POV: Anakin Skywalker

The rest of last night had been pretty amazing. We'd finished off the rest of the pie in the box I brought home and we fell asleep on the couch. I woke up and she was still holding onto me like she was last night, a big smile on her face. I stroked her rear lek gently and she stirred a bit, glancing up at me.

"Good morning," she whispered.

"You, too." I slid my hand down her lek until I reached her left side. I rubbed her stomach gently and smiled warmly at her. She stared into my eyes and I could see how much she loved me.

"What time is it?"

She rubbed her beautiful, blue eyes as I looked across the room for the time. I sighed heavily and she held onto me tighter. "Time for me to go to work. I guess I'll have to skip the shower this morning."

"You don't smell bad," she said, laughing. She sat up and I leaned forward to rub my eyes as well. She pulled her knees up to her chest and smiled at me like a little kid. I lifted my hand to stroke her jaw gently.

"Thanks, love, but I'm going to shower once I get home. Is that okay?"

She smirked and leaned forward to kiss me quickly. "It's okay as long as I'm allowed to join you."

"I'd like that very much." I slid off of the couch and she stood with me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she rested her hands against my chest. I leaned forward and kissed her soft, luscious lips. I loved the way she moaned into the kiss. Her lips parted slightly with mine and I could feel her hot breath. We parted for breath a few moments later and I smiled as she pressed her forehead against mine. "At this rate, I'll be late for work. You're not making me want to leave."

She giggled and opened her eyes, glancing up at me through her long lashes. "You have off tomorrow. You and I don't have to leave the bed once you come home."

"I'll take you up on that, so you'd better keep your word."

I kissed her a few more times and tried my best to resist the temptation to skip work for the day before heading into our bedroom to change into a new outfit. She stood in the doorway with her arms over her chest and smiled at me. "I feel like our lives are going to get better."

I smiled at her. It was a hopeful smile because I sincerely doubted that. We were broke as it was right now and we had another little mouth that would need to be fed once it was born. I didn't get paid nearly enough to keep the three of us alive. The only time we ate was when I brought something home from work. We couldn't afford to buy much of anything because we owed so much rent to Caydra.

She came closer to me, a look of concern spread across her features. She touched my cheek and frowned. "What's wrong, Ani?"

I sighed and lifted my hand to touch the one she had placed on my face. "It's nothing, my love. I'm just thinking of ways to make sure I can care for you and the baby."

She smiled weakly and rubbed my cheekbone with her thumb. "I can always count on you, Master Skywalker. You always do everything with your very best put into it."

I chuckled and kissed her hand. "Thank you, Soka."

"You're welcome. Now, you head off to work. I'll see if I can find myself a job to help you out."

I stared at her in awe. "Love, as much as I think it would help us, you need to stay healthy and at home to take care of the baby."

"I have roughly six or seven months until I give birth to our first baby, Ani. For the time being, I can try to find a job. We need the money more than ever if we're going to care for our little one."

I smiled when she said 'little one.' That had been something I'd called her for a long time. She placed both hands against my cheeks and I leaned forward to kiss her. "I love you, beautiful. If you're going to search for a job, find something that's safe, okay? I don't want to lose you or the baby."

She giggled and I felt her excitement. This would be her first real job and she was looking forward to it. "I know, Ani. I know." She smacked my shoulder playfully and nodded towards the door. "Get going. You're going to be late."

I glanced at the time again and gaped for a moment. I kissed her cheek and sped off. "Love you! See you later!"

A few hours later.

"Hey, Scarface!" someone called after me as I was beginning to put a bunch of pipes and such into the back of a loading speeder. I groaned at the nickname and turned around to see one of my co-workers running towards me. I never talked to anyone here unless I had to and that in itself was very rare.

I set the pipe down and wiped my greasy gloves across my forehead by accident. I assumed a nice smudge was very apparent. Glynn, one of the managers, stopped right in front of me and smiled up at me. She was a light blue Twi'lek from Alderaan. She moved here a few years ago and was instantly promoted to manager. Most of the workers speculated that she and the head honcho had a fling of some sort that got her a good position.

"Hey, Scar –"

"No offense," I growled. "But could you not call me that?"

She smiled. "No problem, kiddo."

I glared at her. "Glynn, you're seventeen. I'm twenty-seven."

Her skin darkened and she became extremely flustered. "Right. Sorry." I cocked an eyebrow at her and she smiled at me much wider. "So… Anakin, my boyfriend is a friend of your wife. We heard the good news! Congratulations!"

My glare softened and I smiled. "Thanks."

"I'm trying to get pregnant, too, but I'm so happy for you guys! This is the second time you guys have tried to have a baby?"

"This is the second time she's gotten pregnant," I said solemnly. "We've been trying endlessly for the last two years and we're hoping everything will work out."

"I haven't seen Ahsoka in a long time! When is your shift over?"

"Um… in five minutes."

She giggled and it kind of bothered me. She was extremely excited to see my pregnant wife and I wasn't sure how to react to that. I wondered how this boyfriend of hers found out in the first place. I didn't think Ahsoka had been talking to any other guys… "Anakin?"

"Huh?"

"I asked if I could go over to see Ahsoka after you're done. Would that be okay with you?"

"Oh, ah… Sure. Let me call Ahsoka first though." She motioned for me to go ahead and I pulled my gloves off, tossing them onto the pipe at my feet. My back was aching and I was more than ready to go home. The only way I got through today's hell was knowing that I would soon be home with my Ahsoka. I pulled my comlink out of my pocket and commed Ahsoka.

She answered moments later with, "Hello, sweetheart."

"Hey, love."

"Are you coming home?"

"Yeah, in a few minutes. Love, Glynn Cadera wants to come over."

"For… dinner?"

My heart leapt up into my throat as I realized we'd have nothing to offer Glynn to eat or drink. There was absolutely nothing in the apartment as of this moment. My paycheck came in tomorrow. Glynn stared at me sadly for a moment and I shook my head a bit to clear my head. "Uh, no, sweetie. She's just coming over for a visit."

"Oh, okay. That's great! I'll see you in a few minutes then, my love?"

"Yes, darling," I whispered. "I love you…"

"I love you, too."

I disconnected the call and Glynn touched my shaking hand. "Is everything all right?"

"Yeah," I whispered. I couldn't help but think about how disappointed she would be upon arriving in our apartment. It looked bad from the outside and looked empty from the inside. No one knew of our money situation except for Caydra. I swallowed slowly and nodded. "Let me finish up here and then we can head over to my place."

She headed towards my speeder and waited patiently for me to finish transferring all of the pipes from the building into the speeder. I checked out of work and tossed my gloves into the backseat. I hopped over the side and she sat beside me. "I need to let Atak know that Ahsoka is still on Coruscant. He'll want to see his niece or nephew when it's born."

"Who's Atak?"

"Ahsoka's brother!" she said, laughing hysterically.

"Oh."

"Once I marry him, I'll be your sister in law!"

"Joy," I muttered under my breath. It was low enough that she hadn't heard me. I started up the speeder and sped towards the apartment.

As we neared the building, I could feel Ahsoka's anxiety. The sad thing was, we both mirrored each other's emotions. Everyone knew us as two of the most powerful Jedi in the Order, especially after Order Sixty-six had passed and failed. Ahsoka had saved my life and we'd succeeded and discovered our love for each other shortly thereafter. For us to have such a ratty looking place made us look pretty bad.

I put us in park and glanced at Glynn sideways. She looked utterly confused before turning to face me. I hopped out, leaving my gloves in the back. I walked towards the front door and opened it, Glynn hot on my heels. She followed me as I walked down the two hallways until we reached our room.

I pressed the pad and the door slid open. Ahsoka dropped a dish and I bit my lip. As we entered the room, I found her cleaning up the shattered shards. I raced over to her and grabbed her hands. "Hey," I whispered. I just realized that she'd cut her hand and I frowned. She closed her hand around mine, allowing me to be her tourniquet.

She stared into my eyes worriedly and I kissed her quickly. "Go clean your hand up. I'll get this."

She stood up and walked towards the sink as Glynn came in and took in her surroundings. Ahsoka and I both watched her as we did what we needed to do. I used the Force to lift the shards into a trashbin and moved towards Ahsoka to help her wrap her bleeding hand. "Hi, Glynn," Soka greeted, smiling widely despite the anxiety.

"Hey, Sokie!" Glynn darted over to Ahsoka and the two embraced tightly before I cleared my throat. They pulled away and Ahsoka smiled up at me. Albeit a weak smile, it was still a smile.

"I'm going to go get cleaned up. Can you keep her entertained?" I whispered into our bond.

"Of course, my love. Nice smudge on your forehead."

I smirked and she stood on her toes to kiss me quickly. "Excuse me for a moment."

Both ladies nodded as I headed toward the bedroom to grab an extra set of clothes, a towel, and my soap. For my sake, I hopped no one was using the shower right now…

I grabbed everything I needed and headed back into the living area where all of the rooms connected. As I passed Ahsoka, I pecked her cheek and whispered that I loved her. I loved how she smiled at me and how she blushed as I said it. She rubbed my back for a brief moment before I exited the room and headed down to the shower.

I was in luck! It was unoccupied.