Anakin POV

It's been a couple of weeks now and Maya and Cora have been let out of the halls of healing, However they must still go back for checks to make sure they are progressing well in their recoveries. Right now I am walking through the hallways to go see Maya and see how she is doing.

When I got to Maya's room I knocked gently and the metal doors opened slid open allowing me to walk in. Maya was lying on her bed, it looked like my young padawan had fallen asleep and I had been about to leave when she turned and looked at me.

"Oh hi Anakin." She said sitting up.

"Sorry for disturbing you Maya, were you asleep?"

"Oh no I was just thinking about something. Anyway why are you here Skywalker?"

"I just wanted to see how you are doing."

"Well I'm doing good thanks. I feel a whole lot better than I did previously, some of my bruises are healing up and fading away."

"That's good Maya yeah it is good but this stupid cast that's on my arm is such a pain I hate it so much." She growled and I gave a small laugh.

"You will be getting the cast off very soon Maya don't worry." She gave a small smile which she returned before sighing and staring down at the floor. I sat down on the edge of the bed beside her. "Something wrong Maya?"

"No. Well maybe... Yes. Ugh I don't know Anakin." She shook her head and I could sense her frustration.

"Why don't you tell me what's up?" Maya didn't look up as she answered me.

"In all honesty I'm scared." Her voice was soft as she spoke.

"Why are you scared, Maya?"

"Because I might get expelled from the Jedi Order."

"Why would you think that?" I asked concerned.

"Because of my relationship with Jay."

"Maya if you think I will tell the council about you and Jay I'm not going to tell them and Rendal and Alexa aren't going to tell them either. Your secret is safe with us." I promised her, but from the way she was talking I had the feeling that someone else might have found out her secret.

"I know Anakin. I know very well that you, Alexa and Rendal won't tell, but someone else knows about Jay and me."

"Who else knows Maya who did you tell?"

"I didn't tell anyone, Anakin. Jay told someone."

I looked at her surprised, I wouldn't have thought Jay would tell someone something as important and private as this. "Who did he tell Maya?"

"One of the masters that are on the council!"

"What?! Which master?"

"Jay told Master Plo Koon! I'm going to get expelled!" She cried and I put my hand on her shoulder.

Now that she told me who it was that now knew about her romance with Jay it made sense, Plo was Jay's master which meant that something had probably happened so Jay thought his master should know about it. 'Look here Maya. You might not get expelled. Master Plo might not tell the the other council members about you and Jay."

"But what if he does say something to the council? Jay and I will be in so much trouble! We will be expelled from the order! We will have nowhere to go!"

"Maya it's going to be ok, you won't get expelled because I'll do everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen, ok? I promise I won't let you be expelled. You have my word." She smiled.

"Thank you Anakin."

"You're welcome Squirt."

"I hate that nickname so much Skywalker." She said hitting me playfully. I laughed and we both smiled.

"Well I'm going to go find Alexa want come with me?"

She shook her head. "No thanks."

"Ok, well I'll see you later."

"Bye."

"Bye Maya." I walked out of Maya's room and went to go find Alexa.

I walked through the long and quiet hallways to look for Alexa and while I was walking I saw Rendal. I went up to him hello Rendal.

"Hi Anakin." The younger man greeted me, though he seemed a little nervous, and I smiled at him only to notice that Rendal had something in his hand, but he put in in his pocket. "What's up?"

"Have you seen Alexa?" He shook his head.

"No I haven't seen her, anyways I have to go I have things to do."

"Oh? What kind of things? I asked curiously.

"Uh just a few things that I need to do."

"Hmm I see." I nodded, but I couldn't help wondering just what things he was going to do.

"Yeah well I got to go bye Anakin."

"Bye Rendal." He walked away I kept walking and looked for Alexa.

Hmm I wonder why Rendal was acting strangely, what is he up too? I pondered this for a little while as I strolled through the temple, however I honestly had no idea why he might be acting differently. Maybe Alexa had an idea, I would have to ask her about it when I found her.

I went to Alexa's room to see if she was there and when I got to her room I pressed the door bell of sorts and after not receiving an answer opened the door it. I poked my head inside to see Alexa sitting on her bed yawning and rubbing her eyes as if just having woken up from a nap.

"Hey Anakin." She gave me a small smile.

"Hi Alexa."

"What are you doing here?"

"Just thought you might want some company and decided to come see you." I smiled as I sat on the bed beside her. "So how are you feeling? You look kinda tired."

"I feel tired, though I'm not sure why. I think that my sleeping patter still hasn't returned to normal after staying up all night for however many days straight watching her."

"Well I'm sure that given some time you'll be back to your energetic self." I flashed her a smile.

"Hopefully."

"Oh by the way I saw Rendal and he was acting very strangely."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah it seemed like he was hiding something."

"I see... Well I will go see him later and ask him if everything's ok." The two of us fell into a comfortable silence until I spoke up once again.

"So how is Cora?"

"She is better, which in happy about. The doctors say that she won't be able to do anything too strenuous for a while yet, not that I'd make her do anything hard at this point anyway... To be honest I'm just glad she is ok, given that it was touch and go there for a while."

"Yes, she is lucky to be alive."

"I know that Anakin, she is very lucky." Alexa nodded and I could tell she was very thankful that her padawan had been so lucky. "What about Maya, how is she?"

"She is the same as always." I said with a chuckle, Alexa smiled. "She has been a lot better but she still has the cast on.

"Does she know when she is getting the cast off?" I shook my head.

"No she doesn't know when she will get it off, it shouldn't be too long now though. A couple weeks at the most."

"Hopefully. She must be getting sick of it by now."

"Heh yeah, she keeps threatening to use her lightsaber to take it off." We both laughed. "It seems Cora and Maya are recovering well after that dreadful mission."

"Yeah they really are doing well, especially considering what could have happened. You know I haven't seen Maya in a few days, I really should go see her."

"I'm sure she would like to see you, Alexa." I nodded, thinking that the two girls, or rather young women, could use some time to chat.

"I'll go see her now then." Alexa and I stood up and left the room. "Are you coming Anakin?"

"Nah, I just saw her before coming to see you. I don't think she would want to see me again until later. You go on Alexa, you and Maya need to catch up, I'll see you later."

"Ok bye Anakin." She gave me a quick hug and I smiled.

"See you Alexa."

Maya POV

I sat on my bed looking out the window like I always do, staring at speeders and looking at the nearby buildings that made up a small part of the city which covered the planet, when my thoughts wandered to Jay. I haven't seen him since I released from the halls of healing, not even a glimpse of him around the temple. I wish he would come and see me so we can talk. I sighed, my shoulders slumping as I did so.

I need to get out of here. I should go find Jay and Cora.

I got up from my bed and walked to the door however it opened to reveal Alexa standing on the other side of it.

"Alexa? What are you doing here?" I asked, surprised to see my older friend.

"Well hello to you to Maya." She smirked.

"Sorry Alexa, I wasn't expecting you, but please come in." The woman smiled and walked in. "So why you here, Alexa?"

"I just same to see you Maya. After all I haven't really seen much of you since that dreadful mission. Besides can't I just want to see my friend?"

"Of course." I nodded.

"So tell me Maya, how are you?"

"I'm good."

"Well that's good. I see that you have a cast on."

"Oh yeah it's a pain, my arm itches so much and I can't scratch it." Alexa laughed.

"I know what that feels like."

"Really?"

"Yes I do, but I'll tell you about what happened to me alter. Do you know when you will be getting it off?"

"Nope, I don't have a clue when, but I hope it will be soon."

"So do I." She nodded, before sighing softly. "I really am sorry that I didn't come and see you when you were in the halls of healing."

"It's ok, we're still seeing each other now, aren't we?"

"Yes we are, that's a good point." She smiled. "I'm happy to see your ok, I don't know what we'd have done if you weren't."

"Let's not think about it, after all I'm here and that's the main thing."

"True." We then fell into silence until she spoke again. "So... I saw Jay yesterday when he was coming out of the mess hall, he didn't seem like himself. Do you know if there is something wrong with him?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't know. I haven't talked to Jay in a while, maybe he isn't himself because he could be still trying to get over that Cora was in a coma and that he was scared that she wouldn't wake up." I replied, mumbling. Alexa looked at me and I could sense she was a little concerned.

"You and Jay didn't get into a fight or anything, did you?"

"Um... No." I said looking down.

"Maya come on, did you and Jay have a fight?" I sighed and nodded.

"Yeah we got into a stupid fight, but I don't want to talk about."

"Ok Maya, but do you think that's why Jay is acting strange? Because you two got into an argument?"

"Maybe, I don't know Alexa." I shrugged. She then laughed, making my brow furrow in confusion as I looked at her. "What's so funny?"

"Oh it's nothing."

"You're such a bad lier, now tell me why you're laughing."

"I just can't believe you and Jay had your first fight." She giggled and I slapped her arm playfully.

"Oh stop it Alexa." I pushed shoved her gently. She laughed with me then smiled.

"You know you should go talk to Jay."

"I should, but not now... Maybe later.

"Ok then Maya." I smiled and then we both went silent. I decided I should tell Alexa about Jay telling Master Plo.

I sighed. "The reason Jay and I got into an argument was because he told Master Plo about him and I."

"What?! Why?" She looked at me shocked.

"He said he didn't mean to tell him, he just said it slipped out. I got angry with Jay for telling Master Plo so now we aren't talking to each other." I explained. "I shouldn't have gotten mad at him, I know he didn't mean to tell his master. I don't want to fight with him anymore."

"Maybe you should go and talk to him then." She suggested and I nodded slowly.

"Maybe I should."

"We can talk again after." Alexa stood up. "I'll see you later Maya." She smiled and I gave her a small smile in return.

""Ok Alexa, bye."

"Bye Maya." My older friend walked out, leaving me to decide whether or not I was going to go and try to make things better between Jay and I.

I sighed, I missed him. I missed him a lot. It was like, now that we weren't talking, a part of me is missing and I want it back. So I guess I better go find Jay. I got up and went out and went to my boyfriend's room to see if he was there. However when I got to there and knocked it didn't sound like anyone was inside. "Jay are you in there? Can we talk?" There was no answer. "Jay?" The doors then opened and I walked in only to find that the room was indeed empty. He wasn't here. I turned around and walked out again, not wanting to be in Jay's room when he wasn't around. Oh where could he be? I walked through the hallways and I saw Anakin. "Hey Anakin, have you seen Jay?"

"Yes I have as a matter of fact. I saw him heading towards the training room, but that was a little while ago so I don't know if he's still there or not."

"Ok, I'll go look there, thanks Anakin." I then kept walking, going straight to the training room, with my fingers crossed that he was still there. We needed to sort this mess out now. When I got to the training room I walked in and saw that Jay was still there punching the dummy. "Hi Jay." I greeted, now feeling somewhat awkward. He looked at me coldly for a second then went back to punching the dummy.

"What are you doing here Maya?" His voice lacked warmth as he spoke, it was clear I was the last person he wanted to see right now and to be honest I couldn't blame him.

"I want to talk to you Jay."

"I don't want to talk now Maya."

"Too bad Jay, I'm not leaving until you talk to me." He stopped punching the dummy, and faced me.

"Ok then let's talk."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you for you telling Master Plo about us. I'm sorry Jay, really." He sighed.

"Maya, I'm the one that should be sorry. I shouldn't have told Plo about us., but on the mission when you and Cora got hurt I was scared of losing you both. You and Cora are my best friends, and I was so scared of losing you Maya. You mean everything to me. When my master questioned why I was worried about you I freaked out and I told him about us. I honestly didn't mean to tell him. I'm really sorry." His gaze dropped to the floor and he bowed his head slightly, unable to look at me.

"Jay it's ok, I forgive you. That fight we had was stupid, lets just forget about it and move on. What do you say Jay?"

He looked up and smiled. "I would like that."

"Good." I smiled back. Jay came close and he leaned in to kiss me but I moved away, shaking my head. "Uh uh! No kiss until you have a shower, you are all sweaty and you're really stinky!" He smiled and laughed.

"What about a hug?" He put his arms out and I slowly started to back away. "Oh no Jay."

"Aw! Come on Maya!" He started to advance towards me again.

"Jay go away!" I quickly turned and ran, but he chased after me! "Jay no, go away!" I was forced to stop running as I nearly slipped over and Jay wrapped his arms me. I could smell the sweat from him and the smell of his BO made me gag. "Ew! You really need to have a shower Jay."

"Can I have a kiss first?"

"No! No way! Not until you have a shower." He chuckled and let go.

"Ok I'll go shower."

"Good and after you shower come to my room and we will see about that kiss." I smiled and he grinned.

"Ok, bye Maya."

"Bye Jay."