In which a key Force Awakens character is introduced... XD

The journey from the vents back onto the ground floor was a blur to Caleb, because it was Ezra who led him by the arm back down.

Ezra had Caleb sit down on the floor next to the kitchen counter to process what he had just seen, and made him a large cup of tea. While he prepared to grab the cookie jar, he couldn't help but smirk a little. Of course he had always known that Kanan had some kind of feelings for Hera, but it was still a bit surprising to see their relationship in person.

Well, as for Caleb... It was simply shocking.

' There you go,' Ezra shoved the cup of tea and his favourite jar of cookies into Caleb's slightly shaking hands.

' That. Was. Surprising,' Caleb quickly grabbed a cookie from the jar, as if it would flee from his arms. ' But... I can't believe he is keeping that from me. That last time! I asked him about it. And he ignored me.'

' It wasn't that surprising,' Ezra shrugged lightly. ' I have had a feeling that this would happen some day. But you do think Hera is nice too, don't you?'

' Um, maybe,' Caleb flushed. ' She's kind of pretty... But... Doesn't that mean I will break the Jedi Code in the future?'

' Technically, you didn't,' Ezra pointed out. ' Luke cancelled that part.'

' Ohhhhhhh, right,' Caleb hugged the jar closer to him. ' Okay, then, that means Older-me has joined the attachment party. What about you then? Who do you like? Sabine, perhaps?'

' Er. N-nothing!' Ezra quickly turned away from Caleb to prepare his own cup of tea. ' Stop it.'

' Admit it,' The younger boy pointed at Ezra triumphantly. ' You have a crush on Sabine!'

' Ah, so there you are,' Hera's voice nearly scared the wits out of the two boys. She was peering into the kitchen with a brilliant smile.

Caleb's face simply turned bright red like a sunset as a response, and dashed out of the room along with the beloved cookie jar.

' What's wrong with Caleb?' Hera asked Ezra, totally confused. ' Is he ill?'

' Nah, he is just... Shy,' Ezra chuckled over his steaming cup of tea. ' Ignore him.'

' Since when is Caleb shy?' Hera stared at Ezra with a baffled look.

' Oh, you won't know,' He gave her an innocent smile.

Ahsoka continued to work hard on her latest report to Commander Sato. She took a short break after the failed prank attempt, then proceeded to add the finish touches to her report, when she received an urgent call from Leia.

' Hello there, Ahsoka. I'm sorry if I am bothering you or anything,' The young girl said apologetically. ' But I must speak to you now.'

' No, you are not. I am okay, actually,' Ahsoka raised an eye marking. ' So what is it you want to talk to me about?'

' Well, I went to a health checkup, and found I am pregnant,' She said plainly.

Ahsoka had always liked children. When she was a Padawan, she often volunteered to serve at the creche outside training or mission hours. So naturally, her very first reaction would be, ' That's wonderful! Congratulations! You and Han must be overjoyed.'

' Of course, yes, I am,' She said quickly. ' But there's something else. Would you mind helping me with something?'

' Sure, sure, anything for my good friend,' Ahsoka smiled generously.

Leia asked, ' Yes... Can you help me relay this message to my brother and father?'

Ahsoka processed the information for a moment, before frowning, ' But... Why me? You should really tell that to them in person. Hang on a second, I'll go down immediately to find Luke-'

' I don't think I'm quite ready to tell them about that,' Leia blushed. ' Besides, I have a bad feeling that my father would go nuts when he hears it.'

' Oh, yeah,' Ahsoka agreed almost immediately. Seeing that Ghost-Anakin was overly protective and easily infuriated when Lux tried to speak to her, there could be no saying what he would do or how he would react when he heard the news. Probably blow himself up, Ahsoka sighed inwardly.

She closed her file of work, ' Fine, I'll speak to him on your behalf. But after he calms down, I think it's best you tell him on your own, okay?'

' Okay!' Leia flashed her a brilliant smile.

' But have you thought about the names for your child yet?' Ahsoka asked curiously.

' For a bit,' Leia sighed. ' Han insisted to name the child Chewbacca if it is a boy. I'm extremely fond of the real Chewbacca, but there is no way my first child will be named Chewbacca.'

' Oh,' Ahsoka stifled a giggle. Of course Han would insist his first child to be named Chewbacca Solo.

After disconnecting her comlink, she bounded all the way down until she spotted that the three ghosts were playing some kind of card game around a tree stump.

Multicoloured player cards were scattered everywhere, and Ahsoka nearly tripped on one.

' Greetings,' Yoda waved at her cheerfully.

' Are you joining us in our game, Snips?' Ghost-Anakin grinned over the card he was holding.

' No,' Ahsoka deadpanned. ' What is that? Bingo again?'

' No, this is Groovy Card, it is like the normal card game you see on Coruscant, but it has attacker points-' Ghost-Anakin explained enthusiastically.

Ahsoka stopped him, ' Please. Stop. Okay. I am coming here to tell you about something. It's about your daughter.'

' Daughter? Leia?' Ghost-Anakin accidentally flung cards into Obi-wan's face (ouch). ' What is it? Did that Han Solo hurt her? He better not dare do anything, because the carbon freezing chamber offer still stands. I'd add the Sarlaac pit offer too, just in case.'

Whoops.

' No, he hasn't done anything,' Ahsoka snapped, annoyed. ' It's just... Leia is pregnant.'

Ghost-Anakin yelled, and bashed his head against a tree.

Yoda and Obi-wan were actually amused. For once.

Okay, long and important announcement:

I know this is a tad bit too early... Nah, it's TOO early. But I feel like I should announce this earlier. As you know, the SWR season 2 finale (aka Twilight of the Apprentice) will air on the 30th of this month, which is around 3 weeks later or something. And judging from the midseason trailer and the episode synopsis, there will be crucial bits of information in that episode, including the return of Darth Maul, the possibility of Ezra going to the Dark Side and Ahsoka vs Vader. :O

I probably won't be able to watch it the same time it airs, so I'll have to wait for a couple of days before I can watch the episode. However, spoilers would literally be flying all around (especially the outcome of Ahsoka vs Vader) and I'd want to watch the episode without knowing what is going on beforehand. And yeah, spoilers spoil the excitement. I have had plenty of experiences with spoilers before. For example, I made a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake of going on youtube the day before I went to see the Force Awakens, and a spoiler just went 'smack' into my face. Yeah, you probably know which one it is. :/

So as to avoid any potential spoilers, I will be going on a small break from any social media (including this site and my phone) starting from the 29th to the 5th of April. Also yeah, I'll go crazy after I see the episode. I'll probably rant so much. But I guess some of you, like me, won't be able to watch it on the same day it airs, and you guys probably won't want to see any accidental spoilers as well.

When I'm back from the break (hopefully I have calmed down by then), maybe I can do some kind of episode review. XD Don't know... :P

Yeah, so that's it, thanks for your understanding and sorry for any inconvenience caused! :( In the meantime, feel free to pm me and tell me how you think the finale will play out. :)