<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Dravin walked into the ship's lounge, and found a nice table and a seat near the corner of the room that nobody was sitting at. He pulled off his backpack and relaxed in a seat.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> This was going to be a long trip, <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> he thought,<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> maybe I should catch up on some of my studies. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> He slipped his hand down into the backpack and brought out a datapad with card already in it. Activating the machine and opening the card, Dravin began to read.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Once the ship left orbit, Rusty got up and walked into the lounge, and saw Cairo playing some sort of game, and Dravin seated in the corner alone. Dravin was reading, so Rusty decided not to disturb him. He pulled up a chair next to Cairo, placing a hand lightly on her shoulder.

"Sabaac...I never was one for this game of chance. I never learned. I was always too busy helping my dad repair corvettes and transports. It looks amusing. Maybe you could show me sometime."

Rusty flashed Cairo a smile, and scooted his chair back from her, and against a nearby wall, closed his eyes, and slipped into a light meditation. He was searching for a clue in the Force, to how this mission would go. He sensed it would go well, but one could never be 100% sure. Rusty came out of his meditation briefly, and called to Tec.

"Status report Tec. How are we doing? I want the ship's systems all kept under surveillance. We have a long trip ahead of us. I want it to go well."

Rusty smiled to Cairo again, and looked behind him to see Dravin still reading hard. He spoke to Cairo quietly.

"Don't bother him. The studying is good for him. He could use it."

Rusty leaned back and went back to his meditating.

Jerusha curled up on one of the seats, pulling her legs up beside her. She looked around the room and smiled slightly as her gaze rested on Rusty talking to Cairo. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> There is something there,<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> she thought. <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> I wonder how long it will be until one of them admits it to the other.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Rusty leaned back in his chair and called to Tec again.

"Where's that status report Tec?"

Tec walked into the lounge and stuck his tongue out at Rusty. "Status report is this, if you don't leave me alone when I'm working on it, then I'm gonna have to kick you off." Tec grinned. "Then again, I may stick you to piloting. Ok, the reports are that, as usual, Coruscant's lanes are crowded, and we're almost half way there. Fuel is doing well and power is great. Uh, other than that, everything is the same as when we left."

Sitting down close to Jerusha, Tec sighed and whispered, "Why'd you go off and leave me?" He grinned at her and then put his hand on the arm rest beside her head.

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<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Sounds like its going to be a long trip...good.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->, Solo thought, as she glanced at Rusty.

She smiled at him as Tec walked out, "So..how about that sabacc lesson??"

She twirled five cards in her hand and layed them out, them slide the rest of the deck in front of him. She scooted a bit closer and leaned close as she pointed to different cards, explaining what you could do with each one and its pro's and con's.

Cairo smiled at him with her eerie yet beautiful Bormean eyes, "Any questions?"

" Rusty, are you showing her all my secrets again?....i told you not to tell anyone..." Han grinned, smiling from across the table.

Rusty smiled, blushing slightly, unable to do anything but smile to Cairo. Han's usual sarcasm broke Rusty's stare on Cairo. He shook his head, staring in Han's direction, sending a message through the Force.

"Watch your tongue old man, or you'll be walking to Coruscant."

Rusty's gaze returned to Cairo

"N-n-no questions. And Tec, if anyone will get tossed overboard, it'd be you, friend."

Rusty smiled slightly and returned his stare once more to Cairo. He spoke to Tec, but his eyes never left her.

"When we get to Coruscant we can refuel and resupply. You, Jerusha, and Han shall stay with the ship. Cairo, Dravin, and myself will go into town and attend to business. Then we'll head to Naboo."

Cairo caught Rusty's stare, and he blushed and smiled slightly.

"Alright then. I got a few Soloishmodifications to make to theship, if i got your leave, my friend. In Cairo's absence, since she won't be there, i think i can handle it myself, and jump up the power slightly on this little tub. " Han joked.

"Ohh.... Idiot's array. I win." Hans aid as an afterthought, looking down at the cards in front of him.

Rusty jumped up and grabbed Han by the collar.

"This ol' girl's been through hell and high water. You even think about touching her, after all the hard work Cairo did, and you'll be walking back to Dellalt."

Rusty's ship was all that he had, other than Cairo and his people. He didn't take anything done to her lightly. And Cairo had done a good job fixing her up. Rusty wasn't about to let that get messed up simply out of Han's boredom.