When I woke up I was on my side and Ahsoka was curled into my chest and my arm was draped around her waist. If it was up to me I would stay like this forever. But duty comes first. I slowly rose from my spot on her bed and gently kissed the side of her head to wake her up. We had a mission to get to.
"Wake up." I whispered gently to her and she started to stir awake.
"Can we just go back to Naboo where we can do nothing but sleep all day." She complained as she rose from her place in bed.
"Yeah but we'd get bored too quickly. Alright Snips. Give me one last kiss." I said as I stood up and pulled her up to me and wrapped my arms around her waist.
"Last kiss?" She questioned and wrapped her arms around my neck.
"Not forever. But as soon as we step out of those doors who knows how long it will be until we're alone again and I can play the role of a living boyfriend again."
"You have a point there Anakin." She agreed and leaned in to kiss me. I parted my lips for her and kissed her deeply; my god I loved kissing her. I would do this all day long if I could.
"Alright, open the door and make sure the coast is clear for me to leave." I told her.
She nodded and me and gently stuck her head out the door and looked both ways before giving me the thumbs up that I was good to leave. I swiftly made my way back to my room, if anyone were to stop me I wouldn't have an excuse of why I was out of my room so early and not showered or anything. Thankfully I got to my room without stopping me, in fact it was so early I didn't even see anyone in the halls. I made my way to my washroom and quickly got myself ready for this mission.
"Ahsoka." I said into my coms.
"Yes Master?" She responded.
"Meet me at the landing doc in the next ten minutes."
"Roger that." She said back into her coms and I started heading for the landing doc myself. When I got there our ship was waiting along with a small group of clones, Rex being the captain. Ahsoka got there just moments after I did.
"Ready for the mission sir!" Rex said saluting both Ahsoka and I, his men did the same almost instantly.
"Atease men, while this sounds like a simple mission always expected the unexpected." I told them. "Senator Mothma will be here shortly and we are to escort her and protect her during the conference. Three days. Be ready."
In sync all the clones said yes sir and Ahsoka and I waited in stance at the landing platform waiting for the Senator. She arrived shortly with her own team of security.
"Good day to you General Skywalker, Commander Tano, and to all of you clones!" She said happily.
"Good day to you too Senator." I greeted her. "Just recapping, my team and I will escort you and your team to the conference and act as additional security there as well."
"Sounds lovely, my captain will be riding with us and the rest of my team will be taking their own ship there. Are we ready to go?" She asked.
"Yes Senator." Ahsoka said and gestured for the Senator to board the ship. The Senator boarded the ship and Ahsoka and I followed then followed by the rest of the team.
"This should take a few hours, so please take a seat and get comfortable, let us know if you need anything. I will be on the bridge." I told her and then walked to the bridge to fly the ship.
When I got there I started to fly the ship; I am the best pilot on this ship so I only trusted myself to fly the ship. I expected Ahsoka to come in next to me and be my copilot but she never came in. Instead I invited Rex to fly with me, Rex wasn't as good as Ahsoka was but this would be a perfect chance to teach him and improve on his skills. About two hours into the flight I could tell Rex was getting sick of flying and that happened to be the same moment that Ahsoka walked in.
"I was starting to wonder if we left you behind." I said when she traded seats with Rex.
"Senator Mothma wanted to talk and we ended up talking for hours. She is such a sweet person."
"She is, always has been. She wants the war to end and she is very adamant about it."
"What will we do Master? When the war is over?" She asked me.
"I don't know Snips, it feels like this war has been constantly ongoing." I told her, "While it didn't officially breakout until a few years ago, things have always been tense, a lot of fighting. I don't know what we'll do when it is over; or even if when the war is won if the galaxy will be in peace. No one knows the future. Not even Master Yoda." I answered her honestly.
"Well that's encouraging." She said sarcastically.
"He really knows how to brighten up the room." Rex commented.
"Hey I'm just being honest." I told both of them.
"I get it." Ahsoka said. "We are peacekeepers, not soldiers."
"I for one am happy the war started, if it didn't I wouldn't be here." Rex said.
"True, you are a valuable asset Rex, and a good friend." I told him.
"Thank you sir." He said,
"If you guys need some privacy I can come back later." Ahsoka said laughing.
"Be quite Snips." I said trying not to laugh but failing at it. "We will be arriving in about twenty minutes, go inform the Senator."
"Yes Master." She said then rode from her seat, she placed her hand on my shoulder before she walked away. Again I felt a spark, anytime she touched me I felt one. I tried really hard to focus on flying the ship instead of the feeling she gave me whenever she touched me. Rex took over the seat next to me, he didn't make any comments so it's safe to assume he didn't see or notice anything. I hope we will be able to keep this a secret. The landing went very smoothly, and soon enough we were escorting the Senator to her rooms where she was to prepare for the conference.
"Senator, a few of the clones along with your security detail will watch you here while Rex, Ahsoka and I go check out the room where you are to give your speech." I informed her.
"Sounds wonderful Master Jedi." She told me with a smile then went back to her conversation with some of the other politicians.
"Alright Rex," I started when we got to the conference room, it was a large two story room with seating all in the front and panel where the Senator along with others would be sitting. "I want some of your men to blend in with some of the Senators security on the second floor and two clones at the entrance. There is only one entrance here so more than likely an attack won't be coming from there. The rest of the Senators security team will be paltring the room in here and Ahsoka I want you at the Senators side during the conference."
"Where will you be sir?" Rex asked me.
"Outside, patrolling for anything unusual. If whoever is out to assassinate Senator Monthma is smart they won't do it in a crowded room. At all times either Ahsoka orI will be with the Senator."
"Yes sir." said Rex.
"Okay Rex go back with the Senator while Ahsoka and I take a look around the area." I told him and he nodded before taking off.
Ahsoka and I walked around and checked out all the points of entry where someone might come from, we walked about the best ways for an attacker to enter and went over any strategies we might need to use. It was very professional. We went up to the second floor to get a look from up there, it was very deserted minus a few guards on patrol. After assessing the area we started to make our way back to where the Senator was but I stopped her and brought her to the room where we were staying.
I pushed her against the wall almost as soon as we were in the room and fiercely kissed her. I took one of my hands and pinned both of hers above her head and put my other hand on her waist. At first I could tell she was surprised by my bunt actions but almost instantly she melted into the kiss and kissed me back almost as fiercely as I was kissing her.
"Anakin!" She said in shock when I pulled away and quickly looked around the room to make sure no one was in the room.
"Don't worry I knew no one was here." I said cooly.
"As much as I love kissing you that was random."
"Well we aren't gonna get a lot of alone time while we're here and when we are gonna be together it will be in the presence of others. I just wanted to kiss you while I can." I told her with a wink then kissed her forehead. "Alright so guard the Senator, I am going to rest for a while then we'll switch.