Blue
Waters: episode #44 The Complication to
the Story
Previously: Samantha went to the Coruscant palace to be
with her family. Samantha also discovered that she's sick, and has been for a
week. She saw Anakin in the streets of Coruscant, and she thought the he had
acted strangely. Gwydion is going to take Samantha to the doctor now.
As
the week wore on, she showed no improvement whatsoever, she actually began to
feel worse in some ways.
On the 7th
day of her feeling like this, Gwydion says, "That's it, you're going to the
doctor."
So, Gwydion takes his sister to the family
doctor. Once in the office, Gwydion
signs her in. There is a wait, but a very small one. Finally, it's their turn
to go in. As her name is called, Gwydion stats to get up and go, too.
"Gwydion? I can go be myself."
"No, I want to make sure they know what's
going on. I'm coming."
Samantha
shrugs…there's nothing she can do to hold him back.
Okay, they get
inside the office and the doctor (they saw him right away since this wasn't a
regular visit), says, "Okay, what's the story here?"
We'll, I've been feeling kind of sick. I really don't think I belong here but…"
Gwydion
interrupts with, "She's been sick for an entire week with no sign of
improvement."
"An entire week, is that true Your Majesty?"
Samantha nods.
The doctor looks
a little worried, "Where do you exactly feel sick."
"I don't know. I just feel a generalized sickness kind of feeling. I'm sure it's nothing."
The doctor
shakes his head, "It's something, and we're going to find out what it is. What
did you do just before you got sick?"
"The wedding," Samantha says, "Took place the
day before. And before that…let me see…"
The doctor says,
"That's right…your wedding. I heard it
was very nice."
Their conversation is going on while he is
examining her.
"IT was, think
you. I just wish the honeymoon could
have been the full length, but Anakin had to…"
The doctor
interrupted her once more.
"You know, I can find nothing
wrong…unless…you say you went on a
honeymoon."
"Yes, that's what people normally do when
they get married, isn't it?"
"Right…you say it didn't last long. May I ask if it was at least one night?"
'That's all it was."
"Forgive me for asking, Your Majesty, but did
you and your husband have sex then or before the wedding? It's important that I know."
"Only the honeymoon…we wanted to save
ourselves…"
"And did you use protection?"
"No…are you
trying to say that I may be pregnant?"
"It's definitely a possibility."
She sighs.
"Anakin…he didn't think I would. We both knew that it was possible that I
could…but he didn't think the chances would be very high on the fist time."
The doctor says, "Well before this
conversation goes any further, I think you need to take the pregnancy test."
He hands a piece of testing paper to her.
"Here go to the bathroom. It's an advanced instrument…it can tell the
day after if you're pregnant or not…it's not advanced enough to tell if it's a
boy or a girl, so you'll have to wait, provide that you are pregnant in
the first place."
So she goes to the bathroom, and no Gwydion
did not follow. She comes out with the strip. The doctor places it in the
machine.
"It'll only take
a few seconds before…ah-ha…the results are in. You are pregnant. That's why
you've been sick and things. After you get used to it, hopefully you'll be able
to feel partially normal."
Gwydion raises
his eyebrows at Samantha. She turns away.
"When's it due then?"
"Well let's see, a week ago today would make
it…hmmm…late October."
"Are you going to look at it or anything, or
can I go."
"It's too small to see anything yet. One week…it's pretty small you know…. not
much has developed on it. It wouldn't
do any good."
"Thank you doctor…and one other thing, please
tell no one of this. Palpatine's after
my husband for some strange reason. I
don't want anyone finding out about this…I don't know what Palpatine
would do to me if he found out."
'Okay, but I'll be kind of hard to hide the
fact form everyone when you're the Queen of Coruscant."
"True…I'll go to
Dagobah then until it's either safe to reveal…or until I have the baby. They've
got doctors there."
Samantha and Gwydion leave the office.
ON their way
out, Samantha says, "I don't even want mom and dad to know. Tell them I'll see
them at Christmas. Things should be all right by then. I'll have had the baby…and hopefully things
will clear up. Gwydion, I can't even tell Anakin. Normally, I would…but the way he acted…I need to talk to Bail
about this. I can't hold it in
myself. He'll understand."
Bail was on
planet at the time. So, Samantha met
with him.
"Bail…can I talk to you?"
"Samantha! What's wrong…you look concerned."
"I am…well there's no other way to put this,
so I'll be open about it…I'm pregnant…but I have a problem. Palpatine's after my husband, so I can't
tell anyone…and Anakin's acting weird. I need to make contact with Yoda and Obi-Wan…they'll know what to
do. But I'm going to need help
conveying the message. Can I use your droid…and are you willing to take it to
Dagobah for me. It's urgent."
"I suppose I could do that."
"Thanks," she
says as she goes off to record a message on R2-D2.
Until next time!