Rating:PG
Based on Alison Krauss' song, Forget about it.
Songfic
Summary: Anakin and Padmé divorce when Luke and Leia were three. Now, fifteen years later they meet. When Ani and Padmé see each other again, they hate each other as much as before, not to mention that Padmé is happily married to Bail Organa. Leia and Luke have some plans up their sleeves.
Dedication: For Miss-Jedi. My first faithful reviewer.
Naboo—Where it all begun
Anakin nervously paced outside of the bedroom door. He heard Padmé scream and sighed. What he would give to be in there. To see his children being born. The midwife opened the door cradling two bundles.
"You have a son and a daughter, Mr. Skywalker." Anakin took the blue bundle and looking at him, saw himself reflected in the baby's ice blue eyes, so much like his own.
"Get in here Anakin Skywalker." Padmé's tired voice growled. Anakin walked in and gave Padmé the little girl.
"You pick the girl's names and I'll pick the boy's names." Anakin said cheerfully.
"Fine. This is Leia Amidala Nabarrie." Anakin went white and looked up.
"What! You said you weren't going to file for the divorce."
"I changed my mind." Padmé yelled. The midwife saw that this couple had couple of issues to sort out, but, of course she could tell when Mrs. Skywalker had kicked Mr. Skywalker out screaming, 'This was all your fault, Bantha!' The midwife left and could hear the young couple yelling at each other all the way down the hall.
"Fine." Anakin said calmly, fighting the urge to hit his wife. "This is Luke Anakin Skywalker. We can't separate them this early."
"Fine. I want to get to know my son."
"But I can't stay with you."
"Face it." Padmé spat.
"Well, I'm sleeping in my bedroom and you are sleeping with the twins." Anakin said, infuriated.
"Fine. Now leave me with Luke and Leia so we can sleep." Anakin handed off Luke and Leia and left, hands shoved deep in his pockets.
Three years later………
"I'm leaving." Anakin said scooping up Luke.
"It's been nice to see Luke grow up." Padmé said trembling.
"Go give your mother a hug." Anakin whispered to Luke. Luke toddled over to Padmé and gave her as big a hug as a little boy could manage. Leia gave Anakin a hug and toddled over to Luke. They embraced squeezing each other until they turned blue. Anakin laughed separating the two.
"It's time to go." He picked up Luke and walked out the door.
"I love you Luke." Padmé whispered from her place at her bedroom window. Anakin walked into his X-wing and was lost from sight.Leia --Naboo--fifteen years later
"Leia Amidala Nabarrie ." Padmé Organa scolded. "You need to wear a dress. This is a formal gathering."
"But I don't want to." Eighteen-year-old Leia Nabarrie whined.
"Leia." Padmé said sternly, "Don't you want to look pretty for the school gathering? You get to meet kids from all over the galaxy. You need to wear a dress."
"No." Leia defied and stamped her foot on the floor.
"Leia Nabarrie, last time I looked you were eighteen not five. Put the dress on. Now." Padmé stood down her daughter.
"Yes, Mama." Leia scowled. Padmé left her daughter to change.
Forget about It, I'm admitting I was wrong And I'll just take what's mine
And walk right out the doorAs Padmé watched Leia come down to dinner she was amazed at what magic Laura had done to her normally tomboy daughter. Leia had put on a pale blue dress that reflected her white skin and dark hair, she had done her hair in bun and obviously wasn't happy about it. Leia walked down the steps and felt every eye in the hall on her.
She sat down beside her mother, who then murmured, "How in the world did Laura get you to put on a dress?"
"She forced me. It wasn't fair."
"Leia, in our lives we will find that things are rarely fair."
"Yes, Mama." Leia turned and watched the principal of her middle school speak. For some reason she glanced over and saw a young man about her age, sitting next to a man who must be his father something attracted Leia to them, it was like something from a dream. After the principal finished and everyone stood up to mingle, Leia went over to the young man. She didn't know why, it was just a feeling.
"And so when I got to Wedge's house, he said that his droid wasn't for sale." The young man was chatting to his father about something, Leia hung back not wanting to interrupt.
"Well, you never can tell on Tattoine." His father replied.
Leia stepped forward and curtsied. "How are you liking Naboo, sirs?" she asked.
The father turned and bowed. "It's very fine, thank you." Leia suddenly remembered that she hadn't introduced herself and blushed prettily.
"I'm Leia Organa." She said remembering that she was to use her step-father's name in public. A strange look came over the man's face, then was gone as quickly as it had come.
"I'm Anakin Skywalker."
Leia started, "Mr. Skywalker? The famous Jedi?"
Mr. Skywalker laughed. "Please, call me Anakin."
The young man also bowed, "And I'm Luke Skywalker." Leia stopped and looked at him for the first time.
"Leia?" Luke whispered.
"Luke." Leia breathed. Luke swept Leia into a bone-crushing hug.
"I've missed you." Leia whispered.
"I know." Luke grinned at her. Half way across the dining hall, Padmé heard her young son's name and rushed over to where Leia was.
"Leia, we have to go." She said urgently.
"Please stay." Luke pleaded and placed a hand on Leia's arm.
"I'm staying, Mama."
"No Leia."
"Yes Mama." Leia declared. "Anyway, you didn't introduce yourself."
Padmé hesitated. "Well……" It would be lovely to see who her son had become, and to see Ani again. "I guess we can stay for a while."
"Yay!" Leia cheered. "Luke? Can you fly well?."
"Yeah."
Leia had her devilish look in her eyes. "Race you to the hanger." The two ran off, leaving Padmé and Anakin alone.
"Well, I suppose I should go watch." Padmé said uncomfortably.
"I'll come too." Anakin followed her out to the royal hanger. Finding Leia dressed in a flight suit climbing into Jedi Princess and Luke in a borrowed flight suit clambering into Royal Flight.
"Two standard laps around the palace and then back here. Deal?" Leia's voice crackled over the comlink.
"Deal." Luke replied.
"On your mark, get set, go!" Leia shouted and the two planes took off. One lap around and Bail came up, giving his wife a kiss and shaking hands with Anakin.
"Which one is Leia?" He asked.
"Jedi Princess." Anakin replied stiffly.
Padmé grinned. "And I'm sure she'll win."
"Unstable politicians." Anakin teased.
"Says you." Bail laughed joining the fight. "Unstable Jedi. Hmm.. has a nice ring to it. Think I'll submit it to Today's Naboo, Tomorrow's Jedi and a couple of other papers."
Anakin colored. "I still say unstable politicians." He retorted quickly.
"Fine-, Go Leia!" Padmé stopped halfway through her sentence as Leia zoomed into the hangar, close on her tail was Luke and as they both hopped out of their speeders, Leia ran in.
"Did you see me? Dad? Mama? Anakin?"
Anakin did a double take at the word, 'Dad'. That title belonged to him, he sired the tall young lady standing before him. Apparently Bail and Leia were close.
"Chris! Where were you?" Leia exclaimed as a girl that looked like a small female version of Luke, dressed in a flight suit, ran out towards the small group.
"Christine Amelia Organa, where have you been." Padmé chided the tall girl
"Watching the party. Laura wouldn't let me go." Christine replied, blushing at the visitors.
"You could have asked me. I could have spoken to Laura." Padmé said.
"I can take care of myself, I'm fifteen." Anakin's heartbeat quickened. If she was fifteen and looked like him and Luke, then that would mean.
"No, it can't be." He whispered. "Hi. I'm Anakin Skywalker." He said out loud, and added mentally, 'and probably your biological father'.
"Hi! I'm Christine, but you can call me Chris."
"Okay, Chris." Anakin said, silently laughing at the girl's forwardness. Chris turned to Leia.
"Lei, will you race me?"
"Well," Leia hesitated.
Chris whirled on Luke. "Hi, I'm Chris. Will you race me and Leia?"
Luke laughed. "Sure."
"I get Naboo's Star!" Chris yelled over her shoulder.
"Okay." Leia yelled back then turned to Luke. "Same ships."
"Okay." Luke agreed.
"Come on." Chris yelled. Ten minutes later Luke zoomed into the hanger.
"Ha ha, I won." He rejoiced over the comlink.
"Meanie." Chris laughed.
"At least you aren't breaking into the cookie jar again, Chris." Leia snickered.
"I was five!" Chris exclaimed.
"You guys can yammer 'till the banthas come home, but I am getting out." Luke interjected. He switched off his comlink and hopped out and was met with the stern face of his father.
"We are going home, now." He glowered darkly.
"Yes, Father." Luke obeyed quickly.
"Come on." Anakin said, grabbing his arm.
"Bye Leia." Luke yelled over his shoulder.
Hee-hee—cliffie! A cookie to whomever guesses why. :) Yes, I'm very mean. R&R! Enjoy the next chapter whenever I get it out. :) --Anne