"Master, when will we return to Corusant?"

"Soon my young padawan, is there a reason your so eager to return?"

"I wanna start my training as soon a possible to become a real Jedi, just like you."

Obi-Wan smiled down at his young padawan as they crossed down the bridge that lead towards the docking bays. This was their second day at Naboo, and some of the queen's star fighters promised young Anakin to give his a tour of all of the ships in the docking area.

It was a beautiful warn sunny day on the queen's planet, birds sang in the higher trees, and the sounds of the river below them were peaceful towards one's ears.

Everyone was in high spirits after yesterday's celebration, still a hopeful strong feeling floated in the force, and made even the weak minded smile.

But for Obi-Wan, he had a different reason to smile...he was in love.

Last night seemed more like a blur to him, all he could remember was dancing and laughing, and before he knew it, he found himself kissing the queen of Naboo under the city's fireworks.

When things started to clash his thoughts of the force he knew they were going to far. First it was just kissing, when he found a million different emotions mixing inside his body, he needed to hold her, to taste her smooth soft skin, to know how close she could get to him.

He started down her neck as she groaned and tried to undo his belt, but another flash of main entered his mind and he pulled away.

He told her they were going to fast, she looked unsure and then he told her...

"I can't."

Her eyes looked like they were made out of glass.

"I don't understand?"

"Jedi...Jedi can't..."

She came closer.

"What?"
He lowered his eyes and felt his stomach turn.

"Padme, I really can't seem to be able to express my feelings I've been having these past few weeks about you, but their dangerous."

"Dangerous?"

"Jedi...can't have feelings about the opposite sex."
"I still don't understand?"

She put her free hand on him and looked at him.
"A Jedi...can't love."

Her eyes widened
"Love?" "You love me?"

She pulled away, and Obi-wan knew he went to far, he looked up and felt as low as any species just then.

"Padme, these feelings are new to me, I don't understand them."
He lowered his eyes again, and she came forward, touching his face again.

"Obi-Wan...do you love me?"

He looked up and locked eyes.

"I don't know..."

"You do, don't you?"

He just looked and then pure horror froze in her beautiful brown eyes.
She covered her mouth.

"Oh my God, your in love with me."
"Padme..."

"But isn't it forbidden?"

He couldn't find the words, everything was going wrong, if only he had let her kiss him.
"I don't know what to thing, but you have changed my feelings Padme."
She looked at him and then turned away...the one thing he didn't want, her back to him.
She walked to the other side of the railing and stayed still.

He ruined everything...he scared her.

He stood there as another breeze blew past them, making her hair blow around her shoulders.

His heart was beating in so many different places, She didn't love him...or did she and the thought of not being able to love her crushed her since it came from his very own mouth.
He was so stupid.

He tried to think of the Jedi, everything he was taught, the weight of being a master...then his master's wise old words.

"Love is not hate, Hate is when you can't love."

Then again Qui-Gon was pretty much against everything the Jedi taught, and ended up getting himself killed.

But somehow his words rang through his mind and heart.
He loved here...a Jedi loved a Queen.

Everything was pushed out of his mind then.

He took a step closer.

"Padme, weren't you the first to say you loved me?"

She turned, almost looking angry.

"Obi-Wan...that was just..."

"Just what?"

She couldn't find the words.

He then came close enough to her that he put his arms around her stiff waist. He locked eyes with her through the darkness.

"I love you Padme...and if you don't feel the same way, then I'll leave."

"But what about..."

He cut her off. "Do you love me?"

She looked unsure, and then matched eyes with him.

"I do."

"Then that's all I need to know."

And with that they kissed until they laughed.

They made plans to spend the day together before his ship came to port and he would have to return home.

They spent most of the night out on the balcony, both laying back on one of the soft laying sofas in each other arms.

They watched the fireworks and just talked, and talked.

Once Anakin was off on his tour, Obi-Wan headed straight to the gardens where Padme told him to meet her.

The gardens were just as beautiful as everything he had seen so far on the planet. The one he was now in was the furthest away from anything else.

It sat closer towards the lake and the mill grass fields on the upper hills. He walked taking in everything around him before he stopped closer towards the shore of the lake where bright orange wild flowers grew.

There she was.

She wore a long flowing sun dress and her hair was let down. Right away his heart jumped up into his throat.

He knew he shouldn't have been having such thoughts, but she was the most beautiful thing he ever saw...just like an angel.

It hurt to see her, as much as when they parted late last night. He could remember them not wanting to pull away from each other and they locked lips and made each other promise that they would meet each other the next day.

She ran into his arms almost knocking him over.

The rest of the day they spent rolling around in the grass laughing and running after each other. They talked about their life's and how different they were, and then took a quick swim in the lake.

They had never been so happy.

Now they laid back on each other, watching the changing light on the lake as the fire flies started to dance across the surface in complete silence.

Padme told him she had never felt this way before, and even if just about everything around them was trying to keep them apart, she wanted to see more of him.

Even if he had to train Anakin, and she had to stay here and rule as queen.

They talked about the risks and what they would have to do in order to keep seeing each other.

Finally she turned and tickled noses with him and told him that he would be leaving tomorrow morning, and how she wanted to see him one last time tonight.

She told him to sneak around the pool area where her chambers laid, and to meet her there.

In an odd way they understood each other and he wrapped his arms around her.

"You have any idea what they would do to us if we were caught."

She laid her head back on him and sighed.

"I've never been in love before Obi-Wan, and no one is gonna stop us."

With that they kissed and knew it was time to go.

Once they parted again and Obi-Wan walked to pick up Anakin as the sun started to set, his thoughts returned on his day with Padme.

They ran together, laughed, swam...and talked about things they had never told anyone else.

He loved her.

And even if they were risking everything over this sudden romance, it was worth it, he had never felt this way before and he didn't want it to stop.

Yes, it would be hard to keep this going...whatever it was, but the truth was he couldn't see life without her, even if this was dangerous for a Jedi, taking on his first padawan to feel.

But all his worry was pushed aside when he thought of seeing her tonight.