I put this scene after the events on Kegan from book nine of the Jedi-Padawan books by Jude Watson. It was the first mission of Obi-Wan and Siri and I wanted to represent their possible feelings after this mission.
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Obi-Wan had a look on his datapad and completed his task. His Master gave him this task to improve his theoretical skills on the knowledge of the galaxy and its planets. They were on the way back from Kegan after a straining mission. Master Yoda sent them together with another Master-Padawan-Team to this planet to get a force-sensitive child to the Jedi-Temple. He surprised them during a training session with their lightsabers. He had trained with Siri together.
She, of all people. Siri hated him after he left the Jedi and lived on Melida/Daan to aid the Young in their quest. He regretted his decision and returned to the Jedi temple. But Qui-Gon needed time to accept him as his padawan for the second time. Now time passed and they completed their first mission together after this event. He forgave him, but Siri didn't. She was really angry at him that he left the Jedi and judged him for his behavior. At the beginning of the mission, he felt uncomfortable to work with her together. He believed in his Master to help him, but badly they were separated from their students. Obi-Wan and Siri were catched and stuck in the educational building, or how Siri called it "educational prison". The teachers were strict and every student were punished, if he didn't act according to their imagination. Obi-Wan and Siri needed to work together to escape from this building and find their Masters.
Now they were still on the way back for two hours, but they didn't shared a word during this time. Qui-Gon carried the child on his arms and slept next to Obi-Wan. Adi managed the ship controls silently and Siri had left the room one hour before.
Obi-Wan took the datapad aside and closed his eyes. He needed to meditate about this mission, but he decided that it would be enough to only think about it. But he didn't thought about the course of the mission, but about his relationship to Siri. What did she thought about him now? He helped her a lot of time and proved that he was a good friend. He don't wanted them to be best friends, but if he could, he would eliminate her prejudices of him.
To clarify this question of what she thought about him, he needed to clarify the question what he thought about her. But what was his opinion about her?
Of course, she was an excellent fighter and her lightsaber skills were much better than of some students in Obi-Wans age. Obi-Wan was a little bit older than Siri, but she trained together with him and his friends. Before his leaving, she spent a lot of time with Bruck Chun, Obi-Wans so called enemy. Jedi weren't allowed to have enemies, but Bruck hated Obi-Wan. And for that case, Siri avoided Obi-Wan too. But now, Bruck were dead! Obi-Wan had tried to rescue him, but he was too late. Siri was now alone without her former friends and Obi-Wan wanted to ask her to join his friends.
He stop the direction of his thoughts. The question was still unanswered. Siri had more abilities than her fighting skills, but he didn't spent enough time with her to know her perfectly. He knew that she was totally stubborn. During the mission, she couldn't accept Obi-Wans opinions and only stopped her actions, when she noticed that she would fail. That was the second point: she didn't wanted to see her mistakes. In her opinion, she was always right and in the case she wasn't, she turned silent. This kind of behavior had surprised Obi-Wan. To see that Siri was vulnerable was beyond his imagination, but Siri was only a human like him.
The third point was, that she was a fast and complex thinker. When Obi-Wan offered a problem, she swiftly found a solution. Obi-Wan needed much longer to think about it, but only because he tried to avoid mistakes.
Patience was not her best ability. She turned restless extremly fast and Obi-Wan needed to calm her down.
He suppressed a laughter. It seemed that she was quite the opposite in her behavior than Obi-Wan. His issues were her successes and opposite. Only because of that fact they were able to work together.
In conclusion he could say that he admired her for her nature.
" Obi-Wan, please rise your shields, if you continue thinking like that" murmured his Master Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan startled and opened his eyes abruptly, but his Master still sat next to him with closed eyes. A stranger wuld think that he was still asleep, but Obi-Wan knew him better.
" Your thoughts fly like a space ship with light speed. I can't concentrate on my own thoughts!"
" I'm sorry, Master" replied Obi-Wan and tried to calm his mind.
Qui-Gon sighed. " I didn't meant to stop thinking, but if you need someone to talk about it...you know that I wil listen to you."
" Thank you, Master" said the Padawan. " I only thought about the last mission and my quest on Melida/Daan."
" Ok and to what conclusion came you?"
" That I'm ashamed of my behavior and I regret my decision..."
" We talked about that, Obi-Wan" replied Qui-Gon. " And I forgave you. Now it's your turn to forgive yourself."
" But how can I forgive myself, when others still judge me for my behavior?"
" Are you talking about a specific person?"
" Yes" murmured Obi-Wan, but didn't say the name, because of Adi Gallia in front of them.
Now Qui-Gon opened one eye and focused his student. " Don't bother yourself. You need to talk with that person to know what the person is thinking."
A voice in Obi-Wans head told him that Qui-Gon already knew the person, who challenged Obi-Wans thoughts.
Obi-Wan opened his mouth to reply, but at that moment the door opened and Siri entered the room. She observed the room and stopped at Obi-Wan. " Can we talk?"
Obi-Wan didn't know how to react. He wanted to say something, but he stayed silent. When he realized that the break lasted too long, he sensed a light wave of reassurance from his Master and he felt a big hand, which softly pushed him forwards. Obi-Wan stood up and followed Siri in another room. Without speaking, she sat down on a chair and waited for him to sit down. Obi-Wan gave het time to collect her thoughts.
" Obi-Wan", she began unsure. " I only want to say you that I'm sorry for my bad behavoir against you!"
Obi-Wan opened his mouth, but Siri interrupted him. " Please, let me continue. I judged you too fast and I realized it. You're really friendly to me and that despite my behavior. And please don't believe that Adi gave me the advice to talk to you. I only want you to forgive me and I want to say that I forgive you for your leaving."
" Thank you, Siri" replied Obi-Wan. " But I understood your reaction. I couldn't forgive myself for my behavior. Qui-Gon was the only person, who forgave me..."
" That's not true. Every Jedi-Master forgave you. Master Yoda was never angry at you and Master Windu is Master Windu… You know him."
" I still can not believe what I did to Qui-Gon and how he had felt when I left him" said Obi-Wan.
" But he realized that it was also his fault..."
" In which way? I forced him to choose me or his best friend Tahl!"
" You chose feeling over mission. It was his task to help them like you did..."
" No it was not" murmured Obi-Wan regretful. " Our mission was to rescue Tahl and nothing else."
" I think it's unfair that he chose Tahl over you,Obi-Wan" said Siri honestly. " When I imagine that Adi would do this..." She shook her head.
" It's over now, but I'm still not convinced that Qui-Gon forgave me completely."
" Talk to him" instructed Siri and smiled. " I only want that we're friends, Obi-Wan. I never met a more friendly boy than you."
Obi-Wan laughed softly. " Thank you! I would be glad to be your friend!"
" Bruck is dead. I have nobody to spent time with" sighed Siri.
" You have me" said Obi-Wan. " I can imagine that my friends would be happy to introduce you in our group."
" Really?"
" Of course. Bant is really friendly and Garen is much more crazy than me. Reeft is more interested in food than his friends." He continued laughing.
" That sounds nice" replied Siri and thought about this suggestion.
" Think about it" said Obi-Wan and stood up. " I thank you that you apologized for your behavior and that you forgave me."
" Not a problem, Obi-Wan" said Siri and wrapped his arms around him. Obi-Wan looked surprised, but hugged her too. It felt strange to hug a girl, who was not his best friend Bant.
" Let's go back to our Masters" murmured Siri and released him.
" Before they think that we killed each other" laughed Obi-Wan and followed her into the cockpit.
Adi had left the pilot seat and hold the baby in his arms. She smiled when Obi_Wan and Siri entered the room.
" In some years she will be as old as you", she said. " Then she maybe will have a Master too."
" Hopefully" said Obi-Wan and sat down next to Qui-Gon.
" You were also brought to Coruscant as a baby" added Qui-Gon teasingly.
" I know, I know, but I don't want to talk about it, please!"
Siri started laughing and Adi joined her. " We'll reach Coruscant in some hours!"
" Good" said Qui-Gon. " Enough time for Obi-Wan to finish his tasks."
" Oh no" moaned Obi-Wan and smiled at his new friend Siri.
This would be a long task!