May the Force be with Ya'll

TITLE: May the Force be with Ya’ll
AUTHOR: Schmootika
RATING: R and at times NC-17
SUMMARY: A humorous tale of a group of girlfriends on their weekend retreat.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything in the Star Wars universe. I make no money from the stories I write.

WARNINGS: Language

PART I

It was the semi-annual gathering of a group of close girlfriends. They got together to talk about men, watch movies, drink and just relax. Renee was the ringleader, arranging the weekend and making sure everyone would have a good time. She hosted the gathering and opened up her house for the fun.

Renee’s home was a small yet spacious residence located in the center of the city. At past gatherings, the girls wandered to the neighborhood restaurants for food and libations and ended up stumbling back to her house.

As she straightened up a few magazines on the coffee table, the first of her guests arrived.

“Hiya Chickie, ready fer some fun?” Cindy hollered as she let herself in.

Renee ran up and hugged her, “Yeah buddy! I have several things planned for this weekend.”

Renee showed her to the first bedroom and left her to unpack and settle in. Cindy wandered back into the kitchen and watched as Renee scurried around trying to get a tray of drinks prepared.

“So, who’s going to be here this time?” Cindy asked.

“Oh, you know. The usual suspects, Martha, you, me and Bonnie,” Renee said as she busied herself chilling the glasses. “I guess you need a drink, my dear,” she said over her shoulder as she pulled out a shaker and a bottle of vodka.

“Oh, cosmos this time?” Cindy’s face lit up.

“Yeah, I figured we needed a change from whiskey.” Renee began to pour several juices and liquor into the ice-filled shaker.

There was a knock at the door and Cindy hollered, “Come on in here you hussy.”

Bonnie grinned as she walked in “Hiya wenches!” she said as she made her way to the kitchen to hug her friends.

As the girls made their way into the living room, the front door opened and Martha waltzed in. “The party is now here!” she hollered as she threw her bags on the desk by the door.

Martha joined the others in the living room and plopped down on the couch beside Bonnie. Renee came in carrying a tray of glasses and two shakers of drinks. She filled the glasses and all of them held them up, “A toast. To good friends, good times, cold drinks and hot men!” They all yelled, “Hell yeah,” and gulped down their drinks.

“So, who are we gonna to talk about this time?” asked Bonnie as she held out her glass.

Martha and Cindy followed suit, holding their glasses out.

As Renee refilled all of their glasses, she replied, “Not sure, anyone who comes up I guess.”

They all giggled, knowing which way the conversation was headed.

“Have you found that big, rich stud yet Renee?” Martha asked as she slurped her drink.

“Not yet. I’m sure I’ll find him when I’m not looking,” she replied with a smirk.

“Well, it’s not like anyone is gonna measure up next to the man of your dreams,” Bonnie said, waving her hands in a crude gesture as she settled down on the floor.

“What the hell are you talking about?” Renee asked smugly.

“It’s not what,” Martha replied, “it’s more like who we’re talkin’ about.” Martha stood and held an imaginary light saber as she made noises and said, “We all know you got the hots for Anakin Skywalker but at least you’re not trying to figure out how to get to a “galaxy far, far away”.”

Bonnie nearly spilled her drink as she stood up and said, “What makes you think she ain’t? I bet she’s been combing the internet trying to find a way to get there.”

Martha hugged Bonnie and they both broke out in song, humming the theme to Star Wars. Cindy stood up and joined them, much to Renee’s chagrin. All three of them laughed hysterically and plopped onto the floor.

Renee shifted uncomfortably and her faced turned a bright crimson as her friends cackled loudly. “Ya’ll ain’t right,” she hollered.

Thankfully, the discussion turned to what was happening in their lives and with their jobs. As the hours went by, the drinks flowed freely and the laughter grew louder. Bonnie decided to get comfortable and the rest followed, changing into pajamas and nightgowns.

“I guess we’re not going bar hopping tonight,” Cindy grumbled as she pulled a pillow into the floor and sat cross-legged on it.

“I think tonight we should just hang here. We can always get into trouble tomorrow,” Renee said with a wicked grin on her face.

“True and God knows we have no problem finding trouble,” Bonnie giggled.

“Trouble is my middle name,” Martha said with a leer, “ My first is Big.”

The room roared with laughter. All of them agreed with Martha. She was trouble indeed, not that that was a bad thing.

As their laughter died down, Renee asked, “So do ya’ll wanna watch a movie?”

Renee walked, slightly weaving, over to the television, and began fiddling with the DVD’s beside it.

“And what do you want to watch, like we don’t know,” Cindy smirked.

“I ain’t watching Star Wars again just so you can get your fix, missy,” Martha hollered, her hands waving in the air.

Renee turned to them with her hands on her hips and her eyes wide, “What a fix? Me? I’m sure I don’t know what ya’ll are talking about.”

“Oh yes you do,” they all replied in unison as they grinned.

“But a friend burned me a copy of Episode three. Oh come on ya’ll,” she whined.

Bonnie got to her feet and took the DVD away from Renee. “I got something even better,” she said. With a twinkle in her eyes as she staggered down the hall to her room.

“What the hell is that about?” Renee asked the others.

They looked at her and shrugged their shoulders. “Not a clue,” Cindy said.

“Well, we need more drinks before I check out what the little redneck brought,” Renee said as she made her way back to the kitchen with both shakers in hand.

Cindy scooted next to Martha and whispered, “I wonder if she got her that stand-up of Anakin she’s been drooling over?”

“Let’s hope not, she won’t be worth a damn this weekend if that’s the case,” Martha grinned.

Cindy laughed loudly. “Yeah, and I don’t know if we want to hear that shit all night anyway. She’ll be patting his ass every time she walks by.”

The two girls roared with laughter. Renee came back with two full shakers of drinks and sat down on the floor. She filled their glasses, while they were stifling their laughter. Renee raised her eyebrow and asked, “What’s so damned funny?”

“Oh, nothing,” Martha laughed.

“Right,” Renee replied suspiciously taking a few sips of her drink.

Bonnie emerged from the back of the house and stood in front of the circle of friends with her hands behind her back, “Ok ya’ll, there is a story that goes with this but I wanna see if Miss Jedi can tell me what this is.”

She handed Renee a small round device. It had a milky colored flat circle on top and was in a shiny sliver metallic case with strange writing around the base. Renee studied it closely and asked, “Where did you get this? E-Bay?”

“Naw. And that’s the story part. Do you know that it is?” Bonnie asked as she watched Renee turn the device over, Renee’s eyes getting wider and wider.

“It looks like a portable holoprojector,” Renee stated plainly, as she studied it intently.

“A what?” Cindy and Martha chimed in unison as they moved closer.

“That’s a communication device that they used in Star Wars. A hologram appears on this little circle,” she said as she pointed to the top, “and you can talk to folks through it.”

Renee paused as she looked up at Bonnie “Now spill the beans woman, where did you get it?”

Bonnie took a deep breath and began to tell her story. “That’s the good part. Ya’ll know Daddy’s got a wheat field on the back half of our property. He came in yesterday morning and was just a cussin and a carrying on. He told me some kids had made another crop circle out in the field. I figured the Johnson boys had been out there drunk again stumbling in the field. Well my curiosity got the better of me and I wandered out to the field,” she paused as she gulped down her drink.

“It wasn’t a circle at all. In fact, it was kinda ship shaped. It had a pointed part and seemed to be rounder at the backside. As I walked the shape, I saw something glittering in the sunlight. When I picked it up, I thought it seemed like something that was right up your alley. Daddy doesn’t need to know about a bunch of damned aliens landing in his field anyway.”

There was silence in the room and every one of the girls had there mouths hanging open.

“Ship shaped? How the hell would you know?” Renee sputtered out.

“Well, it wasn’t a damned circle, I can tell ya that. Looked kinda like that one,” Bonnie pointed to the toy ship Renee had displayed on her mantle.

“Oh, this is too weird,” Martha, said as she stood up.

Renee still held on tightly to the device. She noticed three small dials on the underside. With a smirk on her face she said, “Well, let’s just see if we can get this thing to turn on. I’d love to talk with a few aliens.”

“I couldn’t get the damned thing to turn on. Maybe it’s broken and that’s why it was left in the field,” Bonnie presumed.

Cindy leaned in close to get a better look and said, “Maybe it was dropped and the person, er alien, will be back for it.”

“Right,” Renee replied sarcastically, “or maybe it’s just a toy. Ya know, Mater Replicas does make some great props”

“Whatever it is, it’s yours now,” Bonnie said with a smirk.

“Well, I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’m beat. I’ll see you guys in the morning,” Martha said as she stood and left the room, staggering slightly.

“See ya. Maybe we’ll do some shopping tomorrow,” Bonnie hollered back at her.

Martha said, “Sure.”

“I think that’s a good idea,” Cindy told her friends as she stood and stretched.

Renee fiddled with the device but came no closer to turning it on than Bonnie did. Even though she knew better, she wanted to see if it was a real holoprojector. And most of all, she wanted to talk with someone in that elusive galaxy far, far away.

Bonnie stood up and threw the pillows on the couch, “I think we need to get some rest. Come on girl, that gadget will still be here in the mornin’.” She held out her hand and Renee looked away from the device and grabbed her hand.

“I guess you’re right. Good night ya’ll,” she hollered, her words echoing through the house.

“Good night John Boy,” she heard from the back of the house.

“May the Force be with ya’ll,” Bonnie replied as she heard giggles from the back bedrooms.

Renee went into her room and plopped down on the bed. Her head was swimming with thoughts of aliens and ships. She sighed and laid the device on her dresser as she stroked her cat, who was blissfully sleeping in the middle of the bed.

“Well, Nikolas, this was an interesting start to the weekend,” she sighed as Nikolas purred loudly.

Renee crawled under the covers and quickly passed out. Dreams of blue eyes, Sith Lords and Jedis ran through her mind. She awoke with a start as she heard a loud chirp in her room. When she opened her eyes, she saw her cat pawing at the device on her dresser. Nikolas slapped at the side of it and jumped back when a small figure appeared on top.

“Lord Vader, come in,” the figure requested. “Lord Vader, do you copy?”