Chapter 16 - Alli's first tantrum

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After eating breakfast, Luke decided that he need to make the vaporizer to work, since they need to get water while they would be there.

"I think it is better I make the vaporizers to work," Luke said as he entered the kitchen and put the plates on the counter, and looked at Ines.

"How does it feel to not being a Jedi lately and be a moisture farmer?" she giggled, making Luke pulled her towards him.

"How does it feel to be the wife of a farmer, instead of a Jedi?"

Wrapping her arms around his neck, she smiled.

"You know I wouldn't care. I would be with you no matter what and for me that is enough," she replied to him.

Leaning down he kissed her.

"I love you."

"And I love you," she told right back.

Pulling back, Ines looked at him.

"Are you going to ask the kids to help you. They need to know that here, is not Naboo or Coruscant. They need to do chores and it is not cleaning their bedroom back home."

"Yes, I will ask the girls to clean the vaporizers with a cloth, something simple. I did that a lot when I was young. Ben will help be to attached the canister to them."

"I will be here with our baby and R2."

Kissing her forehead, Luke went outside to the patio where his kids were playing with their baby brother, who was on is walker, walking around laughing and pressing the buttons of it.

"Kids, come with me. I need your help with something," he told them. Looking at each other, the kids followed their father upstairs.

"Father, will you show me how this works," Ben asked all excited when he approached one of the vaporizers.

"Well, while we are here, we need water, so these vaporizers need to work. And now you will see how dad lived when he was your age. And that here, we work hard to have a simple thing, like water."

"Okay," Padmé said.

Giving two cloths to the girls, Luke looked at them.

"Papa will need you two to clean this, okay?"

"Only that?" Padmé asked him.

"Only that sweetie. When you do that, you are free to go play. But this need to be really clean, because if it has a sand, it can damage the vaporizer."

"Don't worry Papa, right Alli?"

The other twin was not that happy and looking at her father, she frown.

"I don't want to clean it."

Luke stop on his tracks and looked back at his daughter.

"Well your brother and sister are doing their chores, and so will you, young lady."

"Why?"

"Alli, Papa and Mama explained to you the other day. Here if you want to do something, you need to help with chores. Papa did it when he was your age, so you will do it too."

"Why?" she asked again.

"Because I'm your father and told you so," Luke told her again.

"I don't want to," and she throw the cloth to the sand.

"Alli, I never grounded you, but I will do it, if you don't pick it up that cloth, and clean that, just like your sister is doing."

"No, I will not clean cause I'm a girl and I don't like it," she said.

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