"We did it!" shouted an excited Ahsoka Tano.
The Captain smiled at her through his helmet, and congratulated her and Barris for their success.

"Rex." Tano said, looking over him.

"Yes, Ah- Commander?" he caught himself just in time.

"Rex, I need to talk to you."
"Yes, Commander." He said, pulling off his helmet and tossing it at Anakin.

The Jedi didn't notice.
She led him for a while, keeping silent until she found a hollow shelter, just big enough for both of them to stand up in.

"Commander-"
She cut him off, "Rex, I… I don't know how to say this."
He opened his mouth, but she held up her hand to silence him.

"I don't know how, but I'm going to try anyway." She turned away for a second, muttering, "My Jedi Training really didn't prepare me for this."
She faced him again, taking a deep breath.

Rex wondered what she was going to tell him.
"Rex, the whole time I was in the Factory, all I could think about was you. Were you safe, were you injured. I knew I would feel your death through the Force, but I still was afraid.

Afraid that I didn't feel it.

I knew I couldn't keep fighting without you, Rex, and I knew that if something happened to you, I would give up, and Barris would have been alone, Rex.

And then, when I was trying to contact Skyguy.

I… I wasn't worried about Barris or I, I was worried about you.

You're the only way I keep fighting, Captain, the only way."
He took one long look at her, noticing how much she had grown up, from being that silly little youngling when he had first met her on Christophis, to being a beautiful young lady.

As he looked at her, he realized something that should have been obvious to him.

He loved her.

"Rex?" she asked him.

He didn't reply, but instead pulled her head towards his, enjoying the perfect kiss.

The kiss that both of them had been waiting for, waiting for since, really, since they first met.

He smiled up at her.

"Oh Rex, what are we going to do? I'm a Jedi, and you're a Clone Trooper. This will never work, what was I thinking?"
He cut her off, whispering in her ear, "Don't Worry." Before he pulled her lips back towards his.

When they finally pulled back, he smiled at her. "Don't worry, lil' Jedi, we'll make it. We'll make it."
"Whatever you say, Captain." She said, smiling back at him. "Master will be looking for me, we'd better get going."