Disclaimer: I've been forgetting to put these in, but look at Chap. 1!

To all my reviewers: Thanx for the comments on the story. I didn't know if I was going in the right direction on the past few chapters, but aparently you like.


"Time to wake up, Ani!" Anakin opened his eyes to see two blue ones staring back down at him.

"What the hell? What time is it?" He was annoyed, grumpy, and he wanted to sleep.

"8:00. We gotta get up." She slapped his bare chest and walked towards her bed.

"Ow. Why do we have to get up this early?" He pulled the pillow over his eyes.

"Because, sleeping beauty, we have people to find." She was tucking the ends of her blankets under the mattress.

"Oh, that? Well, can wait until later? It's not like they're going anywhere."

"No, Anakin, it can't wait. I want you out of bed by the time I get out of my shower, or else there will be serious consequences."

"Like what? Are you going to smack me to death?" Adana shot him a look that said 'No sex' and he shot out of bed.

"Hey! I'm up! No need to punish me now, right?" She just chuckled.

"Bye, Anakin," She shut the bathroom door.

About 30 minutes later, she was still in the shower and he was starting to worry. Anakin wanted to peek in to make sure she was all right, but if she was fine and there was nothing wrong, she might get mad at him and punish him in a way he couldn't bear. After knowing what it was like to hold her in his arms, to love, truly love her, he didn't think he could live without her. But what if she was hurt? What if someone had killed Liam and had killed her, with him in the other room? He had to know.

"Adana?" He knocked on the door to the bathroom. "Are you alright?" No answer. "Adana?" Still no answer. He opened the door to see her in the shower rinsing her hair. He sighed with relief.

"Anakin? What are you doing?" He looked at her face. It was covered in shock.

"I was worried." He was looking down at his feet trying to hide the fact that he was blushing.

"You were…worried about me?" He looked up at her face again and could see the shock in her face, but it was for a different reason.

"Yeah, it's been 30 minutes. I knocked on the door but you didn't answer. I thought maybe something had happened to you." Tears were beginning to well up in his eyes. "I couldn't bear to think that you had." He stopped there and swallowed the word. He couldn't bring himself to say it.

"Anakin. Come here." She turned the water off and opened the shower door. She held her arms out. He walked up to her and hugged her, just to make sure she was there. After a few minutes, he started to realize just what he was doing. Anakin was hugging a soaking wet woman. And not just any woman. The woman he loved. And she was naked.

"Oh, gods, I've gotten you all wet!" She pulled away from him and wrapped a towel around her body. "I'm so stupid."

"No you're not. I don't care that I'm wet. Really, I don't." The truth was he was wet and he did care just a little bit, but he didn't want her to feel bad.

"Now you have to change and what if you get sick!" She was acting like his mother, not his lover.

"I'm not 5, Adana. I won't get sick. And so what if I have to change? It's just some clothes." He lifted her face to meet his gaze and smiled at her. "I'm fine."

About 15 minutes later, Adana had gotten dressed and Anakin had changed into dry clothes. Adana was wearing a white jump suit that made her look like a civilian, but Anakin was wearing a Jedi robe, which made him look like, well, a Jedi. Here, that would be a bad thing. The slums had a history for having 'Jedi-haters' around nearly all the time. The taxi ride to the slums was particularly long and boring. It was one of the most insignificant things he had ever done.

"The cantina should be somewhere around here. It shouldn't be too hard to miss. Liam said it had tons of lights and holograms in the front, but I don't see it any…" She didn't get to finish her sentence.

"There it is." Anakin grabbed her shoulder and turned her around to face the Cantina.

"I knew that. I was just testing you." He raised an eyebrow.

"Sure."


So I gave ya'll so steam. Hopefully it'll tie you over till next time. I'm going to Florida this weekend and I don't know how much I'll be able to update before then, so hold on to your Banthas. I think Michael Jackson did it because he is the type of person to do that. Why would he have little boys sleep over if not to do that! He's a grown man, he shouldn't be having slumber parties with children. It's okayto invite them over for the day, but overnight is just wrong.