40 oz to Freedom

[Anastasia Rade]

She let herself be pulled closer to him gently laying her head on his chest as her arms stayed wrapped around him. As she tried to calm her mind after yet another explosive kiss Ana could hear his heart racing. She could only imagine he was trying to catch his breath as well. "I could spend the rest of the day right here wrapped up in your arms," she smiled as she lifted her head up slightly to give him a quick kiss.

She was quite happy wrapped up in his living embrace were she felt safe and warm. Ana felt very comfortable around him even though they had really just met. They had just clicked and Ana felt that she could tell him anything. He seemed to just get her.

"I heard later that there is this thing called a carnival later tonight. It could be fun or we can go to the market I could pick up a few thing make you a nice dinner and dessert. Though I guess we could do both." She mused as she sighed happily. They didn't have to do anything really. Ana was just as happy laying here with [member="Orick T'ane"] the rest of the day.


"Your always welcome on Mandalore," she smiled lightly. "I would love to show you my home. Before we go I may teach you a few words in Mandalorian. The basics mostly unless you know the language already." She wouldn't put it past him to have picked up a little. It wasn't so that she could impress them with him. Ana thought that knowing a little of the language would interest him. It would also help when they began speaking it and not basic.

"It's funny you know, everything I have been though has brought me here with you and I couldn't be happier. Had thing been different we would have been fighting on opposite sides not snuggled up in each other's arms. My parents were high ranking Imperials. I'm happy though things worked out and I got to meet you in that cantina."

 

[Orick T'ane]

He smiled down at her as she kissed him, it was soft and short, but it was just as breathtaking as every other kiss. He lay his head on the pillow and closed his eyes, his mind reeling still from the affection of the last kiss. He gently let his right hand rub along her back, fingers softly running up and down her spine. " If that's what you want." He would gladly spend the day laying here with her. Her smile was worth anything , it was such a fresh and genuine thing.


" Either or both of those things sound good to me. You've mentioned that you like to bake and cook, and who doesn't love a carnival. I'm going to go with 'ladies choice' again today, I seem to have luck with that option as of late." He really would be happy to do either of those things with [member="Anastasia Rade"]. All he wanted to do was spend as much time with her as he could while he had it to spend.

Her invitation to Mandalore was already extended, btu to hear her say it like that made him smile, she was telling him that he could stop by whenever he had the time. " Oh, you can teach me Mandolorian? How do you say, ' You're beautiful beyond words'?" He placed another kiss on her forehead. he was finding it hard to come up with new ways to tell her she was beautiful, but he would keep trying as long as they were together.

" By the sound of things, you would have been part of the Imperial forces. There's' a good chance you would have been across from me on a battlefield somewhere. I'm glad that never happened." He chuckled slightly at the thought of it all, " Your mother was a Sith, does that mean that you're sensitive? I can see it now, Darth Ana the Pink, lord of beauty." He sighed deeply and pulled her closer to him, he was willing to spend the rest of the time he had just like this.

 

[Anastasia Rade]

"It's a date," she smiled leaning up again to kiss him. Ana could get used to this snuggling up with him in his bed and stealing kisses every now and again. She would never get tired of the feel of his lips against hers. It was a magical feeling. "We can go to the carnival and than pick up something to make for dinner on the way back." They could cook together if he was interested in helping her out. Besides dinner Ana was hoping to pick up something to make for dessert and other groceries for his sad looking chiller box.

"Cyar'ika, gar cuyir mesh'la suum miit." She smiled the words just rolling off her tongue. One of the first things her Vode wished to teach her was their language. It hadn't been too hard to pick up living on Mandalore it seemed to be all they spoke. "That translates to sweetheart your beautiful beyond words. Su cuy'gar means hello." She could teach him more if he was interested in learning. Ana would of course translate for [member="Orick T'ane"] as well.

It was highly probably that she would have been a Darth lord and it wasn't as if the position hadn't been offered to her before. "I am as are my elder brothers. It doesn't substitute for the medical and combat training I do have. I find force healing a nice addition during battle. It saves lives. There are some other abilities I would like to learn but I'm not really with an order." Anything that would help those she cared for and saved lives was something worth looking into. She didn't want to join some cult order but she wondered if there was a place she could go to just get some additional training. She trained with her Vode almost daily.

She couldn't help but wonder how he would take the news that Ana was a force user. Trained or not that was her. A gentle sigh escaped her lips as the one hand wrapped around his midsection moved up slightly as her fingers lightly began to trace circles in his chest.

 

[Orick T'ane]

He fell into her kiss again, it was relaxing and exciting all at once. She was wonderful to be around, and having her close to him like this was comforting and soothing. He felt like the monster from that tale, the one that was so enthralled by the beauty that it went against it's nature. "That sounds like a perfect day to me. Maybe you can give me a few pointers. I can make the basics but not much more than that." He was already thinking ahead to having her come by and him having a meal fully prepared for her. He closed his eyes again, the moment was just perfect and he wanted to memorize as such. He wanted to pull her in tighter to himself, but he wasn't sure there was a way to get closer to her.

" I'm going to remember that. There's this amazing Mandolorian women I've met that I want to tell that to." He shifted his position just enough to give her a quick kiss on the head. " Perhaps you can teach me more as time goes on. I would hate to show up and be the outsider that everyone laughs at." It's your culture, and an important part of it too, I want to know all about it."

He listened to [member="Anastasia Rade"] talk about being force sensitive and how her brothers were too, " Training always trumps natural abilities, but it doesn't bother me. you haven't spoken about anything but the things that truly matter to you, and this has just come up, to me that means that all of those other things are more important to you than joining some order of mystics. " He honestly didn't care about it, it wouldn't be something he worried about. He disliked high minded Jedi and savage Sith, but those were more the products of the orders they represented than anything else.

 

[Anastasia Rade]

It would be a perfect day but not because they were going out to a carnival or cooking but more so because they would be together. They would go soon, maybe. Right now she was happy laying here with him snuggling and kissing. I can show you the basics and how to make something quick and easy." As much as she wished to stay with him Ana knew that at times she wouldn't be able to. It would be good to teach him and leave a little extra for him.

"I wouldn't want that either. I would be more than happy to teach you," she lightly smiled. Ana was happy to hear he was interested in learning her language and more about her culture. It mean a lot to her that he cared so much. "I bet you could impress Azrael with your Mando'a. Not many that arn't Mandalorian care enough to learn it." In order to help [member="Orick T'ane"] began to learn it she may start using it more. She had learned a lot by hearing it actually used.

"I rely on my Mando training more than anything else even though I do have a bit Force training. Az actually offered to take me to a mystic order but I turned it down. I wished to stay and learn from my new family." Ana could still remember the smile on Az's face when she chose to stay with them. She was happy to hear he didn't care that she was force sensitive.

"We can go whenever your ready but I'll just as happy spending the rest of the day here in your arms." She smiled lifting her head up a little to give him a peak on the check.

 

[Orick T'ane]

He listened to her and just smiled, he had a feeling that they would have plenty of time for her to show him how to cook. " I'd love for you to show me how to make something. It'd be fun." he wrapped his arms around her a bit tighter, " It'd be nice to have something to remind me of you when I am out working. A simple meal would be the perfect thing to keep me thinking of you."


" Your culture is important to you, so why wouldn't I want to know about it. As for impressing Az, I'd be happy enough if he didn't try to murder me for wanting to date you. I just want him to not think that I'm a jerk." He wanted her brother to like him because of who he was and how he treated [member="Anastasia Rade"], and not for anything he had done in his past. " I think that your culture is a part of who you are and I want to know who you are."

He shifted a bit and slid off of the bed, He really didn't want to move at all, but he knew that if he didn't start they would just lay there together all day. She wanted to go to the carnival and then pick some stuff up. " Come on, my perfect pink Mandolorian, the carnival awaits." He leaned down and held out his hand for her, and as she took it he would stop her just long enough for a short passionate kiss.

 

[Anastasia Rade]

She could picture them working together in his kitchen to prepare a simple dinner. It did sound really fun and if sharing her passion with him reminded him of her all the better. When they did end up at the market she would have to remember to pick up extra ingredients for him and for the desert she had planned. It would keep for a bit in his chiller and could serve as another reminder of her when he on a mission. Ana could only imagine how lonely it could get in the dead of space.

"He can be overprotective at times but he means the best." She could only smile and shake her head a bit at his next statement. Az could be tough at times but she believed that when he did meet [member="Orick T'ane"] that he would warm up to him. He would see the sweet caring man that Ana saw and not think him a jerk. She could tell already that Orick was genuinely interested in getting to know more about her and her culture. "You'll do just fine," she smiled giving him a light peck on the check. When the time came for him to officially meet her brother she would be right there next to him the whole time.

The last thing Ana wanted to do was move so as he did she slightly groaned in protest. She could snuggle all day in bed with him and be perfectly happy. Taking his hand she returned his little passionate kiss with one of her own. The only thing that made moving worth it was the thought of what the rest of the day had in store for them.

Taking his arm she began heading back out where they came. She could check out his cockpit later as of right now Ana was quite interested in what this carnival thing was. She had heard there were rides, games and food but she had never been to one herself. "Have you ever been to a carnival before?" She questioned looking at him as they continued to walk. Ana guessed he had as from what she read these events were quite popular. Ana was either way very excited to share her first experience with him.

 

[Orick T'ane]

" If he wasn't overprotective, I wouldn't want to meet him as much as I do, that's a quality that I like about him already." Orick didn't want to think about the guys that had come before him that had caused her brother to become overly protective, and he didn't think it would make his job any harder. He wasn't trying to impress anyone by doing anything other than being great to [member="Anastasia Rade"]. She had this allure that just seemed to make her more exotic.

Kissing her had become one of his favorite things to do, it had only been a short time, but the softness of her lips, her closeness, the way she gave herself fully into the kiss. He wanted to spend everyday of his life doing that. They made their way back off of the ship, and he made sure that the ship was locked up before he took her arm again. As they walked back towards the hovercar he nodded, " I have been to a carnival or two, usually there is some fun food, usually sweet, sometimes it's odd combinations that you can only find there. There's silly games to be had, and almost always some kind of light show at the end, unusually late at night, if you want to stay that late that is."

He opened the door for her and once she was seated he closed it and made his way to the drivers side. He glanced into the hover car at her and couldn't help but smile. He hoped that he had a lot more days where he would get the chance to glance over at her.