"Hey master, you know those skates you got for the three of us?"

"Yeah."

"And you know that giant ramp that the Resolute has?"

"…I don't like where this is going but continue."

"Well, I think you know what I want to do."

"Snips this is a terrible idea…let's get Rex to do it with us?"

When Rex heard that whoop of excitement, he got a shiver down his spine.


"Anakin."

"Yes?"

"You are an amazing General and an amazing teacher."

"Thank you."

"But this has got to be your worst idea ever. This is a solid ten on the Anakin Scale." Ahsoka snorted at his mention of the Anakin Scale. Rex stared down the ramp, the skates in his hands as he looked down at the dark, empty ramp that was resting on the ground. Next to him, Anakin and Ahsoka gave him bright smiles, ready to go and risk their lives with the skates they were wearing.

"Nonsense Rex, I don't know what you mean by that, but it's gonna be fun."

"I don't know how to skate sir."

"We don't know how to skate either Rexster, we'll be fine." Even though he had led his men through all types of battles, he started to get nervous at the thought of going down the ramp with footwear he doesn't even know how to use.

"You Jedi are insane."

"Thank you, Rex, race you to the bottom Snips!" Anakin pushed his student just enough to knock her off balance before taking off, letting the force of gravity do the work for him.

"HEY!" and just like that, Ahsoka took after her master, her legs wobbling dangerously under her as she caught speed. Rex just stared at the two of them, the skates clutched tightly to his chest.

"You cheater!"

"All is fair in love and war Snips!"

"Love and war my left foot! Uh oh, oh kriff!" Ahsoka's legs came out from under her, and it would have made her land painfully on her behind if her master didn't thrust out his hand to catch her with the force, helping her land safely on the ramp. Unfortunately, no one was there to catch Anakin as he did with Ahsoka, so when he fell from leaning back too much, he tumbled down the rest of the ramp, landing in a heap onto the grass. Rex would have run down to see if Anakin was ok if said Jedi didn't start cracking up right there on the grass. Anakin curled in on himself, his loud, hearty laughter echoing throughout the night. It didn't take long for Ahsoka to snort before laughing just as hard, her giggles and snorts making Rex start chuckling himself. But he started laughing hard when Anakin sat up, grass covering his hair and a grass stain smudged on his cheek. The way Anakin looked combined with the face he made while laughing made Rex break down. They stayed like that for a few minutes, their laughter echoing loudly in the quiet night.

"Haha, oh man, it's been a long time since I laughed that hard." Anakin let out a few more chuckles, Rex and Ahsoka doing the same. The three of them stretching to try and relax their abdominal muscles.

"Alright Rex," Ahsoka joined her master at the bottom of the ramp, looking up at the clone captain from their position. "It's your turn, hurry up and get down here." And just like that, Rex felt his nervous energy come back.

"I'm still positive that this is a terrible idea, sir."

"You'll be fine! And stop calling me sir, we're not on duty right now."

"This is still a terrible idea Ahsoka."

"That's better, and if worse comes to worst, we'll catch you with the force."

"…you won't let your best friend crash and burn Anakin?" Rex heard the snort Anakin let out, while Ahsoka gasped dramatically at the insinuation that Rex didn't trust her ability to use the force.

"Oh, how you wound me, Rex!" Anakin rolled his eyes while chuckling at Ashoka's reaction

"Yeah, I won't let you get hurt, the last thing I need is Kix going after me." Anakin shivered at the thought of his medic, remembering the glare he got after Ahsoka got slightly injured during one of their antics. Rex looked down nervously but decided to trust Anakin and started to put on the skates. Putting them on as tight as he could so he could avoid a twisted ankle. A slightly nervous laugh escaped his lips as he tried to stand up, crawling onto his knees just to stand up and not fall. he could barely stand up without falling, so when the front wheel of his left skate went over the ledge, he was past the point of no return.

"wait wait no!"

"Whooo! Rex!"

"I knew you had it in you!" Although Rex was terrified, he had to admit that he got a different kind of adrenaline rush, it wasn't like the one he got during battle. This time, there wasn't a chance of death, and he could just enjoy the feeling of the wind on his face and the sound of the wind rushing past of ears. And true to their word, the Jedi used the force to slow him down so he wouldn't crash and burn when he got to the bottom. He didn't stop for a second.

"Let's go again."

"I knew great minds think alike."

"Force yes! Race you there master!" Ahsoka pushed Anakin like he had done to her before trying to run up the ramp. As expected, she failed spectacularly and fell onto her stomach. The two males just stared at her.

"…Kriff…"

That was all it took for them to start laughing again.

Obi-wan watched his lineage and clone captain with a fond smile on his face. Although he didn't agree with the three of them messing around this late at night, especially since they still had a long day of work ahead of them. But still, it made him happy to see the three of them acting their age. Reminding him that they were all younger than 25 and that they still had that chaotic energy that was common for their age. He turned around when he heard a quiet beeping behind him, seeing that Artoo was coming up behind them. When the astromech beeped in a way that he recognized as a question.

"Your master is just having some fun, I'll go back to bed in a second." Artoo beeped again, in a way that sounded like he wanted to make a point, Obi-wan rolled his eyes while shaking his head.

"Fine, but only if you record the rest of it and send it to me." The happy beeping told him his answer, and he looked at the trio as they challenged each other to make it up the ramp with the skates with a smile. He wrapped his cloak tighter around himself before heading back to his room, but not without calling something over his shoulder.

"Make sure you send it to Padme as well, she misses seeing her husband."

The wild beeping he heard almost made him cackle.