What if Padmé was the 9 year old Nubian hero and Anakin was the 14 year old king of Naboo? What will happen when they meet again as Jedi Padmé and Senator Skywalker?

She was very nervous. She was going to meet him again after all those years. The last time she had seen him, he was the handsome teenager king of the most beautiful planet she had ever seen: Naboo. He was a king by then, now he was a senator. And she wasn't that dirty slave girl anymore, now she was a Jedi Padawan, sent to protect him. It was weird, though. If he was 24, how come he couldn't take care of himself? She asked Obi-Wan, her master, thousands of times the same question and he always answered the same thing:

"How in Sith's hell do you expect me to know, Padmé?".

This always brought a smile to her face. Now she was proud of being a Jedi and not a slave for some strange alien life form named Watto. She was the Chosen One, the one person that could bring balance to the Force, and this made her proud.

The elevator was taking far too long to get to the twentieth floor, to Padmé's taste. All she wanted, was to see her Anakin again. She'd had a crush on him since the day they met, but he just looked at her as a little sister by that time. Now she was 19, almost twenty, and she was a beautiful woman, or so Obi-Wan said. He always complemented her to encourage her to continue her training, telling her that everyone was counting on her. You see, vanity was her weak spot, and everyone, even her, knew it. If you wanted to reach something with her, you had to complement her.

"Alright, we are here...", Obi-Wan said cheerfuly after the elevator's bell was heard. Padmé swallowed hard a couple of times and fixed her Jedi robes before stepping out of the elevator. They entered a room filed with some senators, captains and a man that was facing the wall. That HAD to be him.

Obi-Wan cleared his throat and the young man facing the wall turned around. He smiled when he saw the Jedi master. Padmé frozed. That smile was just breathtaking. It made his whole face shine like the twin suns from her home planet, Tatooine. The young man approached to Obi-Wan and reached for his hand for a friendly hand shake.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, mylord", Obi-Wan bowed respectfuly. Anakin smiled.

"It's been far too long, Obi-Wan. And please, call me Anakin", he said smiling. Obi-Wan smiled back and nodded. Anakin turned his head to see who was standing next to his old friend and saw a beautiful young woman trying to hold back a smile. Finaly, the smile gave in. Anakin recognized her.

"Oh, don't tell me that this is little Paddy...", he said in disbelief. "My goodness, you've grown!", he remarked in disbelief. Padmé stepped forward and smiled.

"Well, yes I have...", she added proudly.

"Indeed...", he said nodding his head and smiling. "Well, let's sit down and talk, shall we?", he said waving his hand pointing to the siting area. Anakin sat down on a couch by himself and Padmé sat by her master's side. The conversation was going fine, until everyone noticed something.

The fact that Anakin couldn't take his eyes away from her, flattered her. But the rest of the people present in the room were getting quite uncomfortable. Padmé was smiling to herself in the inside, thinking that the man she had always loved was blinded with her beauty.

"Well, I think that I can take care of myself, Obi-Wan", he said forcing himself not to look at Padmé.

"But mylord, we were sent here because you needed protection. I knew that this might happen, but please, let us perform our duties as Jedi", Obi-Wan said almost pleading. Anakin sighed and then smiled. How she loved that smile...

"Alright, you can 'take care of me'. But I'll have to ask you to be..."

"Oh, you won't even notice us, I assure you", Padmé interrupted. Anakin frowned.

"How did you know what I was going to say?", he asked smiling.

"Padmé: how many times have I told you NOT to read people's minds?", Obi-Wan said in a serious tone. Padmé blushed, and when Anakin noticed this he smiled.

***

"I do not like this idea of hiding...", Anakin said as he walked towards his room in the senators building.

"Well, it seems that you have no other choice, Anakin...", Padmé said. Anakin started packing his things. He just threw the clothes to the bag on his bed and kept muttering things through his clenched teeth. Anakin raised his head to look at Padmé and sighed.

"Well, I guess you're right, Paddy...", he said.

"Please don't call me Paddy, I'm not 9 anymore, you know?", she said standing up. Anakin looked at her from head to toe. She was extremely beautiful, like no other woman he had ever met or seen in his life.

"Y...yes. You have certainly grown up, Padmé. You are... taller", he said.

"But you are still taller than me...", she pointed. Anakin smiled. "But you've grown too. The last time we saw each other you were aproximately of my heigth. Now you are taller than my master", she said smiling. "And your face changed a little, too...", she said bringing a hand to his cheek. Anakin froze. "Now you seem to have a decent beard, though you are shaved. When you were 14 you just had four blond hairs on your chin", she said smiling while she caressed his chin. They looked into each other's eyes for a while until Anakin cleared his throat, turning his face away from her touch.

"So, how's being a Jedi working for you?", he asked changing the subject.

"Oh, it's great. I'm really advanced in my training, almost in the same level as Obi-Wan. We get along preetty well. He's a great friend...", she paused and looked down.

"But?", Anakin asked. Padmé smiled.

"Well, it's kind of hard having a male master when you are a woman. Specially at my age... Sometimes I wished I had a female master, you know? That way we could have girl talks, and stuff", she said smiling.

"You know... in Naboo you could talk to Sabé, she's a servant in my lake homestead. You two could get to be good friends", he suggested. There was a silence, but it was broke by Padmé.

"What about us? Are we going to be friends?", she asked. Anakin cleared his throat.

"Y...yes, of course. But I don't think that you can have a girl talk with me, don't you think?", he asked smiling. Padmé laughed. "Hey, do you have any other clothes besides your Jedi robes?", he asked.

"Well, I have one dress... but it's for travelling, why?", she asked curious.

"If we are going to be hiding and trying to bring no attention, we'll have to get you some clothes. I'll tell you what: when we arrive to the lake house, you and Sabé will go shopping, what do you say?". Padmé smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"That would be great!", she said excited. Suddenly, she remembered something. "But what will Obi-Wan say? Jedi can't have possesions... And he will kill me if he sees me wearing new dresses..."

"Well, we'll have to keep it a secret. And all your new dresses will be in the lake so that you can wear them whenever you go and visit me", he said. Padmé smiled and kissed his cheek. Anakin froze once again.

"Thank you, Ani. You are a great friend".

"Oh... you are welcome, Padmé", he managed to say. Then he smiled at the nickname she had called him. nobody called him Ani anymore, only his mother, back in Naboo. That nickname made him feel special and loved, specialy coming from Padmé. "I have to finish packing all my clothes. They are so unnecessary... I'm looking forward to arrive to Naboo and wear my cassual clothes and not this rigid senator outfits...", he complained. Padmé smiled.

"You are such a crybaby...", she said between laughs.  

"Oh, shut up... shorty"