Padme' finally caught up with the group of handmaidens, out of breath she struggled for words.
"Senator Amidala, are you alright? You seem out of sorts!" Dorme's eyebrow arched at the young senator, the Jedi had had quite the same effect on her but Padme' was a lot more reserved than her head servant.

"If you…had just run...two fields…so…would you."
"Well do not fear M'Lady. Jedi Kenobi can carry you back!" Dorme' smiled as her mistress' head shot up and then looked past her to the approaching figure of her Jedi Protector.

"Senator Amidala!" He called out merrily as he got closer.

Padme's eyes squinted in the sunlight and she raised a hand to shade her eyes and replied back: "Jedi Kenobi, what brings you out to the meadows on such a fine day?"

He reached the party, bowing low to her before continuing. "You do M'Lady. Would you care to accompany me back to the inner gardens, I understand they're filled with historical relics and I would love to view them with you?"

Padme' smiled graciously, still flushed from the heat and run, hair everywhere it was hard to build sentences. But as usual she straightened herself up and adopted her regal tone, "That would be lovely"
Kenobi offered his arm, which she accepted, but almost as soon as they had set off Padme's idea of a lazy stroll through the inner gardens was shattered. Carefully, without attracting attention, he was dragging her to the palace. Meanwhile he turned, fake smile across his lips and instructed her handmaidens: "Dear ladies, may I suggest returning to the house immediately. I believe one of the Senator's friends has arrived and is looking for assistance."

Padme' didn't struggle and made the dragging look natural by keeping pace but muttered into his ear: "What…the…God's…is going on!"

Kenobi kept the smile but whispered low, "You are being followed M'Lady. I am taking you back to the Palace." Her smile did not keep, for a second it dropped. Not because she was afraid, but because she had just heard a shot tear through the peace of the meadows.