All You Mean To Me
By Aiko "Kitty" Skywalker
Chapter One"I'm pregnant."
Anakin blinked several times, sending Padmé through a whirl of emotions. What would he say? What would he do? Would he be happy? Would he be angry? Would he not care? Would he be the loving father she knew he could be? Would eh despise their child? Would he even care to be there at all? Would this affect his decision to turn to the Sith?
Padmé's mind raced a million miles per hour, but not nearly as fast as Anakin's.
But luckily for Padmé, Anakin managed to speak before she had to.
"Wha…Wha…What?"
Putting her hand to her forehead in disbelief, she walked towards the bewildered Anakin. Taking his large hands within her small she looked up at him hopefully.
"I'm pregnant." She said as if he were a child.
"Oh…okay…" he said in disbelief, the news that he would be a father taking control of him. Looking beyond her to the table, he looked at his chair that seemed to beckon him to sit. "I…I just have to sit down for a minute…that's all honey."
Padmé watched Anakin in shock and disbelief. Never had she seen such a strong and noble man look so scared in all of her life. Never had she seen her husband scared, felt alone shocked, so this was taking its toll on her as well.
"Anakin?"
"Yes?"
"Are you all right?"
"Oh ya, never better." He said sarcastically gaining a little bit of his composure back.
"What do you have to say about this?"
Anakin just stared into her eyes, all traces of his loneliness and tears gone. All that she could see was a hopeless longing and confusion.
"I'm…I'm going to be a father?"
Padmé smiled lightly. Maybe he was really grasping the concept.
"Yes,"
It was then that Padmé knew the answer to all of her questions. Anakin's face spread into a wide smile and he stood, grasping a hold of his wife by the waste and spinning her. He laughed aloud and Padmé gasped in surprise.
"We're going to be parents Mé! Parents!" Anakin laughed out loud as tears of joy welled in his eyes.
Padmé's smile grew as bright at Anakin's as he put her down and wrapped her in a strong hug. Wrapping her arms around his neck she rested her head onto his shoulder.
Then suddenly something hit Anakin, he released her quickly and held her at arms length. "Sorry, I shouldn't do that. I might harm the child."
Padmé smiled and brushed her hand against his cheek.
"I'm not a porcelain doll and neither is it." Padmé's eyes glimmered with hope. "After all this child is yours and you aren't weak."
"And neither are you." Anakin put in with a wink.
Padmé's expression suddenly changed to all seriousness.
"Anakin what about the Jedi?" she asked in all seriousness.
"What about them?"
"What will they say? They weren't exactly thrilled when we married, what will they say about a child?"
"Who cares about the Jedi Padmé? I'm still leaving the order." Anakin added in, clueless to the fact that Padmé had thought that maybe because of the child that he had changed his mind.
"What? But Anakin we need financial support and the Jedi support us…"
"So will the Sith."
"Anakin we can rely on the Jedi! How can we rely on a group that we know nothing about?"
"Padmé they'll help us. Palpatine…"
Padmé's eyes glazed over in anger. "Do not dare utter that word in this house. He gave up the Republic, as we know it. He created those clones and he started the war. Do not ever mention that name!"
"He is the leader of the Mé, he has offered us wealth in exchange for my turn to the Dark Side!"
"But Anakin don't you see you wont be who you are if you turn! Anakin please! For me?"
"Mé…"
"No Anakin! I will have nothing to do with Palpatine anymore! If he has anything to do with the Sith you do not have my blessing…"
"I don't need your blessing, Mé. I have already agreed to the terms set by Palpatine. I am a Sith now Mé."
"You dare go behind my back and make a decision that affects us both and the life of our child so drastically!" Padmé's eyes filled with tears. "And to add to it, it was a decision you knew I would not support."
"That's the reason why I went behind your back. I knew you wouldn't support it…"
Padmé's eyes seemed distant to Anakin, seemed to empty and lifeless. She looked so betrayed, standing there will her hand in a fist.
"Mé…"
"Get out of my house." She whispered harshly.
"What?"
"Get out of my house!" she hissed.
"Mé please listen…"
"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" she creamed at the top of her lungs, refusing to look into his eyes.
"Where am I supposed to go?" he asked. "My transport doesn't come until tomorrow morning."
"I don't know and I don't care."
Anakin just stared into the eyes that were filled with the feeling of betrayal. Looking to the floor he noticed the bag he had packed for his transport back to the wars the next morning. Taking a deep breath, he turned on his heal, his eyes filled to the rim with tears.
"Mé…" he said again trying to get her to listen.
"Just go." She spat out, trying her best to hide her sobs.
"Fine Mé I'll leave. Goodbye Padmé Amidala Naberrie."
And with that Anakin Skywalker walked out of Padmé's life.
End of Chapter One
That's it for now. You just have to wait for some more. Were you really expecting that?
May the force be with you,
Aiko "Kitty" Skywalker