How could I not have noticed?
I raised you, Anakin.
We were everything to each other.
You thought I wouldn't notice?
I saw how you looked at her.
She meant everything to you.
You looked at her with an admiration I have never seen.
She returns the look with a passion I could only hope to know.
I knew what could happen on Naboo.
Your shielding was never your strength.
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She was always in your mind.
Sure enough, I felt the change.
You two came to rescue me as a unified pair.
No longer the Jedi and the Senator.
You became Anakin and Padme.
I imagine you got married back on Naboo.
I could have forbidden you from escorting her back.
But you meant everything to me. I loved you.
I have only wanted you to be happy.
You came back radiant.
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I made sure to use our bond to strengthen your shields.
The Council didn't need know.
Since you met her our relationship changed.
We were less of a team.
Our bond had shifted.
Part of it had broken.
She replaced a part of you I once owned.
You no longer needed a Master.
You weren't the lonely boy anymore.
You had no need for me.
You were counting the days until we returned.
Not to end the battle,
but until you could see Padme again.
I did my best to get us home.
She was pregnant when we returned.
I sensed your nerves.
I sensed your emotion.
The raw love and fear and hope drowned everything.
I allowed you your privacy.
I weakened our once unbreakable bond.
Your thoughts were your own.
I could deny it to the Council.
The Order would have left you.
The Senate would have left her.
I couldn't bear to see you devastated.
Love bound me to your crime.
That is my final punishment, Anakin.
My love for you blinded me.
I would have done anything to make sure you were happy.
My wedding gift to you was my silent, heartbroken consent.
I sit here alone now.
Darth Vader is in the hands of the Sith.
Padme is dead.
Your children are safe.
My final gift to you and Padme.
I will save your children.
They will be Anakin Skywalker's children.
They will be your saviors.
A/N: Good? Bad? Please review! Based after pieces from Corinthians: I always felt Obi-Wan had to really love Anakin to keep that secret for him. Because Obi-Wan must have known…"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Cor 13:4-13"