Part 8
When Taris woke up the next morning she wasn't surprised, at first, to find that her master was still sleeping soundly next to her. It was after checking her chrono and seeing that it was much later than she'd originally thought was when she was surprised to find that her master was still sleeping. Normally he would have been up about two to three hours early, but memories of the previous night slowly flooded back to her and she remembered how everyone had retired rather late and how she kept Obi-Wan awake for a long time. No doubt he would still be tired and sleeping after all that. The fact that they still had a little over two days left to travel until they landed on Calibo would also allow him to have a chance to rest and sleep longer.
The room was still dark and the ship was silent except for the shuffling of feet that she could faintly hear coming from outside of the room. More than likely either Qui-Gon or Anakin were up or maybe even both. Listening a little more closely she could hear more than one person so she assumed that they had both gotten up to start the day.
Taris opted to stay under the warm covers for a little while longer. Instead of going back to sleep she studied her master's sleeping form. It wasn't very often that she could watch him sleep and take in his peaceful and innocent face. He looked so much younger when he was asleep. His face looked boyish and youthful once again, almost as if he was 18 again. He looked so much more at peace and all the worry lines that had faintly begun to appear on his face all but vanished. His hair was dishelved and his face had only a little scruffies on it, but that would soon be gone and the clean-shaven face she was so used to would be back. The blanket had been pushed down to his waist over the course of the night and Taris could clearly see his smooth and well-defined chest.
For a moment Taris found herself wishing that he would open his beautiful blue eyes and look at her, but she knew that if he did she would be caught admiring her master and his body. She almost wished that she wasn't a Jedi and neither was Obi-Wan and that they could be more than friends and maybe even fall in love and get married. She quickly got rid of that thought though. She knew that she was a Jedi and by accepting the Jedi path she had to accept that she would not be able to love and do many of the things that she would've been able to do if she had not become a Jedi.
Taris was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice the shift in the force and Obi-Wan and she was quickly pulled out of her thoughts when she heard her master's groggy voice.
"Are you enjoying staring at me Padawan?" Obi-Wan asked her, but he didn't open his eyes. He didn't need to in order to see the slight blush that undoubtedly appeared on her face.
"I-I'm sorry Master. I didn't realize that I was staring at you. I didn't mean to. I was just thinking." Taris stuttered out as she quickly looked away from his face.
"It's alright Taris." Obi-Wan slowly opened his eyes and stared at his young Padawan. "What were you thinking about that had so wrapped up you didn't realize I woke up?" He asked gently hoping that she would finally tell him about whatever had been on her mind.
"I was just thinking about how much younger you look when you're asleep and how peaceful you look." Taris said. She knew again what he was hinting towards, but that was the truth. She wasn't thinking about the mission and the foreboding feeling that she had. She knew she had to tell him sooner or later, but she didn't feel like saying anything to him just yet.
Obi-Wan nodded and kept his eyes on her. "You look much younger when you're asleep too. You look as if you were 11 again. Sometimes when I watch you sleep I forget that you're no longer the 11 year old girl that I took as my Padawan almost 5 years ago, but that you're now much older and almost 16."
Taris smiled as she took in what he'd said. "Yeah, I have grown up a bit I guess." She paused as she checked her chrono again. "If you'll excuse me Master I think I'm going to go have my morning meal and then meditate."
Obi-Wan stood up and stretched as did Taris. "That's actually a good idea. I slept a little later than usual today and there's still much to be done before we arrive on Calibo."
Taris watched as Obi-Wan slipped on a fresh tunic covering up his chest and slowly walked out of the room. She could hear him great Anakin and Qui-Gon with a good morning and then began to talk about the mission ahead with them.
Soon she too got up and slowly made her way out of the room. She nodded her greetings to everyone as she found something to eat and ate it in silence listening to the conversation going on. She added her own opinions to the topic on hand every once in a while when she was asked or felt the need too. When she had finished her morning meal she quietly excused herself from the table and headed back to her quarters to meditate. She'd failed to meditate the day before with everything going on and had many things that she needed to meditate on.
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An hour later Taris finished her meditation and sighed with relief. She had finally been able to clear her mind and now felt better than she had before and relieved. She quietly stood up and left her quarters and went into the common part of the ship to join everyone else. She nodded to everyone as she went back to the chair that she had sat in the night before and just watched everyone go about their tasks.
Anakin spotted her watching him so he flashed her a quick smile and made a goofy face at her that caused her to laugh out loud. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon turned to look at her to see why she had laughed, but she just smiled and shook her head still chuckling.
She could tell already that this was going to be an interesting flight to Calibo and possibly even fairly amusing. When she and Anakin got together things were never dull and they hardly ever stayed out of trouble. They would get bored and try to find something to do and then one of them would come up with some brilliant idea that normally got them in trouble. Oh yes, this would defiantly be an interesting flight. Force knows what they'll come up with to do on the ship when they're not reviewing information for their mission.
Yes, I know. A rather short chapter and probably quite boring. The story will pick up eventually..right now I'm just having fun and still gathering more ideas for the story. But ahhh.please R/R and a big thank you to EVERYONE who has been reading my story and leaving f/b! Hopefully the next chapter will be longer and possibly funnier or better. I don't know as of right now. I don't know when the next chapter will be up. It could be tomorrow or.maybe a week from now. Depends on how busy I get! ( So please don't forget to review even if it is to say something not nice. I just wanna know what ya'll are thinking!
P.S. - sorry about anything that's misspelled or anything like that (in this chapter or the previous ones) my editor/proof reader isn't always available and I usually don't have time to reread what I write and/or I usually tend to miss things!
When Taris woke up the next morning she wasn't surprised, at first, to find that her master was still sleeping soundly next to her. It was after checking her chrono and seeing that it was much later than she'd originally thought was when she was surprised to find that her master was still sleeping. Normally he would have been up about two to three hours early, but memories of the previous night slowly flooded back to her and she remembered how everyone had retired rather late and how she kept Obi-Wan awake for a long time. No doubt he would still be tired and sleeping after all that. The fact that they still had a little over two days left to travel until they landed on Calibo would also allow him to have a chance to rest and sleep longer.
The room was still dark and the ship was silent except for the shuffling of feet that she could faintly hear coming from outside of the room. More than likely either Qui-Gon or Anakin were up or maybe even both. Listening a little more closely she could hear more than one person so she assumed that they had both gotten up to start the day.
Taris opted to stay under the warm covers for a little while longer. Instead of going back to sleep she studied her master's sleeping form. It wasn't very often that she could watch him sleep and take in his peaceful and innocent face. He looked so much younger when he was asleep. His face looked boyish and youthful once again, almost as if he was 18 again. He looked so much more at peace and all the worry lines that had faintly begun to appear on his face all but vanished. His hair was dishelved and his face had only a little scruffies on it, but that would soon be gone and the clean-shaven face she was so used to would be back. The blanket had been pushed down to his waist over the course of the night and Taris could clearly see his smooth and well-defined chest.
For a moment Taris found herself wishing that he would open his beautiful blue eyes and look at her, but she knew that if he did she would be caught admiring her master and his body. She almost wished that she wasn't a Jedi and neither was Obi-Wan and that they could be more than friends and maybe even fall in love and get married. She quickly got rid of that thought though. She knew that she was a Jedi and by accepting the Jedi path she had to accept that she would not be able to love and do many of the things that she would've been able to do if she had not become a Jedi.
Taris was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice the shift in the force and Obi-Wan and she was quickly pulled out of her thoughts when she heard her master's groggy voice.
"Are you enjoying staring at me Padawan?" Obi-Wan asked her, but he didn't open his eyes. He didn't need to in order to see the slight blush that undoubtedly appeared on her face.
"I-I'm sorry Master. I didn't realize that I was staring at you. I didn't mean to. I was just thinking." Taris stuttered out as she quickly looked away from his face.
"It's alright Taris." Obi-Wan slowly opened his eyes and stared at his young Padawan. "What were you thinking about that had so wrapped up you didn't realize I woke up?" He asked gently hoping that she would finally tell him about whatever had been on her mind.
"I was just thinking about how much younger you look when you're asleep and how peaceful you look." Taris said. She knew again what he was hinting towards, but that was the truth. She wasn't thinking about the mission and the foreboding feeling that she had. She knew she had to tell him sooner or later, but she didn't feel like saying anything to him just yet.
Obi-Wan nodded and kept his eyes on her. "You look much younger when you're asleep too. You look as if you were 11 again. Sometimes when I watch you sleep I forget that you're no longer the 11 year old girl that I took as my Padawan almost 5 years ago, but that you're now much older and almost 16."
Taris smiled as she took in what he'd said. "Yeah, I have grown up a bit I guess." She paused as she checked her chrono again. "If you'll excuse me Master I think I'm going to go have my morning meal and then meditate."
Obi-Wan stood up and stretched as did Taris. "That's actually a good idea. I slept a little later than usual today and there's still much to be done before we arrive on Calibo."
Taris watched as Obi-Wan slipped on a fresh tunic covering up his chest and slowly walked out of the room. She could hear him great Anakin and Qui-Gon with a good morning and then began to talk about the mission ahead with them.
Soon she too got up and slowly made her way out of the room. She nodded her greetings to everyone as she found something to eat and ate it in silence listening to the conversation going on. She added her own opinions to the topic on hand every once in a while when she was asked or felt the need too. When she had finished her morning meal she quietly excused herself from the table and headed back to her quarters to meditate. She'd failed to meditate the day before with everything going on and had many things that she needed to meditate on.
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An hour later Taris finished her meditation and sighed with relief. She had finally been able to clear her mind and now felt better than she had before and relieved. She quietly stood up and left her quarters and went into the common part of the ship to join everyone else. She nodded to everyone as she went back to the chair that she had sat in the night before and just watched everyone go about their tasks.
Anakin spotted her watching him so he flashed her a quick smile and made a goofy face at her that caused her to laugh out loud. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon turned to look at her to see why she had laughed, but she just smiled and shook her head still chuckling.
She could tell already that this was going to be an interesting flight to Calibo and possibly even fairly amusing. When she and Anakin got together things were never dull and they hardly ever stayed out of trouble. They would get bored and try to find something to do and then one of them would come up with some brilliant idea that normally got them in trouble. Oh yes, this would defiantly be an interesting flight. Force knows what they'll come up with to do on the ship when they're not reviewing information for their mission.
Yes, I know. A rather short chapter and probably quite boring. The story will pick up eventually..right now I'm just having fun and still gathering more ideas for the story. But ahhh.please R/R and a big thank you to EVERYONE who has been reading my story and leaving f/b! Hopefully the next chapter will be longer and possibly funnier or better. I don't know as of right now. I don't know when the next chapter will be up. It could be tomorrow or.maybe a week from now. Depends on how busy I get! ( So please don't forget to review even if it is to say something not nice. I just wanna know what ya'll are thinking!
P.S. - sorry about anything that's misspelled or anything like that (in this chapter or the previous ones) my editor/proof reader isn't always available and I usually don't have time to reread what I write and/or I usually tend to miss things!