"Ahsoka, will you do me the honor of marrying me?" I asked her as I got down on one knee.
Ahsoka had always had trouble hiding her emotions, and now that I had just gotten down on one knee and asked to marry me on a ship on Tatooine while she was carrying my child; her face was full of shock. Her mouth was open as if she was trying to speak but no words came out. I was down on one knee with her hand in mine, I didn't have a ring with me because I didn't know I was going to ask her to marry me until the words were coming out of my mouth. She stayed silent and in shock; for a second I thought she was going to say no.
"Anakin…" She whispered. "You want to marry me?" She finally spoke.
"If I didn't I wouldn't be down on one knee asking you to marry me." I said with a smirk.
"You're not just asking me this because I'm pregnant or because we both know it will be a while before we get to see each other again?" She asked.
"No, I am asking you because I love you. Because even though we are defying all we know by being together and having a baby while being Jedi, I love you. Because even though it will be weeks maybe even months before we see each other, I love you. Because even though we live in a war, I love you. Because no matter what the force throws at us, we will face it together, because we love each other. That's why I am asking you to marry me, because I love you."
"In that case, yes. I will marry you." She answered as a huge smile spread across her face.
I couldn't help but have my own huge smile spread across my face. I stood up and grabbed her and pulled close to me and hugged her tightly. After a couple of seconds I let her go and placed both of my hands on her face and slowly brought my face down to hers and kissed her lips softly. After a couple of seconds I pulled away and those two huge smiles were still on both of our faces. I was about to say something to her but she grabbed me and brought me back down for another kiss, a little more aggressive than the one I had just given her. I laughed against her lips but didn't fight the kiss. After a few more moments I pulled away, as much as I wanted to stay on this ship and make out with my fiance I had a mission that I needed to get to.
"I wish you could stay." She said while snuggled into my chest.
"I wish I could too, I want too." I said as I held her tighter.
"Go, be a Jedi, do great on the battlefield for me. Don't worry about me, Rex and Owen will watch over me." SHe said getting out of my grip.
"I will always worry about you." I told her then gave her one last kiss before she left the ship.
After she left the ship I took off towards Coruscant. I had no idea what my mission was going to be or even where it would be but the safest bet is that it would be somewhere near the heart of the Republic. Once my course was locked in the ship I put it on autopilot and called Obi-Wan from my hologram on the ship to get more details about what my mission is.
"General Kenobi here." He said when he answered.
"Hello there Master, I just left Ahsoka, what is my mission?" I asked him.
"A boring one it seems, but you were requested for it."
"I was requested for it? By who?" I asked.
"By the chancellor." He told me. "He is heading to Naboo for some festival, we wanted to send a security detail with him but he denied, instead he would rather just have you as his bodyguard."
"Naboo?" I asked, dreading what that would mean. If the chancellor was going to Naboo for a festival, it was probably a big deal, and any big deal on Naboo meant the Queen would be there, Padme.
"Yes, I offered to go in your place but he personally requested you and the council granted it."
"Thank you for offering but I will be fine. When does this festival take place?" I asked.
"In a week's time, enough time for you to come back here and rest before accompaining the chancellor to Naboo. We shall see soon." He said before ending the call.
Great. Just great. I had no issue with Padme, but after our last meeting and what I said to her I have a feeling she might have an issue with seeing me. Padme has never been a vindictive person but she's also never had her heart broken the way that I broke hers. I really have no idea what to expect when I get to Naboo.
Coruscant was almost a two day flight away from Tatooine so I had some time to kill on my route there. I spent much of my time mediating and trying to become closer to the force. In times where I was unsure of things I always had the force to guide me and be there for me, it felt good to try and become closer to it. While all I really wanted to do was hold Ahsoka in my arms I was only able to chat to her on our secure channel when she could, and since she was leading a pretty big mission I didn't get much of a chance on my flight to talk to her.
When I finally arrived on Coruscant I went directly to the council to inform them on the progress that was going on with the watchtower. Ahsoka and I had been keeping up with informing the council while we were there but it gave the council peace of mind for me to go to them and formally talk to them about the progress. So far everything was going smoothly, the construction was kept secret and as far as we knew, no septratist have discovered anything. I still had a few days before the chancellor and I needed to make our way to Naboo so I spent most of my time meditating or practicing my fighting skills with other Jedi that were in the temple. I was minding my own business when I got a personal request from the chancellor to meet me in his office. Without any hesitation I made my way over to my old friends office to meet him.
"Ahh, Anakin my boy. How are you these days?" He asked me as I entered.
"Hello Chancellor, I am very well, thanks for asking." I responded.
"I feel like it has been years since I last saw you, why have you not come to visit me old friend?"
"I am sorry, I have just been so distracted with my work lately I haven't had any time for anything personal really." I lied to him.
"That wouldn't happen to be because of the young Queen's decision to go back to her home planet and rule there, would it?" He asked me, raising his eyebrow, I had known the chancellor for a long time and he knew that Padme and I were close, I never told him we were married but he knew that the two of us were close.
"At first maybe, but I have moved on from that. I wish her nothing but the best and I know she is happy where she is." I told him.
"And safer, she had so many attempts on her life here when she served in the Senate. She will have a much happier life there. Well my boy, I am happy there are no hard feelings between the two of you, if there was then that would make the next few days just a bit awkward." He said and laughed and I forced myself to laugh with him.
"Well then, if you need anything else from me please let me know." I told him as I stood up. "I need to go ensure our safety on this trip, I need to meet with the pilot and the security team." I said excusing myself then leaving.
The chancellor merely nodded and my half attempt at an excuse to leave and let me be on my way. There was truth in my words though, I did need to go and prepare everything for the chancellor's safety for this festival. I dragged my feet as I made my way to one of the communication centers in the Jedi temple to make the necessary preparations. I was about halfway done with my work when my coms on my wrist started to light up, that was Ahsoka calling me. Instantly I felt my face light up and my heart started to race faster. Without caring who saw me I rushed off towards my room to answer her call.
"Ahsoka. It's good to see you." I said as I answered the call and she appeared in front of me as a hologram.
"It is good to see you too." She smiled at me.
"I don't know when I will be able to talk to you again informally, the council is sending me on a mission as security detail for the chancellor." I told her.
"Where are you going?" She asked me.
"To Naboo, for some festival. Chances are we will probably run into Padme."
"There is no problem with that. I just wanted to tell you that the baby hasn't stopped kicking since you proposed to me." She said, smiling and looking down at her stomach. I smiled too and looked down at her stomach as well.
"I wish I could be there with you guys."
"We know you do. But you need to keep up with your appearance. Don't worry, we will be fine, we just can't wait for you to return." She said and smiled then looked away from me and to whatever was happening over on the planet she was on. "I need to go, I will call you when I can." She said and hung up before I got the chance to say goodbye.
I tried not to be down about not being with Ahsoka but being able to spend the last few weeks with her, sleeping in the same bed, watching the baby grow together, and actually being able to act like a couple (only when we were alone) was amazing. I missed it. And now I am alone and back to Jedi duty. My force, I hope this isn't the life we have to live when Ahsoka becomes a Jedi Knight and is no longer my padawan.
Over the next few days I was so busy with organizing the chancellors trip to ensure his safety that I didn't have much time to myself or enough to even talk to Ahsoka. We were only able to talk twice and each conversation lasted about five minutes. What a great way to start off our engagement. But now that I was traveling with the chancellor, my old friend, more than likely my communication with Ahsoka will be work based and not in private. Just thinking about that makes me upset. Obi-Wan sensed something but I brushed it off saying that it was just a lot of planning for this mission and I prefered to freestyle my mission but when it comes to the chancellors safety, freestyle wasn't an option. He seemed to buy that excuse because he didn't press me anymore about it.
"Ah Anakin my boy." The chancellor said as he put his arm on my back upon greeting me at the landing dock. "Are you ready for this adventure?"
"Yes I am chancellor, this will be fun." I told him, faking a smile.
"Well then, let's be off!"
