Apparently, when your best friend (who you'd had a crush on as a kid, and who'd had a thing for you for an embarrassingly long time, and who you'd maybe made out with once when you were sharing a brain which did not count and was not your fault) was getting married and you felt weird about it, you got into a fight with your new husband about it ( Read more... )

( It had been a busy few days for everyone. )

( About six months after he'd gone MIA, Zekk resurfaced. )

( Jaina's second- and final- attempt to stop Jacen started out badly and didn't stop there. )

( Considering just how badly Jacen had kicked Jaina's ass on Nickel One, she wasn't sure if it was comforting or not that even while healing, she could still take out four guys without getting out of breath. )

( Not too long ago Jaina might have been amused at the irony of her training to kill Sith at what had once been a base of Palpatine's. Unfortunately for everyone involved, her sense of humor had been replaced by a terrifying amount of focus and no one was safe. )

( Jaina had only been awake for about ten minutes, and she'd already killed a man today. )

( The boys had been acting twelve at each other before, but with Eric visiting, that seemed to kick them into overdrive. )

( As it turned out, Jag's coldness toward her only lasted for their first few meetings. Don't think Jaina wasn't glad for that, either, especially when it led to things like him and Zekk having shirtless chin-up competitions in front of her in their office. Yes, that actually happened, and it was great. )

Zekk's surgery was taking a while. While Jacen had gone to the Anakin and Luke and Mara had taken Ben back to Coruscant immediately, Jaina was staying on Hapes till Zekk was released to go back to Coruscant as well. She told herself staying in the waiting area just meant she could be alone, away from everyone. She was beyond mad at Jacen, she ( Read more... )