Title: Life Day Lights

Characters: Ahsoka Tano, Captain Rex, Jesse, Fives, Hardcase, and Kix.

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars.


The boys of Torrent company were in the barracks. Rex was sitting on his bed watching Jesse referee some kind of competition between Fives and Hardcase, while Kix was doing something on his datapad. Ahsoka walked in, "I'm depressed." she stated, flopping face first onto the bed Kix was sitting on. That got everyone's attention. Ahsoka was generally very cheerful, not to mention the fact that it was nearly Life Day. "Why are you depressed?" Jesse asked as he and the others walked over. "Yeah," Hardcase said, "After all, Life Day is next week." "This happens every year," Ahsoka's stated, "I always get depressed the week before Life Day, it just seems like time starts moving impossibly slow." The boys looked at one another then Fives got an idea, "Everyone grab a coat!" he exclaimed, "What, why?" Rex asked, "We are going to rent a speeder and go look at Life Day lights." Rex sighed, "Okay fine, but I'm driving." Everyone except Ahsoka started grabbing their coats, she was already wearing hers, but she wasn't moving. "Can't move," she said, "I'm to depressed." "Come on kid, you can ride up front with Rex." Fives said, but Ahsoka only made small hum in response. "Well, guess we have do it like this." Ahsoka squealed when Fives came over and lifted her off of the bed, "Over to you Rex!" he said. Rex barely managed to scramble the rest of the way into his coat and reach out his arms to catch Ahsoka, "Seriously Fives!?" he said, "What if I didn't catch her!?" "I knew you would, besides don't Togruta always land on their feet?"


They managed to find a speeder that they would all be able to squeeze into, though they had gotten a few looks from people. Rex drove and Ahsoka sat upfront with him, the others managed to fit into the back. Ahsoka pouted for a little while, but perked up when she found out that the speeder had heated seats. She was a little happier once they went into an area that had more lights, then Fives insisted they turn on the radio and sing-along to some Life Day tunes. They all sang a bit off-key, but it was fun.


It seemed like the plan had worked, Ahsoka had seemed pretty happy on the drive, but once they got back she seemed depressed again. "It's fine," she said, "There's nothing that can be done to fix it, I'm just going to be stuck like this for the next few days." The boys didn't like the sound of that. Ahsoka wasn't just their Commander, she was practically their little sister, and her being depressed and weirdly okay with it just didn't feel right. "I know you said you don't know," Kix said, "But why are you depressed?" Ahsoka shrugged and sat down next to Rex, "I don't know exactly why," she said, "But every year, I end up depressed the week before Life Day. Time just goes so slowly, and no matter what I do, I can't seem to cheer myself up, at least not for very long." They all looked at each other, "Isn't there something we can do?" Jesse asked. Ahsoka looked up, "Just keep doing what you do," she said, "Besides, pretty soon you'll have to deal with me being excited and impatient, You should enjoy the peace while you have it." "I wish there was something we could do for you kid." Hardcase said. Ahsoka smiled, "Just keep being you, that's what makes me happy, spending time with you guys." she said and Rex wrapped an arm around her, "Good, because we're not going anywhere." So they all carried on with their earlier activities, and they did what they could to cheer Ahsoka up.


A/N: So this is a little later then I usually post a chapter, but this took some time to write. Plus I'm dealing with my own pre-Christmas depression. (Sigh) If only I had Rex and the boys to cheer me up. To anyone else suffering from pre-Christmas depression, we only have ten more days to go(nine if your counting to Christmas Eve), not to mention the Book of Boba Fett in fourteen days. Anyway, thank you for reading, feel free to leave a review, and I hope you enjoyed.