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In Your Arms

Defualt Chapter
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I could not take my 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.

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,

 

In Your Arms

Chapter Two - Anger Strikes Twice
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It had been three months since the defeat of the Yuzhaan Vong but the Galatic Alliance was still in a state of disarray. The final battle with the Yuzhaan Vong had been costly. Only sixty percent of all Alliance navy ships remained. Also there were still some of Shimrra's forces straggling around the galaxy. It was just like when the Alliance defeated the Empire at Endor.

He sighed as he stared out the cockpit his wife, Mara, holding his hand tightly. The battle against the Yuzhaan Vong had taken a lot out of him, physically and mentally. He just wanted to see his son again, Ben. It had been the thought of Ben that had been able to keep him going and going in the hunt for a way to defeat the Vong and now he was coming back to him.

"Uncle Luke? How long before we dock with Errant Venture?" his nephew, Jacen inquired.

"We'll be there in about ten minutes," he replied not bothering to turn around and look at his nephew. The Errant Venture was a red Star Destroyer belonging to a one-time smuggler, Booster Terrik. The Venture had been used as an unofficial Jedi Academy after the Vong had destroyed the Jedi praxeum on Yavin. The Jedi had numbered more that a hundred at the start of the war but only half the number remained.

At least he had something to come home to. There was his son Ben, who was already a year old and there was his sister, not to mention the other Jedi children.

"Don't live in the past Luke. It's over all said and done with. We have the future together. You, me and Ben," he heard Mara, as he tightened his grip on her hand and flashed her a smile.

Luke smiled at his wife leaning across the seat at kissing her passionately. It was just a grazing of lips then Mara leaned into it pulling his head closer to her, deepening their kiss.

"Oh my," he heard Danni whisper out.

"Umm.Uncle Luke? You do realize that we could crash into the Venture's bow if you keep that up," Jacen said. Luke broke contact with Mara lips and stared at his nephew, who was blushing slightly, long and hard.

"Don't tell me you've never done this with Danni?" Luke asked chuckling softly, looking at his nephew. He stopped chuckling when he saw the look of pain of Jacen's face, he also heard Danni's hostile hiss from next to Mara.

"Please excuse me," his nephew said, standing up from his seat and leaving the cockpit. Luke looked at Danni, who had released a hostile hiss from her mouth, her eyes averted from the Luke to the floor. For a moment he wanted to ask her what was wrong but he thought better of it. Whatever happened between Jacen and Danni, they had to resolve it themselves.

"Time to dock my love," he said to his wife who was also looking at Danni although she was smirking a bit. Realization dawned on Luke when he saw Mara's smirk. It must have been a lovers quarrel.

"Jacen!" he heard the voice of his sister cry out as he stepped off the Jade Shadow. His sister gripped him in a huge hug and he thought he felt himself being raised a few feet off the floor. She finally broke away and Jacen noted that his sister had a sad look in her eyes despite the warm greeting he had received.

"What's wrong Jaina?" he asked, concern evident in his voice.

"Jag.Jag died during the battle. He got separated from the shielding trios and a squadron of skips took him out. He died saving us," she replied, tears welling up in her eyes. He wanted to offer his sister some comforting words but it would not have made any difference. A few words would not bring the dead back to life. He just hugged his sister, her tears flowing onto his shirt dampening it.

Jacen looked up and saw Danni looking at him from afar. He felt a hint of emotion radiating from her before she finally turned and left. He analyzed the emotion and was shocked to find it to be jealousy. Danni's jealous of him hugging his own sister?

"Hey kid!" he pulled away from Jaina and saw a brown tuft of hair. He looked down and found himself caught in his father's strong embra

 

Oooo! I like it! Very nice indeed. :-]

 

In Your Arms

Chapter 3 - The Plan
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The Errant Venture might have been a 1.6-kilometer long Star Destroyer but for two people even a Star Destroyer was not big enough to keep them from seeing each other occasionally. Namely, Danni Quee and Jacen Solo. Ever since the incident where Danni had slapped Jacen for smelling her hair, the two had been at each other's throats acting like small children, much to the shame of Luke, Mara, Leia and Han.

Jaina and Tahiri Veila had been forced to act as peacekeepers whenever the two crossed paths. Much to the chagrin of Luke, Jacen and Danni reminded him of the time before he had married Mara Jade. When he and Mara had first met, she had wanted to kill him to fulfill the Palpatine's last command. Mara used to be the Emperor's Hand but instead had helped Luke to stop an insane Dark Jedi clone, Joruus C'Baoth. C'Baoth had unleashed a clone of Luke. Mara had killed the clone and also fulfilled Palpatine's last command and so began their turbulent friendship.

It had taken a long ten years for him to finally realize his feelings for Mara. Even so, he had nearly lost her during the time when Mara had been trapped on the world of Nirauan looking for the Hand of Thrawn. Luke wondered whether Jacen and Danni would take as much time as he and Mara did to finally realize their feelings.

"It's NOT my fault! If you ACTUALLY stop paying attention to my handsome face, you wouldn't be walking into kriffing bulkheads and dropping all your papers on the floor. So don't go blaming me or something!" he was snapped out of his reverie when he heard his Jacen's voice reverberating throughout the relaxation area on the Venture.

"Well excuse me, I think a Dug on a bad hair day will look better than you and," Danni stopped leaned forward and sniffed Jacen ,"and SMELL better too." Luke sighed and watched the two again. He was not the only person in the relaxation room. Han, Leia and Booster were seated with him as well. Leia was looking at her son in horror while both Han and Booster were smirking.

"If you would stop isolating yourself in your room doing paperwork, you would at least notice people STILL have Jedi stuff to do! So it's none of your business if I stink from sweat or dust or from anything else!" he shouted back.

"So you do KNOW that you smell like a wet Dug?" she replied, chuckling softly to herself. She would never skip a chance to humiliate Jacen in front of a huge crowd.

Jacen's eyes narrowed and a retort was on his mouth when Booster cut him short.

"Enough! The both of you! I will not have two adults shouting at each other like children on my ship! You two act like as if you're married! Now cut it off before I send both of you to your rooms like small children!" Booster boomed out but Booster did not intimidate Jacen in the least.

"Stay out of this Booster. No one would want to be married to this-to this.this.woman!" he bit out.

"Fine then!" Danni shouted back at him turning to head back to her quarters.

"FINE!" Jacen roared back at her heading back to his own quarters on the Venture.

Luke could only sigh as he watched his nephew and Danni disappear. Come to think of it, Jacen and Danni reminded him of Han and Leia's rocky start to their relationship. Whatever happened, he would expect the best to come out from Jacen and Danni.

"Bring back memories hon?" Han asked his wife who was still gaping at the scene that had unfolded in front of her.

"Of course it does, nerf herder," she said back pulling Han close for a kiss.
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Jacen was inside his quarters lying down on his bed after taking a shower to wash off his sweat. He was not doing anything but just staring at the wall thinking what he had said to Danni. She did not even argue his point when he had made the comment on no one wanting to marry Danni. He regretted his words but there was no way to make anything better.

He sighed and closed his eyes drifting to a deep sleep.
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In Your Arms

The song is Addicted by Simple Plan.

Finaly some Kyp/Jaina, and also two guest star appearences, Tenel Ka and Wynessa Fel.

Chapter 4 - Two Hearts Mended another Lost
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Later on, the story is set to Simple Plan's song-Addicted. Changing the word dick found in two lines to idiot. I don't want to make Danni sound like a transsexual.

"Should we really invite her here? Danni will go berserk if she sees her here you know," Tahiri asked thoroughly not convinced about Jaina's plan.

"I know, I know but she could help Danni open her feelings to Jacen AND if it doesn't work Jacen still gets her even though it's at the cost of Danni," Jaina said smiling to herself at the genius of her plan.

"Cold as that may sound, it's your brother but don't come blaming if your plan blows up in your face. She is the Queen you know," Tahiri said, disgusted with Jaina.

"Tahiri my girl, Danni will never know what hit her."

The Seabed By Downtime on the water world of Mon Calamari was the perfect place to bring Jacen and Danni together. The restaurant took up more than two thousand square kilometers of space on the planet's seabed, reason being it was usually a place for social and formal events. The restaurant's ballroom was connected to the eating house and it could seat more than three thousand people at one time. Also, it was lavishly decorated with thick velvet curtains, an ever-present music band and an extensive wine bar with the drinks ranging from Tatooine to Coruscant.

Besides getting Jacen and Danni together, the party also symbolized the establishment of the Galactic Republic and more than five months of galactic unity after the defeat of the Yuuzhan Vong. All the dignitaries of the Galactic Republic had been invited and most of them had arrived. The band was playing a soft, slow music piece and most of the dignitaries were already eating and dancing. The same could not be said for Jacen and Danni's table.

Jacen and Danni had been seated together with the Solos and Skywalkers. Also, Wynessa Fel, daughter of Soontir Fel had personally requested to seat next to Jacen. There was also an empty seat next to Jacen upon Jaina's request saying that she had invited someone special. Danni, who was seated across Jacen, was staring daggers and Wynessa. Even though Wynessa was only fifteen, it did not take a genius to see that she had an adoration for Jacen ever since she met him on the Chiss homeworld, an adoration that had been increased when Jacen had saved the girl from an attempted coup.

Leia, who was staring with amusement at the young girl, was shocked when the music cut and replaced by a piece that was usually used to signify the arrival of a person of raw importance. She looked at the door and was shocked to see the familiar Hapan royal guards entering the eating house. Then in all Hapan glory, Queen Mother Tenel Ka stepped in.

"Surprise Mom," Jaina whispered to her making sure that Jacen did not overhear.

"Jaina, you just did the worst thing possible," Leia whispered back.

"Danni is already in a rage with Wynessa there. Now you bring in Tenel Ka. You need a lesson in diplomacy my daughter," she said back having a sinking feeling in her stomach. It was pure knowledge that Jacen and Tenel Ka had grown very close during the time they spent at the Jedi Academy until the time when they had attacked the voxyn-cloning world of Myrkr.

Tenel Ka approached Jacen who had motioned for her to sit down next to him and Leia could feel Danni's anger rise another notch through the Force. Tenel Ka who had sat down looked accusingly at Danni. Everyone at the table visibly gulped except Jacen who was enjoying his time with his old friend.

"Queen Mother, how have you been? And of this is my ACQUAINTAINCE, Danni Quee and my FRIEND, Wynessa Fel," he said to Tenel Ka emphasizing on the words acquaintance and friend.

"Pleased to meet you Queen Mother," both Wynessa and Danni replied. Wynessa looked happy that Jacen considered her a friend while Danni looked

 

poor Danni, these two really need to take a chill pill and just talk to each other.

Great job!

PHGS Weye

 

OH MY GOODNESS! Poor Danni! Geez. Update soon!? (btw I love the two chapter updates. :-])

~Flame

 

Chapter 5 - Penance

Danni really screwed things up in the last chapter and it's gonna get worse but for you people out there who think I'm a heartless moron, just chill. I'm gonna let Jaina and Kyp have some happiness. Enjoy people.
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"Shut up Danni! You have nothing to say to me. Now get out of my way!"

Jacen could still remember his words when he screamed at Danni at the dinner party, feeling her despair through the Force after his words. Feeling his heart break at the sight of her weeping alone when he had snuck back into the party. He wanted to hold her in his arms and murmur words of apologies.

The tried to push back the memory of him shouting to the back of his mind but it would not go back. No matter how hard he tried his words came back to haunt him. Even now, two weeks after his outburst, his words just would not leave him be.

He had secluded himself from everyone only appearing out of his quarters on the Venture to take his food. He would take his food into his quarters and eat alone and only when he had to train as a Jedi would he come out. He had ignored the disgusted looks of his family and Aunt Mara and the only person who had pitied him was Luke Skywalker.

He was deep in thought when his door opened to reveal an angry Jaina and Kyp Durron. Jacen knew that Jaina was now with Kyp despite their age difference, much to the disapproval of his mother. Jacen had learned to trust Jaina's judgement and if she thought that Kyp could bring her happiness then so be it. However, he swore if Kyp did anything to hurt his sister, no power in the world would stop Jacen from hunting him down.

"Jacen? We need to talk," his sister said glaring at Jacen.

"I have other things to do, so if you'll excuse me," he told Jaina. He knew what this talk would be about. His mother and father had already confronted him. They had told him to apologize to Danni and he had argued that a forced apology meant nothing. He had not seen the scientist lately and his brain did not want to see her at all. His heart though, told him otherwise.

"Will you stop thinking that the galaxy revolves around you Jacen. Stop acting like a boy and grow up for once!" she screamed back entering his room and dragging Kyp in with her.

"I could do that but what's Blondie doing here? What's he got to do with this?" he jerked his thumb at Jaina's boyfriend.

"I didn't even want to come but your sister dragged me here in case you get angry," Kyp answered and chuckled at Jacen.

Jacen bristled but he sat on his bed and leaned against the wall while Jaina sat next to him on the bed. Kyp was sitting on the floor cross-legged and looked rather unconcerned. He turned to face Jaina probing her face. She looked different now, happier. It was different from the mournful Jaina he had been reunited with on the Venture when she was still mourning Jag's death. As much as he hated to admit it, Kyp really brought a good degree of happiness to his twin.

"So what are you going to say that will make me change my mind about Danni?" he bit out.

Both Jaina and Kyp rolled their eyes as he listened to what Jaina was about to say.
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"Danni could you pass me the hydrospanner?" Mara asked pointing at the tool. Mara was checking on her ship, Jade Shadow along with Leia and Danni. She felt a cool metal object near her hand and looked up to see Danni's pale face smiling down on her.

"Thanks," she mumbled.

Leia and Mara exchanged concerned looks as their gaze fell upon Danni once again who was tinkling with the Jade Shadow's repulsorlifts. Ever since, Jacen's blasting at her during the dinner party, she had lost weight and her skin was pale. Her green eyes which always blazed with tenacity, was now replaced by a dull sadness and longing. She never lost her pretty features however.

Leia had tried many times, unsuccessfully, to get Jacen to apologize to Danni. He would not even listen to his father or uncle when they order

 

Ill porbalb ypost 2 more chapters then Ill be done for a while, but rest assure it wont be done in 2 chapters.

 

wonderful post as always!


PHGS Weyr

 

Chapter 6 - Relocation

Her eyes fluttered open as she surveyed her surroundings and frowned. She had slept blissfully that night with a happy dream of Jacen kissing her forehead.

Jacen.

She sat abruptly in the bed and looked around her room. She looked to her right and saw a picture of Rogue Squadron. She frowned again. The picture should not be there, it should have been her bookshelf instead. She looked to her left and saw a table with a picture of the Solos and Skywalkers. The table was not supposed to be there. It should have been her closet. She looked around the whole room and noted that everything was different, none of her belongings were in the room. Even her bed was different and she was still in the dress she had worn to go out with Jacen yesterday.

"Sithspit," she mumbled.

She looked down to the floor from her bed and saw the object of her thoughts sleeping in a curled position. Unknowingly, she touched her forehead. Maybe Jacen kissing her had not been a dream after all. She smiled wistfully at the sleeping form of Jacen. She must have had fallen asleep on the way back to Venture yesterday night.

Her smile broadened when she realized that Jacen had given up his bed for Danni and slept on the floor. If it had been other men, they would have slept with her in the same bed but Jacen Solo was not 'other men'. Jacen shivered slightly and Danni realized that he had been sleeping on the floor throughout the whole night. She got up slowly from the bed, not wanting to wake him up. She put her feet on the floor and took the blanket, covering his body.

She walked over to his table and looked for his personal datapad. She wanted to leave him a note but she could not find it anywhere. She moved her hand to his table drawer but stopped, she did not want to pry but she really wanted to leave him a message. Slowly, she opened the drawer and she nearly cried tears of joy. His datapad was there but so was a picture of her, many pictures in fact but there was one that caught her eye.

It was a picture of Danni Quee smiling taken during the beginning of the quest for Zonama Sekot. It was not the picture that jerked such a reaction but the words written on it. It read "Danni Quee, the reason for my existence". A tear rolled down her right cheek but she made no effort to wipe it away. She put the picture back into the drawer and typed a small message into the datapad.

"Meet me at 15-B Observation Deck at 3, Danni" it read as she gathered her dress and left Jacen's room.

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"Meet me at 15-B Observation Deck at 3, Danni" he remembered the words typed into his datapad.

He had woken up this morning to find his datapad on his table, not in his drawer where he usually kept it. If Danni had written that message, did he also see the pictures he kept in that drawer? He had wondered darkly whether Danni was going to tell him off and say there could be nothing more between them. Then he remembered the near kiss he and Danni had shared on the restaurant on Mon Calamari.

"Maybe it was just the moment," he muttered softly.

He took a turbolift to get to the get to the observation deck. His breathing got more labored as he counted down the floors.

"12-B, 13-B, 14-B," he gulped when the lift finally stopped at 15-B. He stepped out and saw Danni Quee waiting for him at the end of the room. She was looking out the binoculars and was smiling. He probed her with the Force and was surprised to feel that her mood was one of joy, of elation.

"Hi there. Nice way to greet me," she tore her eyes from the binoculars and looked up to him from her current position, hands on her hips. Since she was Force-sensitive, she felt the probe that Jacen had used on her.

"Well if you would have waited patiently for me to come and forgot about science for a while you would have seen and felt me coming," he replied, flashing a lopsided smile as he closed the distance between them to stand right before her.

"You'd be surprised with the knowledge you can acqui

 

EDGE OF MY SEAT! It was gettin good then it was like POW end of the chapter. lol. Very nice. :-]

 

Looks like Jacen and Danni have finaly settled down and letting their relationship develop. Everyting seems to be going well right? Lets see.

Chapter 7 - Just a Dream?

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"It's big I grant you that," his sister Jaina commented.

"Big is an understatement," Kyp put in.

"Come on Jacen," Danni said pulling Jacen into the apartment with her. Jacen blushed when Kyp and Jaina snickered at him being pulled by a woman.

Jacen agreed with Kyp, the apartment was huge. Slightly bigger than the Solo residence that had been reduced to rubble on Yuuzhan'tar. The apartment consisted of two living rooms, a dining room are complete with a table that could seat twenty and music player, a kitchen and three bedrooms.

Three bedrooms.

"Hey look, since they're three bedrooms, me and Kyp can take one and you and Jaina can have the other," he said looking at Danni. Kyp chuckled at Jacen's statement and Jaina and Danni both stared at him. Jaina giving the "I-cant-believe-you-said-that" look and Danni had a look of pure hurt.

"I'm sorry Jacen. I'll be sharing one room with Jaina. You and Danni can share another one," said Kyp as he put his arm around Jaina and winked at Jacen. Jacen was about to protest his sister sleeping in the same room with Kyp Durron.

I'm a big girl Jacen. Don't worry about me she sent to him via the Force.

Okay but take care of yourself. I don't want my big sister getting hurt he sent back.

You just worry about Danni

Jacen flushed and so did Jaina as Kyp chuckled picking upon Jacen and Jaina's Force discussion. The chuckle died on his lips when Jaina nudged her elbow into Kyp's side. Wordlessly, he picked up his and Jaina's bag and headed into the one of the three bedrooms but not before what Jacen saw as a slap to his sister's behind.

"In that case, Danni can have one room and I'll take the other," he said to his sister, picking up his bag and Danni's. He could feel Danni's anger and so could his sister and if looks could kill, Jacen would be reduced to a pile of ash by two dual-linked strikes.

I'm not ready yet Danni. Please understand he sent her.

Of course you're not ready! You can't even deal with a stupid kiss! she sent back. Jacen winced at the anger he heard in her tone as she brushed past him and entering another bedroom. Jaina merely shook her head at her brother's naïve.

"Take care of her Jacen. She won't wait for you forever," she said sadly to him and going into her room. He was left standing alone at the doorstep with a bag in each hand.

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Jacen stepped out from the fresher in his room and headed to the dining room. Jaina had told him that they were going to eat dinner at eight o'clock sharp. He sighed, threw on some clean clothes and went out of his room.

It was their first dinner together in the apartment. Both Jaina and Danni had been cooking in the kitchen for the past two hours. There were many smells coming out from there, some of them smelled good and some of them were horrible. Jacen sat down at the dinner table and noted with surprise that there were at least another ten plates on the table.

He wondered what they were cooking until it required more than ten plates. He also noted the music player was playing some slow music and that there were flowers on the table. What was the occasion?

"We've got people coming over as well," he heard Kyp Durron's voice behind him. He watched the older Jedi smirk and take a seat opposite of him.

"Don't read my mind without permission Durron," Jacen bit out.

"Hey you were projecting ever since I came here. Besides I made a promise to your sister not to read anyone's minds without permission," the older Jedi said.

"Speaking of my sister, keep your hands to yourself Durron or I could just kill you. And if you hurt her, I'll let my father and mom loose," he threatened.

"Sithspawn Jacen! What can I do to convince you that I really love your sister. Even when sh

 

Hi! Finally got a chance to tell you I've been following along. Jacen sure seems messed up somehow. why is he so afraid? Danni's going to have to teach him all she knows.

K/J are always worth reading. I'm interested in following through to see how it goes.

 

New chap up soon? (wonderful by the way)

 

Finaly I got the new chapter up! Im going to try and make the end of this sad at the end :'(

Chapter 8 - Getting Close to Heaven
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Jacen smiled lightly at the sight of Danni Quee making dinner in the kitchen. Ever since the night where he had slept in her room to comfort her during a thunderstorm, he had moved into her room. Although, they slept in the same room and on the same bed, they never had a night of passion or kissed each other's lips, much to the amusement of Kyp and Jaina. He had encountered a night where he heard moans coming from their room during his late night snacks. He had promised himself to not even think of engaging in intimate contact with Danni until she was ready and asked him.

Jacen sensed, however, that she was hiding something from him despite their closeness. She seemed to hug Jacen more often now, like as if there was no tomorrow, not that he was complaining. It just seemed to disturb him. Standing over the stove and stir frying some vegetables, he regarded her with a look of concern.

She felt his concern and without looking at him said, "I'm fine Jacen".

He grinned and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck while she put down the pan, which was emitting a rather wonderful smell. He remembered a time weeks ago when she had slapped him for hugging her. He grinned at the memory and kissed Danni's neck a bit more.

"Stop that! It tickles," she complained. Her hand came up to caress his chin but she pulled back when she felt Jacen's beard.

"Don't like the beard? It hasn't even grown properly," he said to her when she turned around a small tugging at the corners of her mouth. She folded her hands across her breasts and tried to look angry and failing miserably as both of them engaged in peals of laughter.

"Well, that beard has definitely got to go Jacen Solo," she said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Nah. I think I'll keep it. Makes me look for manly," he said, flashing the lopsided smile.

"I think you're manly enough without the beard. I've definitely been experiencing your manliness on the bed," she said seductively running her hands across his shirt.

"Naughty, naughty," he replied taking her hands and kissing her palm. She began laughing again and he found it very infectious as he joined in her laughter.

"It's funny. We haven't even kissed each others lips and we're acting like a married couple," she said in between the fits of laughter. Jacen took that sentence as his cue and he wrapped one arm around her waist. She saw the look in his eyes and stopped laughing.

"Too bad a certain Jedi Master keeps interrupting huh?" she said as she leaned in closer.

"Well he's not here now is he?" he replied. Using the fingers from his free hand, he traced the outline of her warm, soft lips while she closed her eyes in anticipation, holding on to his shoulders.

He never even made it to her lips when something interrupted them. It was not his Uncle Luke again but a shrill ringing for what passed as planetary emergency on Mon Calamari.

Both Jacen and Danni rushed out of the kitchen and were met with Jaina and Kyp rushing out of their bedroom.

"What's happening?" Kyp asked putting a shirt over his bare upper body.

"I don't know," he replied. The words died suddenly when he felt the gut-wrenching feeling of people dying through the Force. Looking at Kyp, Jaina and Danni, it was no doubt they felt the same as him since he saw the look pain on their faces. They rushed out of their apartment and Danni gasped at the sight.

Jacen's eyes narrowed when he looked up to the sky and saw capital ship turbolaser flashes, the night sky easily illuminating them. His eyes narrowed even further when he saw the all too familiar plasma streaks.

The Yuuzhan Vong had come.

"Kyp, you, Jaina and Danni get the other Jedi to safety. I'll try to hold em back for as long as I can. I can project an image of people still running around. This is your only chance, so take it," he ordered Kyp.

"You don't tell me

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! why!?! poor Danni! Ultimate sacrifice...giving one's life for anothers.

good job.

~Flame

 

Im not done yet stick around to see what happens next

 

Danni! Why!!!!????!?!?!?!?!?!?

OK, I'll be calm, cause you told me to, but why couldn't Kyp and Jaina returned in time to save her?

 

Just wait a minute, i never said they wouldn't, im working on the next chapters just be patient.

 

oh yea for hope in future chapters!!!

 

Looks like things didn't go too well for Danni last chap, But now we find out Danni may have another chance.

Chapter 9 - Never Letting Go

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The Force moved through all living things, weaving the universe into an invisible tapestry that tied the smallest living creature to the largest star cluster. Synergy made the total far greater than the sum of its parts.

Whenever one of the threads was strengthened, ripples spread through the entire web. Actions, reactions and great shock waves that affected all who could hear.

The combined healing power of the most powerful Jedi screamed through the Force, building power as it reflected off other sensitive minds as it rose into a tumult that struck and woke.

Danni Quee opened her eyes as a strong force awakened her. She looked down at herself and found that she was in a sleeping position. She took a moment to re-orient herself before her eyes surveyed her surroundings.

All she could see was a universe of black that stretched out as far as her eye could see. She jerked up into a standing position and was surprised at the energy it took for her to do that one simple movement. She looked down at her legs to see why it was so difficult but she was not prepared for the sight that came next.

Her legs were not solid and she was in a two dimensional state covered in blue. In fact, her whole body was covered in a pale blue that seemed to spark whenever she made a movement. Being the scientist she was, she tried to figure out what would enable her body to change into the state it was in when it hit her.

She was dead.

Memories of her death came flooding back like a swarm of hawkbats. Memories of Jacen saying that he loved her, screaming at her not to die.

"So this is what death feels like," she muttered. She stood up and hugged herself, feeling the cold of the black abyss. It sickened to know that she was the cause of her own death. If only she had left on the shuttle with Jaina and Kyp, she would have been able to spend the rest of her life with Jacen.

She felt like crying but her disembodied spirit did not allow any room for tears or feeling. She was dead. She looked around and noticed that there was a fine white line not far away from her. The line also stretched out for as far as she could see.

She felt an urging sensation to cross over the line. She stuck out her right foot to cross the line when a voice cried out.

"No! Don't move Danni!" the voice cried out again. She looked around to see who had just shouted at her and found no one. The voice was familiar, a memory at the furthest dimension of her mind.

Her eyes rested on the white line again. The line glowed with a sparkle that matched one of Corellia's diamonds and the sparkle seemingly beckoned Danni to cross the line. Once again, she lifted her foot to cross the line when the same voice, speaking the same words cried out again.

That voice.

She found it very familiar and yet not familiar. She could not put her finger on the voice and there was a gnawing sensation and the recesses of her mind. She put her finger on her chin and looked at her blue feet to ponder the thought.

"Danni?" she heard.

She looked up and jerked violently at the sight in front of her, sparks flying from her blue body at the sudden movement. She was looking at the face of a man, were he alive she estimated that he would be around thirty years of age. His body was also blue and sparkly as hers was. The man had a familiar look and she struggled with herself to find where she had seen this man before.

"Don't remember me Danni?" he asked, chuckling a bit.

"No," was her reply as she stared at the man's face. Then realization struck. She had seen his face before. She had seen holopictures of him in her mother's wedding album. The man who had divorced her mother and died not long after in a thunderstorm.

Her father.

"Dad?" she asked, ignoring the strange feeling that she felt when she uttered that one word. It had been twenty long years si

 

Okay almost done, Im starting to work on a sequal to in your arms.

some people are wondering what and where the chance that helped Danni survives is. So well I decided to put it in this chapter along. Sorry if I took a while to put up this chapter, my band have a gig coming up. Anyway, I'm on the verge of wrapping this story up in the next 2 chapters or so.

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Chapter 10 - Chance

Jacen was laughing heartily with Danni and his father at a joke Han had made. Leia found herself joining in the laughter as she watched her son returning to his old self. Ever since Danni had awoke from her coma, Leia had never seen her son happier. She knew most of his happiness came from his new relationship with Danni.

Leia had no problems with Jacen having an intimate relationship with Danni but she felt uncomfortable that Danni was five years older than Jacen himself. Still, something about Jacen and Danni's relationship felt right. She looked at Danni who was running her hands across Jacen's hair despite being seated around close family friends.

Yes, Leia was glad that she did everything she could to help Danni back during the Yuuzhan Vong attempted invasion of Mon Calamari.

"What's wrong Mom," her son asked catching the look she had given him. She smiled and shook her head as Han made an exasperated noise.

"Speaking of moms," Kyp said, followed by a long pause. Leia looked at the man and saw that he was holding something in his right hand, he was radiating an emotion that she never sensed in the Jedi before. Anxiety.

"What is it Kyp?" Jaina asked. Leia frowned at Kyp as did her husband, her brother and his wife, Jacen and Danni. Leia had never approved of Kyp and Jaina's relationship but had started to accept it when Kyp had shown he truly loved Jaina.

Kyp took a deep breath but his next words came out in stammers as he kneeled down taking Jaina's right hand in his left, "Jaina, I love you a lot and you are the person that completes me, makes me whole. I know I've done some horrible things to you in the past but you forgave me and I realized that you are very important to me. Then when Jacen nearly lost Danni three weeks ago, I came to realize that how really important you are to me. I can't bear to live without you and," he stopped, opening his hand, revealing a diamond ring inside a small velvet box, "Will you marry me Jaina Solo?"

A silence descended over the room, followed by gasps from Leia, Mara and Danni. Luke was looking at the scene with his Jedi Master and calm and Han and Jacen looked like there were about to get a blaster and shoot Kyp. Kyp was oblivious to Han and Jacen's stares, all his attention focused on Jaina, who was biting her lower lip.

"Maybe it was a mistake. Sorry," Kyp muttered as he stood up and headed for the door when Jaina grabbed his hand.

"Yes," she said ever so softly but loud enough so everybody could hear. This time everyone gasped except Luke.

Kyp's eyes turned cold and he pulled his hand away from Jaina's forcefully, not caring if he hurt Jaina in the process. "Yes, I know it was a mistake. There was no need to rub it in. Now I have to go," he said, voice ice cold and his stare cutting. Leia could have laughed at the Kyp's density then. Her husband however, did not appreciate Kyp's density and he was about to lunge at Kyp when Jaina beat him to it.

"You thick-headed, dense, stupid gundark! I meant yes as in YES I'll marry you!" she bit out as Kyp tumbled to the floor on his back with Jaina atop him. Han had retreated from his lunging position but his eyes showed the anger he was feeling.

"Ouch," he mumbled, rubbing the back of his head but his eyes betrayed the sheer delight he was feeling at Jaina's acceptance. His arms linked around Jaina's waist and held her tight.

"Shut up," Jaina said and kissed her soon to be husband. Leia and Danni had tears in their eyes, Mara looked on in amusement at the couple while Luke, Jacen and Han averted their gaze to the ceiling. Jaina and Kyp sta

 

oo yea!

 

Ahhhhh! Releif! You let Danni live and you did it in a crazy life after death Force exploding with healing life kinda way!

Now those two just need to get caught up as lovers [if you know what i mean]