in Yavin base
(Ezra pov)
7 am
ring ring
crash
I threw my alarm clock to the wanting to wake. I just had a beautiful dream about me saving Sabine from an inquisitor in which she reward me with a passionate kiss on my lips.
With difficulting, I wake up from bed. I must get ready for my training with Ashoka and Kanan. They want to improve my fighting style with the lightsaber.
I put my lightsaber on my belt before leaving my room and walk toward the kitchen to get me some breakfast before training since I'm really hungry.
When I arrived there, I look at the menu, deciding what should I eat for today. After thinking about what to eat, I decided to take some eggs and bacon for breakfast.
While eating I spotted the girl of my dream, sabine wren. She went to the coffee machine to take a cup of brown coffee before seating down alone on one of the tables at the far corner of the cafeteria. I stand up from my seat and start walking toward her, trying my best to keep my cool down so that I can bring out my charm.
"Hey beautiful, how are you today" really Ezra that's the beat you can do.
Sabine replied while rolling her eye
"I'm fine, and you?
" I'm good, what are you doing today" I ask
"you know the usual, shooting training and painting"
"You know I was thinking that we can paint together in your roomafter your training " I replied using my sexy voice with smirk on my face while winking at her. Trying to play it cool but in reality, I was scared. I didn't know what to expect from her. Maybe I was too forward with my announcement.
Sabine rolled her eyes. " I don't think so buddy, there is no way I'm going to invite you to my room. plus I saw how you paint. and frankly, you need to improve your drawing skill. The only thing your good at is drawing stick man." Sabine replied with a smirk on her face while finishing her coffee and leaving the cafeteria.
Shit, I fucked this up. I should have know that she will react like this. I was too bold and arrogant, thinking that she will say yes in a heartbeat.
"Hahahahaha"
I turn around to see Zeb and chopper laughing at me
" That was real smooth kid" Zeb continue to laugh at Ezra for his fail attempt to capture the mandolorian heart. Tears starting to form on his face while he tries to catch his breath.
"Hey it isn't funny"
"of course, it is. Face it, kid, she is not into you. she will not date you even if your the last guy in this galaxy."
" SHUT UP ZEB, you know nothing." I'm was beginning to get angry at him.
"Hey kid, I'm just telling you the truth. If you can't handle it, then it's not my problem. No need to get mad."
Zeb started laughing again while leaving the room. He loved to tease me, any chance he gets.
Zeb word floated in his mind. the reality is that he is right. Since I met the ghost crew, I fell in love with Sabine but she always rejected my advance. I try everything, complementing on her art, buying her nice gifts like the bracelet that I had bought her a week ago but I never saw her wear it, showing off my force ability to impress her and to show that I am not a kid anymore. Maybe I should stop trying to capture her heart and move on but I can't stop thinking about her. Not only is she beautiful, she is perfect. She is the strongest and bravest person that I know. Always, ready to defend the people she cares about. She never shows any sign of fear during a fight, always concentrating on how to defeat her opponent without showing off her weakness. Also, she has one f the most a creative mind in this galaxy. I always love her paintings and the originality of them. She can create world through her painting, expressing her true feeling with colorful color. She is always happy while painting which gives me a chance to watch her beautiful smile. She looks ten times better beautiful when she smiles, a smile that is like a ray of sunshine in a winter which warms my heart and makes me love her more.
After finishing my meal, I walk through the hallway of Yavin base to join Ashoka and Kanan in the training, waiting for me before beginning my lesson.
In the training room
"Ok, Ezra today you're going to practice form 3 and form you know form 3 is more base on defense than offense. My master taught me this form when I was his padawan. And Ashoka here will practice with you form 5."
I pull out my lightsaber and get into my defensive stance.
For the next hour I practice from 3 with Kanan. He attacks with light or strong attack while I try to block his strike. I was starting to get sloppy with my movement as training goes on which give Kanan an opening to strike at my shoulder.
"Focus Ezra, during a real fight you have to concentrate on your form, you have to focus if you wish to stand any chance against an inquisitor." he said
"Come on Kanan I was doing great, can't you give me a bit of credit."
"Kanan is right Ezra, you have to be faster and more focus if you wish to stay alive against an inquisitor, "said Ashoka
"ok ok I get it I have to stay focus" I was frustrated at them for not at least acknowledging my effort.
I take my fighting stance, trying to stay calm and focus while waiting for Kanan to make a move for me.
He lunged at me. He goes for a high attack to my head but I block it by raising my lightsaber over my head. next he goes for my legs in which I do a low block. Then he goes to my right and left. I blocked each of his strikes perfectly. This goes on for another 10 minutes before I'm beginning to get tired again. My parry is slower and weak. I'm starting to lose focus. Kanan strike at my leg but I was too slow to parry it. I felt a small burn at my leg which makes me lose my balance. In result of me falling to the ground when I look up I see a blue lightsaber near my face. the owner of the lightsaber had a small smile on his face.
" Good job Ezra but once again you got tired out which let you to lose your focus" Ashoka told me. I was glad that I manage to stand against Kanan for this longer than she thought. "Even if your defense is perfect, It will give you no good if you get tired out during a fight. your enemy will easily defeat you." Ashoka said
" I agree with you, Ashoka. He needs to improve his stamina if he wants to stand a chance against a force wielder." Kanan replied
"yes, I will ask my Rex if he can make your training program to improve his strength and stamina." she said
"Come on Kanan, Ashoka. you can't be real. your training is already a pain in the ass. you can't tell me that you never get tired out during a fight."
"If you want to get better my padawan then yes you have to improve your physical strength. And yes I can get tired during fight but I still manage move pass my physical limits and focus through the force." Kanan told me
I was frustrated. It isn't like my training is easy but now they want to make it more hard and tiredly. If I knew Jedi training was this difficult. I wouldn't have been training with Kanan and now with Ashoka.
"Erza it's time for meditation," Kanan told me
I groan to myself.
kanan and Ashoka kneel beside each other to meditate.
I follow their move and kneel beside them. I try to focus on the force like Kanan taught me.
"remember Ezra, you must empty yours. Block out all thought and sounds around you. Let the force guide you." said, Kanan,
While Kanan and Ashoka manage to meditate. I had a hard time focusing. My mind kept coming back at one thought: Sabine. I can't get her out of my mind. Every time I close my eyes, I see her beautiful face, her white and purple hair, her tan skin, but the most beautiful things about her are her eyes and smile. every time she smiles, I can't keep myself from smiling at her and when I heard her laugh my chest get tighter, I have a hard time to breath. Her eyes are mesmerizing. I get lost in those amber eyes every time I look at it, I'm always afraid to get caught staring at her in which has happened quite often during my time with the ghost crew.
"Ezra"
"uhh, what?"
" It's time to go back to training. But first, I noticed that you've been distracted for quite some time during our meditation session. Care to explain why?" he raises his eyebrows
"uh, it's nothing, I just got a lot of stuff on my mind."
"Is it Sabine right?"
"What what, no of course not" Ezra shutter while blushing.
" come on Ezra we both know that you have feelings for Sabine. but you can't lose focus because of her."
"I thought that I was not supposed to have attachment as a Jedi"
" the Jedi order is dead witch mean that the rule doesn't apply anymore" replied Ashoka
"Ashoka is right Ezra. the old Jedi order is dead. you can have attachments but you must control your feelings"
"Sorry, it just that I like sabine but every time I tried to make a move, she turns me down."
"Sorry kid, sometimes the girl that you like doesn't have the same feelings as you. I know it isn't what you want to hear but it's the truth."
"I know Kanan", I sign sadly " but I can't keep these feelings out of my head and it's frustrating."
"you can't control the feelings you have for someone. you have to give it time and eventually, you will move on" replied Ashoka.
"I know" I said sadly
"How about we train form 5 to clear your mind" suggested Kanan
"sound great" I said.I really need to clear my head
For the next hour, I practice form 5. I try to improve different blocks and ripost that are valuable for form 5 while Ashoka shows the flaws on some of my move.
"When you block high from strong attack, you need to bend your knee to have more balance or else you will lose balance."
this continues for an hour. I perform a move and Ashoka tell the flaws during my block or ripost.
"Ok, Ezra you're done for today. I'm going to ask rex to create a training program for you for tomorrow. so I will be waiting for you here at 7h30. Got it?"
"got it" I replied with a fake enthusiasm which she replied by rolling her eyes.
After training, while walking through the corridor to get to my room so I can relax. I hear someone calling my name. When I turn around I see wedge running toward me.
"Hey Ezra how are you doing"
"I'm fine Wedge, I just finished up my training
"Good because there is shooting contest in the hangar B. and I was wondering if you wanted to participate with me"
" I don't know Wedge I'm pretty tired I replied while yawning.
"Oh did I mentioned that sabine will be there," he said with a grin on his face while winking which caught me by surprise
"What is exactly are you trying to say Wedge"
"Come on Ezra we both know that you like Sabine" He was staring at me hard, daring me to lie in front of his face.
I was blushing. Is it really that obvious that I love Sabine? I think I should tune down a bit when flirty.
"Uhhh I don't know where you get that idea" I rub my neck
"Don't play dumb with me Ezra."
"Ok, you got me. But why would Sabine being there will change my decision"
"Think about it, Sabine is a warrior. if you participated and win then she will be impressed because you will show her that you aren't just a defendless little boy from lothal but a strong warrior who can wield a blaster with easy.
He is right. If I win this contest Sabine will very impress me. She may even desire me if I win this.
" ok, i'm in" I said
"Great, now let's go before the contest began."
in the hangar(Ezra pov)
I can see at least 30 peoples who are here for the contest. While everyone is waiting for the contest to begin. My eyes are looking for my Mandalorian girl. Fortunately, Wedge spotted her for me. She is seating on a chair by herself. While looking at her, our eyes met. I was becoming nervous because I didn't want to look stupid by staring at her for a long time. But she just smile at me. I decide to calm down and to walk up to her to engage in a conversion.
"What is a beautiful girl like you seating by herself"I mentally facepalm myself. really Ezra is that your best pick up line you can come up with.
Sabine rolled her eye but with a smile on her face. Even if this line was cheesy, she kinda like it when he flirts with her but she wouldn't admit it to him or anybody else, even herself sometime."I'm here to show those rookies how to shoot with a blaster. but since you are here I will make sure to beat you in front of everyone" Sabine said it while grinning at me
"In your dream sabine. you forgetting that I am Jedi, an expert with the lightsaber and with the force." I told her
" whatever you say Ezra but please don't come crying to me when I will dominate you" she replied with a smirk
I was about to reply until I hear someone talking into a microphone
"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are ready for the is 5 round to complete to win the contest. everyone who wants to participate takes a blaster and step behind that line over there." the announcer told us.
"Well good sabine, I try not make things too hard for you"I said with a smirk
"dream on lover boy" she replied while smiling at me
I active my blaster mode on my lightsaber while taking a step behind the shooting line.
"MAY THE FIRST ROUND BEGAN"
I see a dummy moving to the right. I aim to his face where I see a red spot paint on it. The dummy suddenly just stops which cause me to miss it. It starts moving again. I shoot it and this time I hit square in his face. I gain 5 points for the headshot. I continue to shoot at the dummies, trying to hit their face, sometimes I hit it, sometimes I missed. After the first round, I managed to gain 100 points. Sabine managed to beat me with a score of 120 points.
"well look at that, Ezra Bridger is losing to a girl"
"Don't get your hopes up Sabine, It's just the first round" I replied with a smirk on my face.
The second round begins and I began to shoot at all the dummies on sight. I look to my right and see that Sabine is beating me. She is taking out so many dummies quickly and precisely. I have to show her that I'm a capable boy no a capable warrior. I tried to use the force for help. I concentrated and try to empty my mind. "Let the force guide" I hear those word from Kanan inside my mind. I start shooting at dummy again but this time with more focus and determination. When the second-round finish. I score 175 and sabine 150.
"told you that I was going to win this." I said
"don't get cocky just yet lover boy." Sabine replied
We continue shooting for the rest of the three-round remaining.
It is the final round and sabine is winning by 20 points. I'm in close second with Wedge. Everything going so well until a strange noise was coming from my lightsaber. It starts to overheat and next thing I know, my lightsaber explode from my hand. I feel a painful shock through my hand, the explosion causes some burns on the skin of my hand.
"HAHHHH"
I start to scream. Everyone stopped to look at me
"Shit Ezra What happen?" Wedge asked me.
"My lightsaber overheated and exploded from my hand"
"you should use some Bacta cream to help it heal" Wedge said, worrying about Ezra's hand
Damn it I feel humiliated in front of everyone. Especially in front of sabine. She must be thinking how ridiculous I look right now. I pick up my broken lightsaber and walk out at the hangar without looking at Sabine because I was afraid to see the disappointment in her eyes or to see her laugh at me for making myself a fool in front of everyone.
In medical room
I'm searching for bacta cream to apply on my burned hand
"are you looking for this" I jumped, I got scared by the sudden voice since I thought that I was alone.
I turn around to see Sabine with a can of bacta cream on her hand while leaning against the door frame. But the strangest thing that I see is her eyes. There are full of concern ... for me? "it can't right, I must just imagining things...Right?. I never saw her looking at me like that."
"let me put it on your hand" She came over to me. She grabs my right hand, applying the cream on it.
When I felt her touch my hand. My heart just skips a beat. It actually the first time she held my hand with hers outside of a life-threatening event. Even though it just to treat my wound I can't help myself from getting nervous and from my face to blush in front of her. I can feel her delicate hand on mine. It surprisingly soft and warm. I can feel her touching every part of my hand even the ones where there is no wound. God, she is perfect I hope this never ends. I can see myself getting lost in her hand touching mine. When I look up, I see her eyes fill with care and concern.
"Ok I'm done"
" thanks Sabine"
"Tomorrow I will put some more in your hand"
Omg, she will come back tomorrow to treat my hand again. I can't wait. I'm starting to get excited.
"Don't get any ideas Ezra, I'm only helping you because you are going to need your hand if you want to hold your lightsaber."
Karabast, of course, it was too good to be true. She just helps me as a friend not because she has feelings for me. Well, look at the bright side, she will still hold my hand tomorrow. With that thought, I smile to myself. I gather my broken lightsaber before going to my room to repair it.