A/N: This chapter is short compared to the others I've been writing. Today's gunna be a double post. :) I loved the idea of Anakin doing mind tricks and causing Ashley to use a card. AND it let me bring Charlie into the story. Woot!

Chapter 3: Mind Trick

'This seriously has to be impossible.' Ashley walked down the sidewalk, a hand in her pocket. 'Walking down the street with a freakin' Jedi.' She glanced over at Anakin, who was wearing Obi-wan's robe as he apparently didn't come with one. It didn't drag behind him like most of the robes did; but it worked, covering up his tunic and belt. 'The lightsaber, too.'

"So where are we going?" he asked.

"To get some things," Ashley told him with a shrug. She pointed to a store coming up. When they reached it, the two walked in.

It was a small, privately owned clothing store. Ashley smiled at the older woman behind the counter and saw her give Anakin a weird look.

"We're here for clothes?" Anakin hissed.

Ashley just nodded, walking back farther into the store. She picked up a pair of jeans and said, "Yeah."

Anakin pulled the robe around himself, just as she saw Obi-wan do earlier. "Well something's wrong. I can feel it," he said suspiciously as he glanced around.

"You can still…use the Force?" she quietly asked.

He looked over his shoulder before saying, "Of course." Anakin held up a hand and directed it at a flower sitting in a pot on a shelf. Ashley watched in awe as he drifted the flower over to her slowly, with the help of the Force. She plucked it from mid-air and smelled it. "If Ob-wan knew I did that, he would be furious," Anakin chuckled.

'So would a lot of people.' Ashley looked at the older woman behind the counter. She hadn't seen; she was too engulfed in reading a magazine. "How about a mind trick?" Ashley whispered in a half giggle.

Anakin waved his hand and said, "You should use a card."

She found herself saying, "I should use a card." Carefully, she pulled the cards from her pocket. 'Hm. Which should I use?' She looked them over a few times, wondering which would be close to normal. "Anakin, get the woman to leave. Then I'll use a card." He nodded and strode over to the counter. Ashley watched as he waved his hand and mumbled something. The older woman hurried out from behind the counter and dashed out the door.

"I told her she should get home and sleep," Anakin told her as he approached.

With a smile, Ashley held up a card. "Good." She flipped the card twice before kneeling down and setting it on the floor. "I choose you, Charlie," she said loudly. A light flashed and she took a step back. 'Did I blink?' Ashley found herself looking at a blond shaggy haired guy with scruff on his face, staring at her. "Hi…"

He looked around, almost frantically. "Where'd Jack go?"

Ashley saw Anakin behind him give a curious look. "Charlie," she began, "Jack's not here…"

"What do you mean he's not here?" Charlie shouted while throwing his hands up. "I was just talking to him in the caves and-"

With a sigh, Ashley told him, "Look everything's fine. I brought you here."

Charlie pinched his arm roughly, then winced and rubbed the spot. "I'm not dreaming… And I've kicked the drugs, so what the bloody hell is going on?!"

There was a small laugh that could be heard coming from Anakin. Ashley smiled. "Let me explain…