Again, sorry for the delay, but at least I updated......right?
Chapter 7
"Would you like anything to drink, Mistress Jory?" asked C-3PO.
"No, I'm good." answered Jory.
Jory paced the garden nervously. Vader's ship had landed on a small planet named ManToo-Do. It was actually a very gorgeous planet. There were many multi-color flowers and big, whooping trees, and a lake that seemed to stretch for miles and miles and the water as blue as the sky.
Jory was waiting for Anakin to arrive. Once Vader had told her that they were making a stop at ManToo-Do for some business, Jory tracked down Anakin and asked him if he would like to secretly meet while on the planet. Although Anakin didn't seem worried about Lord Vader, Jory was absolutely panic stricken whenever she met up with Anakin. She was so afraid that Vader would catch them together and that Anakin would be hurt, or worse.
"Jory". Jory turned at the sound of Anakin's voice.
She smiled and said, "Hey! You're late."
Anakin chuckled and said, "Only by a minute".
"It's still too long for me."
Anakin hugged Jory and they stood staring at each other, both not really knowing what to do next.
"Well, I think it is a marvelous day" came the mechanical voice of C-3PO.
Anakin and Jory looked at the droid and Jory said, "Umm, 3PO, why don't you go explore the rest of the garden?"
"Oh, I much rather stay with you, Mistress Jory. I may get lost if I wander off by myself".
Jory cleared her throat and said, "3PO, Anakin and I would really like to spend some quiet time by ourselves though. Go run along. You won't get lost, I promise."
C-3PO looked uncertain for a moment and then said, "Well, alright. I'll just be over there."
The droid walked away and Anakin said, "Alone at last, sort of."
Jory laughed and grabbed Anakin's hand. "Let's sit over there."
"Alright."
Anakin and Jory sat down on the warm, green grass, overlooking the lake.
"This really is a lovely planet." said Jory.
"Yes, it is. Lord Vader certainly picked a nice planet to visit."
"Hmm, I doubt he picked it for its beauty. He probably needed to torture more innocent people."
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Anakin silently cursed.
~Why did she have to be so hard on Vader~ he thought. Vader gave her the world and she still looked upon him as if he were an insect. Didn't she realize how much he did love her? She did know, for sure, that Anakin cared for her and he knew that she was falling in love with Anakin. It's ashame the other part of him, Vader, was so hated in her heart.
Jory's voice snapped Anakin out of his thoughts, "I bet he's probably off right now, hounding a family with his stupid little......."
Anakin cut her off, "Jory, do we really need to talk about Vader?"
"No, I suppose we don't. In fact, I prefer that we don't."
"Then maybe you should be quiet." snapped Anakin.
As soon as the words left Anakin's mouth, he felt crummy. The look on her face hurt him.
"Sorry, Anakin. I didn't mean to offend you."
"No, no, you didn't. It's just, you get so bent out of shape when we talk about Vader. I want this day to be nice; just us. I don't want to ruin it with anti-Vader discussion."
Jory reached over and kissed Anakin on the cheek and said, "You're right and I'm sorry. Forgive me?"
Anakin smiled and said, "If you give me another kiss, I'll think about it."
Jory laughed and gave Anakin another small kiss on his cheek. "So, what shall we do?"
Anakin shrugged and said, "I don't know. Not much we can do, really. We have to stay close to the ship so it doesn't leave without us."
Jory let out a sarcastic laugh and said, "Yeah, right! As if Vader would leave me behind."
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With the last remark Jory just made, a thought occured to her. She sat up straight and said, "Wait! Why not just leave? Vader is not here. He'll never know that I've left. You can come with me."
It was Anakin's turn to throw a sarcastic laugh, "Yeah, uh-huh. Like Lord Vader won't know that a piece of his heart is missing?"
"The man has no heart."
Ignoring the comment, Anakin continued, "Besides, like his guards aren't keeping a close eye on you. You will never be able to leave and be undetected. Even if you did, where would you go? Home? I doubt it. That would be the first place he would look and don't put it pass him to harm the people you care about to get you back."
Jory frowned and said, "Yeah, you're right. Wait a minute though. If his guards are watching me, shouldn't you not be here with me? What if he thinks......"
"He won't. Don't worry about it."
"How can you be so calm? Vader could really hurt you."
"I told you that I'm not afraid of him."
"Yeah, but....."
"No buts. Let's not talk about Vader anymore. Let's have a nice day and forget about Vader, okay?"
"Okay, you're right. No more Vader talk."
"Good."
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Anakin wrapped his arm around Jory's shoulder and was happy to see that she settled herself against his chest and was leaning comfortably on him. He took in a deep breath and smelled her hair. She smelled like lavender and flowers to him. He was quite at peace, just sitting like this, but he could feel C-3PO's eyes on them and he turned his head slightly to see the droid looking at them. Anakin gave a menancing look and shook his head "no", as if to warn the droid to stop spying. 3PO took the hint and turned in the other direction. Anakin chuckled to himself.
~And to think, I created that robot~ he thought to himself.
Anakin felt Jory stir and heard her say, "You know, next week my parents are coming to visit me and we're having dinner with Vader."
"Oh, really?"
"Yup. I wonder what he's going to say to my parents? 'Gee, sorry I stole your daughter away from you, but I'm obsessed'. That'll go over well."
"Hmm".
Jory started to laugh and said, "I wonder what he's going to wear? Hmm, let me see. I bet you 3 credits he wears a black outfit!"
Jory had sat up now and was laughing hysterically at her little joke, but Anakin didn't find it amusing.
Jory looked at him and said, "What's the matter? Didn't you think that was funny?"
"No, actually I didn't."
Jory stopped laughing and said, "Gee, you're a fiddy diddy. You have no sense of humor."
"I thought you weren't going to talk about Vader anymore?"
"I can't help it."
Anakin raised an eyebrow to this comment and said, "Why not?"
"Because."
"Because why?" Anakin pressed.
"Just because, okay?"
Jory, obviously flustered, stood up and started to walk away from Anakin. Anakin found her reaction very pecuilar and very hopeful.
Anakin stood and started walking with her. "It's not like you care about Vader, right?" asked Anakin.
"No! Are you crazy?! He took me away from....."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah; he took you away from your family, friends, your life, blah, blah, blah. I heard all that before. Why do you insist on talking about him so much?"
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Jory couldn't believe what just came out of Anakin's mouth. He just said something horrible to her and he stood in front of her and pretended as if it was nothing big. It was as if he was oblivious to his own cruelty.
"I'm leaving, Anakin" said Jory.
"Where are you going?"
"Back inside the ship."
"I thought we were going to spend the day together?"
"Yeah, I thought so too."
"Well, what happened?"
Jory couldn't believe her ears. He had no idea that what he just said was completely wrong.
"What happened was you sunk lower than Vader."
Jory walked towards the exit of the garden and yelled out, "Come on 3PO! We're leaving!"
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Anakin watched the droid follow Jory out of the garden with a smirk on his face.
~She'll get over it~ he thought. At least now I know that Vader is getting under her skin. Whether or not that was a good thing, he didn't yet know.
Okay, the end of this chapter. Hope you like it. I'm trying to tie everything together so I can end this soon. Reviews please!
Chapter 7
"Would you like anything to drink, Mistress Jory?" asked C-3PO.
"No, I'm good." answered Jory.
Jory paced the garden nervously. Vader's ship had landed on a small planet named ManToo-Do. It was actually a very gorgeous planet. There were many multi-color flowers and big, whooping trees, and a lake that seemed to stretch for miles and miles and the water as blue as the sky.
Jory was waiting for Anakin to arrive. Once Vader had told her that they were making a stop at ManToo-Do for some business, Jory tracked down Anakin and asked him if he would like to secretly meet while on the planet. Although Anakin didn't seem worried about Lord Vader, Jory was absolutely panic stricken whenever she met up with Anakin. She was so afraid that Vader would catch them together and that Anakin would be hurt, or worse.
"Jory". Jory turned at the sound of Anakin's voice.
She smiled and said, "Hey! You're late."
Anakin chuckled and said, "Only by a minute".
"It's still too long for me."
Anakin hugged Jory and they stood staring at each other, both not really knowing what to do next.
"Well, I think it is a marvelous day" came the mechanical voice of C-3PO.
Anakin and Jory looked at the droid and Jory said, "Umm, 3PO, why don't you go explore the rest of the garden?"
"Oh, I much rather stay with you, Mistress Jory. I may get lost if I wander off by myself".
Jory cleared her throat and said, "3PO, Anakin and I would really like to spend some quiet time by ourselves though. Go run along. You won't get lost, I promise."
C-3PO looked uncertain for a moment and then said, "Well, alright. I'll just be over there."
The droid walked away and Anakin said, "Alone at last, sort of."
Jory laughed and grabbed Anakin's hand. "Let's sit over there."
"Alright."
Anakin and Jory sat down on the warm, green grass, overlooking the lake.
"This really is a lovely planet." said Jory.
"Yes, it is. Lord Vader certainly picked a nice planet to visit."
"Hmm, I doubt he picked it for its beauty. He probably needed to torture more innocent people."
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Anakin silently cursed.
~Why did she have to be so hard on Vader~ he thought. Vader gave her the world and she still looked upon him as if he were an insect. Didn't she realize how much he did love her? She did know, for sure, that Anakin cared for her and he knew that she was falling in love with Anakin. It's ashame the other part of him, Vader, was so hated in her heart.
Jory's voice snapped Anakin out of his thoughts, "I bet he's probably off right now, hounding a family with his stupid little......."
Anakin cut her off, "Jory, do we really need to talk about Vader?"
"No, I suppose we don't. In fact, I prefer that we don't."
"Then maybe you should be quiet." snapped Anakin.
As soon as the words left Anakin's mouth, he felt crummy. The look on her face hurt him.
"Sorry, Anakin. I didn't mean to offend you."
"No, no, you didn't. It's just, you get so bent out of shape when we talk about Vader. I want this day to be nice; just us. I don't want to ruin it with anti-Vader discussion."
Jory reached over and kissed Anakin on the cheek and said, "You're right and I'm sorry. Forgive me?"
Anakin smiled and said, "If you give me another kiss, I'll think about it."
Jory laughed and gave Anakin another small kiss on his cheek. "So, what shall we do?"
Anakin shrugged and said, "I don't know. Not much we can do, really. We have to stay close to the ship so it doesn't leave without us."
Jory let out a sarcastic laugh and said, "Yeah, right! As if Vader would leave me behind."
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With the last remark Jory just made, a thought occured to her. She sat up straight and said, "Wait! Why not just leave? Vader is not here. He'll never know that I've left. You can come with me."
It was Anakin's turn to throw a sarcastic laugh, "Yeah, uh-huh. Like Lord Vader won't know that a piece of his heart is missing?"
"The man has no heart."
Ignoring the comment, Anakin continued, "Besides, like his guards aren't keeping a close eye on you. You will never be able to leave and be undetected. Even if you did, where would you go? Home? I doubt it. That would be the first place he would look and don't put it pass him to harm the people you care about to get you back."
Jory frowned and said, "Yeah, you're right. Wait a minute though. If his guards are watching me, shouldn't you not be here with me? What if he thinks......"
"He won't. Don't worry about it."
"How can you be so calm? Vader could really hurt you."
"I told you that I'm not afraid of him."
"Yeah, but....."
"No buts. Let's not talk about Vader anymore. Let's have a nice day and forget about Vader, okay?"
"Okay, you're right. No more Vader talk."
"Good."
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Anakin wrapped his arm around Jory's shoulder and was happy to see that she settled herself against his chest and was leaning comfortably on him. He took in a deep breath and smelled her hair. She smelled like lavender and flowers to him. He was quite at peace, just sitting like this, but he could feel C-3PO's eyes on them and he turned his head slightly to see the droid looking at them. Anakin gave a menancing look and shook his head "no", as if to warn the droid to stop spying. 3PO took the hint and turned in the other direction. Anakin chuckled to himself.
~And to think, I created that robot~ he thought to himself.
Anakin felt Jory stir and heard her say, "You know, next week my parents are coming to visit me and we're having dinner with Vader."
"Oh, really?"
"Yup. I wonder what he's going to say to my parents? 'Gee, sorry I stole your daughter away from you, but I'm obsessed'. That'll go over well."
"Hmm".
Jory started to laugh and said, "I wonder what he's going to wear? Hmm, let me see. I bet you 3 credits he wears a black outfit!"
Jory had sat up now and was laughing hysterically at her little joke, but Anakin didn't find it amusing.
Jory looked at him and said, "What's the matter? Didn't you think that was funny?"
"No, actually I didn't."
Jory stopped laughing and said, "Gee, you're a fiddy diddy. You have no sense of humor."
"I thought you weren't going to talk about Vader anymore?"
"I can't help it."
Anakin raised an eyebrow to this comment and said, "Why not?"
"Because."
"Because why?" Anakin pressed.
"Just because, okay?"
Jory, obviously flustered, stood up and started to walk away from Anakin. Anakin found her reaction very pecuilar and very hopeful.
Anakin stood and started walking with her. "It's not like you care about Vader, right?" asked Anakin.
"No! Are you crazy?! He took me away from....."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah; he took you away from your family, friends, your life, blah, blah, blah. I heard all that before. Why do you insist on talking about him so much?"
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Jory couldn't believe what just came out of Anakin's mouth. He just said something horrible to her and he stood in front of her and pretended as if it was nothing big. It was as if he was oblivious to his own cruelty.
"I'm leaving, Anakin" said Jory.
"Where are you going?"
"Back inside the ship."
"I thought we were going to spend the day together?"
"Yeah, I thought so too."
"Well, what happened?"
Jory couldn't believe her ears. He had no idea that what he just said was completely wrong.
"What happened was you sunk lower than Vader."
Jory walked towards the exit of the garden and yelled out, "Come on 3PO! We're leaving!"
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Anakin watched the droid follow Jory out of the garden with a smirk on his face.
~She'll get over it~ he thought. At least now I know that Vader is getting under her skin. Whether or not that was a good thing, he didn't yet know.
Okay, the end of this chapter. Hope you like it. I'm trying to tie everything together so I can end this soon. Reviews please!
