Alone Once More - Chapter 4

Chapter 4
Luke started picking up the shards of the mirror that had once hung on the wall. It was Mara’s gift to him, a token of her love. She had carefully inscribed these words on the glass:
Don’t cheat,
Don’t lie,
And we’ll be happy,
You and I.
Luke knew that his wife had spent hours carving those precious words into the glass. Even little Ben had scratched a little smiley face in the corner. Luke Skywalker never guessed that his life would end like this. “I broke the mirror, seven years of bad luck, yeah right. I’ve had it all my life.” He sighed, catching a glimpse of himself in the mirror. “Oh, they’re all right. I’m getting old. I shouldn’t be going out with girls half my age. But if it’s the last thing Luke Skywalker, I mean I, will ever do, I’ve got to get Mara back. Now, where does Leia live again? Oh dear, I hope I haven’t thrown my speeder keys out the window.”
Plunging his green air speeder into the Coruscant headwind messed up Luke’s hair even more and made his eyes sting. He ignored the traffic rules and marked lanes, taking the quickest possible route to his sister’s apartment, regardless of whether he was allowed to fly there or not. Irritated drivers blew their horns and cursed at Luke as he swerved through the throngs of speeders. Suddenly, Luke heard a quiet voice in his head. It was not the first sign of insanity.
“You just had to go and mess it up, didn’t you Luke? You were blessed with the best girl in the world and you HAD to mess it up.”
It was obvious that Leia was angry. Angry, hurt and willing to do anything to protect her best friend.
“Come on, Leia, just listen to me for once. You don’t know what really happened! You- -“
He stopped. Leia had withdrawn herself from the Force in an act of defiance. “Ok, maybe I’ll just call her. She can’t disable the holo line.”
Han answered the call, looking irritated. “Look, this better be important cause I’m just about to eat lunch – oh. It’s you.”
“Look, Han, can I talk to Leia? It’s just this whole thing, I want to clear some things up with her, make sure she—“
Luke was cut off by Han’s sarcastic remark, “No, you can’t, because she’s busy fetching’ tissues for that wreck you turned your wife into. My god, Luke, you just couldn’t help yourself. You’re a disgrace to your family and to your name.”
With that last bitter comeback, the holocall was cut off and Luke was again left flying in silence.