Here is my I'm-sorry-for-not-updating story for the people who read A Bundle of Hope. I will have the next chapter out this week. Life has been a bit overwhelming and I am so sorry. I wrote this little piece because I thought it might be nice to show more of the tender side of Ahsoka and Anakin's brother-sister relation.

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Anakin walked swiftly down the hall but stooped when heard crying outside of Ahsoka's door. Quietly he opened and saw Ahsoka looking at herself in a small hand mirror. He face was covered in what seemed to be makeup or more correctly what was left of it after being washed with tears.

"Hey…what's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"Go away." She said, keeping her face turned away from him.

Anakin sat down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Come on you can tell me."

"No, I can't you wouldn't understand."

"I'm your master. Of course, I will."

"JUST GO AWAY" Ahsoka yelled then burst into more sobs. Anakin was taken but he was determined to know what was wrong with her.

"Why do you have this makeup on you? And where did you get it?"

"I stole it from a stand on Corellia."

"Snips, you know you're not supposed to but why?"

"Remember when we were coming back from the battle field and I got lost in the city. Well, some human girls came up to me and started to point at me and tease me. They told me that was a weird freaky alien and wouldn't be able to catch a boy if I tried." Ahsoka said blinking back tears.

"Ahsoka…"

"So I threatened them with my lighsaber and told them to run off. I looked at myself in the mirror and I realized that I am not pretty. So I took all these and tried to become prettier but no matter what I can never be like the other girls. I wish I could like the girls I see in the holomags with their beauty and boyfriends. I wish I was never a Jedi then everything would be perfect."

"Ahsoka, that is not true. First of all, you shouldn't have threatened the girls with your lightsaber. You didn't hurt any of them did you?"

"No…"

"Well, that's good to hear. But away, you were given a wonderful gift, the gift to be a Jedi. Having makeup and a boy won't make everything perfect. None of those girls could fight like you or use the force. Do you think any of them have saved the amount of live you have? No, all those girls can do is think of being pretty and trying to catch a boy. What do you think having a boy could to improve you?"

"Well…" Ahsoka let it soak in for a minute and couldn't exactly come up with anything.

"Not much, is it?"

"It would be nice to feel wanted."

"Maybe but the Seppies want you too. Does that feel great?"

"No but that's different. I want to be like other girls."

"Ahsoka you aren't like other girls. You are uniquely wonderful and you are wanted here by the clone, me and even Captain Yularen+."

Ahsoka wiped away some of her tears which resulted in smearing more of the makeup. She sniffled once or twice then smiled.

"Thank you, Master. And I'm sorry for yelling at you."

Anakin wrapped her in big bear hug.

"Remember Snips, I'll always be here for you."

*Sigh* If only that was so. Anyway, I know it was short but I just had to write it. Anakin is really her big brother and he is almost fatherly here.

Well, gotta go back to work.