The Flight to Naboo

continued from here

All I had to go on was the information that Dante had given me. I kind of had to guess on what to bring, there were a variety of elements to plan for, that and I hate to travel with more stuff than absolutely needed. Still, that was hard seeing that we had so little to go on, that and I had to pack listening devices into my case in such a way they would not be found.

The flight was full, I had no idea that travel to Naboo was so popular. I was a bit worried about who I might ended up in a cabin with, there were some less than savory characters boarding the flight. I found the cabin that matched my assigned number and lock accepted the key code entered. I was not expecting to open the door and find Dante. But as awkward as it was, I was also relieved. I smiled as I quickly moved into the cabin to avoid the crush of other passengers behind me. Dante was tuning his guitar, he's always been very particular about it.

I moved to store my luggage then sat down opposite him. "So I didn't get a chance to say this earlier, but I'm sorry for how things ended. I lost my temper with you and shouldn't have." I was keenly studying the lines in my palms as I spoke, I felt like I was bright pink. We'd have to debug the cabin if we wanted to talk more, though I doubted there were devices on this, our reservations were so last minute.

"Listen," he said as I kneeled in front of me and took both my hands. "I didn't handle that right. I thought I was doing the right thing. In my own stupid way, I was trying to protect you. Someone who would go to that much trouble to come between us... Who knows what they might do? I don't want anyone to hurt you, Jardena. Especially not me."

He paused, but then continued.

"I thought... Frak it, it doesn't matter now. What I want to say is... I say the wrong things and I do the wrong things. I know you've never really trusted me again since I broke off the engagement. I don't blame you for that. I wouldn't trust me either, if I were you. And what just happened with the frakking video didn't help, I know that. But you do know that I love you, don't you?"

I wasn't quite sure what to say to that. I wanted him to know that I didn't distrust him; I was just slowly working my way back up to trusting him. When I went to respond, he kissed me, and that's what we were doing when a flight attendant came around to notify us of departure. Eventually we set up a jammer and discussed the matter at hand.

"So where are we going to start with Dorme and Bibble," I asked. Dante had a much better understanding of what was happening on Naboo. I threaded my fingers through his, we'd eventually have to talk, but right now, this state of happy-content worked.

to be continued

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