Ezra's pov

"Alright you all know what today is." Hera says.

Sabine and I nod. But Zeb looks at us confused.

"Is it Empire day?" He asks.

"No it's Kanan's birthday." I tell him.

"Ohhh......wait I thought his birthday was in June." Zeb says. We all face palm.

"Anyways.......we will be throwing him a surprise party in here." Hera says gesturing to the common room.

"Do we have the decorations?" Sabine asks.

"We have a few. But we'll need a cake. Zeb, you will go to the bakery and get one." Hera says. Zeb nods.

"Sabine, you will help me with the decorations and that includes painting the place." Hera says. That's when Sabine brightens up.

"Really?" Sabine asks.

"Yes but with the washable ones." Hera says.

"I'll take what I could get." Sabine says.

"Wait what if Kanan comes in here?" I ask.

"That's for you to take care of. You will make sure he doesn't come in here till we are ready." Hera says. I nod. Shouldn't be that hard.

"Alright everyone move it." Hera says. We all then go our separate ways.

I go into Kanan's room to see him asleep. That's good it will by them time. I look at him sleeping. I wonder what he is dreaming about. I bet he will be singing while on a unicorn.

Ha! No but it's a possibility.

"Ezra?" I hear Kanan say while he rubs his eyes. Oh great.....

"Hey Kanan." I say.

"What are you doing in here?" He asks me.

"Uhh I was looking......for my.....head...phones.....headphones." I say nervously. He gives a confused look.

"In my room?" Kanan asks me.

"Who knows." I say and pretend I'm looking for headphones.

What surprises me is that I actually find some.

"Those are mine." Kanan says. I didn't know he had these.

"Nice." I say. He then gets up and tries to walk out of his room. But I stop him.

"You can't leave." I say.

"Why?" He asks me.

"Because.....I want us to bond." I say. That's when Kanan gets even more confused.

"We have a very strong bond. I'm sure we are good." He says.

"Well can we at least talk?" I ask.

"About?" He says.

"About......my body." I say while cringing.

"Your what?" He asks starting to feel uncomfortable.

"My body. I've been going through changes. I'm starting to feel pains in my-" Kanan cuts me off.

"You know what I'm going to go now." He says getting pass me. I try to keep him in but he pushes me aside. So I use the force to lock the door.

"Ezra!!!" Kanan shouts trying to open the door.

"Trust me on this." I say.

"On what exactly?" He asks.

"Just trust me." I say. He sighs.

"Fine." Kanan says sitting back down on his bed.

I sit down on his chair by his desk. This is going to be interesting.

And it was.......

We sat there for 20 minutes not saying a word. Kanan kept giving me hateful stares for locking us in here. It was extremely awkward. Total silence. Till my com went on.

I answer it and try to make Kanan not hear me.

"Ezra, Zeb said he is stuck in the bakery and will be back in an hour." Hera says. An hour?!?! I couldn't even last 20 minutes.

"What am I suppose to do with Kanan for an hour?" I whisper.

"Keep distracting him." She says.

"Alright but whatever you do, don't open Kanan's door." I whisper.

"Ok just make sure he doesn't come in here." She says and ends the call. I look back at Kanan who was watching me the whole time.

"What were you saying?" He asks me.

"Nothing. Anyways we should talk." I say.

"If your going to talk about your body again, I'm leaving." He say serious.

"No I was going to just ask you questions about yourself." I say.

"Um ok." He says.

"First question, what is your favorite song?" I ask him.

"Uhhh I have a few." He says.

"Will you sing one?" I ask.

"No." He says.

"Please!!!!" I say in a begging tone.

"You sing then I'll sing." He says. My eyes widen. This is going to be bad.

I slowly take Kanan's headphones and put it on. He looks at me confused while I am doing this. That's when I stand up.

"Tell you what I want what I really really want!!!!! I wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna really really really wanna zigzag ha!!!!" I sing while dancing. (Spice girls "Wannabe")

Kanan just stares at me while I'm acting like a fool.

"Ok your turn." I say handing him the headphones.

"Ezra........why?" He asks.

"You said if I sang, you would sing." I say.

"Yeah because I didn't think you would actually.......spice girls?" He asks curious.

"I put it on shuffle." I say.

"Yeah ok." He says and puts the headphones on.

"You may hate me but it ain't no lie, bye bye bye!!!!" Kanan sings. I immediately start laughing. (Justin Timberlake "Bye Bye Bye")

"What was that?" I ask still laughing.

"Justin Timberlake." He says.

"Who?" I ask. His eyes widen.

"Wow you don't know Justin Timberlake?" Kanan asks me. I shake my head.

"That's sad. Well I should be going now." He says trying to leave but I stop him again.

"Wait I still have another question." I say. Kanan sighs in frustration.

"Fine what is it?" He asks sitting down again.

"What was your master like?" I ask but immediately regret saying it. Kanan doesn't even look at me. Why did I say that?!?!? Now he hates me even more.

"She was......nice." He says. I look at him shocked. Kanan never tells me about his master. The only thing I know is that she died. I don't even know how she died.

"What else?" I ask wanting to hear more.

"She was very distant from everyone. Never wanted to talk to people, she just wanted to meditate all day. That's probably why I love to meditate." He says.

I give a small smile but quickly frown when I see how sad Kanan looks.

"Was she a good master?" I ask.

"The greatest master. Probably better than me." He says.

"That's not true." I say.

"She finished her training. Mine was cut short. I would never be able to teach you what my master could've taught me." He says.

"Why was it cut short?" I ask. Kanan doesn't answer that question. So we sat there for a few minutes till he finally opened up.

"Order 66." He mumbles. But I was able to hear him. "The clones turned on us and shot my master died."

"I'm sorry Kanan." I say.

"No need to apologize. It was my fault anyways." He says. It was his fault?

"How was it your fault?" I ask him.

"I ran. My master needed help and I just ran. I was a coward." Kanan says holding back tears.

"Kanan you weren't a coward." I say.

"Yes I was. I still think of what I could've done to save my master." He says tears starting to form in his eyes.

I sit there silent. I never knew how much pain Kanan has felt in the past. I always thought he had a perfect life. One that I never had.

"I know how you feel." I say. He looks at me strange. "I think everyday what I could've done to save my parents. They were taken away and I just hid in my closet afraid."

"Ezra I'm sorry I didn't know." Kanan says.

"It's fine that was awhile ago. I learned to put the past behind me and go forward. It's what you have taught me so that's what you should do." I say.

"I've tried. Never really helps." He says.

"I thought there was no try." I say with a grin. Kanan manages to smile.

"Kid, sometimes you could be a real-" He then stops talking and stays still for a second.

"What is it?" I ask him.

"Just trying to unlock the door with the force." He says.

"Oh ok.......wait no." I say. But when we hear a click, Kanan immediately tries to get out. But I stop him again......again.

"Kanan you can't leave." I say.

"Yes I can." Kanan says. That's when he lifts me up and puts me on his shoulder.

"Put me down!!!" I shout. But he doesn't listen. So I take out my com.

"Hera!!! He's coming!!! He's coming!!!" I shout. I keep shouting that while I'm in Kanan's grasp.

When we go into the common room, the lights are off. But when Kanan turned the lights on with one hand, (the other holding me), everyone jumped up from their hiding places.

"Surprise!!!!" They all shout.

"Happy birthday Kanan." I say still on his shoulder. He finally puts me down and looks at everyone in confusion.

"What's all of this for?" Kanan asks us.

"It's for your birthday." I say.

"My birthday? It's not today, it's in June." He says.

All of our jaws drop. "What?" We all ask while Zeb just laughs at us.

"I told you." Zeb says in a teasing tone.

"But we......and I......Hera said.......what?" I say still confused.

"Ohhh I mixed up Kanan's birthday with Chopper's birthday." Hera says. We all then look at Chopper.

"Surprise?" I say.

"Beep beep." Chopper says while shocking me.

"Ow." I say rubbing where he shocked me.

"Well this......didn't go as we planned." Sabine says. We all nod in agreement.

"Sorry Kanan." I say.

"For what?" He asks.

"For locking you in your room and making you talk about your master." I say. I say.Kanan puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Ezra as much as I hated being locked in my room, I felt we actually did bond a little bit more. I'm glad I was able to talk to you about what bothers me the most." He says. I smile but then remembered something.

"Zeb did you at least get the cake?" I ask.

"Yeah it's in the ki-" I then run as fast as a loth cat into the kitchen. Behind me I hear laughter from everyone.

I look at the cake to see "Happy Birthday Kanan" written on it.

So I take the frosting on the table and write "Happy Birthday Kanan/Chopper."