POV: Ahsoka Tano

Another two months passed by in the blink of an eye. I had very little to no morning sickness now, which meant that I felt a lot better than I had before. I opened my eyes to see Anakin's peaceful face beside mine. His lips were parted, allowing his warm breath to blow into my face, and his eyelids fluttered with the images in his dreams.

I pulled the blanket around my body and sighed. I stared at his face as a smile spread across his lips. His blue eyes slowly opened and he sighed in happiness. He looked up at me and whispered, "Good morning, beautiful."

"Do you know what today is?" I whispered excitedly. I grabbed his hand and held it tightly, smiling uncontrollably.

"Today is the day that you'll let me sleep in until tomorrow morning."

I leaned closer and kissed him for a moment. He didn't like it when I pulled away to talk to him again. "If I did that, you'd miss out on all the special and fun events that I have planned for you."

"If you just lay with me, my day will be perfect. I don't want anything because I've got all the special and fun I need. I just want to hold you in my arms all day. Will you be my gift?" The last part was said with a teasing tone, but I knew he wasn't lying. He didn't want anything but me.

Regardless, Obi-Wan took me into town to buy him a few things. I knew what he liked for the most part and he was extremely exhausted the night we went out. It was one of those nights where he exercised himself into exhaustion and nearly passed out in the shower afterwards.

"Time to get up, birthday man."

He groaned as I tugged on his arms. "Soka," he whined. "I don't want to get up…"

"If I said I would let you frak me all night long, would you get up?" I asked, moving to lie down on his smooth, bare chest. It was a little awkward with my large stomach between us. He had learned to hold me slightly above him so we wouldn't hurt the baby.

"You're going to do that anyway," he laughed.

"Says who?"

He smiled widely. "Says that cute little smile of yours."

I rubbed my nose against his and took his lower lip between both of my lips. "We'll see, Skywalker," I whispered, giggling. I rolled off of him and got off of the bed.

"Damn," he muttered from the bed. I heard him whistle and I turned around. His flesh fingers were touching his lip gently as if he were trying to feel my lips again.

"What?"

"Stay like this today. Don't even get dressed."

I rolled my eyes. "If it were just the two of us, I might consider it. Satine doesn't like me as it is. Maybe I'll do this for you when we come back later on tonight, sweetheart."

I walked over to my dresser and pulled a drawer open. I heard the bed move as he got up. Within moments, I felt his arms circle the area just below my breasts. He kissed my lek. "She doesn't have to like you. I fill that void. So what's your game plan for the day, dare I ask?"

"You'll see," I whispered over my shoulder, smiling at him. I looked up into his eyes. "What should I wear today?"

He poked his head around mine and scanned through the drawer, searching for something he liked to see on me. "Blue looks nice on you."

I smiled. "Blue it is then."

"Can we shower first?"

I rubbed his flesh hand as his mechanical hand began to play with my nipple. I moaned and leaned my head back against his body. "Take me…" I whispered.

His laugh made my heart skip a beat. He pulled me into his arms gently, setting me down on the shower floor before turning the faucet on. Luckily, we didn't have to undress ourselves, so he just got in with me immediately.

I grabbed his member and began to rub it, moving my hand up and down the shaft nervously. This was the first time I'd actually felt the skin of it.

He parted his lips, allowing a moan to escape. "Soka… Soka… stop…"

"Why? I know you like it."

"You're… you're nervous."

"It's your birthday, Ani."

He grunted as I quickened my pace. His breaths came out in quick pants. "Sweet… sweetheart, you can stop…" he said between each pant.

I knelt down slowly, keeping my hand in motion. I licked the tip of his shaft and grew excited immediately. I loved to feel his wave of excitement as well. I began to lick around the tip, watching his face.

His eyes were closed and his smile full of pleasure played on his lips. He licked them and began to moan, whispering my name every few moments.

I smiled and opened my mouth as wide as I possibly could. I attempted to take his full length in the first try and didn't do a terrible job at it. He gently, but firmly grabbed my montrals. The tip of him slammed into the back of my throat. I licked his skin and moaned as I moved my mouth up and down the shaft. Every part of him seemed to taste wonderful.

He abruptly pulled out of my mouth and pulled me into a standing position. "I want to do it again," I whispered, staring into his eyes.

He smiled weakly, grabbing my hand. "Don't worry about that right now. I'm good, love."

I pushed him against the wall, holding his hands above his head. "It may be your birthday, but I'm in charge today, sexy man."

He chuckled. "A little feisty today, aren't we?"

I leaned forward and kissed his chest. I held his wrists tighter, thinking that it wouldn't hurt him.

He hissed this time and I realized that the sound had been that of a painful one. I released his wrists and he immediately held the flesh one against his chest. "What's wrong?" I asked, concerned.

I gently touched his arm, wanting to see what had hurt him. He sighed and moved his mechanical hand away from the flesh one. I saw that he'd cut himself deeper, almost slicing open one of his veins. "What the hell, Anakin?"

He pulled away from me and slid down the shower wall. It was pretty easy considering the fact that it was wet. He bent his knees and held his head in his hands. I knelt down in front of him, rubbing his arm. "I'm sorry, Ani."

I saw his shoulders rise and fall quickly, like he was crying. I moved to sit beside him, not caring that the water was pouring against our faces. I buried my face into his neck and kissed his skin. I held his flesh hand tightly, being careful around the wrist.

He lifted his head when I did. He gave me a very sad look and I almost wanted to cry. "Why are you sorry?"

"Because I hurt you. Why are you still doing this to yourself? You could die if you cut your vein open!"

He leaned against my right lek, closing his eyes. "I cut myself in the dark. I didn't want to wake you up. I missed what I was initially going for and I thought I was going to die. I panicked… I panicked and tried to clean all the blood up, hoping that you'd stay asleep…"

"Do you want to die?"

"No," he said. I believe him because of the tone he used. "I've got a lot to live for."

"Don't cut yourself then, Anakin. I don't want to lose you. I need you and so will this baby…"

He smiled a little, his lips trembling as he did so. He moved his mechanical hand to my stomach and rubbed it gently. "I want to see my baby," he whispered.

I put my hand on his cheek and leaned down to kiss him. "I love you, Anakin."

"I love you, too. I love you more than you know," he whispered.

I gasped when I felt something inside of my stomach. Anakin immediately snapped to attention, straightening up. "What's wrong?"

I rubbed my stomach and felt another jolt hit my hand. "The baby is kicking me," I whispered, smiling up at him.

I grabbed his flesh hand and held it against my stomach. I felt the baby moving around and I wasn't sure if he could or not. The baby kicked again, directly below his hand. I looked up at him and wanted to cry.

He looked overjoyed and felt excited. He couldn't stop staring at my stomach until I laughed and wiped my eyes. "Why are you crying?"

"I love to see you this way about the baby."

"I told you it's a blessing. As much as I honestly thought I'd never want children, I want to have this one more than ever. I want to hold it and talk to it…"

I pulled his face closer to mine and kissed him again. "Ani, I think you're going to make a good daddy."

He chuckled. "I hope so."

He helped me up and began to wash my body. Once he was finished washing me, the warm water began to fade. "Are you going to stay in?"

He shrugged. "I'll just wash myself quickly before the freezing cold water takes over. You go get dressed and I'll be out in a minute."

He kissed my cheek and helped me out of the shower. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my body. I made sure there was another one ready for him.

I walked out into the bedroom and began to dry myself off. I slipped my bra and underwear on quickly. I pulled the blue shirt Anakin had picked out for me on. I attempted to search through the drawer for some loose fitting pants and I couldn't find very much of anything.

He bought me a bunch of maternity clothes, but where did they all go?

The door slid open and he walked out, a towel around his waist. "Everything okay?"

"I can't find any pants."

"Maybe I don't want you to wear any," he chuckled. He came to stand beside me and quickly looked through the drawers. "Do you want to wear my pants?"

I smiled at him. "Sure."

He walked over to his dresser and pulled out some baggy gray pants. "These look okay? I'm not entirely sure if they'll –"

"Those are perfect."

He nodded and handed them to me. I slipped them on quickly and watched him pull his underwear on. I laughed lightly when I saw that his erection was still very present.

He pulled some black pants out of his drawer and slipped them on. I walked up behind him, wrapping my arms around his waist. "Anakin, can I ask you something?"

"Of course," he replied quickly, looking over his shoulder. "What's on your mind?"

"Why are you cutting yourself so deeply?" I whispered, looking up at him.

He sighed and turned around to face me. "I don't know. When I start cutting myself, it's pretty light. I don't realize that I'm frakking up my wrist until afterwards because that's when the pain settles in. I don't understand why I'm doing it, but I like how it feels…" he sighed again. "I sound crazy, don't I?"

"I know what you mean. Ani, I've been in your position. I know how it feels to want the pain, but I know how it feels to want the pain to go away, too. If you're going to keep doing this to yourself, can you please be careful? You know I want you to stop, but I don't know what to do…"

He rubbed my collar bone gently. "You're afraid that I'll start drinking a lot more and doing drugs again, aren't you?"

I bit my lip and nodded. He pulled my head against his chest and began to stroke my right lek slowly. "I'll be careful, Soka. I promise you that much. I'm not suicidal. I honestly don't trust myself to stay away from the temptations."

I rubbed the muscles on his back and closed my eyes, listening to his normal heartbeat.

I loved to hear his heart like this. It was so pure, so… alive.