Mexico, present day AU

Dec 22, 2008 05:27

Missing the bus back from Mexico had been a bad thing, yes. Worse were the issues concerning Jaina's fake documentation when she tried again. Then her comlink had gone dead.

It had been a really bad first week or so, and after that, having nothing to do but sit out on the beach with John and a margarita turned out to be kind of nice. Plus she looked good with a tan.

It wasn't that she felt bad not being home, it was just... she needed the break. It was harder out there than she wanted to admit, and she was just exhibiting a trait she would have developed later in life anyway: totally and completely avoiding that which she didn't want to deal with. She didn't know just how much she was missing going on at home by being here. If Jacen blinked out of the Force, she could only assume he pulled the same thing he did on Garqui, after all.

And as time went on, she actually began to form a life here. One she wasn't really hard-pressed to give up.

Jaina always knew she'd go back Eventually. But for the moment, she was content to sit out on a blanket in the sand, still trying to make the comlink work, dimly realizing that this was a hobby she'd almost given up.

weird: it's a wonderful life

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