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 7: Trouble in Paradise

Ahsoka walked into the school on Monday morning with much pep in her step as she was singing the main chorus to "So We Danced" which she considered to be her and Kidd's song. She rushed off to Master Fisto's health class which Ahsoka was doing quite well in. She sat down early in a seat in the front row where the hall way was still visible from her seat. She was people watching as she waited for class to start. Slowly other kids in her class started filtering into the room. She happened to notice Barriss, walked passed the classroom with a rather large frown on her face and even redness around her eyes as if she'd been crying. Ahsoka immediately got up out of her seat and turned to her friend in class.

"Chaz, don't let anyone take my seat, I'll be right back." Ahsoka demanded.

"You got it Ahsoka!" She exclaimed back.

Ahsoka pushed her way through the kids which seemed thick just looking for her friend. Ahsoka looked left and right up and down the halls as they thinned out with students going to class. Ahsoka looked and noticed the girls bathroom was to the right of her. "Of course, the bathroom!" she said to herself as she walked in.

"Barriss?" Ahsoka called out as she heard the sound of sniffles and slight gasps as if someone was crying. "Barriss, is that you?"

"Go away Ahsoka, please." Barriss insisted.

"Barriss please, what's wrong? Tell me!" Ahsoka said with a calming voice as she did genuinely care about her hurting friend.

"I don't want to talk about it right now Ahsoka, please just leave me." Barriss said.

Soon the bathroom door opened. It was Master Gallia. "Girls, time to head to class!" She demanded.

"Sorry Master Gallia, I'll head back to class now." Ahsoka stated. "I'll see you at lunch Barriss." Ahsoka stated.

When Ahsoka sat back down in class, she couldn't focus on anything except for her friend being upset with something. She was hoping she'd find out at lunch.

The lunch bell finally rang and Ahsoka jumped out of her planet studies class to rush off to the cafeteria. She grabbed her food and went to an empty table waiting for Barriss and Boba to join her. But the first person to join her was Kidd.

"Hey Sticks! Can I sit with you?" he asked.

"What kind of a nickname is that Kidd?" She asked.

"I guess it's because you're so skinny." He smiled

Ahsoka just glared at him. "You're so weird but I like you anyways; of course you can sit here." She then smiled.

"So, what's going on today? How's class?" Kidd asked.

"Class has been a big blur."

"That's how I feel about class most of the time." Kidd joked. He noticed that Ahsoka didn't even crack a smile at his joke and wondered what was wrong. "Hey, is everything okay?"

"Oh, yes, well, sort of. So this morning, I saw Barriss crying and she wouldn't tell me what was wrong and now I can't even find her." Ahsoka said with much concern.

"Ya know, I haven't seen her all day. Usually I see her in between my math class and species diversity class, and then of course at lunch." Kidd responded.

"I thought for sure I'd see her at lunch. I tried to talk to her in the bathroom but she wouldn't tell me what's wrong." Ahsoka mentioned.

"Hmm, maybe she's still in the bathroom." Kidd suggested.

"Kidd, this isn't a time to joke."

"I wasn't joking. If she's still here at school and neither one of us saw her, maybe she's still crying in the bathroom." Kidd defended himself. The last thing he wanted to do was make Ahsoka mad.

"Hmm, I suppose you're on to something. I'll be right back!" Ahsoka said as she jumped up from her seat.

"But wait! Aren't you going to finish your tacos? Okay I guess I'm by myself now."

Ahsoka flung the bathroom door open. "Barriss! Are you in here?"

There was no sound although she could tell there was someone in one of the stalls.

"Barriss!" She called again.

"I'm not Barriss, leave me alone!" Shouted a raspy voice of a young female Bith who just happened to be in the stall.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Ahsoka said as she backed up and walked out of the bathroom. She hung her head as she walked back to the lunchroom.

"Well, was I right?" Kidd asked.

"Nope, she wasn't in there."

Kidd really became concerned now for Ahsoka's friend. "Well, maybe she went home? Also, where's Boba? I haven't seen him today either." Kidd mentioned.

Ahsoka hadn't even thought about Boba. "I don't know, I haven't seen him either." Ahsoka said as she perked up a bit.

"I'll talk to DJ one of my pod racing comrades. He and Boba are buddies."

"Thanks Kidd!" Ahsoka smiled and leaned across the table and gave Kidd a small kiss on the cheek.

Kidd blushed and his heart raced to the point where he really couldn't eat any more. "Wowsa!" he shouted.

Ahsoka smiled at him. "Eat your lunch Mr." she joked. And together, they finished their lunch and went back to class.

Ahsoka ran inside after hopping off of the bus and went straight into her room. She pulled out her phone and began texting Barriss. Then she texted Kidd.

Kidd was the first to respond. "I talked to DJ, he said that Boba wasn't at school today so he has no idea what was going on."

Ahsoka texted back. "Does he know why Boba wasn't there?"

Before Ahsoka received Kidd's reply, there was a knock at the door. "Little Soka, may I come in?"

"Umm, sure Dad!"

Plo opened the door and walked over to sit on Ahsoka's bed. "How was your day sweetheart?"

"It was, troubling." Ahsoka stated. After she said it, she heard her phone buzz.

"Why was it troubling?"

"Barriss was crying and didn't even seem to be at school the entire day and Boba wasn't at school either. I'm just not sure what was going on." Ahsoka said with much concern.

"Hmm, I wonder why Barriss would have been upset." Plo said as he rubbed his chin below his mask.

"I don't know, she wouldn't talk much to me today."

"So, did you sit by yourself at lunch today?" Plo asked.

"No I sat with…." Ahsoka stopped remembering that her father wasn't crazy about Kidd.

Plo shook his head. "Oh, you sat with that boy." He said sternly.

"Dad!" Ahsoka said with a gasp and a roll of the eyes. "You didn't even take the time to get to know him, even Anakin has spent more time with him than you have."

"Well, I would have thought that the time Anakin spent with him would have scared him away from you." Plo joked and then hugged his daughter. "Be careful Little Soka." Plo got up and walked out of Ahsoka's room.

Ahsoka picked up her phone to see what Kidd had sent back to her.

"DJ said he didn't know why Boba wasn't at school and he's not answering to calls or texts either."

Ahsoka became concerned for Boba. Was something wrong? Was he sick? Was he dead? No, surely not dead. She shook that fear out of her mind and tried to put it past her. but whatever the issue was, it had Barriss tied up in tears as well. Ahsoka then responded to Kidd's message. "Do you think Boba's okay? You don't think he got into a bad car accident do you?"

Kidd almost instantly replied. "Ahsoka, don't let those fears get into your head or they will drive you crazy with worry. Whatever the issue is it's probably something you can't control and you'll find out soon enough if it's something big enough. But if you can't let it go, you can come to me and we can talk and maybe enjoy a dance or two."

"Thanks Kidd, you sounded really wise just then. How come you don't act that wise when I'm around you?" Ahsoka joked.

Kidd just replied with an emoji of a face sticking it's tongue out.