Chapter 11

Obi-Wan held Leia as he sat beside Padme while she was nursing Luke. They were still at the spaceport, Yoda and Bail agreed that Padme should stay and recover from the births for as long as she needed.

"What do you think Yoda will say? About us I mean?" Padme asked.

"I'm not sure, he won't argue about me staying with you for protection."

They then heard a small knock at the door, Padme quickly covered herself as Obi-Wan opened the door.

"Master Yoda, Bail, please come in."

"Senator Amidala, beautiful your children are" Yoda said as he approached her.

"Thank you Master Yoda, would you like to hold Leia?"

"No thank you, fine I am, but perhaps Bail would?"

Bail smiled as Obi-Wan placed Leia in his arms, her big brown eyes looking up at him. "She's beautiful Padme, they both are."

"Thank you Bail, I'm so glad you were here to see them be born" she looked up and smiled at Obi-Wan who had appeared behind her placing his hands on her shoulders.

"What are your plans now Senator?" Yoda asked curiously.

"I'm not sure; all I want is for my babies to be safe."

"Safe we will make sure they will be."

"Thank you Master Yoda."

"Obi-Wan, a word may I have with you?"

"Yes, Master Yoda" Obi-Wan kissed Padme's forehead briefly before walking out of the room with Yoda.

"Gotten back together with the Senator I see?" Yoda said to Obi-Wan with what looked to Obi-Wan like a smirk.

"You mean you've known all along?"

"Know I did, about you and the Queen; felt your pain in losing the baby."

"How come you never told the council?"

"Felt your own path was yours to decide Obi-Wan."

"Well, I did contemplate leaving the Jedi order, but when I found out Padme had miscarried the baby I realized our relationship was a mistake, she deserved better."

"Turned to your padawan she did."

"Yes, I had no idea quite the extent of their relationship though, I failed Anakin, in so many ways, I should have stopped that relationship."

"Known the future you could have not Obi-Wan."

"I still should have stopped it."

"Great affection you feel toward the senator."

"Yes, being with Padme again, watching her give birth, reminded me of how much I loved her and how much I missed being with her."

"Wanted Luke and Leia to be your children hmm?"

"Yes."

"They will be Obi-Wan, they will be."

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"I see you and Master Kenobi have strong feelings for one another" Bail said as he handed Leia over.

"Yes, I never stopped loving Obi-Wan; I was with him long before I was with Anakin."

"Well, it looks like he never stopped loving you either."

"I'm scared Bail, what will happen now? What will happen to the republic?"

"I don't know, I feel the fight has just begun, but Mon Mothma and I have created a rebellion to stop the Emperor."

"You actually went through with it?"

"Yes, we are both still pretending to be senators though."

"Bail, I want to help, I want to be part of the rebellion."

"We'd be glad to have you Padme."

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"I told Bail I wanted to be part of the rebellion."

"Are you sure you want to be part of the rebellion?" Obi-Wan asked as he put the twins in their crib for the night.

"Yes, I want to see the republic go back to the way it was, Palpatine must be stopped."

"Luke and Leia are the galaxy's hope Padme."

"Yes, but in the meantime the rebellion is the galaxy's hope."

He kissed her gently wrapping his arms around her, when the kiss ended she whispered, "Sleep here with me and the twins tonight."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I've never been more sure about anything."