"Defining Us"
by obi's girl
Chapter 4, Post 1
"Do you require any more assistance, m'lady?" Layla asked Sabé. The handmaiden glanced up at Obi-Wan curiously and smiled. Cora stood back in the shadows, waiting for Layla. Sabé looked at them, nodded no and the two women disappeared. "I remember what it was like to be a handmaiden. Even though I was the decoy Queen, half of the time, Eirtaé would be in control of things," She glanced at Obi-Wan waiting for a response, but he just sat there, staring at her. "Obi-Wan? Ben, is something wrong?"
He nodded and smiled, "I was just thinking about the poem you read to me earlier. You knew, didn't you?"
Sabé frowned, "Knew what, Obi-Wan?"
"You knew this would happen, that I would fall in love with you,"
Sabé laughed and blushed, eating her soup, "Obi-Wan, I can't tell the future. I wrote that poem because... I wrote it because I was a girl that had a crush on a handsome Jedi Knight. Don't think the others didn't feel the same about you; I just got lucky,"
"No, I think you knew," Obi-Wan said and crossed his arms, "Sabé, have you ever been tested?"
"Tested? Obi-Wan, I'm not a Jedi. I mean, I was tested when I was a baby but the count wasn't high enough, and the poem," she shrugged and smiled, "it was just a poem, nothing more,"
Obi-Wan sighed, glancing at the chrono, "It's late,"
"Yes, it is," Sabé smiled and cleared her throat, gathering the dishes, but Cora stepped out from the shadows and took over.
"Thank you, Cora," She glanced at Obi-Wan, smiled and quietly left the room, returning to her chambers.
"Are you all right here, handmaiden?"
Cora nodded, "Yes, m'lord. Attend to m'lady," Obi-Wan bowed and as he left the room, Cora smiled, gathering up the rest of the plates.
~~
Obi-Wan Kenobi glanced at his wall chrono as he walked into his room; he sensed someone else was in the room but he wasn't alarmed. It was her, she was there. He knew it. Obi-Wan walked silently to the bed, removing his cloak and outer tunic, then flopping down on his back. Sabé watched from a dark spot near the dresser before leaving the shadows and walked to the bed herself, discarding her blue robe.
She stared at Obi-Wan for the longest time, recollecting her thoughts and then moved onto the bed. No words were said between them as Sabé snuggled into his waist, wrapping her arms around him. Obi-Wan thought she was going to fall asleep on top of him, and then he felt her to start to kiss his chest. As she lay there, Obi-Wan reached beneath the silk of her nightdress. Sabé gasped, feeling his hands upon her bare skin. She let his hands roam her body a little while longer before she sat up, removing the gown and rested again on top of him.
"Ben, before we go any further, I just wanted to say," Sabé stopped and smiled at him rather shyly. "I know this is going to sound silly but I was raised proper and, well, I'm a virgin."
Obi-Wan immediately silenced her with a kiss and smiled, "Don't worry about it, Sabé. Jedi aren't supposed to have emotional attachments of any kind...Before I met you, I was never really serious about anyone. So, we're both in the same boat,"
Sabé shrugged, "I just wanted you to know that I love you, Obi-Wan Kenobi and no matter what happens after tonight, I will always love you,"
Ben frowned and nodded, "Sabé, why are you talking like this is the end of things? It isn't," he smiled and sat up a bit, "You mean so much to me, love, you have no idea. This isn't just a fling or an infatuation, this is a real a unbreakable bond."
Sabé sighed and rested her head on Ben's chest, "I know, I know, Ben. I guess, I'm a little scared of what will happen to us when all of this is over and we have to go back to reality."
"I'm scared too," Obi-Wan whispered and hugged her tighter against himself.
Chapter 4, Post #2
"That was beautiful," Sabé whispered, snuggling closer to him, "Ben, you understand why I wanted to wait?" she asked as she lay there in Ben's arms, clinging to his body. Ben shrugged and smiled, kissing her temple. "It's not like I waited my whole life to have sex with a Jedi, just because I wondered about it."
"I understand, Sabé," Ben soothed and grinned, "And I know you're not that type of a woman, too." He kissed her brow this time, "No one can push or force you to do anything you don't want to do. You have to make the choice yourself,"
Sabé laughed and rolled her eyes, "Typical Jedi Master saying."
He shrugged, "It's not, Sabé. It's the truth. Don't tell me your parents never said anything like that to you or one of your sisters when you were younger?"
"My mother did but I was wrong and stubborn. I know what she was saying but I didn't really listen to her," she laughed to herself and fidgeted, "My sisters didn't listen either," Sabé snuggled closer to Obi-Wan and kissed his shoulder, "They'd like you, I think and my mother, she'd love you,"
"Already thinking about meeting the in-laws?" Obi-Wan asked, raising an eyebrow. "That's all right. I'd love to meet them, too but for now, you can tell me what they're like."
Sabé frowned, "No, I won't. I won't because I want you to meet them, to talk with them. I don't want you to simply know them through my stories and what I tell you," she sat up and sighed, "I know it's a big step but I honestly want you to meet them, even if we're not engaged,"
Obi-Wan shrugged and fidgeted, "I agree but I'd like to meet them as my in- laws, Sabé," he looked at her and smiled, "If you'll take me as your husband and lover?"
"We can't." Sabé blushed and smiled despite herself, "Ben, I don't know what to say. What about the Code? Obi-Wan, I won't allow you to throw away your life as a Jedi for me. Being a Jedi is your whole life,"
"Was my whole life," he corrected, "But now, I'd like for you to be a part of my life, Sabé," he grasped her small hands in his and kissed them, "Please Sabé, marry me? If I have to, I will fight the Council for their blessing but I know as a Jedi Master, Masters are allowed to have companions after many years serving the Order,"
She shrugged and shied away, "Is that a formal way of saying "Jedi concubine?" Because then, I refuse the proposal. I refuse to be a slut in the eyes of the Order,"
Obi-Wan sighed, "No, not a Jedi concubine. Soul mate, my lover, my beloved wife. It can happen, Sabé. You won't be seen as an outcast and if anyone does look down on you, they'll have to answer to me. But you shall never be looked down upon,"
"Who would have the full authority on this blessing?"
"Master Yoda probably," Ben answered, "The other Council members would vote and if they agreed, the final vote would go to him,"
Sabé frowned and nodded, "And what happens if he decides, 'no?' What will happen then?" she paused and continued, "I know you won't disobey the Council, Ben. You wouldn't risk being kicked out of the Order for me,"
"Do you think so little of my love for you, Sabé? If it meant being free to live my life with you, I would. I'd never look back,"
"Yes, you would," she said, grabbed the top blanket and left the bed, "You've lived your whole life as a Jedi, Ben. If you did give it all up, can you honestly say you would never look back and regret what you gave up?" He nodded and stood up from the bed as well, grabbing another blanket and stood behind her as she continued, "It may work for awhile but then, things would fall apart,"
Obi-Wan touched her shoulder and she turned to face him, "Things don't have to fall apart, Sabé. Why can't we have it all?"
She laughed, "Because it's not possible, Ben. You can't be a faithful husband to me while also being devoted to another cause that looks down upon unions like ours,"
"Where is this coming from, Sabé? Why is this happening to us?"
Sabé was silent as she stood there, staring out at the fields as the wind brushed around her. She felt Obi-Wan stand behind her for a minute and then he left the room.
Chapter 4, Post #3
Sabé sighed, watching Obi-Wan sit out on the dock, throwing stones into the water. Throughout the morning, she'd left him alone to his thoughts. Sabé knew how much he loved her and she knew that she loved him, but she was truly worried. If they did marry, he'd regret it later in life. She didn't want him to be unhappy with his life, but at the same time, Sabé knew if he decided they shouldn't be together, they'd both be hurting.
Finally, Sabé left the back porch and walked quietly onto the dock, sitting beside him. She leaned on his shoulder and smiled, "I do want to marry you Ben. More than anything, I want to be your wife; that's always been my dream. It's just, I don't want you to be unhappy if the Jedi won't allow us to marry."
He nodded, throwing more stones at the water, watching the ripple affect. "It's never different. Whenever you throw them, the ripples always trail off into different directions. Very rarely, does the pebble skip," he said and stood up, throwing the remaining pebbles into the water. He watched as they just sank to the bottom.
Sabé smiled, seeing the symbolism in what he was saying, "Obi-Wan, life is all about chances and consequences that go with the choices we make. You've known that your whole life as a Jedi, I know it too but we don't want to make the wrong decision either,"
Obi-Wan turned to her, "I meant what I said before, Sabé. I do want to marry you, I want you to be my wife."
"I want that too but we have to think realistically, Ben," Sabé said, "We love each other now, we're very committed to our love. But what happens several years down the road and we fall out of love because we made a stupid mistake?"
"It won't be," he reasoned, "How can something this beautiful be a mistake, Sabé?"
She shrugged, "I know it's not, Ben," Obi-Wan rolled his eyes and picked up more stones, throwing some into the water, "Look, I just want you to think about it awhile longer. Three days, Ben. Think about it and if you still want to propose to me, I won't stop you," Sabé waited for an answer from him and when he only threw some more rocks into the water, she walked away from the dock and back inside the house.
Chapter 4, Post #4
"M'lady," Layla asked Sabé as she sat in her dresser chair, staring out the window, "M'lady, are you all right?"
Sabé turned to her and smiled, "I'm fine, Layla," she said and stood up, "Tell Knight Kenobi, I'd like to go out on a walk. Can you suggest anywhere we could stop along the way and relax?"
Layla smiled, "There are castle ruins in the middle of the barest part of the forest. It used to be a manor of some type, property of someone important but it's been long since abandoned. I'll tell Cora to prepare a small lunch for you and m'lord,"
"Yes, thank you," Sabé said and left. On her way to the kitchen, she passed Obi-Wan's room. He sat on the floor in deep meditation; Jedi always meditated but Sabé knew the reason for it now was because of what happened earlier that morning. 'At least he's taking what I said to heart,' she thought to herself.
Finally, Sabé cleared her throat, "Sorry to disturb you, but I would love it if you would accompany me on a walk. Cora's preparing a small lunch for us and Layla told me about this place in the forest, an old manor that's now in ruins. I thought it would be nice to explore."
Though his back was turned to her, Obi-Wan still smiled, "Of course, m'lady. Just tell me when you're ready to go."
~~
Sabé sighed, twirling around in the center of the ruins. Obi-Wan smiled, watching her as he leaned against what used to be a fireplace but was now worn. Before Sabé came and told him about the ruins, Obi-Wan was hell-bent on meditating the whole morning until he found an answer to what he should do. Three days, she gave him three days to decide, which was very reasonable but still, whenever he was around her, he felt as if the rest of the universe and being a Jedi didn't matter. Love's like that, he thought, still, how can I just walk away from her?
"Ben," Sabé cried as he looked up at her, "I have my book.would you care to inspire me some more?" she waved her small poetry book before him. Obi-Wan smiled and directed her to a spot in the ruins. Before Sabé could sit down, Obi-Wan removed his cloak and placed it on the ground for her. Sabé smiled at him and then frowned, when she saw Obi-Wan climb a tree in the middle of the ruins and settle on a branch. "Now, how can you inspire me if you're all the way over there?"
He grinned. "I'm not miles away from you, Sabé."
Sabé sighed and opened up the book to a clean page and removed her pen. As she sat there, Sabé couldn't help but wonder if the reason he sat so far away from her was because he was still angry with her. Stop it, she scolded herself, if he was angry with you, he would have said do. Sabé nodded, glancing up at his form in the tree and stood up herself, pacing around the ruins. "I think better when I'm walking around," she mused and smiled at him, "Is that all right?"
"Whatever makes you comfortable," Ben said and rested his chin on a thick branch.
Sabé stopped walking and looked at him, "And what about you, Obi-Wan? Are you comfortable up there? You can tell me if you're starting to get a wedge," she grinned and Obi-Wan blushed.
"Jedi don't get wedge's, m'lady," he mumbled and climbed down from the tree, walking closer to her. Again, standing to close to her, Obi-Wan frowned and then backed away.
Sabé huffed, forgetting about her book and stalked towards him, "Obi-Wan, what is the matter with you? Why are you distancing yourself from me? It's like your degusted with me or something!"
"I used to understand you, Sabé, but I don't anymore. First, you tell me a life between us is possible and the next minute, you tell me to wait a proposal for three days because you don't want me to make a mistake and you wonder why I'm distancing myself from you?" he cried, "Believe me, I want nothing more than to take you in my arms and tell you everything is going to work out, but now, I'm not so sure,"
Sabé grunted and crossed her arms, "If you were angry with me, why didn't you just say so earlier?"
Obi-Wan grinned, "Oh, earlier when you gave me that ultimatum on the dock? Is that what you mean?"
"That's no fair," she said evenly, "Obi-Wan, I do love you. I am hopelessly in love you; that's why I want you to think about this seriously. I thought you understood that,"
"I don't understand you anymore," he spat, "Look at what's happened to us, Sabé. We're falling apart even before anything has started between us. It shouldn't be like this. I meant what I said before, I don't understand why you don't see that,"
Sabé nodded, "I do, Ben. I know you meant what you said.that's not the point?"
Ben rolled his eyes and paced around, "Then please tell me, what is the point, Sabé?"
"I love you," she said, "I love you so much I don't want the decisions we make to turn out to be mistakes!"
"How is falling in love with a beautiful woman and wanting to spend a life with her a mistake, Sabé? Tell me, how that's a mistake!"
She shrugged, "It's not, Ben. Loving you was never a mistake. I want that life with you, Ben. I want it so badly I dream about it at night,"
Obi-Wan turned to her desperately, bracing her arms, "Then why? Why wait for the dream? Dreams only last for so long. Please Sabé, I want you to be my wife," he kissed her forehead, "Please?" he cried, falling onto his knees and hugging her waist. Sabé smiled, flattered he felt so strongly about this.
"Yes," she answered slowly. "Yes, I'll be your wife, Ben."
tbc
Chapter 4, Post 1
"Do you require any more assistance, m'lady?" Layla asked Sabé. The handmaiden glanced up at Obi-Wan curiously and smiled. Cora stood back in the shadows, waiting for Layla. Sabé looked at them, nodded no and the two women disappeared. "I remember what it was like to be a handmaiden. Even though I was the decoy Queen, half of the time, Eirtaé would be in control of things," She glanced at Obi-Wan waiting for a response, but he just sat there, staring at her. "Obi-Wan? Ben, is something wrong?"
He nodded and smiled, "I was just thinking about the poem you read to me earlier. You knew, didn't you?"
Sabé frowned, "Knew what, Obi-Wan?"
"You knew this would happen, that I would fall in love with you,"
Sabé laughed and blushed, eating her soup, "Obi-Wan, I can't tell the future. I wrote that poem because... I wrote it because I was a girl that had a crush on a handsome Jedi Knight. Don't think the others didn't feel the same about you; I just got lucky,"
"No, I think you knew," Obi-Wan said and crossed his arms, "Sabé, have you ever been tested?"
"Tested? Obi-Wan, I'm not a Jedi. I mean, I was tested when I was a baby but the count wasn't high enough, and the poem," she shrugged and smiled, "it was just a poem, nothing more,"
Obi-Wan sighed, glancing at the chrono, "It's late,"
"Yes, it is," Sabé smiled and cleared her throat, gathering the dishes, but Cora stepped out from the shadows and took over.
"Thank you, Cora," She glanced at Obi-Wan, smiled and quietly left the room, returning to her chambers.
"Are you all right here, handmaiden?"
Cora nodded, "Yes, m'lord. Attend to m'lady," Obi-Wan bowed and as he left the room, Cora smiled, gathering up the rest of the plates.
~~
Obi-Wan Kenobi glanced at his wall chrono as he walked into his room; he sensed someone else was in the room but he wasn't alarmed. It was her, she was there. He knew it. Obi-Wan walked silently to the bed, removing his cloak and outer tunic, then flopping down on his back. Sabé watched from a dark spot near the dresser before leaving the shadows and walked to the bed herself, discarding her blue robe.
She stared at Obi-Wan for the longest time, recollecting her thoughts and then moved onto the bed. No words were said between them as Sabé snuggled into his waist, wrapping her arms around him. Obi-Wan thought she was going to fall asleep on top of him, and then he felt her to start to kiss his chest. As she lay there, Obi-Wan reached beneath the silk of her nightdress. Sabé gasped, feeling his hands upon her bare skin. She let his hands roam her body a little while longer before she sat up, removing the gown and rested again on top of him.
"Ben, before we go any further, I just wanted to say," Sabé stopped and smiled at him rather shyly. "I know this is going to sound silly but I was raised proper and, well, I'm a virgin."
Obi-Wan immediately silenced her with a kiss and smiled, "Don't worry about it, Sabé. Jedi aren't supposed to have emotional attachments of any kind...Before I met you, I was never really serious about anyone. So, we're both in the same boat,"
Sabé shrugged, "I just wanted you to know that I love you, Obi-Wan Kenobi and no matter what happens after tonight, I will always love you,"
Ben frowned and nodded, "Sabé, why are you talking like this is the end of things? It isn't," he smiled and sat up a bit, "You mean so much to me, love, you have no idea. This isn't just a fling or an infatuation, this is a real a unbreakable bond."
Sabé sighed and rested her head on Ben's chest, "I know, I know, Ben. I guess, I'm a little scared of what will happen to us when all of this is over and we have to go back to reality."
"I'm scared too," Obi-Wan whispered and hugged her tighter against himself.
Chapter 4, Post #2
"That was beautiful," Sabé whispered, snuggling closer to him, "Ben, you understand why I wanted to wait?" she asked as she lay there in Ben's arms, clinging to his body. Ben shrugged and smiled, kissing her temple. "It's not like I waited my whole life to have sex with a Jedi, just because I wondered about it."
"I understand, Sabé," Ben soothed and grinned, "And I know you're not that type of a woman, too." He kissed her brow this time, "No one can push or force you to do anything you don't want to do. You have to make the choice yourself,"
Sabé laughed and rolled her eyes, "Typical Jedi Master saying."
He shrugged, "It's not, Sabé. It's the truth. Don't tell me your parents never said anything like that to you or one of your sisters when you were younger?"
"My mother did but I was wrong and stubborn. I know what she was saying but I didn't really listen to her," she laughed to herself and fidgeted, "My sisters didn't listen either," Sabé snuggled closer to Obi-Wan and kissed his shoulder, "They'd like you, I think and my mother, she'd love you,"
"Already thinking about meeting the in-laws?" Obi-Wan asked, raising an eyebrow. "That's all right. I'd love to meet them, too but for now, you can tell me what they're like."
Sabé frowned, "No, I won't. I won't because I want you to meet them, to talk with them. I don't want you to simply know them through my stories and what I tell you," she sat up and sighed, "I know it's a big step but I honestly want you to meet them, even if we're not engaged,"
Obi-Wan shrugged and fidgeted, "I agree but I'd like to meet them as my in- laws, Sabé," he looked at her and smiled, "If you'll take me as your husband and lover?"
"We can't." Sabé blushed and smiled despite herself, "Ben, I don't know what to say. What about the Code? Obi-Wan, I won't allow you to throw away your life as a Jedi for me. Being a Jedi is your whole life,"
"Was my whole life," he corrected, "But now, I'd like for you to be a part of my life, Sabé," he grasped her small hands in his and kissed them, "Please Sabé, marry me? If I have to, I will fight the Council for their blessing but I know as a Jedi Master, Masters are allowed to have companions after many years serving the Order,"
She shrugged and shied away, "Is that a formal way of saying "Jedi concubine?" Because then, I refuse the proposal. I refuse to be a slut in the eyes of the Order,"
Obi-Wan sighed, "No, not a Jedi concubine. Soul mate, my lover, my beloved wife. It can happen, Sabé. You won't be seen as an outcast and if anyone does look down on you, they'll have to answer to me. But you shall never be looked down upon,"
"Who would have the full authority on this blessing?"
"Master Yoda probably," Ben answered, "The other Council members would vote and if they agreed, the final vote would go to him,"
Sabé frowned and nodded, "And what happens if he decides, 'no?' What will happen then?" she paused and continued, "I know you won't disobey the Council, Ben. You wouldn't risk being kicked out of the Order for me,"
"Do you think so little of my love for you, Sabé? If it meant being free to live my life with you, I would. I'd never look back,"
"Yes, you would," she said, grabbed the top blanket and left the bed, "You've lived your whole life as a Jedi, Ben. If you did give it all up, can you honestly say you would never look back and regret what you gave up?" He nodded and stood up from the bed as well, grabbing another blanket and stood behind her as she continued, "It may work for awhile but then, things would fall apart,"
Obi-Wan touched her shoulder and she turned to face him, "Things don't have to fall apart, Sabé. Why can't we have it all?"
She laughed, "Because it's not possible, Ben. You can't be a faithful husband to me while also being devoted to another cause that looks down upon unions like ours,"
"Where is this coming from, Sabé? Why is this happening to us?"
Sabé was silent as she stood there, staring out at the fields as the wind brushed around her. She felt Obi-Wan stand behind her for a minute and then he left the room.
Chapter 4, Post #3
Sabé sighed, watching Obi-Wan sit out on the dock, throwing stones into the water. Throughout the morning, she'd left him alone to his thoughts. Sabé knew how much he loved her and she knew that she loved him, but she was truly worried. If they did marry, he'd regret it later in life. She didn't want him to be unhappy with his life, but at the same time, Sabé knew if he decided they shouldn't be together, they'd both be hurting.
Finally, Sabé left the back porch and walked quietly onto the dock, sitting beside him. She leaned on his shoulder and smiled, "I do want to marry you Ben. More than anything, I want to be your wife; that's always been my dream. It's just, I don't want you to be unhappy if the Jedi won't allow us to marry."
He nodded, throwing more stones at the water, watching the ripple affect. "It's never different. Whenever you throw them, the ripples always trail off into different directions. Very rarely, does the pebble skip," he said and stood up, throwing the remaining pebbles into the water. He watched as they just sank to the bottom.
Sabé smiled, seeing the symbolism in what he was saying, "Obi-Wan, life is all about chances and consequences that go with the choices we make. You've known that your whole life as a Jedi, I know it too but we don't want to make the wrong decision either,"
Obi-Wan turned to her, "I meant what I said before, Sabé. I do want to marry you, I want you to be my wife."
"I want that too but we have to think realistically, Ben," Sabé said, "We love each other now, we're very committed to our love. But what happens several years down the road and we fall out of love because we made a stupid mistake?"
"It won't be," he reasoned, "How can something this beautiful be a mistake, Sabé?"
She shrugged, "I know it's not, Ben," Obi-Wan rolled his eyes and picked up more stones, throwing some into the water, "Look, I just want you to think about it awhile longer. Three days, Ben. Think about it and if you still want to propose to me, I won't stop you," Sabé waited for an answer from him and when he only threw some more rocks into the water, she walked away from the dock and back inside the house.
Chapter 4, Post #4
"M'lady," Layla asked Sabé as she sat in her dresser chair, staring out the window, "M'lady, are you all right?"
Sabé turned to her and smiled, "I'm fine, Layla," she said and stood up, "Tell Knight Kenobi, I'd like to go out on a walk. Can you suggest anywhere we could stop along the way and relax?"
Layla smiled, "There are castle ruins in the middle of the barest part of the forest. It used to be a manor of some type, property of someone important but it's been long since abandoned. I'll tell Cora to prepare a small lunch for you and m'lord,"
"Yes, thank you," Sabé said and left. On her way to the kitchen, she passed Obi-Wan's room. He sat on the floor in deep meditation; Jedi always meditated but Sabé knew the reason for it now was because of what happened earlier that morning. 'At least he's taking what I said to heart,' she thought to herself.
Finally, Sabé cleared her throat, "Sorry to disturb you, but I would love it if you would accompany me on a walk. Cora's preparing a small lunch for us and Layla told me about this place in the forest, an old manor that's now in ruins. I thought it would be nice to explore."
Though his back was turned to her, Obi-Wan still smiled, "Of course, m'lady. Just tell me when you're ready to go."
~~
Sabé sighed, twirling around in the center of the ruins. Obi-Wan smiled, watching her as he leaned against what used to be a fireplace but was now worn. Before Sabé came and told him about the ruins, Obi-Wan was hell-bent on meditating the whole morning until he found an answer to what he should do. Three days, she gave him three days to decide, which was very reasonable but still, whenever he was around her, he felt as if the rest of the universe and being a Jedi didn't matter. Love's like that, he thought, still, how can I just walk away from her?
"Ben," Sabé cried as he looked up at her, "I have my book.would you care to inspire me some more?" she waved her small poetry book before him. Obi-Wan smiled and directed her to a spot in the ruins. Before Sabé could sit down, Obi-Wan removed his cloak and placed it on the ground for her. Sabé smiled at him and then frowned, when she saw Obi-Wan climb a tree in the middle of the ruins and settle on a branch. "Now, how can you inspire me if you're all the way over there?"
He grinned. "I'm not miles away from you, Sabé."
Sabé sighed and opened up the book to a clean page and removed her pen. As she sat there, Sabé couldn't help but wonder if the reason he sat so far away from her was because he was still angry with her. Stop it, she scolded herself, if he was angry with you, he would have said do. Sabé nodded, glancing up at his form in the tree and stood up herself, pacing around the ruins. "I think better when I'm walking around," she mused and smiled at him, "Is that all right?"
"Whatever makes you comfortable," Ben said and rested his chin on a thick branch.
Sabé stopped walking and looked at him, "And what about you, Obi-Wan? Are you comfortable up there? You can tell me if you're starting to get a wedge," she grinned and Obi-Wan blushed.
"Jedi don't get wedge's, m'lady," he mumbled and climbed down from the tree, walking closer to her. Again, standing to close to her, Obi-Wan frowned and then backed away.
Sabé huffed, forgetting about her book and stalked towards him, "Obi-Wan, what is the matter with you? Why are you distancing yourself from me? It's like your degusted with me or something!"
"I used to understand you, Sabé, but I don't anymore. First, you tell me a life between us is possible and the next minute, you tell me to wait a proposal for three days because you don't want me to make a mistake and you wonder why I'm distancing myself from you?" he cried, "Believe me, I want nothing more than to take you in my arms and tell you everything is going to work out, but now, I'm not so sure,"
Sabé grunted and crossed her arms, "If you were angry with me, why didn't you just say so earlier?"
Obi-Wan grinned, "Oh, earlier when you gave me that ultimatum on the dock? Is that what you mean?"
"That's no fair," she said evenly, "Obi-Wan, I do love you. I am hopelessly in love you; that's why I want you to think about this seriously. I thought you understood that,"
"I don't understand you anymore," he spat, "Look at what's happened to us, Sabé. We're falling apart even before anything has started between us. It shouldn't be like this. I meant what I said before, I don't understand why you don't see that,"
Sabé nodded, "I do, Ben. I know you meant what you said.that's not the point?"
Ben rolled his eyes and paced around, "Then please tell me, what is the point, Sabé?"
"I love you," she said, "I love you so much I don't want the decisions we make to turn out to be mistakes!"
"How is falling in love with a beautiful woman and wanting to spend a life with her a mistake, Sabé? Tell me, how that's a mistake!"
She shrugged, "It's not, Ben. Loving you was never a mistake. I want that life with you, Ben. I want it so badly I dream about it at night,"
Obi-Wan turned to her desperately, bracing her arms, "Then why? Why wait for the dream? Dreams only last for so long. Please Sabé, I want you to be my wife," he kissed her forehead, "Please?" he cried, falling onto his knees and hugging her waist. Sabé smiled, flattered he felt so strongly about this.
"Yes," she answered slowly. "Yes, I'll be your wife, Ben."
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