Chapter 1

Helping a Friend

Ahsoka POV

It's been a week since I was promoted to Knight and everything is perfect. Jason and I are doing great, Lux hasn't cried or punched a hole in the wall in awhile, and Han is behaving... most of the time. O, who am I kidding? He's a tyrant! Anyway, Barriss and Cody are great, as is Luminara and Gree. Fives and Rex are fine also. The Council has given me my own corps to command and the troopers are great.

So why do I feel like someone is walking on my grave?

I mean, there are things that could contribute to this factor. Bounty Hunters are still after Jason and me, my pregnancy could be causing me to be paranoid, and… the Council doesn't know that I'm pregnant.

What? Yeah, yeah, yeah! I know that there is a big chance that they are gonna find out, but I could care less. At least, I'll have Jason, Lux, Han, Anakin, Padme, Obi-Wan, and everyone else.

Besides, they can't kick me out of the Order right now! The war is now full-scale and more and more planets are falling. They'll just have to wait until all of this is over to kick me out.

If they find out.

Anyway, Lux and Jason have been a great help with my pregnancy. Even when I have mood swings and accidentally hit them with a knife or chair, they'll always care for me.

I told Padme yesterday and she took it great. She said that she was happy for me and Jason and hoped that the baby's birth wouldn't be too hard for me.

Barriss is also glad, but I can tell that she's jealous. I think that's because it's hard for a Mirialan to get pregnant. She said that she would do anything for that baby, but I know that she wants a kid of her own.

Anyway, Anakin told me that he had already known about the pregnancy. I had asked about that, but he said that it was complicated.

I wish that he was here. Even though we might not master and padawan anymore, we're still close. But he's off somewhere in the Outer-Rim looking for Grievous. I hope that he's fine, but he has Obi-Wan with him and those two combined, means that one is going to get captured or injured. Probably both.

So… that's it. Nothing else going on in my life right now! Just sitting in my new quarters, waiting for Jason or Lux or Han to get back from the hangar.

Gosh, I'm tired. Maybe I'll just lay my head down…

Padme POV

I could've cried at that point. I had just taken twelve pregnancy tests and all of them came back positive.

It's not that I don't want a child. I just didn't want one at this point in the war, especially with the father away most of the time. Plus, I'm a Senator and Anakin's a Jedi. We're not supposed to be attracted to each other, much less married and having children.

But here I was, seven months pregnant and worrying about how I was going to tell Anakin.

I'm actually kinda surprised that I didn't even suspect that I was pregnant earlier. I'd known that I was getting bigger and that my appetite was changing. I had been a little sick some mornings and had mood swings. One time, I had accidentally hit Bail with a lamp when he asked if he could borrow a datapad!

And somehow, I was so stupid to not have at least checked to see if I was pregnant!

I was crying on the couch when an idea suddenly popped into my head. Ahsoka.

She was pregnant and knew how to deal with it. I quickly picked up my comlink and contacted her.

Ahsoka POV

I awoke from my nap and picked up my comlink. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and said," Ahsoka, here."

I heard sniffling in the background and a small voice said," Ahsoka, it's Padme. Can you come over?

I sat up and said," Sure, Senator. I'll be there in five."

What's wrong with Padme? I wish I knew.

Three Minutes Later

Normally, it takes five to six minutes to get to Padme's place, but I sped all the way there.

I raced to her apartment and tried to open her door. It was unlocked. I ran into her living room to find her on her couch, crying.

I grabbed a box of tissues and sat down next to her. I wiped the tears off of her face and the make-up came with it.

"Thank you for coming, Ahsoka," she said through her sobs.

I smiled and said," I'd do anything for a friend."

I hugged her and she hugged me back. "So, what's wrong Senator?"

She stiffened and said," Okay, don't tell Ani yet, but… I'm pregnant."

I could've laughed. She was crying about being pregnant?

Well, remember your reaction, Ahsoka?

I winced in pain as I recalled the morning that I found out that I was pregnant. I had cried every night for two weeks, afraid that I would lose the baby or that the Council would find out.

Still, it was every woman's dream to have a child. "Why are you crying then? This is great news!"

"No, it's not. The Council and the Senate will find out and we'll both be in trouble." She started crying again.

"Okay, how far along are you?"

"Seven months."

I stood up abruptly and yelled," Holy shit, Padme! And you didn't know before that?"

She shook her head and laughed a little. "You should've seen your face. It looked happy and angry at the same time."

I sighed and sat down again. Padme asked," How am I gonna tell Ani?"

"Well, I didn't exactly get to tell Jason in a calm manner. I was kinda crying and yelling, but it worked out and now we can't wait to be parents."

If the Council lets us keep the child.

"But I think you should tell him as soon as he gets back from that mission. It's better that he know now so that you two can devise a plan to keep the child," I said.

Padme wiped her eyes and hugged me again. "You're a great girl, Ahsoka. And here I am crying like the daughter when I'm supposed to be a mother figure."

I giggled and said," Even parents need to cry."

Just then, my comlink went off.

I answered it and said," Ahsoka Tano."

"Ahsoka! You need to get back to the Temple immediately! The Separatists are attacking Coruscant and we need to protect the planet!" Shaak Ti yelled.

I looked at Padme with wide eyes and said," I'll be there as soon as possible."

"Senator, you stay here okay? I'll be back as soon as possible," I said and Padme nodded.

I then had an idea. I saw an open window and I ran over to it. Padme knew what I was thinking, but she couldn't stop me. I jumped out of her apartment and landed on a speeder. The driver was in a hurry to get to his home, but I said," This speeder just became property of the Republic."

I threw him out onto a landing platform and raced to the Temple.

Haha! Oh, Ahsoka! You're a Jedi, not a thief! Ah, whatever... anyway I'm back with the sequel! WooHoo!