A/N: AAAHHHH Ok so I updated and I had big plans on getting the girls back together and then I realized I completely left out part of Skylar's story. I really can't magically have her appear.
BAD TAMA! That's what happens when you don't do your homework before you start writing!
There is a lesson to be learned. Don't put off a ten page history packet and essay and extra credit until the day before it's due. You will be up 'till two working on it.
Moving on. This is all Sky's POV and should get everything caught up so I can get the girls back together in the next chapter! Crossing fingers!
Fi: Watch her forget something and make everyone wait another chapter.
Me: Shut up!
I don't own Star Wars and never will (probably unless I'm magically related to George Lucas. Wouldn't that be the coolest? You would win every argument ever. Someone says a really clever comeback. You: Yeah well I'm related to George Lucas. You know the guy that created Star Wars? That person's argument was just rendered invalid in all fifty states and Guam.)
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Susannastarwarsnerd97: I love you. With a passion. You're the best. This chapter is dedicated to you.
-TamachanKICK
I woke up to someone shaking me, and not very gently. I threw my fist out like I do when my alarm clock goes off but instead of hitting plastic it connected with flesh. I sat straight up and looked over to see Sketch rubbing his jaw.
"Jeeze kid," he looked at me and cringed. I started going a little overboard with my apologies eventually ended up on top of him much to the surprise of Cody, who had appeared behind us. Sketch pushed me off him and saluted while turning bright red.
"S-sir, I um, I-" he stammered and wouldn't look Cody in the eyes.
"Sketch if this is anything like Dantooine then I don't want to know." I gave Sketch a weird look.
"What happened on Dantooine?" He scratched the back of his head.
"Well, I um…" Cody held up a hand.
"No time." He looked at me and finally noticed my outfit and his brow furrowed.
"Yeah yeah yeah, I know. You should have seen me with the shoes on I looked like a freakin clown." He just kept staring at me then shook his head.
"We are stopping for fuel. I will ask the general if you can leave the cruiser to get new clothing."
"Yay," I screamed and jumped on him knocking him to the ground again. "Do you guys have skinny jeans here? Momma loves her skinny jeans. Or sweat pants. Those would work to, as long as they're not the baggy ones. You know? I like the jazz pants type ones. You still smell like Axe." He pushed me off his stomach and I sat on the floor next to him waiting for answers. He just ignored me and started to walk away. Sketch offered a hand to help me up.
"Looks like it's gonna take a lot more to soften him up. Better hurry, the commander doesn't like to be kept waiting." I nodded and gave him a quick hug then realized what I had done.
"Oh um sorry, I didn't mean-"
"It's fine kid. No worries." He smiled as I sprinted after Cody.
Jeeze this guy walks fast. I almost had to run to catch up with him.
"Hey will you slow down!" He stopped and turned around.
"Thank you. Goodness you don't have to sprint and shiz you could walk like a normal person." Blank stare ACTIVATE! Sheesh with all the FanFics I had read I guess I had started thinking he was a lot nicer than he really was. Stupid me. He started walking again leaving me to follow him into the turbo-lift.
"Hey kid." Flock tilted his head back in greeting. You know the way guys kinda twitch to say "I'm bad monkeys and too cool and studly to wave like a normal person."
"Does Crys know you're with the commander?" I put my finger up to my lips to jokingly shush him. He started laughing and Cody ignored the rest of our comments about him not having a girlfriend.
"Hey maybe he's gay!" I practically yelled as the turbo-lift opened up into the hanger and Obi-Wan turned around. Both of the clones saluted and Flock looked ready to implode. I waved innocently.
"Sir, may the girl leave the cruiser to buy new clothing?" Cody was still standing stiffly and looked kinda like he had something stuck up his butt. You know all high and mighty-ish. Obi-Wan stroked his beard and looked me up and down. I had to fight back the urge to say, "Take a picture it'll last longer," or something along those lines.
"Very well Commander. You may escort her." Yeah I wanted to die of laughter at the sheer irony of the situation. The guy obviously hated me and now he had to take me clothes shopping. Haha, oh sweet sweet irony. Cody nodded and Flock flashed him a very evil grin.
"Yay! Cheer up Cody we can have some girl bonding time!" Flock couldn't hold back anymore and before Cody could punch him or Obi-Wan could reprimand him he was on the floor with tears streaming out of his eyes. I smiled, hooked my arm in Cody's and skipped, and I mean skipped into the turbo lift. Cody stumbled and tripped behind me but I just dragged him in next to me.
"Was that necessary?" He snapped and looked like he was gonna slap me.
"Yes it really was. You've been being a poo to me so there." I turned and faced forward. Yeah I was seriously PO'd. "And besides you were my favorite clone ever. So all I'd ever done was like you." He put on his helmet and stayed silent for the rest of the ride down to the hangar and into the gunship. Which I wanted to jump and scream and make out with when I saw which one it was. You probably guessed it. The Lucky Lekku, only the coolest gunship EVER.
Tama: I'm really random in these things…
Fi: Get back to writing. People are waiting.
Tama: Fine.
Once we were in the gunship Cody took off his helmet and looked at me.
"What did that mean?" I honestly had no clue what he was talking about.
"Huh?"
"That I was your favorite clone."
"Oh, um, well where I'm from quite a few people know who you are. I just happen to be one of the more insane ones that know literally everything about you." His eye twitched. "Don't worry I also have some dirt on Rex, Bly, Niner, Fi, Ponds, Echo, Fives, and just about any other clone you can think of."
"What do you know about Rex?" Hehe I think I had gotten his interest.
"Well, I could make a pretty good case on how he has a crush on Ahsoka, and how he ran into a metal pipe. That wasn't moving." Cody smiled as the gunship touched down in the shopping district of whatever planet we were on. "Why the sadistic grin? Does this mean we're friends?" I was totally crossing my fingers in my head.
"We'll see. Come on, let's get this over with." I looked out and my spirit broke and crumbled. I thought it would be one or two shops with not so awesome clothing, but this was overly excessive. There must have been three hundred ba-jillion shops all with really fancy dresses in the windows.
"Um, do they have like a work clothes type store?" I looked up at Cody with a scared smile. He sighed.
"I doubt it. Most of these people are here vacationing and are extremely wealthy."
"Shit. Excuse my language." It could be a personal thing but I strongly dislike shopping in anywhere that isn't a sports store, dance uniform shop, or JC Penney. Little outlet stores really make me mad, and they're way too expensive. We stepped down and when we looked up at the pilot he waved. I could almost hear him laughing at poor Cody.
"Where do you want to start?" I looked up and down the street then pulled him to the right.
"We might as well start at one end and work our way to the other." He let out a very unprofessional groan.
Me: Huh Fi didn't butt in.
Fi: Well since you already did… DING!
Me: Ok I really need to find new friends.
"I know but we really don't have a choice." We walked into the first store and I was amazed at how fancy everything was.
"Uh, so I'm gonna need your help."
"Why?"
"I can't read your language too well..." He glanced down at me like I was crazy. "Well we don't use it! We write in English, at least where I'm from." Another sigh.
"What am I looking for?"
"Um, I don't really know sizes here but something along the lines of a medium in shirts and a five in pants." Poor guy. I thought he was going to explode.
"New plan. Look for stuff that you think would fit me then we'll meet back here in three minutes. Go." We split and scoured the store for anything decent, which wasn't much. I did end up finding a pair of black leggings and a fairly non revealing turquoise thigh length shirt. When I got back to Cody he had absolutely nothing; well technically he had a shirt but well you can guess what it looked like.
"What is that?" I held up the strip of fabric.
"I don't know. It was there." He pointed to one corner of the store where a sales girl was waving at us.
"Oh God." The girl started walking over to us.
"Can I help you find something?" She sounded like one of those really annoying valley girls that you want to punch in the face.
"Uh can you show me where the fitting rooms are?" I put on a very fake smile and she nodded way too enthusiastically.
"Right this way." I pulled Cody out of the middle of the store where he looked completely out of place. He definitely belonged on the battlefield not in a clothing store.
"So how long have you been seeing each other?" The girl looked at Cody who quite obviously didn't understand.
"Um I guess-."
"Were not dating." I cut him off before he could say something stupid.
"Oh," the girl grinned. "So you're related?" I gave her the look and she shut up.
I tried on the outfit and was very very happy to find the shirt was too big.
"Hey Cody will you do me a favor?"
"Sure?" I threw the shirt over the door.
"Find the size down from this one." He came back in a couple minutes threw it back over the door.
"Thank you." I slipped on the shirt and walked out. "What do you think?" His eyebrows shot up. I looked down. The shirt really wasn't revealing; it was simply a t-shirt that was tight around the sleeves and loosened until it reached my thighs where it tightened up again. The leggings that I originally thought were completely black had silver stitching in the sides and at the base which reached down to my ankles.
"I just need shoes!" That was the only part of shopping I loved. Shoes, those glorious foot coverings. I could hear the angels singing in the back of my head. Cody nodded and we walked to the front.
"You're wearing the clothes out then?" The girl came around to the front of the counter and scanned the pants and shirt. "That will be two hundred credits." Cody reached into a small box thingie on his belt and pulled out what I'm assuming was the right amount.
We walked out of the store and he turned to me.
"How long will it take you to find shoes?"
"How many pairs can I buy?"
"One." I frowned.
"Then ten minutes." He nodded and pressed his comm.
"This is commander Cody requesting pick up in ten." And identical voice sounded on the other end.
"How was your shopping trip commander?"
"Shut up and confirm."
"Yes, Sir. Pick up time confirmed."
"Thank you, Cody out." He switched off the comm and I stood there smiling.
"What?"
"You're going to get a whole ton of crap for this aren't you?" He sighed and nodded.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine." We started walking and I thought for a second.
"Who would be the one to pick on you the most?" I looked up at him.
"Most likely Rex." I flashed a very evil grin.
"Good the one I have the most dirt on. If he starts making fun of you I'll make him pay 'kay."
"Thank-."
"SQUEEEEEEEEEE." I shrieked as loud as I could and ran into the store and picked up the perfect pair of boots. They were simple but completely perfect. I actually had boots exactly like them at home; grey with faded silver buckles keeping together two belts that wrapped around where the ankle would be. They came to about half way between my calf and ankle and when I put them on, fit perfectly. Cody looked at me like I was insane.
"My life is complete." My face was completely serene as he dragged me up to the counter to pay.
We got out to the gunship just in time and were back on the ship way too soon. Obi-Wan was there to greet us.
"Miss Skylar." He looked kinda scared. Almost like he had been talking to any of my friends…
"Hi." I rocked back and forth on my heels.
"May I ask a favor of you?" I was slightly confused.
"Depends. What's the favor?"
"That there is no mention of this stop to anyone. The same goes for you commander." Cody and I looked at each other and nodded.
"Okay." Obi-Wan sighed and visibly relaxed.
"Thank you, you may go." He motioned and Crys walked forward. I turned to Cody.
"Thanks." With that I went with Crys back to the barracks. As I stood talking to Sketch and telling him about Earth I felt the cruiser take off.
A/N: That should catch everything up. If it doesn't you have my permission to smack me.
Fi: YES!
Me: Not you. Just the readers.
Fi: If I read it can I smack you?
Me: Sure but you would have to learn English.
Fi: Never mind.
Me: That's what I thought.
Anyway I know there really wasn't action in this chapter but I've always to make a clone go shopping with someone. It was either Cody with Sky or Echo with Cynthia. This just worked out. The next chapter probably won't have too much action either but I promise after that we'll get the ball rolling.
~Tama
