Mutual Marriage
Obi-Wan silently snuck down the hall. He couldn't help it; the guilt was eating him alive. Quickly he ran to Anakin's room and shook him awake. It didn't matter what time it was he had to tell someone, and Anakin was the only one who would understand…well…maybe. Anakin groaned and yelled out
"Five more minutes"
If Obi-Wan really wanted to talk he knew he'd have to go to drastic measures. Expecting this type of thing would happen, he quickly pulled the duct tape from his pocket. Covering Anakin's mouth, he ran to the bathroom with a bucket. Putting the water on ice cold, and then adding actual ice to the water he ran back to Anakin. Slowly as to not make a sound, he poured the water on him.
The duct tape served its purpose, as Anakin leaped from the bed as he screamed. The duct tape muffled most of the sound, not all of it, as Anakin ripped the duct tape off and screamed,
"WHAT THE KRIFF WAS THAT FOR?"
Quickly Obi-Wan tackled his padawan to the floor, ignoring his soaked clothes. Finally sure he was done; Obi-Wan removed his hand from Anakin's mouth. Patiently he ignored the very nice names his padawan called him then said,
"I needed to talk to you, and you wouldn't wake up so I had to go to drastic measures."
"I think I had very good reasons for ignoring you Obi-Wan, it's two in the morning for crying out loud!"
"Just get up. I have something to tell you. It's really important."
"So important you had to wake me up in the middle of the night" Anakin muttered, but none the less, he still followed Obi-Wan into the kitchen where two cups of tea where waiting steaming.
Sitting down at the table, Obi-Wan started out by saying
"Now I know this is a shock…I can barely believe it myself…but…what I'm trying to say is…well…er…um"
"The great Negotiator is at a loss for words. That's one thing in my life I never expected to see" Anakin said.
Finally Obi-Wan got himself under enough control to get out the words. Very quietly he said
"I'm…I'm… married"
Without even thinking about it Anakin answered
"So am I"
At the exact same time their heads snapped up. After looking at each other they screamed in unison,
"WAIT YOUR MARRIED?
SINCE WHEN?
HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?
STOP THAT!"
After taking a calming breath Obi-Wan managed to get out,
"I can't believe I didn't see that. It's Padme isn't it?"
Still recovering over the shock, partly of what he let slip, and partly over the fact that his master, Obi-Wan, the great Negotiator, most strict teacher, always the rule follower, had in fact broken the Jedi code.
"No…he couldn't have…there's no way... it's not possible… … … Who?" he finally asked.
Really Anakin, Obi-Wan thought. They must have hidden it better than he thought. Finally he just stared at Anakin like he was stupid and said,
"Really Anakin, what other female do I hang around besides Mon Mothma"
Confusion spread across Anakin's face before his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Siri" he breathed out.
Of course Obi-Wan, being the sarcastic person he is, couldn't pass up the opportunity, and said
"No Anakin, master Yoda."
"YODA'S A GIRL?" Anakin cried.
"No of course… you know I really shouldn't use sarcasm in these conversations should I. Especially at two in the morning and your half delusional."
"Oh good, I thought you were serious. I was really scared for a minute there."
Both just sat there thinking about the news they just gave each other. Finally Obi-Wan asked
"How long?"
"Remember when I was escorting Padme back to Naboo? Well we decided on the plane ride there that we didn't care about the Jedi order or what might happen to us. Instead we acted and got married on the planet having the witnesses of R2D2 and Threepio. So that means about six months. What about you Obi-Wan, when did you have the time to marry Siri? You've been going on mission after mission with only me and…"
Anakin trailed off thinking of all the things that could have happened when he was distracted or captured. As his eyes widened at all the possibilities they had to go behind his back, Obi-Wan let out a huge laugh.
"Calm down Anakin, we only got married a week ago and we've been dating for about as long as you've been married. You really didn't think all I did was meditate did you. There has been plenty of times, Siri's been here without you knowing."
Hurriedly Anakin looked around looking for the invisible Siri spying on them.
"She's not here now Anakin, its two in the morning, she's probably in her quarters sleeping."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Anakin had one more question for Obi-Wan,
"Why are you telling me this Obi-Wan, I never had the courage to tell you about Padme otherwise I would have invited you to our wedding. Heck you could've helped me sneak out of the temple to visit her."
Looking at Anakin, Obi-Wan acknowledged that he was a little hurt that Anakin hadn't trusted him enough to tell him about Padme, but he did notice that his padawan had been extremely happy after returning Padme to Naboo. Looking up he answered truthfully,
"Partly because the guilt was killing me inside and partly because being one notorious for breaking the rules I knew you wouldn't tell a soul. I trust you with this secret because I know you Anakin. You would never betray me like that."
That pretty much put them in silence. The silence wasn't the awkward one, it was more of a brooding one thinking on all the new information they had just received. Finally Obi-Wan stood up. Anakin looked up startled by the noise of Obi-Wan leaving
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"Back to bed. Surely you didn't think I would stay up all night talking about my marriage with you did you. Really Anakin I wouldn't go over every detail even if you wanted me to."
Anakin wasn't really expecting the detailed part, but he did think Obi-Wan was going to make him stay up and meditate or something unbearable for not telling him about Padme. Following Obi-Wan he dropped to his bed when he heard Obi-Wan call out,
"Anakin you have an extra hour of meditating with me tomorrow."
Anakin groaned inwardly while cursing Obi-Wan
"I heard that Anakin, either put your shields up or make it another hour of meditation."
"Good night Obi-Wan." Anakin growled
"Good night Anakin" Obi-Wan said pleasantly.