"WHAT?" Padme shouted in disbelief.

"Padme, when did you get your last period?' Ben asked her.

"I... I..." She stammered, shocked that he would ask that question, and by what he had said. How could she be pregnant?

"It's true. Here, see for yourself," Ben told her. He gave her the paper with her test results. As she stared in shock, he added,

"You have been under a lot of stress the past month. You probably didn't notice the changes in your body."

"I can't believe this!" Padme uttered, as her hand touched her belly. But it was true. She was pregnant, with Ben's child!

"Our baby is inside of me!" she marveled in nervous delight.

"Our daughter is inside of you," Ben lovingly corrected her.

"But it is too soon to tell..."

"It is not. I saw her, Padme. I saw our daughter, what she will look like as a little girl." Ben climbed off the bed and gathered their clothes.

"Put your nightgown on," he requested. She did as he asked, and he put his pajamas on. Ben crawled back into bed, and drew Padme close to him.

"I promised our daughter that you would be with me the next time I see her," he explained, as Padme's head rested on his shoulder. Within minutes, they fell asleep.

They walked in their meadow, hand in hand. Ben spotted Leia by the tree. She was skipping around it.

"Go ahead, speak to her," he encouraged Padme. "I will be here when you are done."

Padme walked over to the tree. Leia stopped skipping, and turned to face the person coming towards her. Her blue eyes lit up when she saw who it was.

"Mommy!" the little girl cried out in delight. She immediately ran to Padme, and gave her a hug. They sat down on the ground. Padme couldn't help but cry. Her daughter, Ben's daughter, was here in her arms.

"Mommy, don't be sad," Leia said, as she touched her mother's cheek.

"I'm crying happy tears, not sad ones," Padme assured her.

"Ok, Mommy."

"So you are the reason why I have been tired all the time."

"Mommy, you work too much. I need you to be strong."

"I guess I do push myself too hard. But now that the war is over, I will not be as busy. Except for preparing for your arrival."

"I want you to be happy..."

"I am, Leia. Seeing you, knowing about you, makes me very happy."

"I am sorry about Uncle Luke, Ezra and Sabine," Leia said solemnly. "I'm sorry about your mommy and daddy, and Caleb's mommy and step-daddy. A lot of people died."

"I know, sweetheart. But now, the galaxy is at peace," Padme comforted her daughter. She kissed the girl on the side of her forehead. Leia looked and spotted Ben standing a distance away.

"Daddy!" she yelled happily, waving her arm. Ben waved back at her.

"Come join us, Daddy!" Padme shouted with a grin on her face. Ben jogged over and sat down with them. Leia gave him a big hug.

"Now you both know about me," the girl said with the biggest smile on her face. "I'm happy that my mommy and daddy are happy. But we're missing someone."

"If you are talking about Caleb, he is sleeping," Padme told Leia.

"Oh. I want my big brother to come and play with me. Can he?"

"If he wants to," Ben replied. "Sometimes big brothers and little sisters don't get along. Remember that when you are older." The little girl could only nod her head.

"You just gave her some fatherly advice," Padme stated with pride.

"Wow. I guess I did," Ben replied, surprised himself.

"Fatherhood looks good on you."

"And you are going to make an awesome mother." Ben squeezed Padme's hand.

"How long do these dreams last? Will we have these dreams with you the rest of our lives?" Ben asked Leia out of curiosity.

"No. They only occur until Mommy gives birth," his daughter responded.

"I see," Padme uttered, stroking Leia's curly black hair. She was so beautiful and innocent.

"Will you come see me again?" Leia asked her parents.

"Of course we will," Padme and Ben said in unison. Leia hugged her parents, and said,

"You are going to wake up now. Bye Mommy, bye Daddy! See you soon!" Leia skipped away from them.

The couple opened their eyes, and they were back in bed. They faced each other.

"We're having a little girl!" Padme said with excitement. "Our love made this child growing inside of me."

"It sure did," Ben replied, before leaning in and kissing Padme, He gently slipped off her nightgown.

"We may not be able to do this for a while," he admitted, as he felt Padme tugged off his pajamas. "Between selling the house on Tatooine, finding a place on Naboo to live, adopting Caleb, and preparing for Leia..."

That was when Padme decided to silence Ben with a long kiss. Which he thoroughly enjoyed.

"Then stop wasting precious time and make love to me," Padme commanded teasingly. Ben gave her a tender kiss as he crawled on top of her.

"Sorry," he whispered in her ear, as his hands caressed her body. She spread her legs for him, and they made love a few times, before falling asleep.

The next morning, Padme was the first one to rise. She kissed a sleeping Ben on the cheek before taking a quick shower. After she got dressed, she made her way into the kitchen. Caleb was sitting at the table, waiting for her.

"Are you hungry?" she teased the boy. His head nodded quickly. Padme chuckled. She went to the cupboard and grabbed the ingredients to make pancakes.

As she was cooking, Caleb told her about the dream he had last night.

"It was an awesome dream!" the boy began, a big smile on his face. "I was back in my old home on Ryloth. I was in my bedroom, when I saw Mom and Chewy come in. They gave me big hugs. Then I saw Ezra and Sabine come in, They hugged me, before they held hands and kissed, yuck!"

Padme forced herself not to laugh. Six year old boys do not like seeing people kiss, apparently!

"Then someone else came in, that I did not know. Ezra said his name was Zeb. He seemed to teased Ezra a lot when he was a teenager. Then I saw them..."

"Who?" Padme asked, noticing the content look on the boy's face.

"My grandparents," Caleb replied. Padme smiled. She knew he was very curious about Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla.

"Grandfather was healed of his blindness, and Grandmother was busy taking care of everyone."

"It sounded like you had a wonderful dream, Caleb," Padme said, as she set a stack of pancakes in front of him. As he grabbed the bottle of syrup, she was amazed when Caleb looked up to her and said,

"Tell Leia I will come and play with her tonight." He ate his pancakes, not seeing the surprised look on Padme's face.