Could Jar Jar be any more obvious? Seriously, he's been horrible at sneaking around since we got here! I thought, seeing the Gungan's ear pass in front of me, in full view of all the droids. Luckily, they were just droids, or else we'd have been caught by now. Qui-Gon stopped, raised a finger to his lips to signal silence, and beckoned me forward. I went up to the edge of the banister and looked down. The Queen's retinue was following some battle droids to the edge of the hangar bay.
"When I say so, come down with me and we'll get them. Make sure that nothing hits the Queen or her retinue. Got it?" he asked.
"Yes, Master," I answered. Jar Jar nodded, but Qui-Gon still looked a bit unconvinced about him.
"Come on, then," said Qui-Gon, and he jumped off the banister, I looked at Jar Jar, who looked like he might be on the verge of a panic attack, and then followed him. We sliced through the battle droids with our lightsabers like a knife through butter. When we finished, I got my first look at the Queen. She's pretty, I thought, and involuntarily gave my lightsaber an extra twirl. Qui-Gon looked at me, and I cleared my head. Jedi aren't allowed to love, I reminded myself. Which is kind of stupid, if you ask me. Qui-Gon was telling the assembled people something, but I wasn't listening. I was trying to hard to look everywhere but at the Queen.
"Obi-Wan?" asked Qui-Gon. From the look on his face, it wasn't the first time he'd asked me.
"Yes, Master?"
"Would you go and see if there is a ship nearby we could take to go to Coruscant?"
"Yes, Master."
I left, but the Queen stayed on my mind. I shouldn't be thinking about her. She's completely off-limits, even if we were allowed to...get a grip, Obi-Wan! You're definitely not allowed to even be thinking about her other than how to get her from here to Coruscant! I mentally argued with myself the entire way around the hangar. I didn't see any ships, so I went back and told Qui-Gon.
"Well, the Queen says her ship isn't far. We'll use that one."
We went to the Queen's ship, and I mentally kicked myself for not noticing it. Actually, it was impossible not to notice it, since it was huge and bright, almost glowing, silver. We boarded the ship, but some battle droids saw us and started firing. I (whether to protect us or to impress the Queen) started deflecting the blaster bolts as the air lock on the door hissed shut in front of me. We took of into the depths of space.