~Mid Afternoon~
"Okay, see you guys later
at dinner!" Padmé said, waving goodbye. Her friends were going to
train.
She walked out the large
main doors and walked around the gardens. They were filled with large groups
of Jedi. Some were doing exercises, some were meditating and others were
talking with friends. Looking around, Padmé wondered, "Now what
am I going to do for another 4 hours?"
Just then she felt a tap
on her shoulder. She wipped around and met the gaze of two dark blue eyes.
"Hi...Do I know you from somewhere?"
"Hey. I'm Darien. I was with
that other guy who you bumped into yesterday. Twice to be exact!" he smiled
ear to ear. He held out his hand for her. She looked hesitant at first
but soon took his hand and shook it, smiling back.
"Nice to meet you Darien.
I'm Padmé."
"Pretty name."
"Thank you."
"Your welcome. So, What are
you doing here Padmé? Busy?"
"No actually. My friends
just left me to do some training, so I'm on my own. I must admitt, I don't
know what to do with myself."
"Well you want to talk with
me a while? You never know, you may have some fun!" he said with a twinkle
in his soft eyes.
"Um... Are you sure? I mean
I'm not bothering you or anything?"
"No! Not at all. I just finished
my training for today, I really should be meditating but I'd rather go
for a walk."Padmé nodded sheepishly and followed him and listened
while he talked.
~*~
An hour later Padmé
was laying in the grass on the far side of the gardens. Darien was laying
beside her, his head touching hers ever so slightly. They were looking
up at the clouds.
"Oh Look! It's an ewok!"
Padmé shouted suddenly pointing at a cloud overhead.
"That's not an ewok. It looks
more like a wild bantha." Darien replied laughing. Padmé started
laughing as well and soon found it hard to stop. She suddenly felt a little
giddy and the more she laughed the harder it was to stop. Darien closed
his eyes and chuckled to himself. She has the most incredible laugh! He thought as he opened his eyes again, propped himself on one elbow and
looked down at the still giggling woman.
"Am I really that funny?"
he asked after he laughter finally subsided.
She sniffed and opened her
eyes to look up at him. "Oh not at all! I was putting it on the ENTIRE
time!" she said sarcasticly, then giggled again.
Darien rolled his eyes and
sighed. "Gee, thanks. You're such a charmer!"
"I try..." she answered back
smiling up at him.
"So...How long are you here
for?" he asked.
"Umm maybe two weeks. Maybe
longer. It all depends."
"On what?" he said leaning
closer to her and looked into her eyes. Padmé suddenly felt nervous
and looked down at her hands.
"Oh...umm just some Senate
business and formalities. You know...get signatures and things like that,"
she said as her voice trailed off to a whisper.
Darien noticed her sudden
nervousness and looked down at the grass. As he talked he absent mindedly
plucked handfulls of grass from the ground. He soon realised that he had
a large pile of grass by his left arm and temptation soon took over him.
Forgive
me Padmé for what I'm about to do.... He sat up and took the
pile of grass in both hands and threw it onto her hair, face and chest.
"WHY YOU LITTLE..... GET
BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!!" she shouted as she stood up and began chasing
him around the gardens. Darien laughed at her as she tried many a times
to grab him, but he was always two full steps ahead. He decided not to
used his enhanced speed--YET...
Padmé ran after him
and ducked flying objects as they flew at her head. She was still yelling
at the top of her lungs.
"You can't catch me Padmé!
Just admit it!" Darien yelled back at her as he dodged another padawan.
"You wanna bet!?" she sped
up and was just able to latch onto his Jedi robe. "AH-HA! See? Gottcha!"
Darien smiled and concentrated
hard. Soon a blur of robes was around her and all Padmé was holding
was a long brown Jedi robe...but no Darien.
"He used his enhanced speed......cheater..."
she muttered under her breath and looked around to see where he had gone
to. A scowl had not formed on her face as she looked for him. She hated
loosing, especially if her opponent cheated. "Darien just get out here.
You win..." then added to herself. "By cheating!"
She walked over to a shady
tree and wipped her forehead. It was all sweaty. Yuck, I'm all sweaty...It's
because were were out in the sun all day..." Just then she heard a
twig snap behind her. She spun around just in time to see Darien lunge
on her. They fell fo the ground laughing. Padmé had somehow ended
up on top of Darien and was now looking down at him, still giggling. She
had her arms around his neck and his arms were around her waist. She was
breathing heavily and her laughter has stopped fully. She looked down into
his dark blue eyes which were glistening in the sun. Darien on the other
hand was staring back into her eyes then down at her mouth. Her full lips
were slightly parted and in his oppinion were begging him to kiss them.
He licked his lips and thought to himself, Now or never... Ever
so slowly, he placed one hand on her upper back and pulled her down to
him. To his surprise (and delight) she didn't resist and allowed herself
to be pulled down to his lips. Their lips finally met and Padmé
felt herself melt away. She leaned in closer to him and tightened her grip
on his neck and shoulders. Darien was in heaven and decided to slip a little
tongue in to spice up the kiss. Padmé made no objection as their
tongues explored each other. He wrapped his arms around her tighter and
pulled her closer so their bodies were pressed up agianst each other. He
ran his hand down her back, not realising she was ticklish there. She began
to giggle which caused the passionate kiss to come to an end.
Padmé lowered her
head and blushed slightly. "Sorry...I'm ticklish there..." she said quietly.
Darien smiled up at her and
said, "That's fine. I'm glad we tried THAT out though!" His dark blue eyes
were even darker and mysterious. "How about we try that out agian?" he
asked as he pulled a grinning Padmé down to him agian.
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