Coruscant- Saturday

[solo_sword]

Yesterday had been Jaina's 28th birthday, and she was largely unreachable for it. For the first time since she'd left for her year in Fandom, the entire Solo family- what was left of it, anyway- was on the same planet at the same time. Naturally this meant her parents thought it would be a good idea for them to all spend time together, because Jacen and Jaina had both absolutely failed at letting them know that they weren't exactly on speaking terms at the moment.

Despite their current issues, there were some things that the twins were still of one mind about, such as the fact that this was the exact wrong time to tell their parents that they weren't exactly on speaking terms. So they got through it, careful not to set themselves up for any actual conversation with each other, more because it might tip Han and Leia off than because they couldn't play nice for one night, and making sure to clamp down on any irritation that might be felt. Okay fine, that was Jaina's issue, not Jacen's. All in all, it ended up being a pretty good time without any drama or arguments.

But today was quiet with not much on Jaina's schedule, and too much free time was making her too thoughtful. And kind of depressed. She and Jacen had automatically conspired to get away with something without their parents knowing just like they had when they were kids, but the state of the relationship was bad and she had no idea how to fix it anymore. The part of her that could win a championship in holding grudges almost didn't want to. Then when you added in all the thoughts she suddenly had about her last conversation with Ben, wondering if it was already too late for Jacen, wondering if she should keep trying, wondering if she should stay away in order to shield them both from further emotional hurt from a future that might be inevitable...

She might just abandon her quarters for the day and spend all her time in the training room. That wasn't an excessive way to spend a day, right?


[SP is in effect but not posting her for her birthday after four years was gonna bother me more than I wanna admit. Open for calls, texts, emails, FedEx, carrier pigeon, pony express, telegraph, smoke signals, and entire conversations in semaphore.]

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Oh, look! A card!

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

[old-and-busted.livejournal.com]

Another package arrived. This one was simply signed: "Compliments of th US Postal Service"

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri had been trying to get through since yesterday -- not every two minutes or anything like that, since she had another Jaina who should get birthday greetings too, but still.

There'd be a call coming through.

[solo_sword]

Happy for the distraction, Jaina picked up with a "Solo."

[weetuskenraider]

"Happy birthday, Jedi Solo," Tahiri replied, grinning up at the ceiling of her room. "A day late, but the sentiment stands."

[solo_sword]

Jaina grinned. "Thank you. And I wasn't around much yesterday, so I'd consider this perfect timing."

[weetuskenraider]

"I know; I tried to call yesterday." Which had not resulted in her sending spies to check in on Jaina or anything. Just saying. "I thought you might be busy, but I won't mind if you want to call it good timing instead. Was it a good birthday, at least?"

[solo_sword]

"It was definitely interesting. The whole family was in the same place at the same time for the first time in a year. Which would be why I couldn't get calls. It was slightly busy," she said. "But it was good to be able to see people." Which was true, even if it caused some stress today.

[weetuskenraider]

"Well, in that case, I can't exactly complain at you for it, can I?" asked Tahiri -- who wouldn't, anyway, since she had a pretty good idea of exactly how rare it was. "Sounds like fun."

You know. Except for the stress and awkwardness.

[solo_sword]

"It was, mostly," she agreed. She sort of figured Tahiri might get why it was just 'mostly.' "How are things over there?"