Chapter 12

Before we get started with this chapter, I want to make things perfectly clear: I am aware of the Net Neutrality situation and I support you guys. I don't want to lose our internet freedom.

Also in case you all still don't understand, the Injured story is completed. There will be no updates to that story. That's the reason Love in the Rebellion exists: it's a continuation of Injured.

I didn't know exactly how this was supposed to go, so if things seem different or not as good as the other chapters, I apologize. There's been so much going on in my mind that I can't properly plan my chapters very well. Net Neutrality, school, everything in life, etc. I'll try to update as soon as I can.

Now, let's get to the story.

"I'm starting to have second thoughts about a dress, Hera," Sabine said.

"I know you are, Sabine," Hera said. "It's your Mandalorian honor, isn't it?"

"Y-yes. My mother married my father with a kind of armor that is meant for marriage," she explained.

"And that armor is at Krownest?" Hera asked.

Sabine nodded, "If my mother hands the armor to me, she would be allowing my marriage."

"So then you'll need to head over there as soon as you can," Hera said

"Come on why can't I see her again?" Ezra asked his master, obviously not happy with the separation.

"Because, she's trying to plan your wedding for you," Kanan explained.

"We already have things planned out!" Ezra exclaimed.

"I mean she's getting ready for it," the Jedi Master corrected.

"It's not for another two days, though."

"She..." Kanan started, but his comm went off.

"Kanan, is Ezra with you?" Hera asked.

"Yes, he is. Why do you ask?" he replied.

"Sabine remembered a special armor back at her home that's specifically used for weddings," Hera explained.

"It doesn't matter what she's wearing, I'm marrying her whether she's wearing a dress or her armor," Ezra said, but instantly turned red realizing what he just said.

"I mean uh... y-yeah that's fine with me," he said nervously.

"And that's exactly why I'm marrying you, love," Sabine called through the comlink.

"Alright you two, save some of that for the honeymoon," Kanan joked.

Ezra and Sabine both turned red. "Kanan..." they both said, embarrassed.

"Hey you don't need to be embarrassed about that," he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah but..." they started, but Kanan interrupted them.

"But nothing. Save the lovey dovey stuff for your honeymoon!"

Kanan and Zeb were arguing in front of Ezra, which was annoying him a little bit. Both of them want to be Best Man for Ezra's wedding, but they're also not letting him decide for his own. Eventually, the two were so focused on fighting each other, that they didn't notice Ezra walking out the door.

"Ezra!" a voice called from down the hallway.

"Wedge, what's up?" Ezra asked.

"How's the wedding plans going so far? Do you need help with any of it?" he asked.

"Kanan and Zeb are arguing, so I left. Things are going slower than I hoped it would, and I really want to see Sabine," Ezra explained.

"Sorry, man, but Hera and Kryze have her room under Mandalorian lockdown," Wedge said.

"Lockdown? What happened?" Ezra asked, suddenly worried.

"Nothing like what you think happened. They're just making sure people stay out of her room while she's busy," Wedge said.

"So I won't be able to get in?" he asked, starting to grow disappointed.

"Well there's still the vents..." Wedge pointed out.

"I'm not crawling through ventilation tunnels. I'm long past that," Ezra said.

"Besides, you're not supposed to be seeing the bride before the wedding," Wedge said.

"The wedding is in two days!" Ezra exclaimed.

Wedge held up his hands in defense, "Hey I'm new to all this as much as you are."

"Sabine, are you about done packing, yet?" Katherine asked her Mandalorian friend. They decided to pack early so they wouldn't spend so much time packing the day they are leaving for Krownest.

"Yes I'm about done," she said, placing the last of her things into her bag. She stood up and placed her hand on her slightly swollen belly. She closed her eyes, trying to feel a motherly connection to her child. She felt some movement and she gasped quietly. She smiled and opened her eyes, not taking them off her belly. Katherine walked into the room, and stood next to Sabine.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I'm doing great, honestly," Sabine replied, still not looking away. "I'm dying to know what gender the baby will be."

"Just ask Ezra," Katherine said. "I'm sure the Force will help him with that."

"I'm pretty sure that's not how the Force works, Katherine," Sabine laughed.

"Who knows," Katherine shrugged. "Maybe the Force will give you two an exception."

"Not likely," she replied.

"Alright then. I'll tell Ezra to pack his things," Katherine volunteered.

"Actually, I'm going to tell him," Sabine said, not to Katherine's surprise.

"Okay," she said. "Don't get too crazy alright?"

Ezra was meditating in his room when his door chimed. He opened his eyes saying, "Come on in."

The door opened and Sabine walked in, being sure to close the door and lock it. She didn't want anybody interrupting them.

Ezra's face lit up with a smile when he saw her. "Sabine!" He stood up and pulled her into an embrace.

"Nobody would let me see you. They kept giving me the 'Can't see your bride before the wedding' card," he explained.

"I don't doubt it," she said, softly. "I need to tell you something."

"I'm all ears," he said.

"The armor we told you about earlier... We have to go to Krownest. I want our child to still have a connection to my family," she said.

"You want to bring our child to our lives at your home?" he asked.

"He or she doesn't necessarily have to be born on any Mandalorian world," she explained. "He or she just has to be accepted and welcome into the clan."

"Your family would be crazy not to accept our child," Ezra said.

"You have a good point, love," she said. She suddenly gasped and clutched her belly. She wasn't showing pain, but instead Ezra could feel wave after wave of love, joy, and all sorts of positive emotions flowing from her.

"E-Ezra..." she said grabbing his hands and placing them on her belly. "Our child... it's moving a little."

Ezra closed his eyes and connected to his unborn child through the Force. As soon as that happened, there was a small kick and both Ezra and Sabine could feel it.

"Yup, definitely Mandalorian," Ezra laughed. Sabine smiled sweetly at him.

"Don't forget he or she is also Force sensitive, so that means we have a Mandalorian Jedi on our hands," she said.

"How well do you think your family would take the news?" he asked then.

"They already know I'm pregnant... I think," she said.

"That's reassuring," he said sarcastically, receiving an elbow to the ribs.

"Back to why I'm here again," she said getting serious again. "I want to leave for Krownest, tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Ezra asked, only a little surprised.

"Yes, tomorrow. I want to have a chance to at least try on that armor before the wedding," she said, hoping he would agree.

Ezra didn't even think, "Then it's settled. We'll leave tomorrow."

Sabine wanted to smile, but she didn't know if he was sure about it, "A-Are you sure?"

"Why wouldn't I be? But would I have to wear formal Jedi robes or the Mandalorian armor?" he asked.

"You're going to have to talk to my parents about that," she said.

Ezra's face slightly paled. "G-Great..." he squeaked, getting a small laugh from Sabine.

"You don't have to worry, love. My family enjoys having you around and you know it," she told him.

"Yeah but... I'm still scared of your mother," he said.

Sabine leaned up to him and kissed him on the cheek. She caressed his cheek and look up into his eyes, "You won't have to be. I'll be there to help you."

"Even if I get thrown into more trials?"

"Ok that might be a problem then. Nobody can interfere with our Trials," she explained. "Not even family."

They locked eyes and Sabine felt a small kick. The baby was excited about something.

"I think our child wants to meet my parents," she said, blushing.

"And he or she will meet them pretty soon," Ezra said giving Sabine a deep, loving kiss.

"Now, let's get you packed up. I want to leave no later than midday," Sabine said.

"Yes, dear," Ezra replied with a grin.

Later that night, Ezra and Sabine were in the Mess Hall, trying to eat in peace, but Rebel after Rebel kept talking with them. They didn't mind the attention, in fact they've gotten used to it. Eventually, Wedge and Katherine joined the two and they had a pretty interesting conversation.

"So you two are leaving for Krownest in the morning?" Katherine asked.

"Yup. I don't think the baby wants to wait," Sabine answered.

"It's moving quite a bit for its age in my opinion," Wedge said.

"Well it does have Mandalorian blood," Ezra pointed out.

"And Lothalian Jedi blood. Don't forget that, love," Sabine said.

Katherine squealed, "Oooo, you two are just so cute together!"

Sabine and Ezra turned red, "You're one to talk. I've seen how you look at Wedge."

Katherine instantly turned red, "I-I don't know what you're talking about..."

Wedge looked confused. "Wait what about me?" He was spacing out a bit, undoubtedly picked up from Ezra.

"Nothing!" Katherine said quickly.

Ezra and Sabine looked at each other and grinned wickedly, making Katherine worry for herself and leaving Wedge confused.

"So, Katherine," Ezra started, "You have a crush on Wedge, huh?"

She turned red, "E-Ezra... N-n-n-oo. T-That's n-not it at... at all..." she stammered, obviously very nervous.

"Wait what?" Wedge said, slowly getting it now. He slowly turned a light red.

"There's no need to be scared, Kath," Sabine started.

"I'm sure Wedge would love to go out with you," Ezra finished, nudging him with his elbow. Wedge instantly turned as red as Katherine.

"N-No... I mean... Yes... oh why are you two doing this?" Wedge stammered.

"Oh please, I've seen how you two look at each other," Sabine said. "You two should go out sometime."

"We don't have time, Sabine... I-I mean, pilots and engineers..." Wedge started.

"Excuse me, sir, but I'm a one woman SpecForce," she said, staring at him with sparkling eyes. She then realized how she was looking at him and quickly looked away blushing.

"Exactly my point!" Sabine and Ezra exclaimed at the same time. "You two are blushing around each other and you keep trying to avoid eye contact..."

"You are doing almost exactly what we were doing before we started dating," Ezra explained.

"Sh-Shouldn't you two be going to bed? You leave in the morning," Katherine and Wedge both said at the same time, embarrassing themselves.

"I don't know. I'm having fun right now. How about you, dear?" Sabine asked her fiance.

"I agree. We're just having so much fun I don't think we can sleep," he said with a devilish grin.

"Oh my goodness you guys," Katherine whined. "You're killing me right now..."

"You're not the only one," Wedge said. "Come on, let's get out of here before they do something else."

"Aww, leaving so soon?" Sabine fake complained.

"Don't have too much fun, Antilles," Ezra said with a wink.

"Shut up, Bridger," Wedge shot back before disappearing around the corner, Kathering following not far behind.

Ezra and Sabine broke out laughing.

"I... I think we took that... too far..." Sabine said, unable to control her laughter.

"May...Maybe..." Ezra said, also unable to control his own laughter. Sabine fell against him, and tried to control her laughter.

The baby jumped a bit from inside Sabine and she gasped for air. Ezra knew what happened. He could feel the excitement from his unborn child. Both him and Sabine smiled, and finally stopped laughing.

"I wonder if those two will ever get together," Sabine said, resting her head on Ezra's shoulder.

"They better. Otherwise I'll go after them," he replied.

"Oh please you know I could catch them faster than you could," Sabine mocked.

"You're not chasing anybody with our child," Ezra shot back, playfully.

"I know. But there can be a 'Mandalorian' still go after them," she said, referring to his armor.

"They've already seen my armor," Ezra protested.

"I know, but they've seen mine too."

"But you're actually from Mandalorian blood," Ezra pointed out. Sabine nodded.

"Fair point," she said.

Soon, Ezra and Sabine retired to their quarters, but Sabine didn't want to leave Ezra. She just loves him too much to leave him alone.

"So... What are you up to now, dear?" Sabine asked.

"I was going to take a shower, then head to bed. I'm beat," he said.

"Same here," she said. But then had an idea. She decided to have some fun with him for a while. "I could wait until you're done, or..."

She stepped closer to him and whispered into his ear, "I could join you."

Ezra turned red and backed up, "Uh Sabine... You can't be serious..."

He studied her face, but she couldn't hold it in anymore. She burst out laughing, using Ezra's desk to hold herself up. Ezra stood there confused, until Sabine managed to speak up again.

"I'm only playing, love. You should... You should see your face right now," she said, laughing again.

"Ha ha very funny," he said, smiling, though he was still pretty red.

He walked into the refresher and started the shower. Sabine sat down on the bed and waited for Ezra to finish. Sunlight started to stream in through the window and reflected off something from across the room, catching Sabine's eye. She walked over to an old holodisk and picked it up. She inspected it and not seeing anyway to turn it on, was about to put it down. But in doing so, she squeezed it a little bit and it activated, much to her surprise.

"Ezra what is all this?" she asked quietly. She saw so many pictures from the time Ezra first joined the Ghost crew, to just the past few days. She gasped when she saw a picture of him kneeling in front of her, holding the box. She reached out and tried to touch the picture, but her hand just went right through it. The picture changed again, to an older memory. Ezra and Sabine were sitting on the floor, facing each other as she tried to teach him some more Mando'a.

She smiled, "He had just two weeks of his recovery at that time..." she thought to herself. She heard the shower shut off and she quickly picked up the holodisk and shut it off... but she didn't move.

Ezra walked out of the refresher and saw Sabine standing in front of his desk, holding something in her hands.

"Sabine?" he asked. Sabine looked up, her eyes sparkling with small tears.

"I found this just sitting here..." she said holding up the disk. "You've been keeping track of your time here, haven't you?"

"It's full of my favorite memories... it's also not finished yet... I was hoping to give that to you someday..." he said.

Sabine took a deep breath, "Was this supposed to be a wedding gift? Or some sort of Anniversary gift?"

Ezra nodded, making Sabine feel guilty. "I-I'm so sorry Ezra..." she put the holodisk back on the desk and walked up to him, pulling him into a hug.

"No Sabine," he said. "Don't apologize. I was going to give it to you after our wedding, but I just couldn't wait for that either."

"Ezra..." she said. "I... It wouldn't be fair if I... I can't..."

"It's alright, really," Ezra said. "I want you to have it. I can always add to it later on."

Sabine quietly sobbed into his shoulder. She considered herself lucky to have a guy like Ezra by her side all the time.

"I love you, Sabine," Ezra said. He felt Sabine's hug tighten, almost squeezing the breath out of him.

"I love you, too, Ezra," she replied.

The next morning, Ezra and Sabine were boarding a shuttle to head to the fleet that was tasked with repairing the Starbird. They were waiting for their small group to arrive: Kanan, Hera, Zeb, Wedge, Katherine, and of course Chopper. Ezra was slightly terrified, and Sabine was trying to calm him down. Kanan was also telling him to relax, especially since they haven't left yet. Finally Wedge and Katherine arrived.

"Wedge! Katherine!" Sabine called waving them over.

"Are you all ready to go?" Ezra asked.

"As ready as we'll ever be," everyone replied.

They boarded the shuttle and after being cleared to takeoff, the pilot brought them to the small battlegroup that kept the Starbird in their hangars.

"This is shuttle 2642 requesting permission to dock," the pilot said.

"Shuttle 2642, state your business," the flight commander ordered.

"Drop off. Commanders Bridger and Wren. Generals Syndulla and Jarrus, Lieutenant Commander Antilles and Sergeant Gracen," the pilot replied. (Katherine's last name is Gracen. Just thought of that actually)

"Shuttle 2642, you are cleared. Final approach to Hangar Bay 2. How copy?"

"Load and clear, sir," the pilot said.

"Good. Final approach speed 66. Docking green. Call the ball," the flight commander said.

"Copy that. Landing speed 66. Tracing flight path, I have the ball."

As soon as the shuttle was inside the hangar, the landing crews directed him to Bay 4. After they touched down, the pilot let everyone out. They left the shuttle and Hera had to head up to the Command Deck to finalize the orders.

"Woah this hangar is huge!" Katherine exclaimed, staring at the hangar's walls and high ceiling in awe.

Wedge chuckled, "Welcome to the Liberty-class warship. This one in particular is the flagship of Echo fleet."

"Same fleet that Wedge led?" Katherine asked.

"I had temporary command of a CR90 corvette, but yeah, same fleet," Wedge said.

"Lieutenant Commander Wedge Antilles. I thought I recognized that name. Welcome back to Echo fleet," an engineer said.

"Jackson? What are you doing here?" Wedge asked pleasantly surprised.

"Not long after you left the CR90, I was transferred to the Liberty," Jackson said.

"So you go from being the XO of a corvette to hangar grunt?" Wedge joked.

"Basically, but let me just tell you it's not as bad as it sounds. It's really nice here," he said.

Hera returned then from speaking to Captain Narada.

"The Starbird is ready to go. They've tested the new engines again and again. Good as new. And they took the liberty of replacing that temporary shield generator with a more powerful one, and not only that, a 1.0 Hyperdrive!" she said.

"Class 1.0 Hyperdrive? I didn't think it was compatible for these Gauntlet fighters!" Sabine exclaimed.

"You see with the repairs, there were many things we had to do. We gave it advanced power modules and couplings. The amount of power with a hyperdrive that old would have killed it. So we contacted your family, Commander Wren and they were willing to ship an extra hyperdrive to us," Jackson explained.

"You didn't mess up the paint job did you?" Ezra asked, knowing that Sabine would flip if something happened with her masterpiece.

"Fortunately for us, the paint job is still perfectly clean," Jackson said. Sabine breathed a sigh of relief. Ezra could tell she was just about to ask the same question.

"Good. You have been spared Sabine's wrath then," Ezra said grinning.

"Don't get me wrong, it wasn't easy for us. We... aren't exactly familiar with mandalorian ships," Jackson said, rubbing his neck, but handed him a datapad.
He looked it over and was satisfied with the results.

"Thanks a lot, Jackson," Ezra said, clapping his shoulder. He then turned to look at everyone. "Everyone ready?"

"We're leaving already? We just got here!" Katherine said, still slightly entranced with the hangar.

"Yes we're leaving already," Sabine said.

"If you want I can arrange for you to be assigned to Echo fleet," Hera said.

"You'd really do that?" Katherine asked, but then she surprised everybody. "It's a tempting offer, really, but I'd like to stay on Yavin, if you don't mind."

"Alright, I'm not going to debate about it. We should get going," Hera said.

"Right. Thanks again, Jackson," Ezra said as his entire group started heading to Bay 6, where the Starbird was.

After everybody was settled into their quarters on the Starbird, Ezra and Sabine sat in the cockpit and started their departure.

"Starbird to Liberty, requesting permission to depart," Ezra said.

"Liberty to Starbird you are cleared. Departure route transmitted to your console, Commander," the flight commander said.

"Acknowledged," Ezra said as the transmission was shut down. "Here we go. Let's see how she runs."

The departure was very smooth. As a matter of fact it was a lot smoother than it used to be. The new engines seemed to really pack a punch, as did the new hyperdrive. After Ezra jumped the ship, Sabine looked at the power readings.

"Dang," she said surprised. "Ezra these power readings are stable." She checked the speed then and she became even more impressed.

"This hyperdrive really got us cruising," she said grinning.

"The jump was smoother, too. Didn't take very long to warm up the hyperdrive, or calculate the jump. Whatever those guys did to our ship, I love it," he said.

Sabine blushed, "Our ship?"

Ezra winked at her as he got up to check on the others. "You have the controls, dear."

Sabine threw him a mock salute, "Aye aye, captain." She laughed as he rolled his eyes, but he couldn't help but smile.

It took a while, but my mind has a million things running through it, so it's hard to come up with new content. Thank you all for your patience. I'm trying to update my stories as fast as I can.

Now I'm going to work on Unknown Love's chapter 2. Thank you all for your support.

May the Force be with you, always.