Sabé paced back and forth in front of the doors to the Queen's office chambers, wringing her hands as she went. "Padmé, there's something that's been bothering me…" She began.
Shaking her head the dark haired girl muttered, "No, not like that."
Stopping, she straightened and looked upwards. "Padmé I've decided that you can go to the ball with whomever you like, as long as I can, too."
Shaking her head again, she resumed her pacing.
"Sabé, you can go in to see the Queen, now." The green skinned secretary announced.
"Thanks Loralie." Sabé responded, as the doors opened.
Padmé was pushing the off button to a transmitter that she had just been speaking through. She looked up as her Chief of Security walked in, and the doors slid shut behind her.
"Sabé, what's up?" Padmé asked in concern at the look that her friend wore.
"It's - I've - We, well…" Sabé stuttered, looking down at the ground.
"Sabé I don't understand a word you're saying." Padmé ordained.
"ItoldObi-WanI'dgototheballwithhim!" Sabé gushed, looking up at Padmé.
Padmé's jaw dropped, and her eyes went very round. "You what!?"
"He was like, and I was like, and we were like, and I said yes!" Sabé moaned in distress, falling into a large chair in front of Padmé's desk. She let her forehead rest in her hands.
"What about Bail? Sabé you're going as the Queen!" Padmé reminded, starting to panic. Her brain was running through a list of things that could possibly go wrong. The list included items such as 'the union could fail' and 'rumors about her and the Jedi could catch.'
"Padmé I don't know what to do! I already said I would!" Sabé reminded.
Padmé got up from her seat, and walked over to the window that looked over one of Theed's many waterfalls. "If you gave your word, then we'll just have to have Bail go with someone else."
Sabé's head lifted from her hands. "Really?" She asked in hope.
"No, I just said that to confuse you. Oh, come on, Sabé! Of course really!" Padmé mocked.
Sabé jumped from her chair, and ran to give the Queen a hug. "Hey hey hey! Watch the dress! Watch the dress!" Padmé cried as she found herself with an armful of Chief of Security.
Sabé disengaged herself, with a smile that could have lit Coruscant. Padmé reached out to touch her friend's face, realizing that this was the first time she had seen the girl actually smile in years.
"Now we just have to get you to go with someone," Sabé grinned mischievously, an idea popping into her head. "Why don't you go with Anakin?" She asked innocently.
Padmé's jaw dropped. "But I...I can't!"
Sabé frowned. "Of course you can! I'm pretending to be you, remember? So it won't matter who you go with."
Padmé tried to hide her happiness, reasoning that as the Queen there were other things she had to think about first. "But…I should probably go with Bail. Otherwise, everything could go-"
Sabé covered her ears. "Don't say it, Padmé! You always worry about everyone else," She stood up and took her friend's hands in hers. "Why don't you worry about yourself for once? Why don't you do what will make you happy for once, Padmé?"
Padmé smiled and squeezed her best friend's hands. "Oh alright. I'll go with Anakin, but only if he asks me. Otherwise, I'll go with Bail."
Sabé smiled. "Don't worry, he'll ask you. I'll make sure he does."
"What do you mean you'll make sure he does?" Padmé asked in suspicion, glaring at her friend.
"Well, I'll just go have a chat with him, you know, handmaiden to Jedi." Sabé replied slyly.
Padmé laughed. "Please don't make him go with me if he doesn't want to, Sabé."
"Oh come on, Padmé, you know he likes you. I'm sure he'd ask you even if I didn't talk to him." Sabé teased.
Padmé blushed. "Thank you, Sabé." The Queen embraced her friend, and they exited the chambers, happier than they both had been in a long, long time.
Shaking her head the dark haired girl muttered, "No, not like that."
Stopping, she straightened and looked upwards. "Padmé I've decided that you can go to the ball with whomever you like, as long as I can, too."
Shaking her head again, she resumed her pacing.
"Sabé, you can go in to see the Queen, now." The green skinned secretary announced.
"Thanks Loralie." Sabé responded, as the doors opened.
Padmé was pushing the off button to a transmitter that she had just been speaking through. She looked up as her Chief of Security walked in, and the doors slid shut behind her.
"Sabé, what's up?" Padmé asked in concern at the look that her friend wore.
"It's - I've - We, well…" Sabé stuttered, looking down at the ground.
"Sabé I don't understand a word you're saying." Padmé ordained.
"ItoldObi-WanI'dgototheballwithhim!" Sabé gushed, looking up at Padmé.
Padmé's jaw dropped, and her eyes went very round. "You what!?"
"He was like, and I was like, and we were like, and I said yes!" Sabé moaned in distress, falling into a large chair in front of Padmé's desk. She let her forehead rest in her hands.
"What about Bail? Sabé you're going as the Queen!" Padmé reminded, starting to panic. Her brain was running through a list of things that could possibly go wrong. The list included items such as 'the union could fail' and 'rumors about her and the Jedi could catch.'
"Padmé I don't know what to do! I already said I would!" Sabé reminded.
Padmé got up from her seat, and walked over to the window that looked over one of Theed's many waterfalls. "If you gave your word, then we'll just have to have Bail go with someone else."
Sabé's head lifted from her hands. "Really?" She asked in hope.
"No, I just said that to confuse you. Oh, come on, Sabé! Of course really!" Padmé mocked.
Sabé jumped from her chair, and ran to give the Queen a hug. "Hey hey hey! Watch the dress! Watch the dress!" Padmé cried as she found herself with an armful of Chief of Security.
Sabé disengaged herself, with a smile that could have lit Coruscant. Padmé reached out to touch her friend's face, realizing that this was the first time she had seen the girl actually smile in years.
"Now we just have to get you to go with someone," Sabé grinned mischievously, an idea popping into her head. "Why don't you go with Anakin?" She asked innocently.
Padmé's jaw dropped. "But I...I can't!"
Sabé frowned. "Of course you can! I'm pretending to be you, remember? So it won't matter who you go with."
Padmé tried to hide her happiness, reasoning that as the Queen there were other things she had to think about first. "But…I should probably go with Bail. Otherwise, everything could go-"
Sabé covered her ears. "Don't say it, Padmé! You always worry about everyone else," She stood up and took her friend's hands in hers. "Why don't you worry about yourself for once? Why don't you do what will make you happy for once, Padmé?"
Padmé smiled and squeezed her best friend's hands. "Oh alright. I'll go with Anakin, but only if he asks me. Otherwise, I'll go with Bail."
Sabé smiled. "Don't worry, he'll ask you. I'll make sure he does."
"What do you mean you'll make sure he does?" Padmé asked in suspicion, glaring at her friend.
"Well, I'll just go have a chat with him, you know, handmaiden to Jedi." Sabé replied slyly.
Padmé laughed. "Please don't make him go with me if he doesn't want to, Sabé."
"Oh come on, Padmé, you know he likes you. I'm sure he'd ask you even if I didn't talk to him." Sabé teased.
Padmé blushed. "Thank you, Sabé." The Queen embraced her friend, and they exited the chambers, happier than they both had been in a long, long time.