Okay, this is basically on time, so don't get mad. Excuse it if it's a
little sloppy, I tried brainstorming, but it went a little wrong.
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They must have been walking for at least an hour, perhaps more. Anakin yawned sleepily, never more wanting the comfort of his bed in the Temple, and to doze with a cup of hot chocolate under a fluffy duvet. Instead, he looked round at his two children, who were a weird mixture of quietness and arguing between themselves. He supposed it was their way of dealing; they were far too young to be dealing or comprehending things of this nature.
He just wanted to tell them everything was all right, but something told him they would have nightmares about this for a long time. I suppose one ay he could help those nightmares, if Padme could learn to put up with him, not that she has too. But he could hope.
He could hear them bickering behind him, and he supposed he should chide them on it, but he was tired and irritable also.
"This is such a mess," he heard Leia comment, as she scuffed her shoes on the floor.
"Way to state the obvious!" Luke replied, in a down toned voice.
"Well this is all your fault!" Leia said, getting more and more irritated by the sounds of it.
"How 'sit my fault?" Luke said, sounding annoyed now too.
"You were the one screaming so Auntie Sola couldn't hear it wasn't Mommy!"
"Well you were wailing too!"
"Was not!"
"Was too,"
Out of the corner of his eye Anakin seen Luke shove Leia, then she him. He turned quietly."Kids.."
And Luke stumbled back against the wall, crashing a little too loudly for his fathers liking. But to his complete surprise, the wall seemed to move, like something out of an old spy movie on holovid. Luke looked up in awe, and even his daughter seemed amazed.
'We may get out of this yet!'
---
"Everything is alright then?"
Bant pulled the little sticky things -
'I'm so technical' Siri thought.
- off her stomach. Her heart rate was racing a little, she knew but she was worried.
Bant cocked her head at one side, giving Obi-Wan an odd glance, the smiled a little at Siri. "You're fine."
"And my baby?"
Bant shot her a curious look, then looked at Obi-Wan then back to her. "He knows now?"
Siri nodded, "Yeah, he knows."
"Well, thank the force for that." Bant commented. "The amount of times you're here, it's so hard to avoid you!" she said to Obi-Wan.
Siri cleared her throat.
"Oh!" Bant said, "Baby is fine too, but I'm running some scans, as they probably will need to be done soon anyway."
Siri went to get up, and Bant stopped her. "You need to take it easy though."
"I thought you said nothing was wrong," Siri asked, running her hand across her stomach.
"No, there isn't." Bant said, "but this could be a warning to take it slower."
"And it could have been something I ate!"
"I'm relieving you of duty for the day, I want you to put your feet up." Bant said, searching for the appropriate paperwork. "Perhaps even read a book."
"Bant, I do not need."
"Knight Tachi!" Bant said, "Don't make me relieve you of duty for the next six months!"
Siri groaned, and sighed much too loudly, "Fine."
Obi-Wan couldn't help but smile at the scene. Somehow, he'd never seen Siri as a mother, but Bant on the other hand.
"Will you make sure she goes back to her apartment?" Bant asked him.
Obi-Wan nodded.
"Thank you." She commented, not giving any notice to the daggers Siri was shooting her.
If looks could kill.
---
"Do they know anything yet?"
Sabe sat down beside her best friend, setting both the cups of steaming hot coffee in front of them. She noticed the young mother was looking worse and worse, and getting more and more nervy as the days went on without her children.
"Not yet," Padme said, taking a sip. "They're trying."
"Once more, with even less confidence."
Padme sighed, "I can't help it!"
"Worrying won't help!"
"That's the problem, Sabe." Padme whispered. "Thugs are taking over my life and there's not a thing I can do. I'm helpless."
"You've never been helpless, Padme."
"Maybe that's why it hurts so much."
"You just.can't think about it, that's all."
"Easier said than done."
"Sabe to the rescue!" Sabe smiled, "So I heard from Sache."
"How is she?"
"Oh she's great!" Sabe said, "But you'll never guess what she heard about Rabe, and that Palace guard."
---
"You didn't have to walk me here," Siri commented, when they reached her front door.
"Yes, I did. I promised." Obi-Wan said.
"Yes, but it's not like she'd hunt you down and feed you to rabid wolves if you hadn't." Siri said, then muttered, "Stupid key won't go in," as she attempted to get in to her apartment.
"Here," he said, calmly taking her key from her hand, then putting it in the lock where it turned instantly.
"I hate it when that happens," she muttered.
As she walked in the door, she noticed a piece of paper folded on the floor, with her name scribbled on it. She bent to pick it up.
"Pretty soon you won't be able to do that," Obi-Wan said to himself, almost.
Siri shot him a dirty look, muttered something about never calling a woman fat, then opened the card, and read.
Her face fell. "It's from Ty," she said. "He is't allowed to take the mission."
"What?" Obi-Wan asked. "Why?"
"Apparently," then a soft smile lit up her features, "His master thinks he should take the trails!"
"Well, that's good, anyway."
"But Anakin - Oh!" her eyes opened wide, and she looked at her stomach.
"Is it that again?" he asked, concern in his voice.
Siri nodded, "Oh.That feels so weird.Oh!"
"Well come on, Bant must be wrong, the baby." Obi-Wan was starting to sound a little panicked.
"Shh." Siri said. "I think, I think I know what it is."
"Really? What?"
She grabbed his hand and pushed it on her stomach. "You feel that?"
He nodded slowly. "What is that?"
"I think our babies kicking!"
---
Not much of a cliff hanger, but pretty cute, right?
---
They must have been walking for at least an hour, perhaps more. Anakin yawned sleepily, never more wanting the comfort of his bed in the Temple, and to doze with a cup of hot chocolate under a fluffy duvet. Instead, he looked round at his two children, who were a weird mixture of quietness and arguing between themselves. He supposed it was their way of dealing; they were far too young to be dealing or comprehending things of this nature.
He just wanted to tell them everything was all right, but something told him they would have nightmares about this for a long time. I suppose one ay he could help those nightmares, if Padme could learn to put up with him, not that she has too. But he could hope.
He could hear them bickering behind him, and he supposed he should chide them on it, but he was tired and irritable also.
"This is such a mess," he heard Leia comment, as she scuffed her shoes on the floor.
"Way to state the obvious!" Luke replied, in a down toned voice.
"Well this is all your fault!" Leia said, getting more and more irritated by the sounds of it.
"How 'sit my fault?" Luke said, sounding annoyed now too.
"You were the one screaming so Auntie Sola couldn't hear it wasn't Mommy!"
"Well you were wailing too!"
"Was not!"
"Was too,"
Out of the corner of his eye Anakin seen Luke shove Leia, then she him. He turned quietly."Kids.."
And Luke stumbled back against the wall, crashing a little too loudly for his fathers liking. But to his complete surprise, the wall seemed to move, like something out of an old spy movie on holovid. Luke looked up in awe, and even his daughter seemed amazed.
'We may get out of this yet!'
---
"Everything is alright then?"
Bant pulled the little sticky things -
'I'm so technical' Siri thought.
- off her stomach. Her heart rate was racing a little, she knew but she was worried.
Bant cocked her head at one side, giving Obi-Wan an odd glance, the smiled a little at Siri. "You're fine."
"And my baby?"
Bant shot her a curious look, then looked at Obi-Wan then back to her. "He knows now?"
Siri nodded, "Yeah, he knows."
"Well, thank the force for that." Bant commented. "The amount of times you're here, it's so hard to avoid you!" she said to Obi-Wan.
Siri cleared her throat.
"Oh!" Bant said, "Baby is fine too, but I'm running some scans, as they probably will need to be done soon anyway."
Siri went to get up, and Bant stopped her. "You need to take it easy though."
"I thought you said nothing was wrong," Siri asked, running her hand across her stomach.
"No, there isn't." Bant said, "but this could be a warning to take it slower."
"And it could have been something I ate!"
"I'm relieving you of duty for the day, I want you to put your feet up." Bant said, searching for the appropriate paperwork. "Perhaps even read a book."
"Bant, I do not need."
"Knight Tachi!" Bant said, "Don't make me relieve you of duty for the next six months!"
Siri groaned, and sighed much too loudly, "Fine."
Obi-Wan couldn't help but smile at the scene. Somehow, he'd never seen Siri as a mother, but Bant on the other hand.
"Will you make sure she goes back to her apartment?" Bant asked him.
Obi-Wan nodded.
"Thank you." She commented, not giving any notice to the daggers Siri was shooting her.
If looks could kill.
---
"Do they know anything yet?"
Sabe sat down beside her best friend, setting both the cups of steaming hot coffee in front of them. She noticed the young mother was looking worse and worse, and getting more and more nervy as the days went on without her children.
"Not yet," Padme said, taking a sip. "They're trying."
"Once more, with even less confidence."
Padme sighed, "I can't help it!"
"Worrying won't help!"
"That's the problem, Sabe." Padme whispered. "Thugs are taking over my life and there's not a thing I can do. I'm helpless."
"You've never been helpless, Padme."
"Maybe that's why it hurts so much."
"You just.can't think about it, that's all."
"Easier said than done."
"Sabe to the rescue!" Sabe smiled, "So I heard from Sache."
"How is she?"
"Oh she's great!" Sabe said, "But you'll never guess what she heard about Rabe, and that Palace guard."
---
"You didn't have to walk me here," Siri commented, when they reached her front door.
"Yes, I did. I promised." Obi-Wan said.
"Yes, but it's not like she'd hunt you down and feed you to rabid wolves if you hadn't." Siri said, then muttered, "Stupid key won't go in," as she attempted to get in to her apartment.
"Here," he said, calmly taking her key from her hand, then putting it in the lock where it turned instantly.
"I hate it when that happens," she muttered.
As she walked in the door, she noticed a piece of paper folded on the floor, with her name scribbled on it. She bent to pick it up.
"Pretty soon you won't be able to do that," Obi-Wan said to himself, almost.
Siri shot him a dirty look, muttered something about never calling a woman fat, then opened the card, and read.
Her face fell. "It's from Ty," she said. "He is't allowed to take the mission."
"What?" Obi-Wan asked. "Why?"
"Apparently," then a soft smile lit up her features, "His master thinks he should take the trails!"
"Well, that's good, anyway."
"But Anakin - Oh!" her eyes opened wide, and she looked at her stomach.
"Is it that again?" he asked, concern in his voice.
Siri nodded, "Oh.That feels so weird.Oh!"
"Well come on, Bant must be wrong, the baby." Obi-Wan was starting to sound a little panicked.
"Shh." Siri said. "I think, I think I know what it is."
"Really? What?"
She grabbed his hand and pushed it on her stomach. "You feel that?"
He nodded slowly. "What is that?"
"I think our babies kicking!"
---
Not much of a cliff hanger, but pretty cute, right?