Sabé smiled at the sandy haired Padawan who stood before her. She had called him to the gardens to 'talk about security.' She had made sure that she was there before he was, sitting under the same Nikah tree they had met at before. When he had appeared, she couldn't help but smile.
"You said you wanted to talk to me about something important? About the ball?" Anakin asked, sitting on the ground by Sabé as the girl motioned for him to do so.
Sabé nodded. "Yes, although to be completely honest with you, it isn't about security as I had previously ordained." She admitted.
Anakin looked confused, as he pulled a strand of grass from the ground, looking down briefly, and then back into Sabé's chocolate eyes. "What do you mean?" He asked, a puzzled expression on his face.
Sabé leaned forward. "I have a bit of a favor to ask of you." She whispered.
"What is it?" Anakin questioned, cocking his head to one side.
"Well, it just so happens that I'm going to be going to the ball as the Queen. That means Padmé is going to be going in normal attire. That means it could still be easy for an assassin to target her, if he knew how she looked without make up. I was thinking, you and Padmé seem to like each other a lot (Anakin turned bright red at this statement), so why don't you two go together? I mean, that way you'll be able to protect her, since I'm going with Obi-Wan." Sabé said this all as if it were the most obvious solution to the worlds problems.
"Do you really think that Padmé would go with me?" Anakin asked.
Sabé smiled at him as she straightened and smoothed out her dress. "I have no doubt in my mind. She's quite taken with you, Anakin."
Anakin bestowed Sabé with one of his heart-stopping-grins, although its affects were wasted on her. "To tell you the truth, I was already thinking of asking her to go with me." He admitted.
"Well see there. We're both thinking pro-actively." Sabé mused.
"I think my motivations were a bit more selfish then Padmé's safety." Anakin reminded.
"Selfish or not, in the end it's all the same. Very good then. You and Padmé will go together. That helps with the seating arrangements for dinner." Sabé explained. "Well, unless you have anything you need to discuss, I'm off."
Anakin shook his head, signaling that he had nothing of consequence to speak to her about. Subsequently, Sabé stood from the garden, brushed off her dress, and left the garden. Anakin leaned over the fountain that was by his right hip, looking into the water. He splashed it with his hand, smiling jovially as it sparkled and sprayed the surrounding plants.
He sat there for a long while, playing with the water as he debated what he should say to Padmé. "Your Highness...no, that sounds to formal." He murmured to himself, twisting a piece of grass between his fingers. "Padmé, it would be my honor if I could escort you to the ball.....No, that makes it sound like I'm just asking her to the ball so I can protect her." He threw the piece of grass down and stood up, going in search of Padmé.
Anakin walked down many elegant hallways in search of Padmé before he finally found her. She was sitting at a desk in her quarters, flipping through some holodiscs. Anakin walked by her desk. "Um, Padmé, can I talk with you for a moment?" Padmé dropped the discs that had been in her hand, and they fell all over the floor. Anakin and Padmé both reached down to grab them at the same time, and accidentally bumped heads.
"Ow!" Padmé yelped, rubbing her forehead. She watched as Anakin picked up all of the holodiscs, and handed them to her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." He apologized, looking into her beautiful, brown eyes.
She smiled. "It's okay. Did you want to talk to me?" She set the holodiscs on the desk, and motioned for Anakin to sit down on the nearby sofa. She sat down next to him.
"Padmé, I know you're the Queen and everything, and I'm just a simple Padawan trying to make my way in the universe, but-"
The Queen cut him off. "You're not just a Padawan, Anakin. You're a nice, sweet, intelligent, and handsome man. Any woman would be lucky to even know you." She stressed the words 'Any woman' and 'even know'.
Anakin blushed, smiling. "Thanks." He glanced at Padmé's face, his heart beating quickly.
The young Queen smiled knowingly. "Didn't you come up here to ask me something?." She asked, her heart racing with anticipation.
Anakin nodded. "Yes, I did. I was wondering, if you don't already have a date, that is, maybe we could go together to the ball." Anakin held his breath. 'Please let her say yes, please let her say yes!' He thought to himself.
Padmé's smile grew bigger. "I would be honored to go with you." Anakin breathed out, smiling with relief.
"Really?" He asked. "You don't want to go with someone else?"
Padmé shook her head. "There's no one that I would rather go with than you, Anakin."
'"Yes!!!' Anakin thought, beaming with happiness. "Really?" He said aloud, looking towards Padmé, his eyes shining with happiness.
She nodded. "Really." Anakin glanced over at the young Queen, a smirk on his face. He slowly leaned in closer to her, and, seeing that Padmé didn't object, kept moving closer until their lips met in a soft kiss. It deepened, becoming more passionate. The kiss lasted for a few seconds before Padmé slowly and reluctantly pulled away, a grin on her face.
"Wow, that...that was amazing!" Padmé whispered, gasping for air.
Anakin nodded, his infamous grin bigger than ever. "Yes it was." An uncomfortable silence filled the room before Anakin finally stood up. "Well, I guess I'll talk to you later." Anakin left the room, leaving Padmé alone to reflect on their meeting.
"You said you wanted to talk to me about something important? About the ball?" Anakin asked, sitting on the ground by Sabé as the girl motioned for him to do so.
Sabé nodded. "Yes, although to be completely honest with you, it isn't about security as I had previously ordained." She admitted.
Anakin looked confused, as he pulled a strand of grass from the ground, looking down briefly, and then back into Sabé's chocolate eyes. "What do you mean?" He asked, a puzzled expression on his face.
Sabé leaned forward. "I have a bit of a favor to ask of you." She whispered.
"What is it?" Anakin questioned, cocking his head to one side.
"Well, it just so happens that I'm going to be going to the ball as the Queen. That means Padmé is going to be going in normal attire. That means it could still be easy for an assassin to target her, if he knew how she looked without make up. I was thinking, you and Padmé seem to like each other a lot (Anakin turned bright red at this statement), so why don't you two go together? I mean, that way you'll be able to protect her, since I'm going with Obi-Wan." Sabé said this all as if it were the most obvious solution to the worlds problems.
"Do you really think that Padmé would go with me?" Anakin asked.
Sabé smiled at him as she straightened and smoothed out her dress. "I have no doubt in my mind. She's quite taken with you, Anakin."
Anakin bestowed Sabé with one of his heart-stopping-grins, although its affects were wasted on her. "To tell you the truth, I was already thinking of asking her to go with me." He admitted.
"Well see there. We're both thinking pro-actively." Sabé mused.
"I think my motivations were a bit more selfish then Padmé's safety." Anakin reminded.
"Selfish or not, in the end it's all the same. Very good then. You and Padmé will go together. That helps with the seating arrangements for dinner." Sabé explained. "Well, unless you have anything you need to discuss, I'm off."
Anakin shook his head, signaling that he had nothing of consequence to speak to her about. Subsequently, Sabé stood from the garden, brushed off her dress, and left the garden. Anakin leaned over the fountain that was by his right hip, looking into the water. He splashed it with his hand, smiling jovially as it sparkled and sprayed the surrounding plants.
He sat there for a long while, playing with the water as he debated what he should say to Padmé. "Your Highness...no, that sounds to formal." He murmured to himself, twisting a piece of grass between his fingers. "Padmé, it would be my honor if I could escort you to the ball.....No, that makes it sound like I'm just asking her to the ball so I can protect her." He threw the piece of grass down and stood up, going in search of Padmé.
Anakin walked down many elegant hallways in search of Padmé before he finally found her. She was sitting at a desk in her quarters, flipping through some holodiscs. Anakin walked by her desk. "Um, Padmé, can I talk with you for a moment?" Padmé dropped the discs that had been in her hand, and they fell all over the floor. Anakin and Padmé both reached down to grab them at the same time, and accidentally bumped heads.
"Ow!" Padmé yelped, rubbing her forehead. She watched as Anakin picked up all of the holodiscs, and handed them to her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." He apologized, looking into her beautiful, brown eyes.
She smiled. "It's okay. Did you want to talk to me?" She set the holodiscs on the desk, and motioned for Anakin to sit down on the nearby sofa. She sat down next to him.
"Padmé, I know you're the Queen and everything, and I'm just a simple Padawan trying to make my way in the universe, but-"
The Queen cut him off. "You're not just a Padawan, Anakin. You're a nice, sweet, intelligent, and handsome man. Any woman would be lucky to even know you." She stressed the words 'Any woman' and 'even know'.
Anakin blushed, smiling. "Thanks." He glanced at Padmé's face, his heart beating quickly.
The young Queen smiled knowingly. "Didn't you come up here to ask me something?." She asked, her heart racing with anticipation.
Anakin nodded. "Yes, I did. I was wondering, if you don't already have a date, that is, maybe we could go together to the ball." Anakin held his breath. 'Please let her say yes, please let her say yes!' He thought to himself.
Padmé's smile grew bigger. "I would be honored to go with you." Anakin breathed out, smiling with relief.
"Really?" He asked. "You don't want to go with someone else?"
Padmé shook her head. "There's no one that I would rather go with than you, Anakin."
'"Yes!!!' Anakin thought, beaming with happiness. "Really?" He said aloud, looking towards Padmé, his eyes shining with happiness.
She nodded. "Really." Anakin glanced over at the young Queen, a smirk on his face. He slowly leaned in closer to her, and, seeing that Padmé didn't object, kept moving closer until their lips met in a soft kiss. It deepened, becoming more passionate. The kiss lasted for a few seconds before Padmé slowly and reluctantly pulled away, a grin on her face.
"Wow, that...that was amazing!" Padmé whispered, gasping for air.
Anakin nodded, his infamous grin bigger than ever. "Yes it was." An uncomfortable silence filled the room before Anakin finally stood up. "Well, I guess I'll talk to you later." Anakin left the room, leaving Padmé alone to reflect on their meeting.