PART 10

Obi-Wan thought he was hallucinating, it couldn't be Padme, he watched her die not even an hour ago. He closed his eyes for a moment, when he opened them she was still standing there smiling at him. She was still wearing her hospital gown, but everything else about her had changed, she didn't look sad or weak or in pain. She was glowing with happiness.

"No, this isn't real, you're not real" Obi-Wan was still on his knees and started shaking his head.

She started to walk towards him, he fell backwards from the shock of her approaching him, and he sat up and started slowing backing away till he was up against the wall. The whole time she kept approaching him. When he couldn't go anywhere else she bent down on one knee and said,

"This isn't a dream, I am really here." She lifted her hand to touch his face but he flinched and she quickly pulled away.

"No, I know when someone is dead and you WERE dead." Padme realized he was speaking in a completely different voice, one she never heard before.

"I think I was, for a few moments, but then I just………woke up."

Obi-Wan felt something still was not right, it didn't explain why she looked healthy again, as if the past few months never happened. But then she reached out again and this time he didn't turn away. She ran a hand down his face as a single tear came rolling down. She then took his hand and placed it on her beating heart.

"See, this is real, I am really here." She then took his hand away and kissed it.

He really started to cry then, he didn't say anything, and he just hugged her really hard. He was about to question her again, something just didn't seem right, but before he could do so he felt a calmness and reassurance go through his body. He sensed the force was telling him she was alive, he pulled away from the embrace and when he looked into her eyes he knew then without question, it was really her.

"You've come back to me; I thought I'd lost you." His voice returned to normal.

"I can't leave my children…….or you. I would not have survived if you hadn't helped me the way you did. You saved my life." She kissed him gently on the lips, and then started to help him up.

"What do we do now?" she asked.

Obi-Wan was silent for a moment, then said,

"I have an idea."

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Obi-Wan snuck Padme into the transport box that her body was supposed to be placed in. He told the staff that he needed to leave right away; he signed the death certificate with the name Senator Padme Amidala on it. The staff person looked at Obi-Wan in shock when she looked over the certificate; he told her that it was the person the Emperor was looking for. He then pulled out a large sum of money, all he had, and bribed her saying to tell whoever came asking about Padme that the twins died with her, even to the Empire. She hesitated, then took the money, she changed the hospitals records saying the twins were still born. He walked out with the twins and the box on board then took off.

While leaving the planet's atmosphere, he put the craft on autopilot and went over and opened up the box. The minute he helped Padme out, she cried,

"Where are they?"

"They are in the backroom sleeping." She then ran back there, Obi-Wan trailing behind.

She picked Leia up first and walked with her over to a chair. After she sat down Obi-Wan brought over Luke. She sat there holding both of them while they slept.

Obi-Wan went back to the front of the ship and landed back on the forest moon. He needed to quickly gather all of their belongings, and the droids, they needed to leave Endor at once. Once they were in hyperspace Obi-Wan started to relax. He set a course for Tattooine, knowing Anakin's hatred for the place, it had always been a destination he had in mind if the Empire had found them on Endor.

He brought Padme's belongings into the backroom, she was still sitting in the chair with a sleeping Luke and Leia. He sat her things down and was about to leave giving her time alone with her babies and was startled to hear her say,

"You don't have to go, in fact maybe you could help me set up the portable crib we got, you did bring it right."

"Yes, are you sure you don't want time by yourself to be with them." Obi-Wan felt for the first time he was intruding.

"No, I would really like you to be here, besides, you were the one to spend time with them first not me."

He nodded then quickly started to set up the crib, when he finished Padme motioned for him to come over.

"Thank you for setting that up so quickly."

"You're welcome, is there anything else you need me to do?" Obi-Wan still kept his distance.

"No thank-you, would you like to hold Leia?"

Obi-Wan smiled then took the girl while Padme set Luke down in the crib; he hadn't opened his eyes at all. Padme didn't know what color they were. But when she walked over to where Obi-Wan was sitting with Leia she started to wake.

"She has your eyes" Obi-Wan said taking notice of quickly Padme responded to Leia waking up.

"Yeah, so she does." Padme put her arm Obi-Wan's shoulder.

"Maybe you should take her now that she is awake."

"She seems pretty content staring up at you" Padme said playfully. "Besides, I want to change out of this stupid hospital gown." She gave them both a quick kiss on the cheek before getting up to gather her stuff.

When she came back Padme found Obi-Wan trying to soothe a screaming Leia in his arms. He quickly handed the baby over to her.

"I think she wants her mother now." Padme chuckled at Obi-Wan's uneasiness around the newborn.

"Yeah, she is probably hungry." Padme sat down on the nearby bed and began to undo her dress strap. Obi-Wan bolted around to turn his back to Padme.

"Obi-Wan, you don't have to be so modest around me, you are going to have to get used to this."

He slowly turned and said, "I know, I just, I don't feel I belong here."

"You do, you belong here more than Anakin does, and we decided on Endor not to speak of him."

She slid over to make room on the bed for him to have room also. He came over and once he sat down she tilted her head for him to kiss her. He obliged her and cupped his hands in her face.

While sitting there with her while she nursed Leia, Obi-Wan thought about what he had to do next to protect Padme and the twins from the Emperor.