Within two Destinies (Star Wars fanfiction) Book I½

"Would you keep your promise?" he whispered, making her give him a puzzled look before it came back to her. It was a promise they'd made to each other before they had started dating; at the time, they were fourteen years old.

Biting her lip, she leaned down, grabbed his face and kissed him. Her hands were soft on his face and her warm lips were gentle and hesitant, but he relished it for as long as he could as it was the kind of kiss he had been yearning for years, and though he had to wait till his last breath, he didn't care because it was worth the wait to him. She slowly pulled away and looked at him, resting her forehead against his.

A small, weak smile creeping its way onto his lips, he whispered softly, "I love you..."

She blinked and swallowed hard as a tear escaped her hazel eyes.

"Zack..." Ashlyn choked out.

"Zack?" she repeated, desperate to get an answer, either it'd be a grunt, a groan... anything would suffice as long as the sound came from her best friend, her love. "Zack!"

**ATTENTION** I DO NOT OWN ANY OF GEORGE LUCAS' ORIGINAL CHARACTERS FROM THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS SERIES. I ONLY OWN ASHLYN AND FEW OTHER CHARACTERS YOU HAVE NEVER READ OR HEARD OF.