A/N- Keep in mind that food poisoning is more serious on Coruscant than it
is here on Earth! And someone who hasn't been in the story enters in this
chapter *wink wink* Also, this *new* person, I don't think he/she was in
Episode 2, so in this story, (s)he hasn't seen Anakin since Episode 1.
Obi-Wan awoke in a room that was not his own. He saw Anakin on a big chair with Padmé asleep on his lap.
"Good, your up," Anakin said as soon as he saw his master's eyes open. "My leg is starting to go numb," he said, more to himself than to Obi-Wan. He shifted Padmé onto his other leg and rubbed the numb one.
"Anakin, where am I?" Obi-Wan said. He did not recognize this room. 'It reminds me of a hospital!' he thought.
"The infirmary. You've got a bad case of food poisoning. Good thing I found you."
"What do you mean 'found me'? I was in my bed."
Anakin stared at him blankly. "You don't remember anything, do you? About last night, I mean."
"Last night? Last night I went to Naboo and took you and Padmé back here. See I do remember," Obi-Wan stated.
"Master, that was the other night. I found you on the floor of your bathroom. I tried to wake you, but you just laid there. You slept all day yesterday and last night." At this point, a doctor came into the room.
"Master Kenobi, I see you have awoken. I'm Doctor Tadue. How are you feeling?" she asked her patient.
"A little dizzy, but other than that I'm fine," Obi-Wan replied to the blonde haired doctor's question. She checked his stats and left after giving Obi-Wan a pill to treat his poisoning. Padmé had slowly awoken when she heard the doctor come in.
"Hey, how's everything?" Padmé asked Obi-Wan, the sound of sleep still in her voice.
"Good," he replied. Just then, the door swung open.
"Padmé? Padmé! The Council told me I'd find you here!"
Obi-Wan couldn't see who it was from the spot where he lay, but he knew clearly from the voice. A woman, Padmé's age, had entered the room.
Padmé jumped up. "Sabé! I didn't know you were here on Coruscant too!" The two friends embraced in a quick hug and Padmé sat back down on Anakin's lap. Sabé walked into the part of the room Obi-Wan could see.
"Hello," she said, and she stared at the couple with great amusement. She didn't know who this strange young man was. "Padmé, is this your boyfriend?" she said, emphasizing the word boyfriend.
Padmé laughed. "Sabé, uh, this is Anakin."
"Anakin? The same Anakin we picked up on Tatooine? Wow, you've grown," Sabé said, admiring his handsome features.
"Sab, there's something you got to know, but you can't be mad it me for not telling you. I had to keep it a secret, I couldn't tell anyone, except my family," Padmé told her. She felt horrible for keeping a secret like this from her best friend. She studied Sabé expression, and when she was sure that her friend wouldn't be married, she continued. "I'm married, Sabé." She held out her hand to show a diamond ring and a wedding band, as if to prove what she had just said. Padmé could wear these two rings freely now.
"Your married?! Why didn't you tell me? Never mind that. To whom?" she asked, obviously not making the connection. Padmé thought it would be obvious to tell who her husband was; after all, she was sitting on his lap. Sabé was as excited as a little girl on Christmas morning.
"To Anakin."
"What? How's that p- I thought Jedi weren't allowed to marry! Doesn't the code forbid it?"
"Yes, which surprised us when they approved of our marriage," Anakin told her.
All this time, Sabé hadn't even noticed that there was another being in the room. She turned to study the room she was in, and saw a man lying in a hospital-type bed. "Obi-Wan? Is that you? It's been far too long." She studied him for a moment.
"Yes, it has. How are you?" he asked.
"Fine, thank you. What brings you to the infirmary?"
"Food poisoning," he replied. He was suddenly embarrassed to his reason for why he was there. It couldn't be because he had been injured while fighting bounty hunters, or the Sith, or something brave and dangerous. No, he had food poisoning.
Sabé walked over towards him and sat on the edge of the bed. She reached out and laid her hand on his. "I hope you feel better soon," she told him sincerely.
"Thank you," was all Obi-Wan could say. He was too mesmerized by his lost love's beauty. Anakin watched in wonder, and caught the twinkle in his master's eye.
//You love her!// he told his master.
//Nonsense, my young Padawan. We were friends before we found you// Obi- Wan replied.
Anakin didn't believe him. //You should tell her. Padmé and I will leave if you'd like.//
The conversation was cut short when they heard Sabé whisper, "What are they doing?" She had been watching the two men, and they seemed to be concentrated pretty hard.
"Talking through the force," Padmé answered. "What's so secret that you can't say out loud, hmm?"
"Nothing," both men replied at the same time, before Padmé had even finished asking her question. Padmé and Sabé just looked at each other and laughed.
"What's so funny?" Anakin asked.
"Nothing," the two ladies replied together. This made them laugh even more, until Obi-Wan and Anakin couldn't help but laugh, too.
"I'll be right back," Padmé said once the laughing had died down. "I have to use the bathroom.
"I'll come with you," Sabé said, and the two of them left the room.
"You should tell her, Master," Anakin said as soon as he was sure Padmé and Sabé were no longer within earshot.
"No, Anakin. Jedi aren't allowed to-"
"Love? The times have changed Master. You heard what Master Windu said to you earlier, didn't you? That love is good for all Jedi?" Anakin told his Master, revealing that he had once again been reading his thoughts.
"I'm not ready to tell her."
"So you do love her! I knew it!"
"Is it that obvious?" Obi-Wan asked nervously.
"No," Anakin said sarcastically. "Your whole face just lit up at the sound of her voice. And I have to admit, I've never seen you so happy to see anyone else."
Obi-Wan sighed. "When the time is right, I will tell her."
"Tell who what?" Padmé asked upon re-entering the room, with Sabé at her side.
"Nothing, just Jedi business, my love," Anakin told Padmé.
"Oh?" Padmé said as Anakin wrapped his strong arms around her waist. Sabé and Obi-Wan watched as the two flirted playfully back and forth. Sabé had a huge smile on her face, and Obi-Wan had turned his attention toward her. She glanced at Obi-Wan and smiled, and he smiled back.
Anakin pulled Padmé over to the love seat in the room, leaving Sabé with the chair, which was closer to Obi-Wan's bed. Obi-Wan knew that Anakin had done that on purpose, and he was secretly thankful. "So, Sabé, are you married yet?" Anakin asked, trying to help his master a bit.
"No," she replied. Obi-Wan sent a "force-message" to Anakin.
//What are you doing?!// he asked.
//Trying to help you out. I mean, you don't want to have a crush on a married woman, do ya?// Obi-Wan didn't say anything else, he was once again secretly grateful for his Padawan's help, although he wouldn't admit that to Anakin. He felt that that would only make him more arrogant than he already was.
"Do you have anyone special in your life? Boyfriend-wise, I mean," Anakin continued. Padmé elbowed Anakin lightly in the ribs. She suddenly felt a tinge of jealousy growing inside of her. Why was her husband asking her best friend all the questions about love and marriage?
"No, unfortunately. I am in love with someone, but I am afraid I cannot marry him."
"Oh, does this man not love you back?" Anakin asked, glancing quickly at Obi-Wan in mid-sentence.
"I don't think he does. I don't think he could or ever will, either. I don't wish to talk about this right now," Sabé said, and Anakin could see the sadness in her eyes. He did not continue the matter any further.
"Ani, may I speak with you for a moment in the hall?" Padmé asked, sounding annoyed and almost angry.
"Yes, my love, of course. Anything for you." The pair left the room and entered the hallway.
"What is going on between you and Sabé?!" Padmé asked bitterly, releasing all of the green-eyed-monster within her.
"What do you mean, Padmé?"
"I mean, are you really in love with her, and not me?" Padmé realized that she sounded childish, but she didn't care. Had Anakin only pretended to love her, so he could use her to get to her best friend?
Anakin was shocked by his wife's words and thoughts. "Padmé! How could you even think that?! I love you with all my heart. I'll love you till death do us part, you know that!"
"If you love me so much, then why were you asking Sabé all those questions about love and marriage?!" Padmé exclaimed. Her eyes started burning as tears swelled into monstrous waves behind her eyelids, threatening to crash onto her cheeks at any moment.
"In time, Pad, you will know, I promise. Right now though, I cannot say." He pulled her in for a kiss, but she pulled away, trying to escape his grasp.
"Anakin Skywalker, if you do not tell me what is going on right now, I'll - I'll.I'll leave you forever!"
"Padmé,"
"Don't 'Padmé' me! Tell me NOW!"
"Fine, have it your way, then," he said stubbornly. Then he lowered his voice to barely a whisper. "Obi-Wan loves Sabé."
"What?!"
"See, and now you ruined it, all because you were jealous."
"I was not!" Padmé denied.
"Come on, Pad, admit it. You thought I loved Sabé and not you, and you were jealous."
"Ok, maybe a little." Anakin raised his eyebrows in doubt. "Alright! You win! I was jealous!" Padmé collapsed into his arms.
"See, there was no use in denying it." Anakin kissed her, and Padmé didn't resist this time.
"I love you," she said, and pulled his head down by his braid for another delightful kiss.
"I love you, too."
"I'm going to get Sabé to tell me who this 'secret love' of hers is," Padmé said. "I'm dying to know now!" She re-entered the room, with Anakin close behind her.
"Everything ok, Pad?" Sabé asked, somewhat concerned.
"Yeah, fine," she said cheerfully.
"Oh, uh, we weren't sure. We thought we heard you yelling out there," Sabé teased.
Padmé's face turned red with embarrassment. 'Was I really that loud?' she thought to herself. "So, Sabé, wanna go get some grub?" she asked, changing the subject.
"That'd be great! I'm starved!" Sabé grabbed her bag and the two girls hurried to the cafeteria to get something to eat.
'Here,' Padmé decided, 'will be the perfect place to find out about this guy she loves. It'll be like the old days, gossiping about boys at the lunch table!'
A/N- Ok, this is all I have written in my little blue book! You guys will hafta give me some more time to write! With school again tomorrow, I'll actually have time to right (who pays attention in school anyway? Hahaha) ok, if you go review this chapter, then I will write more! If not, I won't! j/k, of course I'll write more!
Obi-Wan awoke in a room that was not his own. He saw Anakin on a big chair with Padmé asleep on his lap.
"Good, your up," Anakin said as soon as he saw his master's eyes open. "My leg is starting to go numb," he said, more to himself than to Obi-Wan. He shifted Padmé onto his other leg and rubbed the numb one.
"Anakin, where am I?" Obi-Wan said. He did not recognize this room. 'It reminds me of a hospital!' he thought.
"The infirmary. You've got a bad case of food poisoning. Good thing I found you."
"What do you mean 'found me'? I was in my bed."
Anakin stared at him blankly. "You don't remember anything, do you? About last night, I mean."
"Last night? Last night I went to Naboo and took you and Padmé back here. See I do remember," Obi-Wan stated.
"Master, that was the other night. I found you on the floor of your bathroom. I tried to wake you, but you just laid there. You slept all day yesterday and last night." At this point, a doctor came into the room.
"Master Kenobi, I see you have awoken. I'm Doctor Tadue. How are you feeling?" she asked her patient.
"A little dizzy, but other than that I'm fine," Obi-Wan replied to the blonde haired doctor's question. She checked his stats and left after giving Obi-Wan a pill to treat his poisoning. Padmé had slowly awoken when she heard the doctor come in.
"Hey, how's everything?" Padmé asked Obi-Wan, the sound of sleep still in her voice.
"Good," he replied. Just then, the door swung open.
"Padmé? Padmé! The Council told me I'd find you here!"
Obi-Wan couldn't see who it was from the spot where he lay, but he knew clearly from the voice. A woman, Padmé's age, had entered the room.
Padmé jumped up. "Sabé! I didn't know you were here on Coruscant too!" The two friends embraced in a quick hug and Padmé sat back down on Anakin's lap. Sabé walked into the part of the room Obi-Wan could see.
"Hello," she said, and she stared at the couple with great amusement. She didn't know who this strange young man was. "Padmé, is this your boyfriend?" she said, emphasizing the word boyfriend.
Padmé laughed. "Sabé, uh, this is Anakin."
"Anakin? The same Anakin we picked up on Tatooine? Wow, you've grown," Sabé said, admiring his handsome features.
"Sab, there's something you got to know, but you can't be mad it me for not telling you. I had to keep it a secret, I couldn't tell anyone, except my family," Padmé told her. She felt horrible for keeping a secret like this from her best friend. She studied Sabé expression, and when she was sure that her friend wouldn't be married, she continued. "I'm married, Sabé." She held out her hand to show a diamond ring and a wedding band, as if to prove what she had just said. Padmé could wear these two rings freely now.
"Your married?! Why didn't you tell me? Never mind that. To whom?" she asked, obviously not making the connection. Padmé thought it would be obvious to tell who her husband was; after all, she was sitting on his lap. Sabé was as excited as a little girl on Christmas morning.
"To Anakin."
"What? How's that p- I thought Jedi weren't allowed to marry! Doesn't the code forbid it?"
"Yes, which surprised us when they approved of our marriage," Anakin told her.
All this time, Sabé hadn't even noticed that there was another being in the room. She turned to study the room she was in, and saw a man lying in a hospital-type bed. "Obi-Wan? Is that you? It's been far too long." She studied him for a moment.
"Yes, it has. How are you?" he asked.
"Fine, thank you. What brings you to the infirmary?"
"Food poisoning," he replied. He was suddenly embarrassed to his reason for why he was there. It couldn't be because he had been injured while fighting bounty hunters, or the Sith, or something brave and dangerous. No, he had food poisoning.
Sabé walked over towards him and sat on the edge of the bed. She reached out and laid her hand on his. "I hope you feel better soon," she told him sincerely.
"Thank you," was all Obi-Wan could say. He was too mesmerized by his lost love's beauty. Anakin watched in wonder, and caught the twinkle in his master's eye.
//You love her!// he told his master.
//Nonsense, my young Padawan. We were friends before we found you// Obi- Wan replied.
Anakin didn't believe him. //You should tell her. Padmé and I will leave if you'd like.//
The conversation was cut short when they heard Sabé whisper, "What are they doing?" She had been watching the two men, and they seemed to be concentrated pretty hard.
"Talking through the force," Padmé answered. "What's so secret that you can't say out loud, hmm?"
"Nothing," both men replied at the same time, before Padmé had even finished asking her question. Padmé and Sabé just looked at each other and laughed.
"What's so funny?" Anakin asked.
"Nothing," the two ladies replied together. This made them laugh even more, until Obi-Wan and Anakin couldn't help but laugh, too.
"I'll be right back," Padmé said once the laughing had died down. "I have to use the bathroom.
"I'll come with you," Sabé said, and the two of them left the room.
"You should tell her, Master," Anakin said as soon as he was sure Padmé and Sabé were no longer within earshot.
"No, Anakin. Jedi aren't allowed to-"
"Love? The times have changed Master. You heard what Master Windu said to you earlier, didn't you? That love is good for all Jedi?" Anakin told his Master, revealing that he had once again been reading his thoughts.
"I'm not ready to tell her."
"So you do love her! I knew it!"
"Is it that obvious?" Obi-Wan asked nervously.
"No," Anakin said sarcastically. "Your whole face just lit up at the sound of her voice. And I have to admit, I've never seen you so happy to see anyone else."
Obi-Wan sighed. "When the time is right, I will tell her."
"Tell who what?" Padmé asked upon re-entering the room, with Sabé at her side.
"Nothing, just Jedi business, my love," Anakin told Padmé.
"Oh?" Padmé said as Anakin wrapped his strong arms around her waist. Sabé and Obi-Wan watched as the two flirted playfully back and forth. Sabé had a huge smile on her face, and Obi-Wan had turned his attention toward her. She glanced at Obi-Wan and smiled, and he smiled back.
Anakin pulled Padmé over to the love seat in the room, leaving Sabé with the chair, which was closer to Obi-Wan's bed. Obi-Wan knew that Anakin had done that on purpose, and he was secretly thankful. "So, Sabé, are you married yet?" Anakin asked, trying to help his master a bit.
"No," she replied. Obi-Wan sent a "force-message" to Anakin.
//What are you doing?!// he asked.
//Trying to help you out. I mean, you don't want to have a crush on a married woman, do ya?// Obi-Wan didn't say anything else, he was once again secretly grateful for his Padawan's help, although he wouldn't admit that to Anakin. He felt that that would only make him more arrogant than he already was.
"Do you have anyone special in your life? Boyfriend-wise, I mean," Anakin continued. Padmé elbowed Anakin lightly in the ribs. She suddenly felt a tinge of jealousy growing inside of her. Why was her husband asking her best friend all the questions about love and marriage?
"No, unfortunately. I am in love with someone, but I am afraid I cannot marry him."
"Oh, does this man not love you back?" Anakin asked, glancing quickly at Obi-Wan in mid-sentence.
"I don't think he does. I don't think he could or ever will, either. I don't wish to talk about this right now," Sabé said, and Anakin could see the sadness in her eyes. He did not continue the matter any further.
"Ani, may I speak with you for a moment in the hall?" Padmé asked, sounding annoyed and almost angry.
"Yes, my love, of course. Anything for you." The pair left the room and entered the hallway.
"What is going on between you and Sabé?!" Padmé asked bitterly, releasing all of the green-eyed-monster within her.
"What do you mean, Padmé?"
"I mean, are you really in love with her, and not me?" Padmé realized that she sounded childish, but she didn't care. Had Anakin only pretended to love her, so he could use her to get to her best friend?
Anakin was shocked by his wife's words and thoughts. "Padmé! How could you even think that?! I love you with all my heart. I'll love you till death do us part, you know that!"
"If you love me so much, then why were you asking Sabé all those questions about love and marriage?!" Padmé exclaimed. Her eyes started burning as tears swelled into monstrous waves behind her eyelids, threatening to crash onto her cheeks at any moment.
"In time, Pad, you will know, I promise. Right now though, I cannot say." He pulled her in for a kiss, but she pulled away, trying to escape his grasp.
"Anakin Skywalker, if you do not tell me what is going on right now, I'll - I'll.I'll leave you forever!"
"Padmé,"
"Don't 'Padmé' me! Tell me NOW!"
"Fine, have it your way, then," he said stubbornly. Then he lowered his voice to barely a whisper. "Obi-Wan loves Sabé."
"What?!"
"See, and now you ruined it, all because you were jealous."
"I was not!" Padmé denied.
"Come on, Pad, admit it. You thought I loved Sabé and not you, and you were jealous."
"Ok, maybe a little." Anakin raised his eyebrows in doubt. "Alright! You win! I was jealous!" Padmé collapsed into his arms.
"See, there was no use in denying it." Anakin kissed her, and Padmé didn't resist this time.
"I love you," she said, and pulled his head down by his braid for another delightful kiss.
"I love you, too."
"I'm going to get Sabé to tell me who this 'secret love' of hers is," Padmé said. "I'm dying to know now!" She re-entered the room, with Anakin close behind her.
"Everything ok, Pad?" Sabé asked, somewhat concerned.
"Yeah, fine," she said cheerfully.
"Oh, uh, we weren't sure. We thought we heard you yelling out there," Sabé teased.
Padmé's face turned red with embarrassment. 'Was I really that loud?' she thought to herself. "So, Sabé, wanna go get some grub?" she asked, changing the subject.
"That'd be great! I'm starved!" Sabé grabbed her bag and the two girls hurried to the cafeteria to get something to eat.
'Here,' Padmé decided, 'will be the perfect place to find out about this guy she loves. It'll be like the old days, gossiping about boys at the lunch table!'
A/N- Ok, this is all I have written in my little blue book! You guys will hafta give me some more time to write! With school again tomorrow, I'll actually have time to right (who pays attention in school anyway? Hahaha) ok, if you go review this chapter, then I will write more! If not, I won't! j/k, of course I'll write more!