"I won't be gone long," Obi-Wan had said as he walked alongside her in the Temple. "I'm just going to put Qui-Gon's lightsaber in the Memorial and show Anakin around a bit."
"You always say you won't be gone long." Siri had answered.
He had glanced at her sideways, a suspicious look on his face. "What does it matter?"
"Nothing." Siri had said, but a little too quickly.
He then stopped and turned to her, a mischievous look in his eyes that reminded her so much of when he was a boy. "There's something else to it, then." He grinned. "Will you miss me?" he asked in a teasing voice.
She gave him her best get-a-life look. "Why would I miss you?"
He just smiled.
No more was said until they reached the opening to the hanger. He turned to her. "Don't worry so much. I'll be fine, we'll be fine."
Siri had just stared. How had he known that she was worried? Finally she found her voice. "I know, Obi-Wan."
"Well, Anakin will be getting impatient soon." He placed a hand on her shoulder, sending an odd chill through her body. But he seemed not to notice. "I'll see you when I get back, if you're here that is."
"Goodbye, Obi-Wan. And may the Force be with you."
He smiled, a smile that lit up his eyes. "May the Force be with you too." He nodded to her, then turned and walked through the hanger door. Anakin had yelled something at him, and he had shouted back, but it was not a reprimand. She had watched him go on to the ship, then watched as the ship lifted off and disappeared in the distance. She couldn't shake the feeling that she would never see him again.
Something has changed between us, she realized. Or at least for me. She had stood there, staring at the place where the ship disappeared, until Ferus finally found her and told her of their meeting with the Council.