Epilogue Part 2: Our Happy Ending
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(Y/n)'s POV
I took a deep breath as I peered down the aisle of chairs that were now full for the second time tonight. All guests were waiting on me, while Anakin stood patiently under the arch. The moonlight reflected off of his features, making his crystal eyes glimmer as if they were made of the galaxies brightest stars.
"Ready, are you?" Yoda's voice broke me out of the alluring spell my future husbands eyes entrapped me in.
I nodded, glancing down to meet his excited emerald gaze. This is everything he has ever wanted for me and it was noticeable that he was on the brink of tears, but trying to hold it in, "I've been ready." I smiled with assurance, before looking down at my empty hands; wishing I had a bouquet like a proper bride.
"Almost ready." He chuckled, pulling out a large bouquet from behind his back as if he read my mind, "Made this for you, I did." He used the force to lift it up to me, smiling with pride.
I accepted it with watered eyes, "Are these... Mysess blossoms?" I asked even though I knew the answer, and my lip quivered while I fought to suppress the tears from falling.
Upon seeing them, my mind traveled back to a little over three years ago, the night of the Jedi purge. I asked him to bring me this exact flower back from Kashyyyk, neither of us knowing that that would be the last time we saw each other for over a year. And when I did finally see him, I threatened to kill him - that memory of us in the ship is what was pushing me to almost cry.
He nodded his head once, closing his eyes in the process before opening them again to look at me, "Able to give you one all those are years ago, I never was." He gestured for me to lower myself down to his level, and I did, "So today," He raised his claw and wiped away my tears with a gentle touch, "Three dozen, I brought you. One for each month I missed."
No longer being able to hold myself together, I cried. I pulled him into a tight hug; making sure not to crush the bouquet as I did, "I love you," I whispered as I tightened my hold around him. He did the same, as if he was afraid to ever let me go again, "And you have been the most amazing father I could have asked for."
I love Qui-Gon, but since I wasn't able to have him in my life, Yoda was the best alternative. He fed me, bathed me, clothed me, and raised me; he was everything I needed and more.
"Love you too, I do." He whispered back as we ended our hug. He turned his head to the side and wiped under his eyes, doing his best to be subtle about it so no one would notice. The only other time I saw him cry this way was the day they found Anakin and I under the debris, he held onto me for what felt like an hour.
Or maybe it was an hour.
We both smiled at each other and I stood up straight with the bouquet tight in my grasp, "Okay," I took a deep breath, "Now I'm ready."
I reached down and held one of his hands as we descended down the aisle. Light music was already playing and everyone stood up the moment I took my first step forward.
I smiled and met the eyes of everyone I hold dear to my heart - excluding my babies who have fallen back asleep in the arms of Max and Jimmy.
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Then, my gaze traveled forward and I met Anakin's eyes that were filled to the brim with love and devotion. I held my breath, feeling the burn in my lungs as they begged for a release. And my heart rate picked up to a rapid pace, until I could feel the vibrations of the beat in my throat.
Years I've been with him, yet I'm confident think the reactions my body has when he's around will never go away. I was head over heels, madly in love with him and not a thing in this galaxy has ever or will ever change that.
As my gaze stayed locked with his, I noticed his eyes begin to water. And when he blinked, a few tears trickled down his cheeks and dropped from his chin into the grassy plain below.
Finally, after what felt like a millennia, I reached the arch and stopped in front of the love of my life. He helped his hand out yo me, blessing me with his sweetest smile as he did so.
Yoda took the hand he was holding and placed it in Anakin's grasp, officially giving me away, "Take care of her, I know you will." He gave Anakin a nod filled with respect before taking his seat in the front row next to Satine.
"We're finally here Princess." Anakin placed the hand that wasn't holding mine on my cheek, and with delicacy; rubbed the skin with his thumb, wiping away the stray tears of wonder.
"You may now be seated." Obi-wan's voice glided across the field and everyone took their seats simultaneously; they're sole focus being us, "We are gathered here today to join the union of both Anakin Skywalker and (y/n) Winters-Jinn." He spoke, but each word he uttered was incoherent to me now. I was once again lost in a pair of oceans eyes.
My heart was pounding so profoundly, I was convinced it was going to burst. I never thought we would get to this moment, not after everything we suffered through. And for so long, I didn't feel worthy of happiness - not until Anakin and the rest of my family swayed me to believe otherwise. Now here we are and I could hardly contain my excitement over being able to call this man my husband.
"I'll say my vows first," Anakin mumbled before taking a deep breath.
The sound of his smooth voice pulled me away from my alluring thoughts about him. Since my mind was preoccupied, I hadn't even heard Obi-Wan ask about the vows.
"(Y/n)," Anakin grabbed my hands and softly stroked my fingers with his thumbs as he spoke, "We lost so much time because of my own selfishness. I acted like an immature child and pushed away your friendship over something that wasn't your fault. And I'm sorry it took me years to realize that," He dropped his head down in shame.
I placed my hand under his chin and lifted his head back up with a smile, "We're here now and that's all that matters." I whispered as I rubbed my thumb along his bottom lip.
He nodded in agreement and smiled before continuing, "Then every-time we tried to be happy, an obstacle would always arise and stop us from having our happily ever after. But now here we are, finally getting what we deserve; our happy ending." He squeezed my hands tight as his eyes glazed over with increased tears, "And I also wanted to thank you for blessing my life with two beautiful babies, I love them with my whole heart and I'm grateful that I got to have them with you." His voice cracked, "You're an amazing mother to them, and an amazing woman overall. You're also funny, beautiful, smart, sweet, and a bit of an asshole," He chuckled, and I joined him along with the crowd, "But I love every single part of you, and there is not a thing in this galaxy that will change that," He brought one of my hands up and kissed the back of it, making me smile through the excessive amount of water pouring from my eyes. I'm just happy that Ahsoka convinced me to use waterproof makeup, they really did prepare for this, "And remember that no matter where life takes us; I will always love you and I will continue to love you until my very last breath - together forever Princess, that's my promise." He finished and quickly wiped under his eyes with his sleeve.
"I love you so much," I whispered, but it came out sounding like a whimper thanks to the lump in my throat.
"That was beautiful Anakin," Obi-Wan placed his hand on his brothers shoulder, giving him a smile filled with pride and love.
That was another reunion that was beautiful to watch that night. According to Anakin, they fought just before they parted ways, and Obi-Wan believed he'd never see him after feeling Anakin's life slip away through the force. They hugged and cried just as much as Yoda and I did.
It was a sob fest.
Anakin smiled back at his former Master slash father figure, "Okay (y/n), your turn." Obi-Wan removed his hand from Anakin's shoulder and now all the attention was on me.
I took in a deep breath to prepare myself, hoping that I wouldn't start crying my eyes out before I could finish the first sentence, "My love, from the moment I met you I knew you'd be a huge part of my life, even though I was only seven years old and hardly knew what life was about. All I knew is that I wanted you in it," I sniffled and raised my hand to wipe away his tears, "You brought a lot of light and love into my life and kept me balanced. You are the reason I am here right now and I wanted to thank you so much for always being my savior," I couldn't help but step closer to him and join our hands together once more, pulling them to my chest and holding him close to my heart, "I love you so much that no words can give how I feel any justice - and I'm proud to be the mother of your babies," I choked on my words and decided that this was the perfect moment to spill the little secret I've been keeping for the past few days, "There's no place I'd rather be in this galaxy, than here with you four."
His brows furrowed and I heard gasps coming from the crowd from the people who easily figured it out, "Four?" Anakin looked confused.
I nodded and dropped his hands down to my stomach. His eyes widened and I knew that he finally figured it out too, "This is what I was hiding," I chuckled as I glided his hand across my stomach gently, "Ani, I'm pregnant." Again.
The first time finding out I was pregnant was terrifying for me, but this time; I wasn't scared at all. No, I was happy. Happy knowing I was building a family with the man I love - but this is the last one, and god help us if it's twins again.
"Are you serious, we're having another baby?" His bottom lip shook as he began to cry the same way he did when he found out about the twins. I nodded and before I knew it, his lips were on mine as he cupped my face. I could feel his tears mixing with my own as we both cried together, tears of complete happiness.
The guests cheered as if we already said our 'I do's' and I deepened the kiss as I wrapped my arms around his neck and he slid his down to my waist.
I love you. His voice echoed in my mind; a little trick we've been practicing so we could communicate even when we're not close by.
I love you too. I responded just as I ended the kiss. My arms stayed wrapped around his neck and our watered eyes were locked together, both of us at the peak of our happiness.
Obi-Wan cleared his throat and I even heard a sniffle coming from him before he spoke, "I'm so happy for you two, and I really don't think I need to ask if you two wish to be married, do I?" He chuckled and the guests joined him.
"No, we do." We spoke together; saving time so we could end this night and have our alone time after sticking our children with a few unlucky individuals. It is our wedding night after all and I dare someone to tell us no.
Obi-Wan chuckled, "Then we just need the-"
A loud screeching pierced our ears and all attention was shifted to the aisle where the sound was coming from. Anakin's droid was rolling down the grass at high speed, aiming straight towards us.
Anakin raised his hand just before the droid could bump into us and stopped him with the force, "Buddy, why the hell are you going so fast? I thought we talked about setting a speed limit." Ani sighed and Artoo beeped an excuse, something along the lines of him being too excited. My now husband rolled his eyes with a smile before holding out his hand, "Just hand them over please."
A small compartment opened and Anakin reached in, pulling out two pairs of silver bands. One was thick with a single diamond embedded in it, while the other appeared to be more feminine; the band was thinner with multiple small diamonds around the whole thing. And I knew it would blend perfectly with my engagement ring.
He grabbed my hand and hovered the ring close to my ring finger, before slowly sliding it on with a smile, "I knew it would match." He mumbled quietly, "The perfect ring for the perfect woman."
I giggled, enjoying this intimate moment to the fullest. Obi-Wan hardly had a role to play now, we were doing this on our own, "Your turn," I grabbed the band meant for him from his palm and did the same; I slid it on his left ring finger, "As long as our love is alive—which will be forever, we will never take these off."
"Never." He agreed, locking our fingers together. And just as we did before, we kissed before we were meant to.
Obi-Wan sighed with a laugh, "I now pronounce you husband and wife, and I'd tell you to kiss, but you're already doing it." He shrugged and the guests voices grew into an uproar of cheers.
Anakin held onto me tight before dipping me down, our lips never parting. We are officially husband and wife, and together forever is a promise we have vowed to keep.
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Laughing with each other, my husband spun me in a circle before pulling me close to his chest, "Mando said he'd watch the twins by the way," He informed me as we danced together under the moonlight. Many of the clones have already left, leaving only a small group of us left.
The clones, along with the bad batch have been busy these past few years with reversing the effects of the empire. It seemed poetic; they're tearing down something they mindlessly helped create, and they're happy doing it.
We helped in the beginning as well, but when I became pregnant - that all came to a halt on Anakin's request. They work just fine without us anyway; and we crowned Rex, Cody, and Max as the new Generals. We have faith that one day they'll fully succeed and make us proud. Because of course, there are a few who are fighting to keep the Empire going, one of them being Tarkin; and he's even creating a whole new army consisting of what they call 'Stormtroopers'.
We all stopped fighting and left it to them. We did our time in the war already, for many years, and it was time for us to settle down and enjoy our lives. Not that we're forcing the clones to fight either. Without their chips, they have a choice and we made that clear to them, but most chose to stay - fighting for what they believe in is what they love.
"Mando has become quite the baby person lately hasn't he?" I chuckled, remembering the moment Yoda had asked for Grogu back. Mando took care of him for a little over month while Yoda was busy aiding Rex and the others in their battles. But when it came time to give the little green creature back, Mando was being a bit stubborn about it. But everything was settled and although Grogu stays with Yoda now, Mando is around about eighty percent of the time...or maybe ninety.
Anakin nodded, smiling, "It seems he has. And speaking of babies." He glanced down to my stomach, "I have a name in mind."
"What is it?" I questioned as I avoided stepping on his shoes; dancing still wasn't my forte, but i was trying.
"How about if it's a girl, Aurora." He suggested.
"It's pretty," I complimented his decision, "And what if it's a boy?"
He shrugged, "I have no idea, my mind goes blank when I try to think of a decent name for a boy."
I smirked, wanting to take this opportunity to annoy him, "How about the name Brian? Cute don't you think?"
His eyes instantly narrowed, "Sounds like the name of a snake." He mumbled, tightening his hold on my hands. I couldn't help but laugh at his jealousy, it truly never gets old, "Whatever happened to him anyway?" He asked curiously.
I'm sure he knows what happened to him, it's obvious he's just fishing for details about it. It's been years now and so we're able to talk about those events without the conversation turning sour. Although I do get a bit tense when it's brought up, there's just one thing I did that day that I'll never fully recover from.
And the answer should be obvious.
I awkwardly cleared my throat, "You already know what happened to him."
"Yeah," He sung, "I guess I just wanted to know who did it." He said the last part quietly.
I sighed before deciding to answer his nosey question, "If you must know, it was Max and Edge, they got him by surprise before I could do anything myself." That's as far into detail as I plan to go.
I prefer not to go into too much detail about that night - which is something I know he understands, so he didn't pry any further, "Interesting, I would've guessed Jimmy," Was all he said before switching up the topic for me, "So is this baby gonna be our last, or-"
"Last," I cut him off with no hesitation, "After him or her, you'll be going to the doctors for a little snip job." I used my fingers to make scissors and pretended to cut the air.
His mouth dropped, "I'm not cutting my balls off (y/n), are you insane?" He complained with widened eyes, our movements ceasing.
I narrowed my eyes at his ridiculous comment, "They don't cut off your balls Ani, they're still there, you'll just be shooting blanks." I clarified with an eye roll. I love him but dear god he can be stupid.
"Oh," He nodded in understanding but then quickly changed his mood, "Wait, but still, I don't want to do that, why does it have to be me? Why can't you do it."
"Because Mister 'I can pull out'," I snapped through clenched teeth, "I am carrying your babies and pushing them out of a hole that is too damn small for that, which is already fucking with my body. So the least you can do is go get that small procedure so we don't end up with a dozen kids running around."
"Does a dozen really sound that ba-"
"Yes!" I exclaimed without letting him finish, "You're crazy if you think I'm having any more." I love my kids, but two is already a handful. and this third one is going to be tough.
He huffed as he crossed his arms, "You always find something to complain about, I swear."
I rolled my eyes with an annoyed groan, "Well maybe I wouldn't complain if you didn't say stupid things."
"I'm not stupid, you're stupid." He retaliated like a child throwing a tantrum.
"I didn't even say you were-" I rubbed my temples to avoid the headache I could feel forming and sighed, "Babe I love you, but I'm about thirty seconds away from choking you."
"Do it then." He tested me.
"Oh," I raised my brows, "You think I won't?"
He shook his head with a bored expression, even going as far as to fake a yawn, "No, you won't."
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Ahsoka's POV
"They look like they're about to fight," Cal chuckled from the seat next to me as he took a drink from his wine glass.
I kept my eyes on the couple who are more than perfect for each other, "Give it a minute." I chuckled with him before leaning my head down on my husbands shoulder.
My husband...I'll never get tired of saying that.
We both continued to watch Anakin and (y/n) at each others throats for the third time this week - and it's only Tuesday. And just as I waiting for, (y/n) had gripped his neck, but immediately kissed him afterwards - their passion electrifying through the air around them.
"See?" I gestured to the couple just as my former Master picked up his wife without their kiss ending and carried her away towards the ship they came in, "It's a good thing she's already pregnant." I joked, lifting my head up from Cal's shoulder and meeting his emerald eyes that were already fixated on me, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
He casually shrugged, "I was just thinking about if you wanted to have kids with me one day."
My smile widened and I nodded, "Of course I do, but not yet - I want to enjoy our time together first." I want to explore our love and marriage before our time is taken over by kids.
He nodded in agreement, "That sounds like a perfect plan to me." He stood up from his chair and held his hand out to me, "Let's go to our ship, you're practically shaking from the cold and I would love to have some time alone with my beautiful wife."
I accepted his hand, "And I would love nothing more."
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So this is the end 🥺
I hope you all enjoyed this series as much as I've enjoyed writing it(when I wasn't suffering through writers block haha) and I wanted to thank everyone who stuck with me through this whole journey and supported me❤️
I love you all so much, your love and support is what kept me going and I'm so happy to have finished my fifth book, I feel so accomplished!!
I do plan to write a prequel book for this as I stated previously in another chapter, but that won't be till next year (: so maybe around the end of January! Or earlier if I'm feeling motivated enough!
Sorry I'm rambling haha but once again, thank you all and please vote and comment your thoughts ❤️
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