Padme and Anakin had arrived on Tatooine, they learned of where his mother had been sold and how she was now married to a poor farmer only a few miles outside of the city. They arrived together, being greeted by his family, and learned that his mother had been kidnapped less then a month ago.

Padme saw the fear and pain wash across Anakin's eyes when he stood on the hill right outside of his stepfather's home and watched the two setting suns go over the tall desert hills.

These people were kind, and she knew that even if they were outsiders she felt safe being with them.

She had no idea really what to say to Anakin, she couldn't even try to image what she would be like if her own mother was killed. She felt helpless. In less then a few days she had almost been killed twice.

The man who she had fallen in love with, and shared a child together many years ago returned, but did not return to feelings she shared for him...and now his very own padawan, the same boy who she laughed with when she was just a child herself, was head over heels in love with her.

Anakin was everything a person would want...but even if her heart was playing tricks with her she didn't think she could love him...she had all ready put her heart out on the line to many times so far.

He left to find his mother and returned the next day with her corpse.

She stayed with Beru inside while she cooked and tried to hold back the tears that were forming behind her eyes.

She remembered Anakin's mother, such a lovely woman with kind eyes that would make anyone feel welcome.

Now she was gone.

The men helped bury her outside beside Cliegg's first wife, and his son who died from sickness at a very young age. Once the time came everyone stood together as they said their final words and she watched with a heavy heart as Anakin kneeled down beside his mother's grave and cried.

Much later she tried to serve him some lunch in one of the workshops that sat inside their large home. His eyes seemed clouded and lost in pain.

She still had no words as he stood up, tears streaming down his face and he told her he killed all of the sand people who had killed his mother.

Such hate and anger filled in his eyes it scared her.

Once they returned to the ship they found a message from Obi-Wan. Padme's heart skipped as she watched him talk about how he tracked the bounty hunter to the planet of Geonosis.

Then...he said something was there and the flash of his lightsaber filled up the message as it went dead.

"No."

She eyed Anakin and saw that no emotion seemed to spread across his face after watching his master get attacked.

She told him that they had to save him, and even if he disagreed he would just have to stay there, she wasn't going to take any more orders...the Jedi seemed to not even care if Obi-Wan lived or died.

Here he was risking is life to find the person who had tried to kill her...and there was Anakin telling her that it was to dangerous.

She had to help him.

And so they took off, with Padme's heart racing, hoping that they weren't to late.

Around that same time Obi-Wan learned that Count Dooku was behind this plot, and was lead into the execution.

Two guards were at his sides as he slowly walked into the blasting heat of the sun, and walked slowly across the sand covered floor.

Millions were cheering as he was lead to one of the stone posts and chained with his arms hooked above his head.

He stood there, his large green eyes looking at the screaming Geonosiants in the stands. He took a deep breath and knew that today was the day he was most likely going to die.

He stood there, arms above his head and his breathing steady, wishing that he had kissed Padme that night in her apartment.

He had risked his life jumping out the plate glass window to get the droid that almost killed her, why couldn't he at least kiss her when she needed him the most?

Yes, the kiss would lead to worst things to death, but just one simple kiss would have made her feel safe again, which was what he wanted for her...even when he left her that rainy day on Naboo...he wanted her to be safe.

He wanted her to find someone who could be with her all the time, and make sure no harm would come to her.

Almost like a guardian angel.

He then knew if he did get out of this mess he would go to her, and confess his love.

The love he had held on to and tried to bury all these years.

He would tell the Jedi that he just couldn't live this way of life anymore, that the only thing he could think of was her safety...not as a protector, but as a lover.

Yes,..he did love her.

He couldn't stop thinking about her, every night, every dream was her eyes along with the stars.

He wanted her back more then anything now, and even if the Jedi put him to death, at least he would know he spoke his true feelings and she knew that he loved her all this time.

He took a deep breath and held it for a few seconds before the horns were blasted with music and he saw something come out of one of the tunnels.

It was a cart, being driven out into the blinding sunlight of the arena.

Anakin was there...and Padme.

What?

What were they doing here?

His heart started to race as the Geonosiants screamed even louder, the cart came over to the other stone poles around him and as the cart went by Obi-Wan's eyes grew as he first looked at Anakin who could only give him a helpless look, and then Padme.

She looked scared, standing there looking at him.

No, she shouldn't be here.

They were loaded off by two different guards, Anakin was placed beside him as his arms were risen, and locked together above his head.

Obi-wan saw Padme being lead over to the one next to Anakin, and saw for a quick second that she took a hair pin from her belt and stuck it in her mouth.

That a girl.

Obi-Wan said in his mind, and for a split second he thought Padme heard him as she glanced over at him with a weak smile.

"I was beginning to wonder if you had gotten my message."

Anakin sighed as he looked out at the stands.

"I retransmitted it as you requested, Master. Then we decided to come and rescue you."

Obi-Wan looked at his shackles and then at Anakin.

"Good job."

Another roar came from the crowd, Obi-Wan looked up and saw Count Dooku, Nute Gunray, The Fleets, The Dignitaries, and Jango take their places in the archaical box, almost fifty feet higher then all the other stands.

"Let the executions begin!" A loud voice said over the crowds, and just like that the gates were opened.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Anakin said.

And just then a Nexu, an Acklay, and a Reek were released.

Obi-Wan felt his heart pound deep inside his chest as he watched them slowly start to walk over towards them.

"Be calm, clear your mind."

"And what about Padme?"

Obi-Wan glanced over and saw that Padme had gotten her shackles all ready off and was pulling herself up by the chain on the post.

"Looks like she seems to be on top of things."

Anakin glanced and then they charged.

The Reek then charged at Anakin as he jumped up wrapping the chain around, snapping it loose as he started to ride it around, huffing and puffing.

Obi-Wan's widened eyes watched the Acklay, and jumped from side to side as it tried to use it's large claws against him, soon enough it broke the chain and Obi-Wan ran to the side, darting back and forth only to watch in utter fear as the Nexu start to jump up against the stone pole at Padme.

Padme used the chain to whip at the monster as it snarled at her with dripping fangs and hot breath.

Then, it's razor sharp claws came forward and went across her back, peeling the flesh clean off.

Her screams made anger fill in Obi-Wan's eyes as he fought back, even faster against the Acklay...using spears to try and throw at it's neck.

He watched as Padme jumped on the Reek with Anakin.

He darted back and forth before the Reek came charging, and with a helpful hand he jumped up behind Padme who instead of wrapping her arms around Anakin in order not to fall off, she went back against Obi-Wan's legs and dug her nails into them.

She was scared out of her mind.

They rode around the arena, trying to keep away from the three monsters, when there was a sound from up high.

The sound of a lightsaber.

The three of them looked up and saw almost at the same time a million different colored lightsabers light up around the stands.

It was the Jedi...they had pulled through all along.

Anakin and Obi-Wan smiled as the crowd went silent.

Then...the droids came.

The Jedi jumped into the arena, their lightsabers swinging and flashing as the droids fired at them.

The attack had began.

Jedi fought back against the droids and ran around, soon two lightsabers were thrown up to Anakin and Obi-Wan and together they cut their shackles, and went on to join the fighting.

A laser blaster was thrown towards Padme who caught it and fired at any droid that came close.

They split up, Anakin and Padme stayed close as they fought together, and Obi-Wan joined the others, swinging around and cutting droids in half.

They stayed that way fighting for what seemed like forever, droids falling back and forth as the blast of lightsabers filled the sun danced sand, and fallen spare parts of the droids flew around like scrap metal.

Anakin and Padme were fighting together closer towards a fallen over cart, when they split up and Padme ran darting back and forth in order not to get hit again.

She skidded against the sand, her back bleeding heady as she used the laser blaster to kill another droid that tried towards her.

Then as she went to fire again...

It was empty.

Her eyes grew wide as a set of droids started after her, Obi-Wan was only a few feet away and saw this as Padme tried to dart the other way.

It was going to be to late.

He raised his lightsaber, cutting another droid in half as he watched her try to run another way but was blocked off by more droids.

They raised their weapons to fire.

"NO!"

He screamed running full speed towards her right before the droids fired at her from all angles.

He cut another droid in half to run towards her and right before it happened it tackled her on to the ground. The two went down hard, in-between the other fallen droids as laser blasts went above their head and was soon taken down by another set of Jedi.

He laid on top of her, his arms on each side of her, he took over to his side and saw that everyone was still fighting in full force, the noise from the blasts seemed to drain out his own pounding heart beat.

He looked down at her, concerned and scared to see if she was still alive.

She laid there underneath him, pain across her face but no wounds.

She was un hurt.

He looked at her, breathing hard and she locked eyes with him.

He saved her life.

Her hand went up against his rough beard covered cheek, and he knew right then and there he wouldn't ever be able to leave her again.

He loved her.

He then tilted his head as she rose hers a few inches off the dusty ground and both of their dried lips touched and they kissed.