Alexa POV
I went to Yoda's private meditation room and knocked on the door.
"Enter." Came the voice and I walked in then sat down in front of the distinguished green Jedi Master. The room was dimly lit and silent, just the way a meditation room should be, I sighed and crossed my legs.
"You wanted to see me Master Yoda?"
"Yes, want to see you I did. Been watching you, I have."
"Watching me Master?" I asked confused.
"Mhm. Watching how you have helped Young Skywalker's padawan. Good with her you are and teach her things you did."
"Thank you, Master Yoda, but-"
"Want you to take on your own padawan, I do."
"W-What?!" I asked shocked as I swear I felt my jaw hit the floor. Yoda chuckled.
"Heard me, you did. Your own padawan I think you should have, good for you it will be and help you become a Master it might." He flashed me a smile.
"T-Thank you, Master."
"Welcome, you are."
"When will I get my padawan?"
"Meet the padawan soon you will, worry do not."
"Very well Master, I thank you again."
"Hmm... Dismissed you are."
I nodded then stood up and walked out. I needed to see Rendal and Anakin, I need a major reality check!
When I found him he was at the room of a thousand fountains talking with Rendal, as soon as I saw them I ran as fast as I could straight over to them.
"Alexa, what's up?" Anakin asked, a little concern evident in his voice.
"I... Just... Got... A..." I tried to explain between pants.
"Woah, slow down a bit, Alex. Just try to catch your breath then tell us." My boyfriend instructed and I listened to his advice. Once I felt good enough to talk I tried again.
"Now what is it?" Anakin inquired.
"Master Yoda just told me that I... Have been assigned a padawan!" I cried as the boys looked at me stunned.
"What?!" They asked in unison.
"It's true!" I nodded.
"Alexa that's great!" Anakin stood and hugged me!
"I can't believe this! That's awesome! Good job, Alex!" Rendal kissed me as soon as Skywalker let go of me!
"Oh my gosh! I am so excited! I am actually going to have my own padawan, my own student! Ah!" I started jumping up and down slightly.
"We have to celebrate!" Rendal stated grinning.
"And I know just the place." Anakin smiled.
"Wait we need to tell Maya." I reminded him.
"Of course and I have a feeling I might know where to find her." Rendal said and we went to find Maya talking with Jay in her room.
"Hey Maya." Anakin said as the metal door slid aside to reveal Maya and Jay sitting on the bed.
"Hi Anakin, Alexa, Rendal. What's going on?" She asked, looking rather surprised to see us.
"Well, we are going for a little celebration and we thought you might like to join us." I explained.
"Oh? What's the occasion?"
"Master Yoda just told me that I am going to be assigned a padawan!" I said happily.
Maya's mouth dropped open. "Oh my gosh Alexa that's great! I'm really happy for you." Maya got up from the bed and hugged me. Maya broke the hug. "We've got to celebrate."
"I completely agree." Rendal nodded.
"Well we can't celebrate if we are standing around here!" Anakin said.
"Then let's get out of here!" I chuckled as Maya dragged us out of her room and we went out to celebrate.
Anakin POV
We went to Dex's Diner, since Dex was a friend of Obi Wan he let us have everything on the house and we had the best booth. Alexa sat next to Rendal while Maya sat between Rendal and me. I just couldn't believe it; my old apprentice, my Alexa, was actually going to have her own padawan! I couldn't be prouder!
It also seems as if Rendal was also proud of his girlfriend and I couldn't help noticing them holding hands under the table and I saw Maya giggle as they shared a brief kiss and Alexa blushed.
"So, Alexa what do you think your new padawan will be like?"
"I don't know." She shrugged.
"Oh come on Alexa, don't you even have an idea of maybe what they might be like?" Maya pressed.
"Well... Maybe it might be a boy and he might be... Brash and unorthodox."
"Species?" I asked interested.
"Umm... Mirialan? I really don't know."
"Well I guess we'll just have to wait and see. So when do you get to meet him or her?" Rendal asked.
'Master Yoda didn't say."
"That's annoying." Maya grumbled.
"True, but Master Yoda sometimes enjoys surprises." I stated.
"Especially if it's a good surprise involving Alexa." Rendal smirked.
"Anyway, I propose a toast!" I raised my glass. "To Alexa moving up in the world!" The others raised their glasses.
"To Alexa!" Rendal and Maya smiled. My old padawan blushed to the tips of her ears.
"To teachers." She said and we nodded.
"To teachers!"
We spent quite some time eating, drinking, laughing and talking until it was time to return to the Temple and after saying goodnight we all went to bed. Or at least that had been what I thought.
"Anakin?" Alexa came in.
"Hi. What are you doing still up?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Ok, come in." I nodded and she walked in, the door sliding shut behind her. "So what's bothering you?"
"During all of the fun we were having at the diner and the excitement of the news I didn't really think about this..."
"What do you mean?"
"I've seen how hard having a padawan can be and... After watching you with Maya I don't know if I'm ready to take on a padawan."
"Oh Alexa, you are ready for this. I saw you with Maya, the two of you are almost best friends and you helped her and I finally bond!"
"But being a master is different to being a best friend. The dynamics of the relationship is entirely different, you have to have wisdom, knowledge, understanding and a certain level of authority. I don't know if I can do that."
"Look Lex. Being a master is hard, I admit that, it's difficult to teach someone and try to help them use their talents and work on their weaknesses. Actually it's not always easy pointing out those faults and sometimes it's going to be hard to get your padawan to listen, but I know you will be a great mentor. I am sure you are going to be an amazing maste-"
"D-Don't." She shook her head.
"What?" I asked confused.
"Don't call me that." She said shook her head and as I observed her face I saw a frightened look, her eyes were wide and her breathing shaky.
It took me a moment to work out why then I felt my heart drop.
"Alexa I'm so sorry, I didn't even think about that."
"That's another reason why I don't think I can do this." She closed her eyes and I watched as her hand slowly made her way to her throat and her fingers touched the scar. "The amount of times I've said that word... I thought I was over it. But I'm not."
Jay POV
The next morning I woke up to the sun shining in through the curtains. Smiling at the thought of another glorious day I got out of bed and went to get dressed. Once I was dressed in my padawan robes I walked out of my room and went to see if Maya was up and if she wanted to go get breakfast. I was walking to Maya's room when I heard someone call my name.
"Jay!" I turned around and saw Jessie. "Hey Jay." She said running up to me.
"Oh hey Jessie, what's up?"
"Are you heading to the mess hall?"
I sighed as I realised where this was going. "Yes."
"Great I'll go with you." She flashed a smile.
So we went to the mess hall where we both got a tray and waited in the line. Once we got our breakfast we went and found a table then sat down and started eating.
"You know Jay... Everyone's been talking about you lately."
"Why?" I asked confused.
"Well I think everyone is wondering what's going on with you and Skywalker's padawan."
"Me and Maya?" I asked in disbelief. She nodded.
"Yeah. Why do you talk her?"
"I talk to Maya because she is my friend." I explained.
"I see... You're friend. You know I hate to tell you this, but... I don't think you should be talking to her."
"Excuse me?!"
"I'm sorry if I've upset you, but I think she is trouble." I raised my brow at the girl.
"I can talk to whoever I want Jessie. Maya is my friend and she isn't trouble, she is a nice person. Unlike some people here." I muttered.
"What did you say Jay?"
"Oh nothing." She gave me a weird look.
"Jay?"
"Yeah Jessie?"
"D... Do you like Maya?" I looked at her.
"What?! No no that's stupid Jessie we're just friends."
"You sure?"
"Yes I'm sure Jessie."
"Ok then Jay. Well I'm going to go I'll see you later."
"Bye Jessie she left the table."
Maya isn't trouble! She is a nice, amazing, sensitive, girl, but that doesn't mean I like Maya. We are just friends, I don't know why Jessie thinks that I like Maya. Then someone came over.
"Hi." I looked and saw Maya, she was showing your beautiful smile.
"Hi Maya."
"Can I join you Jay?" She asked.
"Sure Maya." She put her tray down on the table and sat down.
"Why are you on your own Jay?"
"Oh, well Jessie was here, but she left." Thank goodness.
"Oh right ok."
"So we're did you, Master Skywalker, Rendal and Alexa go to and celebrate yesterday?" I asked.
"We went to Dex's Diner nothing fancy."
"Oh right, did you have fun?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "So you and Jessie... You have friends since you were younglings?"
"Yep."
"So you two are very close then?"
"I guess we are kinda close."
"Do you like Jessie?" Maya asked.
"Oh no not this whole liking thing again!" I gave a bit of a laugh.
"What?"
"No I don't like Jessie."
"I thought you liked her, I mean you two have been friends since you were younglings and yesterday you were kinda looking at her weird."
"What?! No I wasn't Maya!"
"Yes you were Jay!"
"No I wasn't Maya!"
"Jay we aren't going to get into this stupid argument about you liking jessie."
"Maya you started it." I pointed out and she gave a bit of a giggle.
"I know." She laughed. I rolled my eyes at her and gave her a smile.
Maya and I finished eating, but we talked and laughed for while. Eventually I looked around the mess hall there wasn't anyone in here except Maya and I but I saw three girls that were cleaning up the mess hall. I could have sworn I'd seen them and it was a few moments before I realised where. They were the ones who had gossiping about Maya like 2 days ago!
"Hey Maya, aren't they the girls that were gossiping about you a few days ago?"
"Oh my gosh you're right! Hang on... They're cleaning up!"
"They must have got punished."
"Yeah they must have... I wonder who punished them?"