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sticksofthejedi) wrote2012-09-25 10:38 pm
sticksofthejedi) wrote2012-09-25 10:38 pm
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Memory 45
Memory: Regarding Zekk, the Friend Zone and peeping in the shower.
Received: Day 179, evening
Form: A silver charm bracelet with charms in the shape of microphones, music notes, and tiny ballerinas. Snap it on to view your memory! 5/6 uses.
Summary: Jaina and Zekk are delivering a message for Tenel Ka to mobilize forces to keep Hapan schemers from deposing their Jedi friend, but take a moment to re-evaluate their partnership. Zekk proclaims he's over Jaina, and now that she knows that, she wants him again.
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The pincer-shaped silhouettes of a dozen Miy'til starfighters rose above the hill behind Villa Solis, then shot skyward on pillars of blue efflux. Jaina craned her neck, watching in silence as the fighter squadron arced toward a cluster of bright points already drifting across Terephon's night sky. She estimated the number of points at nearly thirty, and even as she watched they were arranging themselves into the open-diamond formation of a battle fleet deploying for a jump to hyperspace.
"Something's just not right about that," she said, still looking at the fleet. Having been denied hangar access by the flight chief, she and Zekk had landed outside the front gate only a short time before. "We're supposed to be the ones delivering mobilization orders for Tenel Ka. To ready a fleet this fast, Ducha Galney would have had to know about the coup attempt before we left Hapes."
"Well, her sister is Tenel Ka's chamberlain." Zekk was referring to the haughty Lady Galney, who had seemed so convinced in the aftermath of the coup attempt that Jaina's parents had participated in the attack. "Maybe Lady Galney told the Ducha what happened."
"How?" Jaina asked. "Terephon is in the Transitory Mists. There's no HoloNet here, remember?"
Zekk merely grunted and turned to study the spike-topped domes rising above the villa wall. Jaina did not need the Force to tell her that he was less interested in the villa's simple architecture than in avoiding a conversation with her. During the long and complicated journey from Hapes, he had allowed no more Force contact than was necessary to coordinate their hyperspace jumps, and his only words so far had been about seeing the Ducha.
Jaina grabbed his arm and turned him to look at her. "Look, we've got a mission to do. So whatever's kinking your air hose - get over it!"
Zekk pulled his arm away, but spoke in a mild voice. "I think I am over it."
"Good," Jaina said. Then she frowned, realizing that for the first time in years, she had no idea what Zekk meant. "Over what, exactly?"
"Jaina, stop," Zekk said. "You don't do coy very well."
"Coy?" Now Jaina was really confused. She could almost always tell what Zekk was thinking - at least until now. "Zekk, I don't know what you're talking about. I really don't."
Zekk studied her a moment, then arched his dark brows. "Come on - we're not that un-Joined." He shook his head. "You've wanted this for years. Stop hiding from it."
He secured his StealthX and started toward the villa, leaving Jaina alone. She was so accustomed to his blind approval that she could not quite believe he was talking to her as though she were a spoiled little girl. She returned in her mind to the last time things had seemed normal between them, shortly after they had arrived at the Fountain Palace and discovered that her parents were suspected of involvement in the coup attempt.
Zekk had tried to comfort her, suggesting that assassination just was not her parents' style, and she had snapped at him. He had stalked off to the other side of the room, and though he had continued to defend her parents to Tenet Ka and Prince Isolder, toward her he had remained silent and withdrawn.
"By the Force!" Jaina secured her own StealthX and caught up to him. "Is that what this is about? What I said in the sitting room? I was worried about my parents! You can't hold that against me."
"I don't," Zekk replied. "I just finally realized what..." He caught himself and softened his tone. "Look, Jaina, I just realized that you've been right all along. We're better as friends than we would ever be as lovers. I know you've been saying it for years, but I guess part of me really didn't believe it until now."
Jaina was so astonished that she stopped walking and simply stood there staring at Zekk's broad back. She had broken off their romance when they were teenagers, and she had been trying to get him to stop pursuing her ever since. So why did it suddenly feel like she had lost something?
Now that she understood what had happened, Jaina realized she could still feel Zekk's presence in the back of her mind. He was strong and certain and independent. . . and so over her. He had finally granted her wish.
And that was a good thing-it really was.
Jaina hurried to catch up, then fell in at Zekk's side. "It's about time," she grumbled. "Now maybe I can stop waiting until you're asleep to take my sanisteams."
Zekk laughed. "It didn't work anyway," he said. "I kept having these dreams ..."
"You did?" Jaina glanced over to find a mischievous glint in Zekk's eye, but now that she had located their connection again, she knew he was telling the truth. "And you didn't say anything?"
Zekk shrugged and flashed an embarrassed grin. "I thought they were just... well, dreams,"
Jaina started to accept his explanation, then had the sudden realization that he was mocking her.
"Liar!" She punched him in the shoulder. "Let's just deliver Tenel Ka's message."
"Sure," Zekk chuckled. "That's what I've been trying to do."
Received: Day 179, evening
Form: A silver charm bracelet with charms in the shape of microphones, music notes, and tiny ballerinas. Snap it on to view your memory! 5/6 uses.
Summary: Jaina and Zekk are delivering a message for Tenel Ka to mobilize forces to keep Hapan schemers from deposing their Jedi friend, but take a moment to re-evaluate their partnership. Zekk proclaims he's over Jaina, and now that she knows that, she wants him again.
--
The pincer-shaped silhouettes of a dozen Miy'til starfighters rose above the hill behind Villa Solis, then shot skyward on pillars of blue efflux. Jaina craned her neck, watching in silence as the fighter squadron arced toward a cluster of bright points already drifting across Terephon's night sky. She estimated the number of points at nearly thirty, and even as she watched they were arranging themselves into the open-diamond formation of a battle fleet deploying for a jump to hyperspace.
"Something's just not right about that," she said, still looking at the fleet. Having been denied hangar access by the flight chief, she and Zekk had landed outside the front gate only a short time before. "We're supposed to be the ones delivering mobilization orders for Tenel Ka. To ready a fleet this fast, Ducha Galney would have had to know about the coup attempt before we left Hapes."
"Well, her sister is Tenel Ka's chamberlain." Zekk was referring to the haughty Lady Galney, who had seemed so convinced in the aftermath of the coup attempt that Jaina's parents had participated in the attack. "Maybe Lady Galney told the Ducha what happened."
"How?" Jaina asked. "Terephon is in the Transitory Mists. There's no HoloNet here, remember?"
Zekk merely grunted and turned to study the spike-topped domes rising above the villa wall. Jaina did not need the Force to tell her that he was less interested in the villa's simple architecture than in avoiding a conversation with her. During the long and complicated journey from Hapes, he had allowed no more Force contact than was necessary to coordinate their hyperspace jumps, and his only words so far had been about seeing the Ducha.
Jaina grabbed his arm and turned him to look at her. "Look, we've got a mission to do. So whatever's kinking your air hose - get over it!"
Zekk pulled his arm away, but spoke in a mild voice. "I think I am over it."
"Good," Jaina said. Then she frowned, realizing that for the first time in years, she had no idea what Zekk meant. "Over what, exactly?"
"Jaina, stop," Zekk said. "You don't do coy very well."
"Coy?" Now Jaina was really confused. She could almost always tell what Zekk was thinking - at least until now. "Zekk, I don't know what you're talking about. I really don't."
Zekk studied her a moment, then arched his dark brows. "Come on - we're not that un-Joined." He shook his head. "You've wanted this for years. Stop hiding from it."
He secured his StealthX and started toward the villa, leaving Jaina alone. She was so accustomed to his blind approval that she could not quite believe he was talking to her as though she were a spoiled little girl. She returned in her mind to the last time things had seemed normal between them, shortly after they had arrived at the Fountain Palace and discovered that her parents were suspected of involvement in the coup attempt.
Zekk had tried to comfort her, suggesting that assassination just was not her parents' style, and she had snapped at him. He had stalked off to the other side of the room, and though he had continued to defend her parents to Tenet Ka and Prince Isolder, toward her he had remained silent and withdrawn.
"By the Force!" Jaina secured her own StealthX and caught up to him. "Is that what this is about? What I said in the sitting room? I was worried about my parents! You can't hold that against me."
"I don't," Zekk replied. "I just finally realized what..." He caught himself and softened his tone. "Look, Jaina, I just realized that you've been right all along. We're better as friends than we would ever be as lovers. I know you've been saying it for years, but I guess part of me really didn't believe it until now."
Jaina was so astonished that she stopped walking and simply stood there staring at Zekk's broad back. She had broken off their romance when they were teenagers, and she had been trying to get him to stop pursuing her ever since. So why did it suddenly feel like she had lost something?
Now that she understood what had happened, Jaina realized she could still feel Zekk's presence in the back of her mind. He was strong and certain and independent. . . and so over her. He had finally granted her wish.
And that was a good thing-it really was.
Jaina hurried to catch up, then fell in at Zekk's side. "It's about time," she grumbled. "Now maybe I can stop waiting until you're asleep to take my sanisteams."
Zekk laughed. "It didn't work anyway," he said. "I kept having these dreams ..."
"You did?" Jaina glanced over to find a mischievous glint in Zekk's eye, but now that she had located their connection again, she knew he was telling the truth. "And you didn't say anything?"
Zekk shrugged and flashed an embarrassed grin. "I thought they were just... well, dreams,"
Jaina started to accept his explanation, then had the sudden realization that he was mocking her.
"Liar!" She punched him in the shoulder. "Let's just deliver Tenel Ka's message."
"Sure," Zekk chuckled. "That's what I've been trying to do."