Beyond - Legends You Take Romance--sequel to Under My Skin--J/J--COMPLETED 12/1

I'm trying a different tactic today. Write YTR LAST and see if that appeases the idiot computer gods.

 

I'm trying a different tactic today. Write YTR LAST and see if that appeases the idiot computer gods.

Maybe... we computer gods are kinda fickle

 

Arin, all I can say is: "Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this?"

 

Benevolence isn't my forte. We idiot computer gods specialize in *causing* trouble. We do work for free, though.

For benevolence, you should try the semi-mischeivous computer gods down the hall. In reality they only kick your computer to see if that fixes it, but they charge a large amount to do it, so it feels like you're getting your money's worth. For convenience, they accept cash, credit, and first-born.

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Lol. I think I'll stick with the evil dorks who are all either from Bangladesh or Idaho that make me sit there for 5 hours and do the same thing over and over again, no matter how many times I tell them that it hasn't worked yet.

 

Bad faithful reader. Baaad faithful...oh, heck, I'm just glad you came back for more!
LOL Well, I guess I should just be happy that you're glad.

I hope so, too. I'm so excited to have nothing between now and monday. Nice choir director gave us all eclairs and led us in a yoga meditation at the end of class so we were all very relaxed on our way to break. And I'm not setting the alarm...
Awesomeness! It's so much fun to be able to relax and do nothing...

I think it's so Jaina and so anything for starfighter pilots. I mean, doesn't it just smack of a Wraith Squadron party? (Minus the naked Janson, we hope!)
LOL, totally!

the actual combination is still up in the air. If you have an idea of how to make it worse...
Well, there's always the wedding planner, which flowers you use, where you hold the wedding, what style of dress you wear, who designs the dress, what style it's made in, where you hold the reception party, what decorations you have, what music you play, who the musicians are...

Mered is one of the closer things to me in real life than most of my characters. She seems softspoken, but can have a wicked streak. I'm one of those vaguely scheming types in real life that you don't know whether you should be suspicious of, but brush off because I seem harmless.
LOL!

Can we tally the number of awwws this story gets?
From me? At least dozens...

You know it's true. My dad gave his approval one weekend when he was on a lot of painkillers.
Are you serious? That's great!

So much star trek to steal, so little time...
LOL

~LtJS

 

Sorry it's been a week since I posted, but i just haven't had luck with this. Will try to post today.

Bad faithful reader. Baaad faithful...oh, heck, I'm just glad you came back for more!
LOL Well, I guess I should just be happy that you're glad.

Very happy. For the time being.

I hope so, too. I'm so excited to have nothing between now and monday. Nice choir director gave us all eclairs and led us in a yoga meditation at the end of class so we were all very relaxed on our way to break. And I'm not setting the alarm...
Awesomeness! It's so much fun to be able to relax and do nothing...

Mmm, yes... Except I won a drawing and got a gym membership and i'm now addicted to the 9 a.m. Body Firming Workout, so I'm in pain by 10 o'clock every day.

I think it's so Jaina and so anything for starfighter pilots. I mean, doesn't it just smack of a Wraith Squadron party? (Minus the naked Janson, we hope!)
LOL, totally!

Maybe I'll throw in a naked Ewok...oh wait they're all naked...

the actual combination is still up in the air. If you have an idea of how to make it worse...
Well, there's always the wedding planner, which flowers you use, where you hold the wedding, what style of dress you wear, who designs the dress, what style it's made in, where you hold the reception party, what decorations you have, what music you play, who the musicians are...

Oh, don't remind me. Luckily Leia's the wedding planner, jaina's going to use lorna and novabursts for her flowers, the wedding itself will be at the latest Jedi HQ, the style of dess, who designs the dress, what style it's made in are all taken care of by Union, reception at the 26th hour because I invented it, what decorations...you'll see...music, I'm still tempted to use the 'radio.' And I don't want to steal jazz songs, even though I really want them to dance to "Embraceable You" by Gershwin.

Mered is one of the closer things to me in real life than most of my characters. She seems softspoken, but can have a wicked streak. I'm one of those vaguely scheming types in real life that you don't know whether you should be suspicious of, but brush off because I seem harmless.
LOL!

What? It's true! If I had a nickel for every time someone accused me of looking like a nice person...

Can we tally the number of awwws this story gets?
From me? At least dozens...

I think between the three stories, there will be hundreds...

You know it's true. My dad gave his approval one weekend when he was on a lot of painkillers.
Are you serious? That's great!

He had major pain problems due to bursitis this one weekend and finally went "He's a good kid. I think you definitely should marry him...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

So much star trek to steal, so little time...
LOL

Just ask Am, she does it, too.

 

Maybe I'll throw in a naked Ewok...oh wait they're all naked...

A byproduct of living in a trousers-deficient society.

 

If they had been wearing pants, they wouldn't have had those wretched sequels...

 

Sorry it's been a week since I posted, but i just haven't had luck with this. Will try to post today.
Take your time...

Very happy. For the time being.
But I did have a good excuse...

Mmm, yes... Except I won a drawing and got a gym membership and i'm now addicted to the 9 a.m. Body Firming Workout, so I'm in pain by 10 o'clock every day.
Hmm...sounds like me going for a run daily even though I hate it

Maybe I'll throw in a naked Ewok...oh wait they're all naked...
"Ewok arrested exhibitionism" Is that the right word?

Oh, don't remind me. Luckily Leia's the wedding planner, jaina's going to use lorna and novabursts for her flowers, the wedding itself will be at the latest Jedi HQ, the style of dess, who designs the dress, what style it's made in are all taken care of by Union, reception at the 26th hour because I invented it, what decorations...you'll see...music, I'm still tempted to use the 'radio.' And I don't want to steal jazz songs, even though I really want them to dance to "Embraceable You" by Gershwin.
Looks like you've got it all planned out

What? It's true! If I had a nickel for every time someone accused me of looking like a nice person...
LOL! But you do look like a nice person

I think between the three stories, there will be hundreds...
And you know you're happy about it

He had major pain problems due to bursitis this one weekend and finally went "He's a good kid. I think you definitely should marry him...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."
Poor man. Did he change his mind after he woke up?

Just ask Am, she does it, too.
And now we have two thiefs?

~LtJS

 

Ltjs: Sorry it's been a week since I posted, but i just haven't had luck with this. Will try to post today.
Take your time...

Actually have decided to scrap the one scene that was giving me the most grief and do it in humorous passing summary. It's my b-day present to myself.

Very happy. For the time being.
But I did have a good excuse... [face_grin

If you say so, hon.

Mmm, yes... Except I won a drawing and got a gym membership and i'm now addicted to the 9 a.m. Body Firming Workout, so I'm in pain by 10 o'clock every day.
Hmm...sounds like me going for a run daily even though I hate it

OH, I used to get on the treadmill for 5 miles every night to lose 25 pounds by my wedding. This is a lot more fun. And the people at the gym are nicer than the little old ladies going 1 mph on the next treadmill over who don't want the fan on because they're not breaking a sweat.

Maybe I'll throw in a naked Ewok...oh wait they're all naked...
"Ewok arrested exhibitionism" Is that the right word?

I think so.

Oh, don't remind me. Luckily Leia's the wedding planner, jaina's going to use lorna and novabursts for her flowers, the wedding itself will be at the latest Jedi HQ, the style of dess, who designs the dress, what style it's made in are all taken care of by Union, reception at the 26th hour because I invented it, what decorations...you'll see...music, I'm still tempted to use the 'radio.' And I don't want to steal jazz songs, even though I really want them to dance to "Embraceable You" by Gershwin.
Looks like you've got it all planned out

Yes, I have it all planned out. Unfortunately, Moriah and Arin convinced me to write an original song and moriah wants it to be called the Moment of Reason. So I have to write that now!

What? It's true! If I had a nickel for every time someone accused me of looking like a nice person...
LOL! But you do look like a nice person

Only because I can do that innocent angel face.

I think between the three stories, there will be hundreds...
And you know you're happy about it

Well, yes, but you'll hate me for part 3.

He had major pain problems due to bursitis this one weekend and finally went "He's a good kid. I think you definitely should marry him...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."
Poor man. Did he change his mind after he woke up?

Well, he claimed he didn't, but kept insulting the both of us.

Just ask Am, she does it, too.
And now we have two thiefs?

Am's not a thief. She just did a ship's log a bit ago.

 

The three-day trip had been productive and had passed with only a couple of minor altercations.

The first night, Dad had dared to broach the subject of whether or not he would have to wear a dress uniform. Or rather, he had boldly stated that he would not have to be bodily forced into one. Jaina had proudly flaunted her inheritance from her mother by holding him under the Organa Glare of Death. After no more than fifteen seconds, he was squirming enough that she knew he would agree to wear an ewok-shaped swimsuit to the wedding if it meant he would be released.

And then, she cracked a smile and left him gasping as she assured him that, even though Jag's side of the dais would look like something out of the glory days of Palpatine, Dad would look ridiculous in Alliance greys next to Jacen's formal Jedi robes.

They had spent the second day deciding on everything from the attendants' dresses to the music arrangements. Jaina vetoed all attempts to have her friends sewn into ten-ton shimmersilk affairs, but agreed to the idea of a five-piece band. She talked her mother out of a ten-pound bouquet, but not out of the bruallki.

At least by the third day, the parade of minor details and major issues was starting to wind down. They called it a day early and chose instead to play a few more rounds of sabacc, letting Dad in this time.

They arrived on the evening of the third day and were immediately bogged down in bureaucratic procedures, endless meetings, and diplomatic functions.

The fourth day passed much the same until an aide of the Premiere pulled her aside and said that a visitor was waiting for her in the lobby.

"I thought you two could use relief pilots," Jag said when she pried herself free of his embrace, "so I bullied Raptor here into coming along and escorting Mered back."

"I think the relief part is the fact that it's not another 3 monotonous days back to the station without you," she grinned.

"Agh," Rauel protested. "Don't get all mushy on him. His cooking is enough to make me sick. I don't need to be poisoned by his romantic interludes."

She feigned a heartfelt grimace and pushed Jag away. "You're right. For the good of the wing, I will not touch him again until the wedding."

"Now, see here!" Jag spluttered.

"Glad to see you took a hint," came a voice from behind them.

Jag nodded slightly. "Thanks for the suggestion, sir."

Jaina was about to turn another Glare of Death on her father when he explained. "I thought you could use a friendlier face and the poor kid deserves to take part in some of the misery of the party-throwing you females have been doing. I commed him and suggested that he come keep you company."

Her eyes softened as she pulled him into a side hug. "Good thinking. I might let you out of that dress uniform after all."
*****
"Do I dare ask why every female pilot is off duty rotation for three evenings from now?"

"Chivalry," Jag suggested, not meeting her gaze.

"Oh, no, you don't," Jaina protested, tossing a piece of makai at him. "Look me in the eye and say that my boys have even an ounce of chivalry and I'll believe you."

It took him three tries to even meet her gaze, but finally, he held it steadily for a long moment before responding.

"Because I said so," he explained.

She had to laugh at his attempts to deceive her, but thought it not worth her while to pry more information out of him at the time. Two more days alone on a cramped shuttle with a grumpy Fel was not something she wanted to even imagine, much less bring about.

"So, how much did you have to pay Marik to baby-sit?"

"Hmm," he contemplated. "I'm not sure if paid or blackmailed is the better word."

It was hard to imagine what kind of blackmail could be levied against the straight-laced, soft-spoken Chandrilan, but this man had spent most of his life among the people that produced Thrawn. His strategy was not something that she needed to question.

"What are you thinking about?" he interrupted her thoughts.

"Nothing much," she admitted. "Mostly, I'

 

Awwww...





"You're right. For the good of the wing, I will not touch him again until the wedding."

[jag]Darn.[/jag]

"It's too small to be that metal bikini."

[jag]Double Darn.[/jag]

 

LOL. And Arin joins the awwwwwwwwwd squad. Double darn indeed. ::Whacks him with the nunchuks she borrowed from her padawan.::

 

That was so sweet! I liked the fact that you included the Japor snipet.

 

Thanks. I've been writing Leia with it for so long, I figured I should pass it on.

 

LOL i have been buggin ISHY!!! for three days about the postae guys!~


it was awesum~!


LOL at ARIN!


and just 4 ishy:


AWWWWWW~

 

Awwwwwwwwwww.

I feel like that's the only thing I ever say when I post. But it's so cute! And the japor snippet being given to Jaina is so awesome!

 

Actually have decided to scrap the one scene that was giving me the most grief and do it in humorous passing summary. It's my b-day present to myself.
Ooh! Happy birthday! How old?


If you say so, hon.
But I do! I wasn't getting home until 11:30pm for about two weeks straight!


OH, I used to get on the treadmill for 5 miles every night to lose 25 pounds by my wedding. This is a lot more fun. And the people at the gym are nicer than the little old ladies going 1 mph on the next treadmill over who don't want the fan on because they're not breaking a sweat.
Stupid old ladies. Maybe I should get a treadmill Or make my parents get one for me


Yes, I have it all planned out. Unfortunately, Moriah and Arin convinced me to write an original song and moriah wants it to be called the Moment of Reason. So I have to write that now!
Oh, well. I'm sure it'll be great


Only because I can do that innocent angel face.
That must be it


Well, yes, but you'll hate me for part 3.
Now I'm scared


The first night, Dad had dared to broach the subject of whether or not he would have to wear a dress uniform. Or rather, he had boldly stated that he would not have to be bodily forced into one. Jaina had proudly flaunted her inheritance from her mother by holding him under the Organa Glare of Death. After no more than fifteen seconds, he was squirming enough that she knew he would agree to wear an ewok-shaped swimsuit to the wedding if it meant he would be released.
LOL! Poor Han, but he should have known better than to challenge Jaina like that


That long list of things that Jaina does has me exhausted.


Jaina was about to turn another Glare of Death on her father when he explained. "I thought you could use a friendlier face and the poor kid deserves to take part in some of the misery of the party-throwing you females have been doing. I commed him and suggested that he come keep you company."

Her eyes softened as she pulled him into a side hug. "Good thinking. I might let you out of that dress uniform after all."
AWWW! I heart Han! That was so sweet of him. And Jaina and Jag are reunited!


It was bad enough when Mered announced that they'd be having a contest to see who could construct a wedding gown out of hygiene paper from the girls' freshers and Jaina had to help figure out how to make a wedding gown for a six-armed Ufian Lieutenant with dorsal ridges the size of hydrospanners.
LOL! Jaina must have really enjoyed that!


Instead, Jaina opened the box to find a set of hair combs, a diadem, and a necklace.

The combs she recognized, since the silver and opal ornaments were from Alderaan and had been a gift from her father to her mother long before they were married. The diadem was the one that Jaina recognized from their wedding holos.

The necklace, however, seemed an odd addition. It seemed to be a snip of bone, carved and hung from a worn leather strap on a gold chain.

"'This,'" she read, "'is the only heirloom we have from your Skywalker heritage. Your grandfather made it for the young woman who would become his wife and she gave it to my father to pass on to me. I was told it was made in love to bring luck, so I pass it to you now that it may bring you the same.'"
Awww! You brought the jappor snippet necklace in! That was the perfect present for Leia to give Jaina

Great post, Ish!

~LtJS

 

Ack! I don't know where my brain has been. For some reason, I have not been checking up on this story at all. I still love it. I'm just being possessed by aliens or something. That's the only excuse.

*Outstreches wrists to be handcuffed.*

The first night, Dad had dared to broach the subject of whether or not he would have to wear a dress uniform. Or rather, he had boldly stated that he would not have to be bodily forced into one. I can understand where Han's coming from here. I have refused to go to my school's Christmas dance at all, due to the formal-ness of it. On top of the $100 entrance fee (And it's Sadie Hawkins, so girls have to pay.), there's the stupid $300 dress (somewhere around that price). And yearly! It's absurd! But honestly, this is his daughter's wedding. Good Jaina for making him dress up.

Organa Glare of Death Have I mentioned how awesome that is?

The necklace, however, seemed an odd addition. It seemed to be a snip of bone, carved and hung from a worn leather strap on a gold chain. Oh, it's the japor snippet! That's so adorable... *Melts.*

Mush month is almost over, isn't it? And right before the wedding. Ish, are you planning something evil to delay it? Because that isn't nice.

 

Yeah, that isn't nice!

Anyways...awesome post!

 

JAGSGURL15--LOL at arin, well, we all do. Thanks.

Laura_Anu--The person who says awww the most will get killed in part 3. Glad it's cute.

Lt_Jaina_Solo--I'm 24 now, 11:30 isn't late, and go running somewhere for scenery. Be scared for part 3. That long list for Jaina is about half the size that mine was. Sweet Han.

Darth_Suzi--I think your brain took vacation with JG15's spelling. Yours returned, though. ::Handcuffs for good behavior.:: Stupid dance. I've never paid more than 90 for anything except my 600-dollar wedding gown. Feel free to mention awesomeness as many times as humanly possible. Everyone stop melting. Part 2 will end before december, but part 3 has scariness.

jaya_tharen--thank you.

 

i just read under my skin and this one, to where it is, i must say they are excellant. Love them. I have also read many stories, i love the tie in for the good luck charm, never seen it before, and it certainly adds to teh story. Good job, keep up the good work, and get more up soon

 

hollynkesten--Welcome. I'm really glad you think the tie-in works. I was debating for a couple of days what to make Leia's gift and decided to go with all three, but have an explanation for the necklace.

 

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