Disclaimer: I do NOT own Star Wars At all. But I do own the planet Dyonys, the Legend, and Lorelei Gibaldi.
Summary: A Seventeen year old girl who has lived with a mysterious illness her entire life, wishes for it to just 'go away'. What her wish gave her was just more than she could imagine.
Dyonys
Chapter Two: Thunder Storms
Lorelei opened her eyes slowly as a pain in her shoulder woke her up. The room she was laying in was pitch black and took her eyes awhile to focus as she lay on the plush carpet blinking rapidly. She heard the soft breathing of Anakin next to her and smiled. She didn't know how long they had slept but she still felt tired, it must have been the fact she was sleeping wrong on her side. Rolling over she sat up on her knees and began to collect the scattered pillows and throwing them on the couches. Not wanting to leave Anakin there she bent down and slowly but gently pulled him up. Carrying him like she would carry her brother, she went over to where she knew his room to be on the opposite side of the whole place, she pushed a button to open the door. Grinning in her sleepy daze that she had successfully opened the door, she slowly entered the room careful not to bump Anakin.
Coming to his bed, she successfully pulled back the covers with her foot and placed him in the bed. Her back cracked and she winced but didn't say anything. She pulled the covers over him and sighed, she seriously wished she knew why his mother wasn't around, leaving him to live with strangers. Pushing those thoughts aside, she left the room, letting the door shut behind her. It wasn't her place, maybe there were circumstances that she hadn't thought of that led the situation. All that she did know however was that she really liked Anakin and hoped that he stayed the way he was. Innocent, or at least he was, as far as she could tell.
Crossing the living room she found that she couldn't sleep but the apartment was ungodly warm. Then again, she was wearing normal clothes around her sleeping time. Going over to her room, she pushed the door and it slid open. Remembering she didn't know how to turn on the lights she grumbled to herself and began to rummage around through the room. She found it odd that all the things she remembered that were in her room were out of place. Going over to the bed, where her suitcases should have been, she reached down to grab one only to touch something hard underneath of a thin blanket. Alarmed she allowed her hand to trail up the hard object until she realized that someone was in her bed.
"Shit." She whispered, as she realized she managed to make a mistake, and that it was completely understandable. She was about to pull her hand away and make a more than unlady like hasty retreat to her own room, but that wasn't what God wanted. He wanted to torture Lorelei until she cried.
At that moment, Obi-Wan grabbed her wrist and pulled her roughly onto the bed, flipping them so that she was underneath him, her back against the soft bed, roughly bouncing. Her head was reeling from the fact it was so fast she didn't even see it or feel it until her brain was sloshing around inside her head, and the fact that a potentially dangerous guy was on top of her half asleep and pinning her down. She stared up at him with wide deep blue eyes, trailing from his chest to his face which was contorted and sweating as he stared at her.
"Lorelei?" He questioned still not letting go of the iron grip on her wrist. Her throat refused to stop contracting. She was scared more of what was going on more than what could happen. Obi-Wan sensed this and pushed his face closer to her. "What are you doing in my room, at two in the morning?" He asked her.
"I…I thought this was my room, they all look the same to me." she managed to choke out, Lorelei wanted to crawl into a hole and die. Any other day she'd have stopped to stare and marvel at a half naked man on top of her, but here she just wanted to cry. Obi-Wan sighed hanging his head before rolling off of her and sitting up. Rubbing his face with his hands he felt the bed shift as Lorelei basically flew from the room and out the door. Not even closing it she fled into her own, shutting and locking the door behind her. He closed his eyes tightly, using the force to shut his door before flopping back on the bed. She had definitely ruined the best dream he'd ever had and she'd been lucky he hadn't of killed her, thinking it were an intruder.
Lorelei, on the other hand shakily rummaged through her darkened room and in her suitcases. Finding a pair of white boy shorts and leaving on her white tank top from earlier she tore down her hair from the messy bun and the hair pins. Letting it fall around her waist. She climbed into her bed, shoving the suitcases off the bed, not caring that they thumped carelessly. Diving under the covers she arranged her pillows in such away that she could sleep enclosed in comfy ness. Satisfied, Lorelei closed her eyes and drifted off into a disturbed sleep.
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Lorelei moaned softly as she rolled onto her stomach, one arm draped over the edge of the bed. Her eyes yanked themselves open violently as a clash of thunder roared above her, shaking the windows in her room. Yanking her arm back to her body she shivered and delved herself deeper into the bed. A flash of lightning came and followed with an even more vicious clap of thunder. Through the cracks in her window she could see the color of the sky was an odd mixture of purple and yellow. Probably due to the smog created by the hovering cars. She could only imagine the pollution they created, it almost made her sad. Her thoughts, however were interrupted by the mad sound of thunder and the slight banging on her door. Sighing, she reluctantly got out of bed and answered the door. She was almost shocked to see Anakin standing there in his pajama's looking around nervously.
"What is it Ani, something wrong?" she asked him softly bending down to get a good look at him.
"No, I was just, I was…I was just checking to make sure you were ok." He said nervously putting on a brave face. Lorelei smiled down at the boy and stepped aside from the door.
"Well, Ani, I'm actually afraid of thunderstorms." She started going over to sit on her bed. Anakin took this as an invite to enter and allowed the door to remain open. Anakin sat on the bed next to her and jumped as a louder wave of thunder, longer this time, shook the building. He looked near tears, Lorelei, forgetting her own fears motioned for Anakin to get under her covers. "It's ok to be scared Ani, if you want you can sleep in my bed tonight." He contemplated that thought before diving under the blankets thoroughly hiding himself from the onslaught of loud noises and flashing lights. Lorelei chuckled and settled herself under the covers as Anakin snuggled himself in and against her. "Sleep good Ani, thank you for checking on me, that was really brave and kind of you." She said trying to make him feel better about himself. She felt him smile back as he fell into an uneasy slumber.
"Good night.." He trailed off yawning almost already asleep. She smiled sadly, the poor thing. "Mother."
Lorelei laid there awake for a long while rubbing Anakin's back as he slept trying to keep him asleep as the rolling thunderstorm seemed to favor the Temple they occupied. Anakin had called her mother unbeknownst to himself, which saddened Lorelei even more. She didn't dwell too much on it, for sleep claimed her as well. But, she really wanted to know why such a small, innocent, and beautiful child was by himself in the world training to become something obviously important that she also didn't understand.
Lorelei's short sleep was quickly awoken by Anakin's shaking in his sleep, so she opted to stay awake and hold the poor boy. She remembered being that young and so scared of storms. Only, they weren't as bad as they ones that she'd just experiences here. Whispering hushed words into his hair and rubbing his back she sighed, listening and counting until the thunderstorms began to wash away. The only bad thing about that was, as soon as they left, the sun came out and peeked into her room through the thick black curtains. Lorelei sighed, not regretting helping out Anakin, she felt like it was her duty as the only girl in the home.
Untangling herself from the small boys clutches she chuckled, as his muffled sounds of disappointment were sounded to her. She pulled the blankets over his shoulders and left the room. Pushing the door closed, she let it swoosh behind her as she padded across the room and into the kitchen. She was surprised to see a disheveled Obi-Wan rummaging through what looked to her like a refrigerator. He was pulling out various objects of what she hoped was food if not a drink. Sitting on a stool at the counter she quietly watched him, yawning every once in awhile. Staying up with Anakin had taken a lot out of her.
"You know that you're babying him right?" Obi-Wan said without turning around, his voice was almost monotone but soft. Lorelei was caught off guard but didn't take long to respond.
"So, it's ok to be scared of something you can't control and want to feel comforted." She said in a huff. "I was the same way when I was his age, it's natural." Her eyes flashed in annoyance as Obi-Wan laughed.
"Are you completely over your fear by the way your parents babied you?" He asked her, and in all honesty she had no response. "Listen, I'm happy for what you did for him last night, staying up and holding him while he slept, but babying him isn't going to prepare him for the real world."
"He's growing up without a female image in his life though!" She countered trying to justify her actions. Huffing she gave a large sigh blowing a few hairs out of her eyes. "He's only what? Eight…nine? He's too young, if he were my child I'd be kicking your ass right now." She crossed her arms roughly over her chest glaring at the man looking at her over a mug of something hot.
She took this time to study him, he was bare foot wearing on a pair of dark brown soft looking pants that looked like pajama pants with a draw string. His torso was completely exposed and tanned nicely. His muscles were well defined, due to his obvious work outs but that still didn't give leeway for him to act the way he does. She turned her gaze from his well toned chest to rest on his face. She was tired and let them wander a bit, taking in the strong jaw, his beautiful blue eyes, and tussled hair from either sleep or lack of.
"That's the point, he's not your child." He said setting his mug down and getting out another one, pouring a thick black liquid into it she was only hoping it was coffee and was for her. When he placed it on the counter before her she smiled a little and took it, drinking it black. The aroma was to die for and tasted wonderful, she never really drank coffee black but this stuff was delicious. Obi-Wan rose an eyebrow and ignored her moans of seemingly ecstasy of just receiving a cup of coffee.
"That doesn't matter either." She said finally after delving herself into the coffee. "Ani, needs someone to make him feel good about himself, make sure he knows it's ok to cry, it's ok to be scared or worried and it's ok to talk about it. Keeping it bottled up is dangerous, when he gets older he could be a complete basket case." She pointed out completely ignoring his penetrating eyes that she could almost feel on her nearly exposed cleavage. Snorting into her coffee cup disgustedly, she turned towards her bedroom door making sure Anakin wasn't eavesdropping.
"What makes you think that just because you've been dropped into our home, our world that you can just take over?" Obi-Wan asked her, his voice wasn't angry but it was borderline for her. She contemplated this before giving him a dead set stare and a smirk that could either mean 'fuck me now' or 'fuck yourself with a hose'.
"What makes me think that? It's a gut feeling Kenobi. There's got to be a reason your 'Masters' chose you for me to be stuck with. I think it's because I'm either here to help Ani or it's because he's here to make me feel welcome." Obi-Wan began to chuckle at this, it wasn't a pleasant chuckle and neither was it an evil one, just one of disbelief.
"I can see why they chose us now!" He exclaimed setting his coffee cup down on the counter beside him and striding to stand before her at the almost like island counter. Leaning on the palms of his hands against the top of the counter, he got down to her eyelevel glaring. "He chose us because you're THE most high maintenance, self centered, ill mannered little girl I'd ever come across!" Lorelei blinked at this and couldn't figure out what was going on.
"I think you like it." This was Obi-Wan's turn to blink rapidly at this in disbelief at her words. "I think you like watching over me and Ani. I think you like the fact that you have a little boy to have look up to you, which isn't a bad thing, you're his role model. He tries to be like you, He tries to make you proud! But, now you've got a girl in your life that you can't shake off or the higher beings that may will kick your ass! You love the challenge, you love the fact that you can talk to me like I'm stupid when I'm not, because you know I wont piss in your wheaties." Now, granted Obi-Wan doesn't know what wheaties were, but he could only imagine they were something to do with eating and urine. The two did not mix well apparently. Lorelei had stood up on the chair and gotten in his face, her thighs leaning heavily on the edge of the counter as her shins tried to grip the plush stool top. Pushing a finger in the middle of his sternum she growled. "Well, guess what piss ant, I wont take it. I'm better than that, and if you want this arrangement to be pleasant, then we will HAVE. To. Play. Nice!" She ground out to him.
Obi-Wan hesitantly licked his lips as he stared into her fiery blue eyes, her hair was wild but beautiful and her face was flushed from anger. Obi-Wan swallowed nervously, noticing she only wore a strange form of white underwear that hugged her pale body in all the right places with a white tank top with lace following her line of cleavage, melding into the strap. He wanted to reach out and touch her body, to feel it. His thoughts were smashed as hard into the ground as they could have been when Anakin opened the bedroom door to Lorelei's room. The swoosh caused Obi-Wan to close his eyes tightly and try to breathe calmly. Lorelei heard Anakin but didn't turn around, instead she pretended to grab a napkin and wipe something off Obi-Wan's chest.
"See, Obi-Wan I told you that you had a hole in your lip, silly boy." She said smiling. "Oh, good morning Ani! How did you sleep?" The boy clambered up onto a chair as Lorelei lowered herself down into hers and began to sip her coffee slowly.
"Nicely, thank you Lorelei." He croaked out still groggy from sleep. He took the orange juice from his seemingly shook up and tired master and drank deep from the cup. "Do we not have training today?" He asked him. Lorelei, looked at Obi-Wan expectantly over the rim of her mug, catching her glance Obi-Wan contemplated her words. Most were right and others were far from wrong, but not quite right.
"No, my Padawan we do not. Today is our free day to take Mistress Lorelei out today." Lorelei's eyes brightened at this before she turned to Anakin and squealed a bit. "We'll be going into downtown Corusant, to get her familiar with the area." Anakin smiled at his master before taking a piece of buttered toast offered to him.
"Are you sure it's not much trouble, I don't want to impose?" Lorelei asked him seeming completely sincere.
"Oh, Lei it's no trouble at all. We haven't been to downtown Corusant in ages." Anakin exclaimed from next to her chattering on a million miles a minutes laughing, oblivious to the fight that had occurred moments before.
'Only been here a day really and you're already attached.' She thought to herself smiling. Looking to Anakin she drank from her cup to hide her face as she went from happy to sad, but Obi-Wan had caught it and knew what she was thinking. She missed her home.
"Ok, kids. Go get ready, we'll leave whenever." Obi-Wan stated.
"Well, I would get ready but I need someone to teach me how to use the bathroom." Lorelei said seriously. Obi-Wan nearly choked on the last remnants of his coffee at the statement and Anakin just let his toast hang in the air. "Ok, not USE the bathroom, but turn it on…like the lights in this blasted place…and the toilet and the shower.." She said laughing, holding a straight face was hard with them already rolling.
"I'll show you before I use the fresher." Lorelei furrowed her eyebrows.
"I don't want to use the fresher, I want to use the bathroom, don't you have bathrooms?" She asked them who gave her a blank look. "Ok, so does a fresher have like a toilet, tub, and sink with mirrors?" Their blank stares and nods of 'yes' made her sigh. "Ok, then in my home we called it a bathroom, that's why I get so confused when you always say..fresher." She explained. Anakin gave a sound of 'oh' before jumping up and walking towards the fresher. Lorelei took this as her cue to follow and watched as he entered the dark stark white room.
"Lights, one hundred percent." The lights zapped on at his words and Lorelei had to blink back painfully at seeing them. The entire white bathroom unnerved her, she'd have to make a deal with Obi-Wan about his decorating ideas. "That's how you turn on all the lights in this apartment." Anakin said to her as if she didn't catch it, deciding to humor the small boy she just nodded eagerly. "You basically just use buttons to determine how hot and how much pressure you want to be pushed on you." Anakin said indicating the shower and bath tub. The toilet and sink were just like at home, which made Lorelei sigh with relief, she wasn't going to have too much trouble then.
"Thank you, Ani, now get ready so that we can all leave." she said smiling.
"No, no, here you can go first." He said smiling and leaving. Lorelei smiled after him and locked the door shut, then locked the door leading to Obi-Wan's room before going into her own to retrieve her belongings.
"Lights. Seventy-five percent." She called out and smiled when the lights came on to a brightness she could see but could also not wince in pain at being blinded by them. Digging through her suitcases she found her toiletries and retreated back into the bathroom. Steam rolled around the entire room making her sigh in relief, the tension in her body rolling off her as she stripped herself of what little clothing she had on. Hopping into the shower she felt horribly relieved at the feeling of being able to shower and feel clean.
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Anakin sat before his master in the living room awaiting when they could use the fresher. His master seemed to be deep in thought for some reason, battling either himself or something else. Frowning Anakin tried to use what little bond they had beginning to feel what Obi-Wan was feeling. Finding a thick wall there he just retreated into himself and ignored it. Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to get into it with his Master on their day off.
"Anakin, do you think that I am too, hard on you?" Obi-Wan asked his Padawan. Obi-Wan's voice was soft with a hint of nervousness at his apprentices answer, but his eyes never wavered from Anakin's.
"No, Master, I've never really questioned your actions." He said. "Is that why you're upset, has someone said something to make you think otherwise?" He asked his Master frowning slightly.
"No, Anakin, I was just wondering, for you are still such a small boy. I wanted to make sure that it wasn't too hard on you." Pausing for a moment to make sure his words even remotely sounded believable before he continued. "I saw you with Lorelei this morning and couldn't help but wonder if you trusted me enough to come to me during a frightening storm."
Lorelei stood in the doorway of the bathroom her eyes slightly misty in nothing but a towel. She had come out just in time to hear and see the interaction and now she fully understood why Obi-Wan was the way he was. In her mind, he had been an uncaring jerk, oblivious to everyone's feelings. But, now she saw that it was his job to raise and train Anakin to be whatever it is they become. Her heart wrenched at the thought of having to leave her child to a twenty something man to train for the rest of his life. She noticed Obi-Wan's gaze on her but she remained silent as Anakin began speaking again.
"No, you're not too hard, and I do trust you master I really do. It's just, she reminds me so much of my mother, the way we used to play together and how she used to let me sleep in her bed when I was scared or to hide from the shop keeper." Anakin's voice wavered a bit as he went deep in thought. "She always said that I could always come to her if I needed to, and that's exactly what Lei said." Lorelei hearing enough, afraid of her motherly instinct kicking in again, she smiled to keep the tears from being seen and walked nearer to her own door.
"The bathroom's free Ani, go ahead." She called out as if she'd never been there. The boy jumped up and ran into the bathroom letting it shut behind him as Lorelei retreated into her own room, thankful that it sensed she didn't need to shut it herself. 'That boy is going to be the death of me.' She thought to herself grinning trying to suppress the choking feeling from deep in her throat as her body willed her to cry. That was the only down side to being a woman, you cried about almost anything and everything.
Dropping her towel on the floor where she stood she began to walk around her room in the nude, her long black hair fell to her waist in slight curls from being wet. Collecting something to wear quickly, she pulled it on hastily. She chose a pair of sky colored boy shorts and a light cotton sundress went over her body. At least this way she didn't have to wear a bra. The sundress was the same color, only a little more periwinkle than sky blue. The bodice was tight and hugged her form nicely before flaring out at the top of her waist in a skirt to end just above her knees. Tying the straps to her shoulders in thin bows she nodded at her reflection in the mirror. Walking around bare foot, the plush white carpet felt like silk under her soft feet.
It didn't take long to dry her hair but she didn't straighten it as she usually did, instead she left it down to curl slightly at the ends, letting her bangs fall into her eyes in different layers. She really was a thing of beauty, but that thought was stamped down as she began to apply a thin line of eyeliner over her black lashes. The whole make up process only took her ten minutes, she hadn't put on make up in a long time, and she was thankful she brought it.
"It's been so long since I was well enough to actually wear it." She smiled at herself, applying the thick black mascara to her already thick black eyelashes. The eye shadow she had used was a dark shiny blue with a pale pink overtop to shadow it and made her eyes pop a little. She truly was an artist when it came to this type of stuff, but only on herself. The blush process took a few seconds before she had to apply the compact powder and then more blush and mascara to make sure her face didn't look completely dead. The rosy cheeks made her look healthy along with the slightly tanned compact. "At least I know how to do my make-up, I swear most girls think they're darker than they really are and…ew…" She said putting her stuff down on the vanity before standing up and grabbing her shoes. Lorelei was never one for being like everyone else, and always wore one pair of shoes.
Walking into the living space she noticed that Anakin was just coming out of his room pulling a thin white long sleeved shirt over his head. He had on a pair of the same material pants on only in a light brown with matching brown shoes on, his wet hair was drying fast but it was still darker than it usually was. Lorelei smiled as he took in her appearance and pulled on her black and white Chuck Taylors.
"You look very nice Lei." He stated pulling himself up onto the couch, waiting on Obi-Wan to come out of his room. Lorelei smiled at the made up nickname for her and just sat there.
"Thanks Ani, you look very nice too." Lorelei stopped her smile as Obi-Wan came into the room wearing an all white form of his Robes that she had seen him in before. Anakin sighed and retreated back into his room to pull on his own robes before coming back out to join them. "Well, I see I need to get me some of those too, I look like a polar opposite!" Lorelei exclaimed laughing at them.
"Polar opposite of what, us you're your shirt and dress?" Obi-Wan asked playfully. Lorelei rose a carefully sculpted eyebrow before she rose from the couch to put her foot out in front of her to study it.
"Eh, That's ok, at least I look damn fine." She said matter of factly her hands on her hips tapping her foot like an impatiently awaiting mother.
"Yes, well..let's go.." Obi-Wan said giving a nervous smile as they began to head for the door of their apartment. Lorelei giggled as she took Anakin's hand and began to walk down the halls. Getting into a lift she pushed the button to go down glaring at Anakin as he huffed. He had apparently wanted to push the button and now it was a button war to push as many buttons as they could, both trying to out push the other. Obi-Wan just stood behind them ignoring their childish antics for now, today was a relaxing day, not a stressful one based on rules and discipline.
The lift stopped at their destination prompting Anakin once again to reach for Lorelei's hand and began to pull her through the throng of people. Anakin's hurried form was different from the other slowly milling about group causing Lorelei to giggle and laugh whole heartedly being led by the strong little boy. It surprised her but made her proud of her young friend.
"Young Anakin!" Came a deep voice that made the boy stop as he almost ran into someone Lorelei hadn't recognized, but Anakin had. Lorelei peered at the taller man, he was about 6'4 and very lithe in form. His skin was a bronze color, most likely from being out in the sun for far too long. His deep green eyes were misty and unclear like the ocean with it's foam and his pure platinum blonde hair was almost to die for. He looked like Cupid from an ancient Greek painting. Lorelei would have swooned if she was anywhere else.
"Master Langli." Anakin acknowledged smiling up at the man who seemed to be the same age as Obi-Wan. Whom had just decided to grace them with his presence, an ever apparent scowl on his face.
"Where were you going in such a hurry, dragging this beautiful young lady behind you as if she were a small puppy on a leash?" Lorelei blushed at the comment and slid her eyes to look at her black and white sneakers. She could hear the low growl that emitted from Obi-Wan's throat and frowned internally, why would he be so pissed?
"We were on our way for a day in downtown Corusant to show Mistress Lorelei here around." Anakin answered, he had heard his Master's discomfort as well and decided not to play around. Obviously there was something more between the two men than either Anakin or Lorelei wanted to dwell on. Except, it was a chance for Lorelei to meet some new people so she didn't have to trail behind the two men she shared an apartment with all the time.
"Really, Obi-Wan you didn't tell me that you had a new charge." The man said picking up Lorelei's free hand and kissing her knuckles softly. Lorelei giggled a little bit before rubbing her knuckles on the sides of her dress nervously.
"Well, she just came yesterday. How was I to distract you from finding a Padawan with my new second one." He said smugly. Apparently from what Lorelei could tell, this Master Langli and Obi-Wan were in competition, and Obi-Wan was in the lead. Frowning Lorelei looked down at the impatient Anakin who wanted nothing more than to run around, smiling down at him she brushed a hand through his hair affectionately and nudged him forward. Smiling up at her Anakin nodded his head and a run in the gardens for a bit wouldn't hurt. Lorelei knew the boy needed to let off some steam and it seemed that Obi-Wan and this Master Langli would be at it for a few more minutes.
"Yes, well, my search is coming to a draw I must choose between two Padawans, I just have to take it up with Master Yoda." Master Langli let his gaze turn to Lorelei who was looking everywhere but at them, seemingly taking in the scenery as much as she possibly could. "But, I must say, I will leave you to your day." With that he patted Obi-Wan on the shoulder and left the fuming man behind with Lorelei who chuckled, snaking an arm around his own rigid one she looked up at him.
"Awe, isn't it cute!" She yelled out to no one in particular. "Obi-Wan Kenobi has a childhood rival! What did he do, put hair dye in your shampoo while you and your Master slept?" She asked him joking around completely oblivious to the glare he was sending her way. Shaking out of her hold he continued to glare as Lorelei laughed at him. "Awe, too cute."
Anakin came barreling out of the gardens with a large white lily in his hand, pushing it into Lorelei's surprised ones she smiled and got down on her knees so she was level with Anakin. "Here, put it in my hair since I can't see very well." Anakin nodded taking the flower back and settling it on the left side of her face to push back behind her ear. The large flower wasn't overwhelming but it was cute in her hair. Lorelei smiled and took Anakin's hand. "Alright, last one to wherever is a rotten egg!" Lorelei yelled stealing a glance at a still fuming Obi-Wan who ignored them trying to control himself. Rolling her eyes, he really needed to lighten up sometime in his life.
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Lorelei skipped ahead of the two boys passing by many aliens and humans alike who regarded her with only minor annoyance. She ignored them however, they didn't bother her now as much as they had shocked her before. Some how the Temple had said she had a lot of money here on Corusant and she was surprised. But, let it go, what a better way to make someone feel more at home than sending them on a shopping spree? Stopping at a window that was completely black and unable to see into. Frowning she looked up at the sign to see what it was.
"The Black Bantha." She said aloud, her nose wrinkling. Shrugging she walked to the door and began to pull on the handle to enter the place. A hand on her wrist stopped her, she turned to see Obi-Wan's passive face, a glint in his eyes she hoped was amusement. "What? Why can't we go in here?" She asked him as he began to lead her away from the place.
"The Black Bantha is a bar, Lorelei. One I do not intend for either you or Anakin to ever enter." Lorelei huffed and pulled her arms over her chest but didn't bother to argue, she had been lucky enough to be trusted out in the general public with money, the least she could do was follow orders from her escort.
"What's wrong with going to a bar though?" She asked her curiousness getting the best of her.
"It's not just that it's a bar, it's a certain bar that a lot of rough people go to, this is down town Corusant." Obi-Wan's matter of fact voice made Lorelei roll her eyes a little behind his back. "Besides, it's about time we catch a speeder cab to get back to the Temple, it'll be dark soon." His lame attempt to get them off the subject was childish to Lorelei but she let it go. Anakin seemed to not notice, eating his, whatever it was. Looked like ice cream only they were teeny tiny dots in a cup that smoked a little. Almost like Earth's dip 'n' dots only a lot colder, for she noticed every once in awhile they would stick to his lip and he had a hard time getting them off.
Obi-Wan tiredly flagged them a cab and everyone clambered in, Lorelei's experience with the speeder was, interesting the first time, since she nearly puked all over Anakin when they dove down to get to a lower level of the city. She never knew how vast one place could be. It truly was amazing, made her happy to be apart of the experience and know that for some reason she was there. The entire ride wasn't too long, but it seemed to take forever to climb the stairs and get to their room.
"You'd think, that in a technologically advanced planet they'd have like transportation beamer thingies." Lorelei huffed collapsing in a chair closest to the door. Anakin giggled and fell onto the couch trying to catch his breath. Looking around Lorelei began to slowly notice how boring the apartment was. "Why isn't there a television or a phone or…computer, or just something..fun in general?" She asked finally, if she was going to stay there alone there was going to have to be something fun to do.
"We don't have time for it." Anakin said looking at her. "Don't you go to classes or train at home?" He asked her frowning a bit.
"Well, I go to school, but after that I sit around on my butt all day watching TV. and eating myself to death." A snort from Obi-Wan made her throw a pillow at him. He successfully flung it to the other side of the room using the force making her roll her eyes. "Not fair! I can't do that!" she exclaimed jumping up and grabbing her bags of stuff she really didn't need but couldn't live without.
"Where you going Lei?" Anakin asked her his blue eyes following her as she seemed to walk around stop and think, then walk towards the balcony doors.
"I don't know, I stood up and forgot where I was going." She said grinning before walking towards her room. "I suppose I should take this time and unpack my stuff before it becomes horribly wrinkled."
"Just don't get lost." Obi-Wan teased earning him a not so nice gesture of the hand as the bedroom door closed behind her.
"Do you think she'll ever figure out why she's here?" Anakin asked his Master, blue eyes met blue in a thoughtful moment before Obi-Wan sighed for the millionth time in the last two days.
"I don't know, I'm beginning to think that nothing we're doing is jogging her memory as Master Yoda has commanded. I'm beginning to think that we need to just drop her off at her home." Anakin bit his bottom lip in thought.
'What if they had nabbed the wrong girl?' was Anakin's last thought before he got up and retreated to his own room.
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Author's Note: Well, special thanks to Chibi Chingo, AnakinLover92, and Krillball. Your reviews made me very, very happy. I hope this chapter tickled yours as well as everyone else's fancy.
I'm slightly happy with this chapter, I guess I underestimate my ability, huh. Haha.
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