Anakin looked at Padmè, who was holding their sleeping children
"What are you going to name them?" he whispered. Padmè glared at him.
"Luke and Leia," she said shortly.
"Can I hold them? Please?" he asked. She shot him a look, but gently placed Leia in his arms.
Anakin marveled at the baby in his arms. She was so small, so perfect. He cradled her to his chest, and planted a soft kiss on her head. He grinned when she opened her mouth to yawn. I love you so much already, he thought in total awe of his daughter.
Padmè couldn't help but notice the care with which Anakin held their daughter. It was apparent he still loved her, and that he loved the twins as well, but she couldn't forgive him. Not after he had spent all their time together lying. She looked down at her son, wrapping the blankets that covered him more tightly around his small figure.
The Healer had said that it was a miracle that the twins hadn't needed to be placed in oxygen chambers until their lungs had developed more.
Padmè looked at the chronometer on the wall.
"You better be going if you want to get to Coruscant by mid-morning," she said not looking at Anakin.
He felt tears pooling in his eyes, and he hugged Leia closer to him.
"I suppose you're right," he said quietly. He placed Leia in Padmè's arms, and leaned over to kiss Luke on his head. As he walked out the door, he turned to look at Padmè.
"We were both right, you know," he said. Padmè couldn't help but look at him in confusion.
"About the twins," he supplied. "We had a boy just like you thought. But we had a girl too." She turned her head away from him. With one last longing glance at the twins, he left.
For a long time after Anakin left, Padmè stared at the door. She knew she had made the right decision, but she couldn't help but feel utterly sad at his absence. She stared at Luke, who's blonde wisps of hair and startling blue eyes resembled that of Anakin. She sighed and kissed each of her children's heads, before placing them in the cribs that a med-droid had brought for them. She smiled at them, before finally going to sleep.
Anakin's Speeder-Same Time
His tears blurred Anakin's vision, and he couldn't see very well. He knew that he should be grateful that he even got to see the twins' birth, but he couldn't help but feel lost. He didn't know where else to go, for he had told the Bubulsa's that he would no longer be staying with them. As short a time as it was, Anakin couldn't help but be thankful that he had gotten out of there as quickly as he had. He looked up…just in time to collide with an oncoming speeder.