"You've been pretty quiet this whole ride Ahsoka, anything you want to say?" I asked her. We were nearing the star system where this crook was selling illegal weapons.
"I'm just wondering if I should be doing this mission. You know, in my condition."
"We will figure out a way to keep you safe, if you want I can take lead in this and you can stay in the ship?" I offered.
"I think I'd like that."
"No problem." I said and gave her a quick kiss on the side of the head. "When we get back I will try to take as many missions on Coruscant as I can, I think it is best we keep you in the eyes of everyone for as long as we can. Well until you start to show."
"If you think that is best Master."
"Boyfriend, right now I am your boyfriend." I corrected her.
"Whatever you think is best Anakin." She said without looking at me.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
She remained silent.
"Ahsoka…" I pressed.
"I'm mad!" She snapped. "I am mad that I am pregnant! I'm excited that there is a baby in me but my whole life has been about becoming a Jedi, I was never supposed to get pregnant in the first place. Now I am confused on what to do. Do I give up my life, everything I've ever wanted since I can remember to be a mother to this child? Or do I give up this child to pursue what I want?"
"Ahsoka, we're not giving the child up, we are-"
"We are giving it away to be raised by other people Anakin." She said cutting me off. "How is that not the same as giving it up?"
"We will be a part of its life. It will know we are its parents and that we love it." I said as I landed the ship.
"But will that be enough? For you? For me? For the baby? Small moments as a family?"
"Ahsoka, this baby is a blessing. Let go of all your worries, any question you have, I will answer. Any doubt you have, I will squash it. I am here for you Ahsoka. For you and this baby, I love both of you." I said as I rested my hand on her stomach and kissed her on the lips.
"I love you too."
"Good. Now I am going to go catch this thief, you stay here with the ship and stay the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen." I said winking at her as I walked off the ship.
My mission went extremely well. This little thief was no match for a Jedi. Catching him and giving him to the local authorities was a piece of cake. Before I knew it, I was already making my way back to the ship where I had left Ahsoka waiting for me. But before I had gotten to the ship my coms went off again.
"Anakin? Come in this is General Kenobi." Obi-Wan said into the coms.
"I got your little thief Obi-Wan, he has been given to the local authorities." I informed him.
"Well done Anakin. I have a favor to ask."
"Go on."
"Remember back when Ahsoka taught a lecture about corrupt government back on Mandalore?"
"Yes! With your girlfriend the duchess."
"She's not my girlfriend. Anyways, the academy is in need of another teacher to teach their students about war."
"What about 'war'?" I asked.
"Cost of war, strategies, negotiations, those sort of things. Every teacher they have had so far has failed, the students there know Ahsoka, and they trust her. So does the duchess. Do you think you'd be willing to spare Ahsoka to teach again? It should only be about a week or two."
"That will be fine. Ahsoka was just shot though. Once we are back at the temple I want to give her a few days to rest up then we can send her out."
"That should work perfectly. Thank you Anakin." He said before ending the chat.
Whenever the duchess asked anything of Obi-Wan he always did everything in his power to give it to her. It was adorable. He clearly loves her and from what I've seen, she loves him as well. But Obi-Wan would never do it, he is a strict follower of the Jedi code and would refuse to form that kind of attachment towards someone. Like the same kind of attachment Ahsoka and I have formed with each other. Sometimes I wish that he would, he deserves to be happy and fall in love with someone. It is the best feeling in the world, but he is too selfless of a person to ever do so. When I got back on board the ship I found Ahsoka meditating on the bridge.
"If you were as good as mediating as you thought you were you would have sensed me a mile away and would have started the ship for me." I said as I kissed her forehead and sat down and started the ship.
"Oh I sensed you coming. But I am the pregnant one, you should be doing stuff for me."
"I already do so much for you." I said laughing. "I have a mission for you. A solo mission actually. Remember your time on Mandalore?"
"Yeah I do, with the duchess and the students."
"Yeah, so there's another class to teach and Obi-Wan recommended you for it. You'll be there for a week maybe two. Easy and should be no combat."
"That is a temporary solution." She commented.
"When you get back I'll have you teach younglings for as long as I can. No one ever wants to teach the younglings so there will be much for you to do. Hopefully somewhere in that time some kind of mission will come up that we can go on that will be far away from Coruscant or any other Jedi."
"I still think you should reach out to your brother." She stated and crossed her arms.
"I don't know. Tatooine is a dangerous place and a pregnant Tourtuga will catch attention. Ideally it'll be something else, somewhere cold where you can wear layers, less noticeable stomach that way."
"When do I leave for Mandalore?" She asked me.
"In two days. I told Obi-Wan I want you to be fully recovered from your shot first. How is that doing by the way?"
"I feel fine, a little sore but I've been hit worse."
"You've hit me worse." I commented we both laughed.
"If you're talking about the time I accidently may have cut you with my saber, it was an accident and I apologized many many many times for that. And it was only a scratch!"
"A scratch? You cut off two of my fingers." I reminded her.
"Of your fake hand. You got it fixed and didn't even feel a thing."
"Not the point."
"Again I am sorry." She said pouting.
We got back to the jedi council pretty quickly and I went to go inform the council of my success on the mission. But I twisted the story a little bit and I told them Ahsoka was alongside me the entire time, not waiting on the ship. After that Obi-Wan informed the council of the duchess asking for Ahsoka to go back to Mandalore to teach the future leader there about War. Since the request came from Obi-Wan there was no real debate on it and it was approved. Not long after that I was dismissed from the council, I was heading back to my quarters when Obi-Wan had caught up with me.
"Hello there old friend. Again I wanted to thank you for allowing us to use Ahsoka for a teaching mission. I know she'd rather be in the middle of a battle instead of teaching a class full of kids." He said walking beside me.
"Anything for your girlfriend." I said smiling and nudging him. He just rolled his eyes at me and pushed me away from him.
"Let's go out for a drink, it has been a while since we've last spoken."
"Sounds amazing." I said then we both headed out for a bar.
When we got to a random one further away from the temple, we didn't want anyone to know that we are Jedi, we sat down and began to drink like old times. Sharing stories, catching up, and just having a all around good time. It has been so long since the two of us have had time to spend together as friends, with no Jedi business hanging over our heads. I am not going to lie, Obi-Wan and I were completely drunk. To the point where I have absolutely no idea how I ended up back in my own bed. The last thing I remember was ordering another drink. My head felt like it was being crushed by a ship when I woke up. I groaned as I reached over and pulled my blanket further over my head.
"You smell like you had a good time last night." Ahsoka commented from her position at my door.
"How did I get back here?" I asked from under my blanket.
"You can thank me, it was incredibly hard getting both you and Obi-Wan out of there."
"Did he call you?"
"No you did. You wanted me to go down there and bring duchess Satine so we can all plan how to take down the sith and then we can eat as many balunga berries as we want."
"I said that?" I asked trying to get some memory of that part of the night.
"Yes you did. Any memories at all?" She asked sitting down on my bed.
"We got there and I had a lot to drink. That is all remember." I said trying to sit up.
"You lay down and nurse your hangover." She instructed me and pushed me back down on the bed.
"Under one condition."
"And that would be…?" She pressed me to continue.
Instead of answering I moved the blanket over and patted at the spot next to me. She rolled her eyes and walked over to the door and locked it before laying down next to me.
