Chapter 11

The Proposition Part II

"WHAT!" Both Parents exclaimed, Anakin jumping out of his seat and starting to pace, trying to contemplate what he had just heard, while Padme at motionless, staring open-mouthed at the three Jedi. Even Sola was speechless, looking in disgust at the Jedi.

"Train them, we must. Become powerful Jedi, they will." Yoda stated solemnly.

Padme was lost for words, unusual for her. She gaped at the Insane Jedi, unable to believe that after all they had been through to protect their family, these... people, wanted them to give up their children to the Jedi for 'the good of the republic'.

"Who do you think you are?" Shouted Anakin furious. "After all we've been through! All the struggles and hardship! You think you can just waltz on into our home and tell us to give up our children to your 'cause'!" Anakin was filled with a red-hot anger. After all that's happened how can these people, people he believed understood and respected his wishes, ask him to give up his family, who he had worked so hard to protect, so they could help themselves! It was unthinkable!

"ARE YOU INSANE?" Padme joined in, standing up next to her husband, who folded his arms around her stomach, subconsciously. "We have been through so much to keep this family together! You really think we are just going to say, 'Oh well, who cares what we've been through. Let's give up our children to the republic, so they can feel better about themselves'!"

"It's not like that." Obi-wan stated, calmly.

"NOT LIKE THAT!" Anakin Bellowed, his temper reaching boiling point. "Then what's it like, 'O Powerful One', what is the true meaning of this 'Proposition'?" He mocked, throwing a challenging look at his old mentor.

"Calm yourself, Skywalker!" Windu drawled in a bored tone, staring anywhere but at the furious young man in front of him.

"Please, give us a chance to explain." Obi-wan asked, looking at Padme.

Resignedly, the couple sat down on one of the chairs, Padme resting her head on Anakin's chest, and snuggling up to him.

"Do you mind?" Growled Windu, annoyed at the anther display of affection. This man was supposedly a Jedi. He needed to act like one!

Obi-wan rolled his eyes at his old-fashioned companion. 'Mace really needs to accept the new rules!' Obi-wan thought.

"You two are a key part of the republic, as will your children be. Your offspring will be exceedingly powerful Jedi, once we have trained them." Obi-wan explained. "We need to train them, to teach them are ways."

"The Jedi are corrupt." Mace cut in, twisting the younger master's words. "We need a new generation, to teach the proper ways of a Jedi to."

"IF YOU ARE REFERRING TO ME!" Shouted Anakin jumping up from his seat, and approaching Windu, "I WOULD STOP RIGHT THERE! I would ASHMED if my kids turned out like YOU!" He spat. "I don't need to hear anymore of this garbage, Obi-wan, please leave my home and never approach my family again!" He finished, stomping off into the house.

Yoda shook his head, his eyes shut tight in concentration.

Obi-wan turned to Padme, a pleading look in on his face. "I only meant that when the children where older, would your family consider coming back to Coruscant, having your children taught the ways of a Jedi, Anakin returning to the order, and you resuming your role as senator."

Padme sighed and looked down at her shoes. "Why couldn't you have said that, Obi-wan?"

"Padme, will you-"

"Yes." She answered, knowing the master question before it had been spoken. "I'll talk to Anakin. But I wouldn't expect him to come around soon. He trusted you, all of you, and to him, what you did was a betray of trust."

"I wish it hadn't come out like that." Obi-wan sighed.

"So do I." Padme agreed, glaring coldly at Master Windu, who she knew was a large part of why this had gone so wrong, "But you could have handed this differently. Goodbye masters." She said stalking back into the house, Sola following her, calling her children inside as she went.

The three Jedi quickly left the premises. one had a heavy heart, one was calculating the possible future of the Skywalkers, and the last was concealing a smirk, as they boarded there ship back to Coruscant.

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Anakin was swimming in red-hot pool of anger. He had trusted those Jedi, even Windu, who he'd never really liked, but he had still trusted them all. They had seemed to respect his wishes, but little more than three weeks later, they betrayed his trust.

Fuming, Anakin thundered up the stairs and into his and Padme's room slamming the door, and hurling himself onto the couch. His mind was reeling. He just didn't understand why they would do this, why they would try to rip apart his family he was working so hard to protect, something that he had confided in them.

Lost in his own thoughts, he didn't hear the door open, and the quiet footsteps walking over to the couch, in till his soul mate sat down next to him, and burrowed her face in his chest, tears soaking his shirt. He held her silently, stroking her silky brown curls.

Why she was crying though, he didn't quite comprehend, but he didn't badger her. He just held her in till her sobs eventually faded away.

"What's wrong baby?" Anakin murmured, his hand still entangled in her brown curls.

Padme sat up, moved onto his lap, and lay her head against his broad chest.

"I don't know." She hiccupped."I guess I just needed to let it all out, all my emotions." She drew back, looking him in the eye. "Obi-wan talked to me after you left. He told me what they meant was for us maybe when the kids are older to come back to Coruscant and resume are posts, and have are children train as Jedi."

Anakin groaned in frustration, leaning his head back and messaging his temple.

"Why couldn't he of just said that!" He scoffed, "It would of saved the whole thing!"

"I know, but I won't begin to fathom the way a Jedi's mind works." she agreed, leaning back against Anakin. "Well, we can talk about that later, but let's just agree on one thing first."

Anakin's eyebrows rose in curiosity. "What?"

"Let's never force the kids to be something they don't want to be."

"Agreed." Anakin smiled, resting his chin on the top of her head. "So, twins."

"Yep." She smirked, "When you do something, you really do it."

Anakin laughed, wrapping his arms around her, inhaling the flowery scent of her hair, as the two drifting off into a hazy sleep.

HELLO! I was pretty happy about how this chapter turned out, hope you were too! The next chapter has been typed since before I began this story, as I had intended to write a series of one-shots, before reliving this would be much better as a story. Anyway, I just have to fix that up a bit, but I might keep it on hold till the chapter after that is finished, or at least mostly done.

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Till next chapter!

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