Author's
Note- finally the long awaited chapter six!
Anakin stood outside Queen
Amidala's chambers. His shaky hand
pressed the comlink button. He waited
nervously, the door slid open. One of
her handmaidens appeared at the threshold. Her face was half covered by a dark hood.
"Come in Anakin, the queen
has been expecting you," she said softly.
Anakin walked through the
door as the handmaiden went through another. The room was a little dim, in a few hours the sun would go down. Anakin sat on the edge of a chair and waited
for the handmaiden to come back.
"Anakin's here your
majesty," Eirate said once inside the queen's bedroom.
"Send him in!" Amidala said,
trying to hide her excitement. She
checked the mirror and went onto the balcony where she waited anxiously. Sabe stifled a laugh as she went with
Eirate.
Anakin looked up and saw the
two handmaidens. One he sensed was the
handmaiden he and Obi-wan met a few nights ago. They gestured towards the door, Anakin guessed Padme was in
there. He walked inside and found an
empty bedroom. But then he saw her on
the balcony. She took his breath
away. Anakin felt his heart skip a
beat. He always remembered her being
very pretty, but now she was beautiful. He slowly opened the glass door.
Amidala turned as she heard
the door opening and saw Anakin standing there. She smiled and gave him a hug.
"I missed you!" she smiled.
"I missed you too," Anakin
replied, happy to have her in his arms but unsure of what to say.
They let go and Anakin gave
her the flowers. "I saw these in a shop
and decided to bring Naboo to you since you can't be there."
"Oh Anakin! These are my favorite! Thank you so much," she smiled as she went
inside and placed them in a vase. When
she came back out they sat on some chairs and started talking.
"I can't believe I got to
see you again," Amidala said.
"Why?"
"Well it's been so long and
I thought you would have forgotten about me."
"Are you crazy? I would never forget you!" Anakin smiled.
"Really?" she asked.
"Of course. I mean I thought you would've forgotten
about me. After all you are a queen,
why would you remember me?"
"Anakin! I can never forget you! We're friends remember?"
"Yeah, well I am unforgetable
I guess," Anakin grinned.
"That's the Anakin I know,
why has he been hiding?" she asked in a playful tone.
"Side effect from being a
Jedi I suppose."
They laughed together for
the first time in years, it was the first time Amidala had laughed for days. They spent the rest of the night talking
about the last ten years. With Anakin,
Amidala forgot about everything. The
Senate, Naboo, and all of the problems that plauged her mind. For once in her life she felt free, like she
had when she was on Tattooine working on Anakin's unfinished pod racer. Anakin could bring out the girl buried
inside the queen, the girl that is hidden from the universe by some make-up and
elaborate gowns.
The two talked late into the
night about everything under the sun. Anakin realized how much he missed having a friend to talk to. How much he missed spending nights like
these with her. She lived so far away,
he wished they could stay here together for all time, but that was
impossible.
"So Ami-"
"Padme," she coreccted him
softly.
"So Padme, what are you
doing here on Coruscant?" Anakin asked curiously. Padme turned away and leaned on the edge of the balcony.
"What's the matter?" Anakin
asked, noticing her sudden change in moods. She remained silent. Anakin
could sense through the force that something was terribly wrong.
"C'mon Padme, talk to me,"
he pleaded.
"I can't…" she said quietly.
"Yes you can. You can tell me anything," he said.
"Oh Ani, it's horrible. Naboo is under attack, but we don't know
who's behind it. They almost got me but
I was lucky enough to get out but…" she explained.
"But what?"
"My…my mother died, and my
father is barely conscious," Padme said tears streaming down her face. Anakin pulled her in his arms as she sobbed
and let out all her feelings she had been painfully hiding. Anakin said nothing, he just held Padme.
"How did they know?" Padme
asked between soft sobs. "How did they
know to attack them?"
"They did it because…they
probably wanted to get the best of you. But Padme your better than that, your stronger. It takes more than that to bring you
down. it was a hard blow, but never
give up Padme…never ever give up."
Padme looked into his blue
eyes and whispered a thank you. She was
half embarrased for breaking down like that. Anakin just smiled and said," that's what friends are for."
Slowly, their faces inched
closer as their lips met and brought them to a minute of peaceful bliss. Padme held him tighter and Anakin slowly
caressed her face. They kissed for a
long time. The world was spinning,
turning left, right, even up-side down. The moment was right, Anakin was the right one her as Padme was the
right one for him. The world was a
better place.