Rex thanked himself once more, glad he had somehow managed to resist years of warfare and practically the entire make up of his genetically bred DNA. He had managed to not slam the Mandalorian girl into the floor when she suddenly launched herself at him. He looked down with a steely face, and was surprised to see the girl had put her helmet back on, effectively cutting off Rex's ability to gauge her reactions. What's going on with her? Rex thought to himself, holding Sabine by her shoulders, who's crutch had been abandoned when she had practically attacked Rex.

"Can I help you." Rex said, a bit of indifference seeping into his voice as he realized he was slightly jealous. I want my helmet. Rex thought in a bit of a whine, which put a small smile on his face, which Sabine was elated to think it was directed at her.

"You already did! Thank you so much for my helmet! You have no idea what it was like without having it!" Sabine said, in what could clearly be heard as a happy tone. Rex looked over to see the Jedi's padawan once more, Ezra shouldering his way past the Lasat.

"What're you talking about Sabine? You hardly wear the thing when you're in the ship, which is almost always." Ezra said as he walked up to her with her previously discarded crutch.

"You wouldn't understand Ezra." Sabine said with a little bit of an emotion that Ezra couldn't identify as good or bad. "Just having it around, the fact that I CAN put it on helps."

Rex found himself nodding along and stared at Sabine when she took the crutch and made to back away from Rex, only to take a half step and awkwardly look back at him, the difference almost non-existent.

"Rex, you have to let me make it up to you." Sabine said, her helmet obscuring the twinkle in her eyes, to which both males dreaded, even if it was for different reasons.

"There's really no need to." Rex said, sheepishly scratching the stubble of hair on the back of his as he flashed Sabine what he hoped was a polite but firm smile that would show her he was serious about the refusal.

Sabine saw the smile and grinned herself, understanding that Rex was just trying to be humble with her and probably didn't want to say yes right away.

Ezra watched, mouth agape as he saw Sabine pulling a reluctant Rex along by his arm, and stood a full minute at the closed door they had passed through when Zeb, who had remained surprisingly silent throughout the entire ordeal, spoke up.

"You know kid, you, uh, hid the helmet really well. You did a great job. Seriously." Zeb said, a bit of pity seeping into his voice. While Zeb would normally take great strides to take jabs at Ezra's continued failed advances on Sabine, the kid had really done nothing wrong and no one had swooped in and stolen the girl away, she swooped away. Even Zeb knew that Ezra wouldn't be in the mood.

"He shouldn't have even been able to find that helmet." Ezra muttered, looking down at the floor, his shoulders slumped in defeat. Zeb coughed and looked around the room awkwardly, not certain how to cheer up the boy when he saw Hera walk in. His eyes nearly bugging out of his head, Zeb waved his hands at Hera and pointed at Ezra, silently gesturing to his poor state. Hera's eyes widened before she walked over to Ezra and put her hand on his shoulder, and even Zeb had a hard time resisting the urge to flinch at Ezra's harsh glare when his head snapped up.

Hera narrowed her eyes at the boy, and shocked both of them when she ignored the cold look Ezra gave her, and hugged him. With an awkward cough, Zeb stepped out of the room, flashing Ezra a grin, to which Ezra blinked at, knowing he would be teased mercilessly later on. For the moment though, he allowed himself to enjoy the moment. When Hera stopped, she looked down to see that Ezra had dropped the façade of indifference and all of his conflicting emotions flashed through his face.

"Let's get going Ezra. We have a lot to talk about." Hera said with an arm around his shoulder, as she lead him to her room. Ezra followed along silently, not certain what he was doing, but he was thankful for Hera's comforting acts, and decided to at least keep an open mind. To Hera's surprise, her door opened to see a Kanan waiting inside, and Ezra cracked a large grin, despite himself. Kanan saw the grin and gave Ezra a quizzical look.

"What's so funny kid?" Kanan said, his face scrunching up a bit, afraid he knew the answer.

"Oh, it's nothing. You'd think that you'd practice what you preach." Ezra muttered, looking down at the floor, the grin never disappearing.

"What's he talking about Kanan?" Hera said, with a slight grin on her face, forgetting momentarily why she had brought Ezra there in the first place.

"It's just a joke Hera." Kanan said with a nervous grin, while he began to consider how much torture he could put Ezra through claiming it was jedi training before Ezra caught on.

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So I decided to leave it on a slightly light ending. What do you guys think of the story so far? I'm super thankful for the reviews guys, it was real awesome of you all: Ichichi05, Cold Prince0, and of course M3mb3r123. To Cold Prince, Liam is Australian and threatened to never lemme ride his pet kangaroo again, but rest assured, he's still trying to finish up the next chapter, he hasn't stopped writing, so don't worry. So there you go guys, another chapter up in less than 24 hours, man am I spoiling you guys. Drop a few reviews and I might just be motivated to stay up all night again. See ya soon Dattebayo!