AN: It's late. I know. But blame it on my dad and his impromptu decision to go to Atlanta to do something and my grandmother has no internet still! Then I had to get back for my PE class and had no time to put this up. No comment. I'm burnt out from our interval training workout.

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Chapter Fourteen

Something was amiss, Leia concluded when she got home the following day. It was the weekend after all and she was eager to have her dad help her make some adjustments on her swoop bike while she pried out of him what she and Ahsoka had done on their 'date' at least until she went to the movies with Abdul and Lana. But where was her dad and where was Ahsoka? She tiptoed up the stairs and saw that her father's room door was open meaning he wasn't in there. He must be in the back yard. But since she was already up the stairs, she may as well try to talk to Ahsoka.

She knocked on the door and at first no one answered although she heard walking in the room. She started to just open the door when it opened on its own and her father came out, closing the door behind him.

Leia took in his appearance. He seemed a little disheveled, like he had just gotten out of bed and hurriedly threw on something when he sensed her

"Morning princess," Vader said noting his daughter's apparent confusion.

"Morning daddy," she said slowly. There was something wrong about this… "Why were you in Ahsoka's room?"

"Just checking on her," Vader said following his daughter down the steps.

Leia's eyebrows shot up into her hair. Sure her dad cared about Ahsoka more than he let on, but even so, he never physically went to check on her unless he needed something.

"You're lying," she said. "Where is she?"

"Asleep. She was a little tired after last night," Vader said… Well that wasn't a lie.

"What did you go do?" Leia asked continuing to probe.

"Out to dinner and a movie."

"And what did you do after that that has her so tired?" Leia asked not backing down.

"Just like your mother…" Vader said at the girl's prying. She was too smart for her own good and darn near impossible to fool.

Leia crossed her arms and started to say something until it dawned on her that this reminded her of one of the sappy romances she had watched with Lana at some point. Her dad had come out of Ahsoka's room, he looked all disheveled and his presence was oddly lighter.

"On second thought. Keep it to yourself…" she muttered.

"What do you mean by that?" Vader asked curiously.

"I'm a big girl, Daddy," Leia said dryly. "And I don't want to know the details."

Vader couldn't exactly say he was surprised. Leia had always been perceptive. Of course she would call him out on what he and Ahsoka had done when she figured it out. There wasn't much Leia shied away from in the way of conversation.

"And how do feel about it?"

Leia shrugged as she put on a piece of toast. "What do I have to say about it? It's none of my business and believe me I don't want it to be…"

Vader scowled. "Somehow I'm not so sure. I have the feeling you've been trying to set us up for a long time."

Leia shrugged. "True. And I've had limited success," she said.

"What do you mean?"

Leia smirked, and looked down at her jelly toast as she took a seat at the table

Vader scowled. "Leia Skywalker…" he said.

"Let's just say as soon as Ahsoka told me that to have a physical relationship you don't have to be married or in love, I thought about you two. A bit hypocritical to tell me one thing and do another," Leia practically sang. If Vader didn't know any better, he'd say she thought it was funny, as thought she knew something they didn't.

Vader sighed. "It's complicated…"

"Oh I know," Leia assured. "Right out of a holonet drama complicated."

Vader didn't like the analogy. Those things gave him a headache. Leia was very much exaggerating. No one had that much drama in their lives. He started to ask her since when did she watch that kind of mindless entertainment but decided it was conversation for another time.

"Still," Vader began.

"Don't worry. I know. Get married, then sex and do it out of love. But don't blame me if it doesn't happen in that order because I'm following by example," Leia said to him.

That was it. Leia's presence felt a little too smug for Vader's liking, and he knew she was having more of a hand in something than she was letting on.

"What did you do?" he asked. "You're been manipulating and planning something for a long time and I want to know what it is."

"Perfect characteristics of a future Sith Lady. Don't you think?" Leia asked smugly rocking her head from side to side as though dancing to song.

"That's it. Until you decide to spill, you're-."

"Good morning," Ahsoka said coming into the room tiredly.

"Morning Ahsoka," Leia said with a mischievous smirk. "What's got you so-?"

Leia.

Even Leia knew when to quit while she was ahead and instead of sticking around, she got up, taking a piece of toast before saying, "Me, Abdul, and Lana are going to the movies. Can I take a speeder?"

"No," both Vader and Ahsoka said.

Leia groaned. "Fine. We'll get Lana's mother to take us."

With that, she left the house before her father could make her come back. Vader mumbled in huttese under his breath, not escaping Ahsoka's notice.

"What are you fussing about?" she asked.

"My conniving, manipulative teenager daughter," Vader said.

"Why? What did she say?"

"She asked why I was in your room."

Ahsoka sat up pulling Leia's mostly untouched breakfast to her. "And what did you tell her?"

"I told her I was checking on you. She didn't believe me and figured it out. We weren't actually done talking. She used your entrance as an excuse to get away," Vader said grudgingly.

Ahsoka hummed a little and was silent for a moment, something that Ahsoka usually was not. Vader sat across from her in curiosity at her obviously solemn mood as she summoned the coffee from its place in the cabinet and used the force to measure it and get the machine stared.

"You hate coffee," Vader pointed out.

"I need it this morning," she said summoning the coffee and a mug while stopping the machine before it had even finished making the whole pot.

"What's wrong?" he asked her positive something was wrong with her if she was drinking coffee. He paid enough attention to her to know she never drank it.

"Nothing," Ahsoka said staring at the murky liquid.

"You regret it don't you?" he asked. "Last night I mean."

To his surprise and relief, though he'd never admit it, she quickly shook her head.

"No. Not at all," she said honestly. "Just… I do worry about what Leia thinks of all this. She says one thing, but sometimes I think she's not telling something."

"You and me both," Vader muttered wishing he had been able to get more out of his daughter than he had. Even if she had the makings of a Sith Lady, Leia was not going to use those tricks on him.

"Where does this leave us now then?" Ahsoka asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Making out like teenager is one thing," Ahsoka said bluntly which just went to show how comfortable she was around Vader, even though they hardly ever completely agreed on anything. "Sex is another."

"I thought I was the one who got straight to the point," he pointed out and Ahsoka looked at him in exasperation.

His reply was simple. "You're the one who said keeping the emotions out of it was better."

"I'm just making sure you're on the same page," Ahsoka said raising her eyebrows. "But I know you. You're an emotional person. You can't help it."

Vader looked at her mirroring her expression. "So are you when it comes to some things."

The question was unspoken between them. Just how long would they be able to keep the emotion out of all this? It was difficult enough as it was as both of them knew there wasn't a lack of emotion. They were just suppressing them, denying them. It was a question neither of them had an answer to and to be quite honest, it was something neither of them wanted to face. Emotion and passion was what had driven Vader to the dark side and what had practically driven them apart.

So instead of addressing the issue at all, Vader said, "I have to leave today."

"So soon?" Ahsoka asked looking up to meet his eyes.

Vader chose to ignore the flicker of sadness he saw in them.

"I'm not even supposed to be here. I ran from my mission. No doubt the emperor isn't pleased with me and I better get back to him before he becomes impatient and looks for me. I don't want to lead him here. Better to go face the music than delay it," he explained.

Ahsoka was silent for a while before saying, "I don't understand why you chose to take that kind of abuse from him. You're more powerful than him. You could defeat him and take over the empire."

Vader chose not to point out that years ago, she would have said he could kill the emperor walk away from it all and go into hiding with his daughter and abandon the empire and the dark side completely. Let freedom and democracy resume. It's what Padmé would have said.

"The emperor has many allies and it would be different if I tried and failed by myself. But I have too much at stake. I'd die if something happened to Leia… or you," he added under his breath. "He'd find a way to find my weakness even if he couldn't physically defeat me. I can't take that risk."

"You're right. And even if he wouldn't be able to find us, Leia and I would be lost without you…"

They both knew that their statements were about as close as they were going to get to letting on that they both meant more to each other than the physical feel good and comfort they got from each other. And that was enough. It made things easier.

"Let's not talk about those things," Vader said. "We've got a while before Leia comes back and I have to leave. We should make the most of it."

Ahsoka smirked. "Talk about eager. How long has it been milord?" she teased.

"Shut up," Vader said getting up and pulling her from her chair. "We have a long few hours ahead of us."

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Both Lana and Abdul choked on popcorn while Leia calmly continued to watch the previews after her explanation.

"What did you just say?" Lana said in disbelief.

Leia started to say it again but Abdul put his hands on his ears.

"No way," he said loudly. "I don't need to hear that. I'm scarred for life. How could you even say that so casually about Ahsoka and your dad?"

Abdul received a glare from the people in front of the trio and he sank down in his chair.

"Sorry," he said and then turned his attention back to Leia. "But how do you know for sure?"

"My dad didn't deny it when I figured it out," Leia said dryly.

"You told your dad," Abdul asked with what he was starting to belief would be a permanent expression of shock at his best friend. Just when he thought he had Leia figured out, she did something to shock him again. She never failed to amaze him.

"I caught him coming out of her room and asked what he was doing. Then I saw the way he looked and figured it out. He was right there and I was asking questions so of course he knew I figured it out," Leia said calmly.

"But?" Lana asked.

"They're still in denial," Leia said slowly as a confused look passed over her face. "But I'm not as upset about it as before."

"Why?" Abdul asked not understanding her. "You were just complaining about this yesterday and now you're fine with it."

Leia bit her lip trying to see how she'd explain it. "No… Not really. I just… I don't know. I'm confused about it myself. But something's changed. Something major…"

"No kidding," Lana muttered.

"I'm serious," Leia said firmly. "Something happened, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

"Oh I get it," Abdul said. "It's a force thing."

"Don't announce it to the whole world!" Leia whispered harshly.

"But it is isn't it?" Lana asked.

"Yeah… But it's not bad. It's just I have this feeling…" Leia continued shaking her head.

"Well we can talk about this feeling later. I paid six credits to get into this and I'm going to watch it," Abdul said turning his attention back to the movie.

Leia settled into her seat and watched the movie. Her two best friends just didn't get it and she guessed they never would completely understand her force powers. She still had a feeling. Something had changed.

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AN: Yeah it was short and don't ask me how a lot of this chapter came out in Leia's point of view and excuse anything I missed when I checked this chapter. I'm going to sleep.

Hope you enjoyed. Review Please! (Falls out on bed)