Typing.

Padme loved the feel of typing. The little click click clicks. She smiled to herself. It had been a good month. She didn't care that at this moment she was starving. Didn't care that she was at a job she didn't really love. She felt elated, like every little detail was worth taking in. The clicking. Her ugly carpeted cubicle walls. It was all beautiful, all good.

Very good. She couldn't help herself, she was giddy. Anakin and her had lunch together every day since they met. Friday nights they went out on dates, and every other night they weren't busy they spent in together with Bobbie. When Anakin had to work nights at his mother's shop, Padme watched Bobbie happily. It was the first time in years she really felt at home. Padme's watch beeped as a single for lunch break. She walked briskly to Anakin's cubicle, as always, excited to see him.

He was talking on the phone and she could hear him as she approached. He was speaking in a tone she had never heard before.

"Leave us alone." She turned around the corner just in time to see him slam the phone down. His shoulders slumped dangerously low.

"Are you okay?" Her voice made him jump. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"No... no you're- it's.. it's fine." Anakin made an effort to smile at her as he turned around.

"Who was that?"

"On the phone? Oh..." He shifted his eyes around, not looking directly at her. "Just an ex-girlfriend who won't leave me alone."

Padme smiled and hugged him.

He's lying to me. Those blue eyes didn't seem the same. Not the same...

They silently walked to the break room, and Padme thought back to their first kiss. It happened only a week and a half after they met...

Bobbie's squeals could have been heard from miles away. Padme was tickling her relentlessly. When Padme stopped the girl still giggled for a few seconds.

"I love you, you know that kiddo?" Bobbie rewarded her with a gentle hug. "Alright, it's time for bed. We better go brush your teeth before Anakin comes back."

"Too late. What are you two doing up so late!" Padme turned to see Anakin smiling brightly at her, he walked up to Bobbie and picked her up.

Moments later they were walking out of Bobbie's room into the living room.

"Thanks for being so great with her. I really appreciate you watching her." He said hugging her.

"No need for thanks Anakin, you know I'm in love with your daughter." Anakin pulled away but held onto her waist. They spent a moment, looking at each other. Both knowing what was coming. Feeling like they had waited a lifetime. Anakin leaned down and finally kissed her. It was slow. Sweet. And all she could think was that she's never been kissed like that before...

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Padme plucked at her eyebrows in the mirror.

"You look worried." Sabe said standing in the doorway.

"I am." Sabe walked towards Padme embracing her.

"Don't be. This is just like every other date you two have been on."

"It's not. Ever since lunch last Tuesday he has seemed so..." Padme searched for the right word in her head. Scared. Alone. Angry. but in the end she decided on "... distant. You know?"

"Since the phone call?" Sabe questioned. "You don't think he is going to break up with you over some ex-girlfriend do you?"

"For the last time, we aren't dating." Padme smacked Sabe playfully.

"You make whatever excuses you want to. You spend practically everyday together. Just because you haven't really discussed the status of your relationship doesn't mean you don't love each other. Besides, even if he hasn't admitted he is in love with you, Bobbie definitely is." Sabe was glad to see that her comment about Bobbie seemed to cheer Padme up.

"I love that kid so much. I feel like she's my own." Suddenly Padme frowned.

"What is it?"

"If he's sick of me-" Sabe snorted and Padme shot her a serious look. "I won't just be losing him, I'll lose her too."

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"Talk to me." Padme pleaded while they drove home from dinner.

"About?"

"Anything. You've barely said anything to me all week. You didn't even touch your dinner." She reached for Anakin's hand. There was a long silence before he spoke.

"I'm sorry. I'm just stressed. I'm not meaning to take it out on you..."

"Stressed? I thought things were going well at work."

"Yeah, I guess I'm worried over nothing." Anakin gave her the best smile he could muster. They arrived at Anakin's and he immediately went next door to get Bobbie from the neighbors. They promised her that tonight they would all watch a disney movie together.

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Anakin walked quietly out of Bobbie's room. "She's asleep." He said to Padme, who was in the kitchen washing some dishes. She dried her hands off and walked toward Anakin.

"Good." She gave him a mischievous grin and crept up on her toes to kiss his cheek. He smiled, then looked at her very seriously. Anakin moved slowly closer to her. Then he kissed her forehead, her cheek and finally caught her lips. He took his time, and when he finally broke away...

"I love you." He said, inches away from her.

Kiss.

"I love you too."

Kiss.

"Stay."

"We are suppose to be taking this slow."

"We've waited long enough."

Kiss- and the phone rang. Anakin stepped back and tensed up. It was two in the morning. I can't imagine who would be calling at this hour. Padme thought. She began to step towards the phone and Anakin stopped her. It rang again, and again...

He lifted up the receiver, held it there for a moment. He stared at it, like it was the most intriguing thing he had ever seen. He only held it there for a breathe, a bubble, but it seemed like ages before he finally hung up.

"Who was that?" Anakin ignored her question. His shoulders were slumped, just as they were when she witnessed the apparent call from his ex-girlfriend. When he turned around she looked into his eyes for answers, but he was completely shut off. The blue no longer spoke to her. They examined each other, she never thought he would speak-

"I can't see you anymore." His voice sounded foreign. Unreal. "I can't see you anymore." There was a sudden chorus.

"What's wrong-"

"I'm sorry-"

"-who was that? -"

"-I can't-"

"-you just told me-"

"-I know-"

"-you loved me-"

"-I do. Get out.-" Anakin sweetly tucked her hair behind her ears.

"I do. Get out." He pleaded.