Anakin barged into the room, his hair rumpled and his clothes wrinkled. He always came home this way from his lessons and it made Obi-Wan wonder what the young boy did exactly do there.
"Master Obi-Wan! I am the best in my class and I..." he trailed off seeing his Master and a female companion sitting together. This was a rare sight among the Jedi, at lease among those his Master kept company with. They believed that Jedi shouldn't have any kind of relationship.
Anwey looked up at the young boy. It was the same boy as from the holo, only older now. It was now obvious to her that the boy was Obi-Wan's Padawan. How was this possible? Obi-Wan was barely old enough to have passed the trials, let alone a Padawan, and an older and very well skilled one at that. Nothing was fitting together and everything suddenly seemed even stranger to her, and she wished again to go home.
"Who are you?" Anakin asked in an superior voice.
"Anakin! Don't be so rude!" Obi-Wan scolded his Padawan.
"Sorry Master." Anakin replied meekly and hung his head.
Anwey saw Qui-Gon in Obi-Wan in just that moment. Qui-Gon had always been strict with Obi-Wan and Anwey when they had been young. He never beleived a Padawan should be free to speak openly against their Master and never be disrespectable to anyone, especially those older.
"I am Anwey. Friend of you Master Obi-Wan and also friend of Master Qui-Gon." she told Anakin.
"You knew Qui-Gon Jinn?" Anakin asked.
She nodded yes.
"Wow! He saved me from Tatooine and took me to the Jedi. And to Naboo and I met Padme. I wish he didn't have to die." Anakin's voice had been full of excitement until he had reached that point. Then it had dropped in volume and glee.
Anwey looked at Obi-Wan suspiciously. Qui-Gon wasn't the type of man to go around having pity on young children and taking them into the Jedi order to rescue them. Was he? If he was why would he have sent Anwey to Dantooine? Obviouly he had defied the council with this young boy and yet he wouldn't do it for her? Why?
"Obi-Wan, I don't understand. Can't you explain? Please?" Anwey didn't want to beg Obi-Wan.
"Anakin, please, go to your room and practice your lessons. I wish to speak with Anwey in private. She has much to learn of the events of the last four years." Obi-wan told Anakin.
He immediately went to his room, there was no fighting his Master.
"Anwey, I wish there was an easy way to explain this all to you, but I am afraid there isn't." he sighed and looked into her eyes, her hurt filled and desperately seeking eyes, and beautiful. They were oh so beautiful on such a beautiful girl. He could look into them forever if he had to.
"Just tell me Obi-Wan. Please." she told him again.
He shook his head yes. As painful for his as this would be, he also knew it had to be told.
So slowly and with many questions he recounted the entire story of their journey to Naboo. Of the Trade Federation and the Queen. Of the journey to Tatooine where they discovered Anakin and also about Jar-Jar Binks. About when they went to Coruscant and Qui-Gon defied the council for the young boy and left Obi-Wan in an awkward place. And finally he told her of the final journey to Naboo and the details of the fight with the Sith.
"Master Qui-Gon's dieing wish was for me to train the boy. I didn't want to. I was to young, I had. I couldn't' tell him no as he died in my arms. It was all I could do to comfort him." Obi-Wan said, his voice choked with tears, but he did not let them fall.
Anwey looked up a him and wiped her eyes. Yes, he had died a valiant death and that was a good and important thing for a Jedi. Yet again she did not understand why Qui-Gon had done this. To Obi-Wan and this boy. Was this young Anakin that important to upset everything? To loose his life over and ruin his Padawans? Qui-Gon had changed, and it did not sound that it was for the good.
"I can be well with this now. I understand now. But I have questions I need answered." Anwey said, needing to know the answers before she returned to Dantooine. She hoped it would be soon.
"You will have to wait until tomorrow now. Stay with us Anwey, stay with us forever if you wish, but please, at least for the night." Obi-Wan told her. He didn't want Anwey to leave, ever. He wanted her to stay and be with him till his death. Maybe it would be possible for her to return to the Jedi Order. He could train her, he could make her the wonderful Jedi that she was supposed to be.
"Yes Obi, I will stay with you for the night. But where will I stay? There's only two bed rooms here."
"I will stay with Anakin in his room. You can stay in my room."
"All right, I can do that. May I retire now? I am tired from my journey and would like to be alone, if I may." Anwey said, slowly reaching up and beginning to remove the multiple pins that held up her thick hair. Slowly she let it down around her back.
Obi-Wan's eyes widened. It made her even more beautiful, still he wished their Master could have seen her now.
Instinctively he reached up to touch it, it was soft and shimmered in the soft light that came in from the windows. He leaned towards her, and their eyes locked and would refuse to be parted. He had waited so long to see her, and now here she was and his lips longed to grace hers.
"Obi-Wan," her breath was warm against his lips as he moved closer to her. "We can't do this, it's wrong. The Jedi, don't believe in it." she said.
"I don't care." he told her.
Finally, he leaned as close to her as he could and kissed her, it was a soft and passionless kiss. Yet with that once kiss he broke the strong wall that he had built against such things, having never done anything during his teen years, Qui-Gon had never allowed it. Now here he was, kissing the girl, no woman, who should have been raised as his sister, and was not. This beautiful, beautiful woman was his and they both knew it.
"Master Obi-Wan! I am the best in my class and I..." he trailed off seeing his Master and a female companion sitting together. This was a rare sight among the Jedi, at lease among those his Master kept company with. They believed that Jedi shouldn't have any kind of relationship.
Anwey looked up at the young boy. It was the same boy as from the holo, only older now. It was now obvious to her that the boy was Obi-Wan's Padawan. How was this possible? Obi-Wan was barely old enough to have passed the trials, let alone a Padawan, and an older and very well skilled one at that. Nothing was fitting together and everything suddenly seemed even stranger to her, and she wished again to go home.
"Who are you?" Anakin asked in an superior voice.
"Anakin! Don't be so rude!" Obi-Wan scolded his Padawan.
"Sorry Master." Anakin replied meekly and hung his head.
Anwey saw Qui-Gon in Obi-Wan in just that moment. Qui-Gon had always been strict with Obi-Wan and Anwey when they had been young. He never beleived a Padawan should be free to speak openly against their Master and never be disrespectable to anyone, especially those older.
"I am Anwey. Friend of you Master Obi-Wan and also friend of Master Qui-Gon." she told Anakin.
"You knew Qui-Gon Jinn?" Anakin asked.
She nodded yes.
"Wow! He saved me from Tatooine and took me to the Jedi. And to Naboo and I met Padme. I wish he didn't have to die." Anakin's voice had been full of excitement until he had reached that point. Then it had dropped in volume and glee.
Anwey looked at Obi-Wan suspiciously. Qui-Gon wasn't the type of man to go around having pity on young children and taking them into the Jedi order to rescue them. Was he? If he was why would he have sent Anwey to Dantooine? Obviouly he had defied the council with this young boy and yet he wouldn't do it for her? Why?
"Obi-Wan, I don't understand. Can't you explain? Please?" Anwey didn't want to beg Obi-Wan.
"Anakin, please, go to your room and practice your lessons. I wish to speak with Anwey in private. She has much to learn of the events of the last four years." Obi-wan told Anakin.
He immediately went to his room, there was no fighting his Master.
"Anwey, I wish there was an easy way to explain this all to you, but I am afraid there isn't." he sighed and looked into her eyes, her hurt filled and desperately seeking eyes, and beautiful. They were oh so beautiful on such a beautiful girl. He could look into them forever if he had to.
"Just tell me Obi-Wan. Please." she told him again.
He shook his head yes. As painful for his as this would be, he also knew it had to be told.
So slowly and with many questions he recounted the entire story of their journey to Naboo. Of the Trade Federation and the Queen. Of the journey to Tatooine where they discovered Anakin and also about Jar-Jar Binks. About when they went to Coruscant and Qui-Gon defied the council for the young boy and left Obi-Wan in an awkward place. And finally he told her of the final journey to Naboo and the details of the fight with the Sith.
"Master Qui-Gon's dieing wish was for me to train the boy. I didn't want to. I was to young, I had. I couldn't' tell him no as he died in my arms. It was all I could do to comfort him." Obi-Wan said, his voice choked with tears, but he did not let them fall.
Anwey looked up a him and wiped her eyes. Yes, he had died a valiant death and that was a good and important thing for a Jedi. Yet again she did not understand why Qui-Gon had done this. To Obi-Wan and this boy. Was this young Anakin that important to upset everything? To loose his life over and ruin his Padawans? Qui-Gon had changed, and it did not sound that it was for the good.
"I can be well with this now. I understand now. But I have questions I need answered." Anwey said, needing to know the answers before she returned to Dantooine. She hoped it would be soon.
"You will have to wait until tomorrow now. Stay with us Anwey, stay with us forever if you wish, but please, at least for the night." Obi-Wan told her. He didn't want Anwey to leave, ever. He wanted her to stay and be with him till his death. Maybe it would be possible for her to return to the Jedi Order. He could train her, he could make her the wonderful Jedi that she was supposed to be.
"Yes Obi, I will stay with you for the night. But where will I stay? There's only two bed rooms here."
"I will stay with Anakin in his room. You can stay in my room."
"All right, I can do that. May I retire now? I am tired from my journey and would like to be alone, if I may." Anwey said, slowly reaching up and beginning to remove the multiple pins that held up her thick hair. Slowly she let it down around her back.
Obi-Wan's eyes widened. It made her even more beautiful, still he wished their Master could have seen her now.
Instinctively he reached up to touch it, it was soft and shimmered in the soft light that came in from the windows. He leaned towards her, and their eyes locked and would refuse to be parted. He had waited so long to see her, and now here she was and his lips longed to grace hers.
"Obi-Wan," her breath was warm against his lips as he moved closer to her. "We can't do this, it's wrong. The Jedi, don't believe in it." she said.
"I don't care." he told her.
Finally, he leaned as close to her as he could and kissed her, it was a soft and passionless kiss. Yet with that once kiss he broke the strong wall that he had built against such things, having never done anything during his teen years, Qui-Gon had never allowed it. Now here he was, kissing the girl, no woman, who should have been raised as his sister, and was not. This beautiful, beautiful woman was his and they both knew it.