Hehee, okay, this chapter is alittle long, and well, I don't really care if people think it's to sappy.

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Chapter 7: It all Boils Down to the First Kiss

It was 2 in the morning. I've gotten maybe 15 minuets of sleep in the last 2 days. We have paper work up to our butts. Literally, you stood up and the stacks went as high up as your bum. Anakin helped me transport the work to my office, but then got called away to his mission to Aldraan the next day.

So, Kenobi and I have been sitting here since yesterday, sorting and sifting through all this junk. He, of course, left during the day and helped at night. I, on the other hand sat here all day, for 3 straight days, with paper as my company. My bum is as soar as they come right now.

So we sit there, surrounded by a sea of folders, data pads, and paper at 2 in the morning. I gave up being Military like, and dis guarded my vest, took off my shoes and socks, and un-tucked my blouse. My hair was a mess right now, so I left it down. This morning I didn't bother to go home and change. I had fallen asleep on the couch in my office while reading a data pad. "Screw it" was my answer to everything right now.

Kenobi himself gave up being Military. After dis guarding his very uncomfortable looking boots and his outer Jedi tunic, he looked much more comfortable.

I finally realized I had been starring at him for the last 2 minuets and then went back to work.

"Oh, poor Janna." I perched my glasses on top of my head.

"What?"

"My friend Janna. She's gotten herself into a heap of trouble." I said frowning at the data pad.

"What happened?"

"She went and married her commanding officer."

"That's bad. It's against the code."

"I know that. But then again, I'm very happy for them. Both Janna and Lt. Michelson lost their families in the war already. Love was the only thing they had left." I said. My eyes made contact with his, right now, platinum silver ones. I could get lost in those eye's any time.

"Yes, Love." He paused for a minuet, "Are you going to report them?"

"No, I couldn't bring myself to do that. They need each other. Beside, they would die for each other anyways. Love will do that to people." I shrugged

"Do what?" He asked. He had stopped what he was doing and his attention was fully on me.

"Love will make people do crazy things. Like them for instance: The military code forbids it and is punishable by court marshal, resulting in death. They would both die, rather than live without one another." I said.

"How do you know this?" His eye's were now the clearest blue, that it takes your breath away.

"I just do." I said blushing. "will you get me their fill?"

"Which one?"

"That one."

"Which one is 'that one'? I wasn't paying attention where you got it from." He said. I heaved a heavy sight and rolled my eyes. If you want anything done, never leave it up to a man. Jedi or not he's still man, and still human, thus, still has the same male characteristics.

I place a hand on his leg to balance myself and leaned over him to grab the folder.

"This one." I said showing him the folder. I put my glasses back on.

"Oh." He starred at me. I could see a bit of redness under that wonderful beard.

"There. No more evidence." I said, while shredding the documents and pressing delete on the data pad. I picked up another data pad and started reading it, trying to surpass a yawn. I failed miserably.

Kenobi plucked the pad out of my hands.

"Um...General, can I have that back?"

"No, you should go home and get some rest." He said smiling.

"No, I'm fine. Gimme my data pad back please, Sir."

He lifted it higher above his head. "No."

"What?" I said. My temper was higher than usual. I starred at him over the tops of my glasses, fire in my eye's.

"No. You need to go home and sleep."

"I will go home when I'm good and ready." I hissed reaching for the data pad, but missing it because he pulled it away to quickly.

"You need sleep." He said sweetly with a smile.

"Give me the data pad, General." I said through gritted teeth.

"You can have it back-" I sighed and put my hand out "- If you can get it." That smart-ass smirk that I loved was on his face.

"I don't have time to play these silly games. Now, *PLEASE* give me the data pad, General."

"No." He chuckled.

It was in easy reach, but the only way to get it would be to push him over or sit in his lap and grab it that way. I would do neither. I wanted to, but couldn't.

"Please, Sir. can I have it back?"

"No."

"Please?"

He stopped to consider it. "No."

"Damn you." I mumbled under my breath. Well, I'm gonna have to do it the hard way. I considered my 2 options. Sit in his lap, and grab the thing, or push him over, and waist 2 days of precious work.

I sighed. Of course I couldn't push him and have all that work that we did go to waist. I sat there for a moment, gathering courage to do what I had to do.

I took one more deep breath and slid myself side sattle onto his lap. I reached out and grabbed the data pad. I let out a loud sigh and laughed. I was about to get up when I felt feather light and soft lips barely caress mine. I sat in shock, slack jawed and wide eyed. I looked at his now very pristine green eye's.

"I'm sorry." He whispered. My eye's had started darting left to right, trying to get what he just did through my head. My grip on the data pad tightened.

"I'm so sorry." Was all he could say.

I suddenly dropped the data pad and........

* I heard the data pad hit the floor with a clunk. I suspected she was going to run. It was a stupid plan. It failed from the beginning, but I didn't expect her to sit in my lap just to gat a damn data pad.

Then It was my turn to be shocked. I felt her arms around my neck and her lips barely come to mine. I was still shocked when they left.

"What?" was all I could say, breathlessly and shocked. And in a state of daze.

"You did it first." She said.

"You didn't have to do it back!"

"You didn't want me too?" She asked, her voice trembling.

"I never said that!" I replied exasperated.

"Then why are you complaining?" She asked.

"I don't know why! You took me by surprise!"

"It's not like you gave me any warning!"

"Well, your the one who went and sat in my lap!"

"Your the one who didn't give me back my data pad!"

"Wait, wait. Let's not get in a fight over this." I said letting out a sigh.

"Okay." She straightened her glasses.

"I just didn't expect you to kiss back." I said running my hand through my hair.

"Why didn't you?"

"I didn't think you liked me."

"What made you think that?"

"I dunno." She sat still for a moment with a look that said she was in deep thought. Then, again I felt her lips on mine. She pulled away smiling and blushing a deep crimson.

"Why did you do that?!" I asked after taking a deep breath.

"To show you that you were wrong." She said still smiling. She was obviously happy with confusing me.

"Wrong about what!?!" I asked. I was becoming aggravated.

"That I didn't like you." She blushed harder.

My shoulders slumped, "Oh." was all I could think of saying. "Wait, so you do like me?"

"Yes."

"And you've never said anything?"

"It's not like you came out of the closet either Obi-Wan." She said.

She called me by my name. That was the first time I had heard my name, not my title, come out of her mouth. I love the way she said it. It rolled out of her mouth so easily.

"Okay, your right." I smiled. "I do like you Kara. I like you a lot."

*My eye's welded up when he said that. He liked me. That's all I ever wanted to hear.

"I like you a lot too, Obi-Wan."

"Okay, now that we have that firmly established...." He trailed of into a deep thought. He suddenly looked me right in the eye's, "If we do this, It has to be a secret. For the safety of your career and mine. Okay?"

I smiled, wrapped my arms around his torso and laid my head on his shoulder, "Whatever, just as lone as I can call you mine."

"You can call me whatever you want." I felt a small, light kiss on the top on my head.

Oh, gods, for a General he was very gentle. "Anything else?"

"Yes. We can't get to attached. I don't want you to, because of the fact that one of these day's I will have to go to war. And the fact that not only the Military code, but the Jedi code forbids relationship makes this none the easier."

"Kay."

After that there was sweet silence. Him, just holding me, was...heaven. He's so gentle, and he practically purrs like a kitten when his back is rubbed. This was going to be an interesting relationship.