POV: Ahsoka Skywalker

It's been a few days since our extremely 'rough' day that Anakin decided we should stop mentioning over dinner. He had a nice gash in his back thanks to me and I felt horrible every single time we made love because I always managed to feel the wound I'd made. The rest of him was beginning its slow healing process. He had a black eye as well as bruises all over his midsection. He had the indent of a boot's heel against his ribs and I felt sorry every time I looked at it. He kept telling me to stop fussing over it and I tried to, but it didn't work as well as he wanted it to.

He was lying on his side, facing me. I smiled at him and gently laid my hand on the one between us. "You're so handsome," I whispered, rubbing his knuckles. I pushed myself up and slid the blanket down a bit to uncover myself. I stretched my arms out and used the Force to pull his shirt to me from across the room. I slid it over my head and smiled. I gripped the fabric and held it close to my face, inhaling his sweet smell.

I glanced at him before sliding over the side of the bed to search for my slippers. Once I found them, I slipped them on and leaned over the bed to kiss his cheek. Knowing him, he'd be starving when he woke up in a little bit, so I thought I'd get started on breakfast for him. He and I went out last night to get some food and I got into a heated argument with the cashier because she claimed we bought too much food. How do you buy too much food? Anakin and I didn't understand why she'd been complaining about it yesterday and I still had no clue.

He was stressing a little over Glynn because we tried to see her yesterday morning and we were on the 'forbidden' list. I assumed the higher up manager had banned us from entering for fear that Ani might hurt her again even though it was accidental. I felt really bad for him because he'd gotten close to the girl my brother was with. I hadn't even seen much of my brother lately and I wondered what he was up to.

I started making Anakin some eggs, his favorite breakfast, and hoped that he'd smell them in a few minutes and wake up on his own. He always preferred to be woken up on his own rather than have someone get him up. I turned on a very small and old music player that he bought me when we were living in the temple together as Master and Padawan. He had given me a holodisc filled with cantina music and I always thought of him when I listened to it. He and I weren't sex addicts, but we definitely had a good time when we had it and this music is what increased the mood between us in those moments.

Several minutes went by and I'd finished the eggs for him. I scooped them onto a plate and set it down on the table in front of the couch before sitting down. I pulled my legs up to my chest and waited for him to come out. I stared at the bedroom door and kept waiting and waiting until I heard the bed springs move. I smiled a little and eased up.

The door slid open a few moments later and all he had on were his boxers, allowing his baby bump to show completely. I smiled at him widely and he yawned while rubbing his eyes. "Good morning, sweetheart," I whispered.

He smiled at me sleepily before coming to me and plopping down onto the couch. He kissed my cheek and leaned against me. "Good morning, my love."

I giggled as he closed his eyes while smiling. "Baby, you're still tired, aren't you?"

"Yeah," he whispered.

"I thought we talked about going out for a bit today just to get out of here," I said, pouting slightly. I wanted to surprise him and take him shopping even though I knew he hated it so much. What he really needed right now were some maternity clothes since he'd be getting a lot bigger soon. Four and a half months went by in the blink of an eye, meaning that he'd be having the baby in no time at all.

"Do we have to?" he whined. "I'm hungry."

"Eat," I said, laughing. "Then we're going out for a little while. You need some fresh air, my love."

He groaned and sat up, opening his eyes. He grabbed his plate and the fork and dove into his eggs. I smirked as I watched him. He loved me enough to listen to me when I wanted him to go out with me. He always thought of them as dates and I liked that he took them as such. Even when we fought in a shop once, he still thought of it as a date and it had ended better than it began.

We ate, showered, dressed ourselves, and then headed out of the apartment. He begged me to let him fly the speeder and I immediately refused because I was the one initiating our date and I was deciding the location. He got into the seat beside me and I began to fly us towards the shopping area of Coruscant. He whined endlessly about wanting to fly and I laughed when he started pouting. He rested his elbow on the side of the speeder and leaned his head against his knuckles.

I slid one hand across the seat and rested it on his leg, rubbing him slowly. He sighed and pretended like it didn't affect him at all, but I felt him getting turned on through his emotions. Besides, I could see it in his pants.

We landed in the area where most of the decent shops were and he stared at me for a minute. "You're taking me shopping?"

"Yes, sweetie."

"Ugh…" he rolled his eyes and gave me a disgusted look. "I don't want to shop," he muttered. I parked us in a lot and leaned over to kiss his cheek. He sighed and said, "Whatever…"

"You know I love you."

"Uh huh," he said under his breath as he got out of the speeder. I laughed lightly and got out. I darted over to him and wrapped my arms around him as tightly as I could without hurting the baby. I was relieved when his arms circled around me and he kissed my montrals. I smiled against his warm chest before staring up into his eyes. "I love you, too."

"You'd better," I teased. "Or I'd have to remind you of how much you loved me."

He cocked an eyebrow and smirked at me. "I'd like a reminder."

He leaned forward and kissed my jaw before allowing me to drag him into the nearest clothes shop. He didn't like that there were so many women in here and he sympathized with the few men he did see as I dragged him through aisles and made him look at things.

He and some other man talked about me and his wife for a few moments while I looked for some new clothes for myself since I'd been wearing his so much lately. I didn't want to wear the maternity clothes I was going to buy him because it would just remind me that I wasn't the one carrying our baby.

I grabbed a few shirts and some matching pants before running back over to Anakin excitedly. He smiled down at me as I grinned widely at him. "Soka, this is Rendo. Rendo, this is my wife, Ahsoka." I nodded politely at the Mirialan in front of me and told him it was nice to meet him. He said the pleasure was his and that he'd better get back to his wife. Anakin kissed my forehead and asked me if I liked what I got. I nodded excitedly and he chuckled. "I'm glad you're having fun."

"Now it's time to shop for you."

"I don't need anything."

I placed all of my clothes in the cart in front of him and I touched his waistline. "The baby is getting bigger, Ani. You're already having a hard time fitting into anything that doesn't stretch. Just listen to me for the moment, okay?"

He sighed and nodded before pushing the cart with me alongside him. We entered the maternity section to see several pregnant mothers searching for cute clothes. I was a little upset by seeing them the way they were, but Anakin lifted his hand to my neck and rubbed it gently, relaxing me. He knew that worked when I really needed it. "We'll have a baby before you know it," he whispered.

We started skimming through the clothes until he deemed some of them 'man worthy.' I chuckled and put them in the cart with the articles of clothing I'd picked out. He started looking a little more excitedly and I smiled at him as we both continued our search for decent looking maternity clothes. He came back a few minutes later with three shirts with silly comments about touching his stomach.

"Awe, what a cute couple," one of the women whispered from a few feet away. I smiled at her and she stared at my flat stomach. "When are you due, sweetie?"

My heart leapt up into my throat and Anakin stared at me. I felt like I couldn't speak at all. I was petrified. I should've known that everyone would assume I was the pregnant one. I just didn't prepare myself for an answer like that. "In six months," Anakin responded. "We just found out a month ago and we're getting a head start."

I had no idea how he answered so coolly, but he pulled it off and she smiled at us before rubbing over her big baby bump. "My little one is coming in less than two months. I'm so excited. I'm having a little girl."

I stared up at Ani for a moment, watching him smile widely. "Congratulations," he said.

"You're going to find out what you're having soon enough. What are you hoping to have?"

I kept looking at Ani because he was the one that was really pregnant. We hadn't talked about what gender we'd want first because we were just happy to finally be having a baby that we knew would make it the entire duration. "Either is fine with us," I whispered. "We just want a healthy baby. We actually decided that we're going to keep the gender a secret until the baby is born."

She smiled. "By the looks of you two, you're going to have a very healthy and gorgeous baby. Good luck you two. I've finished up here, so what's left is all yours."

We both laughed before saying good-bye to her and sighing in relief. Anakin rubbed my back and smiled at me before kissing me passionately. "You just have to act the part when we shop. Once the baby's here, it doesn't matter who carried him or her."

I wrapped my arms around his waist and closed my eyes. "I'm just happy that we're finally shopping for this. I was so discouraged after the first miscarriage. I never thought we'd get this far."

"I know," he whispered, kissing my montrals. He kept his lips against my montrals with his arm wrapped around me. He held onto my hip and I loved him even more for doing everything he's done for me these last few months. Hell, I was thankful that he'd even decided to fall in love with me. I couldn't have asked for a better husband than him. I couldn't have asked for a better soul mate. "What the hell?"

I glanced up at him to see him looking over me and into another aisle. I turned to look in the direction he was staring off into and saw his former Jedi Master in the baby clothing section. We both gaped at him until he happened to look up and see us.