Sorry for the huge delay in updating. I had planned on updating sooner, but life got in the way.
Anyways, thank you for your patience, everyone who has read and reviewed rocks.
Ahsoka groaned as her alarm rang and she slapped the snooze button on it before turning over and going back to sleep. It had been almost three months since the Tano's had moved to Corrie and Ahsoka seemed to be fitting in pretty well. She and Echo had started emailing on a regular basis and were meeting every other Saturday at the library to study, Rex began coming as well and Fives only came when they would go to McDonald's afterwards; Ahsoka still couldn't figure out how he knew that 'cause Echo and Rex sure didn't tell him.
Jana Starr and her satellites continued to try and get under her skin, but she usually ignored them. Anakin and Ahsoka had become good friends during this time and he had started calling her Snips for her somewhat snippy demeanor, she retaliated by calling him Skyguy, something Fives found completely hilarious, much to Anakin's chagrin.
Five minutes after her alarm rang someone knocked on her bedroom door and her mother walked in.
"Come on, Ahsoka, it's time to get ready for school," she said, a smile playing at her lips.
Ahsoka groaned and pulled her pillow over her head before answering. "Just five more minutes," she said, her voice slightly muffled.
Her mother chuckled a bit before responding. "Unless you want to have some nice hot chocolate chip pancakes smothered in maple syrup for breakfast you'd better hurry, or else your father will get them first," she said as she stepped out of the room.
Ahsoka shot up in bed. Chocolate chip pancakes were her favorite and she knew how much her father enjoyed stealing her share if she was late.
She practically flew out of bed and raced to the bathroom, arriving moments before her older sister Lilo did.
"Hey, I need to get ready for my job interview!" Lilo said, banging on the door. She was three years older than Ahsoka, at 19, and liked to rub in the fact that she had more important things to do than school.
"And I need to get ready for school! Besides, your interview isn't for another four hours," Ahsoka shot back.
"So? I need time to style my hair," Lilo said.
"Since when does hair styling take four hours?!" Ahsoka asked.
Before Lilo could respond Haymish came around the corner.
"Could you girls keep your voices down? Marina is still sleeping," he said.
Marina was the oldest of the three girls, at 21 years old, and had been up late talking with their grandmother, going to bed at around 1:00 in the morning.
Lilo huffed and went back to her room to pick out her outfit for the interview, twenty minutes later Ahsoka exited the bathroom and went back to her room.
Pulling on her usual tunic and tights, she finished the look with her signature headband and beads. She gave herself a once-over, nodded in satisfaction and headed down to breakfast.
"Morning, Soka," Haymish said, kissing her on the forehead before sitting down.
Ahsoka poured herself a cup of coffee and sat in her usual spot at the table, a minute or two later Yuae carefully sat down as well, adjusting her heavily pregnant form until she was comfortable.
"Dad, do you think I could go to the library Saturday? Echo and I want to spend some time studying for the upcoming history test" Ahsoka said, stuffing her mouth with delicious chocolate chip pancakes.
"I don't see why not, though we wouldn't be able to pick you up afterwards," he answered, not looking up from his newspaper. Ahsoka shook her head and smiled, the internet and TV had been around for years now and Haymish still insisted on reading the newspaper.
"That's fine, I can figure out a way back," she said.
Lilo joined them for breakfast a few minutes later soon followed by Marina, who poured herself some coffee with lots of creamer.
"Morning, Sweetie, I thought you'd still be in bed," Yuae said.
Marina just shook her head and smiled. "I probably still would be if it hadn't been for the two mockingbirds over there," she said, gesturing at Ahsoka and Lilo.
Before Lilo could make a snarky reply Ahsoka spoke up. "Do you think you could take me to school today?" She asked Marina, who pretended to thinking heavily on the subject before fixing her with a suspicious stare.
"What's in it for me?" She asked.
"You'll get to hang out with one of the most awesome people on the planet," Ahsoka replied with an innocent smile.
Marina exchanged the stare for a smile a minute later. "Sure, Kiddo, we leave in ten," she said, finishing her coffee.
Ahsoka smiled and ran back to her room to grab her backpack before running out and climbing into Marina's 1991 Dodge Dakota pickup. Marina climbed in as well, started the engine, and soon they were on their way.
Ten minutes later Ahsoka was watching as Marina drove away when she heard motorcycle engines and saw Rex, Fives, and Echo pull up on their motorcycles.
Now that Ahsoka could see the bikes better she realized that she could tell whose was whose. Fives's bike was blue with silver trim and had an stylized 5 on both sides, just like his tattoo, she thought, done in black so it stood out on the blue paint job; Echo's bike was silver with blue trim and had what looked like a hand print done in dark blue paint on the left side, almost as of someone dipped their hand in pain and pressed it to the side; Rex's bike was similar to Echo's except for one thing, while Echo's bike had the hand print on it Rex's bike looked like it had a pair of slants that had one straight line and one line that curved from the outside inward, almost like the eyes of an animal, and there were tally marks below it.
The brothers pulled off their helmets and chained them to the bikes before making their way towards her.
Winter was approaching fast and the weather, though not as cold as Montana, still made her wear a hoodie over her usual attire, the boys however didn't seem to mind the weather at all.
"Hey, Ahsoka, what's up?" Fives said and Ahsoka rolled her eyes. Since she had started getting to know the brothers she found that Fives personally was mostly an act to put people at ease, she had discovered that he deeply cared about his friends and family and when either of them were threatened he became a totally different person.
She had seen evidence of this just last week when some stupid jock had tried to pick on Echo. Even though Echo could definitely take care of himself both he and Rex had to restrain Fives from pummeling the poor fool.
"Not much," she replied. "Hey, Echo, my dad said it was fine to go to the library Saturday."
He smiled and pulled off his leather jacket and gloves as they walked into the school.
"Awesome, do you need me to pick you up?" He asked and Ahsoka shook her head.
"Nah, my mom's got that covered, though I could use a lift home afterwards, my family won't be able to come get me."
Echo nodded as he placed his things in his locker and slung his backpack over his shoulder. "I think something can be arranged," he said with a smile.
The bell rang and everyone hurried to their classes, hoping that vice principal Windu would catch them if they were late.
The morning classes went by fast. Ms. Ti had handed out book reading assignments and gently chastised a student for falling asleep in class. They had chemistry with Mr. Koon who had them experiment with dry ice, wearing protective gear of course. Mr Koon was a tall man, bald with dark skin and long fingers. Because of health problems when he was younger he had to lug around an oxygen tank that he was constantly hooked up to, though he didn't seem bothered by it.
Ahsoka made her way into the hall and was just opening her locker when Barriss walked up.
"Hey, Ahsoka, you doing anything Friday night?" She asked.
"Not really, why?" Ahsoka replied, grabbing her history books and closing the locker door.
"Well, a few of the guys on the football team are throwing a party, and they said I could bring someone..." she trailed off, looking pointedly at Ahsoka.
Ahsoka sighed. "I don't know, Barriss, I'm not that kind of girl, I don't think I should," she said.
"Oh, come on, Ahsoka, I'll be all by myself without you," she said, adding a pout.
"Okay, sure, I'll be there," she said after a slight hesitation.
"Awesome, I'll text you the address, it's at 6 p.m." Barriss said and headed off to the cafeteria
Ahsoka sighed and pressed her forehead against her locker. What did I just get myself into? She asked herself.
It was too late to take anything back so Ahsoka sighed again and headed for the cafeteria as well.
Ahsoka, Rex, Echo, Fives, and Barriss were all sitting at their usual table together when Anakin walked up with a girl around his age.
"Hey, guys, I'd like to introduce you to someone, this is Padme Amidala," he said and then the two of them sat down.
"It's nice to meet you all," she said.
Padme was slightly shorter than Anakin with brown eyes and long brown hair that she kept pulled into a simple bun. Her clothes were new and fashionable, but also practical and didn't draw attention to herself. She held herself with an air of dignity and whenever she spoke she addressed people individuality, making eye contact with everyone involved.
"Amidala, as in Senators Jobal and Ruwee Amidala?" Barriss asked politely.
Padme nodded. "Yeah, they're my parents," she said, bowing her head in slight embarrassment.
"There's no need to be embarrassed, Padme," Echo said. He new what it was like coming from a well off family and could relate to Padme in that regard.
The rest of lunch was spent discussing a variety of subjects. Ahsoka discovered that Padme was studying to follow in her parent's footsteps. The two of them got along swimmingly and Ahsoka noticed that, while neither of them made a show of it, Anakin and Padme definitely had something going on.
The rest of the day went on and Ahsoka saw more evidence for her theory on Anakin and Padme. A lingering smile here, a quick hand squeeze there, just a lot of little things that most people wouldn't notice or care about.
If they like each other, why would they be trying to hide it? She mused to herself. If Anakin was hiding something, Ahsoka would most definitely find out.
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