Author's Note - - - I kinda wrote this in a rush and I apologize because I really owe you guys a longer chapter and I know I should update more often.  I hope you still like it and please don't throw anything at me if its bad!

Padme turned her head as Anakin stirred in his sleep.  She and Eirate had cleaned the cut on his forehead and checked for any broken bones.  His leg would be sore when he finally got up but at least it wasn't broken.  Padme sat next to him and watched him sleep.  His face expressions changed every few mintues.  It looked as if he was in pain but then his face would be relaxed and he'd continue to dream.  She laughed to herself thinking how they found themselves back on Tatooine, where she had met her favorite little boy. 

'But he isn't a little boy anymore,' she corrected herself.

Anakin moved in his sleep again.  Padme looked at him more closely.  How time could change a person, she thought.  Anakin finally opened his eyes.

"Hey," he said quietly and sat up.

"Your awake," she smiled as she sat down next to him.

"So, where are we anyway?" he asked, getting up.  He stumbled a little, Padme grabbed his arm helping him to the window.

"We're on Tatooine," she told him.

Anakin smiled.  "Did anyone leave yet?" he asked.

"No.  Sabe told them to wait, I knew you would want to be awake for this," Padme explained.

Anakin gave her hand a little squeeze.  "Thank you," he said quietly.  "I'll find Obi-wan."

Anakin walked, a little unsteadily, out the door.  He first went to the engine room; everything was still a mess.  "Master?"

"Over here Anakin!" Obi-wan's voice said.

"Where are you?" he asked.

"Here," Obi-wan said popping out of nowhere.  "I was looking at all the damage.  But you're the mechanic, what do you think?"

"Well," Anakin walked around the tangled engine parts all over the floor.  "This will take a long time to fix, we might as well get another transport."

"I suspected as much," Obi-wan said.  "We better get into town to see what can be done.  We need to get the queen out of here as soon as possible."

"Tatooine should be safe for awhile," Anakin said. 

"Only until we are discovered.  Anakin there are bounty hunters after Queen Amidala, they won't stop until they find her," Obi-wan explained.

"They'll have to get through me first," Anakin said quietly.

"Be mindful of your feelings, Anakin," Obi-wan replied.

Anakin looked at his master.  "I'm sorry, I just don't want her to get hurt."

"I know, neither do I.  But remember you are training to be a Jedi and you know what you must do," Obi-wan had said this lecture many times before, but he started to wonder if Anakin really understood the meaning.  "There's a space port not too far from here, we'll leave in a few minutes and tell Padme she's to come with us.  It's better if she stays with us."

"Yes, master," Anakin replied walking out of the room. 

He walked back into the throne room where Padme and the other handmaidens were waiting.  Padme stood up as soon as he walked in.  He bowed and looked at Padme.

"May I speak with you, Padme?" he asked.

She nodded and they walked into the corridor.  "What is it?"

"We need a new transport, the damage is really bad and will take awhile to fix.  Obi-wan and I are leaving in a few minutes and we want you to come with us, you'll be safer with us," he explained.

"But what about Sabe and the others?  I can't just leave them here," Padme said.

"We'll come back for them.  But we have to go, we need to find a transport and leave as soon as possible."

Padme sighed.  "There's something your not telling me."

Anakin looked into her eyes, "do you trust me?"

"What?"

"I said, do you trust me?"

"Yes of course."

"Then you have nothing to worry about," he smiled.  "I'll be waiting outside."

"Ok, I'll hurry," she said quietly and went back into the throne room.

Obi-wan was already outside when Anakin stepped off the ramp and onto the dry, sandy world of Tatooine.  He looked around him and smiled.  He felt the heat of the two suns above him. 

"What's the matter with you?" Obi-wan asked. 

Anakin looked at his master.  "I'm home."

Obi-wan laughed.  "Should we walk?"

"Yeah, I think we all need to stretch our legs a little."

"I agree," Padme said from behind them.

Anakin turned and saw she had changed into a simple white handmaiden dress.  'Even in the simplest form possible she is still beautiful,' Anakin thought to himself. 

"So, are we ready?" she asked.

"Yep, lets go," Anakin said eagerly.  Obi-wan gave him a strange look.  "I mean…uh…are you?" Anakin asked Padme.

"Yes," Padme said holding in a laugh.

"Well we better start, the suns will set in a few hours," Obi-wan said, starting to walk.

Anakin offered his arm to Padme and together they followed Obi-wan.  On the outside Anakin stayed calm, but on the inside he was dying to get back home.  Someone was waiting for him.

"Sabe, they didn't know who hit them?" Jaina asked.

"No, nothing came up," she explained.

"But who did it?" Jaina asked again.

"Jaina!  Be quiet and let her finish!" Jacen complained.

"But I wanna know!" Jaina complained.

"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough," Sabe smiled.

"Sabe tell us more please!" Jacen said, impatiently.

"Yeah, tell us more!" Little Anakin said.

"Alright, but only for a little while more, it's getting really late," Sabe said.

"Thank you Sabe!" all three said in unison.

Sabe laughed to herself, they reminded her of Anakin when he was a boy.  How she missed Anakin, and most of all she missed Padme.  Sabe looked at the children and started to tell her story again.  Hopefully one day she could tell them the truth.