A/N: So this is my newest story and I hope you like it : ) I like it because it gives a twist on ROTS! So tell me what you think in a review… lol

I DO NOT OWN YELLOWCARD OR STAR WARS : ( EVEN THOUGH I WISH I DID!

If You Come Softly

Summary: AU, during ROTS. Padme is married to another man under Anakin's wishes. But will her love for Anakin get in the way? And what is Padme's deadly habit? Can Anakin save her?

And you keep the air in my lungs
Floating along as a melody comes
And my heart beats like timpani drums
Keeping the time while a symphony strums
And I'm drying out, crying how
This isn't how I go
-Yellowcard 'How I go'

Chapter 1

Padme walked down the long hallway her hair pulled back in a ponytail. Her footsteps echoed in the empty house. She sighed and turned down another hall to get to the study where her husband would be. She could feel sadness washing over her. Anakin was supposed to be her husband, but he had turned his back on her and refused to let him ruin her life. She stopped in the middle of the hallway; bringing her hand to her face. She wiped away her tears and walked on. She stopped in the doorway and leaned against it. Bail turned around.

"Padme… How are you?" Padme smiled weakly and walked over to him kissing him lightly on the cheek.

"I'm fine. Just a little shaky… Would you mind if I go out for a little while?" Bail nodded and turned back to his work.

"Padme, I will be leaving in the evening for a business trip… Will you be alright?"

"Of course… Nobody will hurt me now." Padme smiled and turned around preparing to walk through the empty halls again. "I will be back later to see you off."

Padme walked out of the room feeling like she was about to choke on her tears. She was sure that this house would be full of laughter and love if she had married Anakin. But his refusal scarred her. She didn't want to see him ever again. After all of the betrayal… Never again. She promised herself that she wouldn't get hurt again.

It was about two years ago that he broke her heart. He was the one that told her that he loved her first. So why did he have to go and break her heart? When he had told her that he didn't want to ruin her life, she stumbled to find the right words to say. Finding nothing coming to her brain, she hurried out of the room tears crashing down her face.

Flashback

"Padme?" Anakin walked into her room as she placed things into suitcases.

"Anakin… I wasn't expecting you." She walked over and kissed him gently before walking back to her work. "I can't believe that tomorrow we'll be getting married." She smiled and looked back up at him.

"Something wrong?" She questioned and sat on the bed, patting the spot next to her. "You look… Worried."

Anakin sat down next to her, taking her hand in his. "I don't think I can do this Padme."

"You mean getting married? We have all the time in the world; we don't have to get married tomorrow." Padme smiled.

"No Padme… I don't think I can love you."

"What do you mean?" Padme jerked her hand away, her eyes falling to the ground.

"I don't want to ruin your life."

"What do you mean ruin my life? How is this ruining my life? This is the best thing that has happened in my life." She had a confused look on her face. Was he trying to ruin her life right now?

"Padme… You knew this wasn't right from the beginning… I'm just going what you wish."

"What do you mean?" She shook her head as she tried to hold back her tears. "What are you talking about Anakin?"

He looked away. "We can't be together."

"I-I… I don't know what to say." She let her tears fall down her cheeks. "Please say that we're meant to be together."

"I'm sorry Padme… It's not right. We were never meant to be." She got up, fighting her anger to yell at him, to tell him he was wrong and that they were meant to be. But instead she just ran out of the room, tears falling down her face.

And no one's heart is strong enough… To fix what happened here.

End of flashback

Padme pressed her hand to her cheek and moved through her house. She pushed open the door and let the cool air come into the house. She walked down to the water, kicking off her shoes and wading in it.

She was still in love with him. She could never love anybody else. Even think about loving somebody else.

Her marriage to Bail was a forced one. She had been in distress and hadn't been thinking when she married him. But now it was her destiny. She had nothing left to do since Anakin left.

"Milady?" Sabe walked out to Padme who was standing in the water. Tears were falling down her face. "Are you alright?"

"I think." Padme said and smiled weakly.

"Please don't think about Master Skywalker."

"What makes you think I'm thinking about him?" Padme questioned and walked deeper into the water, not thinking.

"You're crying." Sabe confirmed and Padme sighed as she floated on her back ruining her dress.

"I hate him." Padme concluded and stood up in the water. "I would not even have one thought of him ever." Padme lied and walked towards Sabe extending her arm out for the towel. She clutched it and wrapped it around her body.

"It would be pointless to think about him." She had tried to tell herself that, but it was too hard.

"What would you like to do today Milady?" Sabe questioned trying to change the subject.

"I would like to go out." Padme decided and walked into the house, running into her room to change. I do not love him anymore… She tried to convince herself. She changed quickly and ran out of the house, forgetting everything else and enjoying this moment with Sabe. Until she looked at her pushed up sleeve. She pulled it down frantically. She saw the red scars that lined her arm. She sighed and walked over to Sabe who was smiling. She rubbed her arm gently and tried to forget about her scars.

End of Chapter 1

A/N: So… Did you like it? Review please!