POV: Anakin Skywalker

After having the kids play for a bit with Padme, they calmed down. I carried both Kaimi and Airi back to their respective rooms and laid them on their beds. Ahsoka was waiting for me in our room. I was slightly uneasy about Padme's hug earlier. I wondered if there was some deep meaning laced into it, but I was probably thinking too hard into it. If I told Ahsoka, she would probably confront Padme...

I entered my room, seeing Ahsoka's eyes closed. I tiptoed over to the bed and carefully laid down on it. "I'm not sleeping, Ani," she laughed.

"Oh. I thought you were..."

"Of course not. I've been waiting for you. Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"You felt really uneasy when we were with Padme. You're not acting the same now. You seem nervous and off. That's why I'm asking."

I sighed, realizing that I had a hard time keeping secrets from her. "Padme hugged me earlier. It felt kind of... weird. That's what I'm uneasy about. I'm probably just over-thinking something that's really nothing."

She propped up on her elbow to look me in the eyes. "If it made you feel this way, then obviously there was something wrong with it. Did she do or say anything prior to or after it?"

"She told me that I had a good heart. She said that she could see how you fell in love with me and then how she did, too. There was nothing afterward though."

A look of hurt crossed her features. "You don't think that she's falling in love with you again, do you? I mean, I know that you two have a child, but... Ani..."

I shushed her and pulled her close to me. "Even if she is falling in love with me, I'm not falling for her. I married you because I wanted to, not because I felt that I had to. I love you with all of my heart, not a portion of it. Well, actually it's divided between you and Kaimi..."

She laughed and punched my chest. "You have to love me and Kaimi equally. What if she tries to lure you into loving her again?"

"I won't fall into that trap."

"Ani..."

"No. Soka, I'm not going to fall for her ever again. Yes, I had a child with her, but do you understand how long she hid that fact from me? Five years. You only kept it from me for, what, an hour at most?"

"Two hours actually," she sighed.

I smirked. "That's beside the point. That was hours, not years." She cuddled up closer to me and kissed me. "We may have had a small argument about it when we found out, but you told me upfront that you were pregnant. I learned about my five year old daughter by walking in and hearing her call out for Padme while I was Force-choking her." Ahsoka didn't look like she believed me very much, which kind of upset me. Did she really think that I would leave her? I sat up, pulling away from her, and turned to look at her. "Ahsoka Skywalker, are you accusing me of not loving you? If I didn't love you, I would have left you before I married you."

"I never said that you didn't love me. You just... never said that you don't love her..."

"I don't love her, Ahsoka. Don't worry, I will not leave you for her," I whispered, leaning down to kiss her slowly and passionately. "I love you and only you, Soka." She pulled me on top of her and I knew what she wanted. I smiled, kissing her lovingly.

POV: Obi-Wan Kenobi

I sighed after a few hours of lying beside Satine. Watching her sleep had been great, but I needed to do something with the ship. We've been floating in Coruscant's orbit since we rescued Kaimi. I got off of the bed as carefully as I could so as not to wake Satine and left the room. I passed by Airi's room, hearing her snoring lightly.

I walked past, heading toward Anakin and Ahsoka's room. As I got closer, I realized that I had once again been disturbed. I slammed my palm against my face and sighed. "By the Force..." Things quieted down afterward. I could hear them both laughing inside, so I decided that I could now interrupt them. I knocked on the door.

There was a bit of shuffling going on inside and after a few moments, the door slid open. I looked at Anakin, raising my eyebrow. He looked like... never mind. All he had on was pants... "If you're done enjoying yourself..."

He laughed and turned to face Ahsoka. I glanced at her, seeing a blush creep into her lekku. She laid back on the bed, throwing the blankets over her entire form. "Don't embarrass my wife, Obi-Wan," he laughed. "Anyway, you came here for a reason. What's up?"

"I apologize, Mrs. Skywalker," I replied, causing laughter to erupt from both of them. I sighed and rolled my eyes. "I came to ask if you had any preferences on a planet we should fly to. We've been above Coruscant for a while and I figured that you would both like to get off the ship. I guess I was wrong, considering the fact that you can still have fun on a ship..."

Anakin burst into laughter again. "Ahsoka and I can have fun anywhere. I take it Satine is still shutting you out."

"She is not – Anakin..."

He turned around, facing Ahsoka. "Well, where would you like to live? Naboo, Mandalore, and Coruscant are out of the question. We may have to choose from a container or something if we can't decide."

"Rishi or Ryloth," she answered.

Anakin turned back to me with his trademark smile. I rolled my eyes. "Rishi sounds fine. I'll talk to Padme and Satine about it."

"Maybe she'll let you back in..." Anakin muttered under his breath, disguising it with a cough.

"You'd better sleep with one eye open for a while, Anakin," I threw back, leaving before he could reply with some smart comment.

POV: Anakin Skywalker

"What was that about?"

I laughed, turning around to head back to our bed. I plopped down beside Ahsoka and put my arms around her. "Satine isn't letting him... you know."

"Really? Why?"

"She's having some issues trusting him apparently. I don't know exact details."

"How do you know about this?"

"They're hardly ever separated. Obi-Wan spent the entire day repairing the ship, which he hates to do, leaving her with Airi. Normally, he would ask me to go repair the ship because I can do it in less time, but he didn't ask me until he was wiped out." She looked nervous for a few moments. "Don't worry, Ahsoka. Those two are too tight to let something like that go. They'll work it out in the end." She sighed and frowned, leaning closer to me. "What's wrong?"

"I'm the cause of their problem."

I was taken aback for a second. "How could you be the cause of something like that? You haven't done anything wrong as far as I know."

"Obi-Wan is worried about me because I'm stressed, much like how worried you are. I overheard Satine arguing with Obi-Wan. This was when you were asleep below deck. She asked him how he could fall for another married woman who was having another man's child..." Tears began to roll down her face, almost breaking me. "I never wanted to hurt their relationship. I really didn't. Obi-Wan was trying to be nice to me because you were stressed, too."

"I understand, Soka," I said, wiping away her tears and trying to sound calm. "I'll... see if I can talk to Satine. I know Obi-Wan wouldn't leave her. There's a reason for –" I stopped what I was about to say. I was just about to tell her that marriage was a big deal and that dishonesty wasn't allowed in it. I would be hurting myself by remembering what Padme did to me in our marriage. I pushed that thought away and smiled at her, kissing her cheek. "I'll talk to Satine."

She nodded and closed her eyes. I stroked her lekku until I heard her soft snores, indicating that she had drifted off into sleep. I carefully slid off of the bed, throwing a loose shirt onto my bare chest. I quietly exited the room, heading toward Satine and Obi-Wan's room. I knocked on the door and heard a bit of shuffling as footsteps neared the door. It slid open to reveal a very tired looking Satine. "Anakin," she greeted. "Is everything all right?"

"Can I talk to you, please?"

"Of course," she replied, motioning for me to enter the room. Obi-Wan wasn't in, so I could freely speak my mind without offending him. Satine sat on the edge of her bed while I stood looking down at her.

"Ahsoka just brought it to my attention that you believe Obi-Wan is cheating on you."

"How would she know that?"

I crossed my arms over my chest. "She believes that she is the cause of your arguments. She overheard one and felt guilty. She told me that Obi-Wan was trying to help her because I'm stressed just as much as she is. I –"

"She's taking my husband away and leaving you. Aren't you her husband? Why don't you care about what she's doing? She's playing games with him!"

"Ahsoka is doing no such thing!" I yelled, growing increasingly angry.

"The way she looks at him gives it all away! I know that she's in love with him, too. He must feel something for her because he constantly checks on her. I wouldn't be surprised if your child turned out to be his."

If my jaw had been as flexible, I assumed it would have hit the floor and crashed through into the lower parts of the ship. "Excuse me?"

"I'm saying that Ahsoka could be carrying Obi-Wan's child. Why do you think he's diving into this pregnancy? He didn't do much for her when she was pregnant with Kaimi."

"Satine, I am absolutely positive that that child she's carrying right now is mine. Why would you pin this on Obi-Wan? I thought you trusted him! I trust Ahsoka and I know that she wouldn't do something like you're implying. Don't you think you're just a little bit insecure?"

"Insecure? My, Anakin, you have grown up, but only a little. You're living in some fantasy world. You had a child with Padme. Maybe Ahsoka thinks she can show you her pain by having one with Obi-Wan."

"I can't believe that I'm actually listening to this," I sighed in frustration, glaring at her.

"You had better check who you're trusting, Anakin. Ahsoka –"

"I'm done!" I screamed, throwing my arms down to my sides, balling my hands into fists. "I'm not going to listen to anymore of this. I trust her because I love her. Obviously you've lost your love for Obi-Wan if this is how you trust him."

I turned on my heel and exited the room. I bet I woke Ahsoka up...

I really didn't want to go in there and face her at the moment. She would probably be upset with me for the way I had gone about things. Arguing had never really been her biggest negotiator... I entered the bridge to see Obi-Wan looking slightly depressed. I sat beside him, displaying the same expression. He glanced over at me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Are you all right?"

"Yes. Hey, can you set the coordinates in for Rishi? I kind of want to go there."

"Sure," he replied, moving to do as I had ordered.

I waited for him to take his seat before I spoke again. "I had an argument with your wife."

"You did what?" he exclaimed.