Reunion
Anakin
Anakin pull himself from under the speeder. Wiping his hands on a towel to get the grease from the engine off of hi fingers. He had owned this repair shop for over six years now. The life of repairing broken speeder and ships was nothing compared to his old life as a Jedi. A life that he had long ago left behind.
He had not been to Corusant, since his son had been born. His son and his daughter, Leia. She was living with her mother on Naboo. He had not seen them in twelve years. Not since the council had ordered that they were separated. Anakin ad waned to fight the council, to run away, to do anything that would keep them together. Padme had been more logical. They could not, they had two children now that they needed to take care of and protected and they could not do this by running or by fighting. So Anakin was sent to live with his stepbrother and raise Luke and Padme went to live with her family on Naboo.
Anakin sighed, think off the past did not change it. He had a family to support or at least half of one. He just wished he could tell Luke about his sister and mother, his son was always curious about what had happened to his mother. Anakin had avoided telling his son for twelve years. Something that he hated to do, but he had no other choice. Anakin started his speeder and headed home with the twin suns sinking behind him.
He arrived just as the last rays slipped over in to the horizon. When he walked in his son was at his desk on the computer. He smiled when he saw his father walk through the door.
"Hey Dad. How was work." He asked. Anakin smiled down at his son.
"Its good. Really busy. Is dinner ready yet?"
"I think the machines almost done. You remember that Aunt Beru and Uncle
Owen are coming to dinner right?" Luke asked knowing his father had forgone.
"Of course I did." Anakin said quickly surveying the house to see if t was presentable. Luke rolled his eyes saying 'yeah right'. Before Anakin could respond, he heard a knock on the door. Owen and Beru had arrived.
Padme
Padme sat at her desk and tried to read through the tons of files she had yet to read. This was going to be a long day. After Padme had moved back to Naboo she had become the Queen again when Queen Jamala's reign had been over. Sometimes she had wonder why she had done it again. She had a child and had more than done he time in politics. She could have retired; she had more than enough money saved up to support her and her daughter for more years than they would both live. Padme had not retired because she needed something to do, something to distract her. Once Leia had entered school, it became too much to bare, just sitting home doing nothing. She needed something to do. So she decided to get back in to public services and she had been elected queen when Leia was eight.
She looked at all the work she had left to do and just prayed that it would go away. She probably wouldn't finish it, there was too much and she had a big event tonight at the palace. Another stuffy boring party with the same talk of politics. It was better though than the parties during the clone wars. There was no one you could find that did not want to discuss the latest news of the wars that were ripping apart so many families, including her home.
Padme sighed and turned off the computer and went to her room. It was the same one that she had lived in her first reign as Queen and she was very fond of it. As she walked through the door she was greeted with a big smile from her daughter, who was already getting her dress and hair ready for the party tonight.
"Have you saved the world yet today mommy?" Leia asked jokingly.
"No yet but we still have several hours!" Padme replied jokingly as well.
The next hour passed quickly as she got ready for the party and before she knew it she was greeting guest to the palace.
The party went as she expected, rather boring, though she did get in a good conversation with the senator from Naboo. That was until Janill Mikva, a rather annoying wife of one of Naboo's most powerful politicians, dragged her away from him. Her conversation was rather dull and Padme was not fully paying attention. She had begun to survey the room when some thing Janill said snapped her back.
"I'm sorry what did you say?"
" I was talking about the sort of "exchange" program that I think we should set up with one of the outer rim planets, like Tatoine or Leran. We would host some of their students here for a while or they us I thought that it would be a wonderful idea." Padme couldn't believe what this dumb woman had just said. It was brilliant.
"I think that it's a fabulous plan!" Janill looked a little startled at the Queens enthusiasm towards the project.
"Wonderful" Janill said feeling very proud of her self.
" We should begin to work on the plans immediately." Padme said excitedly.
"Um.. well okay" Janill said a little flustered.
" My office, say eight o'clock?" Padme asked in her way that she was more like telling her.
"Well of course your highness." Janill said before excusing her self to go talk with her husband. Leaving Padme to think over what was about to happen. That was until the next stuffy politician lurched her in to conversation.