Chapter 21
Ages:
Ahsoka-22
Nate-2
Rex- 26
Anakin-28
Ahsoka's POV
I woke up to a light knocking on the door. I got up being careful not to wake Nate. I opened the door to see Rex in front me. He was smiling and his eyes sparkled with happiness as he hid his hands behind his back. He glanced behind me and looked over at my bed to see Nate. "Anakin can watch Nate for about an hour or so, can't he?" Rex asked as he moved his gaze to look at the snoring man. I walked towards Anakin and shook him. He grumbled something I wasn't able to understand. I shook him harder and he woke up. "What Ahsoka?" He asked as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. I smiled at him. "Can you watch Nate for a couple hours?" I asked holding his hand as I stared into his eyes. "Yea sure whatever." I smiled and gave him a hug as I thanked him. I left the room with my hand entangled with Rex's
. He led me to a beautiful garden inside the temple that had a table and two chairs with a light breakfast on it. We sat down and started eating. "Ahsoka, I have a question." Rex stated as he smiled brighter and his cheeks started turn a shade of red. "What is it Rexie?" I asked him as I smiled back. He got up and he knelt down on one knee. He pulled a blue velvet box from his pocket, grabbing my hand and looking me in the eyes. I stare down at him as he opened the box. "Ahsoka Tano, will you marry me?" He asked softly. I pulled my hand away, frowning. "I'm sorry. I can't, not right now," I said as I knelt down beside him. He bowed his head sadly. I grabbed his face making him look at me and I kissed him. "Rex, I love you. I do. I just want to take things slow. Plus If Anakin finds out there is no telling what he will do." I said as I looked into his eyes. Tears started to form in my eyes. I felt bad. "Ahsoka, why do we have to worry about him? If you wanted to, we could all leave. You, Nate and me. We could go somewhere that you would be happy." Rex said as his voice began to shake. "Rex everything will fall into place soon. I just want to wait till Nate is a little older." I said as I took his hand in mine and my lips met his.
I kissed him passionately. I ran my tongue along his lips begging for entrance which he gladly gave. We broke apart and finished eating our breakfast. When we finished we walked back to my room. When I opened it, I saw Anakin as he was playing with Nate. It was actually cute. They looked good together. Anakin turned to look at me, smiling but it quickly faded when he saw Rex's hand holding mine. Rex left and went to go take care of some training with new recruits. I closed the door and sat on my bed as Nate walked to me. I scooped him up in my arms, hugging him close to me. "Why are you with him?" Anakin suddenly asked. I looked at him in confusion. "What?" I said as I put Nate down to look at Anakin. "Why are you with him?" Anakin questioned as his voice rose angrily. "Because I love him." I answer back.
Anakin laughed. "Do you now? Do you really love him?" Anakin asked as I looked down at the ground. "Well do you Ahsoka?" Anakin questioned once more as I ignored him. I looked at him with tears forming in my eyes once again. "I think I do. I feel like I do. How do I know if I actually do?" I said as I wiped the tears away. Anakin walked closer to me. He put his hand under my chin forcing me to continue looking at him. He brought his face closer to me. I felt his warmth radiating off of him and he pressed his lips against mine. Our lips melted together as I realized what I was doing, I pushed away from him and grabbing Nate I left the room leaving Anakin behind. As I walked around the temple halls I ran into Obi-Wan. "Hello Ahsoka. We have decided your fate of weather to be in the council or not." Obi-Wan said as he put his out motioning me to walk towards the council high chambers. I walked holding Nate's hand in mine and Obi-Wan walking beside me. I felt my body tingle with a weird sensation. I think it was nervousness. We made our ways to the doors and Obi-Wan opened them. I went into the middle of the room with my son and Obi-Wan sat in his chair. Mace Windu, Yoda, Plo Koon, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Saesee Tiin, Shaak Ti, Oppo Rancisis, Eeth Koth, Agen Kolar, Kit Fisto, and Adi Gallia all stared at me with different expressions on their faces. Some looked upset while others looked disappointed and a few were even smiling. I was actually scared about what choice they would make. I got thrown out the first time but now I actually had a chance to come back if they gave me the choice too. I thought about how Nate wouldn't be able to see his father that much since he would be on missions all the time and how Rex would most likely be with him leaving us alone. Nate looked up me as he played with my hand. I smiled at him and then looked back at the council. "Ahsoka, we have made the decision like I said." Obi-Wan said as he looked to Plo Koon to continue with the short discussion. "We are sorry little Soka. We are not allowing you back into the order." Plo Koon said as he looked down in sorrow. My lip trembled as I tried to stay strong in front of everyone. Anakin walked in at the last minute. "What did I miss?" He said smiling probably thinking I got to say and I couldn't help myself but I ran to him, hugging him close to me as I cried into his chest. He was shocked but he slowly put his arms around me letting me express my emotions. "Why can't she return? It's dangerous out there for her. She is a powerful Jedi and she many enemies are after here. We have to help her." Anakin cried as he held me tighter. The masters looked shocked at his outburst and they all looked at each other except for Obi-Wan who stared at us while he rubbed his beard. "Well Anakin that may be true but we need to also do what is best for the order." Mace Windu spoke calmly. Anakin's eyes flashed a deep yellow color and no one else noticed but me I suppose since no one else said anything about it. I pulled away and walked back to Nate. "Anakin, it's fine. I really don't mind. I guess this is force the best but if anything happens to me, please please please take Nate and put him in the order. At least he will have some sort of family after that." I spoke as I grabbed Nate's hand and pulled him along with me walking towards the big doors leaving the order once and for all. I stopped, taking one last look at Anakin in the temple before leaving. I could sense he was extremely upset but I still had to go so I did. I went back to my old quarters and gathered my clothes from the night before and threw it in a bag. I left the room and went to go find Rex to tell him what the decision was. I first walked to the training room since he seemed to be there most of the time and he was. I sat in a corner with Nate on my lap. Rex didn't seem to notice and I waited till he did. He was lifting weights shirtless. I was enjoying the sight but Nate kept trying to wiggle out of my grasp. I gave up trying to hold him still and he started running around screaming. Rex looked up from his work out to see Nate. He looked around the room till his eyes finally fell upon me. He got up from his position and came over to me. "Hey Rexie." I said with sadness clearly evident in my voice. He took my hand in his. "Soka what's wrong? Wait they...they didn't take you back did they?" Rex said actually stunned. I looked at him with tears in my eyes and he took me in his arms. "I'm sorry Ahsoka. I really thought that they would take you back." Rex said as Nate ran by him. He quickly scooped him up in his arms and Nate cried out as Rex handed him over to me. We left the room heading towards Rex's speeder. He drove me to my apartment and opened the door for us. I thanked him as I walked in first, Nate following behind. "Rex, I think something is wrong with Anakin. I saw his eyes turn yellow, you know the sith colors. I think something bad is going to happen. I just don't know what though." I said as I looked down in worry.