POV: Ahsoka Tano
Barriss and I were having lunch. We were having fruit. She had poured some Net'ra Gal. I drank some, and then used the Force to toss a Binka fruit. She devoured it.
"So, should we tell anybody about this yet," I asked through a mouthful of fruit.
"Yes. Maybe when we get back from this trip?"
"Alright, but who are we going to tell? Who can we trust NOT to the council about us?"
"Probably Anakin and Obi-wan."
"Why Master Skywalker?"
"Well, he IS married to Senator Amidala!"
"Really? And what about Master Kenobi?"
"Well, he is obviously in some sort of relationship with Duchess Satine."
"Okay. But what about MY master?"
"I don't know about Master Unduli, though. She's on the Council, and she seems like a rule follower."
"Well, I believe that if I asked her nicely not to tell anyone, that she would listen to me. She cares for me like a daughter."
"So, yes, we should tell her. But no one else inside of the Order, unless the law of attachment is repealed. So, we'll make these announcements when we get back from Endor."
"Out of curiosity, Soka, when did you realize how you felt? I mean, truly realized. Knew that it was real not just a fantasy?"
"I don't know. Maybe in the tank. You know, I'd wanted to do that for a while. It's just that, in the flash of light as your saber came on, you looked, I don't know, angelic, and I couldn't resist my desire to lean over and kiss you. Did I take it too fast with that?"
"No."
POV: Barriss Offee
"Want to hear a joke?"
"Sure," My beautiful Togruta lover said.
"Okay. So, a Togruta walks into a bar. She sits down beside a man. He reaches over, and grabs her breasts. She slaps him. She then yells, 'keep your hands off me you horny bastard!' He answers 'Hey. I'm not horny! You are.' Get it? Montrals? They are…
"Horns," she said, finishing my sentence.
She chuckled.
"That's a good one, Barri!"
"Thanks, Soka."
"How do you unlock doors on Kashyyyk?"
"I don't know?"
"With a woo-key."
"That's good, Ahsoka! Here's one! Why did the smuggler cross the spacelanes?"
"To get to the other side?"
"You got it."
"Here's one, what did the Jedi say to the sheep?"
"May the Force be with Ewe?"
"Yes."
POV: Ahsoka Tano
"Hey, Barriss. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"When did YOU realize how you truly felt? I mean, for me, it was around the time when we were trapped in the tank that I realized how madly in love with you I truly was. But when was it for you?"
"Well, Ahsoka, I'd realized it probably about a year ago. I think, now looking back on it, I was in love with you before I realized it. I think now that I was in love with you from the moment I first saw you."
"You know, I think that I myself was probably in love with you before I knew it."
That night, we watched a romantic holodrama, then went to bed. We made love several times, then fell asleep.