Thanks for all the reviews it means a lot !
I realised that I make Anakin call Padmé angel a lot. Maybe a bit too much lol.
But its so sweet when he does.
I am going to try to keep it down a bit lol.
A change in the order?
Padmé was coughing viciously. Her back was lurching forward, she was trying to get herself to ease up a bit. Her head was sweating and her cheeks felt hot and flustered. The hoarse noise made Anakin wake up. He rubbed his eyes groaning about his awakening. As soon as he saw Padmé struggling to regain her breath he bolted up and rubbed her back affectionately. She looked at him with tears in her eyes, which had been brought on by the coughing fit. He jumped out of bed and went to get her some water and a cold, wet flannel. When he came back in she had stopped coughing but was now rubbing her aching throat. He smiled and handed her the glass slowly helping her lift it to her mouth. She took a small sip at first then a slightly bigger one.
"How you feeling?" He asked her.
"Sore" Came her quiet voice. He kissed her forehead and forced her shoulders back towards the bed. She complied and made her self comfy.
"Here this will help." He straightened out the flannel and folded it in half before placing it on her forehead.
"I hate been ill" She said wiping the escaped tears. "Except I like all the attention I get off you" He laughed and kissed her soundly then settled back so she was rested against him, falling asleep in his arms.
One hour later
It was three o'clock in the morning. Padmé was finally asleep, she had been tossing and turning for ages. Anakin had felt so helpless. He had to sit and watch as she suffered the groggy and tiring symptoms of the common cold by herself. His sleep, this time, had been disturbed by the sound of his com-link. He rolled away from the woman in his arms, pulled a shirt over his bare chest and searched for it, without success.
"Its under your pillow" A tired voice called to him. He lifted it up and sure enough there it was. He placed a quick kiss on her cheek.
"Thank you" he said before answering it. "Skywalker here" An image of the green master appeared.
"Master Yoda here, young Skywalker"
"Hello master"
"Something urgent, we have to talk to you about, Skywalker" Anakin's stomach was in knots. Padmé rolled over to look at him with her eye brows knitted. "Downstairs, you must come"
"Master may I ask what this is about?" Anakin asked with worry over flowing him.
"Know of your relationship with Miss Nabberie we do" Padmé shot up and instantly regretted it. Her stomach was aching and she was absolutely dizzy. She ran out of the room and headed towards the bathroom. Anakin looked after her.
"Master I have to go" Yoda nodded.
"Better, I hope miss Nabberie is." The master was sincerely worried about her. "Ten minutes, be here in."
"Yes master Yoda, Skywalker out" Anakin dropped the connection and held his head in his hands. He knew he was going to be expelled from the order. But that was nothing compared to if he lost Padmé. There it was is decision. He told her he would leave the order from her and now he could. Remembering she had gone Anakin ran to the bathroom.
"Are you okay Padmé?" She was sat on the floor wiping her mouth.
"No" She said holding a hand to her forehead. "I feel a little bit better"
"Good" She was shaking with fever. "Come here" He held his arms out and wrapped them around her shoulders.
"Been ill sucks." He laughed and kissed her forehead.
"Look I have to go to meet the masters, you go to bed and try to sleep"
"What will they do Ani?" He gave her small frame a slight squeeze.
"I don't know angel, I don't know" He picked her up in his arms. She smiled against his chest.
"I love my Jedi protector" He smiled.
"And I love my angel" He carried her into the corridor towards his bedroom.
"Anakin" He stopped when he heard his masters voice.
"Obi-Wan" He turned away from the door.
"What are you doing?"
"I was ….. well…. I" He then realised that most likely the whole temple would know about them tomorrow. Also Padmé deserved better than to be his secret.
"Well?"
"I was taking Padmé to my room" He said sternly. Padmé looked up and raised her eyebrows at him.
"Okay why?" His master asked.
"Because she is my girlfriend" He said. "We are in love master." Obi-Wan's eyes widened. He looked between the two.
"Who else knows?"
"Well it seems master Yoda knows"
"Oh Anakin what are you going to do?" Anakin looked at his master then at the woman he loved.
"I am going to go and face the music, so to speak" Obi-Wan looked at him with confusion all across his features. "Well they just com-med me to kindly let me know that they know. So they want me to go so they can talk to me. Most probably to expel me"
"Ani" He heard Padmé say. "I'm sorr.."
"Don't" He said smiling at her. "Its not your fault" He kissed her forehead. "Obi-Wan can I please lie her down" He said motioning towards Padmé.
"Yes" Anakin took her into the room, with Obi-Wan following him. Anakin laid her down and covered he up softly with the duvet.
"Please try to sleep angel" He kissed her on the cheek softly. He pulled back and affectionately rubbed her forehead. "I'll be back soon, I promise"
"Okay Ani" Obi-Wan was looking at them with a smile on his face. Both men turned to retire out the room. "I love you" She said to him. He turned back and smiled at her.
"I love you too"
"Shut up Obi-Wan" Anakin said in a light tone. All three laughed. "I love you too Padmé" He closed the door after him. Obi-Wan had a sterner look on his face now. "Don't look at me like that. You must have known"
"I guess I have" He said with a sigh.
"How can it be banned master. She makes me feel better than ever before."
"I know Anakin." He sighed and looked at the floor.
"Its been ten minutes" He said looking at the chronometer on the wall.
"Well you better get going" Anakin nodded and walked towards to the door. "Good luck"
"Thanks master"
"You're a knight now Anakin. You don't need to call me master anymore, how many times do I have to tell you"
"I will get used to it one day mas… Obi-Wan"
"Better" Anakin slipped his boots on and walked out the door. He sauntered slowly down the stairs. When he got to the second floor there was no more bedrooms just the council room. He took a deep breath and walked in. There was Master Windu and Yoda no one else. Their gazes were pulled from each other to the knight at the door. Anakin relaxed and placed his thoughts on Padmé. She seemed to give him strength.
"Ah Skywalker thank you for coming down at this time in the morning" Master Windu greeted him.
"Its not a problem masters" He said nodding at them. He stood in the middle of the room and stood facing them; perfectly still.
"It most have been inconvenient since the young miss Nabberie is taken ill"
"Well yes it is a bit"
"Then much of your time we will not waste" He said. "How is she?"
"She's a little bit better, thank you"
"Well getting to the point. As you know the rule about attachment is clear and precise." Windu started.
"Yes I know" Anakin stated.
"Before we come to a decision is there something you would like to say on our behalf."
"Yes" He took a breath and began. "You see masters since I met Padmé my ability has arisen. I wouldn't have been able to defeat the sith if it wasn't for her. She makes me feel so much …. Stronger. I feel like if I was in battle I would perform so much better just to return home to her. That is what is really needed. Jedi willing to risk life, just to be home with their beloved's. Maybe that's why we take so long fighting the wars. We have nothing to come home to. But now I do. But if you want to expel me I will gladly leave if I can be with Padmé"
"Noble you are" Yoda spoke. "A decision we have made"
"I am willing to take the consequences to my actions" He said. His heart was thumping loudly in his chest.
"Broke the rules you have" Yoda started.
"But you also destroyed the sith." Windu continued. "So after some careful thinking we have decided that we will change the attachment rule" Anakin smiled widely. He was doing somersaults on the inside. He and Padmé could finally be together, no more sneaking around, no more lie, just them. Also he could still be a Jedi.
"Thank you masters" Some how thank you did not seem enough.
"There is an empty apartment next to the one you live in now is that right?"
"Yes" Anakin answered not sure where that was going.
"You and Padmé may move into there." Anakin couldn't help but laugh. "What is so funny?"
"I just can't believe this is happening, I am so happy masters. I can not thank you enough" They nodded.
"You're welcome Skywalker" With that Anakin turned to leave with the biggest grin on his face.
"Wait Skywalker, we are not finished." Anakin turned back to see an new serious expression take over their features. He gulped letting the smile on his face fade away before walking back to the middle of the room.
I will leave it there.
Can you guess what they are going to say?
I am giving you no clues lol.
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