"Wait, wait, wait. Lux is here?" Ahsoka said into Rex's com.
"Yes. In fact, you two need to come down to the hanger. Like right now," Anakin said.
Rex sighed and looked to his wife, "I can't believe this," he turned back to his com, "We'll be down there soon,"
"Okay. Just please be quick, this is very awkward,"
Rex hung up and combed his fingers through his hair. This was not going to be good at all. He looked at Ahsoka who had a frown across her face and she was fumbling with her thumbs. She must've been nervous or maybe scared that Lux was here, Rex figured. He just felt angry as hell and did not want to go down and meet up with that senator again.
He grabbed his shirt from off the floor and put it on. Ahsoka went and grabbed a shoulder pad and helped him attach the rest of his armor, not that he needed help, but she just wanted to do something to keep her mind off of the time on Carlac with Lux.
Rex quickly had all his armor back on and Ahsoka straightened out her clothes. She looked at her husband who was trying to mask his feelings, but she'd known him to long and could easily see past his cover. She walked up to him and grabbed his hand. She lightly kissed his lips, "Sorry about this,"
Rex shook his head, "It's not you fault. Let's just get this over with,"
Ahsoka nodded and he grabbed his helmet and clipped it to his belt. They walked out of her room together and headed down to the hangar.
They got there fairly swiftly and Rex's heart nearly stopped when he saw Lux. He had never felt such an urge to knock someone's lights out. He heavily refrained from doing anything stupid, even though he wanted to. Ahsoka just kept her eyes either on the floor or at Anakin, not wanting to see Lux's expression.
They both got to Anakin and the senator and Lux spoke up, "Ahsoka, it's... good to see you again,"
Ahsoka nearly smiled at his terrible hair. It would look better even if he shaved it all off, "Yeah, you-you too,"
Rex clenched a fist behind his back and Anakin walked over to him, "Relax, she can handle herself," he whispered in his captain's ear.
But that didn't stop Rex, he still had a fist behind his back. Lux turned to him, "Captain... Rex is it? It's good to see you too," he said, almost mockingly.
He kept a straight face, but underneath, he was not at all happy. He just nodded and looked to Anakin with slightly pleading eyes. Anakin took the hint, "Let's go talk somewhere else. You said you needed to discuss something with us,"
"Yes, I do. Do you have a private room?"
"Yeah, follow me,"
Anakin led them to a briefing room and he closed the door behind them once everyone was in the room. Lux walked over to the holotable and stood next to Ahsoka, which made Rex's blood boil.
"I would like to discuss this war. I know we're on opposite sides, that's partly why I'm here, I'm trying to bring the Separatists to the Republic side, but I'd like to talk about the clones as well," Lux explained and Rex eyed him suspiciously about the mention to his brothers, "But before we do all this, I would like to invite you to a party I'm hosting on Onderan. It's a formal party, like a ball," he turned to Ahsoka, "What do you say?"
Ahsoka looked at Anakin, then Rex. Rex was trying to steady his breathing and, at this moment, he couldn't bare to look Lux in the eyes, otherwise he'd probably snap at the way he was looked at his wife.
Lux looked at Anakin, "I just figured that with everything going on we all could use a break. It's a neutral party of course, and some senator friends and others will be there. I'm sure Senator Amidala and few others on your senate will be there as well," Anakin perked up at the mention of Padmé, "So will you guys come?"
"Sure," Anakin said.
Ahsoka mentally facepalmed. He just wanted to see his wife, but she figured she'd do the same thing with Rex, so she couldn't say anything.
"Great," Lux said, "I know it's such short notice, but it starts on Onderon's next planetary rotation. And it begins that evening. Also," he turned to Rex again, "I'm not sure how my people would react to a clone being there,"
Rex swallowed the lump of anger in his throat, "Why?" It was the first he'd talked since Lux came.
"It's complicated, so maybe you shouldn't come, or maybe you could act as a bodyguard and just stand there and not do anything,"
"Hmm," Anakin thought, "I could have him be a bodyguard for Ahsoka,"
"Why? Jedi don't need extra protection do they?"
"Fine. How about for Senator Amidala?"
"Yeah, I suppose that would work,"
"Good. It's settled then,"
Ahsoka really did not want to go to the party. She felt as if it was a trap of some sort, after all, Lux did lead her to Death Watch and practically kidnapped her, so a trap was a possibility. She pushed those thoughts aside and turned to Anakin, "Well if it starts this soon, we should go and get ready, right?"
"Yes. We should," Anakin said, "Lux, you can uh go to the mess if you're hungry or something. Or you can... stay here,"
"I'll stay here and wait for you to be done, Master Jedi,"
"Okay. Cmon you two,"
Ahsoka and Rex followed Anakin out of the room. Once they were out of ear shot, Rex sighed with relief and Ahsoka grabbed his hand.
"Hey, hey," Anakin said while shaking a finger back and forth, "Not while I'm here,"
She basically hugged Rex's arm, "We're not doing anything," she said with an innocent smile and Rex smirked.
"Yeah well, we need to do business. Not get all gushy with each other. And besides, Rex needs to get an outfit for this party we have to go to,"
"Why'd you say yes to going to the party anyway?" Ahsoka asked.
"Because. We can gather intel while we're there, and see what the Separatist senators are planning. Rex, follow me, Snips, go pick out a dress or something,"
"Ugh, will I have to wear heels?"
"You wear boots. Is there a difference?"
"Yes. You're not a girl so you don't understand. But fine, take my husband away if you must,"
"You're being overdramatic. C'mon Rex, let's get you a suit,"
Rex looked at Ahsoka and she released his arm. He snuck a quick kiss to her montral and he turned right with Anakin while she went left towards her quarters. As Anakin led Rex to his quarters, Rex said, "So why do you have fancy clothes here?"
"I always keep some suits with me, I guess if I ever go out with Padmé, we always go somewhere fancy and it's not like I could go there in my Jedi robes,"
"Yeah I guess that makes sense,"
They got to Anakin's room, and inside it was surprisingly tidy, but then again he didn't have much stuff. Skywalker walked over to a tiny closet and pulled out two traditional black suits wrapped in a clear plastic. He laid them on the bed, "Okay, so this one," Anakin pointed to the one on the left, "has some blue accents to it, and this one has gold accents. You'd want the one with the blue, right?"
Rex shrugged, "Sure,"
Anakin handed him the suit and Rex took it. He unwrapped the plastic and started to walk towards a mirror when he passed a bed side table with a picture of Padmé on it. Rex smirked, "Well that's subtle," he slightly gestured to the picture.
"Hey, don't make fun. I'm sure you have one of my Padawan," Anakin walked over next to the captain.
"I do," Rex held the suit close to his body to see if it was his size, "But I keep it hidden or in a pocket,"
"Hmm, maybe I should do that," Anakin took the jacket off the hangar and put it over top his Jedi robes, "Oh yeah. I look hot in a suit," he said with a sexy grin into the mirror.
Rex gave him a mortified look and then shook his head while smirking. He took one last look in the mirror, "This'll do, let's go check on Ahsoka,"
"Relax would ya? She's fine,"
"I know, I just don't trust Bonteri. And you have no idea how much he aggravates me,"
"Oh I got a pretty good idea. You were like a raging inferno when you saw him. You should mask your emotions better, Master Yoda could probably sense your anger, and he's halfway across the galaxy,"
"Okay okay I get it. But he just- argh. I can't explain it...... actually I can. Senator Clovis,"
Anakin whipped his head over to look at Rex, "Do not mention his name. He nearly ended my relationship with Padmé,"
"So you know how I feel. Now let's go,"
Anakin groaned and gave in. He took off the suit jacket and Rex put the outfit back on the bed. They left the room and headed down to Ahsoka's. The whole way there was traveled in an awkward silence, neither of them knew what to say. But both were feeling suspicious of the party Lux wanted them to go to. Rex was confused as to why Bonteri seemed like he didn't want him to go. Did he know about him and Ahsoka? No, that was impossible. They got married after the whole deal on Carlac and Onderon. He could've been jealous possibly, but Rex wasn't sure.
They made it to Ahsoka's quarters and Rex lightly knocked on the door. She told them to enter and he opened it. He inhaled sharply at the sight of her. She was wearing a one shoulder chiffon dress. At the top, it started out black, and as it went down, the color changed into a deep maroon. There were silver rhinestones that went around the abdomen part which made it look like a belt, and a few rhinestones on the one shoulder. It was tight fitted at the chest, but loosened as it fell to the floor.
Rex stood there with his mouth slightly open and Anakin gave him a small shove, "Hey. Snap out of it, you're staring,"
"Hmm? Oh. Sorry. I just— Wow,"
Anakin smiled at his lovestruck Captain. Rex never really showed his true feelings with any one, but now that he was with Ahsoka, she brought out the best in him and he could actually talk to her instead of bottling up everything. He walked past Rex and entered Ahsoka's room, "Pretty dress. Where'd you get it?"
Ahsoka chuckled, "You forget. I'm also friends with Padmé,"
Rex went into the room and closed the door behind him, "I know Padmé too but I don't have any fancy-ass clothes, and no I'm not apologizing. Have you always had that?"
"Yes. I just don't like wearing dresses so I don't wear them often,"
"But you wear skirts? Is there a difference?"
"Uh, huge," Ahsoka smiled, "You wear-,"
"-No. No I do not," Rex walked over to her.
"Yes you do! You wear—,"
"Stop, no," he chuckled, "I don't wear skirts. It's a Kama,"
"Hey, you said it not me,"
Rex groaned, "I hate you,"
"Love ya too,"
Anakin rolled his eyes, "Get a room,"
"We did, but you interrupted us," Ahsoka said.
"TMI Snips, TMI. Anywho, you look ready for a fancy party and me and Rex are ready, so, change out of it, we should go check on Lux. Y'know, make sure he's not doing anything, we've been gone long enough,"
"Lux sucks," Rex grumbled.
Ahsoka leaned into him and whispered in his ear, "And Rexy is sexy," she tried to lighten his mood.
He flushed red and his cheeks felt hot so he immediately looked to the ground to try and cover his face, "I appreciate it, but nooo stop,"
Ahsoka laughed at his embarrassment, making him give her a look. She stopped her laughing and she looked at Anakin. He looked very confused since he must not have heard what she said.
"Uh, guys," he said, "Can we go now?"
"Yes!" Rex said a little loud, "Wait no.... Lux kriffing Bonteri is still here,"
Ahsoka didn't even bother to scowl at Rex for swearing. He needed to get it out of his system so he wouldn't curse out Lux in front of a bunch of people, cause that would be a disaster.
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I know, I know. Not a lot of Lux in this chapter, but in the next one there will be. Also, if you're wondering, Ahsoka's dress is below