Anakin looked at Padme, at Obi-Wan then back at Padme, an undistinguishable
hurt in his eyes. He had flinched slightly as Padme had spoken, not at all
the reaction everyone had been expecting from him. Perhaps Obi-Wan had been
right, and it'd just hurt him. She just put on her best smile, and decided
to take it a step at a time in the future.
"You have a son?" He said, sounding like a child that'd lost his favourite toy.
"No *we* have a son."
Suddenly, he looked confused; screwing up his face, just like when the hyperdrive broke on her - their - brother in law, Darreds, freighter.
He was scouting buildings on Correllia when his own vessel had broken down, and they had lent him a YT-1300. Of course, those things can be so finicky and unreliable sometimes, especially the hyperdrive, and not to mention they have a tendency to look like they just came off a junk pile, the thing had broken, and even scarier, Anakin couldn't make sense of why it wouldn't work. Mechanically, everything was fine! It wasn't until he got deep into the relays, that he realised a family of ducks had decided to nest there! Padme smiled at the memory.
"I don't have a son."
"Yes, you do.Daddy." She teased. "Got a little girl too."
He just kept staring at her, and eventually muttered "Wow."
"Pretty wow." She agreed.
"They're sick?" A flash of worry passed his eyes.
"Lukes running a tempreture, and I do really need to go." She said, turning to Obi-Wan, who nodded understandingly.
Turning back to her husband, she kissed him very gently on the lips. "I'll be back, you know. I'm not going anywhere, no one is." She stood, up and added with a grin. "I've been changing nappies likes there's no tomorrow. You'll need to catch up."
Leaving his piercing gaze, she walked up to Obi-Wan, who gave a short "I won't be long," to the recovering Jedi,
As he shut the door, Padme turned to him. "I'm sorry, it just came out."
"No, no," He said. "This is a good thing. Really."
"Okay. Well I have to go now, and I'll call here in the morning?"
"That's fine." Obi-Wan commented.
As the senator left, Obi-Wan lifted the yoghurt he's left outside, and headed back in. "That didn't take very long, did it?" He said, shutting the door.
"Stop it."
"Stop what?"
"Stop treating me like I'm so fragile. I'm not. I'm not fragile! I won't.I won't break if you shatter me or leave me alone."
Obi-Wan sat on the bed beside him, facing him, "Well, do you want to be left alone?"
"No."
"Then what do you want?"
Anakin laughed ruefully, but without a smile, "Sleepin' would be nice."
"Well, how about I talk to the healers about that?"
"Mmmm.." was the only reply.
'Oh yes, he's getting back to normal.'
---
//Morning light, the sun is saying, goodbye to the night, and hello to a brand new day.//
'Oh great, pop songs in the morning.'
Padme Amidala Skywalker was not having a good morning. Luke had been ill most of the night, Healer come and gone prescribing pills and rest, but that didn't stop her from being dead tired.
//It's morning now, let it shine through you, let it take you away..//
'Figures.'
Little Leia had been awake most of the night too, and thankfully was very sleepy. Twins can be a real handful. She poured the morning, yawning and looking in at her babies every few seconds.
//Rise and shine, get up and go, don't you know you're gonna shine like the star you are, you are.//
'That's it. Even I can only stand to hear so much happiness at 7:30 am!'
She reached over to turn the radio off.and the switch came off in her hand. It was times like these she missed Anakin the most, when something needed to be fixed. She tried to reach inside to switch it off, but it just kept going! //Don't you know the suns gonna rise in your eyes and even though it's kind of bright it'll light you're way.//
'Will you shut up!'
She slammed the radio lightly on its side, on the breakfast bar. Nothing.
//To a brand new day, okay, everybody rise and shine today.//
This time she really whacked it, thou rally, this time shattering the radio and whacking up Luke, who was rolling around in his bed. It took the normally calm and controlled senator a minute to realise that the banging was not the destruction of her radio echoing in her head, but the door.
"I come baring coffee." Came Sabe's reply as Padme answered the door.
"You're a life saver." Padme smiled, opening for her to come in. "You're up early."
Sabe came in and sat the shopping down. "Ahh, the life of a handmaiden!" she giggled. She looked into the babies bedroom and then to the kitchen and raised an eyebrow. "You and you're radio having relationship problems?"
"You're hilarious. Really. You should do stand up."
"What?" she said, incredulous. "And miss my favourite twins?"
She went to Leia first, seen she was sleeping and went immediately to Luke. "Is that you making all that noise? Is it? It is, isn't it?" she cooed, the toddler smiling and giggling at her.
"When I do that, he throws up, when you do it, he giggles." Padme commented.
"Bad morning?"
"Something like that."
---
When Obi-Wan opened Anakins door, the last thing he expected was to find the youth dozing on top of the bed sheets. It was rather sweet in a way, but he'd get a cold like that. Obi-Wan reached for the sheet at the bottom of the bed, and pulled it over him, something he's done a million and one times after he's fallen asleep, well practically anywhere, after a mission. The pilot cockpit, the meditation chambers, sometimes the seats outside the med centre. Anakin could sleep anywhere if he was tired enough.
Anakin squirmed underneath the sheets and cracked an eye open.
"Good Morning."
Apparently, he wasn't in the mood to answer. "I brought you something. I don't know if you want it, but just." he babbled, reaching into his pocket, bringing something long and red out of hi pocked for the half awake boy to see.
His padawan braid.
Anakin reached out softly to touch it, but didn't take it from him. "I can't."
"Why?"
"'Cause I.I."
Obi-Wan felt a drop of warmth on his head, and looked down at the young man, who was sobbing. He just gently put Anakins head on his shoulder, and waited for the tears to stop.
---
Did anyone spot the in-joke, or where those lyrics are from?
"You have a son?" He said, sounding like a child that'd lost his favourite toy.
"No *we* have a son."
Suddenly, he looked confused; screwing up his face, just like when the hyperdrive broke on her - their - brother in law, Darreds, freighter.
He was scouting buildings on Correllia when his own vessel had broken down, and they had lent him a YT-1300. Of course, those things can be so finicky and unreliable sometimes, especially the hyperdrive, and not to mention they have a tendency to look like they just came off a junk pile, the thing had broken, and even scarier, Anakin couldn't make sense of why it wouldn't work. Mechanically, everything was fine! It wasn't until he got deep into the relays, that he realised a family of ducks had decided to nest there! Padme smiled at the memory.
"I don't have a son."
"Yes, you do.Daddy." She teased. "Got a little girl too."
He just kept staring at her, and eventually muttered "Wow."
"Pretty wow." She agreed.
"They're sick?" A flash of worry passed his eyes.
"Lukes running a tempreture, and I do really need to go." She said, turning to Obi-Wan, who nodded understandingly.
Turning back to her husband, she kissed him very gently on the lips. "I'll be back, you know. I'm not going anywhere, no one is." She stood, up and added with a grin. "I've been changing nappies likes there's no tomorrow. You'll need to catch up."
Leaving his piercing gaze, she walked up to Obi-Wan, who gave a short "I won't be long," to the recovering Jedi,
As he shut the door, Padme turned to him. "I'm sorry, it just came out."
"No, no," He said. "This is a good thing. Really."
"Okay. Well I have to go now, and I'll call here in the morning?"
"That's fine." Obi-Wan commented.
As the senator left, Obi-Wan lifted the yoghurt he's left outside, and headed back in. "That didn't take very long, did it?" He said, shutting the door.
"Stop it."
"Stop what?"
"Stop treating me like I'm so fragile. I'm not. I'm not fragile! I won't.I won't break if you shatter me or leave me alone."
Obi-Wan sat on the bed beside him, facing him, "Well, do you want to be left alone?"
"No."
"Then what do you want?"
Anakin laughed ruefully, but without a smile, "Sleepin' would be nice."
"Well, how about I talk to the healers about that?"
"Mmmm.." was the only reply.
'Oh yes, he's getting back to normal.'
---
//Morning light, the sun is saying, goodbye to the night, and hello to a brand new day.//
'Oh great, pop songs in the morning.'
Padme Amidala Skywalker was not having a good morning. Luke had been ill most of the night, Healer come and gone prescribing pills and rest, but that didn't stop her from being dead tired.
//It's morning now, let it shine through you, let it take you away..//
'Figures.'
Little Leia had been awake most of the night too, and thankfully was very sleepy. Twins can be a real handful. She poured the morning, yawning and looking in at her babies every few seconds.
//Rise and shine, get up and go, don't you know you're gonna shine like the star you are, you are.//
'That's it. Even I can only stand to hear so much happiness at 7:30 am!'
She reached over to turn the radio off.and the switch came off in her hand. It was times like these she missed Anakin the most, when something needed to be fixed. She tried to reach inside to switch it off, but it just kept going! //Don't you know the suns gonna rise in your eyes and even though it's kind of bright it'll light you're way.//
'Will you shut up!'
She slammed the radio lightly on its side, on the breakfast bar. Nothing.
//To a brand new day, okay, everybody rise and shine today.//
This time she really whacked it, thou rally, this time shattering the radio and whacking up Luke, who was rolling around in his bed. It took the normally calm and controlled senator a minute to realise that the banging was not the destruction of her radio echoing in her head, but the door.
"I come baring coffee." Came Sabe's reply as Padme answered the door.
"You're a life saver." Padme smiled, opening for her to come in. "You're up early."
Sabe came in and sat the shopping down. "Ahh, the life of a handmaiden!" she giggled. She looked into the babies bedroom and then to the kitchen and raised an eyebrow. "You and you're radio having relationship problems?"
"You're hilarious. Really. You should do stand up."
"What?" she said, incredulous. "And miss my favourite twins?"
She went to Leia first, seen she was sleeping and went immediately to Luke. "Is that you making all that noise? Is it? It is, isn't it?" she cooed, the toddler smiling and giggling at her.
"When I do that, he throws up, when you do it, he giggles." Padme commented.
"Bad morning?"
"Something like that."
---
When Obi-Wan opened Anakins door, the last thing he expected was to find the youth dozing on top of the bed sheets. It was rather sweet in a way, but he'd get a cold like that. Obi-Wan reached for the sheet at the bottom of the bed, and pulled it over him, something he's done a million and one times after he's fallen asleep, well practically anywhere, after a mission. The pilot cockpit, the meditation chambers, sometimes the seats outside the med centre. Anakin could sleep anywhere if he was tired enough.
Anakin squirmed underneath the sheets and cracked an eye open.
"Good Morning."
Apparently, he wasn't in the mood to answer. "I brought you something. I don't know if you want it, but just." he babbled, reaching into his pocket, bringing something long and red out of hi pocked for the half awake boy to see.
His padawan braid.
Anakin reached out softly to touch it, but didn't take it from him. "I can't."
"Why?"
"'Cause I.I."
Obi-Wan felt a drop of warmth on his head, and looked down at the young man, who was sobbing. He just gently put Anakins head on his shoulder, and waited for the tears to stop.
---
Did anyone spot the in-joke, or where those lyrics are from?