Padme watched happily as her children played. Leia had, as
usual, taken charge. Luke was busy carrying building blocks to wherever
Leia thought they should go. Lore, Sabe's daughter, was collecting
flowers to be used to make crowns. Juriel, the son of one of the maids,
was drawing as Leia directed him to. Leia herself was perched like a
princess on a large flat rock.
She sat like one, but she certainly didn't look like one. Her
hair was already coming out of the simple braid the nanny had put it
in and her blue dress had several large stains on it. Lore was nearly
as messy as Leia, but she had a particular fixation with her hair. It
wasn't allowed, under any circumstances, to be mussed.
Luke cared nothing for his hair and so Padme wasn't surprised
to find that it was covered in dirt and looked like it hadn't been
brushed in days.
Juriel looked perfect as always. He was very particular about
the way he looked. If he spotted a single grass stain on his trousers
then he would immediately change into a new outfit. Most adults found
it very charming and amusing. Padme's father insisted there was
something wrong with any boy that obsessed with cleanliness.
"Luke, Leia, come here." The two toddlers immediately stumbled
over to their mother. She kneeled on the ground and gathered them both
in her arms. "Now there is someone very important that I want you two
to meet, and you have to look extra nice. Can you two go let nanny
clean you up?" Leia seemed to consider it for a moment while Luke
became preoccupied with a piece of Padme's hair.
"Yea." Leia nodded and wiggled out of her mother's arms.
Grabbing Luke's hand she started dragging him to the house. Padme
smiled at the sound of Luke's protests and Leia scolding him for being
messy.
Two very frustrating hours later Padme ushered her children
into her bedroom. Motioning for them to be quiet she sat them on one
of the couches. Then she went over to the bed.
Anakin had heard them come in. He rolled over so that his back
was facing Padme and the children. He didn't respond when Padme
touched his shoulder.
"Ani, Ani there are some people I want you to meet." Still he
didn't respond. She sighed, frustration evident in her voice. "Please
Ani. They've been waiting to meet you for so long. Won't you just look
at them?" His eyes remained shut.
Turning away in defeat Padme went back to the twins. She
grasped their hands and began to lead them out of the room when Leia
broke away.
Speeding across the room Leia scrambled up onto the bed. Anakin
watched dumbfounded as the little brown haired girl crawled upon and
stuck her face up against hers. She squinted at him. Finally seeming
to come to a conclusion about the strange man in her mother's bed she
reached over and tugged on a piece of his hair.
Bouncing off the bed she raced out of the room and down the
hall, intent on getting back outside before somebody took her rock.
usual, taken charge. Luke was busy carrying building blocks to wherever
Leia thought they should go. Lore, Sabe's daughter, was collecting
flowers to be used to make crowns. Juriel, the son of one of the maids,
was drawing as Leia directed him to. Leia herself was perched like a
princess on a large flat rock.
She sat like one, but she certainly didn't look like one. Her
hair was already coming out of the simple braid the nanny had put it
in and her blue dress had several large stains on it. Lore was nearly
as messy as Leia, but she had a particular fixation with her hair. It
wasn't allowed, under any circumstances, to be mussed.
Luke cared nothing for his hair and so Padme wasn't surprised
to find that it was covered in dirt and looked like it hadn't been
brushed in days.
Juriel looked perfect as always. He was very particular about
the way he looked. If he spotted a single grass stain on his trousers
then he would immediately change into a new outfit. Most adults found
it very charming and amusing. Padme's father insisted there was
something wrong with any boy that obsessed with cleanliness.
"Luke, Leia, come here." The two toddlers immediately stumbled
over to their mother. She kneeled on the ground and gathered them both
in her arms. "Now there is someone very important that I want you two
to meet, and you have to look extra nice. Can you two go let nanny
clean you up?" Leia seemed to consider it for a moment while Luke
became preoccupied with a piece of Padme's hair.
"Yea." Leia nodded and wiggled out of her mother's arms.
Grabbing Luke's hand she started dragging him to the house. Padme
smiled at the sound of Luke's protests and Leia scolding him for being
messy.
Two very frustrating hours later Padme ushered her children
into her bedroom. Motioning for them to be quiet she sat them on one
of the couches. Then she went over to the bed.
Anakin had heard them come in. He rolled over so that his back
was facing Padme and the children. He didn't respond when Padme
touched his shoulder.
"Ani, Ani there are some people I want you to meet." Still he
didn't respond. She sighed, frustration evident in her voice. "Please
Ani. They've been waiting to meet you for so long. Won't you just look
at them?" His eyes remained shut.
Turning away in defeat Padme went back to the twins. She
grasped their hands and began to lead them out of the room when Leia
broke away.
Speeding across the room Leia scrambled up onto the bed. Anakin
watched dumbfounded as the little brown haired girl crawled upon and
stuck her face up against hers. She squinted at him. Finally seeming
to come to a conclusion about the strange man in her mother's bed she
reached over and tugged on a piece of his hair.
Bouncing off the bed she raced out of the room and down the
hall, intent on getting back outside before somebody took her rock.
