Chapter 3

Half an hour later, everyone was returning to the apartment with sombre looks on their faces and carrying as many tickets as they could have gathered. "What a beautiful night to be running around the street looking for tickets" Ahsoka grins moving into the kitchen "And the wind sure made it fun" she adds as Padme shakes her head. "Ahsoka, we lost half of them" she points out however Ahsoka refused to believe they didn't still have the winning ticket. "So what?" She asks "Padme, we have the winning ticket" she insists "My psychic said I was going to win remember" she reminds her as Vizsla then looks over at her.

"Weird, you psychic didn't say anything about the scary pigeon" he points out as Ahsoka stares back at him "As a matter of fact, she said that's how I'm going to die, so excuse me for being a little skittish" she simply admits. It was then at that moment Obi Wan notices the comm flashing with messages. "There's two messages, this could be from the Temple" he says as Padme then replies "Oh, play them" she insists as Obi Wan takes a deep breath "Okay, here we go" he tells them.

He presses the comm before they hear the first message, not from the Temple. "Hello, this is the pigeon from the balcony calling to apologise" It was really Ahsoka trying to disguise her voice. "I shouldn't have knocked the tickets out of the pretty lady's hand" "It was all my fault, not hers, bye coo" the messages finishes as everyone turns and stares at Ahsoka who was acting casual and innocent. "Well, I'm sure that would have been very hard for him to do" she simply replies.

No one says anything as the second message comes on. "Hey Obi Wan, its Quinlan" they heard as Obi Wan waves his hand "This is it, shh, shh" he whispers as the message went on "Listen, um, it turns out I got the last spot, I'm really sorry man" he confesses as Obi Wan felt his excitement drop "It was a lot of fun working with you, give me a call if you want" the message turns off as Padme moves over towards her husband. "Gosh, I'm so sorry, honey" she says rubbing his arm.

"Sorry, Obi Wan" Anakin says. "It's so unfair" Satine admits just as Ahsoka realises the time. "You guys the drawing's about to start" she warns them as Satine then remembered. "Oh, you know what, we should call my sister and say goodnight to Numa" she tells Vizsla "Oh yeah, that's a good idea" he agrees moving away with the comm. Padme looks up at her upset husband.

"Honey, you're being really strong about this" she says "I know how badly you wanted that mission" she adds. "Yeah, you know, I really thought I deserved it" he replies "But let's go win the lottery, I mean we still have 130chances to win right" he tells her. Padme then cheekily grins reaching into her back pocket. "131" she whispers referring another ticket as Obi Wan smiles back at her before they moved into the living room where Ahsoka and Anakin were.

Whilst at the same time, Satine and Vizsla were saying goodnight to their little girl. "Yeah good night, sweetheart, I love you" he says "And remember your daddy's little girl" he promises before he leans towards Satine. "Ahsoka's totally ruined that for me" he mutters before moving away leaving Satine to say goodnight.

"Hi Bo" she says to her sister "Put her back on" she says as Anakin then calls out to her "Satine, they're announcing the numbers!" He grins "Force, I can already feel myself changing" he smirks as the announcer on the holo speaks "Here are your offical Powerball numbers" he says "We have 53" he begins as Obi Wan then calls out "I've got that!" As Vizsla then adds "Oooh, ooh we have that one too!" He points out as Padme claps her hands together "We are on the road people!" She cries excitedly as Vizsla looks back to Satine. "Come on!" He calls to her who was getting annoyed with her sister.

"Bo please!" She cried "I know you love your new lips but I can barely understand you" she tries to tell her "Would you please just let me say good night to my daughter?" She asks becoming more frustrated as the announcer goes on "And here we go, the Powerball is seven" Padme becomes more excited "All right, check your numbers!" She cried "Make me rich!" She adds.

Satine then hangs up the comm and smiles as she moves back over towards them "You guys, you're not going to believe this" she beams "I was just saying good night to Numa and she said her first word" she gushes seeing everyone look stunned and over at her

"What?" Vizsla asks "Well, what did she say?" Anakin asks as Satine smiles even more "She said "Nerra!' However no one knew what that meant. Padme turns back to the tickets "Make me rich!" She tells them as Satine became shocked no one was excited. "Isn't that amazing?" She asks Vizsla.

"Oh yeah, no, no, no, that's great" Vizsla simply replies but uninterested because it wasn't a word. "Why are you more excited?" Satine asks shocked. "Uh Satine, Nerra isn't a word" he replies as Satine gasps "Well, of course, it is" she argues as Vizsla then asks her "Okay, what does it mean?" As Satine struggled to answer "Well, I don't know all the words" she confesses as he laughs "Wow, you know, I'm just glad I didn't miss Numa's first word" he confesses as Satine slaps his shoulder. "Yes, you did! Nerra is a word!" She cries as Vizsla then asks "Okay, use it in a sentence?" As Satine scoffs "Uh ok, Numa just said Nerra!"

"It's not a word" Vizsla argued once more as Satine grew frustrated with him, "Ugh okay fine, I'm gonna look it up!" She declares hurrying back into the kitchen as Vizsla laughs. "Oh okay" he scoffs getting to his feet to follow her. "You know what?" He asks "While you're at it, she said another word the other day, while don't you look up…" he pauses before blowing a raspberry illustrating the noise she made as Satine glares at him scrolling through Padme and Obi Wan's data pad.

"All right, okay, okay, okay, okay" she mutters before she finally finds the meaning. "Ah, look, Nurra!" She cried. "It says that Nurra means brother!" She cried showing him the data pad as Vizsla looks down at her. He then became touched by the sentiment "Aw, she wants to have a sibling" he comments hugging her as Satine pulls a face of horror - she and Vizsla weren't even together and she hadn't even thought of adopting another let alone having a child of her own with her ex!

Meanwhile, still scanning through the tickets, Obi Wan, Padme, Anakin and Ahsoka were coming up empty. "Damn it!" Anakin. Cried "Anybody got anything?' He asks them as Obi Wan shakes his head "No" he replies "I'm still looking through mine" Ahsoka adds as Padme becomes frantic once more "Just double checking" she insists "No, no, no" she sighs in frustration then reaches for her shoe where she pulls out another ticket, however no luck. "No!" She cries

It was then the comm chimed again as Padme leans over to answer it. "Hello?" She asks "Hold on" she says before looking over at Mace. "It's Mace" she said as Obi Wan laughs "Ah, the sorry I rejected you phone call" he replies taking the comm from her. "I'm not use to getting these from guys" he jokes moving away.

"Hey Mace" he answers before he hears him respond "Obi Wan hi, I'm sure you've heard we filled the three positions for the mission" he reveals before going on "We felt that with your maturity and experience you wouldn't be happy answering to a Jedi Master during the mission" he explains as Obi Wan then decided that he needed to show how eager he was. "No, no, I'd love to answer to a Jedi Master, getting them the drinks, I live for that stuff!" He exclaims "And I'm not immature - farts, boobies, butt cracks!" He blurts out not seeing everyone look at each other confused.

Mace chuckles "Obi Wan" he only goes on "You are the strongest Jedi we have and we're offering you the Jedi Master role for the mission" he reveals. Obi Wan went silent "Me?" He asks "That guy who just said butt cracks?" He asks shocked. Mace smiles "Yes, that's right. We're excited about the level of sophistication to the mission" he tells him. "I'll see you tomorrow" he adds before hanging up.

There is silence as Obi Wan places the comm down and moves back around towards his friends and takes a seat beside Padme. Everyone looks at him stunned and confused wondering what happened. "What?" He innocently asks them before he then grins "Oh yeah I'm gonna be Jedi Master for the mission!" He cries seeing them all excitedly cheer for him.

"Congratulations!" Ahsoka exclaims as Padme hugs her husband "Oh sweetie I'm so proud of you" she gushes as he grins "Thanks, does that mean I get the good loving tonight?" He smirks as she giggles. "You bet!" She cries "No holos or anything!" She exclaims getting up and heading into the kitchen. Anakin then smiles over at his friend. "Hey, that is so good about the role" he smiles as Obi Wan nods "Thanks" he replies as Anakin then goes on "And I'd like to think I had something to do with it" he admits. Obi Wan looks at over at him, confused and surprised

"Really? Why?" He asks as Anakin then explains himself "Well, before with the wishbone, I, uh, didn't wish we would win the lottery, I wished you'd get the mission" he confesses. Obi Wan smiles at his friend touched by his gesture. "Oh yeah" he smiles before he realises something. "Listen, don't tell Padme. She'll rip your heart out" he warns him as Anakin nods "Oh yeah" he agrees.

Satine, having gone through her tickets, sighs in defeat at coming up with nothing. "Well, you know what" she starts to say "There was a little part of me that really thought we were gonna win" she confesses as Vizsla sighs "Me too" he mutters "So much for my Mandalorian/Rancor theme park" he groans as Ahsoka then spoke up

"You guys" she starts to say "What was the powerball number again?" She asks them. "Seven" they all reply. "We won" she whispers as Satine is confused "What?" She asks as Ahsoka cries out happily "We won!" She exclaims jumping to her feet as everyone is quick to follow "Let me see, let me see!" Padme insists as Ahsoka keeps a firm hold on it "Don't tear it" she points out as Vizsla leans over to look at it.

"Ahsoka, you don't have of the first five numbers" he points out as Ahsoka shook her head "I know that but look we go the Powerball number. We won 3 credits!" She cries. Obi Wan shook his head "Wow!" He cried "you think we should get that over 20 years or go for the big pay out!" He replies in a sarcastic tone as Ahsoka rolls her eyes at him.

"I don't care" she replies "I've never won anything before. I can't believe this!" She cries as Satine smiles "So Ahsoka, what are you going to do with your 3 credits?" She asks her as Ahsoka then corrects her. "Well, it's not all mine" she reminds her "We all get 50 cents" she adds.

It was then that Padme decided she knew what to do - "Aw, you know what?" She says "You can have mine" she insists. Anakin nods "Me too" as Satine agrees "Me too" she adds. Everyone then looked over at Vizsla, who was sitting on the couch silently, still upset even though he didn't want to be in the lottery in the first place. He looks over at them "Well, I guess if everybody else is" he grumbles. Looks like the lottery had taken ahold of him and he had been keen to win.