On The Run

Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Author: Ahsoka1248

Rating: T

Warning: Mild Language

POV: Ahsoka Tano

I walk slowly down the stairs of the Jedi Temple at sunset, tears welling up in my eyes.

"Ahsoka, wait," Anakin calls to me.

I ignore Anakin's call. It feels like a hole has been ripped in me. The Jedi Council did not believe me when I told them I did not murder Letta Turmond. No one trusted me. Well, except Anakin.

"Ahsoka," Anakin calls again, his voice cracking.

Once again, I ignore his call.

"I love you Ahsoka," Anakin shouts after me.

Those four words give me pause. I'd been wanting to hear those beautiful words for quite a while. I turn halfway, and he bursts into a jog to catch up with me.

"Ahsoka, I love you," he says again. "All I've ever done for you, do you think I did that just because I felt a responsibility to protect my Padawan?"

"I… I don't know," I say as I wipe a tear away.

"Everything I did for you, I did because I'm in love with you, Ahsoka," Anakin says, "I just want you to be happy and as safe as possible."

"Do you think maybe that I'd be more happy not as a Jedi," I snap with incredible venom.
Anakin recoils. Crap. I've hurt him.

"I'm sorry," I say, "I didn't mean to say that. I'm just... My temper's short."

"It's okay, Snips."
Involuntarily, I laugh at that, and I see a brief flash of joy. I realize that the use of the nickname was intended to make me laugh and help me feel better. Initially, I'm angry, but then I realize, Anakin's really just trying to help.

"I just… the Jedi have been your entire life, Ahsoka," he says, "and I didn't think you'd be happy if you left behind something that was such a normal way of life for you!"

"I don't know, master," I say, "or should I just call you Anakin, seeing as you're not my master anymore?"

I wipe a tear from my eyes. I turn and continue walking down the steps. Anakin Force dashes in front of me.

"Ahsoka, please," he says, "Think of how much it would hurt me if you left, I mean, think about it, I admitted I was in love with you, and now you just walk away from me?"

As I open my mouth to speak, nothing comes out. I feel myself dropping to the ground, and darkness covers my vision.

Should I continue this?