~Obi-wan's POV~
"Obi-wan?" He glanced behind him at Padme as she walked over and sat at the co-pilot's seat, which Ahsoka had left to fix another malfunction with the blasted Twilight.
Being as she had to go under The Twilight to achieve such a task, Intrepid and Nava had gone with her, tying a crude rope around her waist to make sure she didn't fall to her death.
Another normal rescue.
Padme sat in the chair, her expression serious. "I'm… Sorry for all of the things I said earlier, Obi-wan," she said softly.
Obi-wan chuckled. "Do not worry Padme. I found the entire conversation very amusing. I look forward to the day you get as angry during a senate debate, you'll win hands down," he said.
Padme grinned and looked up. "You aren't angry?" She asked. He shot her another astonished glance, angry? For what?
"Padme, Anakin should have told you that it is very difficult to make me angry. I get insulted on a daily basis, Senator. No harm done," he reminded her cheerfully.
Padme looked down with a tiny, fidgeting with her fingers. "I'm glad. I, too, sort of look forward to the day I get angry enough at the rest of the senate," she agreed. Obi-wan shook his head at the thought. He'd have to holo-tape that debate.
Padme looked up, and her deep brown eyes studied him frankly. He sensed the question he had been waiting for during the war was emerging. "You know, don't you?" she asked, at last. "About me and Ani?" He smiled without looking at her.
"Yes, I do," he admitted. She did not seem surprised. "How long?" She asked. "Four years," the entire war. Her eyes widened.
"The entire length of our marriage? How did you find out?" she gasped. "That's a bit of a long story," Obi-wan said, checking the coordinates, they were nearly there.
"I figured you knew. Does anyone else know? Are we obvious?" She asked anxiously. He shook his head. "No, you two are very good at hiding it actually. I just know you two too well, as does Ahsoka, she knows as well," he assured her knowingly.
She smiled and nodded, relieved. "Good. We've always been worried about that," she looked at him curiously. "How does Ahsoka know?" She asked.
He chuckled softly. "I didn't ask. She figured it out sometime near when we saved Naboo from the Blue Shadow Virus. She came to me about it."
As she came to him about many things. Since Anakin left at night, Ahsoka had started coming to him at night, when nightmares of war plagued her. She had told him about so many dreams that his now mirrored hers.
Padme blinked and shook her head ruefully. "We should have known we couldn't fool you guys. Why didn't you ever say anything? Weren't you disappointed, or angry?" She questioned.
Obi-wan stopped, thinking. The event seemed to have happened so long ago now, had he been angry? Disappointed? Yes, he had been, but he had moved past it.
"At first, I was disappointed," he admitted. "When you train someone for half of your life to be something, and then even before they're done with that training, they go and break the number one rule… Well, it doesn't feel exactly fulfilling," he said. Padme looked down, she had evidently never thought of this. "I imagine so," she agreed softly.
"At first, I thought it was just another case of young love that probably wouldn't last long. But Anakin has been crazy about you for fifteen years. He announced he was going to marry you when he turned twelve, and I sort of knew that it was all going downhill from there," he sighed.
Padme giggled. Obi-wan smiled. "I also knew you were far too intelligent to marry him over a crush, and who was I to spoil what you two have? You obviously care for one another," he said with a small shrug.
Padme grinned. "And we wouldn't have listened even if you did try to stop us," she added. Obi-wan nodded. "Reason number two," he agreed. Padme laughed and her eyes filled with sparkling joy.
"I'm glad you know, Obi-wan, I've wanted to tell you for years, but Anakin was afraid of disappointing you, or that you would tell the council" she said. Obi-wan frowned, a bit hurt… And guilty.
"For force sakes, he should know me better than that," he said. Padme nodded and sighed. "I told him that, but he was obstinate," she agreed.
Obi-wan's eyebrows scrunched, how could Anakin think he would betray him? Anakin was his friend, his son, his little brother, and despite the fact that he had been initially frustrated with him, it had worn off. He would in no way have betrayed Anakin, never mind the code.
Suddenly, Nava stuck her head in, her long black hair windblown and wild. "Are we almost there?" She asked. "Almost," Obi-wan answered. She nodded and went back to Ahsoka.
Padme looked at him questioningly. Obi-wan grinned. "That was Nava, and the Twi'lek is her padawan, Intrepid. Nava and I were in many classes together as younglings, the two top students. She is….." he hesitated, as if looking for the correct word.
"A close friend. Both of them insisted on coming," he explained. Padme nodded and smiled. "I'm going back there to help them then," she said.
Obi-wan nodded and looked at the coordinates. They were there. "Also, senator, tell them we've arrived," he announced.