Disclaimer: *cautiously crawls out of hole and looks around* Whew! No llamas. *begins searching for Rilme* Once I find Rilme, I can put my plan to get my A.P.C.M. back. Until then, I don't own Star Wars.

This story takes place about a year after chapter 5. By now, Rilla and Troy are 22, as are Obi-Wan and Sarah. Anakin is 12, while Andrew and Natalie are 1.

First Words...

Rilla Ridley sat on the floor of her living room staring down at her son. He gazed back at her, his blue eyes amused by his mother's frustration.

"I know you understand what I'm saying, kid," Rilla said. She had been trying to get her son to talk for nearly an hour to no avail.

Behind her, Sarah Kenobi chuckled. "Relax, Rilla," she told her sister-in-law and best friend, "he'll speak when he's ready."

"Easy for you to say," Rilla retorted. Motioning towards the little girl in Sarah's lap, she continued, "Natalie has been speaking for months now."

Sarah looked down at her daughter before returning her eyes to Rilla, "True. But everyone knows that girls learn faster than boys."

They both laughed at that.

"I won't argue with that," Rilla said. Then she frowned, "I hope the boys get back soon."

"Me too."

The two women had been waiting for their respective husbands to return from a particularly dangerous mission. The last contact either of them had had was with Anakin Skywalker, and all they had been able to make out through the static was that someone had been hurt pretty badly. That had been a week ago. The Jedi Counsil had informed Rilla the day before that the group was leaving to return to Livfrhm. The fact that the Counsil had been the ones to call had only put the two mothers even more on edge.

Just then, Rilla felt a familiar presence getting closer. "They're here!" she exclaimed, jumping up and lifting Andrew onto her hip before rushing outside, Sarah close behind her.

The both came to a halt when they saw the men.

"What have you two done now?" Sarah muttered under her breath, her eyes filled with concern.

Obi-Wan Kenobi was pale and had his right arm and shoulder bandaged. Troy didn't seem to have faired any better, as his left leg was bandaged and he was limping. Anakin seemed to have had some trouble as well, as he had a bandage wrapped around his head. They all stopped when they spotted the women.

There was silence as the two groups stood staring at one another. Anakin discreetly backed away, knowing that pretty soon the reunion would begin. He was right.

Rilla was the first to move. Setting her son down, she ran to Troy and wrapped her arms around his neck, being careful not to hit his injured leg. Andrew toddled after his mother and hugged his father's good leg, as if knowing that he was injured. Troy wrapped one arm around his wife and picked his son up with the other, pulling both close to him.

Sarah moves a bit more slowly, meeting Obi-Wan halfway. Turning to Anakin, she handed Natalie to him to hold, then turned back to her husband. Their eyes locked and she placed a hand on his cheek. Reaching out with his good arm, Obi-Wan pulled her to him. She instantly wrapped her arms around him.

Anakin stood observing the scene before him, while holding his honorary niece. Looked down at her, he said, "Don't you love moments like this?"

The little girl merely gazed up at him.

Obi-Wan, having heard his Padawan speaking, turned and, letting go of Sarah, held out his arm. Knowing what he was asking, Anakin carefully passed Natalie to his Master.

"Hi, sweetie," Obi-Wan whispered to his daughter. "I missed you."

"Dada!" Natalie cries happily. She threw her small arms around his neck and hugged him as tightly as she could.

Sarah smiled, standing beside her husband, before reaching out and giving Anakin a hug. The Ridley group turned to face the others. Anakin then walked over to Rilla and gave her a hug, which she returned. He then took Andrew from Troy and gave the little boy a big hug.

Finally, Rilla spoke, "Do I want to know what happened to you three?"

"Probably not," Obi-Wan replied.

Before anyone could respond, a new voice called out, "Ben!"

Startled, everyone turned and stared at Andrew. The boy had his arms outstretched towards Obi-Wan. Surprised, Obi-Wan handed his daughter to Sarah before taking his nephew.

Rilla was the first one to come out the shock. "Of course, those would be his first word!" she said, throwing her hands up pretending to be irritated. Her smile betrayed her though.

Troy, however, looked confused, "How did he get 'Ben' from 'Obi-Wan'?"

Rilla shrugged, "There's no telling. He is part Kenobi, you know. We do weird things."

"I won't argue that point."

Obi-Wan just smiled, "Well, I have a feeling that, from now on, all my nieces and nephews are going to be calling me Ben."

Sarah laughed, "Good chance."

Everyone joined in laughing with her.

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A/N: So, I wanted to come up with an explanation for why Obi-Wan chose the name Ben while on Tatooine. Even though he won't need it, since Anakin won't turn on my stories, but I still wanted to do it.