A/N: Okay, here's the newest post. I know you will like it because… just read and find out.
Rating might change to R.
Enjoy!
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Padmé watched perplexed as Anakin exited the fresher. He only acknowledged her presence when his eyes focused on Caleb's bed. He gasped at the sight of her in his room. Padmé frowned and shifted on the bed. Her arms crossed over her chest and she arched an annoyed brow.
"What are you doing here?", she asked harshly. Anakin frowned and mimicked her gesture.
"I think the proper question here is what are YOU doing here", he shot back, also crossing his arms defiantly.
"I'm looking for my brother", she paused and stood up, "but since he's not here, I'll look somewhere else". She was walking to the door when she heard Anakin's amused chuckle. Her head turned and fixed on his mocking grin. "What? What now?"
"Nothing… It's just that you act as if you were afraid to be with me… alone", he replied. Her offended intake of air told him plenty. She retraced her steps and sat on the bed, leaning back on her hands and sliding one leg over the other. The corner of her lips lifted in a half smile and she shook her head.
"Contrary to what you assume so matter-of-factly, I have no problem on being alone with you, Padawan", she corrected smoothly. Anakin shrugged and moved over to his desk. He leaned on the edge and smiled.
"Okay"
Padmé rolled her eyes and sighed in surrender. "So what are you doing here, you were supposed to be busy until midnight", she asked, realizing the information she had revealed. Anakin frowned stood to his full height.
"Did you check my schedule?", he asked in disbelief. Padmé looked away. "You did!", he accused.
"I… I just wanted to make sure you wouldn't be here, okay?", she confessed. Anakin just nodded, the disapproving expression on his face intimidating her. An idea crossed his mind and he shrugged to keep appearances.
"Well, unluckily me and Caleb switched schedules. He then switched with another guy and Force knows when he will be back. Looks like you'll have to put up with me for some time, Padmé".
"Indeed", she whispered.
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Two hours. Still no sign of Caleb. Padmé checked her watch for the seventh time that afternoon. 10:30 PM. She groaned and lied back on the bed, tired of the awkwardness between her and Anakin. They hadn't exchanged a single word during their entire time together in the room, and frankly, she didn't care. What bothered her were the glances they gave to each other every now and then. Curiously, she spied on him from the corner of her eyes. Quickly her eyes returned to the ceiling.
He was staring.
Anakin sat on the chair next to his desk, his hand dismissively resting over the wooden surface. His fingers started tapping the desk continuously, trying to get to Padmé's nerves. He got the reaction he was expecting when she looked at him with hard eyes.
"Stop that", she demanded. His reply never came and he kept tapping the desk. After a couple of minutes Padmé sat up to make a point. He just smiled evilly and tilted his head. "Stop it!", she insisted, this time louder. Anakin turned to the desk and rested his head on his hand, his other hand insisting on the tapping. Padmé was about to throw a pillow at him when a new holo-message appeared in the answering machine. Caleb's face materialized on a blue hologram. Anakin gave it a quick glance and resumed his tapping.
"Hey, Anakin. Just calling to remind you that I'll be back on Monday. If Padmé goes there tell her that I'll be back on Thursday. You won't believe what I did…"
The message was interrupted when Anakin wove his hand and shut the machine off. He started humming an unknown melody and accompanied the notes with hands tapping the desk as percussion. Padmé watched in shock how he acted as if nothing had happened. She stood up and slowly made her way to the desk. She stood impatiently next to Anakin, whom was now whistling merrily.
"You idiot", she whispered. Anakin looked at her and frowned. "You knew he wasn't coming and didn't tell me. What, you think I'm stupid? You think I wouldn't have realized that he wasn't here?"
Anakin sighed and shrugged. "I don't know… You've been here for two hours and you still thought that he was coming. Does that answer your question?", he crossed his arms over his chest and turned on the chair to face her.
Padmé rolled her eyes and fisted her hands. Anakin watched the action and chuckled. "What? Are you going to hit me?", he joked. When Padmé's hand flew to his face he realized that she had already hit him. Shocked, he grabbed her wrists and stood up, towering over her.
"Oh, so now you are going to hit me…", she said in a hard tone. Anakin pulled her against him and looked into her eyes.
"How dare you imply such a thing?!", he barked. Padmé swallowed hard and stared back at him. "I'm sick and tired of your attitude! You think you can come here and do whatever you want? You just have to show how much you despise me and then contradict yourself by acting differently "
"At least I DO something to show how I feel! All you do is hide, you pretend to feel something when you feel the exact opposite", she shot back. Anakin took a deep breath and leaned closer.
"Are you calling me a liar?", he drawled. Padmé shook her head and tried to get free from his grip on her wrists. He only tightened his fingers around them.
"No, I'm calling you a coward", she whispered harshly. Anakin inhaled and closed his eyes, trying to focus.
"You don't know anything about me. You are just a spoiled daddy's girl that likes to play with other people's feelings", he stated. Padmé's jaw fell in shock, disbelieving he was accusing her of such a thing. "You used me", he added.
"Excuse me?", she asked offended. "You used ME, I was just an entertainment for you, someone you could play with and then use when you were feeling lonely!", the last word came mockingly.
"Ha! I think it's the other way around, Padmé. You use everyone to get your way, even Kody, the stupidest human in the entire galaxy. Hmm, I think they have a name for women who use men, let me see if I recall it…", he implied, his hard expression cutting through her senses.
Padmé managed to free one of her hands and furiously pushed him away. He tripped but managed to stay standing, advancing on her and trapping her in his arms. She looked up at his eyes and slapped him again but he remained motionless in front of her, accepting her fury, his face emotionless.
Padmé freed her other hand and slapped his other cheek, harder than before. He didn't wince. She tried to break free from his firm hold but his arms were tightly wrapped around her waist. He leaned down and placed a quick kiss on her lips, retreating as soon as he felt the contact. Stunned, Padmé attempted to slap him again but he threw his head back avoiding her hand.
"I hate you!", she cried out in frustration. When Anakin's head fell forward again, he leaned closer and tried to kiss her again, but her head moved out of reach. He pressed her harder against him and managed to brush his lips against hers. He was pulling back when Padmé's hands fisted in his hair and pulled him down again, crushing her lips over his.
Anakin opened his eyes in surprise, her aggressive response catching him off guard. He dismissed the issue and deepened the kiss, prying her mouth open under his. Padmé moaned and locked her arms around his neck trying to pull him closer.
Airless, Anakin broke the kiss and buried his face between her neck and shoulder, kissing her with an urgency he had never felt until that moment. Padmé arched her neck to grant him better access and closed her eyes to enjoy the feeling of his lips on her skin. Desperately she tugged at his Jedi robes, diving her hands underneath his gauzy shirt to feel the skin on his back. She never wanted to think again, she just wanted to feel.
Regardless of the consequences.
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A/N: I know, I know…They are not married or anything but COME ON! They are two teenagers! So I think it's valid for them to sleep together. Maybe they are not in love yet and maybe you are thinking it was a bad idea for them to do 'it' before they felt deeper for each other. I have one word for you: Hormones. Besides, it's necessary for the plot's sake. You'll find out why…
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, I'll try to write the next one soon. Oh my God, what's that little blue box below this lines?? Click to find out, LOL…
