Jek allowed Aeris to lead him, following her as she acquired them a room and took him up to it. HIs heart wasn't quiet and he was sure it echoed in the hall despite the silence pushing in on his ears. She proceeded him and he matched her as he placed his own robe beside hers, setting the book down on the edge of the little table near the door. Looking at each other, he could feel through their bond that she was uncertain as he was. Neither knew where this was going, they were left to make their own decisions and they didn't know what it was. He offered her a smile and gently took her hand in his, feeling calm once more, though still nervous as he led her to the only bed in the room. He sat upon the edge with her, tucking her hair behind her ear with a feather light touch. "We are used to the Force guiding us. It can't here, so we're both uncertain on what we're meant to do." he told her lightly, gently setting her hand on her knee. He cupped her cheek and leaned in to kiss her again. If this was all that they did, then it would be enough for him. Like Aeris, Jek wanted to forget about the past and all of the lost years between them. He wanted to mend the rift of lives lost on Malachor that they had all felt end so abruptly. But until he knew more on what he was meant to do, he was going to bask in the feeling of love and of her lips on his.<br/><br/>*****<br/><br/>An's eyebrows rose up when Jax plainly told her that he and Jek were leaving the Jedi, both officially and unofficially. She wasn't sure that she believed him, but their bond was still there and steadily growing stronger since he had kissed her. She saw the memory of the council, saw and felt why he had agreed to it just the same as he was telling her. Chasing down Force Sensitives the same as the Sith, but he had wanted to see her. An-Lok had no proper answer for him when he continued to get closer to her, every muscle in her body tense in a want to run from him, protect him still from all the bad she had done. She enjoyed the free reign she had to use her emotions, she enjoyed the fear she was allowed to instil in all those around her and she truly enjoyed the power the dark side gave her. She was going to step away from him, to give herself room to think but she had looked up into his deep blue eyes and saw the sadness and hurt that laced his voice. She had to stop herself from lurching forwards to kiss him again, to pour her very heart into it and make him feel better. "I-" she started, abruptly cut off by an urgent knock on the door.<br/><br/>An-Lok stepped around Jax as she waved her hand to open the door, anger flowing through her "Hurry up, bring them in and leave them by the door." she ground out as soldiers came in with a large crate of alcoholic drink and her little trunk of possessions. The were quick to drop the items a few feet within the door before practically running for their lives. She smirked as the door closed and walked over to be sure nothing had been tampered with. Satisfied she turned back to Jax and her anger faded into uncertainty. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself as she took a few steps towards him while searching for the words.<br/><br/>"You trusted the Council, and you never once questioned when they told us something. Worlds were dying at the hands the hands of the Mandalorian's and when they said no, you just accepted it and forgot." she told him, a mix of emotion in her voice and every movement. She spoke with hatred when it came to the Council and hurt that he just listened. "The galaxy was suffering and we had the capabilities to help them but the Council was afraid!" she ground out, clenching one of her fists. She looked at him and marched towards him, intent on taking her anger at the Jedi out on him because he was there and he was no longer protected from the war they were currently in. But as soon as she was toe to toe with him, looking up at him, into his eyes, it all disappeared. Instead she felt sadness that he was there, that he had seen the darkness within her. An-Lok gently placed a hand in the center of his chest, her head tilted back because he was just over a full head taller than her and softly she told him "I was never meant to be a Jedi like you were. The unfaulting loyalty... I didn't deserve it like they did. And this way you stayed safe. I wouldn't lose you in the war." she told him, voice getting softer as she let him see just how vulnerable she was. How scared she had been he would die in the Mandalorian wars, and how she would not have been able to keep living if he died.