Here's my new update. The only thing I kind of want to say is that, as you might have guessed from the last chapter is that there's going to be two versions to this chapter. One version, the one in ff.n is a cleaned up version that's safe for most eyes. Another version, which was the orginal version that i intended for this story before ff.n abolished all NC-17 stories. So here's the link to the not-so-innocent version. :-P

http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/darkfadeddenim/strwrsfix/ioylm/11v1.html

A little sidenote: uhhh I gotta give credit to my beloved friend Chloe Adeilade. She's sort of responsible for the original version. hehe. i'm still a pretty innocent mind! All smuttiness was her doing/writing!

Chapter 11: v. 2

Khariya looked cautiously over her food at Anakin. Ever since they've come back from the island, Anakin had a peculiar smile on even know as he talked with Padme. It was as if he was planning something devious and Khariya thought that he probably was especially with his last words on the island.

//keep your window open//

My goodness... I can only imagine what he meant by that, Khariya thought nervously picking at her dinner. She looked at Padme and felt a sharp pain at her chest. She couldn't possibly be any worse. Her sister! She was betraying her own blood! And for what? She was betraying her for a man! The man her sister is madly in love with no less. Mind you, Padme has been denying that she had anymore deeper feelings that friendship for Anakin but Khariya knew better than that. She knew all the secret emotions her sister hid. Padme, like every other emotion-capable being Khariya had come across, couldn't hide their feelings in their eyes.

Anakin looked up and briefly caught Khariya staring at him from across the table. He grinned to himself. He was going to have one hell of a night if everything worked out according to plan. He continued on with his conversation with Padme and as far as he could tell Padme couldn't tell anything was going on.

"... Well, ten years is a long time not to see someone, Anakin," Padme replied smiling when Anakin commented on how little they knew of each other. "Too long, in my book, when it comes to you." Khariya looked at her sister and "saw" herself stabbing her sister in the back.

"Yes well..." Anakin wasn't the least bit put into discomfort by what Padme said and just thought, "Too late... I'm sorry but I found Khariya." He put down his fork and looked up, plaintively. "I think I want to go to bed."

"I think I will too," Padme replied. She looked at Khariya. "How about you? Are you going to bed?" Khariya looked at Anakin, almost scared. Anakin could see the fear in her eyes again.

"Don't worry, Khari. This night will go your way," he thought sending it to Khariya again via the Force. The comment slight reassured Khariya and she nodded silently to Padme before walking away to her own bedroom.

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"Nervous nervous nervous..." Khariya murmured as her hand rested on the lock of her window... "Why the heck did he say window anyways? He's frigging NEXT door! And why am I so nervous?!? When have I ever been nervous?!? Now's when.... Ergh... I can't do this..." Technically, the window was actually large doors that opened out to a patio that connected her and Anakin's room. She didn't dare look up because of the glass and she was afraid that seeing Anakin coming would just lose whatever courage she had managed to muster up. Suddenly, she felt the knob beneath the lock slowly twisting and she could hear his breath just ouside the door. She looked up and saw Anakin, his ice blue eyes twinkling at her as if stars.

"Shhhhh..." Anakin whispered as he stepped inside and closed the wood and glass behind him. He took her hand away from the knob and just looked into her eyes, making sure that what they were about to do was alright with Khariya. Anakin put his arms around her and slanted his mouth on hers. Khariya's hands went around his neck and realized he was shirtless, holding a white tunic and his hand and dropping it, and that the only thing separating their bodies from the waist up was the thin, silk nightgown she had on. She suddenly looked away embarassed. New thoughts started to to come through her head...

"What if he doesn't think I'm any good... What if... I mean... of course, looking the way he does... there has to be SOME experience under his belt to compare me to... under his belt... I wonder... What IS under his belt?..." Anakin's chuckle brought her back to reality as did his breath right on her lips as he leaned down to kiss her.

"You want to see?" Anakin teased. Khariya looked horrified at Anakin's comment. "Khari... Hey!... I'm just kidding. Don't worry okay?" He put his arms around her and pulled her to her tiptoes to kiss her slowly and reassuringly. "Are you ready for this?" Anakin asked, slowly increasing their kiss, "Because if you're not, I can make myself stop."

"You can?" Khariya laughed. "You sure?"

"I can try," Anakin answered back. "But seriously, Khariya... I don't want to force you to anything..." Anakin stopped kissing her to show his solemn expression. Khariya looked into his eyes.

"Do you love me?" Khariya whispered, her hand touching his cheek.

"Yes, I love you," Anakin answered without hesitation.

"Why me and not Padme?" Khariya asked.

"Is that still bothering you?" Anakin asked, gently, and she nodded. He swept her off her feet and laid her down on the bed. A moment later, he joined her by her side looking at her. "I had an infatuation with your sister. A fixation because of what she' s done for me. Your sister is beautiful, powerful, talented and she'll always mean something to me because she played a part in my capturing freedom."

"Please tell me there's a 'but' because if there's no 'but' then you might as well head out of here," Khariya interrupted, jokingly.

"There IS a 'but'," Anakin laughed. "BUT... but you... I'm in love with you because you're beautiful, intelligent, you're not always so tense, and you're sensitive and funny, fun to be around, and... you're compassionate. I'm in love with YOU Dane Khariya Naberrie. Have no doubt of that." Khariya smiled.

"Not anymore..." She pulled him over to her and kissed him, slowly, yet passionately, letting his tongue go invited into her mouth.

After a few minutes, Khariya's initial doubt was cast off. In fact, she even reassured Anakin that it was all right because he saw the bruise on her cheek and realized he didn't want to hurt her again. But two lovers' first time together ended well exhausting both of them but satisfiying them as well.

Khariya got off of Anakin and rested in his arms.

"This was some day, wasn't it, Khariya?" Anakin sighed.

"Yes it was... and it's the second night in the row I'm sleeping next to you..." she murmured. Anakin took a few moments to reply.

"Khariya..."

"yes?"

"I love you..."

"I love you too Anakin..."

~~Finally! i finished this stupid chapter! it's like 1:23 in the morning so people!...Please read and review! I actually had to work to make two versions of this chapter so show me a lil criticism here. I was curious too... people didn't realize I accidentally called Anakin= Hayden = in the last chapter during the last few sentences. lolz weird mistake! I'll leave it up there for awhile because I'm too lazy too change it.