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The James T. Kirk Memorial Causeway, Saturday morning

Jude loitered by the foot of the causeway, waiting for the cab to show up to take him to the airport. His mind was already on the competition - and, more importantly, on convincing his parents to let him return to Fandom. He had heard through Jen that his name was already listed as registered at Michael Powers, their high school. In his backpack he had his scrapbook, the ~~handwavey~~ letter from Abby, as many school brochures that highlighted the good aspects of Fandom as he could find, and a lengthy letter from Mai's girlfriend about her successful military career and how Fandom had made her the woman she was today.

She had, wisely, left out the part about it being in the future.

So now he was just waiting. And worrying. And hoping this wasn't the last time he crossed this causeway.

[[It isn't! But he doesn't know that. Open! *hopes for a certain someone but knows that the certain someone's schedule is not friendly to mine*]]

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Oh, right, like Sakurazaki wasn't going to be there to say goodbye before he left. "Hey," she said quietly as she approached, and instantly regretted the greeting, finding it inappropriate for a goodbye. She gulped; a possibly perminant one. But she really didn't want to think about that. "All set?" she asked, lamely, just for something to say.

Jude turned and smiled when he saw her. "Hey," he said, thinking just about the same thing about the permanent goodbye. He ducked his head in a nod. "Yeah. Got everything." He kicked the backpack sitting at his feet. And then, because she was here and he wasn't going to be, he pulled her into a tight hug.

Eeep, hug! Sakurazaki would probably never stop being surprised when he pulled her into stuff like that, but she would always be quick to return whatever it was. She hugged him tight as she said, "And you're going to kick major ass and bring back a huge trophy to prove to everyone how cool you are, right? Not that you need to prove that anyway, of course." She planted a quick kiss on his cheek.

Jude chuckled. "Yeah. 'm gonna have to buy another seat on the plane for it or somethin'." He hugged her tight for a minute or two before pulling back to smile at her. "I'm gonna rock the speed trials thanks to you. I wish you could be there."

Sakurazaki frowned. "I do, too. I'd love to see it..." Partially, because, yes. She hadn't the slightest clue how the hell a skateboard competion would actually be run.

Mellowly and constantly behind schedule, of course.

Jude brightened for a moment. "Oh! I have somethin' for you. I got it when we went to Coruscant and I meant to give it to you when you got back but then we kinda had . . . stuff. So . . ." He started digging in his pocket.

"Oh, that's right!" she grinned lightly. "How did that go? You know, with being in Japan, I couldn't exactly ask when you go back."

"It was totally awesome. I got to fly an actual ship and blow things up! It was soooo cool," Jude enthused, switching pockets in his continuing quest. "And I met this cool little green dude and saw a bunch of really weird-lookin' aliens when I went shopping. But then I got totally harshed by this, uh, Jedi Master 'cause he caught me boarding through the temple."

Sakurazaki grinned and giggle a bit at the flying and blowing things up, but her eyes widened and her face paled when he got to the temple part. "You were boarding in a temple?"

She considered what Aoyama-sempai would have done if he had been boarding in the Shinmei Ryuu temple. Jude wouldn't have been harshed; he'd be dead.

These shorts had a surprising amount of pocket space. "Um, yeah. The Jedi temple. I know I shouldn't have, but you shoulda seen the place! It was perfe - dude! Found it!" Jude began pulling something out of his pocket

"What is it?" Sakurazaki leaned forward a bit to try to catch a glimpse as he pulled the present out; those vast pockets had her waiting long enough all ready.

Jude held up his hand and let it fall, the thin chain tangling around his fingers and letting the pendant on the end swing. It wasn't very large, and wasn't quite silver. Nor was it quite iron or any other metal that Jude was familiar with, but it was pretty. Thin strands twisted and curved around each other to create a small ball, which held . . . light. Just pure light, glowing around the metal.

"I know it isn't too stealthy . . . but I, uh, it's . . ." Jude trailed off, embarrassed. He hoped she liked it. He knew that jewellery was a pretty big thing, but . . . "It's our three month anniversary in two weeks," he blurted out.

"It's beautiful," Sakurazaki's voice sounded a little breahless as she leaned in to get a better look at it, mesmerized. She was slow to bring her hands up to it, nervous to have her fingers touch it. It wasn't very often one got to look at, touch...and eventually wear, she realized with a blush, a tiny ball of contained light. "Thank you...."

She wrapped her hands around it protectively and held it close at her chest, blush deeping even more as she looked at him. "Three months? Really?"

Jude's ears went pink and he scratched the back of his neck a bit sheepishly. "Uh, yeah . . . from when I asked you to be my girlfriend, but I can't remember when our first date was . . . um, you really like it?"

It was the first gift of this sort that he had ever given anyone and he was, admittedly, nervous.

"Of course I do," she said, face very pink, and starting to feel a little overwhelmed in the fact that no one had ever given her anything like this ever. Her eyes, shining with adoration, also seemed to have gotten a little damp with possible tears. She threw her arms around him in a tight hug before they could develop any further than that. "It's wonderful."

"So are you," Jude replied simply, burying his face in her hair for a moment before pulling back and kissing her softly, relieved. He had seen the expression in her eyes and it made his knees go weak imagining that it was directed at him.

Sakurazaki smiled (she wouldn't have been able to stop, really, even if she tried), kissed him back, and then leaned in, resting her forehead against his as she teasingly chastised, "This only proves what I said before about you being too good to me."

Jude chuckled. "Naw, bra, you got it all twisted around." He kissed her again. "But I'll forgive ya this time." He went quiet then, just holding her. And tried not to wonder if this was the last time he would get to do this.

"Good," she smiled lightly, holding him tighter, resting her head on his shoulder and clutching still to the necklace. She didn't want to have to think about it possibly being the last time, either. In a while, anyway. She still had a lot of money tucked away from that last mission; if if he did have to stay in Toronto, she could make it work. She didn't have too much to do on weekends around here, anyway.

They stood like that for a long while, clinging closely without saying anything, until a rather battered yellow cab sppeared from the direction of the mainland. Jude looked up with a sigh. "There's my ride, bra," he said without moving away from her, watching it approach.

Clinging to him a little tighter, Sakurazaki nodded and glared at the cab a little, as much as one could without feeling silly about glaring at a cab, which wasn't much. "Yeah...."

"I gotta go," he drawled reluctantly without moving an inch. In fact, he may have moved closer to her.

"I know..." she said quietly; Sakurazaki, also, made no move to seperate. This sort of thing was exactly why she always snuck away when she had to leave.

"I'll call you when I can," Jude promised. "And . . . I'll see you when I get back." His arms dropped from around her finally, but still he didn't move away. Not that it would have been easy with the grip she had on him, but . . .

After a moment that simply wasn't long enough, Sakurazaki dropped her arms, and her head when she finished a slow nod. "Okay." Taking a deep breath, she pulled up a smile and looked up again. "Good luck. Not that you'll need it, of course."

"I'll take some if you're givin' it out," he chuckled, smiling. He kissed her lightly one more time and grabbed his backpack and board, heading for the cab.

Sakurazaki crossed one arm across herself, resting her hand on the elbow of the other. She smiled a bit, but it was a poor attempt to cover up her sadness in the whole situation. "Have a safe trip," she said quietly, lamely, and when he was about to get into the cab, she called out, "And, remember; if you don't come back, then that just means I'll have to track you down! You don't want a ninja on your trail at all times, now, do you?" Her smile was a little easier after that.

Jude laughed and grinned at her. "Is that a promise?" he called back before ducking into the cab. As it pulled away, an arm appeared through the window, waving frantically in a dorky sort of manner.

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The James T. Kirk Memorial Causeway, Saturday morning

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