Cardek's POV
I woke up with a loud groan as I slowly sat up, running a hand over my messed up hair. "Man ...sleeping did not help me at all." I got up off of bed. "Man, last night was so damn confusing..." I remembered about Ahsoka. "Ahsoka...is she alright? I better check up on her."
I left my room and headed towards Ahsoka's. I arrived and entered the room to see a sleeping Ahsoka. I walked over to her sleeping form and watched her with fascination. She stirred a bit, but didn't wake up and let out a small sigh of contentment. I was so fascinated and in love with such a sight, I couldn't resist as I kneeled down and slowly stroked my hand across her body tenderly. She let out a soft moan. I was slightly surprised, but was encouraged by the moan and began to draw cirlces on her stomach with my hand gently. She softly giggled. I was entranced by the sight as I stroked her side and whispered gently.
"So beautiful..." Her breath started to tremble. I wasn't sure if to take her reaction as good or bad, but I stopped the strokes, and leaned down to her face, unable to tear away from her beauty. "So amazing...Is there anything about you I don't love?"
"How about when I'm cranky as hell?" I jumped in surprise with a gasp and fell on my behind.
"Ahsoka!" I felt myself blush a bright red. "I thought you were asleep!"
She giggled at me. "I was and now I'm awake. Kinda hard not to feel when someone's touching you."
"Uh..." I blushed even more as I rubbed the back of my head nervously. "...yeah, about that..."
"Don't worry about it. I found it rather soothing, but don't do it again."
"Oh okay...so...last night..."
"Let's... not get into that just yet. I'm in a much better mood and I want to stay like this."
"Gotcha." I stood up. "So what do you want to do today?"
"Well, first..." She grabbed my shirt and pinned me on the bed. "...payback for making me sick yesterday." I was taken by surprise.
"What the...?" I saw my position. "Ah crap! What the hell are you going to do me?"
"Think about it. What do you always do to me when I'm upset?"
"Ah...comfort you as best as I can?"
"Wrong! Try again."
"Whisper soothing words to you?" She whispered in my ear.
"One last try. Get it right and I might not torture you." I thought a bit before coming to an answer.
"...Tickling?"
"Correct!" She started tickling my chest. I laughed uncontrollably as her hands tickled me.
"Y-You said y-you w-w-would spare me if I-I g-g-got it right!"
"I said I might." She started tickling my stomach. I laughed even louder.
"T-This is n-n-not funny!" I tried to suppress my laughter to no avail.
"You're right. It's hilarious!" She found my most ticklish spot. Tears formed in my eyes as my laughter got to its loudest point.
"A-AHSOKA! PLEASE S-S-STOP!"
"Since you said please..." She stopped tickling me and giggled at me. I was breathing heavily and I glared at Ahsoka.
"Ahsoka..."
"Hey, you made me sick, I made you laugh until your sides hurt. We're even."
"I guess so. Though I still don't get why you got sick yesterday." She climbed off of me and stretched out her arms.
"Don't know. Didn't really look into it." I sat up and propped an arm over a bent leg with the other laid out on the bed.
"Maybe you should. You've handle my crazy piloting before, and have flown just as much as I have. Getting sick during such a thing is really weird if you ask me."
"I guess, but what can I do? Times are different now and things aren't what they used to be. I don't know. Maybe it's a sign." I raised an eyebrow curiously.
"A sign? For what?"
"Well, for one thing, it could be telling me never to get in a ship with you piloting again."
"Hey, don't diss me my piloting skills! I was able to do all of that without a single scratch on the speeder!"
"Oh, it's not the speeder I'm worried about." I spoke with sarcasm.
"Haha, very funny. So what else could this be a sign of?"
"I don't know. Maybe I'm getting old and my body can't take much of what it's used to. Do you mind if I change?"
"Not really, but...old? Ahsoka, you look like you're in the absolute best shape of your life, and your young and beautiful to boot. You've taken worse than this not too long ago!"
"I know, but think about it. Yesterday, I got sick over something I go through almost everyday with my master." She pulled off her shirt and revealed a black strapless bra. "It just doesn't make any sense."
My entire face blushes a dark shade of red, completely stunned at the sight. "A-A-AHSOKA! What are you doing?"
"What? You said you didn't mind if I changed."
"I didn't think you meant that! With the way the conversation was going, I didn't know what you actually meant!"
"Sorry. I thought you understood."
"I-It's alright. I'm just surprised, that's all. Besides..." I looked away nervously with the blush still present. "...I do kinda like the sight."
"You're such a perv." I chuckled as I looked at her.
"Can you blame me? You're beautiful and sexy! Any man would love the sight."
"Okay, can we stop talking about my body? It makes me self-conscious."
"Alright, but I really don't see the reason for someone like you to be self-conscious."
"Because, sometimes I don't like the way I look." I stared at her like she was crazy.
"How can you not like the way you look?" I jumped off the bed. "Your beauty is so amazing, it's flawless. I can't imagine how you don't like it at times."
"You wouldn't understand because you're not a girl. We're more sensitive about how we look. Other people see one thing, we see something completely different. Sometimes it's good, other times not."
"I get what you're saying, but you're still drop dead gorgeous in my opinion." She blushed a deep red.
"Thanks, Cardek." I smiled at her.
"No problem, Ahsoka."
"So, what are we doing today?" She pulled down her shorts and put on her dress. I looked away as it happened with a huge blush.
"Well, sometime today, you got to see a doctor. You have to find out what was going on yesterday with being sick and all."
"Cardek, I told you it was probably nothing. People get sick all the time."
"You may think it's nothing, but I'm kinda worried. At least for me, go see a doctor. Just to be safe." She sighed.
"Fine. Just to show you that it's nothing."
"Thanks. And as for what to do until then, I got to decide what we would do yesterday, so it's only fair you decide today."
"Well, first, we could get some breakfast. I'm hungry."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Great. Just let me get my leggings and we can go. I think I left them in my refresher." She went into the refresher.
"Ahsoka's getting all nice for this...maybe I should get cleaned up as well." There was a thud that came from the refresher. My head snaps up at the sound."What the..." I went to the refresher and entered it. "Ahsoka, are you alright?"
I saw her face down on the floor unconscious. My eyes widened as I screamed out in horror. "AHSOKA!"
I kneeled down to check on her. "Ahsoka! Ahsoka! Please wake up!"
She still had a pulse, but she didn't wake up.
"Damn it!" I picked her up bridal style. "I gotta get some help!"
I ran out of refresher and room and started running down the temple halls, and started shouting out for someone. "Help! Help! Somebody here, please help! Ahsoka's in bad shape! Come on!"
"Cardek, what's wrong?"
"Master Obi-Wan!" I stopped in front of him. "You gotta help me out! Ahsoka just collasped and she's unconscious!"
"Calm down. What happened?" I realized telling EXACTLY what happened would not be the smartest idea, so I decided to change the story a bit.
"Well, I met with Ahsoka, and we decided to get something to eat for breakfast. She went to her room to get dressed, but she didn't come back and I got worried, so I went to her room, and I found her unconscious! See?"
"Is she still breathing?"
"Yeah, she has a pulse. But she needs some medical attention right now!"
"Alright. We'll take her to the medical ward."
In the Medical Ward
Master Obi-Wan left and I was waiting for the droid to come out. I paced around the ward anxiously and impatiently. What the hell's happening in there? Is Ahsoka alright? Damn it, I hate it when I'm so powerless in these situations! They better have something to tell me soon or I'll...
"Sir?"
"Finally! I've been waiting forever for something! Ahsoka better be alright!"
"She is fine, sir." I breathed out a huge sigh of relief.
"Thank the Force."
"Her high blood pressure and low blood sugar is what caused her to fall unconscious. Neither is heathly for the baby."
"Man, that's not good. I mean..." I stopped for a brief moment and process what it said. "Baby? What baby? What the hell are you talking about?"
"It appears that she is carrying a fetus in her womb."
"I'm not a droid. Speak in plain terms."
"It means she is pregnant." Silence filled the air as the words sunk into me before I spoke.
"SAY WHAT!"
"She is pregnant. Are you the father?" I blushed darker than ever before in my life.
"N-No, I'm not the father! She shouldn't even be pregnant in the first place! She never had sex with anyone!" My hands made their way to my hair and pulled them. "How the hell did this happen?"
"Her body shows no evidence of rape, but considering how far along she is, there would be no evidence left at all." I was completely stunned.
"This...This explains why she was sick last night during piloting. But...how long has she been pregnant?"
"Six weeks."
"Over a month? Oh my Force..." I sat down to take it all in. "How could we have not noticed this sooner, especially me?"
"Sir, would you like to see her? She will be waking up shortly." I quickly looked up to the droid.
"Yeah, I damn sure would. Besides, it should be me to tell her the news."
"Follow me." I followed him to Ahsoka's room and he opened the door. I entered Ahsoka's room and saw her unconscious form on the bed. I walked over, and put a hand on her head with caring sadness.
"Ahsoka...How did this happen?"
"I will leave to two now." The droid left. I barely hears the droid as it left, completely wrapped up in my own world as I looked down at the sleeping Ahsoka, the information I has learned pounding at me from all sides. I slowly brushed my thumb affectionately over her forehead. She stirred a bit and slowly opened her eyes.
"Cardek?" I sadly smiled at her.
"I'm here, Ahsoka."
"What happened?"
"You fell unconscious in your refresher, and I had to take you to the medical ward."
"I guess I needed to come here, huh?" She chuckled.
"Yeah...Ahsoka, we've got a problem."
"What? Am I going to die?"
"...You're pregnant."
"What?"
"You're pregnant, Ahsoka. The medical droid told me so and confirmed it. You've been six weeks pregnant." She sat up.
"But how... Oh my gosh." She put her face in her hands. I kneeled down to her and looked at her with a pleading look.
"How did this happen, Ahsoka? This had to be one of the biggest impossibilities I could think of, yet it happened. How, Ahsoka?"
"I...I can't..." Tears formed in her eyes.
"Please, Ahsoka, tell me. The whole Order is going to find out eventually, but at least let me be the first to know the truth. I let out my deepest secret to you, now share me yours."
"Cardek, please understand when I say I can't tell you."
"Don't keep this in and not let anyone know. I know the consequences of such an action myself. I want to help, so please let me by telling what happened. Trust me, the entire Order will be asking that soon, and I don't want that for you."
"Cardek, I know you want to help me, but I can't tell you. I'm only trying to protect you." I narrowed my eyes.
"Protect me? From what?"
"From getting hurt."
"Ahsoka, I can take care of myself. Plus, I'm an Onasi, and we Onasi's been through some dangerous events and survived."
"I know that, but this is too dangerous. I don't want to take the risk."
":...You know who the father is, don't you?"
"...Yes."
"And you won't tell me who it is, will you? No matter how much I ask." She shook her head.
"I can't. I'm sorry." I shged angrily.
"Fine. You keep your secrets. But let me tell you one thing: I may not who the father is, but I do know that whoever he is, he won't want this child. And he sure as hell will not care for it. He will not be there for the baby, and will leave you because of this. Don't ask me how I know, I just do. When you realize this, you can come back and tell me who he is." I stood up to leave.
"Cardek, please..."
"I want to help, Ahsoka, and I'm not afraid to take the risks and help lighten the burden, but if you insist on pushing me away, then we have nothing else to talk about."
"Cardek, there are some things that are better left secret."
"That's how I felt about my feelings, but now I don't know if that's true anymore."
"Cardek..." I started to walk away.
"I'll see you later, Ahsoka. And when you find out that father is a jackass, you know where to find me."
"I was raped!" I stopped dead in my tracks, my body was completely frozen at such a thought.
"You were...raped?"
"I didn't want you to know."
"Shock immediately entered me as I held my head down, my back still turned to Ahsoka. "You didn't tell me, or anyone else, because of that reason?"
"I knew that if I told you or my master that you would try to hunt him down. He's too dangerous."
With my back still turned, I clenched my fists tightly as my body trembled dangerousl. "Who raped you, Ahsoka? Who is he?"
"This is why I didn't tell you. I didn't for your own good."
"You have told me too much to go back now! If you won't tell me who it is, then I'll find out myself, one way or another, and trust me, I will! Now, tell me who raped you!"
"Cardek, calm down." I tried to reign in my emotions.
"Please, I beg you...Tell me who it is."
"Cardek, come here." She patted the spot on the bed next to her legs. I complied and sat next to her on the bed with an unreadable look on my face. "Cardek, you know you're my best friend and I love you, right?"
My eyes widened at what she said. "Love?"
"...As a friend." I blushed lightly.
"Oh...then yeah."
"And you know I'll do anything for you, right?" I nodded.
"As I for you."
"I know. I need you to understand that I can't tell you who the father is, but I will make a compromise with you. I won't tell you now, but when the time is right, I will. Can you accpet that?" I looked up at her, and stared into her sad, almost pleading eyes, and sighed relentingly.
"Fine."
"Thank you." She hugged me. "I promise I'll tell you." I hugged her back, though not really tight.
"Okay, but I tell you, when I find out who he is...he's going to pay, Ahsoka. He's going to pay for what he did to you." She broke away from the hug.
"Cardek, please don't."
"I'm sorry, Ahsoka." I dropped my head. "I know you don't want me to, but...I can't forgive this man. He raped you...and such a thought, such an action done to you...It makes my blood boil, it makes me angry...I can't let him go for this, Ahsoka, and you can't change my mind about this. But I thought I should let you know, in all fairness."
"Cardek, please. I just want you to calm down. I'm not saying this is something you should take lightly, but I do want you to just calm down and not worry about it. For now, at least."
"Sometimes you ask the impossible. I care too much about you not to worry about you."
"I know, but I don't want you worried about me all the time."
"It's hard not to be in this situation, but...since you asked, I will try."
"Thank you." She was silent for a moment. "Did the droid say that I had to stay here because I really don't want to."
"Never said anything about it. Although I'm not sure it's okay to be walking about after what just happened."
"Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I can't walk."
"You fell unconscious out of nowhere."
"What does that have to do with it?"
"Who's to say such a thing won't happen again?"
"Who's to say it will?"
"You know what, forget it. You're way too stubborn to listen to me. Who am I to stop you?"
"Cardek, I don't want to into this with you. For your sake, I'll stay."
"Ahsoka, I know you don't like the medical ward. I don't want you staying here just for me. If you want to leave, then leave. Just...be careful, okay?"
"You're saying that like you're not staying around with me."
"I thought you might have wanted to be alone after what happened just now."
"I just found out I'm six weeks pregnant. Alone is the last thing I want to be right now." I chuckled.
"Of course. What was I thinking?"
"I don't know." She got out of the bed and stretched. "So, you still want to get something to eat?"
"Sure." I jumped off of bed. "But you aren't going to have any weird cravings, are you?"
"Yeah, but not right now."
"Good. Wouldn't want to raise suspsicion right now? Let's go." I walked out of room and she followed me.
"I just don't know how I'll be able to explain this to my master."
"Well, you have at least until the end of the week to gather how to tell him. But he's the least of the problems. I worry about what the Council will think."
"Right now, this stays between us. I'll tell everyone when it's neccessary."
"If you say so, but everyone's going to find out sooner or later. Whether it's from the medical ward, or from your soon-to-be expanding belly."
"Look, now isn't the right time for anyone to know about this."
"Fine. I'll keep my mouth shut for now."
"Does anyone know about me passing out?"
"Um, well...Obi-Wan does."
"Then he's bound to tell my master. When he gets back, I will be bombared with questions. Did you tell him what was wrong?"
"No, I didn't know myself. You just fell unconscious with reason. When you were taken care of the medical ward, Obi-Wan left, trusting me with you. All he knows is you fell unconscious."
"Good. We're the only ones who know about this."
"Yeah, but word will get around about that event soon enough." She sighed.
"What am I going to do, Cardek?"
"I don't know...but I will be there for you every step of the way."I entwined my hand with hers. "I promise."
She at our hands and blushed. "Thank, Cardek. You're a great friend."
I was disappointed with just being called "friend," but I smiles at her warmly nonetheless. "No problem, Ahsoka. I'll always help you out through the worse."
"And now, I need you more than ever. This can't get any worse."
"And yet, when we say that, it always seems to."
"I just hope it doesn't, especially this."
"Maybe some food will take ease us for the moment."
"Yeah, especially now since I'm eating for two."
"So where do you want to eat?"