Chapter 1:
Obi Wan Kenobi sat on a the couch in his appartment, feeling rather excited because of a certain little visitor. Finally, it came. There was a buzz at the door and Obi shot up and legged it to the door, pulling it wide open to reveal a startled Keira Littleproud.
"Hiya, Obi."
"Keira! You're here!"
"Really?"
Obi rolled his eyes. "Anyway, come in, come in!" he said and pulled Keira in, shutting the door behind him.
"And I thought I was going to be an unwanted nuisance." Keira said, plopping on the couch Obi showed her to.
"I haven't seen you for years!" Obi exclaimed.
"Yeah, 25-horrible-years." Keira said slightly darkly, then did a fake shiver to lighten the mood.
"I've missed you."
"Missed you too, Obi. How've you been?"
"Fine, thanks. You?"
"Unfortunately, I can't say the same. Plutimaria (A/N: just made that up) was worse than we thought. My padawan lost an arm. I've left with all limbs but loads of battle scars." Keira replied.
"Really? Can I see?" Obi asked slightly worriedly. "Nothing too serious?"
"Well, let me put it this way. The battle on Plutimaria was won 5 years ago, right? Well, I've just spent those 5 years in a hospital there recovering from one. I'll let you see later." Keira answered.
"Just one of them did that?"
"Yep, the others just gave me a bit of pain for a few months. Anyway, on a happier note, what about your padawan? I hear he's...well not a padawan anymore." Keira questioned, obviously not wanting to stray on that topic.
"He's fine. Doing very well. Oh, and he's..." there was another buzz. "...here right now." Once again, Obi rushed over to the door. But when he opened the door, he found more than just Annakin, Mace, Yoda and...Padme? were also there, Padme standing dangerously close to Annakin, and the pair were being eyed suspiciously by Yoda and Mace.
"Hello, Obi Wan. Nice to see you, it is. And Master Littleproud too." Yoda said pleasantly.
"It's nice to see you too, Master. I wasn't expecting you. (A/N: I was half tempted to say: hello mister anderson. we've been expecting you. if you've seen the matrix, you'll know what i'm on about.)
"We'll leave if you want." Mace said with a mischevious grin.
"No, you can stay. But don't make a nuisance of yourself." Obi replied, returning the grin.
"So, Obi. Are you just going to leave them standing in the hallway, or are you going to invite them in?" Keira said, coming behind Obi Wan and placing her chin on his shoulder. The two masters exchanged glances.
"What? I've had a long journey and standing here isn't making me feel any younger." Keira explained, turning her back the group and wandering over to the sofa, consequently leading the rest in with her.
"Oh, c'mon Keira. You're seven years younger than me. You're making it sound like you're 80." Obi Wan stated.
"Certainly feels like it. Anyway, are you gonna introduce me to your fine friends or what?" Keira asked, yet again changing the subject.
"Oh, right. Well, this is Senator Amidala, of Naboo." Obi said gesturing to Padme, who smiled. "Masters Yoda and Mace."
"Well, I know them, Obi." Keira stated. Obi Wan chose to ignore that comment.
"And, my ex-padawan, Annakin Skywalker." Obi said finally, with pride evident in his voice. Annakin bowed his head slightly to her, but didn't break eyecontact. 'Is he trying intimidate me?' Keira thought to herself.
"No." Annakin said to her with a small smirk. 'Did he just read my thoughts?' she thought again, then checked her mental shields.
"Yes." Annakin replied, the smirk on his face.
"Are you just making a calculated guess, or are you genuinely-" Keira began, but was cut off by a cough from Obi Wan.
"Are we still here?" he asked.
"I dunno. Let me check." Keira replied and leaned over to poke him. She did this a few times, then withdrew her finger, nodding her head.
"Yep, you're definitely there. Master Mace, would you like me to check whether you're there aswell?" Keira announced.
"No thanks. I think I can do without being poked. I'm sure Master Yoda would though." Mace said with a sly grin on his face.
"To be poked, I would not like either." Yoda said quickly.
"Good choice. Her pokes hurt." Obi Wan stated, earning himself a painful nudge from Keira. Padme was watching the scene with great amusement. But Annakin seemed to be watching with great jealousy. 'They're just bestfriends. And they haven't seen each other for years. That's all. They're probably just acting like that because they're excited.' Annakin said to himself, but a monster inside him said otherwise.
"Master Littleproud?" Padme asked, sounding like a little school girl.
"Call me Keira."
"Ok, Keira?"
"Yep?"
"Why aren't you wearing your jedi uniform?" she questioned. Suddenly, the rest of the group also noticed Keira's lack of proper jedi attire. Instead, she was wearing a tank pink tank top, and a loose, light blue, transparent, three quarter-length sleeved top over it, and tight, black shorts. Oh, and sandals.
"I need a break from it. Do you realise how uncomfortable it is spending 20 years in the same uniform without change, then wearing it again when I have the chance not to?" Keira answered.
"True." Obi Wan said.
So, the evening went on like that, Keira and Obi Wan catching up on lost time, with Keira making frequent random comments, and Annakin watching from the sidelines with a dark and jealous look on his face.
Finally, it was time to leave and Annakin, Padme, Mace and Yoda went to the door to leave, where Obi Wan and Keira bid them farewell.
"Cya." Keira said.
"Bye." Padme replied, and left, followed by Annakin, who shot one last scowl at Keira and then left down the hallway.
"What's his problem?" Keira asked. Obi Wan shrugged and shut the door. They both plopped down on the couch and turned to face each other.
"So, General Kenobi, huh." Keira said.
"Yeah. Nothing much." Obi Wan replied.
"Ha. Trust you to say that. And I hear you're a council member now. Congrats."
"Thanks. But I don't see why they don't make you one aswell."
"Are you kidding? Council members are there to give advise and 'words of wisdome' in difficult circumstances. I'd probably end up telling someone to go into battle against 10000 droids which, by the way, are armed with super blasters and giant, powerful forcefields with a wookie and JarJarBinks." Keira laughed. "No offense to wookies or JarJarBinks though. They rock, just, not against...you know...I'm gonna shut up now."
"Is that even possible?" Obi Wan asked, earning himself another painful nudge from Keira.
"It really is good seeing you, Obi. I've missed you so much." Keira said suddenly, and tears welled up in her eyes, but she just blinked them out of her eyes and smiled. "Sorry."
"Don't be sorry. I've missed you too." Obi Wan replied, worry evident in his voice and pulled her into a hug.
"Ow!" Keira exclaimed.
"What? Your scars?"
"No, your beard. You know, come to think of it, why did you grow a beard?"
Obi Wan shrugged. "It just...happened."
"Well, shave it off."
"What? No! "
"C'mon, Obi. Please? For me?" Keira begged and gave him puppy dog eyes.
"Oh no. No, no, no. Don't give me the look."
"You know you can't resist the face."
"Okay, okay! Fine, I'll shave it off. Jeez."
"Now?"
"Fine."
"Yay!"
"Are you done yet?" Keira asked for the millionth time, bobbing up and down excitedly outside the bathroom door.
"No. And I'm not going to if you keep distracting me." Obi Wan replied, now trying extremely hard not to loose his cool and yell.
"Well hurry up. I'm bored and I really wanna see! Can't you just let me in while you shave?"
"No."
"Please?"
"Finished."
"What? You have? Yay! Open the door! Let me see! Let me see!"
"You really want to see?"
"Yes. Hence the fact I said: Let me see! Let me see!"
"Are you really sure?"
"Look, if you don't open the door now, I'll smash it down myself. That a good enough answer for you?"
"Fine, fine. How many times have I said that today?"
"Don't know, don't care. Just open the god damn door." Finally, the door opened and there stood an already 10year younger looking Obi Wan. Keira just stared.
"I think I've fallen in love all over again." she stated.
"Keira, you know we can't."
"Yeah, I know. But that still doesn't mean I can't have dreams, right?" she replied, giving him a mischievious grin.
"You are strange." Obi Wan said, shaking his head slightly and smiling.
"No, I'm just in love." Keira replied, turning around and walked into the kitchen. Obi Wan watched her go in awe.
'How she can just say how she feels, I'll never know.' He said to himself.