Ahsoka's Perspective Vol. 1
Note: last names of characters may be changed for the sake of story. And for the sake of the story, Plo and Shaak are Anakin's parents…
Chapter 3: A Prospect for Ahsoka
School had now been in session for about a month and a half. One of Shilli High's biggest competitive sports was having a practice session where students could come and see the future pod racers of the school.
Ahsoka and Barriss attended this event after school hours. They stood in the grand stands holding on to a railing overlooking a rugged track. Barriss was holding onto monitor with all of the racers that they could scroll through and view.
"This event is always exciting Ahsoka. Surely you've been to one of Anakin's practices before?" Barriss asked.
Ahsoka shrugged her shoulders. "Nah, he always wanted me to but I told him I was never really into pod racing enough to go to the practices. Now when the real races start with other schools, count me in. I have been to a few of those though." She mentioned.
The practice race was about to begin just as Boba entered the grandstand with a large tub of popcorn that he shared mostly with Barriss.
"Thanks Boba." Barriss said as she kissed him on the cheek.
Ahsoka just rolled her eyes. She was fine with the fact that Barriss and Boba were dating but it was just too mushy for her at times.
Barriss felt some of the tension in Ahsoka. "Hey, have you met any interesting boys in your classes yet?" She asked.
Ahsoka sat down on the bleachers. "No, not really. I mean, I met one guy who could blow slime balls out his nose." She stated laughing.
"Well, that must have been exciting." Barriss said as she sat down next to Ahsoka.
Ahsoka chuckled. "Heh, sure I guess it was." She said with hesitance.
Then the countdown to begin the race started. "3!...2!...1!... GO!" Came a voice over a loud speaker.
Barriss held the monitor while Ahsoka and Boba watched on each side of her. Barriss whispered to Boba so Ahsoka couldn't hear. "We need to find someone for her to date." She said.
Boba whispered back. "I agree."
"Hey! What are you two talking about?" Ahsoka piped up.
They both ignored her and Barriss pulled the monitor closer to her and Boba.
"Hey! I was watching that!" Ahsoka snipped.
The happy couple scrolled through the pod racers looking for a prospect for their young friend.
"How about him?" Barriss pointed.
"No, he's way too big for her, he'd most likely step on her." Boba added.
"Okay, how about this kid?"
"Maybe, maybe."
They were both getting way to into this little hunt. Their friend was getting very annoyed and impatient. Ahsoka stood up from the bleachers and crossed her arms. "Hey! What are you two doing? I'd very much like to see the race!" She demanded.
Just after she said that, the crowd roared due to something awesome happening during the race. Ahsoka just looked around at the crowd until they settled down. "Great. You've made me miss something important." Ahsoka said as she sat back down.
"Ahsoka look! This kid was in second to last place but managed to side scale a wall with his pod racer and is now in first place." Barriss stated with excitement.
Ahsoka looked at the monitor. There was a young Twi'lek that was now leading the way. "Well, who's he?" Ahsoka asked.
"Not sure." Barriss said. "Says here his name is Kidd Kareen. He must be a freshman, I've never seen him before."
Ahsoka grabbed the monitor out of Barriss's hands and was now watching with some intent.
Barriss looked at Boba. "You should introduce them."
"Why me? I don't know him either." Boba retorted.
"Wow! He's really good at this!" Ahsoka said while not even paying attention to Barriss and Boba's conversation. "Come on Kidd! Almost there."
"Hello in there!" Barriss called to Ahsoka.
Ahsoka looked up at her friend who was glaring at her.
"We would like to watch the race too Ahsoka."
"Oh, umm, sorry." Ahsoka held out the monitor to give it back to Barriss and she and Boba sat back down.
"And the winner, Kidd Kareen!" Came the announcer over a loud speaker. And the crowd went wild including Ahsoka and her friends. "Now remember, if you'd like to congratulate our racers, you may do so at this time. Just follow the yellow caution tape to the finish line." Came the announcer again.
The three friends decided they would go down to congratulate the winners.
They walked around and saw some of the pod racers smoking and some were even on fire. There were kids extinguishing or making minor repairs to their damaged pod racers with their friends and family surrounding them. Barriss and Boba stopped to talk with one of their friends who was in the race and Ahsoka walked on by herself.
She stopped and took a look around for a friendly face to make conversation with.
"Hey there little lady!" came a voice that was walking from the direction of the concessions.
"Oh, umm hey there." Ahsoka hesitated. "That was a pretty cool race." She added.
"Ehh, I've been in worse. But trust me, I never lose. I will be a great asset to the school's pod racing team.
Ahsoka was a tad annoyed with his arrogance but she did stay and talk with him while they walked the rest of the way back to his pod racer.
"Wow, your pod racer doesn't look so good Kidd."
"Like I said, could be worse. I've lost one entire side of my power cuplink and I still one." He said pointing his thumb at himself.
"Well, aren't you just so special." Ahsoka retorted. He wasn't what she thought he was so she started walking away.
Kidd's assembly crew started making repairs to his pod racer and he ran after Ahsoka.
"Hey! Wait up!" Kidd shouted.
Ahsoka stopped and turned to face the young Twi'lek and she crossed her arms and leaned her hip out.
"Listen, I'm sorry I acted that way, my crew expects me to act that way around pretty girls to maintain an image."
"What image is that? Pathetic jock?" Ahsoka fired back.
Kidd blushed with embarrassment. "Well, for lack of a better term, yes."
Both kids laughed a bit.
Then Kidd piped up again. "Can I possibly hang out with you sometime?"
"Why? You just met me." Ahsoka asked playing hard to get.
"Well, it's just that, I don't get to meet a lot of beautiful girls, there just aren't that many at this school ya know." He stated.
"Oh, but I am?" Ahsoka asked with wide eyes.
"Well, absolutely. Your eyes are absolutely stunning little lady."
Now it was Ahsoka's turn to blush. "Well." She said shyly. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to hang out sometime." Ahsoka confirmed.
"Excellent. How about we go to Pizza Jiff on Friday?"
"Umm, that would be great!" She allowed as she turned to find Barriss and Boba. She walked away blushing and with a huge smile on her small round face.
"Ahsoka! There you are. We've been looking for you for quite a while." Barriss mentioned. "Did you find Kidd?"
"Umm, no I didn't." She denied. "He must have left already." She didn't want Barriss and Boba to know about her appending date with the young Twi'lek
The group of friends decided to head home after the exciting race.
