Aeris smiled up at him when he told her that he thought that she was amazing before returning her kiss. She grinned when he told her that he loved her, too, before moving to allow her to nuzzle into him unimpeded. She took slow, deep breath, taking him in and letting out a happy sigh, as his hands traced along her sides. She closed her eyes and relaxed into him, smiling when he turned his head and kissed whatever was in reach. She let out a soft, happy giggle when he told her again that he loved her. “I know,” she told him, having no doubts about the sincerity of his words. “I love you, too, Jek,” she told him, smiling as she placed a soft kiss on his neck.<br/><br/>She lost track of time as they laid there together, reveling every quiet moment she could spend wrapped up in his arms. Inevitably, though, he shifted and pushed up on his hands, looking down at her and suggesting that she join him in the shower and then he would go check on the recruits. She returned the soft kiss, smiling up at him and nodding, “Mmmm, that sounds lovely.” When he got up, she lingered there for a few moments longer, just watching him as he got up and collected their tray of food, laughing as suggested that they would not be finishing it. “That’s probably a safe assumption,” she chuckled lightly, smiling back at him before he headed into the bathroom.<br/><br/>She leaned her head back, exhaling softly and smiling, feeling completely happy. She gave him a few more moments to get started before she slid herself out of bed and headed into the bathroom to join him. She slipped into the shower in front of him, smiling lightly, “hi,” she greeted him before moving in to kiss him softly, her body pressing lightly against his soapy skin.<br/><br/>“If you don’t want to be delayed much longer, you might want to hurry,” she warned him sweetly, trailing a finger across his cheek. “You already used up all of my self-control, so I can’t promise that I’ll behave,” she added with a mischievous grin as her finger continued to trace slowly across his skin, down his neck, his chest, and his abdomen. She stopped short of tracing down his thigh, giving him his chance to escape if he wished to resist her temptation and head to the training room as he had planned. She didn’t have the restraint to hold out for long, but she wouldn’t blame him if he did. After all, she’d given him extra time to wash up before she’d joined him and warned him for a reason.<br/><br/>When he had finished and kissed her cheek, she grinned at him, watching as he stepped out and went about drying himself off. She took a little longer to finish, and when she was done, she stepped out, drying herself and then her hair before heading back into the main part of the quarters where Jek was already dressed. “Very handsome,” she smiled as he rose and held out his arms to show her. She returned his kiss, nodding when he informed her that he would be in the training room. She chuckled a little as he explained that he didn’t know what he was going to do with the training, he was just going to figure it out as he went. “Good luck,” she offered, kissing his cheek before he headed out of their quarters.<br/><br/>She opened herself up in the Force as she went to work picking out something to wear, finding that Jax was in the training room with the recruits. It seemed that they were meditating, or trying to, at the very least, since he didn’t seem to be giving them any actual instructions. She could guess why and chuckled a little, shaking her head and hoping Jek wouldn’t mind that it seemed like he had already worn some of them out. She picked out something simple, since she didn’t plan on doing too much today. She slipped into a fitted black shirt, some loose red pants, and a pair of short black boots. She put her belt and a pair of short fingerless gloves on before checking lightsaber.<br/><br/>She might have gone to the training room on her ship to do a little training, but she had just taken a shower, and after last night and this morning, she thought it might be a good idea to allow her body a little time to rest, anyways. She ended up heading out of their cabin with no specific destination in mind. She might end up heading to her ship to meditate, going to the archives on board, or she may just roam around the cruiser for a while. They were in hyperspace now, so if nothing else, she could join An on the command deck and watch the stars fly by.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>As he meditated, Jax could feel An-Lok’s presence in the Force, feeling that she, too, was meditating. He didn’t linger on her presence in the Force, as he did not want to distract himself from his meditation. Instead, he cleared his mind, emptying himself of thoughts and emotions and focusing on nothing in particular.<br/><br/>This was a favorite meditation type for Jedi, although he didn’t think it was something many Sith practiced, although there were always exceptions. He wasn’t sure that it was something that the girls would want him teaching the recruits, but then again, he wasn’t actively teaching them. He was allowing them to follow along, as he had with his previous exercises, but he gave no instructions on how to do so.<br/><br/>There were many different forms of meditation out there and he was familiar with each of them, but not intimately so. Each had their own benefits, and like with lightsaber combat, many Force users tended to have a preference to how they meditated, although not all intentionally used a specific variant. It was useful to know of the various types, but not everyone was able to easily master all of them.<br/><br/>Jax, for example, understood the concept behind floating meditation, but like many others, he had never mastered it. It was a deeper form of meditation that required one to be deeply immersed in the Force, something that no everyone was capable of. He tended to prefer moving meditation himself although he would also use emptiness meditation when he wanted to truly focus himself and sort of reset. This was an easier form of meditation for the recruits to follow along with, and after everything that had happened in the past few days, it wouldn’t hurt to take some time to truly empty himself and focus so that, perhaps, he might be better able to resist distractions during their next mission.