Ben made his way to Padme's bedroom, where she was resting. As soon as he entered, she stirred from her slumber.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you," he said, as he closed the door behind him. Padme moved over and motioned for Ben to lie down next to her.
"How did you sleep?" Ben asked.
"Wonderfully," Padme replied, laying her head on his shoulder. "How was your day?"
"Good. Took Caleb all over the planet, visited different places..."
"Did you go to Obi Wan's cave?"
"We did. Padme... I met him!" Ben had a smile on his face when he said this.
"You met Obi Wan? Ben, that's great! He is so nice..."
"How would you know?" Padme blushed in embarrassment.
"I met him the day I was kidnapped," she confessed. "Ben, please don't be mad! Obi Wan was the one that encouraged me to go and face Vader. If he had not done that, I never would have known Anikin Skywalker was my grandfather."
"I see," Ben replied, a serious look on his face. Padme was concerned. Was he upset with her?
"Yes, I am very upset with you," Ben teased, as his lips kissed Padme's neck.
"You're terrible," she giggled, as Ben pulled off her nightgown.
"I know, you've told me." He started undressing. "I'm extremely hot and bothered that you didn't tell me you spoke to my dead grandfather."
"You're hot and bothered, all right," Padme responded, as Ben flung his clothes away. Their naked bodies pressed close together. "But it's not because of Obi Wan."
"You know me so well," Ben seductively whispered before giving Padme a passionate kiss.
"Do you want to eat first?" he asked. Padme shook her head in the negative.
"I think I better do the cooking from now on," she told him. Ben frowned.
"Caleb said it was that bad?"
"Sorry. Cooking is not one of your talents." Padme started caressing Ben's chest, which he thoroughly enjoyed. "But you have so many other talents worth exploring..." She gave him a deep kiss. They made love and fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next day was a busy one. Everyone packed up the house. Some stuff was thrown out, other items were donated, and Padme left her old baby clothes for the Antilles family.
It was dark by the time the house was emptied out. Padme glanced around the home that was no longer hers.
"I have so many memories here," she told Ben, as he held her from behind. "Some good, some bad."
"I am sorry for the damage I caused," Ben replied to her mind. "To your house and..."
"Ssh," Padme said privately to him. "That is in the past. It is time to move on with our lives."
"Do you want a minute alone?" Ben asked out loud. Padme nodded her head. He took Caleb by the hand , and said,
"We will wait for you on the ship."
Once she was alone, Padme went to each room of the house. The memories of her childhood came flooding back in her head; her birthdays, her graduation day, even her eventful sixteenth birthday. She missed her parents and Chewy. Padme had always wanted to leave Tatooine, and now, a part of her wanted to stay.
"I can't stay here," Padme thought to herself. "This is where I grew up. But I'm not a child anymore. I have a man who loves me, a child to take care of and a child on the way. I need to start a new life with them. So goodbye, old house. I hope the Antilles family will make many wonderful memories here."
Padme walked to the front door, and opened it. She took one last look behind her, before smiling and exiting the home. She headed to her neighbor's house, and left them the keys for Cliff Antilles.
"I'm ready!" Padme told Ben, as she entered the cockpit of the Legacy.
"Caleb is already asleep," Ben replied, as he started the engine. "It was a long day for him."
"It was a long day for all of us."
"Padme, go get some rest."
"Ben, you need someone to help you stay awake."
"You need to rest, for yourself and for Leia."
Padme sighed. There was no point in arguing, so she sighed and said,
"Goodnight." She gave Ben a quick kiss before retiring for the night.
Ben placed a video call to Angeles Dollslayer. She was back on Naboo, finishing up the final details of her father's estate.
"Hello, Ben," Angeles said to him.
"Hello," Ben replied. "I have good news, Padme and I were able to sell the house on Tatooine. Were you able to secure for us a home on Naboo?"
"Yes. You will be living in the former estate of Senator Padme Amidala."
Ben sensed something was bothering the senator.
"Angeles, what is wrong?"
"My apologies, Ben. I just found out I was adopted. I'm in shock right now."
"Understood. How did you find out, if you don't mind me asking?"
"I found out at the reading of my father's will. The reading was pushed back due to the end of the war, and the transition afterwards. My mother did not want me to know about it until they were deceased."
"Do you know who your biological parents are?"
"Yes, and were. Both of them are deceased."
Ben gave Angeles a sympathetic look. He understood all too well the loneliness of not having family.
"Apparently, I was not born on Naboo," Angeles continued. "My birth certificate says I was born on Mandalore."
"Mandalore?" Ben gasped in shock.
"Yes. My biological parents were both Mandalorians," she clarified.
"I am sorry to hear they are both deceased. My parents were Mandalorians, too."
"I did not know you were Mandalorian, Ben," Angeles stated, surprised by this revelation.
"I didn't know myself, until a couple of years ago. What are their names?"
"My biological mother's name was Ursula Covington. Name ring a bell?"
"No. Sorry." Ben heard a noise from behind. Caleb was heading towards him.
"Caleb, go back to bed," Ben scolded him. Caleb looked up to see Angeles on the screen.
"Hi, Senator Dollslayer!" the boy said with excitement in his voice.
"Hello, Caleb," Angeles replied. "Ben is right, you should head to bed."
"But I can't!" the boy protested. "Padme is sleeping, and I need to be here for Ben." Caleb rose from the chair and climbed onto Ben's lap.
"For me? I'm in a private conversation with the senator," Ben explained.
"The senator is telling you about how she found out she was adopted, right?"
"Caleb, now you know better than to listen to people's private conversations..."
"But I wasn't, I promise! I just want to be here when your father's name is mentioned."
"My father's name? That's it, off to bed you go!"
"His name is Skeet Shipshooter, isn't it?" Caleb suddenly blurted out.
"It is. But how did you know that?" Ben asked. He did not notice the pale look on Angeles' face when his father's name was mentioned.
Caleb turned towards the screen, pointed up and said,
"His name is on the paper she is holding."
Angeles held up the paper close to the screen, so that Ben could see it for himself. His eyes bulged in disbelief. His father's name was on her birth certificate!
