Ahsoka and I had a quick meal together then I sent her to the bridge to take over flying so Rex can get some food or take a break. I trusted Ahsoka to fly the ship by herself so I made my way back to the room she and I were sharing and tried to rest my eyes. As much as I wanted to sleep I just couldn't, my mind wouldn't rest, all I could think about was Ashoka and the baby. Would I be a good father? I knew Ahsoka would be an amazing other so I had nothing to worry about there. But would her father do a good job raising our baby? Would the baby be force sensitive like us? Would the Order find out about the baby and take it? Or would a sepratist find out about the baby and kidnap it? How can I protect my child if I'm so far away from it being a Jedi?

I was beginning to panic but I knew what would help me right now, the only thing that could calm my mind was Ashoka. I needed her. I got up from bed and made my way over to the bridge where I knew she was. Thankfully, when I entered it was only her, Rex had not returned from his break yet. When Ahsoka saw me she smiled at me but as soon as she saw the worry on my face she stopped smiling.

"Anakin, what's wrong?" She asked me.

"I am worried I am going to be a horrible father." I told her as I sat down next to her.

"Anakin!" She almost shouted and turned her seat so she was facing me directly. "Why would you ever think that?"

"So many things can happen that would be out of our control. What if the order takes the baby? What if your father does a horrible job at raising it? What if the Separatists get their filthy hands on our child? How am I supposed to protect it when I will be so far away from it?" I blurted out then dropped my head into my hands.

"Wow, normally you're the one calming me down."

"I am being serious I screw up, I will ruin our child's life."

"No you won't Anakin. Our child is so lucky to have you as its father. Never in my life have I met someone as caring and compassionate as you." She said, taking my hands in hers. "There will be problems we can't help but as long as you and I do everything in our power to make sure our child is happy and healthy everything will be fine. Everything will be okay. Now you're the one that needs to stop worrying."

"But-" I started.

"No." She interrupted me, "There are alot of things out of our control and there will be many more things out of our control with this child but we cannot worry okay? Do you love this baby?" She asked me.

"With all my heart."

"Then everything will be okay. Just focus on how much you love this baby, not about what we cannot control." She told me.

"Okay." I told her and I could feel myself calming down.

"Feeling better?" She asked me.

"Yeah a little bit."

"Good. What brought on that worry?"

"I am not sure, I think it just sort of hit me that I am going to be a parent." I told her. "Now that we are being sent out here it all became so much more real."

"You're going to be a wonderful father Anakin, and this baby will love you so much." She told me and I smiled at that, I cannot wait to meet this child. My child.

"Thank you." I said to her and smiled.

She smiled back at me and gave my hands a kiss before going back to flying the ship. Normally I like being in control of the ship because I am the best pilot I know but I trust Ahsoka, I am the one who trained her on flying therefore I know she's good. Not as good as I am though, I don't think anyone is. A while into our flying Rex came back onto the bridge from his small break. Since all of us were friends the air was light and we were having a good time; but from the corner of my eye I kept seeing Rex look over at Ahsoka, he knew something was different about her and I guess I wasn't very convincing at telling him nothing was different with her. I guess now I am going to have to keep them apart as much as I can for now, but when I leave Ahsoka here Rex is staying with her. I don't know how this will play out.

"Rex go make sure our men are prepared to land." I ordered him.

"But Master, we are still half a day away from Tatooine." Ahsoka said.

"I know, but I need us to land and disperse as quickly as possible, I don't want to draw attention to us." I explained. Even though Ahsoka is my girlfriend I don't like it when she questions my orders.

"Yes sir." Rex said then left the bridge.

"What was that about?" Ahsoka asked.

"I need you and him to keep a distance." I told her.

"What? Why?" She asked clearly taken back.

"Ahsoka, he can tell something is different about you. I tried throwing him off but he knows you too well to know something is up." I explained to her.

"Oh…" She said then got quiet.

"I know you guys are friends and it will be hard but he can't know." I told her.

"Yeah I know." She said and I could hear the sadness in her voice.

Instead of saying anything I stayed silent. I know this would be hard on her, distancing herself from her friends but it was best for the baby. The rest of the trip to Tattoine was uneventful. Either Ahsoka, Rex, or myself stayed on the bridge at all times and we made it to Tattoine safe and undetected by anyone else. As soon as we landed everyoneboard our ship synched our coms and we all went our separate ways to the locations we were staying at. Ahsoka, Rex, and I took off for my step-brothers house. A few groups of men were to immediately take off to the moon where the tower is to be built to start construction. As soon as there was breathable air and enough room for all the clones they would be moving into the tower while Ahsoka would stay on Tatooine with Owen. When we got to my step brother's house he welcomed us in with open arms, we told him in advance that Rex would be staying with us at his house for a short amount of time and that he didn't know about Ahsoka's pregnancy and that he couldn't know. They understood and were okay with everything.

As soon as we were settled at Owens house Ahsoka and I headed for Jabba's palace to inform him we are going to start construction now. Rex insisted on coming with us but I told him no and to stay here, Jabba was barely even okay with Ahsoka and I going to his palace, I didn't want to push my luck by bringing a Republic soldier. At Jabba's palace things went very smoothly, he accepted us into his palace and once we told him we were about to start construction he merely nodded his head and Ahsoka and I were on our way back to my step-brothers house. Since we were back almost near sunset I told Rex we would take it easy for the night then start as soon as the sun rose the next day. The entire time Rex kept an eye on Ahsoka, I tried keeping myself between the two of them but I could sense him inspecting her. I didn't like it. How would things go once I leave Tattoine? Would Rex discover the truth about her?

"We don't have enough rooms here to house each of you, two of you will have to share a room." Owen informed me.

"Ahsoka and I will share a room and Rex will have his own." I told Owen.

"Are you sure?" Rex asked.

"I am sure." I told him. "Go take your leave Captain."

"Sir yes sir." He said before following Owen to the spare room where he will be staying.

I waited until Rex was in his room before I led Ahsoka to ours. Once inside I locked the door and sat on the bed and let out a big sigh, this was going to be harder than I expected. Ahsoka saw my frustration and sat next to me and put her hand on my back. I smiled at her and ested my forehead against hers.

"Everything will be alright Anakin." She told me.

"Will it though?" I asked her. "What happens when I leave here for another mission and you get bigger and bigger? Rex is already suspicious about something as it is, I can't protect you if I am not here."

"I don't need to be protected Anakin, I can hide this pregnancy and do my job at the same time. Don't you have any faith in me?" She asked.

"Of course I do Snips. But I can't help but worry." I said and smiled at her.

"Maybe it will just be easier to tell Rex?" She offered. "Time and time again he has proven his loyalty to us, he even refused to tell Master Windu where you were when you asked him to keep quiet when you disobeyed the council. He is extremely loyal to us."

"I don't know Snips, the less people that know the better."

"I know." She said and kissed the side of my head. "Come on, let's get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a long day." She said and laid down on my bed. I followed her actions and closed my eyes while draping my arm over her growing stomach and fell asleep that way.

The next few weeks on Tatooine went well. The council had yet to send me on another mission yet so I was still here with Ahsoka. I stayed on the sideline and let Ahsoka be the one to lead this mission since it was hers, I spoke up when she asked for help, which was rare, she was just as stubborn as I am. Everytime she was in the presence of clones she wore her cloak to hide her stomach, now that she was eighteen weeks along, there was no way to hide her pregnancy without her cloak on. The air on the moon for the base was almost breathable, it would be ready in a week or so; once it was breathable all of the clones would move to the base and construction would finish there. It would be months until the base would be operational, just before Ahsoka's due date. Ahsoka made her daily appearances with the clones giving them their orders and every few days she flew to the moon to check on the construction of the base. Other than that she stayed on Tatooine in Owens house. Sometimes Jabba would request a meeting with her on the status of the construction of the tower. Aside from that things were going smoothly.

One day Owen and I were sitting at the table and he was telling me a story about my mother while Rex was out helping Beru outside when Ahsoka yelled for me. Instantly my heart started to race and I used the force to run as fast as I could to get to our room where she was laying in bed.

"Ahsoka! What's happening? Is everything alright?" I said looking around the room to see if there was an intruder.

"Come here!" She demanded me.

I made my way over to her and she grabbed my hand and placed it over her stomach. At first I was confused but in a second I realized what she wanted from me. The baby had started to kick. I was amazed at first and I got down on my knees and put both of my hands on her stomach to feel my child kick.

"Oh my force." I whispered. "This is amazing." I said feeling the baby kick and kick and kick. "He is really going at it."

"I know," She smiled and laughed, "It just started." She said and rubbed her stomach.

"Thank you for calling for me. But you know if rex was inside-"

"Yes, yes I know. But he wasn't and I knew he wasn't. Shut Up and feel our baby kicking. What makes you think it is a boy anyways?" She asked.

"I don't think it is. But with the kicking everything just got so much more real. I don't want to keep calling it 'it'" I told her.

"Well 'it' will have to do, just until he or she decides to come out and meet us." She told me.

"I am so happy I was here to feel its first kicks, I hope I will be there for when he or she is born."

"I hope you will be here too. I don't want to give birth alone." She admitted.

"Hopefully you won't have to. Take the rest of the day to rest and relax, I'll take over the mission for today." I told her.

"No, I can work." She said and yawned.

I laughed at her and gently pushed her back so she was laying on the bed. I made my way out of the room and as I did my comms went off, it was from the council.

"Skywalker here." I said unhappily, I knew that they were going to ask.

"Anakin, we have another mission for you." Obi-Wan told me.

"Of course you do. I understand, send me the coordinates and I will be on my way." I told him.

"Leaving already?" Rex asked me.

"Rex," I greeted him, "I didn't see you there. And yeah, I am not sure what the mission is but my time here is over. You'll be in good hands here with Ahsoka."

"I know I will sir, Commander Tano can handle herself. And don't worry, I'll look after her while you're gone." He told me.

"I know you will." I said and started to walk back to the room where Ahsoka had just fallen asleep, I needed to tell her I was leaving.

"I will make sure she is fine sir, and the baby." Rex told me.