Christmas passed and so did the snow. The once white streets of New York were back to being grey and black, and the decorations of the festive season started to disappear as well, stores and homes bringing down their ornaments.

Ahsoka sat at the table in Korkie's apartment, looking over different documents. Korkie was currently in the kitchen, making them both lunch.

"Feel free to help me you know." She said as Korkie walked in, holding two plates of sandwiches. "You've got a fancy job; you know more about this stuff." She gestured angrily to her CV. She had made a basic one when she got her job a few years back, but it wasn't anything special.

"Right, let me see. What kind of job are you looking for anyway?" Korkie asked as he checked over what she had put.

"I don't even know, but I have to get away from this stupid office job." She looked at him and smiled sheepishly, "Not that there's anything wrong with office jobs, it's just not for me. Not really sure how far I can get though, I didn't exactly go to college."

He laughed and Ahsoka found herself laughing with him. Nothing was really that funny, but his laugh… No. He was her best friend. That was it. Snap out of it, Ahsoka, she thought to herself.

"Hey, there are plenty of things you can do without degrees!" Korkie said, smiling at her.

"I don't know, Korks. Maybe I'll just stay at the job I have now."

He pulled one of the chairs out and sat down next to her, "Sokka, no! I'm not going to sit here and watch you stay in a job you hate and be miserable. There's so much out there for you, and if you really want or need a degree then you can go to college. There's no age limit." She had started to look down at her lap, but he took her chin gently, making her look at him. "Hey, why are you crying?" His voice was softer now.

"I just- I… I don't know." Her voice wobbled and he stood up, wrapping his arms around her smaller frame.

"Yes you do, what's going on?"

"I feel like I had my chance in life and I blew it. I didn't go to college because I was so caught up in the fact that I had a job, I've missed out on too much now. It's too late." She was fully crying now, all of her worries from the past few months spilling out.

"You haven't missed out on anything, Sokka, I promise. Look, you're only twenty-six. If you want to go to college you still can, you want to train in something else then go for it."

Ahsoka just nodded and sniffled, hugging him back. They stayed like that for a minute before she asked him quietly, "What do you think I would be good at?"

"What do you want to do?"

"That's the thing," she huffed and flopped back in her chair, "I don't know."

He looked at her for a minute, clearly in thought before he thought of something, "You said you wanted to help people, right? What about teaching?"

"Your parents said about that. I don't know, it just doesn't seem right. I'm sorry, I'm being so awkward and fussy." She put her head in her hands.

"No, it's okay. This is something you want to be sure about." He twirled the pen he was holding around his fingers, the same way he had always done since they were younger. Ahsoka's phone lit up with a message from her father,

I have a doctor's appointment later, so I might not be back by the time you get here. Will be home in time to have dinner with you before you head home though. See you later, Little Sokka.

Plo Koon didn't realise it, but he had just answered his daughter's problem.

"Korkie, do you think I could still go to med school?"

Korkie thought for a moment before nodding, "I think so. I know someone who might be able to give us a proper answer." He stood up and grabbed his phone from the couch.

He looked back to her and smiled, "This is proof of how far I will go for you."

Ahsoka raised her dark eyebrow in confusion but her best friend held up a hand as the person answered the call. Ahsoka couldn't hear what they were saying, but Korkie didn't keep her in the dark for long.

"Hey, Soniee, it's Korkie… Yeah, sorry I don't mean to bother but I have a question…"

Of course, Soniee was a med student. Ahsoka just stared at her laptop, her mind racing. She knew that Korkie and Soniee's break up hadn't been pretty, and she knew that Korkie hated talking about it or anything to do with his ex. The fact that he willingly called Soniee just to help her made Ahsoka's heart pound within her chest.

"…Okay, thank you. Yeah, I'll tell her you said hi. Bye, Soniee." He hung up the phone and smiled. "She said that it wouldn't be a problem and she knows a lot of people who didn't start until their thirties or even forties, so you're absolutely fine. As long as schools here follow the same rules and all as British ones, which they probably do. Also, she says hi."

Ahsoka laughed and then started looking into different med schools into New York. About an hour later, she realised she should head over to her dad's if she wanted to get there a little bit earlier. She'd left it later, as he wasn't going to be home yet, but now she was pushing it slightly.

"Hey Korks," She said quietly as she put her laptop in her bag, "Thank you. You didn't have to call Soniee."

"Don't worry about it. The phone call was awkward as hell and it was probably the last time I'll ever talk to her, but I wanted to help you."

She smiled and hugged him again. Ahsoka wasn't short in the slightest, but Korkie still towered over her. She found she didn't mind it, it was like she fit right there. Neither of them moved for at least a minute, but Ahsoka finally pulled away, knowing she really had to go.

"I'll see you tomorrow, when you finish work?" She asked as she dug around for her keys.

"Of course. Bye, Sokka."

"Bye Korks."

She made it to her father's just a few minutes before he did, and she was glad she left when she did. Plo was telling her about someone at work but Ahsoka was only half listening, she wasn't proud of it but her mind was stuck on something else. More like someone else.

"Sokka, you okay?" Plo asked. He must have asked her a question without her realising.

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry, it's been a busy day. What did you say again?"

Throughout the whole evening, Ahsoka couldn't get Korkie out of her head. She put it down to the fact he was her best friend and she had spent the whole day with him. Yeah, that was it. Nothing more. Right?

She smirked as she stood in front of the small house. Yep, this was it. Time for her to get revenge on that bitch.

Mara Jade walked up to the house and knocked on the door. Hopefully, the boy would answer. Her plan was coming along rather nicely. She could get both Skywalker's with one thing. The door open and to Mara's utmost glee, Ezra was stood there. She put on her sweetest (and fakest) smile.

"Uhm, can I help you?" Ezra asked.

"Oh sorry, is Luke here? We were supposed to be going out."

Ezra's face fell and Mara had to stop the evil smirk from spreading across her face.

"Who are you?" He asked, his voice was quieter than before.

She couldn't use her real name; he would recognise it. Her naturally red hair had been dyed brown for the time being so her appearance would be no problem.

"I'm Miya. Miya Edwards. Who are you? I swear I was meeting Luke Skywalker."

The look of hurt that dashed across Ezra's face was wonderful to her wicked mind.

"I'm Ezra, Luke's boyfriend."

It was a good job Mara was so good at acting surprised, because it was handy now.

"Oh my, I'm sorry. His sister set us up, said he was really excited for it."

Betrayal flashed on the boy's face and his blue eyes glistened with tears, "You have the wrong house, sorry." And with that he shut the door.

Mara smiled and walked away. Phase one complete. Her work was done. All she had to do now was watch the show unfold.

Luke's phone started to ring and he smiled when he saw his boyfriend's name.

"Hey Ez-"

"If you weren't happy you could have told me."

"What?"

"You know exactly what. Don't play dumb, Luke."

"Ezra, I really don't know what you're on about."

"Yeah whatever. Tell that to the girl who just turned up at my house saying you two were going out. Said Leia set you up."

"Ezra, I don't know what you're on about. You're the only person I'd be going out with."

"Sure. Just leave me alone, okay? Don't talk to me."

"Ezra please, I don-"

The line cut off. Luke sat there, willing himself not to cry. Who the hell was this girl.

'Said Leia set you up.'

He jumped up from his chair and marched across the hall. He barged into his sister's room, the door banging against the wall.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Leia was sat at her desk, going over something on her laptop, "What?"

Luke clenched his fists, ignoring the hot tears that streamed down his face.

"Why would you do it. Set me up with some girl without me knowing and then send her to my boyfriend's house?!" He shook as he spoke, anger and hurt building up inside him and over spilling. He didn't even wait for her to defend herself. "You're an absolute bitch. Fuck you!"

He stormed downstairs and grabbed his jacket. He ignored Leia's pleads to listen to her, ignored his mother asking what was going on. He walked out of the house and sat on the front steps, putting his head in his hands.

He broke down then. His two favourite people in the whole world, and he'd lost them both in one night. He just cried, his whole body shaking and his sobs filling the air. Someone sat down next to him and he registered an umbrella open up above them. He hadn't even noticed the rain pouring down.

"Okay, what's happening? Why are both my children completely breaking down?" Anakin said, putting his hand on Luke's shoulder. Luke didn't answer, he just turned and hugged his dad.

"Ezra broke up with me. Leia sent some girl to his claiming that we were going out." He said after a moment, his voice wobbling.

"Why would Leia do that? Look we can sort this out, okay?" Anakin was only trying to help, but Luke was exhausted.

"Thanks dad, but I'm just gonna go to bed."

Anakin nodded and the two stood up, heading back into the house.

"Luke?" Anakin said quietly as they took their shoes off, "I'm sorry, kid."

"Yeah, me too."

Luke walked up the stairs, ignoring his sister's sobs from behind her bedroom door. He peeled off his clothes, soaked from the rain, and changed into his pyjama's. There was a knock at the door and Padmé stepped in the room quietly. Her presence usually made all the bad things go away, but Luke still felt awful.

"Hey sweetheart. You okay?" She asked. It was no use to lie to her and Luke didn't have the energy to. He just shook his head. Luckily, his mother realised he didn't want to talk and gave him a quick hug before saying goodnight.

He didn't know whether it was the heating dropping off or if his mood had just altered his body temperature, but either way he was cold. He grabbed the nearest jumper and threw it over his head. It wasn't until he got into bed that he noticed said jumper didn't smell like him.

It was Ezra's.

Luke just curled into a ball and cried. He cried and he cried until he eventually fell asleep, his dreams filled with the boy he loves. The same boy who now hates him.

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