Barriss started to form the word no which made the touch of his lips from a
touch to a kiss Barriss felt the reslove she had so carefully built start
to melt, but Barriss if anything was concious of her surroundings and her
surroundings were very public.
She could feel her Master aproaching and even though Barriss felt she could discuss anything with her Master, trying to explain why she was kissing her male counterpart was not a conversation she ever wanted to have. Quickly she pushed against Anakin pulling him away, he gave her a look that was clearly disbelieving, but she was just in time since Luminara was walking towards them, and if she noticed that Barriss was looking at the floor, her gold skin hiding the fact that she was blushing and Anakin was looking at her she didn't say anything.
"Everything alright?" Luminara asked, looking from Anakin to Barriss
"Yes Master" Barriss said quickly before Anakin could say anything.
It was obvious that Luminara didnt believe her but Barriss countered on the fact that Luminara would not even consider the truth and Barriss didnt want to help her Master.
As Barriss walked away Anakin called after her
"We'll finish our discussion later" to Luminara the call was the friendly banter between friends but Barriss heard the demand underneath and Anakin's voice in her head.
'I'm not letting this go Barriss. I know how I feel'
Barriss simply tightened her sheilds against him.
After Geonosis
"Anakin?"
Barriss approached her fellow Padawan with caution, she didn't know what to say to him. She just knew he needed her.
Even if he didn't think he did.
"Anakin" she said again a little more firmly as she reached his elbow, but Anakin's gaze remained on the passing traffic.
"Everythings the same" he muttered, his voice cracked and broken "Everyone's going on with their lives as if nothing happened. As if the world hasn't ended"
The male padawan's voice was bitter and Barriss understood it and shared it.
She wished she could say something, anything to ease his pain. Something that would matter.
"Anakin, maybe you should come back to class" she offered. Barriss and Anakin had been in galatic polictics when Anakin had abruptly left the classroom, no one had stopped him or called him back, the class had been half empty every eye was bloodshot and worn. No one could find words.
"I'm sorry about Master Obi Wan" Barriss went on softly knowing she would recieve nothing but stony silence but needing to say it. Obi Wan Kenobi's death had been the most recent and one of the most shocking, Barriss herself had believed that the master was getting better until his heart attack, with images of Obi Wan Barriss saw her master in a coma shot in the spine by a blaster bolt, Barriss felt the well of tears inside her but blinked them back.
Anakin turned bloodshot eyes on her "Everyone's so sorry" his gaze was penetrating lost but with a deadly focus "But being sorry won't bring back Obi Wan, I yelled at him and I killed him" Anakin tilted his head to the sky "Im sorry, I'm sorry I'm sorry" he scremaed Barriss caught him as he fell, sobbing against her shoulder, his weight to much for her to handle and so the only thing she could do for him was break his fall. Barriss's eyes began to stream and this time she didn't stop them, what was the use of pretending she was alright when she wasn't?
Her comfort came in being in Anakin's arms that he was the one he had leaned upon.
That he needed her as much as she needed him.
And maybe the two broken souls could be sated in their sorrow that pooled around their feet.
She could feel her Master aproaching and even though Barriss felt she could discuss anything with her Master, trying to explain why she was kissing her male counterpart was not a conversation she ever wanted to have. Quickly she pushed against Anakin pulling him away, he gave her a look that was clearly disbelieving, but she was just in time since Luminara was walking towards them, and if she noticed that Barriss was looking at the floor, her gold skin hiding the fact that she was blushing and Anakin was looking at her she didn't say anything.
"Everything alright?" Luminara asked, looking from Anakin to Barriss
"Yes Master" Barriss said quickly before Anakin could say anything.
It was obvious that Luminara didnt believe her but Barriss countered on the fact that Luminara would not even consider the truth and Barriss didnt want to help her Master.
As Barriss walked away Anakin called after her
"We'll finish our discussion later" to Luminara the call was the friendly banter between friends but Barriss heard the demand underneath and Anakin's voice in her head.
'I'm not letting this go Barriss. I know how I feel'
Barriss simply tightened her sheilds against him.
After Geonosis
"Anakin?"
Barriss approached her fellow Padawan with caution, she didn't know what to say to him. She just knew he needed her.
Even if he didn't think he did.
"Anakin" she said again a little more firmly as she reached his elbow, but Anakin's gaze remained on the passing traffic.
"Everythings the same" he muttered, his voice cracked and broken "Everyone's going on with their lives as if nothing happened. As if the world hasn't ended"
The male padawan's voice was bitter and Barriss understood it and shared it.
She wished she could say something, anything to ease his pain. Something that would matter.
"Anakin, maybe you should come back to class" she offered. Barriss and Anakin had been in galatic polictics when Anakin had abruptly left the classroom, no one had stopped him or called him back, the class had been half empty every eye was bloodshot and worn. No one could find words.
"I'm sorry about Master Obi Wan" Barriss went on softly knowing she would recieve nothing but stony silence but needing to say it. Obi Wan Kenobi's death had been the most recent and one of the most shocking, Barriss herself had believed that the master was getting better until his heart attack, with images of Obi Wan Barriss saw her master in a coma shot in the spine by a blaster bolt, Barriss felt the well of tears inside her but blinked them back.
Anakin turned bloodshot eyes on her "Everyone's so sorry" his gaze was penetrating lost but with a deadly focus "But being sorry won't bring back Obi Wan, I yelled at him and I killed him" Anakin tilted his head to the sky "Im sorry, I'm sorry I'm sorry" he scremaed Barriss caught him as he fell, sobbing against her shoulder, his weight to much for her to handle and so the only thing she could do for him was break his fall. Barriss's eyes began to stream and this time she didn't stop them, what was the use of pretending she was alright when she wasn't?
Her comfort came in being in Anakin's arms that he was the one he had leaned upon.
That he needed her as much as she needed him.
And maybe the two broken souls could be sated in their sorrow that pooled around their feet.