Disclaimer and Author's Note: I don't own Star Wars, I'm just obsessed with it. Chapters 1 to 15 have been edited and corrected to fall in line with Episode Three. So enjoy and please review!

Chapter 10:

"Time for what?" Anakin asked, still half asleep as he cuddled closer to his wife.

"FOR THE BABY TO BE BORN!" Padmé said beginning to panic a little.

It took Anakin a second to register what she had just told him. He sat up and looked at her, trying to take in everything.

"The..baby…it's time!" he said stumbling over his words.

Padmé nodded yes.

"What do we do!" he asked in a panic.

"Go tell Threepio to go get Sabé and Obi-Wan," Padmé said calmly as she stretched out on the bed. Anakin followed her lead, but ended up falling to the ground. He was a nervous wreck!

"Anakin! Are you ok?"

"Yeah. I'm fine," he said getting back to his feet and staggering into the living room.

Over in the corner was Threepio, in off mode. Anakin went over to him and turned him on.

"Oh yes Master Anakin!" Threepio said turning to look at him.

"Padmé is about to have the baby. Go get Obi-Wan and Sabé for us."

"Oh my! Oh I'll be right back!" Threepio said clambering out of the room.

Anakin headed back into the bedroom. Padmé was still on the bed, stretched out with her hands gently on her stomach. He went and sat down next to her on the bed.

He gently ran his hand along her forehead, as he eyes were clinched closed. He could feel the pain she was going through. "It's ok love," he gently whispered as he kissed her forehead.

"Ani…it hurts so much."

"I know. But just keep thinking that the baby will be here soon." Anakin calmly said. Deep in the back of his mind, he feared that he still might loose Padmé and their baby. But for the moment, he pushed it aside. He was here now and he would make sure they survived, without turning to the dark side for help.

That was when Sabé and Obi-Wan ran into the room. Sabé gently sat down on the bed next to her mistress and reassured her that it was going to be alright.

"We need to get her to the medical building," Obi-Wan said to Anakin. "I had Threepio get us a transport there. Can you carry her there?"

He nodded yes.

Obi-Wan and Sabé led the way out of the room, as Anakin gently picked up his wife. She whimpered softly in his arms.

"Shh love, it will be alright. Soon our child will be here," he said kissing her forehead.

"Why can't we be in there?" Obi-Wan asked frustrated. He had been pacing around the waiting area for a while now. They had been waiting in the medical building for few hours now.

"Obi-Wan sit down now. She is in safe hands." Sabé calmly said.

He reluctantly sat down and ran his hands through his hair. Sabé gently touched his shoulder. He turned to look at her and she softly smiled.

"You're acting as if is your child being born," she said almost laughing at the older Jedi.

"It's not them I'm worried about. It's something deeper."

Sabé just looked at him funny.

At that moment, Anakin came out of the delivery room. Sabé and Obi-Wan looked up at him and what he was holding in his arms – not one, but two little bundles of joy. Padmé had delivered twins!

"This is Luke and Leia." Anakin said smiling.

For the first time in a long time, Obi-Wan could see just how happy Anakin was.

On the other side of the galaxy, Emperor Palpatine, as usual sat starring out into the Imperial Center traffic.

He had finally figured out what had been bugging him through the Force. His apprentice was still alive. But he wasn't his apprentice anymore. He was a Jedi once again.

And now he must pay.