Family Portrait
Chapter 3 – Family Portrait
Title: summernights dream
Author: Noemi Tenshi
Timeframe: After JA 8
Characters: Xanatos, OC's, Jedis, Sith,...
Genre: Romance, Angst (?), Adventure
Summary: Xanatos faked his death at Telos. Now he is on Naboo...
Part: 3/17
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally
[© Pink, Family Portrait]
Lyn stared at her wardrobe. For twenty minutes now. Katja had had enough.
“Lyn, just choose something, damn it! I’m geting tired watching you staring at the wardrobe”
“Oh, yeah? But I – unlike other persons – don’t want to go out looking like bum” she snapped.
“You look always good” yawned Katja and took her rat out of her sleeve. Then he talked to it: “I told you to not do this!” Lyn rolled her eyes.
“Lyn don’t fret and put this on” she tossed her friend a elegant, long darkblue and black dress.
“Thanks. And – you really don’t have a problem with it that I wear it?” she asked disbelievingly.
“Yes. If it makes you happy – and if you stop being such a pain in the ass”
Lyn stuck out her tounge and then hugged her friend an bounced off to the bathroom.
56 minutes later, Lyn stood nervously before the “Summernights dream” an waited for Xanatos. He came two minutes later.
“Good evening, fair lady” he greeted her.
“Good evening” she replied blushing.
“Shall we?” he rhetorically asked as he led her to the more expensive part of the city. They entered a restaurant named “Klimataria” and Lyn felt a little out of place. Everything in there was so quiet an... expensieve.
Xanatos, sensing her uneasyness, took her hand and led her to a table. A waiter immediatley appeared and handed them the menu. Then he left. After studying it a bit Lyn chose a nabooer (?) red wine and a fillet from the finest meat with noodles. Her companion also took the wine and a steak with potatoes.
Then silence fell over them.
The young woman was unsure of what to talk about and Xanatos wanted her to speak first. But as it became clear that she wouldn’t speak he started a conversation.
“Well, Lyn. I wonder... is this your home planet? Because you don’t seem to be from here”
“Uhm...no wonder. I am from Alderaan” she answered unsteadely. Xanatos supressed a sigh. Maybe it hadn’t been such a good idea to invite this woman. He then thought that it would be entertaining but it turned out to be boring.
Lyn silenced herself as she noticed that Xanatos wasn’t listening. But he was eager to keep her talking. Anything was better than silence. Even the chattering of women. So he urged her into talking again, with a little help of the force.
“My friend and I came here because we did a Work and Travel program. We had just finished school and neither her nor I felt the need to be with our family any longer. So we left” she quietly continued her tale.
Xanatos’ brows raised of their own effort. They didn’t want their families? He would give... not anything, but a great deal of things to have his family back.
“You know, Katjas father – lets just say that he isn’t quiet lovingly. And my parents have problems with the money and with my sister and me. I thought that if I’d go for a while it would be better when I returned... I hope it will be better” she finished close to tears now.
Please, don’t start crying. Xanatos thought dull I can’t stand it when people cry. It is geting on my nerves.
To his luck the waiter came with wine and food. They started eating. Suddenly Lyn desturbed the Silence in which they were enjoying their foods.
“What about you?” she asked timid.
“Me? I’m here because of business” he nonchalantly waved the question of, not wanting to go into details.
Lyn seemed to struggle with herself for a moment. Then she replied courageously:
“I meant about your family”
“My family... “ he sighed uncertain of what he should tell her. “I don’t have a family anymore” he then answered.
“God, I’m sorry” she sincerly said compasion shining in her browngreen eyes.
“Ah. It doesn’t matter anymore” he said, “Let’s talk about something else”
And so they chatted for the rest of the night of unimportant things. And Xanatos found him rather enjoying this.
~+~
Well ok here is chapter three.
I am not very happy with how Lyn is acting but I thing I’ll capture her true character soon XDD
I just need a little more time with her ^^
And Xan is acting weird too -.-
But well that could be because he is weird.
Droping dead sexy, but weird.
