"You're missing it Angel, Obi-wan is trying to teach Luke and Leia how to say 'Obi-wan'" Anakin said with a chuckle.

"Well now, I'll just have to get home sooner, then, won't I?" Padme replied with a chuckle.

"Yes, how is the Senate Meeting going, anyway?" Anakin asked.

"We're having a short intermission, so I really don't have long, but it looks like they're going to stop the cloning process and for the next decade or so, clones are going to help built homes, shelters, and hospitals in the outer rim" There was a faint buzz in the background and Padme sighed. "I got to go, kiss Luke and Leia for me, Ani."

"As always" he promised.

"I love you" she whispered so softly, little tickles to Anakin's ears.

"I love you too, Padme, come home soon, okay"

"I will" She ended the transmission and walked back to her seat.

"The votes are in and Proposition 15 has been approved" Crowds cheered and Padme couldn't help but smile, there was peace and the Republic was slowly rebuilding itself.


"How's Padme?" Dorme asked as Anakin walking into the room.

"She's doing great, but she misses the twins. She's hoping to leave Coruscant tonight and be here in the morning" he explained.

"That's wonderful!" Dorme exclaimed. "I have the picnic basket all set, perhaps you can tear Obi-wan away from the twins long enough so we can walk down to the fields"

Chuckling, Anakin went to retrieve Obi-wan and the twins.

The sun left a golden glow o the field. Wildflowers danced in the wind, colors of orange, white and yellow everywhere. Anakin sat in the long grass, watching as the twins admired their surroundings while they played with the flowers they had picked.

"Dah-dy" Leia said, smiling brilliantly as she held one white flower out in front of him.

"Why thank-you, princess" Anakin picked her up and tickled her.

Watching from a distance, Obi-wan and Dorme sat on the blanket, sipping shurra juice and basking in the warmth of the sun.

"He's a great father" Obi-wan commented.

"Yeah, who would picture the 'Hero with No Fear' to be such a softy" Dorme giggled.

"They're certainly adorable" Obi-wan smiled and took a sip of the shurra juice. Dorme looked up at him and smiled.


Padme ran down the ship ramp and into her loving husbands arms. That familiar sensation of flying as he swung her in jubilation making her grin from ear to ear. Setting her down, Anakin kissed her and hugged her tightly before leading her to where Dorme and Obi-wan who held Luke and Leia.

"Mama" Luke cried, reaching for her.

Padme smiled and picked up her adorable son. "Hey Luke, have you been a good boy?" she asked.

"Yes, he hasn't dumped mashed peas on me at all these last few days" Dorme joked. Leia held out her hands for her mother and Padme held her in her arms as well.

"I have a present for you Leia" Padme whispered. "I got you a special blanket"

Leia snuggled in her mother's arms, sensing her unconditional love for her. Anakin couldn't help but smile.

"And for you Luke, I got you a a cute little ewok stuff-animal" Sensing Padme's pure love shining for him as well, Luke cuddled close to her.

"Hello again, Milady" Obi-wan said, bowing politely.

"Time and time again, I tell you not to be so polite, to call me Padme, and time and time again, you still act far to formal" Padme complained.

"My appologies, Senator" He appologized, bowing much deaper this time.

"You're teasing me, Master Jedi" she accused.

"Perhaps" he admitted, chuckling.


"You haven't had much sleep" she observed, her finger tracing lightly over the dark circles under her eyes.

He didn't respond. "I worry about you" she continued.

"I'm fine Padme, all I need is your love" he assured her, pulling her close.

Padme sat there on the bed, tracing patterns on Anakin's arm with her finger.

"What's really been bothering you, besides the dreams?" she inquired.

Anakin drew a sharp breath. "It's just the dreams, the guilt over what I did" he answered.

"But you saved the Republic, you saved it from evils I can't very well imagine" she reminded him urgently.

"You don't understand" he muttered, walking out onto the balcony.

"Then help me to understand" she called out. Rolling off the bed, she ran out to see him leaning on the railing, his head low.

"I want to help" she murmured in a quiet, soft voice.

"I don't think you can" he muttered.

"Don't say that! Let me help you, let me understand" she urged him.

"It's not that simple" he shouted in frustration. "I killed a mentor, a friend. If you had discovered Chancellor Organa was a sith lord, could you kill him?"

She was about to answer when he held his hand up. "If you could, could you kill him without a second thought?"

He immediately felt guilty for what he had said. She was quiet for a long time, salty tears prickling in the back of her eyes.

"Angel, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you" he apologized, wrapping his arms around her small frame. She drew herself in deeper, shivering at the cold air bit her skin.

"Let's go inside, I'm cold" she whispered.

"Sure, I'll make you some hot cocoa" he said, leading her inside.


I think I will leave it here for now.

Interesting Fact About This Chapter: This is actually the second version. The first was mostly fluff, no character development, no plot development. While I love fluff, I think that it should be compliment to plot (unless it is a one-shot) not a substitution. Also, I was writing this directly on FFN's document thing, and that is why Padme doesn't have that mark over the E (what is it called again, I knew it when I was in Spanish class, but that was a few months ago) Also I was watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail with my mom and sister while I wrote this.

Question of the Chapter: Do you have a obsessive-compulsive disorder when you write? Mine is that I must have this huge store of chapters for a story before I can even start it, so, I would have just finished the 10th chapter and ended that story (and this happened once) but I'm struggling to update even somewhat regularly. I was discussing this with a reader, and it got me thinking

Anyway, review!