The Secrets We Keep
Author: LVB
Summary: Back briefly in Coruscant during the Clone Wars, Anakin notices his wife is acting strangely. What is Padmè hiding?
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A/N: Wow guys. I'm seriously overwhelmed by the response I've gotten from this fic. At the time of posting, I had 70 reviews. 70! My very first fic has three. Just wow. You have given me the confidence to continue trying to write long fics :) Thanks all! After this there were 2 chapters left but I think I'll combine them into one long finale for you all. Thank you!
Ch 10: Doing the Snooping Thing
Padmè had left for her appointment early the next morning. This time, she had said, the office she needed to go to was further in the interior of Coruscant. She had put on her concealing clothing, the type she wore when she didn't want to be noticed. Although Anakin didn't want her going alone, he had admitted defeat. It wasn't proper for a Jedi to accompany a Senator to a doctor's appointment anyway.
He knew he had a while left before he was needed at the Council. They were going to be discussing boring things such as their current position in the war. At this moment, Anakin could have cared less about the Clone Wars. His number one priority was finding out what was bothering Padmè.
Although he wasn't entirely sure what he was looking for, his intuition had told him their apartment might have the answers he was looking for. Padmè had been house-bound for a while now, so there should be something around.
He had started with their room first. He had torn through everything. All he found was a collection of dirty clothes that had gathered since she sent Dorme home.
Nothing there.
And so the search continued, with Anakin going through everything he could get his hands on. It wasn't long before quite a substantial mess had gathered through the house.
"Threepio can clean it up later," he muttered, thinking about the droid they had turned off for days now.
It was then he realised there was still one place he hadn't looked. Padmè's refresher. The one place Anakin avoided at all costs.
Of course!
If Padmè was hiding something, obviously she would put it in the one place Anakin detested. Taking a deep breath, suddenly Anakin felt a little uneasy. What if what he found in here wasn't something he wanted to see?
Pushing that thought away, he kneeled on the cold, hard floor and began searching through the drawers. A feeling came over him as he rummaged through her personal drawers.
Something is in here. I can feel it.
And then, he came to the last drawer. His heart began to race. The Force was telling him that something important was in this last drawer. Taking a deep breath, he looked through the drawer when something caught his eye.
Picking it up, he noticed it looked like the doctor's file Padmè had shown him. In fact, it was the doctor's file.
Opening it, he noticed that there were more documents in the file than before. Frantically, he began to skim through them to see which ones he hadn't seen before.
What's wrong with my angel!
He found it. For a moment his heart nearly stopped.
He sat there, wide-eyed.
No…it wasn't possible. They had been so careful.
Yet there it was, staring back at him.
Padmè was pregnant.
They were going to have a baby!
Joy and happiness began to course through Anakin's body as a huge smile spread across his face. They were going to have a baby!
But when, why is she upset?
As his eyes skimmed down the page, he froze. There was the commlink signal to another clinic. One that women only went to when they wanted one thing – and it was in Coruscant.
That's where Padmè had gone.
As fast as lightning, Anakin stood up and raced out of the room.
He had to get there in time.
His unborn baby's life depended on it.
