REMEMBER ONE YEAR AGO WHEN I WROTE A CRAPPY THANKSGIVING CHAPTER JUST SO THAT I COULD RANT ABOUT AHSOKA BEING IN MANDO? WELL IM GOING TO DO IT AGAIN BUT BETTER I HOPE BUT THERES NO AHSOKA IN MANDO TO RANT ABOUT THIS TIME (EVEN THOUGH I REWATCHED THE EP TODAY) ANYWAYS

"No, Rex is bringing the pies."

"Both of them?" Padmé asked, shutting the oven. "I thought him and Ahsoka traded and now he's making pasta."

"Does it matter? Both foods will get here either way," Anakin reasoned, tossing a piece of cheese in the air. Before he could catch it in his mouth, however, Padmé swiped it away with her hand, placing it back down on the plate that he'd taken it from.

"Not yet," she said with a grin. "You and Ahsoka can have your food catching contest when she's actually here. And when Obi-Wan is here to commentate. That makes it funnier."

He smirked back.

"Fine."

"You excited to see her?" Padmé asked, leaning next to him, against the counter.

He shrugged.

"Course I am—it's been a year."

"And you're going to be able to handle the fact that she's allowed to drink with the adults this year... right?"

Anakin scoffed.

"Yes."

Padmé rolled her eyes.

"Just making sure."

Rex arrived first, laughing as he monster walked down the hall in the front of the Skywalker home with two four-year-olds attached to his legs, a pie in each of his hands.

Obi-Wan received a nearly identical welcome when he arrived next, though the twins didn't continue to grip onto their uncle after Anakin teased that his "old legs" weren't working too well these days.

Ahsoka was their final guest, nearly spilling an entire bowl of pasta on the ground when she was tackled in a group hug from everyone currently residing in the house. It has been awhile since any of them had seen her, due to the fact that she was currently finishing her schooling on her home planet of Shili. The only time she was able to visit was on holidays, and even then she sometimes wasn't able to make it.

By the end of the night, Padmé was proven right about her assumption of her husband being unable to accept Ahsoka's reaching of Coruscant's drinking age—he had to quite visibly bite his tongue to stop himself from saying something when she took a sip of wine in front of him, laughing.

There's a great picture that Rex took of the two of them later on, once Luke and Leia had been put to bed and only the adults were still awake and talking. Ahsoka had wrapped herself around her old master from behind, her hands meeting just over his stomach, her cheek pressed to the space between his shoulder blades.

She knew she could only stay with her family for a few days, but she would keep the memories within her heart, no matter where she went.

GUYS I THINK IM STARTING TO GET HAPPY AGAIN SULKY ASH IS GOING AWAY AND CONFIDENT ASH FROM LAST YEAR IS MAKING A COMEBACK YAYAYAYYAYYYY

ALSO I KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF YOU CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IM SO THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL BC YOURE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE IVE EVER MET