A/N: This was a request from recklessjediknight! They asked me to write about Padmé dragging Anakin shopping, and I was happy to oblige! I hope you like it! Please let me know what you all think and let me know if you have any requests! Thank you!

"Hey, I'm supposed to be on a meditative retreat. We should go away together. I know a place far away from here where no one would recognize us. Yeah, it'll be like we're actually husband and wife, instead of senator and Jedi."

It seemed like ages ago when Anakin had said that to Padmé. She had rejected his offer initially, but after everything that happened with Cad Bane, she believed that they had earned this trip.

Now, he walked through the small marketplace with his arm around his wife, and no one thought anything of it. He seized the opportunity and kissed her tenderly on the forehead. He was rewarded with a sigh of satisfaction from her lips. He decided to take it a step further and, when she least expected it, stopped her in the middle of the street and kissed her fully on the lips.

Padmé's cheeks blazed bright pink, and she looked around nervously. "Anakin, we don't want to attract too much attention." Her words were serious, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not keep a smile off of her face.

Anakin smirked. "Just wait until I get you alone, 'Mrs. Naberrie.'"

Padmé's blushing only intensified, and she not-so-playfully hit him on the arm. "You can kiss me all you want, 'Mr. Naberrie', but you still have to go shopping with me."

Anakin groaned. "Padmé, what could you possibly get here that you couldn't get on Coruscant? Actually, a better question would be, what do you need here that you don't already have?"

"I need fabric."

"Fabric? What for?"

Padmé kept walking. "I've taken up sewing. Everyone needs a hobby."

"You? Sew? I don't believe you," said Anakin with a laugh in his voice.

Padmé looked him in the eye this time. "Who do you think fixed your tunic when you ripped it last month?"

Anakin looked back in shock. "I...assumed your maid lady did it."

"Handmaiden. And her name is Dormé. Honestly, Anakin, do you ever pay attention?"

He laughed. "You sound like Obi-Wan."

"That's hardly a bad thing," she said with a smile.

As they took the pleasant walk through the marketplace, Anakin saw Padmé suddenly stop, a dazed look on her face.

"Padmé? What's wrong? What are you looking at?"

After a few seconds, she replied, "Nothing. I...nothing. Let's just go get some fabric." She was no longer smiling.

Anakin looked at what she had been staring at, and furrowed his brow. "Uh, Padmé? Did you wanna go into that store? 'Cause we can if you want to."

Her face lit up instantly. "Do you mean it? Oh, Anakin." She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.

Now it was Padmé's turn to smirk. "I could get used to that."

As soon as they walked into the shop, Anakin felt very uncomfortable. It was very quaint, and there were not many people. Everywhere he looked, he saw the same thing.

Baby clothes.

He heard Padmé gasp beside him. "Anakin, you must come feel these blankets. I've never felt anything so soft."

As Anakin walked toward his wife, he could sense someone looking at him. He looked to his right, and saw two young girls at the counter. They were staring right at him, whispering and giggling. Did they recognize him? He extended his senses to their conversation, and began to make out some of the things they were saying.

"Gorgeous...he's so tall...his hair...are those muscles real...never seen him before..."

Anakin simply rolled his eyes and continued toward his wife. The only threat in here was the risk of being giggled to death.

Padmé was still holding the soft, blue blanket in her arms when he reached her. "Can you imagine holding a little one wrapped in this? I don't think I could ever let go."

Anakin sighed. "Padmé, you know as well as I do that we can't-"

"I know, Ani. But it's still nice to think about, isn't it?" she said with a kind but sad tone in her voice.

The shopkeeper approached them. "Can I help you two find anything? We're having an all-day sale on sleepwear," she said with a smile.

Padmé smiled back. "No, thank you. We're just looking."

"I see. Well, if you need help with anything, please feel free to ask me or either of my two assistants."

Padmé thanked her again and she walked away to help another customer.

Padmé turned to look up at Anakin. "You know, they have the loveliest little shop just like this in Theed, close to the lake. Maybe...maybe someday we could go there, when the time comes."

She turned and he followed her eyes to a mother and father holding their baby and buying it what looked like a rattle of some kind. "Yeah, that would be nice," he said softly and sincerely.

They both watched the baby interact with its parents, who smiled at it with love. Padmé grabbed Anakin's gloved hand and he squeezed hers, both of them dreaming of a better future.