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If You Come Softly
Summary: AU, during ROTS. Padme is married to another man under Anakin's wishes. But will her love for Anakin get in the way? And what is Padme's deadly habit? Can Anakin save her?
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And I can't ask for things to be still again
No I can't ask for you
To offer the world through your eyes
Longing for home again
But home is a feeling I buried
In you
- Greenwheel 'Breathe'
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Chapter 12
(Padme's POV)
Saturday.
Saturday afternoon when I awoke from my slumber. I opened my eyes to find that he was not there with me. Like always he must have been at his job and I was stupid for thinking that he would be with me in the morning. I didn't know at all what I was doing here anymore. It had been five days since Bail's last phone call and in one standard month I was due home and due in giving birth. I sat up and changed as fast as I could into my regular clothes that were made to fit my body. I heard a knock on the door and opened it, I looked up to the person and they smiled at me.
"Padme, it's nice to see you."
"Dorme? What are you doing here?" I questioned and she embraced me. She stepped into the apartment and closed the door then pushed my onto the couch.
"You should rest; I have a lot to tell."
"Okay, start please." I said and rested my hand on my stomach.
"Sabe has sent me to get you and you that you must not come back to Naboo or Coruscant ever again."
"Dorme… I have to go back, Bail is expecting me and I am due for birth soon-"
"No! Mistress you can't! You should be glad that you're traveling with a Jedi! There is so much danger out there and I have no idea how to tell you this…" She looked around, "Maybe I should just come out and say it. Bail has gotten somebody to kill you Padme and I do not want you ever going back there. Ever…"
"What? I don't believe you! Are you serious? He's been planning to kill me for a long time? He has?" Dorme nodded, "Oh my god, Dorme… I don't know what to say…"
"Don't say anything… Now I have too-"
"No Dorme, please stay with me. I don't feel safe without anyone near me." Padme dabbed at her eyes and Dorme nodded.
"I'll stay with you."
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(Normal POV)
Padme shook her head and let her long hair fall down against her shoulders. She stared out the window as the front door un-locked and opened. Anakin walked into the room and took notice that Dorme was sitting in arm-chair reading a book in a corner of the room while Padme stared out at the city.
"Padme?" She looked back at Anakin and smiled softly then turned back around and stared out the window some more. He looked over at Dorme who waved slightly before returning to her book. Anakin pushed over a chair and sat down next to Padme. "Something's up, I can tell. What is it love?"
"Nothing, I'm just thinking."
"Thinking… About what?"
"The usual… The babies, my life… You…" She trailed off and turned her head back to the window. She had never noticed how beautiful it looked at sun-set. She touched her curly brown hair before turning back to him. "Bail plans to kill me when I go back to Coruscant."
"What?"
"He plans to kill me, Dorme just informed me in the morning."
"Then you mustn't go back Padme, it's not safe."
"I have too, if I don't then he will think that something is up and that I've tried to escape him."
"I'll destroy your compact and he'll never have to know. Please Padme; I'm only trying to do what's best for you." Anakin pleaded and Padme shook her head.
"Anakin, you know that I would do anything to keep you and the babies safe, this is what I have to do. I have to go back and make sure that nothing happens. I promise you that I will be safe and that nothing will happen to me."
"Padme, it's not safe. He could attack at any moment; it's not possible for you to be safe there without me there. So don't go."
Her hands shook nervously and she placed them on her lap to stop, she had to be firm, "No Anakin, it is my duty to serve and I cannot just ruin away from it."
"But Padme, that's why we left for a new life and another chance."
"No! I do not what to do that anymore, I'm going back there making sure of everything and then I'll come back, I'll be fine I promise."
"I'm still worried."
"I know."
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(Normal POV)
He watched as she walked down the steps of the house. She had just come back from giving birth and he was sure that he hadn't ever seen her more beautiful. She had two bundles in her arms and smiled warmly at her. She handed them to him and he cradled them carefully.
"Leia and Luke…"
"Luke and Leia…" He breathed and smiled at her. He placed them in their crib out in the living room as Dorme followed Padme through the door. It shut and locked behind her and she brought them baskets.
"Milady, they're wonderful."
"I know." She whispered and she smiled again. Her bags were by the door for she was leaving tomorrow. She was going back to Coruscant for a couple of weeks and hopefully she wouldn't get hurt by Bail or anybody else. Anakin was not allowed to go back to Coruscant and had faith in Padme. He had given her a light-saber just in case anything was to happen. Padme had her hair pulled back in a low pony-tail and settled down in a chair. She looked back to normal with the twins out of her.
"Dorme, can I ask you to get me some tea?" Padme questioned and Dorme nodded placing the baskets down at the bottom of the cribs. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a tea glass.
"Are you sure that you want to leave tomorrow mistress? I don't think that-"
"Dorme, please not now."
"Alright mistress, but I'm just saying."
"I know what you're saying, but I get that too much from Anakin already. I have everything set up. Obi-Wan will come to my need if I need him and Sabe will be there for me 24/7. Bail does not even suspect a thing."
"Hopefully he never will and you will come back here safely." Dorme mumbled and pushed the glass over to Padme who grabbed it before it was able to fall off the table. "I don't want to worry, but I have too. You have a family now that you have to look after. If anything were to happen to you think of how much damage it will do to them."
"Way to make me feel better Dorme." Padme said and sipped the tea slowly. She looked over at Anakin who was sitting on the couch and watching the twins, "You trust me don't you Anakin?"
"Of course love, why wouldn't I trust you?"
"You're only saying that because we got Obi-Wan involved in this."
"I know I was only making sure that you were safe and that I didn't need to come with you."
"Yes I suppose, I know that you all think that this is stupid that I'm going back just to get 'killed', but I have to go with what I have to do and this is what I have too do. Maybe I should pack some more, I shouldn't look too… Well I don't know." Padme muttered and got up. She placed the tea on the coffee table and walked to her room, "I'll be back soon.
End of Chapter 12
