The One With the Ski Trip

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Story: Setting: Dexter’s Diner

Anakin and Obi Wan have agreed to meet Palo at the diner to take him to the game, while they wait, they are both browsing through various papers provided by the diner to read. Anakin having already read through the fun parts of his’s paper, places into on the table in front of him and turns to Obi Wan still engaged in his’s paper:

Anakin: “Hey, can I see the comics?” as he sees Obi Wan look up, confused, because the paper he’s reading doesn’t have comics,

Obi Wan: “This is the Alderaan Times” he informed him as Anakin rolled his eyes,

Anakin: “Okay, May I see the comics?” he asked, in a tone that expresses his frustration
Unknown to them, Sabe and Eirtae had agreed to meet Padme here, to take shopping, shocked to see them here as they arrived, they ran over to their booth, startling both Anakin and Obi Wan,

Sabe: “Guys, what are you doing? I thought you were taking Palo at the game” she pointed out as Obi Wan looked up at them,

Obi Wan: “We are. He’s meeting us here” as Sabe and Eirtae each gasped,

Sabe: “No, Padme’s meeting us here!” as Eirtae spoke up,

Eirtae: “Come on! They can be in the same room” as Anakin simply shook his head,

Anakin: “You should’ve been there last night” as Eirtae looked at him, worried,

Eirtae: “Why? What happened now?” she asked

Anakin: “Well, Palo was hanging with us at our apartment, when Padme came over to borrow some of Obi Wan’s moisturizer….” He started to explain when Obi Wan quickly shut him off,

Obi Wan: “Hey! Hey! Hey!” looking stunned, “How hard is it too say ‘something?’ Padme came over to borrow ‘something’” he informed him as Sabe and Eirtae each gave a little smirk as Anakin tried not too laugh,

Anakin: “Anyway, she and Palo just started yelling with each other” he finished

Eirtae: “Why was he yelling at her? He slept with someone else” she pointed out as Anakin shrugged,

Anakin: “Well, I guess he says they were on a break when it happen, she should have forgiven him by now”

Eirtae: horrified, “Whoa, he is being so unreasonable!” she exclaimed, “Although, I think I understand what he means” she added, before she goes on, “Oh my god, this is just like the program on the Holonet, when at first, you’re mad for the company who supplied the death sticks, and then you feel bad for the people because they thought they were just having fun” as Obi Wan spoke next,

Obi Wan: “You know, this is like when my parents got divorced” he reminded them, before adding jokingly, “I hope Palo doesn’t try to kidnap me after Jedi training”

Eirtae: “You know, I had a dream that Palo and Padme were still together, they never broke up and we were all hanging out and happy” she explained as Anakin put in,

Anakin: “I had the same dream” as Eirtae was quick to add,
Eirtae: “Except no one slept with that waitress girl” as Anakin changed his statement,

Anakin: “Oh I had the opposite dream”

Obi Wan: “Maybe it’s gonna be okay. I mean, it’s been a week” he pointed out as Anakin spoke out once more,

Anakin: “Yeah, it never takes me more than a week to get over a relationship” as Sabe was quick to correct him,

Sabe: “It’s never taken you more than a shower to get over a relationship”

Sabe and Eirtae both turned to see the front doors open once more and in strolled Padme, slipping off her coat, they quickly rushed over to her, hoping to get out of here before Palo showed up,

Sabe: “Let’s go! Let’s hit the road. Let’s get the show on it” she excitedly stated as Padme hanged her cloak up on the stand,

Padme: “Okay, let me just get a cup of ruby Biel first” she informed them as Eirtae spun around to see a cup of ruby Biel already on the table behind them

Sabe: keen to move on before Palo arrived, “Oh, Padme, I know the best diner and it’s so close” she informed her as Padme looked around,

Padme: “Closer than here?” she asked as Eirtae looked behind her,

Eirtae: “Ooh, here it is! I found ruby Biel” she exclaimed, as Padme looked disgusted,

Padme: “Eirtae, I’m not going to drink someone’s old ruby Biel” she stated as Eirtae placed it back on the table,

Eirtae: “Okay, your highness” she smudged

Just as the door opened once more and in drifted Palo, who looked upset and quiet, Padme and Palo exchanged looks at each other as Sabe and Eirtae felt awkward as Eirtae muttered,

Eirtae: “Padme, I’m really sorry. Okay Palo, Wanna get back together?” before she turned around, looking over to Anakin and Obi Wan

Eirtae: “Did anybody else hear that?” she asked as everyone just looked back at her

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Tired of being pulled separate ways to spend time with Padme and Palo, at different times, Sabe, Eirtae, Anakin and Obi Wan were all hanging out together in Anakin and Obi Wan’s apartment, enjoying some quiet time together and friendly time while enjoying their dinner they had ordered, when an unexpected knock came at the door, Obi Wan moved to open it, to find Padme behind it, looking into the apartment, checking that Palo wasn’t with them,

Padme: “Is he here?” she asked Obi Wan as Obi Wan shook his head and she relaxed more,

Padme: “Good, here’s your moisturizer” she went on, handing back a moderate sized white bottle back to Obi Wan, who felt embarrassed as Padme brushed past him, a huge smile on her face,

Padme: “You guys are going to love me. Okay, check it out. Thursday night. Five tickets, Bail Organa’s lingerie show and you guys are coming with me” she announced, as everyone looked around, wishing they were not the one to break the bad news to her,

Padme: looking around in confusement, “Okay, I said that out loud, right?” she asked as Eirtae decided to tell her

Obi Wan: “Yes, it’s just that we kind of already made plans with Palo’s” he replied, clinching after she finally spoke those words

Padme: “Oh, well okay” she quietly spoke, as Anakin moved over to her,

Eirtae: “It’s just, that he got this new home theatre dealy…and he wants us to come check it out” she explained

Obi Wan: “He’s really excited about it too. He even recorded show times on his answering machine”

Sabe: “We’re sorry, honey” as Padme quickly replied,

Padme: “Oh its okay” moving toward the door, before Anakin stopped her,

Anakin: “Look, Padme, it’s not that we don’t want to” he started, looking back at his friends before turning back to Padme, “Are we talking about models in their underwear?” he asked, knowing how much he would enjoy that,

Padme: “And heels” she added, seeing him flinch, wishing he could say yes, he spun back around to Obi Wan, with a small hurt look on his face, but changed when he saw Obi Wan’s serious face,

Anakin: “Palo did ask us first and we set that night aside” he finally replied, as Padme quickly replied once more,

Padme: “Come on, if he asked you first, it’s only fair” before left, where they all finally could breathe normally, Obi Wan moved over to the wall unit at the back as Eirtae spoke:
Eirtae: “Oh boy, do I feel bad” she admitted as the sound of a lighter flicking caused them to turn around and see Obi Wan starting to smoke a cigarette, to which they all moaned and groaned,

Sabe: “Very bad” she echoed Eirtae’s response before she saw Obi Wan,

Eirtae: “Obi Wan, what are you doing!” she yelled,

Sabe: “Obi Wan!” she exclaimed

Obi Wan: suddenly looking stunned, “Oh my god!” as Anakin pointed out,

Anakin: “You’re smoking again?” he asked as Obi Wan shot back,

Obi Wan: “Well, yesterday I started smoking, today, I’m smoking still” he explained as Eirtae argued back,

Eirtae: “Why would you start again after chewing all that quitting gum?” as Obi Wan replied,

Obi Wan: “I’m telling you this is just like when my parent’s divorced, which is when I started smoking in the first place” he explained as Sabe looked stunned

Sabe: “Weren’t you nine?” she asked as Obi Wan shrugged,

Obi Wan: “Yeah” he muttered, taking it out from his mouth, “I’m telling you something about that first smoke after nap time” he added, just as the door knocked again and Obi Wan sighed,

Obi Wan: “Oh, great with any luck that would be him” he angrily told them

Eirtae: confused at what he was saying, “Him? Him, Palo?” she asked as Obi Wan shook his head, turning back to them

Obi Wan: “No, hymn, 253, his’s eyes are on the sparrow” he scoffed before explaining, “When my parents divorced, I started using humour as a defence mechanism” before moving to open the door, where Padme stood once more,

Padme: “Hi. Do you guys have weekend plans?” she asked before going on “Because I have my sister on hold and she said we can use her cabin for the weekend to go skiing” she explained, looking around, “Is that okay, I mean I’m playing by the rules” she added

Sabe: “Yeah, I guess that’s alright then” she replied as Padme’s face lit up with a smile,

Padme: “Oh great” she shrieked, before seeing Obi Wan starting to smoke again,

Padme: “Obi Wan! You’re smoking again!” she exclaimed as he stepped back,

Obi Wan: “Hey, shut up! You’re not my real mom!” he shot back

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Two nights after telling Padme they would go with her, skiing on the weekend, because they were unavailable Thursday night, Sabe, Eirtae, Anakin and Obi Wan were spending time with Palo, of course, because Obi Wan had started smoking again, it forced him to sit by the window, which did not thrill everyone,

Anakin: “Hey Obi Wan, will you close that window? My nipples could cut glass over here” he informed him as Eirtae looked up,

Eirtae: Hey, really, cause mine get me out of tickets” she added as Palo and Sabe came around from the kitchen,

Palo: moving around from his small kitchen, “Look, I just wanna say I really appreciate you spending time with me” he informed them, “It’s been a hard time right now, so I just want to say thanks” he finished as Obi Wan spoke up from his place at the window,

Obi Wan: “Can somebody else hug him, I have to stay by the window” he reminded them,

Palo: “Oh, hey, How about this weekend, we have a laser disc marathon, okay? And maybe a tournament on my new….**** *****! What do you think?” he asked, “Two days of ****! It’s be great!” he excitedly told them,

Anakin: deciding to speak up, “It’ll be great for next weekend” as Palo answered back,

Palo: “No, no, this weekend, guys” as Anakin repeated himself once more,
Anakin: “It’ll be great for next weekend. I mean, it’ll be great” he smiled as Palo looked confused, looking around at his friends,

Palo: “What’s going on?” he asked as Eirtae spoke up,

Eirtae: “We’re sort of invited to go skiing. You know, Padme’s sister’s cabin?” she informed him,

Palo: “So, for the whole weekend?” he asked, as Sabe replied,

Sabe: “We’re really sorry but she did ask us first” she pointed out,

Palo: “That’s okay. If you all have to go away for the first weekend I’m alone by myself” he reminded them, “Then I totally understand” he added,

Eirtae: feeling sad for him, she changed her mind, “You know what, I can stay. I’m gonna stay. The last time I went, I was afraid to leave the chair lift and I just round and round” she explained as Anakin informed her,
Anakin: “Uh, Eirtae, “We kind of need you to fly us there in your grandmother’s ship” before moving over to Palo, “But you know what? I’ll stay” he added as Sabe cut in,

Sabe: “No, I’ll stay. He’s my brother” she replied as Palo looked up,

Palo: “What? A pity stay?” he asked as she smiled,

Sabe: “No! We’re gonna have fun! We can make fudge” she explained as Palo went on,

Palo: “Pity food?” he asked, “You know what? I don’t need any of you to stay. Nobody stays” he announced as Obi Wan added his offer,

Obi Wan: “Well then, I might as well offer to stay” he spoke up,
Having already began their journey towards Padme’s sister’s cabin in Eirtae’s ship, Anakin still felt worried about leaving Palo behind, turning to Sabe and Obi Wan,

Anakin: “Hey, does anyone else feel bad about leaving Palo behind?” he asked as Sabe looked from Obi Wan to Anakin,

Sabe: “You don’t think that he is still mad, do you?” she asked them as Obi Wan replied, speaking directly to Anakin,

Obi Wan: “Well, he’s probably more mad at you since you called him this morning, asking to borrow his goggles” as Sabe turned towards Anakin as Anakin pulled back,

Anakin: “What, mine aren’t tinted” he informed them as Obi Wan reached into the pocket of his cloak, pulling out a small smoke, looking for his lighter as Eirtae caught him,

Eirtae: “Obi Wan!” she yelled,

Obi Wan: “What!?!” he asked, in annoyance,

Eirtae: “Obi Wan, what does the sign say?” she asked as Obi Wan leaned forward,

Obi Wan: “Beam me up, *****” he informed her as she shook her head,

Eirtae: “No, the no smoking sign, there’s no smoking in my grandma’s ship” she informed him as Obi Wan started to complain,

Obi Wan: “Okay, well I have to go to the fresher” as Sabe shook her head,

Sabe: ‘No, no unscheduled stops. You can go when we stop for supplies” she informed him as Obi Wan went on,

Obi Wan: “Oh, come on. There’s a fresher stop up ahead, come on, I really have to go...” he trailed on, knowing that Anakin would say something,

Anakin: “Oh, now I have to go” he complained as Obi Wan smirked, and the ship pulled away from the traffic lane towards an empty spaceport.

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Arriving at the unplanned fresher stop, Eirtae brought the small ship down for a landing, although it proved rough for Sabe, Anakin and Obi Wan in the back, he had warned them,

Obi Wan: “Okay, brace yourselves!” he exclaimed as Sabe looked confused,

Sabe: “What?” she asked before being slammed forward, rising a hand to her head, “Okay, ow!” she complained as Anakin ran out towards the fresher followed by Obi Wan and Sabe, Eirtae noticed that Padme was not leaving, prompting her to ask,

Eirtae: “Aren’t you gonna go?” as Padme simply shook her head,

Padme: “No, thanks” she replied as Sabe decided to explain why,

Sabe: “No, Padme, never pees in public freshers” as Eirtae turned to Padme, who quickly pointed out,

Padme: “Well, they never have any paper in there, so my rule is: no paper, no tushy” as Eirtae exited the ship, and Padme looked around, finding herself alone, “Well, if everybody’s going” she added, quickly exiting the ship, closing the door down, as Eirtae tried to stop her,

Eirtae: “Oh, no wait, don’t close it!” she exclaimed, as it slid shut, before adding in a low whisper, “The keys are in there” as Obi Wan was coming out of the fresher, seeing the door closed,

Obi Wan: “Oh no, no, no, no!” he exclaimed as Anakin emerged after him, looking at him in confusement,

Anakin: “What’s going on?” he asked as Obi Wan turned to him, shocked,

Obi Wan: “My lighter’s in there!” he exclaimed as they now wondered how they were going to get back in to the ship.
Stuck at the fresher stop, everyone was trying to work out how they would get back in the ship while Obi Wan, desperately tried to light his smoker, even trying to use the ships smaller engines on the back,

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Obi Wan: slamming the back of the ship in frustration, “Damn! The tailpipe’s not hot enough to light this” he pointed out as Anakin assured them he could open the door back up,

Anakin: “Relax, I can open this. Anybody got a coat hanger?” he asked as Obi Wan quickly shot back,

Obi Wan: “Oh, I do” before he quickly joked, “No, I took it out of my shirt when I put it on this morning” as Anakin rolled his eyes towards him as Sabe turned back to Obi Wan,

Sabe: “So, if your parents hadn’t got divorced, you’d be able to answer a question like a normal person?” she asked as Obi Wan went quiet, as Anakin went on,

Anakin: “Look, I just need a wire or something to jimmy it” before quickly realising, “Oh, hey, one of you girls give me the under wire from your bra” as Eirtae, Padme and Sabe looked at him, in shock,

Sabe: “What?” she asked as Anakin explained the reason he mentioned it,

Anakin: “Come on! Who has the biggest boobs?” he asked, “Whoever has the biggest boobs has the biggest bra and therefore the biggest wire” he explained

Eirtae: “No!” she exclaimed, horrified, as Padme added,

Padme: “It’s too expensive!” knowing she wouldn’t want her clothing wreaked,

Anakin: trying to make them see reason, “If you want to get back in the ship” he started, hitting the side of the ship, “We need that wire. Your call” he finished as Eirtae turned to Sabe,

Eirtae: “Okay, well, Sabe’s are the biggest” she informed the group as Sabe looked stunned,

Sabe: “These tiny little non breasts? Please! It’s gotta be Padme” she corrected her but Padme was quick to argue,

Padme: “No, mine are deceptively small. I sometimes stuff my bra” she pointed out as Sabe argued back,

Sabe: “Well, then your bra would still be big” as Padme added,

Padme: ‘No, I stuff outside the bra” as Obi Wan spoke up once more,

Obi Wan: ‘Ladies, let’s just compromise, okay? Eirtae, Padme, help take off Sabe’s bra” he ordered as Eirtae decided to step in, just wanting to get back into the ship,

Eirtae: “All right, forget it, never mind. You can have mine” she told Anakin, as Sabe felt relived,

Sabe: ‘Thankyou” she whispered just as Obi Wan flicked his used smoker across the ground in front of him, causing Padme to comment,

Padme: “Obi Wan! What are you doing? There is a trash can right there” she informed him as he joked,

Obi Wan: “Well, I thought if I littered that crying wookiee might come by and save us” as Eirtae had finally removed her bra from her under her clothing,

Eirtae: “There” she told them, handing it to Anakin,

Anakin: working on to remove the wire, “Thankyou, Eirtae, that’s very, very generous” he informed her ripping the wire from the bra, turning to work on opening the door, as Obi Wan went further,

Obi Wan: “Okay, now let’s decide who has the nicest ass” he suggested just as Anakin worked the door open,

Anakin: pleased with himself, “And there you go” he informed them as Obi Wan ran into the ship, to his lighter on the seat, lighting his smoker, towards the window as Sabe moaned,

Sabe: “Obi Wan!” she exclaimed as he shot back,

Obi Wan: ‘At least, let me smoke it to the good part” as Eirtae started to start the ship back up, before it made a strange sound, and suddenly stopped,

Eirtae: “Oh no!” she muttered as Padme, Sabe, Anakin and Obi Wan all looked at her,

Padme: “What’s going on?” she asked as Sabe echoed her response,

Sabe: “What?” as Eirtae explained

Eirtae: “Yeah, this has happened before” as Padme asked once more,

Padme: “So you know how to fix it?” as Eirtae nodded,

Eirtae: “Yep, put more fuel in” she replied as everyone moaned in complaint, stuck once more.

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Feeling very lonely that his friends had left him alone, Palo decided to go round to his ex’ Rabe’s house, who unfortunately was preparing a special night for her partner and her, and was annoyed at his sudden, surprised presence,
Rabe: “Hi, what are you doing here?” she asked, in frustration as Palo moved into the apartment,

Palo: “I was wondering when you and I split up. Did you get the holo tape that was half the episode of ****** and half the ****** coming home?” he asked as Rabe nervously laughed,

Rabe: “Yeah, but now it’s Jessie and me on Coreillia and the ******* coming home” she informed him as Palo sighed in sadness, looking around,

Palo: “Where’s Han?” he asked, hoping he would have time to spend with him,

Rabe: “He’s sleeping” she replied, as Palo looked around, seeing the table all set,

Palo: “Is this a bad time?” he asked as Rabe nodded,

Rabe: “Yeah, actually. Jessie is gonna be here any minute. It’s kind of an anniversary” she replied as Palo pointed out,

Palo: “I thought you guys got married in January” as Rabe became slightly embarrassed,

Rabe: “It’s a different kind of anniversary she admitted, as Palo went on,

Palo: “Oh” before realising “Oh” he repeated, as Rabe tried to have him leave,

Rabe: “So, anyway…” she started, seeing him look around the table,

Palo: “Candles, champagne…yeah anniversaries are great... because love last forever, you know, there’s nothing like it in this life time. Money in the back” he went on, before looking over at Rabe, adding, “So Padme and I broke up” as Rabe moved over to console him,

Rabe: “God, Palo. I am so sorry. You know what? I wanna talk about this so much but when we can really get into it. You free for dinner tomorrow?” she asked as Palo started to feel slightly better,

Palo: “I’d love that” he replied as Rabe smiled,

Rabe: “Me too” she told him as Palo moved into a chair,

Palo: “I guess it all started when Padme got this new job…” he began as Rabe groaned in more frustration.

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Eirtae: “Okay, Triple A can pick us up. What town are we near?” she asked Sabe and Padme,

Sabe: “Freemont? Westmont? Westberg?” she asked as Eirtae simply replied,
Eirtae: “Why are you answering?” as she then asked, “Do you know what route we’re on?” as Padme perked up,

Padme: “We are definitely on Route 27” she replied as Eirtae replied into the phone,

Eirtae: “We are at a rest stop on Route 27….there is no route 27” she pointed out before adding, “Either 93 or 76”
Padme: “I don’t know. I always slept in the back when we drove up here” she confessed as Eirtae suggested to the caller,

Eirtae: “Can you just someone up and down 76 and check every rest stop? And 93” listening before she replaced the phone back, turning back to Sabe and Padme, “Yeah, no, they don’t do that” she informed them,

Padme: “Somebody will come and save us” she assured them as Sabe argued back

Sabe: “Who? Have you seen a ship in the last hour and a half?” she asked, “I think we should call Palo. Maybe he can get a ship to get us” she added as Padme whipped around,

Padme: “No, I am not getting in a ship with Palo! We will just have to….live here” she informed them,

Eirtae: “But it’s so cold” she complained but Padme remained firm,

Padme: “No! I’m not getting in a ship with him. Think of something else” as Eirtae spotted Obi Wan and Anakin, slumping back from their journey to the road, although, Anakin was carrying Obi Wan along, with his arm over his own shoulder,

Eirtae: “Oh good, Anakin and Obi Wan are back” she alerted Sabe and Padme,

Sabe: once they were back in front of them, “So the going for help went well?” she pointed out as Anakin rolled his eyes, looking over at Obi Wan,

Anakin: “Oh, yeah, Smokey Joe got halfway to the highway and collapsed” he replied as Obi Wan slowly raised his head to look at the girls,

Obi Wan: “I have the lung capacity of a two year old” he muttered, reaching for another smoke as Sabe argued back,

Sabe: “Then why are you smoking?” she asked as Obi Wan replied back,

Obi Wan: “It’s very unsettling” before he started to light up again.

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Going for more of the array of food Rabe had set out for Jessie and herself, Palo continued to explain how Padme and he broke up and now how they had just left for this ski trip

Palo: “Right? I mean, it’s pretty unbelievable. They just took off without even looking back” he complained, going on, “I don’t need them. I’ve got you guys now as friends. You and Jessie” he finished as Rabe, smiled nervously,

Rabe: “Ah, Jessie will be so pleased” she replied, as Palo comlink went off, he looked down to check it,

Palo: “717? Where’s 717?” he asked, moving over to the phone as Rabe headed into the kitchen, with the now empty plate as Palo grabbed the last piece,

Palo: “You have more of these for Jessie, right?” he asked as Rabe tried to keep a smile,

Rabe: “No, but that’s okay. I’ll just put out pickles or something” she muttered as Palo rang back the number, as Eirtae and Sabe were waiting beside the phone at the fresher stop to ring back, hearing it ring, Eirtae took the phone,

Eirtae: “Palo! Thank god!” she whispered as Palo sounded confused,

Palo: “Eirtae? Why are you whispering?” he asked as she froze, before replying,

Eirtae: “I ate a bug” she whispered as Sabe quickly spied Padme returning from the ship, and not wanting to discover what they had done, rushed over to her,

Sabe: “Hey, Padme! The tampons here are only a one credit. Let’s stock up” she suggested, pulling her into the girl’s fresher as Eirtae quickly informed Palo of their situation,

Eirtae: “We’re out of fuel and don’t know where we are, so we can’t get a tow truck” as Palo smirked to himself,

Palo: “Oh, now you want a favour?” he teased as Eirtae sounded nervous,

Eirtae: “Yes, please” she replied as he went further,

Palo: “I’m sorry your ship broke down, Eirtae….but I’m too busy with some of my real friends right now. But please call me to let me know you got home safety” he informed her as Rabe quickly grabbed the phone from Palo,

Rabe: “Eirtae, hang on a second” she told her, grabbing her keys off the bench she turned back to Palo, “Here, take my ship. Go pick up your friends” she ordered him as Palo protested,

Palo: “No, I won’t pick them up” he argued as Rabe argued back,

Rabe: “We both know you’re going to do it because you’re not a jerk. So you can either sulk here for ½ an hour and then go pick them up, or save us both time and sulk in the ship” she explained as Palo pointed out,

Palo: “Padme doesn’t….” as Rabe cut him off,

Rabe: “I’m sorry Padme dumped you for Bail and you’re the innocent victim in this, but don’t punish your friends for what Padme did” she explained as Palo understood she was right,
Palo: “Yeah, you’re right” he replied, taking the keys from her as Rabe turned to the phone,

Rabe: “Eirtae, hang on, Palo wants to say something” she told her, listening as Eirtae explained the real reason, “What!” she exclaimed, turning to Palo, “You slept with someone else?” she asked as Palo became annoyed,

Palo: “We were on a break!” he exclaimed, grabbing the phone, “We were…Where are you? I’ll find you” he assured her, hanging up the phone as Rabe looked over at him,

Rabe: “You slept with another woman?” she asked once more as Palo shot back

Palo: “Oh, you’re one to talk” he pointed out

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Waiting for help, Anakin decided to use the sources he had around him, to make a message on the ground to anyone flying above for help, of course, he had spelt it backwards, which brought confusion to the rest,

Anakin: “Okay, done!” he exclaimed, as Sabe moved over, trying to turn her head around to read the message,

Sabe: “What’s pelh?” she asked as Anakin went on to further explain,

Anakin: “That’s ‘help’ spelt backwards so that the star fighters can read it from the space” as Sabe quickly asked,

Sabe: “What’s ‘dufus’ spelt backwards?” as Anakin turned to Obi Wan, who couldn’t help but let out a small laugh, just as another ship touched down,

Padme: excited to see another ship, “Oh, ship! Ship!” she exclaimed, before she realised that it was Palo, she groaned in annoyance as Eirtae added,

Eirtae: “Oh it’s Palo on one of his flies!” as everyone but Padme seemed relieve to see him,

Anakin and Obi Wan: “Hey!” they waved over as Padme angrily asked,

Padme: “What is he doing here?” she asked as Palo exited the ship,

Palo: “He is saving your butts. Unless I’m stepping on some toes here….I could just mosey on. I’ve got plenty of people to help on the interstate” he replied as everyone waved him over,

Anakin: “Come on!” he complained as Sabe echoed his answer,

Sabe: “We need your help please!” she exclaimed as Padme finally gave up,

Padme: “Fine! Fine!” she exclaimed as Palo walked past them over to their ship, unfortunately he had not seen Anakin’s message on the ground and walked right over it, causing Anakin to yell, and turn to Obi Wan, in disbelief, as Obi Wan simply replied,

Obi Wan: “Oh no! Now it’s not going to make any sense” as Anakin rolled his eyes towards him as Eirtae and Sabe moved closer to Anakin and Obi Wan,

Eirtae: “You guys…what do we do about Palo? He flew all the way here? Do we just send him back and then we’ll go skiing? She asked as Obi Wan added,

Obi Wan: “This is horrible. It’s just horrible” as Anakin asked the group,

Anakin: “Should we ask Palo to come along?” as Sabe remembered Padme and her hatefulness towards Palo at the moment,

Sabe: “But what about Padme? How are we gonna even ask her?” she asked them just as Padme moved in between Anakin and Sabe,

Padme: “Ask me what?” she asked with a tone still in anger about Palo being here, as Sabe looked around,

Sabe: “If it might be okay if Palo came skiing?” she asked just as Eirtae, Obi Wan and Anakin all disagreed,

Eirtae/Anakin/Obi Wan: “No, I wasn’t going to ask that” they all replied as Padme looked shocked,

Padme: looking towards Palo, who had started to refuel the ship, “You guys are unbelievable! No, he can’t come” she informed them as Palo suddenly lifted his head,

Palo: “Excuse me?” he asked as Obi Wan muttered, as Anakin moved over next to Palo,

Obi Wan: “It’s horrible!” as Palo went on,

Palo: “Oh please, can’t I come to your special magical cabin?” he asked as Padme was quick to remind him,

Padme: “Why would you even want to come, Palo? You’re a horrible skier” as Palo reached out to Anakin’s shoulder, hurt,

Palo: “Oh, hitting me where it hurts! My ski skills!” he cried, as Sabe sighed,

Sabe: “Here we go again” she muttered as Anakin brushed past them towards Palo’s ship,

Anakin: “I can’t handle this, you guys” he informed them as Obi Wan smiled towards them,
Obi Wan: “I can handle it. “Handle” is my middle name. Actually, it’s a bit of my first name” he joked as Palo finished refuelling the ship,

Palo: “All right, Eirtae, your ship is ready” he informed her as Padme brushed straight past him, telling the others,

Padme: “Alright, let’s go” as Palo muttered,

Palo: “You’re welcome” as she quickly spun around, asking,

Padme: “Oh, I’m sorry. Were you talking to me or sleeping with someone else?” as Palo became more annoyed,

Palo: “We were on a break!” he shouted, directly at her, as she scoffed,

Padme: “You know Palo, why don’t you just put that on your answering machine?” she asked as Palo quickly pointed out,

Palo: “It’s valid and I’m not the only one who thinks so. Sabe agrees with me” he informed her as Padme looked over at Sabe, stunned,

Padme: “What?” she asked as Sabe felt uncomfortable in her place,

Sabe: “I don’t know” she muttered as Palo reminded her,

Palo: “That’s what’s you said last night” as Sabe quickly corrected herself,

Sabe: “What I said was that I understood. Anakin’s the one who agreed with you” she pointed out as Padme looked over at Anakin,

Padme: “Really, Anakin?” she asked sweetly as everyone turned to Anakin,

Anakin: pretending to have not been listening, asked “What?” as Eirtae spoke up,

Eirtae: “You know what? There is no right or wrong here” she explained as Padme quickly replied to her response,

Padme: “I think it’s very obvious who’s wrong here” as Palo was quick to respond,

Palo: “Obviously not to Anakin” and once more everyone looked to Anakin, who simply looked innocent,

Anakin: “What?” he asked as everyone began to argue, Sabe and Anakin, Eirtae to everyone and Palo and Padme,

Palo: “Anakin and Sabe feel like I do!” he exclaimed as Padme laughed,
Padme: “You and this innocent act!” as Obi Wan suddenly jumped to the side,

Obi Wan: “Hey, guess who I am?” he asked starting to dance around as everyone turned to look at him before resuming their arguments with each other before Eirtae raised her voice,

Eirtae: “Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Look what you’re doing to Obi Wan!” she exclaimed as Obi Wan stop moving, standing still, slightly embarrassed as Eirtae turned to Palo and Padme, who was standing on opposite ends of the group,

Eirtae: “Look. We know that this is really, really hard for you guys. You don’t have to love each other. You don’t have to even like each other much right now. But please find a way to be around each other” she explained as Anakin spoke up,

Anakin: turning towards Palo: “And not, put us in the middle” as Eirtae went on,

Eirtae: “Otherwise, I mean, that’s just it for us hanging out together. Is that what you want?” she asked, looking from Palo to Padme before asking “Can you be civil?” as Padme simply sighed,

Padme: “Yeah” as Palo echoed her reply,

Palo: “I can” as Eirtae calmed herself back down,

Eirtae: “Good, let’s get back in the ship. It’s freezing and my chest is unsupported” she reminded them, moving over to the ship before Anakin pointed out,

Anakin: “Wait a second! I mean, what are we doing? Who’s going with who?” he asked as everyone looked over at Palo,

Palo: “Look, you guys should go. You know, you planned this all out and I don’t want to ruin it so just go” he ordered them as Anakin tried to protest,

Anakin: “You flew all the way up here” he reminded him as Palo went on,

Palo: “No, no, no! I’ve gotta take the ship back anyway. I’m spending all day tomorrow with Han. It’s fine, okay? Just go. No guilt. I promise” he assured them as Padme gave a small smile,

Padme: Thankyou” she told him as everyone moved over to say goodbye,

Sabe: “We’ll call you when we get back” she pointed out as Eirtae suggested something they could do,

Eirtae: “Maybe we can, like, go to a movie or something. Or the rodeo!” she exclaimed as Palo gave a smile,
Palo: “That would be great” he replied as Eirtae added,

Eirtae: “Okay!” before moving into the ship as Obi Wan thought it was better to clear up his little act before,

Obi Wan: “I was being Mace Windu on Mustafar” he informed him as Palo tried to remain serious before nodding,

Palo: “I know” seeing Obi Wan enter the ship and watching ti start to take off as he entered his ship,

Eirtae: “Bye!” she called from the ship as Palo started the control, to find that the engine had died, now it was his turn to signal help. Luckily he knew where he was to call for repairs.

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Wondering who could be the caller at this hour, Rabe hurried towards the door, looking through the small view hole to see Palo standing there, groaning in frustration once more, she started to unlock and open the door,

Rabe: “Palo!” she exclaimed as he moved into the apartment,

Palo: “Hi, sorry. I’m late. Were you sleeping?” he asked as she angrily replied,

Rabe: “Uh no!” she exclaimed once more as Palo quickly explained what happened,

Palo: “Oh good, I had to get you a new engine. I got you the best I could. You don’t want to skimp there” he reminded her as she quickly replied,

Rabe: “You’re a genius, Palo” as he went on,

Palo: “It came to at about 120 credits but what the hell, call it an even 110?” he asked as Rabe quickly took the keys and ushered him out into the corridor,

Rabe: “I’ll pay you tomorrow, bye!” she assured him as he turned around,

Palo: “So they, they all took off. It was pretty hard, watching them all go, you know” he told her as she nodded quickly,

Rabe: “Yeah, okay, bye!” she replied, closing the door in front of him, moving away as he spoke through the door,

Palo: “So I’m gonna take off then?” he asked before moving down the corridor.

[Another crossover done to kill time between writing my major stories. I hope you enjoy it!]