Our Story part 2 By TaPaNgElA

I do not own these characters except for some, Collin, Aaron, Anna, Jurny. I'm not making any money out of this, bla, bla, bla, etc. Ok, hope you enjoy my story.

Let's see, this is my first story about Anakin and Amidala. Anakin tries to explain to the readers how his relationship with Amidala started.

Oh, I'm making this up along the way, so it probably won't turn out so good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By the time she had turned around, all my friends stopped throwing snowballs and just stared at us. Ignoring them, I turned back to Amidala. She was laughing. What a relief.

"Anakin Skywalker, is that you?" She asked.

I moved closer to her, but still kept a great distance between us. She looked older than the last time I saw her. Don't get me wrong here. She doesn't look old. She still looks very young, just much more beautiful. Her looks no longer resembled a little girl.

"Yes, it is me, Your Highness. I didn't mean to hit you. I thought you were someone else."

I could here Collin and the rest start to gasp once they heard me say "Your Highness".

"It's alright. By the way, please don't call me that, Ani. You can call me Amidala."

"I would prefer that."

Uh oh, she was moving closer to me. Should I move back? I can't, it would seem too obvious.

"So Ani, how have you been?"

"I've been doing great. It's been kind of lonely though, without my mother and Qui-Gon and...you."

I can't believe I said it. I just couldn't hold back the " you". What kind of Jedi am I?

"It's been lonely for me too, Ani. I could've used you by my side."

Oh no! I was blushing. Did she notice?

"Care to join me for lunch, Ani?"

Oh how I wished Obi-Wan were here right now. He would gladly turn down the offer for me. But no, he isn't here and Amidala just asked me to join her for lunch. I'll just say no. It's as simple as that. No.

"I would love to."

What the heck is wrong with me? I just said no! How could I say yes? She smiled and grabbed my hand. Just then, I remembered that my friends were still waiting for me.

"Excuse me, Amidala. I forgot one thing."

I released her hand and ran to my friends.

"I'm sorry guys, but Amidala invited me for lunch---"

"Wait a sec, Ani. Amidala? She's the queen! You know the queen?" Jurny asked.

They were surprised.

"Oh ya. Um, remember when we all first met, I told you guys about this girl I met back on Tatooine, her name was Padme. Well, Amidala is Padme."

"What?" They all yelled.

"I'll see you guys later!"

I ran back to Amidala.

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Unfortunately, Amidala and I were alone for lunch. I liked the idea that we were alone, but it's just too uncomfortable for me. I've never been alone with her before. Everything was going fine. We ordered some food and we ate.

"Are you busy tonight, Ani?"

Was I busy tonight? I have no idea.

"I have nothing planned for tonight, but you know the Jedi. They always have something for you to do."

She laughed. She looked so beautiful when she laughed.

"Well, whether you like it or not, we will be spending the night together."

She smiled then stood up.

"Common, Ani, let's take a walk outside."

This time, I was the one to hold her hand. I liked doing that. Her hand was very soft. I didn't have to worry about the coldness of her hand because mine was cold as well. She started blushing as I did. This was going to be a great winter vacation. I just knew it.

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We spent the whole day walking and telling each other stories about what we've been doing for the past five years. I told her about how my training has been, about my friends, and about Obi-Wan. She told me about her planet, her friends, her work, how stressful everything was for her, and Jar Jar. Boss Nass decided to make him a Gungan ambassador, that way, he won't be any harm to the Gungans and still be able to help them. Jar Jar was a great friend. We had so much in common, except that I was less clumsy.

Then, she told me about him. Her...crush. Damn, she had a crush! She had met another guy. I'm guessing he was the same age as her, very rich, kind, and very charming. Well, he must have all those qualities to be able to catch her attention. His name, she didn't say. She asked me if she should approach him. I wanted to tell her to forget him and just be with me, but I couldn't do that. She didn't care for me that way. And I shouldn't care for her that way either. But it was just too hard not to care for her. She's sweet, she's kind, she's beautiful, she's fun to be with, and she doesn't care that I was a former slave. She didn't even care when I was one.

"What's wrong, Ani?"

I was upset and she had noticed. I couldn't let her know what was on my mind.

"Oh nothing. Except...I just remember that I told my friends that I'd meet them after our lunch."

She looked quite upset herself.

"Well, I'll let you go, but only if you promise me that we could talk tonight, in the palace."

I didn't want to make a promise I wasn't aloud to keep. I could give Obi-Wan an excuse. He doesn't have to know that I will be with Amidala.

"Ok, I promise." She smiled then gave me a hug.

"Run along to your friends."

"Where will you be?"

"I'll go and join Sabe. She's right over there, ice-skating."

I looked to where she was pointing. I saw Sabe. I also saw Obi-Wan and my friends. They were all ice-skating.

"Well, it looks like we'll still be together after all." She said.

We smiled then walked towards the ice-skating rink. We put on a pair of skates. Amidala joined Sabe, who just so happened to be with Obi-Wan and I joined my friends.

"So Ani, what were you and the queen doing?" Collin asked.

I rolled my eyes and replied, "Nothing. We ate lunch, that's all."

They looked at me with disbelief.

"Whatever, Anakin. You don't spend three ours with someone you're close to just eating lunch." Anna said.

"Ok, so we talked for a while, but that's all."

They skated away, again, not believing me.

"What?" I yelled out.

They ignored me and kept on skating. I wanted to make this fun so I started chasing them. I picked up some snow and threw it at each of them. They fell face first to the ground. I started laughing so hard. Next thing I knew, they were back up and had some snow of their own. They started chasing me. As I past Amidala, I noticed her staring at me and smiling. I turned again to see if she was still staring. When I did, she immediately turned her gaze to Sabe. I couldn't help but smile.

More to come soon!