Padme and her Jedi Master
Padme looked around in unfamiliar surroundings as a list of things she had to do ran through her head. "Anakin," she called unable to find him in their bed. Where was she? She then noticed the metal of the inside of a ship? Where was she? What had he done? "Anakin," she called louder, and still nothing. She got up and put on her robe as she attempted to calm her disarrayed hair. "Luke?" she called as she made her way through the ship and heard a lightsaber immediately disengaged. She saw her son's face as he bowed to his father.
"So how does it feel to be a Master now Dad?"
Anakin shrugged, "With age comes maturity though I doubt you need that lesson."
"But I know someone that does," Padme cut in. "Anakin, I can't just go away on a trip, the New Republic is still in its early stages, it needs me."
"Not as much as your family," Anakin replied turning around to face her. "Luke and Leia, to say nothing of myself and the new baby."
"The Empire will never surrender willingly."
"That was what we once said about the Separatists."
"I had friends that were Separatists."
"We aren't discussing Senator Clovis, are we?"
Padme sighed as Anakin's eyes darkened as he brought up a long-ago boyfriend. "No, Anakin, I'll be missed, perhaps after a few more months..."
"You are in your second trimester, Padme, and I thought you wanted to visit your family, we never did make it to Naboo before Mara attacked our twins."
"Anakin..."
"Besides, I already contacted the Senate on your behalf..."
"You WHAT!" Anakin frowned at her tone.
"Luke, would you go and give Three-poi an oil bath, he will need to be in top shape."
"Of course, Dad," Luke stated becoming uncomfortable at the tone in their voices. They didn't fight often, but when they did they didn't end well. Their parents never wanted to fight in front of them, and Anakin and Padme both waited for him to leave.
"I contacted the Senate and told them you were taking an extended lead due to your pregnancy."
"Why did you tell them that?" she whispered in a hushed voice.
"Because it's the truth. It's not like you can hide it anyway, and the stress isn't good for our daughter."
"I hid it the first time, didn't I?"
"And you didn't make it to full term," Anakin snapped back trying to keep his tone reasonable.
"And whose fault is that? If someone hadn't been a Sith Lord, perhaps I would have."
"I fixed everything didn't I? It's not like I'm some monster, Padme. How many times do we have to go over this?"
"I don't know," Padme replied.
"If this is about Clovis..." Fear gripped Anakin, what if she did choose the Senator over him. What were his chances in really keeping Padme. He was a former slave and she had once been a Queen. "Padme, I..." and tears sprung to his eyes. "Padme, please.." he was gasping for air as his fears seemed to come to life. He could barely breathe and he fell to the ground and Padme came to him, to hold on to him.
"Anakin, Anakin, please," she stated, her heart clenching at the thought of losing him. "This has nothing to do with Clovis, it has to do with me. I love you, Anakin, I love you."
Luke felt his father's presence drop, and he took off in a full sprint toward his father. "Dad! Dad! Mom, what happened?" he asked as he reached down and felt his father's forehead, he was burning up. He used the Force and put him in a trance so that he could reach him. He frowned, his father was much taller and heavier than him. Where were Han and Uncle Obi-Wan when you needed them? Then he smiled and used the Force levitating his father into a nearbye chair.
"I don't know, we were talking, fighting, he mentioned Senator Clovis, and my name and then he passed out." Luke nodded and felt his father's emotions. Fear. Always fear. He sent waves of love and support as he joined hands with both his parents transferring the feelings of love for the other from one to the other. A few hours later his father took a deep breathe as he looked at Padme, and at Luke, he rubbed the back of his head.
"What happened?"
"You passed out," Luke stated simply.
"Padme, I love you."
"I know. I love you too," she called wrapping her arms around him. "Everything's going to be okay."
"You aren't...you aren't leaving me?"
"Never."
