with a cool, wet towel, and relaying messages from the ever-growing crowd outside the room. So far, it seemed like half the planet was out there, including Jag's family, who had all arrived on Coruscant within a couple hours of Jaina going into labor.

Jacen sat next to Jag, knowing that his role in the whole thing wasn't going to come around for a while. "All right, Jaina," he said, his voice irritatingly calm, "another contraction should be coming in about half a minute . . . "

True to Jacen's word, the contraction hit after twenty-seven seconds. This one was even more painful than the previous ones, so bad that Nadia kept her hand on Jaina's forehead and Jacen rested his hand on her abdomen in an attempt to lessen her pain. Jaina squeezed hard on her husband's hand, and gradually the pain died away.

Through a haze of the aftereffects of pain, Jaina heard her brother say: "Jag, I know you're here for Jaina, but you don't have to necessarily empathize with her."

Jaina forced herself back into reality and looked at her husband. He let out a soft groan, dropping her hand to the bed. "Much as I love her, that wasn't empathy," he managed. "I think she broke my fingers."

Jacen looked at his brother-in-law's hand for a moment. "Nadia, get some ice and some bacta casts."

*~*~*~*

After another three hours, Jacen was sitting on a low stool at the end of the bed. "It looks like this could be a quick birth, sis," he said cheerfully.

Jag could hear the disbelief in his wife's voice as she replied. "Quick? You call this quick?"

Jacen shrugged. "Could be worse."

"How?"

The healer sighed. "Just get ready to push."

Jag watched as Jaina started biting her lip. He didn't know when she'd picked that up, but maybe she thought it would keep her from breaking the fingers of Jag's other hand. Lovingly, Jag brushed the back of his hand against her cheek. "It w

 

to Jaya. I remember that quote; one of the many classics that now deck the walls of Mely's hall of fame.

Wow, Into the Unknown is almost over. It's been an excellent story indeed, a perfect blend of mush, laughter, drama, tears and happiness. I'll be sad when this story reaches its final end, but I do hope to read whatever future writing projects you have in store. Keep the excellent work up.

Dust

 

Wonderful, tearjerking.
Jag makes me go 'awww'
Poor Jace.
*sniffle* For sure worth it, and look forward to the rest. ^_^

 

*sobbing uncontrollably* AWWWWW!!!

Oh, Mel, that was so beautiful! *sniffle* *sniffles again*

Oh, and I see the changes I'll have to make in the vignette. When would you like me to post it?

 

So close to being done? (sniff) This is what made me originally create a user name on the boards and it's so close to ending.

Simply beautiful Mely. I'm quite glad that the twins were born with no problems (other than Jag's hand)

You liked that StarDust? I was curious to see how many other people remembered that joke (or were still trying to forget it )

 

"Jag," she said, slightly distracted, "that's not your blaster."

He sighed, overdramatically. "And I was hoping to fool you."

"Shouldn't have married a Jedi, then."

"It's not my fault you're a Jedi. I just happen to be in love with you."

Very cute! And so well-written!

Oh I can't wait till the girls are born!

I love the name of their ships, esp. Dire Straits, that's sounds so cool. That's a band too, right?

 

Normally I would reply en masse, but Tenel, scroll up and read the latest post...

And yeah, Dire Straits is a band, one of my favorites. I was trying to think of something and put that in temporarily, and it just stuck.

Mel

 

THAT WAS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!

 

Mely,

that was soo good. one two three . . . awwww!

 

That was absolutely perfect. A beautiful, fitting "end". I loved it, and I can't wait to see what Em's gonna contribute!

 

wow awesome post Mel

one solo down, two to go

 

Jag stepped behind her, but instead of feeling his blaster brush her neck, she felt his lips make contact instead. "Jag," she said, slightly distracted, "that's not your blaster."

He sighed, overdramatically. "And I was hoping to fool you."

"Shouldn't have married a Jedi, then."

"It's not my fault you're a Jedi. I just happen to be in love with you."

AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the last post! With the kids! AWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Well, I promised myself I wouldn't fall behind... look how that turned out . Great ending

Oh, btw, complimentary t-shirts? What do they say, "Longest. Fic. Ever."?

 

Great, Mely, this was great. Snatches a t-shirt.

 

Sweetness en mass.


"You realize you're never touching me again, right?"

That was great. I didn't bother pulling the exact quote though, so I might be a little off.


Almost over! Can't wait to read Em's vig and the epilouge.

 

ROTFL!!!! Hehe, Mely, when Jaina was squeezing Jag's hand, I was just thinking, now she should be breaking his fingers... (I've warned Ryke about broken fingers and labor) and two paragraphs later, Jacen was calling for ice and bacta casts!

Jaina glared at him. "You do realize that you're never touching me again, right?"

"I know," he replied with a smile. He touched the bacta cast on his broken finger to her cheek, and she shuddered away in repulsion. "You're not allowed to touch me again either, sweetheart." *dies laughing*

Nadia was brave; I don't know if I'd be able to go and watch someone in labor and give birth three months before I was due...

At the foot of the bed, Jaina's uncle spoke. "Mothers seem to get used to the idea of their children while they're pregnant," Luke said, "but we fathers always seem to take their appearance as something of a surprise." Man, Mely, you just summed up the conversation Ryke and I had this morning, along with the whole thing about mothers still finding it surprising and scary--where are you getting your info from?

*sniffles too* I want to meet my baby now! (Well, not now now, I do want a healthy baby, but maybe if the next few months just sped by a little...)

*sniffles some more* The story is almost at an end! But it's been a wonderful, intriguing journey.