An Alldaranian ship landed on Chopper base. Two sixteen year old girls ran out of it pushing past AP-5.
"How wreakless!" the droid exclaimed as the two girls ran on.
"You'll have to excuse my daughter and her friend, AP. They are in a bit of a hurry to see young Bridger." Senator Bail as he existed the ship himself. He was carrying a bottle of wine.
"I'll say. All Miss Krai and the princess talked about on the way over was young master Bridger. R2 and I had to listen to them constantly." C3-PO said following behind the senator.
"Unfortunately you may have come to early senator. There's been no improvement on his condition. They won't even let some of his own crew into see him right now. Poor Chopper feels so guilty he had Hera disable his taser." AP replied. "Sabine has been trying to get to see him for days."

Meanwhile Sabine and Zeb had stopped Leia and Moreena before they reached the med bay.
"They aren't going to let you in. Immediate family only." Sabine said as Zeb blocked their path.
"Who's your friend princess?" Zeb asked.
"Moreena Krai, I'm an old friend of Ezra's from back on Lothal. It just happens my family and I currently live on Alderaan." The other girl introduced herself.
"Finally we meet some of Ezra's old friends," Sabine said offering a hand. "Unfortunately they won't even let Zeb and I in to see him."
"Personally I think it's ridiculous. We are the kid's family, yet they are only letting Hera and Kanan in," Zeb complained as he continued to block the passageway between the three girls and the med bay doors.
Suddenly the doors opened.
"Trust me you don't want to see him right now." Hera said as she walked through. She leaned up against the wall and rubbed her head. The past few days had been really stressful for everyone on her crew. Chopper wouldn't even come near the med bay. "I could really use a nice glass of fire whiskey about now."
"We're out?" Zeb asked. Hera nodded. The he offered "I could go on a supply run and pick some up."
"Thanks Zeb, go to Ryloth and have my dad help you get this stuff. After this is over you, me, and Kanan are going to Maz's." She replied handing him a list.
"Um, Hera what's with the the Rogue drink ingredients? You trying to kill someone?" Zeb asked looking at the list.
"Kanan's favorite drink. I've actually watched him make it blindfolded before." She replied then held out her hand before the others could ask questions. "I bet him he couldn't do it and it tase the same. I lost, he makes the best in the galaxy."
"How's Ezra doing?" Sabine asked looking at Hera. She gestured to the other two girls when the twi lek looked up. "Some friends of his came to visit."
"Still no change. I talked to doctor Asa. She's finally letting you and Zeb in. Only two are allowed in the room at a time, and since Kanan won't leave you'll have to go in one at a time." She replied.
"Well that's good. At least we can see him." the teen replied stepping forward.
"Depends on her reasoning. Come on girls. I'll stay with you in the waiting room." Hera said gesturing for the girls to follow her. They did only to see Kanan pacing by the door between the rooms and the waiting room.  He smiled when he saw the group. "Love, is something wrong?"
"Hera, he's stable. They can replace the pacemaker." Kanan said. "He's going to pull through."
"That's great Love. Why aren't you in there with him?" Hera replied running to him and hugging him.
"He asked me to wait outside for you so Sabine and Zeb could come in together. I actually heard him through our bond." Kanan hugged her back.
Sabine looked at the door.
"How many can go in?" Sabine asked.
"Still two but they are changing his room soon. Then three at a time." He replied.
"Can one of you go in with me? I haven't seen him at all yet and Zeb isn't here." The teen girl said as she walked closer to the door.
"Who do you want to go in with?" Hera asked.
"I'll let all three of you go in together. Just this once though." Doctor Asa said coming out of the room.
"Thank you." Kanan signed to her in a Jedi code.
"No problem." She signed back.
"Do you two mind waiting?" Hera asked the two sixteen year old girls.
"We'll go in with my dad once he's moved. In the meantime we'll give everyone the good news." Leia replied. Moreena nodded her approval.
The three crew members entered the room. Ezra laid on the bed still hooked up.
"Sabine didn't want to come in by herself, and I'm not sure where Zeb is." Kanan said answering a question no one else heard.
"Did he say something?" Hera asked.
"He asked why we came in dear." Kanan replied putting his arms around her. "I don't care if you think it's embarrassing. I'm just glad you're ok, kid."
Sabine stifled a laugh.
"He said hi Sabine. Nice to finally sense you again." Kanan informed her.
"Oh so you're going to force talk to me, but not look at me?" She replied lightly hitting him. "You scared me to death."
"He says he's sorry. He's tired and still unconscious. He wants to talk to you and Zeb together though." Kanan smiled.
They went on talking for a little while. Then one of the nurses came in and rolled Ezra out into surgery. She gave them his new room number.
The crew went back to the Ghost and meet up with Senator Bail there.
"My family and I thought you could use this about now." Bail said giving Hera and Kanan a bottle of wine.
Kanan took the bottle and inspected it. "Royal wine, it's a good year, sweet not dry." He noted then set the bottle on its side. "One of the finest wines I've ever held."
"Only the best. I didn't think any Rebels would be wine connoisseurs." Bail replied with a smile. "Much less such a young Jedi at that."
"Kanan was a bartender when I meet him." Hera replied.
"Got around too. I'm an expert on most drinks. Lothal jargon wine isn't as bad as most wine connoisseur think. As long as you get it from a reliable winery and it's aged right. They haven't had a good year since the clone wars though." Kanan said as he took out a corkscrew. "Should I pop it open."
"Zeb should be back from Ryloth any moment with some fire whiskey, liquor, and a few ingredients for your favorite drink." Hera replied.
"Twi-lek fire whiskey, a core lightsaber? Haven't had those in years." Kanan replied.
"I forgot that the Rogue drink used to be called the lightsaber. Haven't had one of those since Dex's closed." Bail said leaning up against the wall.
"Dex's dinner closed? Man they had the best food in the galaxy." Kanan put the wine bottle away. "My master took me there just before I built my lightsaber. I'll just save this for once Ezra's home. Care for my speciality senator? "
"I'd love too." Bail agreed. "Leia, if anyone asked this never happened."
Zeb and Cham walked in carrying the supplies. Hera greeted the two.
"The drinks have arrived." Zeb said as the two laid them down. "How's the kid doing?"
"He's stable. They're replacing the pacemaker with a new one doctor Asa developed for him. It should be able to stand up better then the one Chopper burned out." Hera said as she sat down across from Kanan.
"Just to be safe though. Chopper absolutely no shocking Ezra, and he is not to be left alone on any missions. Especially ones that could get him captured." Kanan said as mixed the drinks. Hera sat there watching him pour the drinks. He smiled, "remind you of when we meet?"
"Your more sober now." She answered. "I like the Jedi better love."

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Everyone went to visit Ezra after the surgery. Ezra even woke up and started talking to his old friend. He was shocked to see her.
"I thought I'd never see you again when you left Lothal." he said as Moreena hugged him.
"I thought you weren't going to leave Lothal? What changed your mind?" She asked letting him go.
"Oh, stole some creates from some Rebels and they took me in." Ezra replied looking at Kanan who was standing at the open door waiting on Moreena, Leia, and Bail to leave. "And my infamous instincts wouldn't let me turn them down."
"You and your instincts." Moreena rolled her eyes. "Is that why you wouldn't leave when I asked you to come with us?"
"Part, turns out I was waiting on just the right family to take me in." He smiled and laid back down.
"Well I'm just glad we didn't lose one of our best young Rebels." Leia said.
"Is that all I am to you princess?" Ezra mocked being offended.
Leia just smiled.
"Come on girls lets go. Ezra needs his rest, and I think he's family would like to spend some time with him now that he's awake." Bail said escorting them out. They walked past Kanan.
"So we're just the right family for you?" Kanan asked as soon as the three guest where out of distance.
"Couldn't have found a better one if I tried. What other family is like ours?" Ezra closed his eyes but smirked as he said it. Kanan sat down next to Ezra's bed.
"You got me kid. Were you really going to turn down my offer to train you?"
"Maybe some part of me considered it." Ezra sighed and rolled over on his side. His eyes opened to look at his master."I'm not same kid Moreena knew back on Lothal anymore."
"That kid still in there though." Kanan messed up Ezra's hair. "Smart little lothrats are hard to kill."
Ezra gave him that smug little grin he wore when he pulled of a scam. "Can't wait to be back on the Ghost. This rooms a little to plan for my taste."
"You're starting to sound like Sabine." Kanan laughed and tucked Ezra in.
"Aren't you heading back to the ship?"
"Nope, if you're in here I'm in here. I'm not letting you out of my sight unless I have to."
"Fine but do you snore?"
"Not that I know of. Why?"
"After living the streets of Lothal and sharing a cabin with Zeb it's too quiet in here to sleep."
Kanan burst out laughing. "I'll turn on the holonet. It's not Zeb's snoring, but it's just as loud."

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Ezra was back on the Ghost a week later still recovering. He laid in his bed sleeping. The ship landed on Tacodana.
"Hera, are you sure leaving him with Sabine and Chopper is safe?" Kanan asked as the two of them and Zeb got off. "He is still recovering."
"Oh no. I've been looking forward to this for a while now. You're not ruining our adult night out by being overprotective Jedi master." Zeb nudes him. "Besides the kid's sound asleep. Sabine and Chopper aren't going to let anyone wake him much less get anywhere close to him."
"Kanan you need this more than anyone. You almost lost your padawan a week ago." Hera said as they got closer Maz's palace.
"Yeah, which is why I don't want to leave him alone." Kanan replied as they entered the cantina.
"Ahh, the famous Ghost crew. Finally considering that job offer Kanan?" Maz asked seeing the three Rebels.
"Sorry Maz. We're just here for drinks." Hera said sitting down.
"Maybe you and Zeb are Hera, but Kanan's not." Maz said as she showed them to a table and sat down with them. She gestured for Kanan and Hera to sit down across from her. Zeb took the inside of the both next to the pirate queen.
"Ah, you have a new crew member I haven't meet." She said looking at Kanan. "A young power one that you're worried about."
"I don't know how you always do that." Kanan replied.
"Is the Jedi questioning the force, and don't give me that 'former Jedi' business. You have a padawan now Caleb Dume." Maz smiled.
"I wasn't going to deny it. Haven't done that in years." Kanan took a sip of his drink.
"The boy has changed you. Can't wait to meet this infamous Ezra Bridger. He'll be fine though Kanan. He's stronger then you give him credit for, and much more capable than one his age should be." The old pirate assured him. Then she got up and walked towards the door.
"Maz, where are you going?" Hera asked setting down her drink before the pirate woman left the booth.
"To meet your adoptive son. I always thought you two would make a nice couple."
Kanan and Hera looked at each other. Zeb laughed hard enough that his drink came out of his nose.
Maz turned around to look at them. "Ezra might be Kanan's padawan, but you consider him as your son Hera. Just as you both see Zeb as a son, and Sabine as your daughter. Ezra's different though. Unlike Zeb he isn't older than both of you, or Sabine who has a family of her own. Ezra doesn't have anyone else." 
"She's got you two pegged." Zeb said leaning back as he drank his drink.
"Like you don't see him as your little brother, Garazeb. You two even share a cabin." Maz replied before taking off.
"At least let me introduce the two of you." Kanan said sliding out of the booth and following her.
"Listen to Hera and enjoy the drink. It's on the house. You guys have been through enough lately. Sabine is quite capable of introducing me to the boy."
Kanan didn't sit back down though.
"He's not really in any condition to meet anyone right now. Maybe next time when he's not on bed rest." The Jedi suggested.
"Fine, but it better be soon. You already made me wait a two years." Maz said before going back to tending to her cantina.

"Hey kid, you're not supposed to be out of bed." Sabine said as Ezra snuck into her room. She was working on a painting.
"It gets boring just laying on my bed. Plus I sensed someone. Where's Kanan?" Ezra replied sitting down at her table.
"Hera took Zeb and him out for drinks. I'm in charge. Chopper still avoiding you?"
"Yep, when he can. Otherwise he's really nice to me. It's actually scary." Ezra tapped his fingers on the table.
"Chopper nice? Are you sure he wasn't hacked?" Sabine sat down across from him.
"Pretty sure. He still pranks Zeb. See, this is why I tried to keep this from you guys. I don't want special treatment." Ezra said now clenching his fist.
"I'm not treating you any different than any other member of the crew that was injured." Sabine replied handing him a book before getting up. "Now let's get you back to bed before Hera kills me for letting you out of your cabin."
"Actually I've been sleeping on Zeb's bunk when he's not around. It actually hard to climb the ladder right now." Ezra said as Sabine helped him up. "Zeb doesn't know."
"Fine, I'm taking you to Kanan's cabin then. I'm sure he won't mind." She said walking him down the hall.

Kanan and Hera came back to find Ezra sleeping in Kanan's bunk.
"He must have missed you." Hera teased.
"Kid, wake up." Kanan gently shook the kid.
"Ugh, Kanan?" Ezra grounded.
"Hey buddy, lets get you to your bed."
"I can't get up the ladder by myself. Sabine put me in here so it was easier to use the refresher and get back without help." Ezra moaned and rolled over closing his eyes again.
"Let me guess, so Zeb could keep his bunk since his feet don't fit on the ladder as well." Hera sighed.
"Probably should have thought about that earlier. I slept on the floor of their room last night anyways." Kanan admits running his hand through Ezra's hair.
"You're seriously that protective of him?" Hera face palmed. "We probably should have set him up in your cabin in the first place though."
"Wait, when we brought him back or initially?" Kanan asked curious as to what she meant.
"Does it matter. It really makes more sense for you two to share a cabin then the two of them." Hera said and walked off.
"Kid, your welcome to sleep in here for as long and whenever you need to. Just don't even scare us like that again." He pulled Ezra's blanket up a little. Then he pulled out a second bed set and placed it on the top bunk before climbing up there himself. "At least I can keep a closer eye on you in here."

• That's better right?
• May the force be with you always
• Cass