Chapter 3: Flourishing Anger



The sound of footsteps could be heard coming from the back. A tall man walked into the Kitchen, his face was tired, his hair had a lightened over the years from the sun. He gave Sabe a silent look, and she knew right away what it meant and began to sob.

"I will go find Luke and Leia and go if you would like," said Padme. "You are having worse problems than I am. What I need to talk about can wait.

Obi-Wan looked over at Padme concerned. He knew that if she had something on her mind that she thought was important it most likely was in some way or another.

"I will start lunch and you can talk to Obi-Wan. I'm sure it is important to you to know whatever it is you need to know," said Sabe she went over to a cooler and started to pull different meats and vegetables out of it.

Padme walked into their living room, she was closely fallowed by Obi-Wan. "So what's so important?" asked Obi-Wan. He was showing no interest what so ever in what Padme was going to talk about no matter what it might be, along with having an annoyed tone in his voice because of the fact that she was going to ask him to help her with something when he had his own problems.

She would not have not told him what she was about because she new his was upset about something already but since Sabe had insisted upon it, she just have thought it would help Obi-Wan take his mind off Mara. "I had the dream again," she said bluntly.

She could see Obi-Wan starting to contort with anger. "Is that all?!"

"NO! I SAW HIS FACE THIS TIME! BUT THAT'S NOT THE HALF OF IT! MY CHILDREN ARE DREAMING OF THEIR FATHER NOW!" she said in a furry, while in the back of her head she was hoping to go that Luke and Leia were not anywhere near the room at the time. She did not need them learning about Anakin now and not in this way.

Obi-Wan gave her an even angrier look, but this time filled with a look of stupidity on the fact that she was asking him this. "And you did not expect that?!"

"DON'T YOU GIVE ME THAT BULL SHIT! I know Mara is gone and feel for you two greatly, but at least she has a father!" She was turning red in the face. An anger irrupted inside of her that she had not felt since the Jedi Council that she was going to have to give up her babies told her that.

Obi-Wan was about to speak, but was abruptly cut off by Padme. She was not going to let him make a sound until she was finished with what she had to say. "You don't know what it is like to have your children running into your room every night because they are having nightmares. They tell me every time that in every dream, they see a man in a black suit standing over thousands of dead bodies! WHAT AM I SPOSED TO SAY TO THEM OBI-WAN! THAT HE IS THEIR FATHER, AFTER EVERYTHING ELSE I HAVE SAID, how handsome he was, how he was so caring, and loving. THEN THEY FIND OUT HE WAS A MASS MURDERER! Obi-Wan, how am I going to answer their many questions onse they see his face!"

"It's simple just lie to them. They don't need to know about how stubborn, self-centered, and murderous their father is."

That last statement ignited a furry Padme had been keeping inside of her for three years. Her hand was raised now; she did not comprehend on what she was doing, she swung and once her hand make contact with his face she realized what she had done and pulled away quickly. "I'm sorry I don't know what I was thinking please forgive me."

Obi-Wan had a look of shock on his face, along with concern. "It's my fault I should have listened, besides from what I have seen with you before I should have realized that you would do that" he answered while holding his cheek. "I will go and see if Luke and Leia are in the back."

Padme walked back into the kitchen, a look of total shock and horror plastered on her face.

"What happened? I could hear you yelling, then he said something, and then there was a loud noise."

"I slapped him . . ." she paused to look at Sabe's shocked face. "I don't know what I was thinking . . . What he said just hurt me so much. Sabe I am so sorry I don't know what I was thinking. If you hate me I understand." Padme started to cut some vegetables.

"I heard the whole thing Padme. I don't know what you're going through, but I know it's hard. We are even in losses Padme even it is my child and yours your husband. We will get them back sometime I know we will.

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Padme and Sabe had laid out all of the food on to the small table. They had been remembering aloud to each other about the funny things Mara had done, and the stupid things Anakin did while he was in training.

Just then Luke and Leia ran in, they were closely fallowed by Obi-Wan, and once he was in he shut the door. Luke and Leia climbed into their chairs as fast as they could and started to grab at what ever they could reach not waiting for it to be on their plate and just ate it while it was in their hands. Padme, Obi-Wan, and Sabe just smiled at the site.

Once everyone was finished with eating Luke jumped down form his chair and hurried over to Padme. He started jumping up and down tugging at her skirt. "Guess What Mommy! Guess What!"

"What honey?"

"Uncle Obi showed us this cool thing! It had this guy in it! And he was going like this!" Luke started to mimic the movements of a Jedi holding his hands out like he was holding onto an invisible lightsaber, and he started to make the sounds. "And then he said it was my Daddy! I want to be just like Daddy, Mommy! He is so COOL!"

Padme smiled at Luke then looked over at Obi-Wan and mouthed "thank you he has never been so happy."

Obi-Wan mouthed back "no problem."

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Ok well you go Chapter 3 I hope you like it and I should be getting Chapter 4 and maybe 5 up by sometime this weekend. READ AND REVIEW PLEASE