Leia Skywalker quickly brushed past her father and brother's rooms as she managed to make her way down to her bedroom at the end of the hall of their three bedroom apartment.

"Ok, the coast is clear. Come on in Kimmy, did you get it?" Leia asked her sixteen year old neighbor whose brother worked at a tattoo parlor.

"Yeah, I was able to get the gun from my brother Garth he is out of town gambling on Coruscant" She said holding up a brown paper bag.

"Now let's get those studs in! ZZZZZZZ! Are you sure you want to do this kid? If your dad finds out he will not only strangle me but you as well." Kimmy said glaring in horror at a picture on Leia's dresser of her father.

"That's why we're not going to tell him Kimmy! The man won't even let me put holes in my jeans." Leia said coldly.

"Kimmy, you have to promise me not to say anything to him alright?" the eight year old questioned her teenage friend.

"Fine, but how do you plan to hide them from him?' Kimmy questioned.

"Simple, I will wear my hair in buns that cover my ears so that he will not be able to see them." Leia replied perching on the chair she had next to her desk in the bedroom.

"Ok Kimmy get the stuff ready to go." Leia said taking the brown bag from Kimmy's grasp.

Leia then began to set up the all of the medical materials on her wooden desk as Kimmy prepped the piercing gun.

Kimmy then turned to Leia. "Ok kid here we go!" she said bringing the gun closer the eight year olds ear.

Leia then closed her eyes. "Just do it Kimmy!" she said putting her hands over her face in horror.

At that moment the teenager brought the gun to the child's ear and ripped through the skin in a matter of seconds. Then she moved to the next ear and sliced through the child's skin once more.

She then brought the gun back up to her face. "Perfecto, Skywalker you are all done." Leia opened her eyes and looked at Kimmy. "Really?'" She then got up and ran to the fresher to look in the mirror.

"Wow Kimmy they look amazing, I love my new studs!"

At that moment the front door of the apartment came open.

"Leia, sweetheart? Luke and I are home!"

Leia, Leia are you here?" the voice of Anakin Skywalker sounded.

"AHHHHH KIMMY! you've gotta hid me!" Leia said turning to sprint back down the hallway to her bedroom with Kimmy shortly behind.

When Leia and Kimmy reached the bedroom, Leia quickly slammed the door shut and locked it, then ran towards her desk to shove all the medical supplies back into the brown paper bag.

"Kimmy I have to take these things out before my Dad sees them and you're going to have to crawl out the window of the bedroom with your gun and supplies." Leia stuttered.

"What, Kid I can't do that. I'm afraid of heights and you're Dad but… the window sounds less intimidating. Ok I'll crawl out the window. Let me know how he takes it." She said sarcastically headed for the window.

"He's not going to know!" Leia said, "I'm going to take them out for now." She muttered.

"Whoa, kid you can't do that, you have to leave them in for about six months or else they get infected." Kimmy said seriously as she hopped out the window.

"WHAT! Oh know, I'm going to have to figure something else out then. Don't worry Kimmy I won't take them out. But my hair?." She said as she began to pull her hair out of her ponytail and frame it towards her face.

"There." She stated proudly.

At that moment a knock came at the door. "Leia sweetheart, are you in there?"

"AHHHHHHH, Uh one minute please." She managed to mumble as she raced towards the window Kimmy had just crawled out of to close it.

Kimmy however, was still on the roof. "Kimmy you are going to have to duck, I can't let him see you."

Kimmy then gave Leia a scared look. "No way kid I could fall. You've gotta let me back in." she mused.

Leia looked to the door then back to Kimmy. "Ok but hurry, we can pretend like we are having a girls night or something, but you've gotta leave the bag out there." Leia said panicky.

"Alright have it your way!" Kimmy said crawling back through the window.

"Leia, who are you talking to? Open this door young lady." Anakin's voice stated.

"Coming Dad, just hang on I'm getting dressed." Leia said with a scared look towards the door.

She then closed the window and got Kimmy a chair and rushed towards her closet and grabbed a big handful of clothing and placed them on her bed. She then found her nail polish collection and scattered them out onto her desk.

She then slowly made her way towards the door as Kimmy grabbed a red bottle of nail polish.

Leia then unlocked her door and slowly opened it to see a concerned Anakin staring down at her.

"Sweetie what is going on in here?'' he questioned taking a few steps further causing Leia to step back.

"Nothing, nothing at all. Kimmy and I are just doing makeovers. See, look at Kimmy dad." Leia then pointed in Kimmy's direction who was currently painting her toes a dark red color.

When Leia noticed this, she also noticed Kimmy's sneakers and socks were on the floor. "Oh Kimmy, no! your feet smell like a bantha that got run over." Anakin looked at the teenager then to his daughter.

"I hope that all this stuff belongs to Kimmy, Leia you know you are not allowed to wear dark nail polishes or clothing this revealing." He scolded.

"Leia you have had me worried sick, when I went by your school to pick up you and your brother, I just found Luke. He had not heard or seen you since this morning. We almost called the police Leia, and you know better than to go off on your own." He continued to lecture.

"But Dad I wasn't alone see Kimmy was with me. She picked me up from school today." Leia added cheerfully.

"And you did not bother to inform me of this action?" Anakin questioned her sternly.

"Uh well no. Dad, I'm almost a teenager too you know. All I want is to wild and daring like Kimmy!" She said pointing to the teenager who was now sitting at Leia's desk with her makeup baG open, pounding on more product onto her face.

When she looked up to meet their gaze she looked as though she had just marched right out of a circus fair.

She then got up and walked over to Leia and put an arm around her.

"Mr. S, no need to worry I've got everything under control." She said exposing a lipstick infested smile.

"Ok that's it. You girls need to clean up this mess and then Leia, you and I are going to talk alone! I will take Kimmy back to her parents apartment when you girls finish cleaning." He said sternly.

"Oh and Leia, put your hair back I want to be able to see my daughter's naturally beautiful face" he said as he caressed her cheeks when he turned to leave.

Once he was gone, Leia turned to Kimmy. "Fewwf that was a close one. Thanks for helping to cover for me Kimmy."

"No Problem kid." Kimmy smiled.

They then began to clean up Leia's bedroom and Leia fetched the paper bag that was still on the roof, then handed it to Kimmy. "Alright we don't have many options. If he asks what this is, just tell him it's leftovers from lunch." Leia said as she and Kimmy headed for the door.

When they got out to the living room they found Luke on the couch engrossed in a video game while Anakin sat at the kitchen table waiting patiently for the two girls.

"Leia, come here sweetheart, let me fix your hair." Anakin said as he reached out to touch Leia.

She and Kimmy then backed away into the kitchen. "Dad I don't think that's a good idea. I'm too old for that anyway." Leia said nervously.

"Leia come here, I just want to see your pretty face and then maybe you can give Kimmy some pointers on how a nature little girl is supposed to look." He said moving closer to them.

"Ok Dad wait, I have a confession." Leia said quietly not meeting her father's gaze.

He then bent down onto one knee to meet her at eye level.

"I kind of let Kimmy pierce my ears." She stuttered out.

He then looked at her with a smirk then began to chuckle nonstop. After he contained his laughter, he placed a hand on Leia's shoulder.

"Come on sweetie, what did you really do?'

Leia then looked to Kimmy who gently pulled Leia's hair back up into a ponytail to expose the red ears and golden studs.

Anakin then quickly cupped Leia's face in his hands and turned her head side to side frantically.

"Leia, they are infected! What in the world were you thinking? I'm taking you to the emergency room right now! And we will discuss this later." He said frantically standing to grab her coat and Luke.

Leia stood in one place frozen until her father scooped her up into his arms along with Luke who was now past out.

"At least he can't tease me about this. I prefer him unconscious. " Leia thought as she looked at her knocked out brother who rested his head on their father's shoulder. "Kimmy are you coming?" Leia yelled over her father's shoulder as the approached the front door.

"Yeah kid I'll come, I'm sure you could use the company." She said warily looking up at Anakin.

He then turned to face her. "Kimmy! You need to come with us because the doctor is going to want to know what you used to poke a hole in my daughter's ear!" he said in an angry tone.

"Now everyone go get into the speeder, I need to get my keys." He said putting Leia down next to Kimmy as he moved towards his bedroom with a still passed out Luke in his arms.

"Well that wasn't so bad." Kimmy chuckled.

"Oh yeah laugh it up chicken legs, he is probably going to make me remove the studs and will ground me for an eternity." Leia frowned. "But at least I told him the truth, however; this is going to be a long night." She muttered, as she and Kimmy dragged themselves outside towards Anakin's speeder.