"This is so unfair," Sabine thought to herself as she was finishing up a sketch she had been working on while Ezra was coloring a picture on the floor in her room. While Sabine loved drawing with Ezra (it was starting to become their 'thing') she was mad at Hera for yet again leaving her out of the loop. Hera had gone to pick up some supplies with Kanan and Zeb for Fulcrum. Hera had told Sabine to stay on the ship to watch Ezra. Sabine though was beyond frustrated; Hera still wouldn't tell anyone who the heck this Fulcrum was or what this informants end game was. To make it even more frustrating, since Sabine was caught trying to spy on Hera's holocom conversation with Fulcrum, Hera had been trying extra hard to keep Sabine away from the Fulcrum topic. Sabine thought with Ezra's parents having worked with Fulcrum, maybe she would finally be told everything. But Hera and Kanan agreed to let Ezra know what he needed to, so basically treat Ezra like they treat Sabine in regard to the unknown ally.

So now Sabine and Ezra were in the Ghost in Space while the others took the Phantom to Garel for a drop off. They were gone for an hour and every minute Sabine became more and more irritated at being treated like a child.

"Sabine?" The young Mandalorian was distracted from her thoughts when young Ezra said her name. Sabine looked at Ezra, who was looking at her curiously.

"Yeah kid?" Sabine asked, a little annoyed; not at Ezra, just with everything else.

"Are you ok? You have been quiet; you usually mumble when you draw."

Okay, now Sabine was getting annoyed with Ezra, "I'm fine, just a little exasperated is all."

"What's 'exasperated'?" Ezra asked curiously.

Sabine really wasn't in the mood to explain, so she did what any older sister figure does to their younger brother figure, she grabbed the datatpad and handed it to Ezra.

"Look it up and then you will know," Sabine told Ezra matter of factly.

Ezra though just looked at like he had no idea how to use it.

"What does "exasperated' mean?" Ezra yelled into the datatpad.

"Kid you type it in!" Sabine yelled at the kid, now really loosing all her patience, "you sound it out and try to spell it! It will spell check itself and then you read what it means, any idiot can do it!"

Ezra though looked down at his feet, his voice began to tremble with what he said next, "I don't know how to."

Sabine asked rather bitterly, "To what, type?"

"To read." Ezra admitted, his voice showing how upset he was with the matter.

Sabine felt like someone just slapped her, she almost wished someone would slap her.

It was quiet for a moment as Ezra just looked at the floor with disappointment.

"Kid, I-,"

But before Sabine could apologize though Ezra bolted out of Sabine's room. Sabine followed him as he went into his room and went into the vent above his bunk, with the intent to get as far away from the Mandalorian as possible.

Sabine felt like shit, her only consolation was that the other's weren't here to freak out on her. Just because she was in a bad mood doesn't mean she should put Ezra on her level. Now Ezra hated her cause she had to remind him that he couldn't read. She had to make it right.

Sabine climbed up onto his bunk and opened up the vent.

"Ezra I,"

Again though Ezra just crawled away from Sabine. While she should have just called out for him to come back, she knew he wouldn't listen to her, so she began to crawl after him through the tight squeezing vent.

"how does the kid do this all the time?", Sabine thought to herself as she squirmed her way towards the sound of Ezra crawling away. Sabine finally found an opening, one Ezra clearly made his way out of. Sabine tried to get out the same way feet first, but she got stuck in the vent by her waste. Sabine began to kick and squirm her way out, only to land on the floor of the galley bottom first.

"Oww!" Sabine cried out as she began to rub her sore butt.

Sabine then heard the laughter of Ezra, who was near the cabinets. While Sabine was still sore from the fall, she smiled that now she new where the kid was.

Ezra saw Sabine looking and him, and immediately stopped laughing and turned his head away, still remembering he was mad at the Mandolorian. Ezra was about to leave the room when Sabine called out.

"Kid please wait," Ezra halted at the door and turned back to Sabine as she continued, "Look, I'm sorry okay. I was just a little grump and I took that anger out on you. I didn't mean to make you upset."

Ezra just looked at his feet before asking, "Am I dumb?"

Sabine got up and went over to Ezra so the two were eye level with one another, "Ezra, you are not stupid. You know hoe to talk to Chopper, and tell the time by the moon. You are a smart kid, especially considering your age" Sabine told him, hoping this would cheer him up.

Ezra though did not seem convinced, "But I don't know how to read and-,"

"Kid, look at me," Sabine told Ezra. When Ezra finally did Sabine smiled and assured him, "The reason you can't read is because you haven't had the chance to learn."

"Mom was supposed to homeschool me. She didn't want me to go an imperial operated school." Ezra told Sabine, conflicted by the fondness of remembering his mom wanting to teach him and missing her by remembering those times.

Sabine just smiled and wrapped her arm around Ezra's shoulders. Sabine knew what she had to do.

"How about this, why don't I teach you to read."

Ezra looked up at Sabine, "Really?"

"Yeah," Sabine replied, "How about this, we take an hour a day so I can teach you. Sound like a plan?"

Ezra thought of it for a second before asking, "Will there be any homework?"

Sabine laughed at the idea, "Well since we will be learning in our home, I would think homework would be irrelevant in this case. So what do you say?"

Ezra smiled and nodded, "I say I like this idea. Can we start now?"

Sabine smiled, "How about we start after lunch."

"Okay," Ezra replied happily.


The next few weeks Ezra and Sabine would take an hour after lunch so Sabine could teach Ezra Galactic Basic reading. The others found out about their schooling soon enough, and they all supported the idea. Hera knew that Sabine was a top student, the girl knew more languages then Hera herself did. If anyone could be a teach Ezra how to read, it was Sabine.

Sabine was pleased by how quick it took Ezra to learn how to read. He was soon reading whole passages from the datapad. Sabine soon though found out Ezra needed to learn some other things as well.

"Sabine, I have a question?"

"Are you stuck on a word?" Sabine asked as she looked at the datapad Ezra was reading.

"No but I was wondering, why in the story does Kia get thirteen credits back when he gave the vendor twenty?"

That is how math became part of Professor Sabine's curriculum.

While Ezra got math, he got bored with it very easily. So Sabine came up with some other courses they could go over to keep Ezra from getting bored. Soon the weekly course for two hours a day became so that Primeday was focused on Reading and Foreign Language (Mostly either Twi'eki or whatever main language of the planet the crew was on); Centaxday was focused on Math and Galactical History, Taungsday was focused on Reading and Math, Zhellday was all about History and Language. Benduday though was dedicated to Sabine and Ezra's favorite topic, Chemistry. Chemistry in truth though was teaching Ezra how to make explosives and fireworks. At the end of the week, the two would go out into a field and build up their entertainment before finally lighting it up

"So we just need to add the yellow charcoal," Sabine mumbled to herself as he pored some into the fireworks base.

'Your mumbling again," Ezra said mockingly to his professor.

"I am not, I am merely talking to myself quietly," Sabine defended herself. The two though just laughed as they finally finished up their colorful entertainment.

"Ready?" Sabine said as she began to light up the end of the firework.

Ezra nodded as they began to hide behind the rocks nearby. They were so busy looking at their masterpiece that they didn't notice someone sneaking behind them.

"What are you two doing?" Kanan asked the two younglings who turned to see him.

Ezra replied, "We're learning."

Just then the firework shot up into the sky, giving off a yellow and green display beauty of a fiery explosion. Sabine and Ezra looking proudly at their work and Kanan looked proudly at the two.

"So Ezra, what did we learn today?" Sabine asked

"That adding too much yellow charcoal will cause the fireworks to go off a lot sooner and a lot faster."

"That's right." Sabine replied to her little student as she ruffled his hair.

On the way back, as Ezra hurried back onto the Ghost to tell Hera and Zeb how Sabine and his project went. Kanan though placed a hand on Sabine's shoulder and told her, "You're really are a great teacher for Ezra."
Sabine smiled warmly at Kanan before replying, "I guess I learned from the best." This earned a smile from Kanan as well.

With that the two went back onto the Ghost to hear Ezra telling Hera and Zeb that they needed to see their next fireworks project.


A/N: I have been meaning to write this one for the longest time (got to love sibling bonding). I actually was going to take a different route with Sabine founding out Ezra couldn't read but DisneyandWildKrattfangirl inspired the idea of the two kind of fighting and that's how this turned out. I Also found the Galactical calendar on Star Wars wiki so I hope I got them right. I hope everyone likes it.