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A/N: This story is rated for future possible lemons and themes. Read at your own disretion. This story is dedicated to my twinnie and best friend, Happie692B who requested this SO long ago. Here you are, Happie. I hope you enjoy. :)

POV: Anakin Skywalker

The last two years of my marriage have been pure hell. Nothing was turning out right for either of us and I almost lost Ahsoka several months ago. We'd been trying to get pregnant since the year following our marriage. As of next week, we'll have been married for three years.

I rolled over to face Ahsoka's back and frowned deeply. I rubbed her bare back slowly until she moaned quietly. I pulled my hand back, hoping I hadn't woken her up. She rolled over onto her back. She looked so sad in her sleep and it hurt my heart when I opened myself up to her hurricane of emotions.

I sat up and sighed heavily. I leaned forward and kissed her forehead gently. I slid off of the bed and walked out of the bedroom. We left the temple to find our own place and, being that we didn't have real jobs, we got a pretty rundown one in the process. It was small, old, and had two rooms plus a kitchen. I got a job a few months ago so we could pay for the house, but we barely had enough money for the groceries after all the bills were paid off…

I grabbed a towel, my work clothes, and my soap from the small couch in the kitchen and wandered out into the hallway of the apartment building. There was no shower in our section of the place, so I had to use the… public one. The only bad thing about it being public was that everyone bitched when you were occupying the room and they wanted in. I still train every now and then, so I actually do need the shower. On top of my training, I work in a really humid factory with a bunch of sweaty men.

I bumped into the landlord as I headed down to the shower. She chuckled and grabbed my wrist. "Hey, sweetie. How are you this morning?"

"Fine," I said, a slight sigh in my voice. "Heading off to work. How are you?"

"I'm pretty good. I saw the guy of my dreams this morning." It sickened me a little when she said that because I knew she was talking about me.

"That's nice."

She kept going on and on about something and the only thing I really wanted to do was get in the shower and get out before anyone realized I was in there. The last time I went in there, I was only in for about three minutes. I prefer my showers to be nice and long because it gives me time to think. "Listen, Caydra, I have to go shower before work. I'll talk to you later, okay?" I started to head down the hall a bit more and I called back over my shoulder. "Have a nice day!"

It was a good idea to be on her good side right now. Ahsoka and I owed her three months rent in a few days and we had less than half of the due payment. If we could scrounge up a good portion of it, I'm sure she'd take it and be happy, but that would leave us completely broke afterwards.

I got into the shower room and undressed myself quickly. I set my clothes and towel on the counter beside the sink and sighed before turning the water on. I stepped in and shuddered at the freezing water as it ran over my back and down the rest of my body.

I washed up as quickly as I could until I heard the door unlock. "Mother kriffer," I muttered under my breath. I was getting extremely paranoid by the fact that someone had walked in on me. The steam in the shower didn't allow either of us to see the other and it was frustrating.

The figure moved towards the door and abruptly pulled it open. "Hey!" I exclaimed. "What the –?"

"Good morning, sweetheart."

I smirked and held my arms out for her. "Morning, beautiful," I whispered. I stroked her wet montrals and kissed her forehead. "How'd you sleep?"

She wrapped her arms around me tightly, resting her head on my chest. "It was okay. I had another nightmare," she whispered. "But it was better than not being able to sleep at all."

I sighed and stroked her rear lek slowly, rubbing over the soft membrane with my thumb. "Things are going to get better, Soka. I can promise you that. Right now, everything is pretty rough, but…"

"I know."

It was silent as we both washed each other. We got out once the door had fists pounding against it. She never cared for the temperature of the water. She just enjoyed being in there with me at any given moment. I quickly dried and dressed myself and she took my towel to dry herself as well. She grabbed my robe and walked me out of the room.

The way she looked as she dragged me out made me feel very lucky. She held my hand tightly and stared up at me lovingly. If she hadn't become my Padawan six years ago, none of this would have ever come true.

People say that humans and Togrutas can't reproduce and she was pretty discouraged, but we kept trying and trying. Her sister had a half human, half Togruta baby, so we knew it was possible. She'd gotten pregnant once and we'd gone crazy trying to find a place big enough for the three of us. She only made it three months before losing it…

We stopped in the hallway just before the exit. She slammed my back against the wall and smiled up at me once again. I smiled at her and stroked her warm cheeks. "Have a good day at work," she whispered.

I kissed her lips passionately and her arms wound around my neck to deepen the emotion between our lips. Once we separated, I kissed her nose. "Thanks, love. You stay inside and keep the door locked. I'll bring dinner home, okay?"

She nodded and tightened the circle around my neck. I felt her lips on my jaw and she whispered, "I'll miss you."

I breathed in her clean smell and sighed happily. "I'll miss you more."

With one last kiss and a very brief hug, I was out the door and heading off to work. I dreaded going to work because everyone looked at me oddly. The scar on my face intimidated everyone to the point where almost no one socialized with me. Everyone called me Scarface and laughed about it. I complained to Ahsoka about it one night and she thought it would be fun to call me that for the remainder of the night.

Needless to say, one of us slept on the couch that night and it wasn't me.

I hopped into my speeder and sped across the undercity of Coruscant, hoping that I wouldn't hit an innocent civilian along the way…

Later.

I grabbed some left over cream pie from the factory's lobby. We all had a snack during the day, but I chose not to eat at all. I only wanted to eat with my wife who was sitting at home alone right now. I didn't want to be around any of these scumbags.

I snagged the box and took off out of the building. I plopped down into my speeder and set the box beside me, sighing. My holocommunicator was beeping on the dashboard and I pressed the button, answering it. Ahsoka's beautiful image appeared before me and I immediately brightened up as she smiled at me. "Hello, gorgeous," I said.

"Hi, baby. How's it going?"

"It's all right," I sighed.

"What's wrong, my love?"

"Nothing." I glanced at the seat beside me and perked up. "I've got some pie for us. There was plenty left over. The guy who normally eats half of it himself didn't show up tonight, so there's more for me and you."

She smiled wider and I moved my hand towards the holographic image. I attempted to grip her tiny, blue, fizzling image and I watched her eyes light up through the fuzziness of the contraption. "That's great. I've got a surprise for you, so come home quickly, my lover."

My heart skipped at beat as I saw the excited look on her face. The way she looked at me meant she was pregnant again. I smiled and nodded. "I'm on my way home. I'll be there in a few minutes. Wait for me on the couch."

She fizzled out and I smiled like an idiot as I quickly started up the speeder and flew back to the apartment building. I raced through the homeward bound traffic with my expertise piloting skills until I reached the lot outside of the building. I hopped out with the pie box in hand and raced towards the door.

I quickly opened it and ran down the hallways, grinning nonstop. I pressed my hand down on the panel outside of our room and it opened up instantly. She was right where I'd asked her to be and I watched her grin at me, looking and feeling exactly as I did.

I set the small box of pie down and held my arms out for her. She leapt up and darted towards me, throwing herself into my arms. I carefully spun her in a circle and she giggled. "We're pregnant," she whispered happily, breathing against my neck as I set her down.

My heart leapt out of my chest and danced with hers. I kissed her passionately, so passionately that I felt her surprise burst out of her in a massive wave. She giggled again once I released her and she stared into my eyes. "I feel like it's going to happen this time, Ani. I really do. I'm so happy."

Happy was such an understatement. When you're a Jedi, you feel everything. I felt so much more joy in her than I've ever felt. The fact that she'd gotten pregnant again gave us hope. Maybe we'd have a little Jedi in less than a year. For her sake, I hoped we did. The only other thing she wanted aside from me was a baby she could call her own and that's what I wanted to give her.

She hadn't given up hope yet and neither had I. Well, I almost had, but I couldn't tell her that. I wanted to make her happy and I wanted to give her her first baby. This was now our second chance and I hoped it was for the best. I loved her with my heart and soul and I wanted this baby just as much as she did. I'd always wanted to be a father and I couldn't imagine being the father of anyone else's babies. Ahsoka was my life and our children would be my life as well once they were here.

She grabbed the pie and dove towards the couch, sitting in her normal position on the right side. I sat beside her on the left and she threw her legs over mine, smiling widely at me. She threw her head back and squealed happily, making my heart race.

I couldn't help but stare at her silently and embrace the mass of happiness she felt. She stared at my face and frowned slowly. It was a painful frown and I couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Are you happy?"

I chuckled and rubbed her leg. "Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be? I want this so much more than you do." I was teasing her of course.

She giggled and set the pie down on the small table in front of us before twisting to lay her head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and she rubbed my chest slowly. "I love you, Ani. I love you for making my dreams come true."

I kissed her montrals and closed my eyes, enjoying her warmth and beautiful emotions.

We were finally going to have a baby.