Chapter 10:
Padme looked around frustrated around her. She was suppose to be spending some time with her sister. Unfortunately, she couldn't find her. Sabe was suppose to keep her company but Marco had somehow found his way to them and now Sabe was busy flirting with him. What unnerved her was that Anakin... she couldn't find Anakin either.
Her heart beat a little faster. Neither Khariya nor Anakin was to be found. Last she saw, Khariya headed up to the hills to find out about a light she saw. She also heard that Anakin had headed for the hills because he supposedly wanted to 'meditate'. Well it's been almost an hour since BOTH of them had gone... Now she's worried.
"Where are they?" she muttered. "If they met up... and something happens... between them. I cannot believe I'm actually worried! So what if something happens between them? I'm not jealous!" She kicked at the sand wondering if that was the truth. "Maybe that's not so true." Suddenly she heard rustling in the trees. Beneath a jungle of gigantic a'hora leaves and Fipen flowers, Khariya stepped through her whole body rustled and untidy but her face seemed to be glowing.
"Hey Padme," she laughed. "Sorry, I got lost." Anakin stepped up behind her with the same glow in his face. "Good thing Anakin found me." She looked at Anakin, who winked at her and fell to her knees laughing as if just their eye contact was some inside joke. He walked away, smiling.
"ummm. Did I miss something?" Padme asked. "Last I saw, you and Anakin weren't on good terms." Khariya shrugged innocently but Padme could see that her eyes were hiding a secret.
"I guess, forgive and forget," Khariya shrugged.
"Wait... no what?!?" Padme cried out. "Don't tell me that. What happened up there that made the two of you fluent in eye contact language?" Padme was confused and frustrated.
"Hey... calm down... we just... talked, I guess," Khariya shrugged. She stood up and looked uncomfortably around for any sign of a distration. She couldn't lie to Padme completely though she pretty much just did. "Padme, I'm sorry. Just... do you want to go the hammock and just talk?"
"Fine," Padme murmured. Inside, she knew something a bit more physical than talking happened in the cover of the hills. It was written all over Khariya's face. "Do you like Anakin?" she asked as they sat down in the shade.
"What?" Khariya answered, surprised. "Why would you... Did you... Can you see... Ummm... No, of course not."
"Tell me the truth, Khariya." Padme coerced. Khariya looked at Padme straight in the eye. She was so guilty... No matter what Padme said, Khariya knew that Padme was in love with Anakin and that the only thing that stopped her from ever revealing that was her pride, her values and her sense of order and fear of not knowing if she could control her universe as well as she has had in the last twenty four years. She knew she shouldn't lie and she shouldn't be so selfish but...
"I'm telling the truth, Padme." Padme smiled... She believed Khariya. Both sisters smiled and finally got to the conversation that was put off for the day for so long. An hour or two later, Obener came and called them to the boats.
"It's time to leave, m'ladies," Obener announced. "We should leave now or else we won't be back till after supper." Khariya smiled and nodded to him.
"All right, We're coming." Padme walked after him and Khariya walked a little bit after her. The sun was setting beneath the high mountains in mainland. In the shadows, a hand grabbed her arm and whispered into her ear.
"Keep your bedroom window open tonight," Anakin whispered. His lips gently brushed her neck. Khariya gasped. Just a millisecond of his lips on her skin made her weak.
"How does he do that?" she murmured as she watched him stride to the boat ahead of them. Padme turned.
"Did you say something?" Padme asked. Khariya shook her head, furiously. "Then, come on." Khariya hurried after Padme with a bright smile. She couldn't wait till midnight.
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Padme looked around frustrated around her. She was suppose to be spending some time with her sister. Unfortunately, she couldn't find her. Sabe was suppose to keep her company but Marco had somehow found his way to them and now Sabe was busy flirting with him. What unnerved her was that Anakin... she couldn't find Anakin either.
Her heart beat a little faster. Neither Khariya nor Anakin was to be found. Last she saw, Khariya headed up to the hills to find out about a light she saw. She also heard that Anakin had headed for the hills because he supposedly wanted to 'meditate'. Well it's been almost an hour since BOTH of them had gone... Now she's worried.
"Where are they?" she muttered. "If they met up... and something happens... between them. I cannot believe I'm actually worried! So what if something happens between them? I'm not jealous!" She kicked at the sand wondering if that was the truth. "Maybe that's not so true." Suddenly she heard rustling in the trees. Beneath a jungle of gigantic a'hora leaves and Fipen flowers, Khariya stepped through her whole body rustled and untidy but her face seemed to be glowing.
"Hey Padme," she laughed. "Sorry, I got lost." Anakin stepped up behind her with the same glow in his face. "Good thing Anakin found me." She looked at Anakin, who winked at her and fell to her knees laughing as if just their eye contact was some inside joke. He walked away, smiling.
"ummm. Did I miss something?" Padme asked. "Last I saw, you and Anakin weren't on good terms." Khariya shrugged innocently but Padme could see that her eyes were hiding a secret.
"I guess, forgive and forget," Khariya shrugged.
"Wait... no what?!?" Padme cried out. "Don't tell me that. What happened up there that made the two of you fluent in eye contact language?" Padme was confused and frustrated.
"Hey... calm down... we just... talked, I guess," Khariya shrugged. She stood up and looked uncomfortably around for any sign of a distration. She couldn't lie to Padme completely though she pretty much just did. "Padme, I'm sorry. Just... do you want to go the hammock and just talk?"
"Fine," Padme murmured. Inside, she knew something a bit more physical than talking happened in the cover of the hills. It was written all over Khariya's face. "Do you like Anakin?" she asked as they sat down in the shade.
"What?" Khariya answered, surprised. "Why would you... Did you... Can you see... Ummm... No, of course not."
"Tell me the truth, Khariya." Padme coerced. Khariya looked at Padme straight in the eye. She was so guilty... No matter what Padme said, Khariya knew that Padme was in love with Anakin and that the only thing that stopped her from ever revealing that was her pride, her values and her sense of order and fear of not knowing if she could control her universe as well as she has had in the last twenty four years. She knew she shouldn't lie and she shouldn't be so selfish but...
"I'm telling the truth, Padme." Padme smiled... She believed Khariya. Both sisters smiled and finally got to the conversation that was put off for the day for so long. An hour or two later, Obener came and called them to the boats.
"It's time to leave, m'ladies," Obener announced. "We should leave now or else we won't be back till after supper." Khariya smiled and nodded to him.
"All right, We're coming." Padme walked after him and Khariya walked a little bit after her. The sun was setting beneath the high mountains in mainland. In the shadows, a hand grabbed her arm and whispered into her ear.
"Keep your bedroom window open tonight," Anakin whispered. His lips gently brushed her neck. Khariya gasped. Just a millisecond of his lips on her skin made her weak.
"How does he do that?" she murmured as she watched him stride to the boat ahead of them. Padme turned.
"Did you say something?" Padme asked. Khariya shook her head, furiously. "Then, come on." Khariya hurried after Padme with a bright smile. She couldn't wait till midnight.
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