Padme opened her eyes hours later to find she was in her own bed. She felt tears run down her cheek. It had all been another dream. Just as that thought left her she could hear Anakin's voice downstairs talking with her father.
She got out of bed and threw a robe over herself. She silently crept down the steps and hid behind one of the desks in the study where they talked.
"I think she needs more time..."
"More time? How much more time could she possibly need? She should have just married you two years ago. No, I will not allow any more time. Within the next five months I want you two to be married."
"Yes, sir," said Anakin dutifully.
Padme watched her father leave the study in a huff. He slammed the door behind him. She watched Anakin watch her as she got up from behind the desk. He didn't look at all surprised.
"You knew?"
"Ofcourse I knew. I know the minute you enter the same room as I. Every hair on my neck raises."
"I know the feeling."
She took a seat next to him on the couch. She could feel him staring at her and she stared at him only to have him turn away. The next time they both looked was at the exact same time.
"Padme..."
Padme wanted everything to go back to the way it had been, but she didn't think it was possible. He didn't deserve this...
"You deserve better than this."
"Better than you?"
"Better than what I am."
"That's not true."
"I'm a whore. You waited for me. I did too, but..."
"Did you sleep with him?"
"No. But, I kissed him once and-"
"You ammediately pulled away."
"Yes. But, Oh, God. I wish I had begged you not to go that day. I wish that you had never left to begin with. Everything was wrong after you left."
"Do you love me?"
"I honestly don't know."
"Okay. That's all I needed to know."
"Anakin..."
But her voice wasn't heard because Anakin had already left the room. She didn't know what she was going to do this time. She had a feeling she was about to lose him once more.
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Anakin found her the next day in the garden where they had shared their second kiss. As He sat next to her and she looked up at him.
"Well-"
"You're leaving again, aren't you," said Padme knowing him all too well.
"Yes-"
"Take me with you," pleaded Padme on a whim.
He wanted to tell her that he couldn't and that he didn't plan on coming back, but one look into those brown eyes and he couldn't possibly refuse her.
"Okay."
"When do we leave? We can't exactly tell my parents or even yours."
"I know. They're still out. Have Nana pack your things. I'll leave a note even though they'll want to kill me later."
"Where are we going."
"Your parent's vacation house. I changed my mind. We'll go there. They'll never look for us there." (Think Aotc house)
"Okay."
He watched her walk into the house. What exactly had he gotten himself into? He had gone from making the hardest decision of his life by leaving her forever to deciding to take her to the lake house.
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They both walked in through the door. The house was just as beautiful as he remembered it to be. He watched Padme's eyes glitter in happiness before a small smile tugged on his lips.
"Well, I'll go take my usual bedroom and I suppose you can take yours which is across from mine," said Anakin.
"Okay..."
She watched him go upstairs. She had to come with him. She decided she had to talk to him. She went upstairs and walked into his room.
Anakin turned when he saw her walked into the room. She looked so confused. He couldn't stop staring at her. She was so beautiful...
He took a seat on the sofa across form the bed. She took a seat next to him. He sighed.
"Why did you want to come with me?"
"I couldn't stand the fact that I would lose you. I had to come with you."
"Why?"
"Because I need you."
"Why?"
"Would you stop asking these questions?"
"Why," he asked with a small smirk on his handsome face.
He didn't have time for the eager hands that landed on his face pulling him into a kiss. He gave into her for a moment before letting go.
"No."
"Why not?"
"I need to know something. And I need to know it now. I don't care if the answer is yes or no. All I care is that you actually have an answer. Do you love me?"
A tear rolled down her cheek. She couldn't look into those stunning blue eyes. Finally she did and another tear rolled down her cheek.
"I don't deserve you..."
"I didn't ask if you deserved me or not. I asked if you loved me or not..."
"I should have waited..."
"Padme just answer the damn question before I lose all my patience and-"
"Yes. I love you. Damn it I love you."
Anakin watched her as she sobbed hysterically. When he tried to put an arm around her she shrugged him off. She aimlessly walked around the room until she felt someone draw her into an embrace. She lightly punded on his chest.
"Oh, God..."
"I don't give a damn what you felt for him or that kiss you shared. I love you with everything in me. You're everything I could possibly ever ask for. I knew from the moment I laid eyes on you I would spend the rest of my life with you. And now looking at you I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I don't want to wake up another night knowing I won't see you the next day. I want to wake up every morning to your beautiful face. I'll love you until the day that I die."
"How did you fall in love with me," asked Padme through tears.
"I think the day I met you, but really, I'll never know..."
She wrapped her arms around Anakin. She felt him pull her closer to himself. She sighed happily. She looked up at him and threaded her fingers through his soft hair. He looked at her with almost a dangerous look.
"I don't think it was a good idea that we came here all alone..."
"Why not?"
"You will never know all the things that you do to me."
"I think I have an idea..."
"Believe me, you don't. I don't think it was a good idea for us to come here at all..."
"Why not?"
"Because I love and want you."
"Me too."
"Please, Padme, don't say that."
"I want to marry you."
"As nice as that is to know, we are getting married..."
"No, I mean, now. I want to marry you here, at this house. I want it to be special..."
"are you suggesting we have a priest come here and marry us with just the two of us there," asked Anakin.
"Yes. I want to be your wife, and I want to be it now, soon. I don't want all of society there. I don't want our parents there commenting how it will enlarge the family fortune. I just want it to be you and I, the way it's supposed to be, always and forever..."
"Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Yes, Anakin. This is what I want. And then after we are married I want to stay here for a month away from everything, having it just be you and I."
"I'd like that, but-"
"Anakin, it's what I want," said Padme evenly with one of her looks.
Anakin shook his head and slightly rolled his eyes at her. She couldn't be happy unless she always had her way.
"Okay..."
She softly kissed him on the lips. He dragged the kiss out for a minute before releasing her. You should probably unpack things now."
"I will, but not before I do one more thing."
Before he could ask her what she possibly wanted to do she had grabbed his face in her hands and pressed her lips to his.
TBC
A/N: I know this chapter completely goes against this story's outline, but after they retun from the lake house everything after that will most likely be the way I outlined it...
She got out of bed and threw a robe over herself. She silently crept down the steps and hid behind one of the desks in the study where they talked.
"I think she needs more time..."
"More time? How much more time could she possibly need? She should have just married you two years ago. No, I will not allow any more time. Within the next five months I want you two to be married."
"Yes, sir," said Anakin dutifully.
Padme watched her father leave the study in a huff. He slammed the door behind him. She watched Anakin watch her as she got up from behind the desk. He didn't look at all surprised.
"You knew?"
"Ofcourse I knew. I know the minute you enter the same room as I. Every hair on my neck raises."
"I know the feeling."
She took a seat next to him on the couch. She could feel him staring at her and she stared at him only to have him turn away. The next time they both looked was at the exact same time.
"Padme..."
Padme wanted everything to go back to the way it had been, but she didn't think it was possible. He didn't deserve this...
"You deserve better than this."
"Better than you?"
"Better than what I am."
"That's not true."
"I'm a whore. You waited for me. I did too, but..."
"Did you sleep with him?"
"No. But, I kissed him once and-"
"You ammediately pulled away."
"Yes. But, Oh, God. I wish I had begged you not to go that day. I wish that you had never left to begin with. Everything was wrong after you left."
"Do you love me?"
"I honestly don't know."
"Okay. That's all I needed to know."
"Anakin..."
But her voice wasn't heard because Anakin had already left the room. She didn't know what she was going to do this time. She had a feeling she was about to lose him once more.
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Anakin found her the next day in the garden where they had shared their second kiss. As He sat next to her and she looked up at him.
"Well-"
"You're leaving again, aren't you," said Padme knowing him all too well.
"Yes-"
"Take me with you," pleaded Padme on a whim.
He wanted to tell her that he couldn't and that he didn't plan on coming back, but one look into those brown eyes and he couldn't possibly refuse her.
"Okay."
"When do we leave? We can't exactly tell my parents or even yours."
"I know. They're still out. Have Nana pack your things. I'll leave a note even though they'll want to kill me later."
"Where are we going."
"Your parent's vacation house. I changed my mind. We'll go there. They'll never look for us there." (Think Aotc house)
"Okay."
He watched her walk into the house. What exactly had he gotten himself into? He had gone from making the hardest decision of his life by leaving her forever to deciding to take her to the lake house.
***********************
They both walked in through the door. The house was just as beautiful as he remembered it to be. He watched Padme's eyes glitter in happiness before a small smile tugged on his lips.
"Well, I'll go take my usual bedroom and I suppose you can take yours which is across from mine," said Anakin.
"Okay..."
She watched him go upstairs. She had to come with him. She decided she had to talk to him. She went upstairs and walked into his room.
Anakin turned when he saw her walked into the room. She looked so confused. He couldn't stop staring at her. She was so beautiful...
He took a seat on the sofa across form the bed. She took a seat next to him. He sighed.
"Why did you want to come with me?"
"I couldn't stand the fact that I would lose you. I had to come with you."
"Why?"
"Because I need you."
"Why?"
"Would you stop asking these questions?"
"Why," he asked with a small smirk on his handsome face.
He didn't have time for the eager hands that landed on his face pulling him into a kiss. He gave into her for a moment before letting go.
"No."
"Why not?"
"I need to know something. And I need to know it now. I don't care if the answer is yes or no. All I care is that you actually have an answer. Do you love me?"
A tear rolled down her cheek. She couldn't look into those stunning blue eyes. Finally she did and another tear rolled down her cheek.
"I don't deserve you..."
"I didn't ask if you deserved me or not. I asked if you loved me or not..."
"I should have waited..."
"Padme just answer the damn question before I lose all my patience and-"
"Yes. I love you. Damn it I love you."
Anakin watched her as she sobbed hysterically. When he tried to put an arm around her she shrugged him off. She aimlessly walked around the room until she felt someone draw her into an embrace. She lightly punded on his chest.
"Oh, God..."
"I don't give a damn what you felt for him or that kiss you shared. I love you with everything in me. You're everything I could possibly ever ask for. I knew from the moment I laid eyes on you I would spend the rest of my life with you. And now looking at you I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I don't want to wake up another night knowing I won't see you the next day. I want to wake up every morning to your beautiful face. I'll love you until the day that I die."
"How did you fall in love with me," asked Padme through tears.
"I think the day I met you, but really, I'll never know..."
She wrapped her arms around Anakin. She felt him pull her closer to himself. She sighed happily. She looked up at him and threaded her fingers through his soft hair. He looked at her with almost a dangerous look.
"I don't think it was a good idea that we came here all alone..."
"Why not?"
"You will never know all the things that you do to me."
"I think I have an idea..."
"Believe me, you don't. I don't think it was a good idea for us to come here at all..."
"Why not?"
"Because I love and want you."
"Me too."
"Please, Padme, don't say that."
"I want to marry you."
"As nice as that is to know, we are getting married..."
"No, I mean, now. I want to marry you here, at this house. I want it to be special..."
"are you suggesting we have a priest come here and marry us with just the two of us there," asked Anakin.
"Yes. I want to be your wife, and I want to be it now, soon. I don't want all of society there. I don't want our parents there commenting how it will enlarge the family fortune. I just want it to be you and I, the way it's supposed to be, always and forever..."
"Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Yes, Anakin. This is what I want. And then after we are married I want to stay here for a month away from everything, having it just be you and I."
"I'd like that, but-"
"Anakin, it's what I want," said Padme evenly with one of her looks.
Anakin shook his head and slightly rolled his eyes at her. She couldn't be happy unless she always had her way.
"Okay..."
She softly kissed him on the lips. He dragged the kiss out for a minute before releasing her. You should probably unpack things now."
"I will, but not before I do one more thing."
Before he could ask her what she possibly wanted to do she had grabbed his face in her hands and pressed her lips to his.
TBC
A/N: I know this chapter completely goes against this story's outline, but after they retun from the lake house everything after that will most likely be the way I outlined it...