Author Note: Hey guys, hope you all had a great Christmas, or as AnakinVanhelsingLegolaSkywalker92

put it MERRY CHRISTMAHANAKWANZIKUH. Not quite sure what you mean, but anyways!

Well I'm back now, with another chapter (I'm really sorry for the delay by the way...problems with the Internet...), and I was reading this one through last night, just checking it over, and I realised that it was too short, so I added a little bit on to the end, which has completely taken me off on a different path to my original one, but this new path has so many new ideas for me to include, so let's hope it works.

Well, here's the chapter, and I hope you enjoy the little comedy moment with Leia. I did something similar the other day, although not quite the same (I fell into my wardrobe) and I just thought that there's been so much action so far that we needed a little comedy.

So enjoy, and sorry for the delay!

Padme was desperate to ask Leia something...something that had been nagging her since she'd first met Leia. However, whenever she tried to talk to Leia about it, someone would appear and she'd have to change her sentence quickly. After all, she got the impression that Leia wanted to keep something a secret, and Padme didn't want to be responsible for accidentaly exposing this secret...if it turned out to be true in the first place.

But now that they were sitting in the living area, Chewbacca was busy navigating through an asteroid field, and Mara was still in the drug induced sleep, Padme finally found the chance to ask the question.

"Leia...are you pregnant?"

Leia looked so stunned that she tipped her drink down herself by accident, jumped up when it soaked through her skirt that she'd changed into, knocked the table flying then fell backwards into an open cupboard which slammed shut behind her, locking her in. Padme had to try very hard to keep from laughing aloud as she opened the cupboard door and helped Leia untangle herself from all the nets, bits of rope and other equipment used for making traps that had been stored in there.

"I'll take that as a yes then," Padme smiled as Leia sat back down again and dabbed at her wet skirt with a towel.

"How did you...I thought it wasn't...how...?" Leia was lost for words. Padme gently placed a hand on her daughters and looked her in the eyes.

"Leia, I was pregnant once too. And like you, I tried to cover it up...but no matter how hard we try, the ones who care about us always find out...even if we don't want them to."

"What do you mean?" Leia asked as she gave up her futile attempt to dry her skirt and just sat back, watching her mother.

"When I was pregnant with you and your brother, I had to try and hide that because I was married to your father, who was a Jedi. It was forbidden for a Jedi to fall in love, and if the counsil had found out, Anakin would have been expelled from the Jedi order. Also, if the Queen of Naboo had found out, she wouldn't have let me serve as Senator anymore..."

"But I've seen pictures of you when you were pregnant. You disguised it really well."

"That's because for almost my whole life, I've been living behind disguises...some to cover up the fact that I often used decoys for my safety, even though I hated that idea and lost many good friends because of it, and some to cover up my emotions for certain people in my life...so I was used to it really."

"What should I do?" Leia sighed. "I don't want to tell Han just yet, because he'd want to wrap me up in cotton wool, and wouldn't let me do anything. That would drive me crazy...but I can't keep on lying to him either."

"Do you love him?"

Padme's question was so unexpected that Leia almost repeated her earlier accident. However, Padme managed to grab the glass before that happened again and set it to one side.

"Of course I do," Leia replied, slightly suspiciously, as though the question may have been a trick question.

"Then tell him. If you're right about him being too over-protective, just tell him to back of a little and give you some space...be more assertive and forcefull...don't make the mistake I did of being too kind and sympathetic all the time."

Leia realized what her mother meant and nodded. "I suppose. But I've tried before...it's so hard..."

"I know, but the sooner you tell him, the better it will be for the both of you. Trust me," Padme replied gently as she brushed a few stray hairs off of Leia's cheek.

Leia knew her mother was right, so she promised to tell Han as soon as they landed back on Naboo. But for the time being, it was her turn to take care of her mother, because that cut on the back of her neck still hadn't been seen to yet.

Leia fetched a bowl of warm water, and some cotton pads, then she gently began wiping away the dried blood and dabbing at the cut. Padme winced, but never said a word as Leia cleaned it up, and the eventually the two began talking about more of their favourite things, sharing thoughts about each others ideas, and sharing a few jokes too. Padme even explained her little personal joke from earlier, which Leia found hilarious after she knew the full story.

It seemed that mother and daughter were finally beginning to re-form their bond that was broken so many years ago when they were torn apart, and it seemed that at last, Leia was finally beginning to soften to the idea of her father once being a kind and caring Jedi, although she still wasn't ready to admit that yet.

Padme seemed to feel Leia's change in emotion, but she knew not to say anything just yet. Let Leia speak when she's ready...it would be silly to force her into it too soon.

Just then, alarms sounded and both Padme and Leia jumped to their feet and rushed into the cockpit, where Chewbacca was barking angrily at something out in space. The ship jolted and jerked, almost knocking the two women off their feet.

"What is it, Chewie?" Leia asked anxiously as she tried to spot what was getting him so aggitated. Chewbacca grumbled something that Leia didn't understand. Without C-3PO or Han to interpret, understanding the Wookie was impossible.

"Chewie calm down...steady...its just a minor set back...no big deal," Padme was saying as she strapped herself into the co-pilot's seat. Leia was amazed at how her mother could understand the wookie, but now was not the time for questions. She buckled herself into another seat and grabbed the radio as it crackled into life.

"Chewie, where you goin buddy? You're headin right into the middle of it!" Han asked anxiously, and there were a few worried whispers from Ryoo and Pooja in the background.

Chewie barked something, expecting Leia to pass on the message. Leia looked blankly at Padme, who smiled and replied "He says, tell Han that the steering's jammed and there's nothing he can do."

"What! Oh no...Han...Han can you hear me? Han? HAN?"

No answer.

"The radio's gone," she told them worriedly. "We're on our own."