DISCLAIMER: see chapter one

A/N: Wow, I didn't realize it but the end is here! LoL, I guess I better hit the keyboard a little harder and get II typed! I wanted to say how much everyone's faithfulness and beyond awesome reviews has meant to me, you guys are so great! I hope this story hasn't disappointed and the ending isn't a let down…I had to leave some things for the coming parts ;-) Thanks—RaeAnne

Oh, p.s. don't forget to check out the preview for part II in the next chapter!

CHAPTER TEN

We enter the Senate building completely proper, the lines of conduct firmly drawn. I scan the area for Anakin as Padme without a word heads off to consult with the Chancellor.

The rotunda is empty, a rare thing. I step toward the center floor where Padme will give her speech. I stare up at the massive viewing platforms. I sigh; I hope my young learner has not gotten himself into trouble… I hope he has not gone and done something rash…

"Looking for me Master?"

Just great, I can tell by his voice alone he is angry, I don't even have to sense the emotions to know his pushed back rage.

"There you are, yes I have been looking for you," I let my unhappiness with him show as I turn around to face him.

"I am sorry Master," he doesn't sound it, "I needed time to think," he slowly circles the raised platform, eyes focused on the height on the building.

"Surely, Padme has told you that I went to see her today," he stops; I turn my head to the right to meet his eyes.

"She did."

"And she told you that she refused me, tossed my feelings back in my face?" he continues his pace.

"She told me of your admission yes, but I have to point out that, that admission should never have happened. You do realize that if you want to became a Jedi Knight that you will have to balance your emotions…you will not become a Jedi if you don't put aside your emotions…that includes this notion of love," I let my voice harden, I know I am curt, I know that this could possible push him away, but I am at the point where a decision has to be made, his future depends on it.

"What are you saying?" he glares furiously at me, stepping onto the platform where I stand.

"I am saying that you feel too much, too hard. You need to find peace my young learner. You need to feel the Force above all else, and with your conflicting emotions you can not do that. You realize that is the reason why the Jedi have the code? Do you not remember it?
There is no emotion,
There is peace…
That isn't there just to inconvenience you, or to make your life miserable, but to save you! Anakin…" I trail when he doesn't respond. I won't back down, he does not intimidate like he thinks he does, especially not me I've all but raised him I know him well.

"Anakin, look at me," I state firmly, he refuses, if a battle of wills is what he wants then he will get it. "Look at me," I order.

His shoulders heave with his anger, with his rebellion, I won't back down, and his head is inclined toward the floor his face turned from me. I won't back down… his head turns… he looks at me. A concession has been made.

"Senator Amidala is waiting for you Master Kenobi," Bail Organa interrupts us.

Anakin manages to mask his facial distress and straightens. I breathe an inward sigh of relief, he backed down and that is one step in the right direction, "Thank you, we are on our way."

Organa nods and because I am sure he knew he interrupted something quickly leaves.

"We will talk later, padawan," I assure him and lead the way out of the rotunda. Anakin follows far and slowly behind me.

"Wonderful speech Amidala," the senator from Kaplin congratulates Padme as she mingles with guests at the so called 'small celebration' which really seems to be attended by the population of a small planet. She was very good though and I am not saying that just because she is my wife or anything…honest.

I split my attention between my wife and my padawan who is now standing against a wall on the opposite side of me glaring in my direction. Subtly does not seem to be his strong suite. He offers a stark contrast to my beautiful radiant wife who smiles with grace and warmth who moves with elegance making her peers feel at ease. She shakes hands, he folds his arms, she exudes peace, and he sends waves of anger.

I wish I could stay in Padme's presence even for just a small time longer, but I know the council is waiting for us. I cross the never ending sea of people to Anakin "It's time to go," I give no room for question.

Still glaring he silently follows, I wish I could tell Padme goodbye, but she is surrounded by at least twenty people assaulting her with congratulations and I am sure questions. I catch her eye just briefly and she nods sadly.

The life of Jedi and a Senator.

"We have received word that the small planet of Manaan is on the brink of a possible full scale conflict with the Trade Federation concerning the mining of kolto. The Republic has asked us to intervene. The Selkath people are a neutral people and refuse to step in. It is of great importance we settle this with as little conflict as possible and it will be a long process," Master Windu taps his fingers together in pyramid shape as we stand before him and the council.

"Yes, Master, when do we leave?" I ask.

"Tomorrow, mid morning, violence is on the brink and we can't risk waiting too long."

"Yes Master."

"The Force be with you it will," Master Yoda dismisses us.

We bow and exit the council chambers. My heart is heavy, I will be away from Padme for who knows how long, and I won't even get to say goodbye.

"Get some rest Anakin, it will be along mission we will embark on tomorrow," I put a hand on his shoulder, feeling too weary to finish the confrontation of the previous hour.

He stiffens but does not pull away. I study him for a moment and notice that he trembles slightly, "Anakin…"

"I'm sorry Master, I am very sorry, you were—are right," his head droops and his shoulders sag.

I don't need him to elaborate, I know and I am grateful.

"It's alright Anakin…it's going to be alright," I sigh putting my arm around his shoulders.

His face fills with relief; he gives a half haggard smile and starts down the hall. I let my shoulders shrug off the weight; perhaps we will be okay…

Sleep isn't coming to me tonight, too many things to think about, to worry about, and to ponder…so I walk the outdoor training yards. I gaze into the semi dark sky, the lights from the cityscape allowing no stars to shine; they shone so brilliantly on Naboo…

I think I can almost make out her window on the far reaching building, perhaps that one right there …the one lit while the others remain dark perhaps that one is hers. Maybe she, like me, cannot sleep, she maybe is thinking of me, as I think of her.

Looking into those windows, pretending that they are hers, I think about my leaving. I will be gone for a time of unknown length; I will be separated from her by both time and space, the knowledge weakens me. This feeling thing, it's rather hard. Falling in love was relatively easy now it's lying in the bed we've made, the bed that still even with our vows, holds only me at night, is hard. Would I change a thing? Not on your life, do I wish I knew going in a little more then I did? Perhaps, but it wouldn't have changed the outcome. I love Padme, my path leads to her and I know that. Where else it will take me…us, I am not sure, but I know that I made the right choice.

I wish I could tell her goodbye…I wonder, could it be possible…I wonder could our heart force reach to those windows, to that building?

"Padme…can you hear me?

Silence.

My heart sinks, I had hoped…

"Obi-Wan? Where are you?"

I could shout with joy.

"Hey, honey…I am in the Jedi training yards, did I wake you?"

"No, no, I am so glad to hear your voice…well you know what I mean… I missed you when you left, is everything okay? …Man this connection sure has a reach."

I internalize a chuckle, "Indeed it does, the council needed to speak with Anakin and I…we have to leave in the morning."

"What? So soon? For how long? Will I be able to see you before you go? Where are going?"

The questions make my heart sink.

"I'm sorry, the council just told me tonight. It's on a small planet called Manaan, we'll be gone a month or more…I wish I could see you, but we are leaving early."

"Obi-Wan…" there is a pause, "What about me dressing as one of my handmaidens…I could sneak out, we could meet, no one would know."

"Padme it would be dangerous, you would have no protection…"

"I am going, I want to see you. I won't let you go off planet without seeing you…without kissing you, I refuse so you can either meet me or leave me alone, but I am going out."

"Alright…but please Padme be careful," I relent knowing she would seek me out even if I tried to persuade her other wise, not that I would have protested much more then I already have.

"Meet me at the Imperial Sunrise, its nice and out of the way, I know the owner so there will no record, no security recordings…I love you."

"I love you too."

I smile, and I watch as another light next to one I had pegged to be hers blinks on; it had been her light beckoning me, burning for me. I do love her so.

I see her arrive, and I see her enter she doesn't seem to have noticed me. I wait a few moments and follow her in. Jasper already knows we're coming. Padme's identity is completely hidden by dark handmaidens' robes, and I enter discreetly nodding to Jas who ignores me, his way of saying 'I didn't see you, you're not here.' I appreciate this gesture.

The Imperial Sunrise is a nice unassuming hotel, one where even a Jedi and a Senator can meld with the background.

I would have known room #13 was ours, even if I didn't already know the number, her warmth makes the room almost glow.

As quietly as I can I enter, clicking the door closed behind me. She though still shifts a glance to me over her shoulder.

"Milady," I tease leaning against the door, folding my arms crossing one ankle over the other, grin large.

She smiles a smooth, mellow provocative smile and turns to me tipping her head, she then turns fully making a path towards me. I remain, still smiling, still amused.

"My personal Jedi," her seductive voice nearly purrs, she is now all but pressed against me.

She grins, and I try and catch my breath, the breath she has effectively taken completely.

"I am so very glad you are here," she kisses me, with urgency.

I answer her hunger with deliberateness and passion. Her body pushes against mine her every curve make my body respond. I push my hands through her hair needing to be closer…even closer still.

"I need you…I need you Obi-Wan…" she moans, voice husky and desperate, she pulls at my robes.

"I love you," I pull at the stings of her cape.

"Iloveyoutoo," she mumbles against my mouth, rolling her shoulders, letting the cape pool on the floor.

My mouth drops, "Honey…where are your clothes?" I gulp.

"I was in a hurry," she grins.

"Okay," I shrug and she laughs, I wrap my arms around her waist lifting her up, she wraps her legs around me.

Laughing, and kissing we manage to make it to the bed where we tumble haphazardly. She is beautiful, she is mine, I love her, and she loves me. The amazing miracles never cease.

"I love you so much…"

My stomach twists with love and desire, "I love you too."

Do I know the exact moment I fell in love with her? I am not sure, it seems almost like I loved her from the moment I met her, my mind was just too daft to realize. I just know I do and I am forever grateful that I am able to love her. I've found love, I have embraced the fact that I am indeed human, not some perfect ideal specimen full of wisdom, void of emotion, and infallible, but human, and how wonderful to be just that.

Trials ahead, I'll take them, hurdles I will embrace them. I will face anything because I have tasted love, and as Paddy Accu once told me "Once someone has tasted it, they will spend the rest of their lives trying to find it, trying to keep it, and if unfortunate enough to find it and lose it, they will spend the rest of their lives trying to forget it." I have found it, I do not intend on losing it, and I will keep it so help me.

I know the Jedi Code and I still in my own way cling to it…

There is no emotion, there is peace

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge…

Please give me peace, please give me ignorance for a season, let me have this love and not pain; please give me knowledge…and the wisdom to use it, for now emotion is in me.

I am Jedi, I am human.

THE END

A/N: Wow, the end…would you believe it actually brings a tear to my eye:-) Yes, I am just a bit of sap. Any whoo, anyone catch the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic references? Bad I know, but I had to think of some mission for Obi-Wan and Anakin and my brain wasn't functioning so I commandeered (which in this case means, barrowed without permission (sorry I just love Lemony Snicket…)) the tie in from the game. If anyone likes Jedi games or Xbox games in general I highly recommend this one. I hardly play any video games but this one is great…oh and so is Revenge of the Sith (yeah suddenly I am realizing I play more then I realized…I shudder at the thought)

Oh I have a bit of a shameless plug, you may throw stones and/or rotten fruit…though if you would, please refrain from the tomatoes they are a bear to get out white, I have another Obidala mini story that I just recently posted though I wrote a while ago called Shh, Baby, it's posted with another short called Winds of Change (a general fic) if you all would like to read and review I would be so grateful… Sorry I am done. Steps away and brushes away the rotten apple core and…pomegranate? Thank you.

mrs. skywalker: there is indeed plenty more to come…just in part II ;-) And wondering what AU is not in the least bit stupid! I've been doing this fan fic thing for almost 5 years (on this site, but more like 6 or 7 in overall fan fic time) and only in the last few did I stop and figure out what AU meant, which means Alternate Universe, like a completely different stage then what the original TV show/movie/book/ etc was based in…unless there is a different meaning out there that I am unaware of (…which is completely likely) but as far as I know that is the standard meaning. Hope that helped! Thanks for reading!

starnat: but of course, reviewing reviews is something I like to do best :-) And with such great reviewers, it's just plain fun! I am glad that this story seems plausible; I am not one for stories so far out there, it's hard to remember who you are even reading about. I hope you enjoyed this story!

abcabc: Aren't we a wicked one? lol, mmm Obi-Wan, Anakin…and babies…don't get me started! Where is that darn Obi-Wan/Anakin beacon when you need it! Hmph! ;-)

LoL I laughed when I read "And on a shallow note, I love how impatient Obi-Wan is" my dear he is a man! A most wonderful man, but a man none the less…a man who has not had his bride in a few days (I am sure he has a tally of the days, hours, minutes and perhaps even seconds) so yes he was a bit anxious…

Anakin is a pain the butt, and I have to pick the time frame of II where he is at (in my humble opinion) they absolute worst! Grr, oh well, we all know how he ends up anyway…limbless! But I better not get started on that because I hated Anakin so much after ROTS, him killing the kids in the council's chambers just did it for me, oh, it made me so angry! I knew he was pure evil then… see here I go again on one of my aimless tangents.

I know shameless reference to the Han/Leia lines but I have my reasons…to which I won't share…yet. The lines in the original movie kind of made me groan but they are perfect in their cheesiness and they are somehow classic.

DarthBastila: Now I am sure you caught the KOTOR references ;-) I am so glad you like my story, makes me just grin all day when I get someone who normally doesn't read Obidala's to read one…and have it be mine!

Yeah, ditto on the Ani thing, he has no tact no shame! LoL

sir-writes-a lot: Yes, yes, anger there is, fear too! I also blanch at the thought of a jealous Anakin…I mean come on we saw just a flash of it at the end of ROTS I shudder to think what full blow angry jealous Anakin would be like…

Thank you, I wanted to write a plot believable enough to be plausible (does that sentence even make sense? lol) so I am so glad that you think it seems real! Well since I love fluffy stuff I had to put in a bit in this chapter…it is the final chapter of part one and I just am a sucker for happy ends.

SuP3RG1R: I know, silly but I couldn't help throwing those lines in there, they are so fun!

I memorized all the lines from the commercials, as well as a lot of the lines from the movie…I was walking around the house, shopping and whatever else going "'Is it possible to learn these powers?' 'Not from a Jedi'," and "You are on this council but we do not give you rank of Master" along with "You were the Chosen One!" and of course the ever gripping "Anakin, you're breaking my heart!"

Boy, I am glad I wasn't the only one that got that message! I thought my computer and/or ISP was going haywire on me and I was happy about that!

UltraViolet41: So sorry to keep you from sleep, though I am so very glad to have the review:-)

Twists…? Hmm I hope to have a few yet up my sleeve, whether they are twists or merely a slight curve I am not entirely sure lol.

I know, I wrote that little bit about Obi-Wan and the don't fidget, not too anxious from personal experience!

What? Obi-Wan is under your bed! Agh, then who in the world did I tie up and put under MY bed! Oh…oh its okay, no need to panic folks, it's just Anakin (the good version). Lol Thank you so much for reviewing!

TheAmazingTecnocolorRingWraith: LoL, I've felt like that, hitting the clear wall I mean, I was doing that trying to get started on part III of this thing…I think I've got a nice pace now (crosses fingers…then remembers Obi-Wan's words about luck lol)

Yeah, Anakin is very very creepy and very powerful not a good combination…Fatal Attraction anybody?

sassy-satine: I am so glad I wasn't the only one ready to chuck the computer out the window (well I don't know if you were ready to do that, but I am glad to know that you least knew my frustration over the login thing lol)

Thank you on all points I really appreciate all the support (do I sound like a broken record or what…I do really mean it though).

I just want to give a few kudos' here. You deserve a great amount of credit to getting the word out on the Obidala's. Your story Come Away With Me was one for the first Obidala's I ever read and what got me thinking about writing them, yes I confess I am late to the Obidala realm though I did think they should have been together from the beginning, it just never occurred to me that there would fanfics out there…lol and I've been on this fanfic site for…wow am I really coming up on my fifth year? That's a scary thought… Anyway, the Obidala's fans out there owe a lot to you and other dedicated Obidala writers without which this story and I am sure many others would not have been possible.

A/N: one final shout out to all the loyal reviewers, you guys just make this writing thing worth it! I hope you all stick around for Part II! Thanks, and may the Force be with you…always. –RaeAnne