Author's Note: Only one more chapter after this (Though I have a pretty good idea for an epilogue...)! You readers that put up with my random breaks are the best! Love you all!

Chapter 10

Obi-Wan quickly locked the coordinates into the ship's computer. He hurried in case the Council decided to send his pesky - and apparently weak-minded - apprentice with him.

His rushing proved necessary when he got a call from Windu.

"Obi-Wan, you seem in a rush." The man said, his voice stern as usual. "Have you seen Skywalker? We thought he might like to go with you."

"That's not necessary, Master Windu." Obi-Wan said quickly, preparing the ship even as he talked with the High Council Member. "I sent him to... visit someone." He couldn't exactly give away that Anakin was with Padmé without giving the Jedi something to be suspicious about.

"Are you sure? We could get him-"

"I'm already leaving Coruscant." The younger man interrupted as his ship took off. "I'll see you when I return. Kenobi out."

And with that, Obi-Wan Kenobi hung up on Mace Windu.

Obi-Wan groaned. I'm in for it now. I just hung up on a member of the council.

But his thoughts returned to Siri and suddenly he didn't care about Windu, the Council, or Anakin anymore. He reset for the quickest way to Kashyyyk (a much riskier path), though Siri still had two weeks before she was due.

Something didn't seem right.

*Five hours later*

Garen and Alla had been sent to live with neighbors for the time being. Though Siri Tachi wasn't expecting for a few weeks still, Laula knew that sometimes premature births happened, and explaining women's screams and cries to her children was not something she wished to do.

"Laula?" Siri called through the small hut. Though Mala and Chewbacca had welcomed her, she had moved in with Laula and her family the last few weeks of her pregnancy. Laula was, after all, an experienced nurse.

"Are you ok?" Laula immediately appeared at the door.

"I think my water just broke." The young Jedi Knight, a fearless guardian of peace in the galaxy, was truly frightened at this moment. Laula could see it in her face.

"Are you certain?" Laula asked, wondering if the auburn-headed knight would be here soon.

"I don't know!" Siri shouted. "I'm not the doctor here!"

"Sithspit." Laula said as she quickly left the room.

Gareth was sitting at the table when Laula entered, reading the news of the war, his hands cradling a cup of Stimcaf. He looked up to his wife and recognized the look on her face.

"Should I contact Obi-Wan?" He asked, getting up from the table.

"Yes, that would be a good idea." Siri said, stepping into her bedroom to get the medical supplies necessary.

Gareth quickly tuned to the right frequency and called Obi-Wan, ignoring Siri's screams and shouts now echoing through the house.

Obi-Wan was uncharacteristically - though it become pretty normal for him recently - impatient as his ship flew through space. Though he wasn't one who enjoyed flying, he kept wishing the ship could go faster.

The call jolted him out of his curses about the ship's makers.

When he recognized the emergency frequency he had set up with Gareth, he rushed to answer.

"Gareth, what is it?" He asked, his voice coming out a bit too worried. "Is Siri ok?"

His question was answered as Siri's screams came through the small device. Oh, Force...

"Obi-Wan, how far away are you?" Gareth asked.

"I don't know... one standard hour maybe?" Obi-Wan winced as more screams came through. He checked on the bond he and Siri had formed in the months they had been together and found that she was, besides suffering pain, completely healthy.

"It seems Siri has gone into labor early." Gareth explained. "My wife says that she and the child are both completely healthy, but suggests that you get here as soon as you can."

"I will try to." The bearded man managed as he checked for an even shorter route to the Wookie-inhabited planet. He found one, but it required a trip through an asteroid field.

"No!" Siri screamed in the background.

"Gareth, what was that? Is she ok?" Obi-Wan furrowed his brow.

Gareth turned toward the room where Siri was and got an explanation from his wife. "She says that you can't go through that asteroid belt."

Obi-Wan smiled a bit. He adjusted his coordinates again, listening to Siri's advice, and brought his trip time down to forty-five minutes. "Tell her to hold on."

"Asteroid belt?" Gareth asked. "What is she-"

"Oh, I'll explain later." Obi-Wan said hastily. "Just tell her to hold on."

"I'll do that. Be safe." With that, the call ended.

Obi-Wan sat back, his hand rubbing over the golden red hair on his chin. "Hold on, Siri." He whispered. "I'll be there soon."

*twenty-five minutes later*

"Siri, you're doing fine." Laula comforted as Siri's hand gripped her wrist.

"Where. Is. He." The young lady ground out.

"He'll be here soon." The Kashyyyk local hesitated. "Siri, you can't stall the birth of a child."

"I know that." Siri managed, tears of regret forming in her eyes.

Another bout of pain took hold of her body. "Get it out of me!" She screamed.

Laula chuckled. "It's a human being."

"I don't care!"

Obi-Wan burst through the front door and ran into the room where his child was about to be born. He sat next to Siri and took her hand. "It's ok, my love. I'm here."

"Good." Was all she managed. She screamed again and her nails drew blood from Obi-Wan's wrist. He winced from the slight sting, but the pain leaking through the mental bond was much worse. "Dammit, Kenobi!" Siri growled.

"What is it?" He asked in confusion.

"You just had to let me seduce you." She panted.

"Look, I hate to interrupt this touching moment, but you're going to have to push, Siri." Laula spoke up from her place on the other side of the woman.

The young knight whimpered a reply and complied to the request.

Gareth felt very uncomfortable sitting outside the room. He attempted to read war reports again, but Siri's groans and screams kept interrupting him. It was different with every child his wife helped deliver, sometimes the mother came here, sometimes Laula would go to their house.

But this was different.

He knew Obi-Wan and Siri, that's what made it different. He felt almost like he was invading their lives.

He attempted to entertain himself for about twenty minutes or so before the screams faded.

"He's beautiful." Siri whispered as she held her child for the first time. The small treasure nestled in her arms opened his eyes and Siri looked up at Obi-Wan. "He has your eyes."

Obi-Wan smiled. His own blue-green eyes were wet with tears of joy. "He has your nose." He laughed.

The child didn't cry. He merely gazed at his parents in wonder and let out a small gurgling sound. The most uptight Jedi in the Order ran a shaky hand over his son's head. "Hello, precious."

Laula watched with a smile as the two newly-made parents smothered their child with love and affection. She snuck out quietly.

Siri looked at the father of her child in amazement. His eyes danced with a light that she had never seen before. She leaned up and kissed his cheek, tearing his gaze away from their son. "I love you, Obi-Wan."

"I love you, too." He replied. He looked down at the baby. "And I love you too, little man." He leaned down and kissed the baby's head gently. Siri looked down and saw that the blue-green eyes the child got from his father lit up.

"What are we going to name him, love?" The blonde knight asked.

Obi-Wan hesitated. "When I was on my mission..." He started.

Siri laughed. "Do you hear this, Bruck?" She said jokingly, talking to her child. "I ask what to name you and he starts giving me a mission report!"

Obi-Wan tried to hide his grin as he fixed her with a look.

"I'm sorry, continue my love." Siri laughed, her hand stroking the small baby's arm.

"First off, we are not naming him Bruck." Obi-Wan said sternly. He didn't continue until he had made sure Siri was on the same page. "Anyway, I found a child and had to bring him back to his mother. His name was Chisisi."

"Chisisi, that has a nice ring to it." She looked at the gift in her arms. "Do you like that?" He gurgled a reply.

"His mother said that it means 'secret'." Obi-Wan said, his gaze returning to the small treasure.

"Our little secret." Siri murmured.

"Our little Chisisi." Obi-Wan replied.

"It's beautiful." Siri whispered. Obi-Wan cupped his hand under her chin and brought her lips to his.

"I told you it was going to be a boy." He murmured, breaking away. Siri laughed and they both stared in amazement as Chisisi let out a giggle of his own. At first they thought he was laughing at his parents, but then Obi-Wan saw something move out of the corner of his eye. When he turned, he saw a pillow floating in midair. "Oh Force." He breathed.

Siri peaked around him then looked at their little Chisisi. "Maybe that's why Jedi don't have kids."

A grin spread over the man's face. "This is perfect." He said, placing a kiss on both Siri and Chisisi's foreheads.