Highway Ranger: A New Interest? Or Just Interesting?
Damn I really need to make the time to write in my diary. *makes a note to the front of the binder*, that reads; “Make the time to write dummy!!”.
There *smiles* Now all I have to do is follow my own advice.
I met him on Tatooine, in Mos Eisly, at the local cantina. I had come to the cantina to have a few drinks and rest my weary mind after a long couple of days tracking and hunting. I like coming to the cantina in Mos Eisly, there are a lot of new dancers and musicians to watch and listen to. You never know whether the entertainment will be truly entertaining or a bust. I was sitting in a corner nursing a Jawa beer listening to the band play a soothing slow ballad, and watching a particularly pretty woman move in an intricate dance to the melody, when he walked in.
Right off I knew this man was different from all the other men in the place, just by the way he carried himself. As he strode across the dance floor towards the bar, I found myself not able to take my eyes off of him. He must have sensed he was being watched, for he turned his head in my direction and looked right at me, right into my eyes. Embarrassed I hurriedly turned my attention away from him, but not before I caught a knowing self confidant smile on his face.
I was staring at my beer glass, thinking how silly I was to have been staring at this man, when I felt a presence standing close to me. I looked up to see this handsome stranger standing next to my table with a couple of Jawa beers in his hands and that same confidant smile on his face. I turned beet red!! And just stared up at him. He chuckled, and introduced himself, “Evening my lady, would you mind terribly if I sat at this table with you? It would appear that all the other tables are occupied” I quickly checked around and sure enough, the place had become packed and my table was the only one with a seat left. “umm, sure” I stammered, “suit yourself”. With that he set down and slid one of the beers he had been holding in my direction. “This” he said, “is for allowing me to sit with such a fair looking lass as yourself”, I blushed even more crimson then I had before, totally self-conscious of how I must look to this guy. “my name is Highway, Highway Ranger” he said. I quietly answered, “I’m Ebe, Ebe Lightcloud, nice to meet you Highway” I thanked him for the beer with a warm smile, and studied him, pretending to watch and listen to the entertainment.
There was a familiarity about Highway that I just couldn’t place. It was as if I knew him, but that wasn’t right, for I had never seen him before this night I felt a vague feeling of kinship, or of being part of the same fellowship with him somehow. I took a sip of my drink and was going to ask him if we had ever met before, when he turned to me and asked “So, what brings a pretty girl like you to a dust hole like Tatooine?” I thought for a sec…wondering if I should tell him anything. Should I tell him a story of some sort?, the truth?, or say nothing at all, and just give him a smile. He seemed so sincere, his voice so disarming. I choose to tell him the truth.
“I’m here running scouting missions for some clients. I’m looking for some high quality herbivore meat that’s supposedly been found in this part of the galaxy. I came to the cantina, to rest my mind and quench my thirst. You know how hot and dusty this god forsaken planet is” *smile*. Highway nodded at me knowingly “Are you a scout or ranger by chance?” he asked. “yes” I said, thinking “ok here we go, he now knows I’m a ranger and he’ll probably get up and leave, as it seems that most men are put off by rangers in general, and me being female, he’ll think that I’m to much the tomboy like most do”, but instead of getting up and leaving, he just sat there grinning at me. “well my Lady, it just so happens that I am a Ranger too” and his grin turned into the most charming smile I had not seen in a man in a long, long time.
We sat in the cantina talked about our experiences, our lives, how it turns out we both had a very similar story on how we ended up in the same part of the galaxy. I found out that Highway is pretty much a loner, as I am, but he wasn’t attached or had a significant other in his life at the moment. I thought that maybe he had something going with one of the dancers in the cantina, but he had been helping her on Naboo, kind of a sightseeing thing, and she just happened to be in Mos Eisly performing that night.
We chatted well into the night. The suns of Tatooine were just starting to come up when we both agreed to call it a night. We exchanged Comm. And stepped out into the morning. He wished me a goodnight, lol, and hopped to see me again. I told him I would like that very much. He gave me a tender kiss on the cheek and set off to take care of some minor things before sleeping. As I watched him drive off, I could only think how lucky I was to meet another Ranger in such a isolated part of the galaxy and such an interesting one at that. I hope he calls me *smile*, I really want to get to know this one a lot better.
There *smiles* Now all I have to do is follow my own advice.
I met him on Tatooine, in Mos Eisly, at the local cantina. I had come to the cantina to have a few drinks and rest my weary mind after a long couple of days tracking and hunting. I like coming to the cantina in Mos Eisly, there are a lot of new dancers and musicians to watch and listen to. You never know whether the entertainment will be truly entertaining or a bust. I was sitting in a corner nursing a Jawa beer listening to the band play a soothing slow ballad, and watching a particularly pretty woman move in an intricate dance to the melody, when he walked in.
Right off I knew this man was different from all the other men in the place, just by the way he carried himself. As he strode across the dance floor towards the bar, I found myself not able to take my eyes off of him. He must have sensed he was being watched, for he turned his head in my direction and looked right at me, right into my eyes. Embarrassed I hurriedly turned my attention away from him, but not before I caught a knowing self confidant smile on his face.
I was staring at my beer glass, thinking how silly I was to have been staring at this man, when I felt a presence standing close to me. I looked up to see this handsome stranger standing next to my table with a couple of Jawa beers in his hands and that same confidant smile on his face. I turned beet red!! And just stared up at him. He chuckled, and introduced himself, “Evening my lady, would you mind terribly if I sat at this table with you? It would appear that all the other tables are occupied” I quickly checked around and sure enough, the place had become packed and my table was the only one with a seat left. “umm, sure” I stammered, “suit yourself”. With that he set down and slid one of the beers he had been holding in my direction. “This” he said, “is for allowing me to sit with such a fair looking lass as yourself”, I blushed even more crimson then I had before, totally self-conscious of how I must look to this guy. “my name is Highway, Highway Ranger” he said. I quietly answered, “I’m Ebe, Ebe Lightcloud, nice to meet you Highway” I thanked him for the beer with a warm smile, and studied him, pretending to watch and listen to the entertainment.
There was a familiarity about Highway that I just couldn’t place. It was as if I knew him, but that wasn’t right, for I had never seen him before this night I felt a vague feeling of kinship, or of being part of the same fellowship with him somehow. I took a sip of my drink and was going to ask him if we had ever met before, when he turned to me and asked “So, what brings a pretty girl like you to a dust hole like Tatooine?” I thought for a sec…wondering if I should tell him anything. Should I tell him a story of some sort?, the truth?, or say nothing at all, and just give him a smile. He seemed so sincere, his voice so disarming. I choose to tell him the truth.
“I’m here running scouting missions for some clients. I’m looking for some high quality herbivore meat that’s supposedly been found in this part of the galaxy. I came to the cantina, to rest my mind and quench my thirst. You know how hot and dusty this god forsaken planet is” *smile*. Highway nodded at me knowingly “Are you a scout or ranger by chance?” he asked. “yes” I said, thinking “ok here we go, he now knows I’m a ranger and he’ll probably get up and leave, as it seems that most men are put off by rangers in general, and me being female, he’ll think that I’m to much the tomboy like most do”, but instead of getting up and leaving, he just sat there grinning at me. “well my Lady, it just so happens that I am a Ranger too” and his grin turned into the most charming smile I had not seen in a man in a long, long time.
We sat in the cantina talked about our experiences, our lives, how it turns out we both had a very similar story on how we ended up in the same part of the galaxy. I found out that Highway is pretty much a loner, as I am, but he wasn’t attached or had a significant other in his life at the moment. I thought that maybe he had something going with one of the dancers in the cantina, but he had been helping her on Naboo, kind of a sightseeing thing, and she just happened to be in Mos Eisly performing that night.
We chatted well into the night. The suns of Tatooine were just starting to come up when we both agreed to call it a night. We exchanged Comm. And stepped out into the morning. He wished me a goodnight, lol, and hopped to see me again. I told him I would like that very much. He gave me a tender kiss on the cheek and set off to take care of some minor things before sleeping. As I watched him drive off, I could only think how lucky I was to meet another Ranger in such a isolated part of the galaxy and such an interesting one at that. I hope he calls me *smile*, I really want to get to know this one a lot better.
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