"Pregnant! How?" I exclaimed.
"When two people engage in sexual intercourse, one of the possibilities-" The droid started.
"I know how it happens!" I cut him off. "How far along is she?"
"Not far, just past two weeks, it is still very early."
"Two weeks?" I questioned, thinking back to what happened two weeks ago.
"It was the night we said we loved each other." Ahsoka said. "Anakin, what are we going to do?" She asked, I could hear how scared she was.
"We are not going to worry." I said pushing aside my own fear for her. "We are going to have a baby Ahsoka. This is good news." I said touching my forehead to hers.
"Anakin, I'm scared." She said,
"I am too Snips, but we can do this."
"When the order finds out I will be expelled, and if they find out you are the father so will you. I can't hide my pregnancy forever, I will show eventually."
"We'll have to send you away." I said, "Just for a little while, when you start to show to when you deliver."
"Where will I go?" She asked resting her hand on her stomach.
"I don't know Ahsoka. We'll figure it out."
"What about when the baby arrives? Are we supposed to drop he or she off with strangers and never see our child again? Or will the baby become a Jedi like us? We are very force sensitive, the chances that our baby will be too is very high. We can't just-"
I cut her off with a kiss, I had no other idea how to shut her up.
"Calm down Ahsoka, we will figure this out. I promise you." I said and gave her another kiss before getting up and walking behind the droid.
"What are you doing?" He exclaimed as I opened his head up, in a matter of seconds he shut down and I started to mess around with his wiring.
"What are you doing?" Ashoka asked me from where she was sitting.
"Erasing his memory. He knows we are Jedi. We don't want that information getting out." I told her.
"Anakin, what are our options?"
"We can send you away?" I offered.
"Will we ever be able to see our child?" She asked.
"Not often." I answered honestly.
"Not often?" She asked sadly.
"Unless we leave the order, not often will have to do. Do you want to leave the order?" I asked her.
"No I don't. The order is my life."
"That might change when you have the baby." I told her.
"Will you leave the order?" She asked me.
"I-I don't know."
"Anakin, how did we mess up this badly?" She asked me.
"Two people in love do some really crazy things." I said and kissed the side of her head. "How is your hip?"
"It'll be fine."
"Maybe you should stay with your father." I offered. "When you start showing, the baby can be raised with family, among your clan. It will be part Tortuga."
"I don't even know my father."
"No but he seems like a good person. He would have made a good father to you. I could tell that from the few moments that he spoke to you."
"How are we going to even pull this off?"
"We have to keep you away from the council as much as possible. I'll try to get us as many missions as far away from the council as possible."
"Okay, let's say that works, how will we be able to get mem fully away from the council when my belly is out to here?" She asked sticking her hand out to insinuate her when she's further along.
"We will cross that bridge when it comes." I said and stroked her head.
"Anakin. Do you want this baby?"
"Yes. I do" I said and kissed the side of her head. "I really do want this baby. I want to be as apart of its life as I can be."
"Maybe we can ask Obi-Wan to help us?" She asked.
"I don't know Ahsoka. I think it's best that we keep the number of people knowing to as little as possible. Tomorrow we'll travel back to Shili and speak to your father, see if he can help." I said picking her up bridal style.
"Anakin what are you doing?" She asked laughing and wrapped her arms around my neck.
"The droid doesn't want you walking so I'm carrying my girlfriend back to the ship." I said as I started walking. When I got to the ship I set her down in one of the beds and laid next to her, I looked down at her flat stomach.
"You can touch my stomach if you want." She offered.
Slowly I moved my hand down and placed it gently on her stomach. It felt normal. Of course the baby was too small to move or kick or anything. I closed my eyes and concentrated on the baby I wanted to see if I could feel the baby with the force. If I could then there is a chance another Jedi could feel its presence. At first I didn't feel anything but after a few seconds I felt something, I could feel the life form in Ahsoka.
"Anakin, what if-"
"No more worrying tonight Ashoka. Tonight we are not Jedi. We are two expecting parents. Tonight we are happy. Tomorrow we will worry and form a plan." I said and pulled her close to me. "Sleep Ahsoka, it has been a long day."
She nodded and closed her eyes against me and soon enough I felt her drift off to sleep. I wasn't able to sleep at all. I was not scared. I was terrified. If Padme's pregnancy had survived it would be easier to get away with because she is a senator, they are allowed to fall in love and have children. I would never have to worry because I know Padme would be with the child and she would make an amazing mother. I know Ashoka would be an amazing mother as well but she wouldn't be able to mother the child; not the way she would want too. We will be lucky if we are able to see the child a few times a year. Unless she left the order, I believe she would leave the order for her child, but at the same time I feel she would grow to resent the child if she did. Ahsoka's entire life is about becoming a Jedi, she has never known anything else and she doesn't want to. Maybe until now. After what felt like hours of worrying I was finally able to fall asleep, just for a short period of time, soon enough Ahsoka was shaking me awake.
"Anakin, wake up. Your coms is going off." She told me.
"I'll ignore it." I said standing up and stretching.
"You're going to ignore it?"
"Yes I am. I have more important things to do right now. First of which is us getting back to Shimi, to your father."
"Okay." She said standing up.
"Ahsoka! Be careful!" I said rushing to her side and sitting her back down on the bed. "You're not supposed to be walking remember?"
"I'm fine." She said stroking my face. "I'm not in any pain."
"If you say so." I said then the both of us headed over to the bridge to set our course.
It wasn't very long before we reached our destination. The whole time we were travelling we kept small talk going. I was able to sense that Ashoka didn't want to talk. She had a million questions running through her head about the baby.
"Welcome back." Amaod said as we greeted him. "I wasn't expecting to see you back so soon after your mission here. What can I do for you?"
"We are looking for Mr. Tano, Ahsoka's father." I said to him,
"I shall take you to him." He said then led us over to the small home that was Ashoka's father's.
"Hello Ahsoka, general Skywalker." Raano greeted bringing us into his home. "It is lovely to see you again, and so soon."
"Raano, I need your help." She said as she sat down. Raano nodded and sat down and gestured for us to sit in front of him, Ahsoka sat down and I sat next to her.
"What can I do for you?"
"I… I am in a situation." She said,
"What kind of situation?" Raano asked.
"She is pregnant sir." I answered. "She is pregnant and she needs your help. As Jedi we are not allowed to form attachments or to parent children. But Ahsoka has fallen pregnant. We need your help if we are to protect Ahsoka."
"What are you asking of me?"
"Can you house Ahsoka from the order in her later stages if pregnancy and take care of the child after she delivers? That is what we are asking of you." I told him.
"Have you fathered her child?" He asked.
"No." Ahsoka said before I could say anything. "He is not the father, it is-"
"I am the father. But it is not what you think. I didn't take advantage of her sir. I love her." I said firmly, Ahsoka looked at me in shock. "Ahsoka I don't want to lie. There are going to be so many more lies in the future when it comes to our child, this was it is one less lie." I said to her then I turned back to him. "Will you please help us? Will you house Ahsoka and take the baby?"
"Can you do that?" Raano asked Ahsoka, "Can you willingly give up your child? When the order took you, it was the hardest thing your mother and I had to do. Can you?"
"I have too, the order is my life, I want to finish my training. And it is not like I will never see it, Anakin and I will come visit as much as we can." She answered.
"Perhaps, to keep your secret it is best no one knows you're a Jedi. I will take care of your child. If it comes to it I will also house you here, but the people of the clan know you're a Jedi. They are very proud to have one of their own a Jedi. Word might spread."
"He has a point Ahsoka." I said and rubbed my chin. "But you will take the child for us?"
"I would love morning more then to be able to raise my grandchild."
"Thank you sir." I said to him,
"Anakin, what are we going to do until then?" Ahsoka asked me.
"I'm not sure."
"What about your brother?"
"Step brother." I corrected her. "And I don't know, we haven't spoken since I buried my mother."
She opened her mouth to say something but my coms went off again. It was the council again trying to get ahold of us. I've been ignoring them all day.
"We can't keep ignoring the council." Ahsoka said. "You must answer."
"Skywalker here." I said into the coms.
"Anakin, where are you and Ahsoka? The council has been trying to get in touch with you all day, they are getting impatient." Obi-Wan practically yelled at me.
"Ahsoka was blasted in the hip in battle. The medical droids didn't want her to move for a full day and she's been recovering. I've been with her overseeing everything." I told him, it wasn't exactly a lie.
"How is she?"
"She's fine now. Did you have a mission for us?" I asked.
"No the council was just concerned when you failed to check in after the mission. But if you are interested there is a man selling illegal weapons in a nearby system. Care to apprehend him?"
"Local authorities or back to Coruscant?" I asked.
"Local authorities should be fine."
"Yes Master, we are on our way." I said before hanging up on Obi-Wan.
"Are you ready for this Snips?" I asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be." She responded.
