The past few days had been crazy. Their base was now locate inside of the city, allowing for them to hit some targets, and get noticed. Nothing too large yet, as their numbers were not big enough yet, but they began to grab the attention of the Separatist ruler, King Rash, and the people. The attacks were still largely being coordinated by Anakin, Obi-Wan, Rex and Ahsoka, as the rebels were not yet ready.

They had a new problem now though, the people were becoming fearful of the rebel attacks. Some thought it would bring more droids and limit their freedom even further, others were worried about potential damage to the city itself. They needed to convince the people that they could win, they needed a strong voice to speak to the people of Onderon. Lux was the obvious choice, but he had been quiet recently.

Since Ahsoka had told Lux about her pregnancy, he had been fairly distant, only leaving his room really for briefings and the occasional attack. He rarely spoke, and seemed unmotivated to do anything. People had started to notice, but whenever someone would ask what was up, he would just shake them off, saying he was fine.

Ahsoka was not much better off. She kept a level headed facade, as others were not to know of her relationship with Mr. Bonteri, but people close to her knew it was just an act. They knew that deep down she was hurting for some reason. Anakin had tried to talk to her, but she had shut him out saying she didn't want to talk about it.

Ahsoka was just laying with her face down in her bed when she heard the door open. She didn't even have to look up to know who it was. "Hey Snips," he spoke softly.

"What do you want master?" Ahsoka asked slightly annoyed, not moving from her position.

"I just came to tell you that Obi-Wan, Rex, and I are leaving. We have to return to Coruscant by demand of the Council. They want you to stay as an advisor... if you're okay with that. I can make up some excuse as to why you can't stay if you'd like to return to Coruscant with us."

Ahsoka thought for a moment. She could keep moping around here like a little kid, potentially losing the love of her life right before her very eyes, or she could go back to Coruscant, have... an abortion, and forget all about Luxor Phillip Bonteri. Focus on her career as a Jedi. It was a very tempting thought.

Ahsoka was so engrossed in thought that she didn't even notice Anakin walk all the way into the room or sit at the foot of her bed until she felt the weight shift on the bed. She turned around and looked at him and what Anakin saw shocked him. Ahsoka's eyes were red and puffy, and tear stains could clearly be seen on her cheeks. At the sight Anakin's heart broke. He immediately grabbed Ahsoka and pulled her into a hug. She didn't even hesitate in wrapping her arms around him and burying her face into his robes.

Anakin started to rub circles on the crying teenagers back in an attempt to calm her down. "Shhhhhh... shhhhhh... it's okay taziunt," Anakin said using her native tongue as he always did when she was upset.

After a few moments, Ahsoka pulled away and wiped the tears from her face. "T-thanks Master."

"Of course Snips, I'm always going to be here for you," he replied with a big grin. Ahsoka giggled and smiled a bit, but it was short lived. A frown soon reappeared on her face, causing one to also make its way onto Anakin's.

"Snips," he started but hesitated. He knew how she could get when talking about things that upset her, but he decided that this was important and she had been dodging his questions long enough. He had an idea, but wanted to hear her say it. "What's going on with you? These last few days you've not been your usual snippy self. You've moped around, been lazy on assignments, and even messed up a few times in the heat of battle. You've been completely anti-social, locking yourself in your room, hell I just came in here and found you crying into your pillow. I'm just worried about you Ahsoka."

Ahsoka looked away, but didn't say anything for a moment. Anakin stared at her intently waiting for an answer. Ahsoka took a deep breath, it was hard for her to say, she could barely say his name without bursting into tears. "It... It's L-Lux," she finally spit out.

Anakin's frown deepened. As much as he was upset and angered by this news and would much like to give the Bonteri kid a stern talking to, he suppressed his emotions. He obviously knew how Ahsoka felt about him, and he hardly thought rushing over to him and screaming at him would help. "What happened?" Anakin asked trying to stay semi-calm for Ahsoka.

"W-well... I-I told him abou-about the pregnancy... and..." Ahsoka was barely able to get through that part, and at this point had started to cry again. Anakin again brought her into a hug and attempted to soothe and calm her down.

"And what Ahsoka?" Anakin asked once she had calmed, again, having a fairly good idea what had happened due to the state of his padawan, but wanted to hear it from her mouth.

"A-and he... he... he ran ou-out of the r-room saying th-that he 'needed time' t-t-to 'think everything over'" Ahsoka managed to choke out before bursting into tears again. Anakin brought her in again, but this time his focus wasn't so much on the sobbing teenager in his arms, but on what Lux's answer ad been. He wasn't sure whether he should be happy or sad or maybe a bit of both. Sure the answer wasn't ideal, but it wasn't a definite no that he didn't want the baby so that was good. However, what worried Anakin was the young boys feelings towards the Steela girl. Anyone with a brain could tell that Lux felt something towards her, but what he couldn't figure out was if his less obvious and more well hidden feelings towards Ahsoka were stronger. He supposed only time would tell, and he really hoped for his padawan's sake that they were stronger.

Ahsoka had stopped crying, and Anakin placed both of his hands on her shoulders. The two looked each other in the eyes. Anakin could see the pain, sadness, and confusion in her blue eyes. "Look, Ahsoka. You know I care about you, right? You're like the sister I never had." Ahsoka didn't say anything but nodded, and Anakin took that as an indication to continue. "And because I care about you, I'm not letting you leave Onderon to come back to Coruscant with us."

"But Master-" Ahsoka started to protest before being cut off.

"No buts Snips. You still have things to work out with young Mr. Bonteri. He still never gave you a straight answer." 

Ahsoka looked down, he was right, Lux hadn't given her an actual answer yet. She immediately felt a bit better, and gained some of her confidence back. "You're right master, I'm going to talk to him right now. It's been almost four days,and  if he doesn't have an answer by now..." Ahsoka paused for a second and gulped, "then I know who his choice is..."

Anakin wasn't sure what to feel. On one hand he was happy his normal, confident Snips was back, but on the other he was worried for what could happen if the answer wasn't what they were looking for.

Ahsoka eagerly rose from the bed and started to walk out. Anakin gabbed her arm and pulled her back to the bed. "Woah, easy there Snips. Don't get ahead of yourself, Bonteri is out on patrol right now. You'll have to wait until he gets back." When he saw Ahsoka's face fell, he quickly scrambled to bring the confident Snips back. "But this is a good thing, now you have a bit of time to think about what you're going to say to him."

Ahsoka's face perked back up a bit at this point. "Yeah that's true. If I had barged in there right now I probably wouldn't have known what to say and likely would've come on too strong and emotional. This way I can get my head straight and make a plan."

"That's my girl," Anakin said, beaming proudly at his padawan. They shared one last hug before he got up. "See ya soon Snips. Good luck."

"Thanks Master," Ahsoka replied. Anakin was halfway out the door before Ahsoka stopped him by speaking again. "Hey Anakin?"

Anakin turned around and looked at the young togruta. "Yes Snips?"

"Just out of curiosity, who is Lux out on patrol with?" Ahsoka asked.

"Uhmmm... I'm actually not sure, let me take a look." Anakin pulled out a little piece of paper with some names on it. When he made his way down the list a bit, his face froze and went pale.

"What is it Master? What's wrong?" Ahsoka questioned. She was beginning to get a bit concerned when no response came from Anakin after a moment. "Who's on patrol with Lux?" Ahsoka was not ready for the name that followed.

"Steela..."

OOOOOOOOO CLIFFHANGER! 

Sorry this chapter took so long. It's been hard to find time to write lately. "But you wrote some one shots!" You say. That I did, that I did, but I write those on my phone while laying in bed, and sometimes it's sloppy. I wanted this to be good, so I needed to wait to find time to write it on my laptop. It would've been up earlier this week though, but if you saw my feed from a few days ago, it's not been the best week for me.

Anyways, hope you guys like this long overdue chapter!