Chapter 7: Coffee, Unsettling Situations & Stalkers

A.N I apologise for the very late delay on this chapter - case of writer's block, videos, RL and inspiration but I'm uploading this chapter here to see how it goes with everyone and I promise the next chapter will be longer

As the sun turned the sky into a light orange colour, the city was still filled with people and made it easy for Savage and Maul to casually move through the city, taking in their new surroundings and perhaps the chance of spotting Vizsla. Savage looked over at his brother as they made their way through the crowds of people. "Are you certain our friend is here?" He asks as Maul cautiously scans the crowds. "Our informant informed us he saw Vizsla here and he thinks he's safe here and we haven't found him" he informs him. Maul and Savage then headed into a local bar where they spotted their informant standing at the bar.

"Where is he?" Maul asks straight out startling the informant who spills a little of his drink before he turns around. "He's still here, and seems like he plans on staying here permanently. He has personal business here" he reveals as Maul and Savage exchanged glances with each other. "Personal business?" Maul asks as the informant nods. "It seems that your friend wasn't entirely honest with you in the beginning. I've done some research and discovered Vizsla's reason for coming back here" he reveals. Savage glares back at him "Stop stalling and tell us what you found" he snapped as the man, unfazed by his outburst, took a sip of his drink before he turns back to look at them.

"Vizsla has an ex wife and daughter. According to my sources, he left the ex wife when she was pregnant and now he wants to be with them" he says. Maul smirks. "Well, well, our friend has been busy and perhaps she could help us" he suggests before Savage and Maul exited the bar once more - their journey had just taken an interesting twist.


That afternoon, when Padme and Satine met up once more with Anakin and Obi Wan. They allowed Luke, Leia and Isabel to play nearby. James sat on his mother's lap. They all watched Luke, Leia and Isabel playing not too far away as Anakin spoke.

"They get along well, don't they?" He notes as Padme nods. "I'll admit Leia was more upset when Isabel wasn't in their class this year but after I explained to her that she'll just see her on the playground, she changed, but then again Leia and Luke really like you as their teacher, they saw you're much better than their last teacher and allow for more constructive lessons" she points out as Anakin laughs "Well, I believe that while they learn they should learn in a fun memorable way" he admits as Padme smiles "Well, you've made Luke and Leia more attentive in class and less mucking up with their friends" she confesses before she then adds.

"I will admit I never thought I'd be having coffee with another man, let alone that man be my children's teacher. It was easy to date when Luke and Leia were younger but when they started to see me dating more, they started demanding attention more" she admits. "Luke and Leia love you very much. I can't even count the amount of times in the day do they tell me about their wonderful mother" Anakin points out as Obi Wan suppressed the urge to smirk whilst Padme feels herself blush looking over towards her children playing with Isabel.

"I don't know what I'd do without them" she admits feeling a lump in her throat "It's the one good thing my ex fiancé gave me, the chance to be a mother but while I am sad they'll never know him, I know I can do this" she insists. Anakin smiles and then reaches over to place one hand on hers. "I can't imagine why he would want to give up an amazing woman like you Miss but from what I've seen you're doing a great job without him" he admits. Padme looks down at his hand on hers for moment and instead of wanting to pull away, she left it there.

It was then she heard Satine breath a sigh of relief "I can't thank you enough for what that means to me" she gushes as Obi Wan smiles "It's the least Anakin, Ahsoka and I can do to help you protect Isabel" he insists as Ahsoka had a question. "Do you think perhaps this trial may be a short one after you tell the judge what I may have seen today?" She asks as Satine nodded. "Perhaps, but are you certain it was him?" She asks as Ahsoka sighs. "I didn't see his face only the back but it was definitely male and he was trying to look into our classroom, I can't think of anyone else it could be?" She admits.

Whilst…..

Whilst their moms talked with Anakin, Obi Wan and Ahsoka, Leia and Luke were still worried for their friend Isabel, she was still playing the game but she was more quieter and less noisy and Leia missed sharing laughs with her friend about her brother. "Are you thinking about the bad man?' Leia asks her friend as Isabel quickly shook her head. "I can't talk about him he said he'll hurt my mommy" she sniffs as Luke then goes on

"Our mommy always told us to report strangers to her or an adult, you could talk to or Mr. Skywalker, he's cool!" He exclaims as Leia had a thought seeing Isabel quickly shake her head, tears in her eyes once more. "You could talk to Mr Skywalker's friend Miss Tano, she's really nice and she won't tell your mommy" she suggests. Isabel shook her head "But he said he'll hurt mommy if I told anyone else" she sobs as Luke shrugs "If you don't tell Leia's gonna blab, she does that" he warns her as Leia stuck out her tongue looking over at the adults

"Miss Tano, can you come play!" She cried seeing all five adults look over at them. Anakin grins over at his friend "Looks like someone's popular" he grins as Padme looks back at her "You don't have to, they'll understand" she insists as Ahsoka took another sip of her coffee then got to her feet "It's no problem, they're great kids and I don't mind" she insists rushing towards them.

"Alright, so what game shall we play?" She asks them before she notices Isabel's watery eyes "Isabel, are you alright?" She asks as she kept quiet as Leia nods as Isabel sniffs "Miss Tano, please don't tell my mommy but in the store today there was a bad man" she confesses. Ahsoka gasps "Isabel, are you sure?" She asks "What happened?"she adds as Luke grins "We scared him off but he said he'll hurt her mommy if she told and we said you could keep a secret" he points out.

Ahsoka looks back at Isabel, tilting her head "Isabel, is this true, did he threaten your mom?" She asks as Isabel nods. "I don't want mommy or my little brother to get hurt" she cried as Ahsoka pulls her in closer. "I promise Isabel, that won't happen" she assures her seeing Isabel look up at her before she gives her a hug. "Please don't tell my mommy" she sniffs. Ahsoka nervously bit her top lip - she had to keep a secret, a secret her mother should know about. "I promise Isabel, for now" she warns.

Luke then grins "Now can we play?" He asks as Ahsoka sighs "What did you have in mind?' She asks as Leia grins "Tag, you're it!" She cried before Isabel, Luke and Leia all ran leaving Ahsoka smiling before she chased off again them whilst Anakin, Obi Wan, Padme and Satine watched and enjoyed their drinks.


That evening when Satine returned home with Isabel and James, she felt like someone was watching her, an eerie feeling as she walked over towards her front door. She looked around and found nothing out of the ordinary before she was startled by her little girl. "Mommy, are we going inside?" She asks. Satine then turns back towards the door unlocking before Isabel and James hurried inside.

However, as she closes the front door, she doesn't realise that there was a car outside, not far from the home but it wasn't Vizsla, but Maul and Savage - their informant had told them of the last two known residents who knew of their former business partner. "Looks like he's not here but our informant was right" Savage points out looking down at the notes he had been given. "Our informant says here that Vizsla hasn't been to the house but he's attempting to see this woman, he thinks she's an ex" he points out

Maul grips the steering wheel tighter "Perhaps she can provide us with more knowledge so tomorrow we'll come back and talk with her" he explains before he starts the car up and drives down the road.


Padme was helping her two children get ready for bed when her phone rang. She noticed it was from Satine. She usually never called her at night. She looks over at her twins "Five more minutes play time while I'll take this call before bed" she tells them seeing them grin excitedly before she takes her phone and exits the room

"Satine, is everything alright? Is something wrong with Isabel and James?" She asks hearing her friend sigh "They're fine but tonight when I was coming home, I had this strange feeling like I was being watched" she confessed as Padme was confused "But Vizsla wouldn't dare try to contact you or jeopardise his chances for the custody hearing" she points out as Satine nods "Well, I believe Ahsoka when she said she may have seen him at the school but it didn't feel like him" she confesses "I mean what if he's hired someone to watch me?" She asks.

Padme then had a thought "Would you feel better if you, Isabel and James stay here a couple of days" she suggests. She then hears Satine reply "Oh no Padme, I couldn't intrude, I'm sure its just nothing" she admits as Padme shakes her head. "Satine, you're my dear friend and I want you to be safe and Luke and Leia would love to have a sleepover with Isabel and James, they'll be fine" she assures her. Satine thinks for a moment sighing. "Thank you Padme, I appreciate this' she insists "Tomorrow after school, we'll head over to your house" she explains. Padme smiles "See you tomorrow" she assures her before they both hang up and Padme headed back to put her twins to sleep


"I think that went well this afternoon" Anakin smirks as he relaxes on the couch to enjoy the races as Obi Wan shook his head. "Oh yes, your invite for coffee worked well and yet I don't feel we'll be having a second coffee date" he explains referring to that both Padme and Satine didn't plan another coffee time. Anakin grins, "Give it time Obi Wan. It may be weird for them because we teach their children but we've gotta be better than the other men they know" he points out

Obi Wan is silent for a moment before he realises Anakin was probably right and now they've all agreed to help Satine by being character witnesses in her custody hearing and yes he did it because he wanted to ensure Isabel remained with her mother but he was starting to feel something else for her.

He was then interrupted by Anakin's screams to the TV. "Oh come on!" He cries "I can drive better than him and faster too!" He confesses as Obi Wan sniggers "Oh yes, if I recall, I was called by you in 2am in the morning one time in college because you crashed your car whilst participating in a drag race" he reminds him as Anakin goes silent rolling his eyes

"One time, are you ever going to let that go?" He asks him as Obi Wan smirks over at him "Never" he replies just at the moment Ahsoka enters the room with Lux. Her long red hair straightened to her shoulders and she was wearing a halter neck knee length violet dress with matching shoes. "Alright, Lux and I are heading out to a movie, we'll probably see you in the morning" she insists as Anakin remained silent as Obi Wan grins "Have fun and don't do anything Anakin would do, which is the walk of shame at 6am" he reveals. Ahsoka sniggers as Anakin snaps "Again, one time buddy!" He snaps

Ahsoka shook her head before she waves goodbye to them before heading out the door with Lux leaving Anakin and Obi Wan still taunting each other.


Padme's Dream

Padme couldn't remember the last time she smiled, and not just any smile, but a smile which reminded of her of the first time she met Luke and Leia's father or when she saw them shortly after they were born. She watched her children performing in the school play which was being directed by their teacher and Padme soon found herself looking over at the tall, young man. She couldn't deny he was very handsome and if she didn't feel so low with confidence she may have flirted with him already but over the years, she had dealt with too many disappointing dates.

She then felt herself straighten even more when she saw him moving over towards her smiling "How's the play going?" She asks keeping casual as Anakin laughs "Very good actually, Leia's putting her reading skills to use and reading her parts and the narrator's" he admits as Padme sighs. Despite being seven, Leia did love to talk. "Sorry about that, I'll talk to her about it" she replies as Anakin shakes his head

"No need, Leia's also the narrator now. The other student stepped back when they got stage fright" he explains before she is then surprised by Anakin's next response "Padme, I was wondering if you would go on a date with me?" He asks flashing a small smile and suddenly Padme felt very weak in the knees blushing "I'd love to" she simply replies

End of dream

Padme slowly opened her eyes seeing it was still dark outside but her mind on the dream - she had sworn off dating and yet in the dream she had said yes without any question, her children's teacher and surely Luke and Leia liked their teacher. He was very handsome and when Padme first met him she did feel herself blushing.

But she hadn't dated anyone in two years and she thought she could focus on her children but since meeting their teacher, she can't seem to be able to stop thinking about him. She hadn't been on the dating scene in years, would he even want a second date with her after having a first? She hadn't thought of a man like this since Rush and yet Anakin was already different to him and not because he was a teacher but she could see he was kind, caring, protective and had a good sense of humour. She would talk to Satine about this when she came over tomorrow although she had a feeling Satine would attempt to tease her into a date.


The following morning, Ahsoka didn't return home from her date with Lux and instead texted Anakin to say she would be getting a ride with Lux to work that morning. Anakin sniggered to himself as Obi Wan entered the kitchen that morning for breakfast.

"What are you sniggering about?" He asks him as he proceeded to make a cup of coffee and some toast as Anakin sniggers even more "Ahsoka's getting a lift to work with Lux meaning she stayed the night with him and she didn't want to get busted coming home this morning before work" he reveals leaning back in his chair "Doesn't mean I can't wait to get to work and tease her there" he adds as Obi Wan shakes his head

"You do realise she'll remember all this and when you have a date she'll be teasing you" he warns him as Anakin shrugs "Least I won't stay the night with my date and 'hide' from my friends" he points out as Obi Wan takes a seat opposite him with his breakfast. "Although if you did that, it would be a nice change for you than the usual girls following you down the stairs and awkward small talk at the table" he points out as Anakin rolls his eyes

"And what about you?" He asks "You're not better, after Siri, you drowned your sorrows in drinks and flirting with every girl that came up to the bar" he reminds him "Nothing like getting a drunk call from you at 3am in the morning and when I go to pick up, you're standing right outside the front door" he smirks as Obi Wan shakes his head "I couldn't find my keys and I didn't want to get stuck outside" he corrects him as Anakin laughs "No, it went something like this - Anakin, please, please let me in. I don't want to die out here and there's a suspicious looking dog staring at me" Anakin recounts before he laughs "And when I opened the door, there's you leaning against the wall and the suspicious "dog" was a little puppy across the road" he reminds him

Obi Wan quietly takes a sip of his coffee before he clears his throat "You're not perfect either. Straight after you found out Darra cheated on you, you stormed straight into the local club, ordered drinks for everyone in the bar, danced like a fool with every girl until I get a phone call from the manager insisting I come pick up the one who called himself the most desirable man in the club" he sniggers

Now it was Anakin's turn to go silent before he tries changing the subject "Yeah well, least I've never done what Ahsoka did last night too embarrass to do a walk of shame" he admits as Obi Wan shakes his head "Oh there will be time for that, especially if you ever do date Miss Naberrie" he teases as Anakin remains quiet before he notices the time

"Come on, we better get moving or we'll be late" he tells him placing his empty breakfast plate and coffee cup in the sink before he headed out of the kitchen leaving Obi Wan to follow not before he shakes his head "One of these days will you ever wash up after yourself in the kitchen!?" He calls out to him hearing Anakin chuckle back "Not when you do a better job then me" he calls back just as Obi Wan started to clean up the breakfast plates and cups before they would head off to work.


As Satine was heading from the house that morning with Isabel and James. She also had packed three small suitcases for a temporary stay at Padme's starting that afternoon however that "feeling" like someone was watching her however as she reached the car and helped strap Isabel and James in their seats ignoring that strange feeling even as she packed the three suitcases in her car before she gets into the car and reverses down the driveway and heads down the road.

She didn't see the black car parked a few meters from the house on the opposite side of her house. Maul and Savage had returned to observe and had noticed the suitcases. "It would appear she's not going to be back here for a while" Savage noted as Maul nods "Perhaps our old business partner is planning to leave once more" he points out gripping the steering wheel. "Which we must not allow. Contact our private detective, have him follow the ex wife while we try to find Vizsla and have a chat with him" he suggests before he started the car and they drove down the road.


It was the earliest that Ahsoka had ever arrived at the school since starting as a teacher's aide however having spent the morning with Lux, she had a spring in her step and despite still having the same clothes, she didn't let it bother her as she headed towards the classroom after saying goodbye to Lux.

Ahsoka was near the classroom door when she noticed a mysterious figure, dressed in black jeans and white long sleeved shirt. He appeared to be waiting for someone. Ahsoka moved over towards him "Excuse me, can I help you?" She asks in polite voice seeing the man look over at her. He had dark hair and gave her a polite smile back. "Ah yes, you work with Mr Skywalker and Mr Kenobi right?" He asks. Ahsoka is taken aback by his question but simply answers him "I am Mr Skywalker's assistant but Mr. Kenobi and I are friends, are you a parent to one of their students?" She asks.

The man go silent before he sighs "I thought I could be" he admits before he looks back at her "You may want to warn you two friends about romances with parents because it's not the parent who gets hurt, it's the children" they warn as Ahsoka is taken back before she blinks "Who are you?" She asks "Are you Ms Kryze's ex?' She asks seeing the man give her a sly smirk "I wouldn't say ex so soon because I'm back for good and I'm making amends and I'm here to tell you right now, your friend Mr Kenobi, he can stop flirting with my wife" he tells her

Ahsoka rolls her eyes "I think you mean ex and she has told us she doesn't want anything to do with you" she warns him as Vizsla only smirks "She won't have a choice and believe me when I say I know dangerous people and I'd hate for you to lose one of your friends" he warns adding "And if you tell them about our conversation, you'll all be receiving a visit from those dangerous friends soon than you think" he warns him before he brushes past her heading back up towards the front gate leaving her in shock and processing what just happened and she couldn't even tell Anakin and Obi Wan about the conversation.

Next time: As Ahsoka tries to deal with her conversation with Viszla she turns to Lux for help, whilst Anakin becomes more talkative with Padme and Satine receives a surprising report about Isabel from Obi Wan, it has both mothers thinking that perhaps they could take a chance dating again. Satine has another day in court against Viszla and Maul and Savage also have a long awaited chat with their old business partner