Ahsoka and I had never really talked or seen eye to eye. Sure we worked in the same building her as a Jedi and me as the assistant archiver. She knew me by my last name and had spoken to me some what often while on guard duty. Ahsoka's trial case had just ended about an hour ago and I was not yet sure of the results thou I believed without a doubt that she was not guilty.
The evening had been seeping in through the towering windows of the temple steady as I made my usual routes towards the archives. My arms tired from the routine employment of carrying files around all day to varies Jedi leaders and students.
"I just heard from the masters that Ahsoka is being admitted back into the order", I heard some of my superiors gossiping about. The words lightened my load only momentarily as I made my way towards the archives.
The archiver approached me from the front setting a pair of light sabers on my books.
"Put these in Ahsoka's file she will not be needing them any more", his words caught me off guard entirely.
"I thought ahsoka was being let back into the order", I stuttered trying to place what was happening right in front of me.
"She was and she rejected it", he informed my sternly before traversing around me and continuing on his way. I stood there speak less thinking things over for a bit before It accrued to me what I needed to do.
I dashed down several hallways before sharply veering into a side door. Inside I threw the documents onto my desk and taking the light sabers firmly in my hand speeded back into and down the sacred halls towards the elevator.
I pushed by a group of clone troopers shortly after exiting not the maintenance floor and they shouted curses and orders to me that I was no where near willing to stop and listen to. I had a mission on my hands I was not going to stop before I completed it. I slide to a stop in front of the hanger doors, beginning to scan the crowds looking for a orange skinned twi lek girl. After repeating several times I finally spotted her walking away from the temple via a side ally.
"I'll never reach her in time", I grumbled rushing away from the open hatch back towards the angry clones. Something caught my eye and made me grind to a stop only a few paces from where I had just stood. I looked over to my side to find a pile of jet packs lined up neatly next to the wall.
"Oh come on", I bit my lip turning to the death traps and strapping one on.
"Hey what do you think your doing kid", yelled a angry mantiance man wielding a wrench over his head.
"I'm sorry, but I really need it", I tried to explain rushing off towards the open hanger door.
"Woah hey kid stop you don't wanna do that", his anger turned quickly to concern as I made the last few steps for the door. Giving a leap of faith I lunged out of the hanger letting the pack light up. The thing was very unstable but it worked enough to get me going some what safely towards the street, looking like a complete fool in the process.
"Look out I'm coming down", I screamed as I took in the sight of the quickly approaching streets.
I heard screams and hollers as I exploded into a garbage can letting stuff flutter every where. I heaved myself out of the bin leaving the death trap inside to avoid any more problems.
"Dude you like hurt or anything", a random passerby inquired giving me a hand up off of the ground.
"Yeah I'm just peachy and did you see a twi lek girl wander by recently", I thanked the stranger refocusing on my goal.
"Can't say that I have dude thou I think I saw one going down towards the tram center", I stayed not even long enough to thank him as I dashed off in an attempt to make up lost ground.
I made it only a few steps before i spotted her coming out of the alley to see what the commotion was about. I slowed my pace to a near stroll and made my way up to her. Thou she seemed normal her face showed signs of tears and stress.
"Ahsoka what are you doing out here", I pretended as if it was chance I was here holding fast to my day bag.
"I just came to see what was going on, do I know you", she raised an eyebrow as I approached her.
"Yeah I'm the archivers assistant", she still stood there taking a skeptical pose.
I sighed gentle before think over my next move, she was obversely upset at what had just happened and I did not wanna get off on the wrong foot.
"I'm the weirdo that you toss your holo chips at", the statement brought a quizzical expression to her face.
I let it sit for a moment before she began to laugh a little breaking a small smile.
"Oh it's you, I thought you would be working right about now", she shrugged letting her face become stern again.
"Well I should be but I kinda left early", I admitted trying not to imply anything, thou my efforts were in vain as her eyes widened.
"Wait are you the one who just jet packed out of the maintenance hanger and crashed into the streets a moment ago", she inquired pointing towards the building acting rather surprised.
"Uh maybe", I whimpered putting my arms over my chest to prepare for a hit.
"Why would you do that", she yelled in my face still wearing a mostly surprised look that had now mixed with hints of anger.
"Well I heard you had rejected to renter the order and I thought you might need a place to stay for the night", I explained backing away slowly in order to be able to get a running start.
Her composure loosed up a lot as I let those words out.
"You jumped out of a 50 story hanger with a jet pack and nearly died on the way down, in the process of possibly being fired so you could offer me to stay with you for the night", she seemed very unrefined and slightly timid as she narrated over my fanatics that's transpired over the last 15 minutes.
"Yeah I guess you could say I did", I stumbled a little surprised at realizing my own actions in the full.
"Thanks Henderson I think I'll take you up on that", she broke another smile as if actually thankful for my actions in an odd way.
"Hey you actually know my last name, what a surprise actually on my part", I joked trying to lighten the heavy aura that Ahsoka wore so willingly.
"Yeah I remember somethings", she joked back as we began an utterly awkward walk back towards my residence. The walk was long and very quiet as we made our way back towards my house.
As we finally approached the front door of my apartment I rushed forward to open the door for Ahsoka almost tripping over myself. Ahsoka laughed gentle at my attempted act of chivalry.
"Welcome to my humble humble humble home", I announced opening my front door and referencing her in.
We made are way into my house, it's was about as simple a house as it could get. A small kitchen located to the left if the door, a living room located shortly after and down the hall on the left there was a bedroom and on the right a small bathroom. The place was not very big but I prided myself on keeping it clean.
"It's nice", ahsoka stated making her way towards the living room.
"Yeah it's not much, you can take my room down the hall for the night", I instructed closing the front door to the house. I turned back to face her but I was greeted by an empty room and the sound of my bedroom door slamming.
"Good night Ahsoka I'll cook some dinner if you want it", I was greeted by a prolonged silence that let me to deduce that she was not going to be joining me for dinner.
I took out my communicator and contacted the temple asking specifically for Master Skywalker. I informed him I would be taking my two week vacation starting right now after first apologizing for breaking out of the temple. I turned off the device and dragged my legs over to the couch. My eye lids were heavy and my limbs laidened with lead so I collapsed on the couch, falling into a deep sleep instantly.
I awake to find the first bit of the day light slipping onto the floor from behind the blinds. I grumbled lowly to myself sliding my body up right and rubbing my site eye balls gentle.
I rubbed against something hard located in my bag still tossed over my shoulder from my prier rush out of the temple. At first I was confused by this, then I remembered I had Ahsoka's lightsabers in the bag. I stood up from my spot after several moments and made my way towards the kitchen.
"Ahsoka want something to eat", I mumbled making my way towards the food.
"I'm fine", she yelled back as if I had insulted her numerous times over about her weakest points.
"Ahsoka can you at least come out so we can talk and enjoy the morning", I responded turning to my cabinets in search of some cereal. The silence let me to believe that she was going to be in her room for the rest of the day.
"I guess it's just me and I this", I didn't finish my thoughts as I was soon sprawling back onto the counter having been utterly frightened not only by the girl now located in the chair on the other side of the counter. But also at how worn and distressed she look, as if she had been crying for a week nonstop alone in the corner.
"What ", she stabbed at me with a tone of sadness and confusion.
"Oh it's nothing it's just you look like you might as well be dead", I tried to sound nice but that was all I was able to really say as I got back to my feet.
She gave me a slight stare of annoyance as I poured the last of the cereal into a bowl and placed it infront of her.
"I said I was not hungry", she stated pushing the bowl away slightly with her palm.
"Well I'm sorry, you look really tired and down right exhausted and I thought you would need the energy more than me", again as was becoming usual her mood softened as I explained myself to.
"Is this the last of your cereal", she questioned looking down into the bowl as if it was the cause of her intense sadness.
"Yeah it is now please eat up we have got a full day ahead of us and I'm not going to get started late", I explained to her pushing the bowl back under her gaze.
"Wait don't you have work to be doing", she seemed interested in why I was spending the day with her as if I had just shocked her, which I probably did.
"Yeah I took my vacation now so I could help you, now please just eat your food", I begged her tired of having to get a person who was most likely starving to eat a bowl of cereal.
I heard the first crunch of the breakfast which was quickly followed by many more after it. I swung around to wittiness her face almost inside the bowl as she scarfed down the meal.
"Now was that so tortures", I joked cracking a smile as she finally came up for air having finished the oats. She only smiled back giving a small blush of embarrassment at the whole predicament that had just happened a moment ago.
"So what's the plan", she let her stern face betray her again as she returned to her somewhat usual self. Thou I could not help but think about the girl I had just witness come out for a second just a moment ago.
"Well for starters we are going to get you some decent clothes", I informed her smugly before realizing how she could have taken that by her raising an eyebrow.
"I'm not saying that what your wearing is wrong it's just that your not a Jedi anymore and your clothes shout out Jedi", I confessed making yet another mistake as ahsoka seemed saddened by me reminder her of yesterday's events.
"Oh come on let's get going before I mess up even more", ahsoka broke a small giggle as we made our way out of the apartment. Lucky the market was only a block away making the unbearable silence last much shorter duration than it might have been.
"Ok so where do we start", ahsoka questioned crossing her arms and scanning the bazaar as if looking for enemies. I rolled my eyes step forward and talking her by her hand. She was perplexed by my jester as I pulled her down the flight of stairs into the bustling rows of streets that lined the ends of the platforms.
"Where are we going", she ordered my answer trying to keep up with my pace through the crowds.
"That's the fun part about this is that we don't know, we just go where we want and buy what we like. And speaking of buying we are getting you some new clothes", I came to a stop in front of a fountain located in a square.
Ahsoka arrived shortly after looking at me with a frown.
"We are going to get you some new clothes so deal with it, you will like it", I announced feeling all high and might as I pulled her once again towards a upper middle class clothing store.
She sighed letting her head wobble a little at the whole ordeal I seemed to be putting her through. We entered the establishment which seemed now to raise some curiosity from ahsoka at what the store really had to offer. She had been wearing the same outfit for so long I ponder if she had ever really been in a clothing store let alone bought anything.
"Go ahead getting anything you want my treat, actually both of our treats as you will actually be wearing something different for a change", my smooth comment rewarded me with a grumpy look from ahsoka as she wandered off into the store.
I sat there for what seemed like the better half of my youth with my head dangling over the back of my seat waiting for a girl to pick one outfit.
"What do you think", ahsoka interrupted my thoughts seeming a bit happier and slightly gleeful. I tilted my head up to witness a sight I thought I would never see.
Ahsoka was wearing a short sleeve dark green tee shirt, a pair of full length jeans, a tight fitting waist belt with a group of pouches on the side, from under the trim of the jeans I could tell she was wearing her Jedi shoes, but her arms were covered in nothing more than a pair of fingerless black gloves.
"Is it all right", she seemed concerned that something was a matter mostly likely from the fact that I was staring at her her with my mouth slightly agape.
"It's its wonderful you look great and so much more", I stumbled to find the words as I stood up from my seat.
"Girlish", she finished seeming to get a general feel for what I was implying.
"I was going to say beautiful, but that works too I guess", ahsoka giggled at my statement as she brushed past me and out the door.
I set down a wad of cash on the table in front of the cashier not bothering to take my eyes off of ahsoka to see how much I was paying or even how much the outfit was worth. I sped up my pace to get up along side ahsoka who wore a still ever so stern yet always seeming to get closer to a smile look.
"So what you up for now", I tried to openly converse with the girl I kept trying to loosen up.
"I don't know I've never had a day off with nothing to do before", she admitted glancing down at the ground.
"Well how about we solve that", I reached out and grabbed her by both hands looking her straight in the eyes. She was taken back by my actions but seemed intrigued by what I was planning.
"You are going to have the most fun you have ever had in your life", I promised pulling here back into the hordes of people swarming by.