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Chapter 17

A/N: Well well well look who it is... me! The author! Still alive and pointedly not abandoning this story. Seriously, I'm not. Although a hiatus as long as this certainly makes it look like I am. Confession time: I got sucked so far into the Marvel fandom I had no way of coming out of it. Not saying I wasn't a fan before but let's be honest here, Infinity War got me fucked up. Then Endgame did even MORE damage.

ANYWAY, I am here and I managed to get this chapter out through lots of blood sweat and tears. 

And trust me... there may be tears at the end of this one (haha oops don't hate me). I did make myself sad when writing and editing (haha double oops).

Okay, since it's been a while (understatement) I am going to do a previously on!

PREVIOUSLY ON AMONG THE STARS:

Azel and Obi-Wan enjoyed an almost kiss on Alderaan, and Obi-Wan almost confessed that he knows about Azels mom and what happened with Arrin. Azel had another Force-vision with Vader and found out that he has Arrin. She makes a deal that she will hand herself over if he releases Arrin. She goes behind Obi-Wans back to do so. They dance together, she steals his comlink and ends up having a long overdue conversation with Han (aww :') ) that only confirms Vader wasn't lying and does, in fact, have Arrin hostage. She starts to doubt Obi-Wan because he knew about it but wants to protect him from Vader all the same. She steals Anakins lightsaber and leaves.....

And Chapter 17 begins!

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Obi-Wan knows something is wrong the moment Azel turns her back on him and rushes out of the ballroom.

He waits until she is out of sight before he begins to pursue her, except Hankly, the blasted man that couldn't stop talking about his estranged wife, decides to approach him at that moment.

"Obi-Wan! We never finished our discussion earlier."

And by earlier he means before Azel arrived and Obi-Wan was able to excuse himself from the dreadfully boring conversation.

"Actually, now really isn't a good time--"

"Nonsense! No time like the present! Come, come! I must tell you about Darla."

Hankly takes Obi-Wan by the shoulders and steers him over to the bar. The stench of alcohol is radiating off the man and Obi-Wan wants nothing more than to pull away and run for the hills, but instead, he is ever the polite citizen and allows the man to seat him at the bar.

Hankly orders them both a drink.

"Er, just water for me," Obi-Wan tells the bartender before he can leave.

"Don't listen to him, mate! We're at a party, you gotta--"

"Water for him too," Obi-Wan tells the man, and with one look at Obi-Wan's companion, he concedes and gets two glasses of water.

"You're no fun," Hankly slumps in his chair. It took only a second of pouting before Hankly went on a rant about his wife once more. Obi-Wan withheld a sigh and tried to listen to the man's words but his mind wasn't having any of it. It's too focused on what Azel could be doing and if she's alright. He senses something wrong in the Force--something to do with Azel--something that Obi-Wan has to stop.

But as Hankly continues on his rant, with a heavy hand on Obi-Wan's shoulder as if he could sense the Jedis desire to leave, he knows whatever is wrong will have to wait just a while longer.

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Borrowing a ship from the port was a lot easier than Azel anticipated. Apparently, knowing the Queen and Senator of the planet has its perks. If only getting a ship on Tatooine was just as easy.