Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.-Buddha
"Hey, Codes," Rex poked his head into the room. Cody looked up from the file Porter had been showing him. After being in here for three weeks, Cody had needed an outlet. Porter had provided it. He'd started bringing in mission briefs or different write ups from around the galaxy as well as recent news. Reports were soon added. It was now five weeks into this room and Cody was helping Porter put together a mission. Neither were going on it, seeing as Porter had somehow gotten himself on permanent security duty for Cody, but Kota needed to know numbers and Porter was good at it. It was helping Cody get back to who he used to be and he liked it. Barriss was gone for the moment, out doing some training with some of the other Jedi on base. Obi-wan was out talking to Mace, who had just returned from Courasant. So, Porter was left to entertain Cody.
"Yeah?" Cody was perched on the edge of his bed, Porter on his right side. It was a whole lot more comfortable position for him than lying down.
"I've got someone I'd like you to meet. Got a minute?" Rex shifted a little, only his torso visible. His arms where holding something just out of sight.
"Are they gonna try to kill me?" Cody frowned, glancing at Porter. He wasn't helping at all with that huge stupid grin on his face.
"Ah…no," Rex shook his head. "I don't think they could if they wanted to."
"Okay," Cody shrugged, setting the datapad behind him on the bed. When he looked up, not only was Rex coming into the room but Alpha as well and each was carrying a child. One was a girl, the one Rex was carrying, and one was a boy. They were about a year old or so and weren't quite human. The girl, instead of hair, was sporting headtails and the boys skin was white and orange. Cody raised an eyebrow, unsure what to make of everything.
"This is my daughter, Araya," Rex smiled down at the little girl as he sat down next to Cody. Alpha came and stood by them, holding the boy. "And that is my son, Lorne. They're twins. Kinda hard to tell, but Sokie had them about five minutes apart."
Cody blinked, watching Rex talk about his kids. He had this proud look on his face, one he always had seen when one of the men did something or learned something new. These little kids were precious to him, his life source, his joys.
"I was going to ah... show them to you earlier, but..." Rex glanced at Cody, ashamed. "Things were...ya know?"
"Its alright, Rex," Cody nodded. Yes, Rex had hidden his children from him, but he had plenty of reasons. He had been drugged at the time, even if they hadn't known it, and going off orders from the Emperor. Yes, he was hurt that Rex hadn't trusted him them, but he was trying now and that was all that mattered. "They got their looks from Ahsoka."
"Cody," Barriss' soft voice woke him and he blinked slowly, groaned as his body complained. The room was still dark and there was no light coming from underneath the door. Still too early for Meds to be up? Probably. "Cody, you awake?"
"Now," he mumbled, attempting to roll over. Barriss' soft hands grabbed his shoulder and rolled him back over. He could barely make out her face in the dark, but he knew she was smiling.
"Wake up, sleepy head. We need to talk," Barriss turned on a glow rod. Yup, she was smiling and that glow rod was bright.
"Why? What time is it?" he groaned, rubbing his eyes.
"Doesn't matter. Look, I don't know if you remember giving this to me because it was right before you left the last time and you really didn't give it to me. You left it with my stuff after you left that morning. Actually, I don't think you ment to give it to me, but I found it and never got rid of it," Barriss was babbling and it was super early.
"Hon, I did not get a thing you just said," Cody groaned. "What are you talking about?"
"This," she held out her hand.
"Hon, I didn't give your hand. You've always had it," Cody rolled away, closing his eyes. Suddenly, something registered in his brain and he sat up, grabbing her hand and holding it up so he could see it in better light. There, sitting on her finger, was a little gold ring with a little diamond in the middle. He blinked, remembering he had left it in Barriss' room after spending the night, for safe keeping. He hadn't worked up the courage to ask her yet. How had she found it?
"You left it in my underwear drawer, Cody. I was bound to find it at some point," Barriss giggled at his confusion. "So, is it real or should I put it back in the box?"
"What? NO! No, keep it. I was gonna ask, but I didn't know how and I was afraid you were going to say no and things kept coming up and," Barriss leaned forward and pulled him into a long kiss, successfully shutting it up. She eventually pulled away, still smiling.
"I would love to marry you, Cody. You never had to ask."