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The Truth Revealed


~Two Hours Before Dinner~

Padmé had settled herself into an over stuffed arm chair. She sat sideways on the chair so her legs dangled off one side and her head rested comfortablely on the other. About an hour and fifteen minutes had passed since she first settled down, and her eyes were now closed. She was asleep. Some men Jedi walked by and looked at her curled up on the chair.

"Hey, look at that one. I've never seen her before," one man said.

"I wouldn't go for her, Styks, That's Darien's new girl," another warned his friend. The other men nodded and they kept on walking.

Later on, Padmé shifted and began to talk in her sleep. A few girl Jedi walked by her and laughed as she mumbled incoherence. Just then a tall, blonde man walked in and saw her lying in the chair, sleeping away. He walked over to her and crouched beside her.

"Mmm....No....I don't love......mmmm....." she began to mumble agian.

The blonde man smiled at how funny she looked talking in her sleep. He then stood up and took a seat in a plush chair next to her. He sat and watched her sleep for what seemed like hours. Now and then she would say something else in her sleep, but he couldn't quite understand it.

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Padmé awoke with a deafing scream as she sat up, panting hard. She rubbed her eyes and looked up. A tall man was standing next to her. Her vision was still blurry but she could see he looked concerned.

"Are you alright?" he asked as he knelt beside her.

She rubbed her eyes again and blinked. It was Skywalker beside her. Shifting positions to face him she said sleepily, "What are you doing here?"

"I was walking by when I heard you scream," he lied. He didn't want to tell her that he had been watching her for the past hour. "Are you alright?" he asked agian. "Did you have a bad dream?"

She sighed and looked up at him. "Kind of..."

"Want to talk about it?"

"No...not really. What time is it?"

"4:46, we have roughly two hours 'till dinner."

Through stretching and yawning she said, "So.... Darien told you to look after me while he was gone, eh?"

He laughed and stood up. "Yep. If it's ok with you of course.." He smiled and extended his hand to help her up. She gladly took it and stood up. Looking back up at him she realised just how tall he really was. He towered over her by at lease two heads.

"Yes, it's fine with me.. I could use a little company. I was going to see Serena, Tinga or Lita, but I figured they would be training."

"Oh, didn't Darien tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"Serena and her master are on that mission with him as well. Lita is with them as well."

A pang of disappointment fell upon her. "Oh...no he didn't tell me...Is Tinga still here though?"

He shook his head. "I don't think so. Her entire Galactic Studies class left for Naboo last night."

"Oh.. So it's just you and me then, huh?" she said trying to force a smile.

He smiled back and nodded. "So what do you want to do for another 1 and a half hours or so?"

Padmé looked to her left through the window and saw that it was raining lightly. A large grin spread across her face.

"Let's go mud sliding!" she yelled as she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him through the doors.



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~An Hour Later~

Two muddy figures could be seen running in through the central courtyard. One was a tall man, the other a short slight woman.

"I haven't had that much fun since I was......thirteen?" Padmé said dropping to the ground under the protective roof.

"Thirteen!? You haven't lived!" he said to her. He dropped to the ground as well, exhausted from their previous mad-dash.

Padmé looked up at him with warm brown eyes. "You have a clean spot there!" she said pointing to the only non-muddy spot on his cheek.

"Where! I can't have any skin showing! Cover it up for me, will you?" he joked.

Padmé leaned over and ran a hand over his cheek. She concentrated hard on making his entire face brown and muddy. Anakin looked back at her and smiled.

"You have a bit missing yourself," he said as he leaned over to smudge some mud onto her face. As he ran his hand down her forehead and cheek, Padmé stopped and looked up into his eyes. Sky-blue and crystallike. He continued to caress her face and even after she was completely muddy. He kept on stroking her soft face. He ran his his fingers along her jawline and when he reached her lips, he ran his thumb over them. Padmé was also lost in the moment as she closed her eyes.

Anakin suddenly realised what he was doing and snapped himself out of it. He cleared his throat and pulled back.

"Your all done," he said quietly.

She opened her eyes and smiled nervously at him. "Thanks, Skywalker," she said. Suddenly her eyebrows furrowed and she looked at him with a questioning look. "You never told me your first name, by the way...."

Anakin looked at the ground and began making muddy circles with his fingers. "I thought I told you.. didn't I?" he said stalling.

Padmé thought for a short while and shook her head. "No, you never did. Darien never told me either. Everyone calls you Skywalker."

Anakin opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak. Think damnit. Think! I can't tell her my name...Make up one.. No, she'd find out and get mad. He looked up at her and bean to say something when a deep voice called from behind them.

"Anakin Skywalker! Get in here this insant and clean up before dinner!"

Anakin and Padmé turned around to he a very angry Obi-Wan. "Yes, Master. I'm coming." Anakin replied and shot a quick apologetic glance at Padmé before leaving her. She watched Master and Apprentice walk briskly down the hall before disappearing through a set of doors.

She was stunned beyond belief as she sat there and tried to calm herself.

"THAT is Anakin? THAT is Anakin Skywalker?.......I should have know...." she said to herself as she stood up and walked to her room to get cleaned up.



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