"So, this is earth." Anakin commented.
The two where stuck in traffic, they were really close to Rachel's appartment, though...
"Yep, this is earth." Rachel replied, nodding.
Soon, the traffic started to move, and Rachel pulled into the parking lot, under her appartment complex.
Eventually, they were standing outside the door of her appartment, and rachel was feeling around the door frame for the spare key.
"Ah-ha!" she excalimed when she finally found it. She unlocked the appartment, and walked in, followed by Anakin.
"Wow." Rachel breathed. One, three days ago, she never thought that she'd be back here. And two, her appartment was a MESS!
She noticed Anakin curisously looking around, "Anakin?"
He turned and looked at her, "yes?"
Rachel smiled, "I know exactly what we should do..." she said, walking over to her entertainment center, and pulled out a few of her favorite movies.
"What are those?" Anakin asked.
"These," Rachel said, holding up the DvD cases, "Are star wars."
She gestured to the couch, "You have to watch these befoe you leave, just to prove that infact I'm not insane." she said smiling.
Anakin smiled and shrugged, "sure."
Rachel put the episode 1 dvd in, and sat on the couch next to Anakin.
Somehow, they ended up holding hands, sometime before the movie started, and Anakin stared at the screen as the Theme song started.....
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Rachel glanced over at Anakin, "Ani?" she asked.
"Yeah?" he replied, his gase never leaving the screen.
"I'm going to rest for a while, you wanna keep watching this?"
Anakin nodded, his gase still not leaving the screen.
Rachel queitly got up, and stretched, then walked into her bedroom.
She slowly sank down on to her bed, and sighed.
She thought about Anakin leaving without her, and her going back to her ordinary earth life...
Rachel closed her eyes, the answer had been so clear, but now she wasn't so sure.....
A while later, Rachel opened her eyes, and looked over at the clock, she'd been asleep for bout an hour or so...
~I better go check on Anakin...~ she thought.
Queitly, Rachel walked down the hallway, into the living room, "Ani?" she whispered.
She saw him stretched out on the couch, asleep.
Rachel glanced over at the Tv, the end of the battle for Naboo was playing, and the big celebration...
She smiled, and as quietly as she could, she turned the end of the movie off.
Rachel heard a slight noise from behind her, she turned around, "Ani?" she whispered.
"'mmmmm" he mumbled. "five more minutes, master.....please.." he mumbled, half asleep.
Rachel did her best to stiffle a laugh, then quietly returned to her room, and slept untill morning....
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That night, Rachel had the dream again. She'd had it many times before, and it was always the same.
She was walking, and came to a road. She paused, looking one way, and then the other. When she saw nothing, she crossed.
She got about halfway, and heard a loud screech. She spun, and saw two bright lights speeding right at her. She screamed....
Rachel awoke with a start, and glanced at the clock, 6:30 am.... Quietly, she walked into the kitchen, and started to prepare some breakfast for herself and Anakin.
A while later, Anakin walked in to the Kitchen.
"Hey, Ani!" Rachel cheerfully said.
Anakin yawned, " 'moring..."
"Um..Are you hungry? I made some breakfast." Rachel said.
Anakin nodded, and sat at one of the two stools next to the counter.
Rachel but a plate of Bacon, eggs, and pancakes infront of Anakin.
She put another plate at the counter for herself, and sat down.
She watched Anakin stare at the food for a moent, then caustisously take a bite.
"This is good!" he excalimed, and a couple seconds later...
Rachel smiled, and they finished their breakfast silently.
Once they were done, Rachel put their dishes in the sink, and asked Anakin if he enjoyed the movie the night before.
Anakin nodded, "How...How did they know about me and Obi-wan and yo- er.. Padme?" he asked.
Rachel shrugged, "So, Anakin, what do you want to do?"
Anakin shrugged.
"Okaaaaay, um, well, how 'bout we go to the mall, you can see earth life there.." Rachel said, and Anakin nodded.
"Okay, let me change, then we can go..."Rachel said, walking to her room.
She selected a pair of plain jeans, and a bright blue t-shirt. She grabbed her purse, and walked back out to meet Anakin.
"Come on, " she said. "Oh, and remember, if ANYONE asks, your name is Hayden Christensen!" she told him, imaging the looks on people face's if Anakin claimed to be really who he was....
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Rachel sighed sometime later....
She and Anakin were at the mall still, but she had left him at a small cafe, while she took a walk by herself....
~Tonight, he's leaving......~ she thought.~He's going back to a galaxy far,far away..And I'll be here on earth. It's what I wanted, isn't it?~
Rachel tried to not think of Anakin, and found herself thinking of the dream again....
She recalled the details of her walking alone in the darkness, and crossing the road. She then heard and saw the car coming for her, and she heard someone yell.
Was herself that yelled? Someone else? Or maybe, it was just a silly dream.....
Rachel shook her head, and she knew that she'd better return to Anakin, cause after tonight, she'd never see him again....
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The two were pretty quiet for most of the evening, they just stared at each other....
~Why can't she really be Padme?~ Anakin wondered. ~She..she seems just like her....~
Memories of Padme, and of the past few days with Rachel flashed through his head.
~Stop it, Skywalker. You've lost both of them.~ He angrily thoguht.
Rachel galnced at her watch, "It's getting kinda late, Anakin, You better leave, guess."
Anakin nodded, "Yeah, guess so."
They paid, left the cafe, and went went back to Rachel's car, and began the drive back to Anakin's ship...
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They sat in silence in the car, each lost in their own thoughts... Rachel stared out into the night, and sighed. She reached over and turned the radio on. A some-what slow, sad song sung by Michelle Branch drifted through the speakers...
"Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by
I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said,
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star..."
The last tones of the music gently faded away, and Rachel couldn't take it anymore, she had to get this over with....
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About an hour or so later, they reached his ship.
Rachel parked her car on theside of the highway, and they crossed the street, and walked back to Anakin's ship.
When they reached it they paused, neither wanting to say goodbye.
"So, this is it, huh?" Rachel asked.
Anakin meerly nodded.
"I..I'll miss you." Rachel whispered.
"I'll miss you too." Anakin replied.
Rachel felt tears begin to sting her eyes, so she turned away, "Goodbye," she said, and ran as fast as she could, not wanting to face Anakin as he left.
Anakin watched her, for a moment, and felt a disturbance in the force. Something was about to happen...
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Rachel continued to run as fast as she could, until she reached the road, she paused, and looked one way and then the other.
"Wait!" Anakin called, and she could hear him running toward her.
Rachel paid no attetion to him, and once she was sure the road was clear, she ran across.
When she was halfway across, time seemed to slow.
She heard the screech of tires, and she spun in the direction of the noise.
Speeding at her, where two bright lights, and She remembered.
She remembered the dream, and then herfocus turned immeadiatly back to car speeding at her.
An instant later, she heard Anakin cry out, "NOOOOOOOO!" and then felt the impact of the car, and everything went black.
The two where stuck in traffic, they were really close to Rachel's appartment, though...
"Yep, this is earth." Rachel replied, nodding.
Soon, the traffic started to move, and Rachel pulled into the parking lot, under her appartment complex.
Eventually, they were standing outside the door of her appartment, and rachel was feeling around the door frame for the spare key.
"Ah-ha!" she excalimed when she finally found it. She unlocked the appartment, and walked in, followed by Anakin.
"Wow." Rachel breathed. One, three days ago, she never thought that she'd be back here. And two, her appartment was a MESS!
She noticed Anakin curisously looking around, "Anakin?"
He turned and looked at her, "yes?"
Rachel smiled, "I know exactly what we should do..." she said, walking over to her entertainment center, and pulled out a few of her favorite movies.
"What are those?" Anakin asked.
"These," Rachel said, holding up the DvD cases, "Are star wars."
She gestured to the couch, "You have to watch these befoe you leave, just to prove that infact I'm not insane." she said smiling.
Anakin smiled and shrugged, "sure."
Rachel put the episode 1 dvd in, and sat on the couch next to Anakin.
Somehow, they ended up holding hands, sometime before the movie started, and Anakin stared at the screen as the Theme song started.....
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Rachel glanced over at Anakin, "Ani?" she asked.
"Yeah?" he replied, his gase never leaving the screen.
"I'm going to rest for a while, you wanna keep watching this?"
Anakin nodded, his gase still not leaving the screen.
Rachel queitly got up, and stretched, then walked into her bedroom.
She slowly sank down on to her bed, and sighed.
She thought about Anakin leaving without her, and her going back to her ordinary earth life...
Rachel closed her eyes, the answer had been so clear, but now she wasn't so sure.....
A while later, Rachel opened her eyes, and looked over at the clock, she'd been asleep for bout an hour or so...
~I better go check on Anakin...~ she thought.
Queitly, Rachel walked down the hallway, into the living room, "Ani?" she whispered.
She saw him stretched out on the couch, asleep.
Rachel glanced over at the Tv, the end of the battle for Naboo was playing, and the big celebration...
She smiled, and as quietly as she could, she turned the end of the movie off.
Rachel heard a slight noise from behind her, she turned around, "Ani?" she whispered.
"'mmmmm" he mumbled. "five more minutes, master.....please.." he mumbled, half asleep.
Rachel did her best to stiffle a laugh, then quietly returned to her room, and slept untill morning....
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That night, Rachel had the dream again. She'd had it many times before, and it was always the same.
She was walking, and came to a road. She paused, looking one way, and then the other. When she saw nothing, she crossed.
She got about halfway, and heard a loud screech. She spun, and saw two bright lights speeding right at her. She screamed....
Rachel awoke with a start, and glanced at the clock, 6:30 am.... Quietly, she walked into the kitchen, and started to prepare some breakfast for herself and Anakin.
A while later, Anakin walked in to the Kitchen.
"Hey, Ani!" Rachel cheerfully said.
Anakin yawned, " 'moring..."
"Um..Are you hungry? I made some breakfast." Rachel said.
Anakin nodded, and sat at one of the two stools next to the counter.
Rachel but a plate of Bacon, eggs, and pancakes infront of Anakin.
She put another plate at the counter for herself, and sat down.
She watched Anakin stare at the food for a moent, then caustisously take a bite.
"This is good!" he excalimed, and a couple seconds later...
Rachel smiled, and they finished their breakfast silently.
Once they were done, Rachel put their dishes in the sink, and asked Anakin if he enjoyed the movie the night before.
Anakin nodded, "How...How did they know about me and Obi-wan and yo- er.. Padme?" he asked.
Rachel shrugged, "So, Anakin, what do you want to do?"
Anakin shrugged.
"Okaaaaay, um, well, how 'bout we go to the mall, you can see earth life there.." Rachel said, and Anakin nodded.
"Okay, let me change, then we can go..."Rachel said, walking to her room.
She selected a pair of plain jeans, and a bright blue t-shirt. She grabbed her purse, and walked back out to meet Anakin.
"Come on, " she said. "Oh, and remember, if ANYONE asks, your name is Hayden Christensen!" she told him, imaging the looks on people face's if Anakin claimed to be really who he was....
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Rachel sighed sometime later....
She and Anakin were at the mall still, but she had left him at a small cafe, while she took a walk by herself....
~Tonight, he's leaving......~ she thought.~He's going back to a galaxy far,far away..And I'll be here on earth. It's what I wanted, isn't it?~
Rachel tried to not think of Anakin, and found herself thinking of the dream again....
She recalled the details of her walking alone in the darkness, and crossing the road. She then heard and saw the car coming for her, and she heard someone yell.
Was herself that yelled? Someone else? Or maybe, it was just a silly dream.....
Rachel shook her head, and she knew that she'd better return to Anakin, cause after tonight, she'd never see him again....
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The two were pretty quiet for most of the evening, they just stared at each other....
~Why can't she really be Padme?~ Anakin wondered. ~She..she seems just like her....~
Memories of Padme, and of the past few days with Rachel flashed through his head.
~Stop it, Skywalker. You've lost both of them.~ He angrily thoguht.
Rachel galnced at her watch, "It's getting kinda late, Anakin, You better leave, guess."
Anakin nodded, "Yeah, guess so."
They paid, left the cafe, and went went back to Rachel's car, and began the drive back to Anakin's ship...
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They sat in silence in the car, each lost in their own thoughts... Rachel stared out into the night, and sighed. She reached over and turned the radio on. A some-what slow, sad song sung by Michelle Branch drifted through the speakers...
"Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by
I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said,
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star..."
The last tones of the music gently faded away, and Rachel couldn't take it anymore, she had to get this over with....
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About an hour or so later, they reached his ship.
Rachel parked her car on theside of the highway, and they crossed the street, and walked back to Anakin's ship.
When they reached it they paused, neither wanting to say goodbye.
"So, this is it, huh?" Rachel asked.
Anakin meerly nodded.
"I..I'll miss you." Rachel whispered.
"I'll miss you too." Anakin replied.
Rachel felt tears begin to sting her eyes, so she turned away, "Goodbye," she said, and ran as fast as she could, not wanting to face Anakin as he left.
Anakin watched her, for a moment, and felt a disturbance in the force. Something was about to happen...
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Rachel continued to run as fast as she could, until she reached the road, she paused, and looked one way and then the other.
"Wait!" Anakin called, and she could hear him running toward her.
Rachel paid no attetion to him, and once she was sure the road was clear, she ran across.
When she was halfway across, time seemed to slow.
She heard the screech of tires, and she spun in the direction of the noise.
Speeding at her, where two bright lights, and She remembered.
She remembered the dream, and then herfocus turned immeadiatly back to car speeding at her.
An instant later, she heard Anakin cry out, "NOOOOOOOO!" and then felt the impact of the car, and everything went black.