Disclaimer – Sorry I forgot this last time. No, I don't own any of star wars, it all belongs to George Lucas, my my, he did a great thing thinking it up though!
Author Notes: - Sorry the last chapter was so short; I wanted Laseo to be in the next chapter. I promise the next one will be longer. Anyway on with the show.
The next morning Padmé awoke to the unfamiliar feeling of not having her husband with her. This was going to be awkward. Having Laseo here was definitely not going to be good. She wondered how she would be able to reject Laseo; she'd made up hundreds of excuses and just couldn't think of anymore, except of course for the obvious on, 'Sorry I can't date you because I'm married.' Nope that definitely wouldn't work.
"Padmé, breakfasts ready," she heard her husband call from the kitchen. Sighing she got up and out of the warm bed. The cool morning winter air nipped at her and she longed to have her husband's arms around her. Tonight, she thought, tonight they would tell them and she would be.
Walking through the kitchen she saw Anakin drinking at the kitchen bar.
"Good Morning Padmé" Ruwee greeted, "Laseo's coming this morning, you know how much he likes you, just say yes to a date and see how it goes." Anakin's head shot up at this and glared at Padmé, he gave her a look which clearly said, 'Not Dating?'
"No Dad, I don't like Laseo that way, we were best friends for years" she said. Looking at Anakin she could tell she'd just made it worse. "Besides Aniver's my best friend now." She told him smiling at Anakin and placing her hand over his own. He immediately pulled it away and muttered something about getting ready. Ruwee looked away clearly feeling the tension in the room, just then the door bell rang. Anakin stood rooted to the spot staring at the door. No one moved.
"Well that'll be Laseo, why don't you go and answer it Padmé" Ruwee encouraged giving her a slight push in the direction of the door. She turned around and glared at her father before answering it.
"PADME!" a male voice cried from the doorway. Anakin stood staring at the open door which he couldn't see past. He struggled to hear their conversation.
"You look even more beautiful than I remember." Laseo told her. Anakin's blood pressure began to get high. Padmé gave a nervous giggle and Anakin could tell she was blushing.
"Thankyou, come in." she told him stepping away from the step. A man around Padmé's age maybe slightly older came in. He had short brown hair and brown eyes. Anakin immediately disliked him.
"Um Laseo this is my friend Ani. He's staying the week here with me." She said introducing him.
"What are you dating?" he asked looking disapprovingly at Anakin.
"Um no…"
"Yes!" Anakin cried throwing his arm around Padmé's shoulder, realizing what he'd done, he stepped back sheepishly and tried to explain himself, Padmé stepped in before he could though.
"What he means is we used to date, right Ani." She explained.
"Oh right, in that case perhaps you'd want to come to dinner tonight?" Laseo asked hopefully.
She looked awkwardly at Anakin who was giving Laseo the dirtiest look she'd ever seen him give. Perhaps as bad as the one he'd give Dooku.
"Um, my Mom wants us to have dinner here tonight. Sorry"
"Oh, perhaps another night?" he asked.
"I'll see" she said knowing perfectly well that this time tomorrow he would know that she was in fact married to Anakin.
"Well do you think we could take a walk over to that waterfall?" he asked. Padmé tried desperately to find a decent excuse but she couldn't.
"Okay," she answered lamely. Anakin's gaze shot back to Padmé, she could feel his glare on the side of her head, "In fact why doesn't Aniver join us, I'm sure he'd want to see it, right?" she said looking hopefully towards her glaring husband.
"Right," he repeated. He took her hand and walked to the front door and out. Laseo followed trying to get her attention but she was focused on the fact that Anakin was still holding her hand. She reluctantly pulled her hand out of his and gave him a stern look. Laseo looked delighted at this. They walked for about half an hour in complete silence until Padmé couldn't take it anymore.
"So Laseo, what are you doing in the senate at the moment," she asked. Laseo looked thrilled that she was talking to him and politely answered, "Well, we're helping the queen figure out whom the culprit…"
He carried on talking about some stupid assignment that the queen had chosen him especially for, it was sickening, and his wife was nodding enthusiastically. He couldn't wait until that night when he was able to wipe the smug look of his face. Ah yes it would be brilliant. He couldn't help chuckling to himself. Padmé and Laseo looked at him as if he was crazy. He just grinned and said, "Funny story".
Later that night when they had returned from their walk, Anakin felt sick. He had spent the whole day watching Laseo flirting and coming on to Padmé. He couldn't wait for that evening when they told him the truth.
"Padmé could I talk to you for a minute please?" Laseo asked. He looked worried and she thought it best if she followed him. Anakin glared after them and continued to set the table.
Laseo took Padmé around the back of the house where he pushed her against the wall and kissed her. She pushed him off.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" she yelled. Laseo looked confused.
"What do you think; with that flaming Aniver around I haven't been able to properly talk to you all day?" he said.
"That's not talking!"
"Yeah well you know I thought maybe we could date now or something," he said.
"Well you thought wrong" she said and left him standing at the wall. She ran into the house and into the kitchen where Anakin was cutting vegetables. She threw her arms around his middle from behind and began to sob into his back. He turned around alarmed.
"Padmé what's wrong?" he asked concerned. He knew that if anyone walked in right now that they would have a lot of explaining to do. She looked up at him tearfully and shook her head.
"I just haven't seen you all day." She told him.
"Padmé we spent the whole day together."
"I know, Anakin I want to tell them now." She said looking up into his face. He looked surprised.
"What did he say to you?" he asked the fury building in his eyes. It suddenly dawned on him what could have happened. She knew she couldn't lie to him; after all he was a Jedi and her husband. She looked down.
"Please don't get mad Ani; he doesn't know we're married…"
"Tell me" he demanded, his eyes showing the same fury as before. Padmé muttered something under her breath.
"Pardon?"
"He kissed me"
"HE WHAT!" Anakin exploded, his cheeks were burning red and his eyes were wide. He looked livid and he was. He was going to make sure that lowlife never came near his wife again. He would cut his head off with a lightsabre if need be. Padmé interrupted the plan forming in his head. Her eyes were filling up with tears. He couldn't bear to see her like that.
"I pushed him away." She quickly added. She bent her head in shame. He placed on finger under her chin and brought her face up to look at his. He kissed her nose and said four words.
"We'll tell them now."
Alright well there's a longer chapter for you all.
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