Author's Note: Hey people! I want to finish this story up soon since I have a really good idea for my next story and I refuse to have two stories going at once seeing what it does to LadySaxophone. Also it might take me awhile to get my next story up since I plan on writing it before posting to make updating easier. I'll have more details on my next story later. So in this chapter we learn who are the winners and who are the losers and a slight surprise for Obi-Wan. By the way I really don't want to go into ROTS…last chapter I only went into it for the sake of cannon. By not doing this I don't have to worry about a moody Anakin, and I can keep this fic purely humor like it's supposed to be. Sorry to disappoint some readers out there but I don't really think I'm all that good at writing angst. If you want my version of angst read my one-shot Indecision. Enough of me here's the next chapter…Miss Pippin OUT!
"…Soooooo…Obi-Wan…how would you feel about being the god-father of my daughter." Anakin asked hesitantly.
"I would be honored Anakin, and I thought you said that you and Padme didn't know what it was going to be?"
"We didn't but I think it's a girl and Padme thinks it's a boy, so we have a little competition."
"What's this friendly competition?"
"Whoever wins has to change the diapers for the first six weeks."
"Harsh!"
"I know right. You'll babysit right?"
"NO!"
"C'mon master, you know you want to."
"No, and that's final. I already got enough gray hairs from teaching you."
"Hey! That is NOT from me…you're just old."
"I'm only 32!"
"Suuuurrrreee and I'm 17!"
"No really Anakin I'm only 32, you can check my birth certificate if you don't believe me."
"That's too much work, anyway do you think we have enough knights to beat the girls?"
"Definitely, 30 was a huge accomplishment, we're at 50 ½ and I doubt the girls have that much since their score was only 30. I'm betting Siri's arrogance gained from being in the lead stopped her from trying as hard as she could."
"I still don't know Obi-Wan, I wouldn't put it past Padme to try extra hard just to spite us."
"Well we won't know till tomorrow, and I'm not in the mood to make anyone else confess. If you have to tell the council then so be it."
"You'll help won't you Obi-Wan, you know so they don't expel me first chance they get?"
"…"
"Obi-Wan?"
"Of course Anakin I was joking."
"Good."
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"So do you think we have enough knights to beat the boys?" Siri asked Padme.
"Of course, we have 50 ½ I doubt the boys were able to get thirty more knights to confess in a month. Plus we worked our hardest, they're probably betting we slacked off because we were in the lead."
"Good point, but still they are The Team, I'm just a little nervous. I don't want to be the one to confront the council."
"You don't have to worry Siri, even if we lose, I'll still come to the council meeting with you. We're a team."
"No Padme I can't let you do that, it would be unfair, and also against the agreement we had. Plus you're seven months pregnant, and I don't know how well the council will take that."
"They'll find out sooner or later, plus, when Anakin and I got married, we agreed that should the situation come up, we would tell the council together. I don't see why I can't come with you to the council chambers. It's not like I'm doing strenuous activity."
"Fine, but if Anakin gets angry about it I'm blaming you."
"Agreed, but Anakin never gets mad at me he just gets aggravated since he can't argue with me." Padme said with a smirk.
"Still he might get mad at me so this one's on you."
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"So boys do you think you got what it takes to beat us?" Siri smack talked.
"Of course, we're about to blow your socks off!" Anakin said.
"Blow their socks off Anakin?" Obi-Wan questioned with one eyebrow raised.
"What?" Anakin said.
"That's the best you got?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Yes do you have a problem?"
"Oh no, I just think that's just a little juvenile."
"Well unlike some of us, I am still young!"
"And still immature."
"Hey! I'm the Hero with No Fear thank you very much."
"That doesn't mean you're mature."
"Of course it does!"
"Oh really explain why just last night you-"
"Ok ok cut it out you two, it's almost time for the meeting" Siri intercepted. They all headed into the living room of Padme's pent house. Today's meeting was the final meeting, and everyone was going to sign the petition. It wouldn't be until after the meeting would they find out who won.
"Garen!" Siri shouted. Garen, a long-time friend of both her and Obi-Wan was there. "I didn't know you were married!"
"Yeah I fell off the Jedi no attachment wagon last year."
"Who recruited you?"
"Obi-Wan, he walked into the hanger one day when I was leaving to go visit Martha. He asked where I was going, and I told him that I was going to Dex's. Well after that he asked if I could accompany me since Dex was a good friend of his. It wasn't exactly a lie since I was supposed to meet Martha there anyway. Well I guess Obi-Wan could sense my nervousness because the next thing I know he's telling me about you, how you guys got married a couple of months ago. I ended up telling him everything in the speeder, about Martha anyway." At that moment a pretty brown eyed blond walked up to Garen and took his arm. The surprising thing was that she was obviously pregnant. Not as much as Padme, but around three months along.
"Who's your friend Garen?" she asked.
"This is Siri. Siri meet my wife, Martha."
"Nice to meet you Martha. Wow you guys didn't waste any time did you? Congratulations!" Siri greeted.
"Thank you, we weren't really sure what to do, but when Obi-Wan told us everything it became clear that we had to come and sign the petition."
"Well thanks every signature counts!" With that Siri left to go find Obi-Wan. Seeing Martha reminded her of something, but she decided that it could wait until the end of the meeting.
"Let's get this meeting started. Right now I want everyone to come and sign the petition." Padme said. "We have several things to discuss during this meeting. First off is we're going to present the petition to the council tomorrow so we need everyone to sign the petition today." Immediately murmurs spread through the crowd, everyone was scared at the prospect of telling the council since there was the slight chance that everyone could get expelled.
"Now now everyone we shouldn't be afraid, I'm sure that everything will turn out fine." Obi-Wan said. After everyone quieted down, Padme continued.
"I want everyone to get into a nice orderly line. I want everyone to sign the petition since with the opinions of the outside crowd; the council might make a different decision." That seemed logical to everyone so they formed an orderly line and went to sign the petition. After it was signed everyone dispersed until it was only Padme, Siri, Anakin, and Obi-Wan.
"And now time to see who won the competition!" Anakin exclaimed, excited.
"I don't see why we would have to wait any longer." Padme said.
"Well I think the girls should go first, as the saying goes 'Ladies first.'" Obi-Wan said.
"Yes but without the gentlemen there wouldn't be ladies such as ourselves, therefore I think the men should go first in this occasion." Siri said.
"But common courtesy demands that I let you go first."
"And you must always be courteous don't you Obi-Wan." Siri said starting to get angry.
"Well I do try."
"Well women's rights say that we have a voice and are equal to men. Therefore you should go first since your previous statement is now false."
"Accurate, but does women's rights say that you must always let the other go first."
"Well…no."
"No they do not, therefore I believe that you and Padme should go first considering that both of us on our team are Jedi, and we must be courteous."
"Point for the Negotiator." Anakin said. He and Padme were sitting on the couch curious to see if Siri could beat the famed Negotiator in a debate. Finally Padme intervened.
"Why don't we both just reveal our final numbers at the same time?" That seemed fair to everyone so they all counted to three before saying at the same time.
"FIFTY AND A HALF. WAIT YOU TOO? NO THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT. STOP THAT!"
"It seems we are at an impasse." Obi-Wan stated.
"Well what do we do? Who's going to tell the council now?" Anakin asked.
"Why don't we all tell them together. We each seemingly worked equal amounts. Really it's the only fair solution." Padme stated.
"I guess that will work, at least if the boys are up for it." Siri agreed.
"That seems the only fair solution. Alright, then Obi-Wan, Siri, and I will consult the council tomorrow."
"Wait! I want to come too!" Padme said.
"Angel you're not a Jedi, and you're 7 months pregnant I don't want you under any stress."
"I'm already under stress with you going on so many missions and the corruption in the senate. This is the least of my worries I won't be under any more stress. Plus I had just as much a part in this competition as you. I'm going and there's nothing you can do about it!" Padme said gradually getting louder.
"Fine."
"Really Anakin I thought you would put up more of a fight then that." Obi-Wan said.
"When she gets that look in her eye, I can tell that nothing I say or do will get her to change her mind."
"I get like that and you still argue with me." Obi-Wan said disdainfully.
"Yeah, but that's just because your funny when you're mad."
"I am not!"
"Actually I have to agree with Anakin there Obi-Wan. As much as I love you, I used to make you mad on purpose when we were younger because you were so funny." Siri said laughing.
"You didn't!" Padme said.
"Yes I did. You should've seen his face when I replaced the whip cream for shaving cream on his jello. His face was-"
"I think they get it Siri. Anyway it was nice time, but I'm tired it's been a long day and we should be getting back to the Temple. Thank you Padme again for letting us use your place as a meeting place. Remember we have a council meeting at noon, don't be late." With that Obi-Wan steered Siri out of the pent house.
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When they got back to the temple, Obi-Wan and Siri headed to Obi-Wan's quarters. Upon arriving they went to the kitchen to make tea like normal when Siri remembered that she had to tell Obi-Wan something.
"So do you know what we're going to tell the council tomorrow?" she started out.
"Well I was thinking that when you three entered I would stand up and join you. I was thinking we'd start out by talking about the old rule and then-"
"Obi-Wan I'm pregnant." Siri said unable to contain the secret any longer.
"we could start talking about…wait what did you say?" Obi-Wan asked hesitantly.
"I said um that I was pregnant." Siri said looking down until she suddenly felt arms around her. Obi-Wan lifted her and spun her in a circle before setting her down and giving her a hug. "So you're not mad?"
"No, how could I possibly be mad at you Siri! I love you, and I told you that we could try to have kids at the beginning of the month. That decision hasn't changed, how far along are you?" he asked.
"About a month."
"That's amazing!" the feeling of joy in the force was almost palpable. With that the couple finished their tea and moved to the bedroom.
Author's Note: I know I already wrote one of these at the beginning of the chapter, but I just have to say that I'm not all that happy with the last scene between Obi-Wan and Siri. I rewrote it about four times before finally deciding on this version. I know it's a little sappy and a tad out of character but trust me when I say that the other versions were much much worse. Like almost MarySue bad. Oh well, now you can review and tell me what you think of the last scene. Miss Pippin OUT!
