A/N Ok so heres a new chapter after a really long wait. Read and Review.
Leia continued to think about Padme. The woman was nice to her, certainly but she seamed to dislike Leia's immediate friendship with Anakin. Leia could not work out why, perhaps she was in love with him? No that could not be the case, could it?
Besides that, she could find many similarities between herself and the Senator.
Appearance, Political ability maybe even personality. Leia could not help but wonder if this woman could really be her mother.
She had been alone for sometime before anyone came to see her. It was a young girl she guessed was a handmaiden to Senator Amidala.
"Leia will you please follow me?" The girl said softly.
Leia followed her without question, which was not in her nature. She like to know what was going on but to the best of her knowledge or in reality what she had experienced so far, it was best if she just followed.
The girl led her to a large room where Padme was seated. She had her eyes closed and her brow was wrinkled. If Leia had to guess she would say the Senator was troubled.
"Fray you may go." The Senator told the young girl, her eyes now opening.
"You claim you are from the future?"
"I am from the future." Leia answered the question. Had they not already gone over this with Anakin and Obi Wan?
"Yes you claimed that earlier but I must wonder if this is in fact the truth. You see it seams to me to be an outlandish claim from a girl, perhaps on the run from the law somewhere or from a girl looking for a better life. So you must see that while you have managed to take in the Council, Lord knows how you have done that, you will not take me in."
"I am from the future you must believe that?!" Leia was shocked. She' d thought this woman nice but it seamed that she had judged her all wrong.
"Why MUST I? You will come to understand that I must do nothing. The council may request that I look after you or really that I baby-sit you while they find a way to send you 'Home' but I don't have to. They can't really boss me around and the only reason the even ask this of me is because of the war. So understand this Leia. You will follow me around and do whatever I ask of you but do not expect me to make light conversation with you or even to look at you."
With that Padme upped and left the room. Leia felt she should follow her perhaps demand an apology but she was in shock. How could a woman be so cruel, so nasty, so spiteful? What had she done to her?
The answer completely evaded her.
Perhaps Padme was jealous of her in someway? A way that for the moment would remain a mystery to Leia.
Padme couldn't believe the cheek of Anakin and Obi Wan to expect her to baby-sit this girl. It seamed a completely pointless waste of her time. Maybe she shouldn't have yelled at the girl though. She could have been a bit nicer. The girl was obviously troubled, it what way, Padme wasn't sure, but she could have been nicer. It was her hormones. Since she'd discovered she was pregnant she found it harder and harder to control her self. In fact she was lucking she hadn't given in to the urge to jump on Ani the minute he'd come into the room. In her opinion she'd done remarkably well. However shouting at Leia might not have been the best idea. But she had a meeting with The Supreme Chancellor and she did not intend to be late.
"How do you think Padme will take to Leia?" Obi Wan asked his Friend.
"Honestly?"
"Is there any other way?" The question had intrigued him. With would Anakin have a reason to lie bout it.
"Not well. Padme doesn't like her."
It was a strong statement and a part of Obi Wan wished to contradict him and prove him wrong, but he felt that Anakin's understanding of the Senator's feeling was far better that his.
"How so?"
"She just didn't. I'm not sure why but I got the feeling from her anyway. It became apparent to me as soon as they were introduced and Leia's story explained. Padme doesn't believe the story. I believe Padme has seen the worst in Leia."
Anakin's assessment should have surprised Obi Wan but it did not. Over the years he had learned that Anakin found it particularly easy to read Padme's facial features and he was always accurate about her feelings on any matter.
"Do you think it will improve.?"
"I am unsure. Padme can be stubborn. She's a politician after all and doesn't like to be trampled on." With that Anakin walked away from him back in the direction of the Senate. It was the best and wisest course of action. Anakin held a great influence over the Senator at times and Obi Wan did not want to know why.
Anakin entered Padme's rooms to find Leia sitting alone on the couch. She did not look at him but he could tell she had been crying.
"Are you alright?"
"Not really. She was very unkind."
Anakin deduced from her words that Padme had been angry with the idea.
"Don't worry about it too much. She will calm down. I think she was just upset to have this all put on her. She works very hard."
Leia nodded. She understood that and knew herself that sometimes you just lost your temper but this had been more. Padme wasn't just upset she was full of hate. Padme hated her. It was clear and instant. There had not really been anything to cause it.. Had there?
Anakin had been very kind to her, but he still confused her. There was something so familiar about him, yet she had never met him before. A part of her found him attractive abut another thought that was completely wrong and disgusting. Sort of the was she had felt around Luke. A lot about them was similar, Their manner and they had similar facial features. Though Anakin seamed to be stronger. He had been fighting in a war and it showed. Maybe that was what made him attractive, Knowing he could protect.
It was what drove her to do what she did next. She grabbed him and covered his mouth with hers. Unfortunately it was at this exact moment that Padme returned from her meeting with the Chancellor.
A/N Please review. I've had a really bad case of writers block lately and this is the first thing I've written in a while.
And don't worry it's not about to get incestuous.
