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"EEEEEEEEEECK!"
Ahsoka clutched at her lekku and montrals when her older sister came running into the living space where she was once reading quietly.
"For the love of the Force, Elsie!" Ahsoka opened her mouth again to continue but her older sister instead clasped her in her arms and started laughing and swinging Ahsoka around.
Once Ahsoka disentangled herself she stood and looked at her sister questioningly.
"Kisha! Mom! Dad! Come here!" Elsie yelled
Kisha came from the kitchen with a plate of food in her hand, and her parents came from their room.
"What ever is the matter Elsie?" Their mother asked once they were all in the living space together.
"I have big news!" Elsie dramatically twirled around and flopped onto the sofa. "I'm engaged to Rowan!" she flourished her hand for the rest of the family to see the three sparkling stones set in a silver band.
Kisha shrieked and tackled her sister in a hug. "Oh my gosh Elsie! This is so amazing!"
"Elsie this is amazing news! I'm so happy for you my daughter!"
"Rowan is a wonderful man, I am very proud to call him my soon to be son in law."
Ahsoka stood back and blinked a few times after she warmly congratulated her elder sister. This was totally not something she was prepared for. In her world when people married they either kept it a secret or had a small ceremony the mandalorian way, by just exchanging marriage vows. She couldn't quite understand all the wedding planning that went with a normal civilian wedding.
"Thank you so much for agreeing to be my date tonight, Rex. I know you don't like these fancy parties and I wouldn't go either except my sister is a up and coming senator and the man she is marrying is from a nobleman's family and they are advisors for the Shilian monarchy." Ahsoka sighed as she looped her arm through Rex's.
"It's not a problem Ahsoka. Although I could do without Cody's insistent sniggering while I get ready for these events."
"I don't know why he always comes over when you're getting ready for these things." Ahsoka Pulled her coat tighter around herself as Rex open the speeder door for her.
"It's great fun for him to laugh at me."
"Only because you let him."
Ahsoka and Rex bantered back and forth to the engagement party.
Rex parked the speeder and escorted his date to the entrance of the ballroom where they shed their coats and waited to be announced to the gathering. When Ahsoka shed her cloak, Rex was momentarily stunned. Normally not one to dress up or vainfully take care to her appearance, the young togruta woman had outdone herself for the evening event. Reinforced combat boots had been traded for heeled shoes, leggings and tunic for a two piece pale mint skirt and matching cropped top with short sleeves. The entire outfit was decorated with deep purple embroidery along all the edges. A headdress of circular purple stones were delicately draped on her montrals and forehead.
Ahsoka caught him staring and her montrals darkened in a blush.
"What? I'm borrowing this dress from my sister, this usually isn't something I'd wear but Elsie insisted."
Rex was silent for a minute as they entered the ballroom and then leaned in and whispered.
"I think you're stunning and anyone who says differently can fight me and and all of the 501st."
Ahsoka giggled.
"WOW sis! You look better in that than I ever did!" Elsie and her fiance stepped up to the other couple.
The two sisters embraced "Thank you for lending it to me! And congratulations to you both!"
"Captain Rex of the 501st infantry battalion."
"Rowan Rabor of the Shilian Rabor noblehouse."
The two men exchanged handshakes and respectful nods.
During the dances, Rex leaned in close to Ahsoka.
"I have this suspicion that we're being watched whenever we come to these types of events."
"Of course we are. People aren't use to seeing Jedi or Clones dating and especially not each other."
"Not like that, although that's true. I'm talking about a person or persons outside of the parties looking in."
Ahsoka scanned the area and peered intently at the large windows at the back of the room before scanning the outside with the force.
A few moments later she smirked "I think I know who it is. Where did Fives and the others say they were going to be tonight?"
This time Rex looked suspiciously at the large windows "I'm going to kill them."
"Too late to do anything about it. I say we give them something to talk about."
"What exactly are you…." Rex was cut off by Ahsoka leaning up and kissing him deeply before pulling back and resting her head on his shoulder for the rest of the dance.
"Do you think that did the trick? Cause everyone is here is definitely looking at us." Rex muttered, trying to hide the faint blush that heated his face.
"Shocked them for sure, our boys included." Ahsoka grinned as they broke apart at the end of the dance.
Kisha came practically flouncing up to the two of them followed by Elsie and Rowan.
"Oh my gosh, Ahsoka! Did you see that everyone was watching you two dance!"
"Yeah sis, you'd think this was your engagement party!" Elsie teased
"Sorry Elsie, didn't mean to steal your spot light." Ahsoka conceded
"I'm not upset, people are still surprised that I have a Jedi sister and that she's dating a clone captain. It's causing quite a lot of chatter."
"Apparently it's still a shock to the boys in our unit too." Rex added wryly
"I thought they knew about this years ago?" Kisha wondered
"They did. But they still aren't use to it being a public relationship." Ahsoka explained, jerking her thumb to the back windows "So they're spying on us; and we're trying to give them something to gossip about."
"So that's what the whole dance thing was about." Elsie crossed her arms amused
"Partly; we also wanted to shock your guests too." Ahsoka laughed "And it worked."
"If you really wanted to shock your people, you could go out on the upper balcony, maybe catch them in the act of spying." Rowan suggested with an easy grin
"We should do that even if it's just to give Elsie and Rowan a chance at the spotlight." the middle Tano sister nudged her boyfriend
"Ha ha, sister. Such a jokester aren't you?"
"I learned from the best."
"Where did you say Fives and the others are?" Rex asked as he helped his girlfriend out onto the balcony.
"Right at our eleven o'clock. If you look you can see the top of one of their helmets and the glint of their micro-binoculars." Ahsoka replied, smoothing her skirt and directly nodding towards the supposedly hidden troopers.
"Copy that." the captain wrapped his arms around his commander's waist and rested his forehead against hers and she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Rex couldn't help but notice how much more mature Ahsoka seemed even since the end of the war. Her montrals and lekku had thickened and the stripes lengthened and even without the heels she seemed taller and more confident in herself.
"Gar cuyir mesh'la, Cyar'ika."
Ahsoka had been watching her boyfriend all evening and could tell how much the end of the war had affected him. True they were still fighting a few battles and skirmishes; but not as intensely or as often as they did. Rex's demeanor had soften and he was more relaxed, smiled and laughed more; he was still a soldier but she was seeing the softer side and it only made her fall more in love with him.
"Gar cuyir ner verd, Rester."
They kissed a couple of times before breaking apart again and stood along the railing on the balcony. Ahsoka found where the 501st troopers were still lying in wait, looked straight into their sights, screwed her eyes shut, and childishly stuck her tongue out at them while Rex playfully gave them a two finger salute.
Fives, Tub, Echo, and Hardcase saw their captain and commander salute them and realized they'd been found.
"Uh oh. We've been found."
"We're screwed."
"Fives, this is the last time I let you drag me into one of your scemes."
"Kuur and run!"
The four brothers picked themselves up off the roof where they had been scoping things out and started running back to their parked speeder where Pidge was waiting as their get away pilot.
"We're so screwed when the captain gets back."
"Kuur Echo!"
AN: I hope you guys liked this chapter! As always, please review and leave story ideas! You guys are amazing! Happy 2018!
Gar cuyir mesh'la, Cyar'ika- You are beautiful, sweetheart
Gar cuyir ner verd- You are my warrior
Kuur- Shut up