Padmé was lying in bed, the blanket was pulled over her shoulder and she was readying herself for sleep. It had been a busy week in the Senate. However, she would have the next two weeks off. She had put in the request to Chancellor Organa's office at the beginning of the week, when she knew Anakin was coming home. Unless there was a galactic emergency she would be free to spend some time with her husband, time they had not had since their marriage.
Just as she let her eyes drift shut a Jedi starfighter landed outside the Senate apartments and a man and a droid emerged from the ship and made their way inside. Anakin Skywalker and R2D2 made their way inside their home. As soon as the door opened, a familiar face greeted them.
"Master Anakin, it is so good to have you home." C3P0 declared loudly.
"Boop boop."
"And it is so nice to have you home too, R2. Earlier, I was telling Miss Pa…."
Anakin interrupted C3P0's speech by putting his hand over the opening, that had the droid been human, would have been his mouth. "I'm glad to see you too 3P0, but I want to surprise Padmé. I don't want her to know I'm here, yet." Anakin whispered. He then lifted his hand away from C3P0's mouth.
"Oh." The droid replied awkwardly.
"Why don't you and R2 go catch up and then shut down for the evening? I'm sure you two will have a lot to talk about since you have been apart for so long." Anakin suggested.
"That sounds lovely. Come along R2." C3P0 stated happily.
"Beep beep boop." R2 said congenially as he followed behind the golden droid.
Anakin stood still for a moment and his eyes followed the two retreating droids. Once they went into a back room of the large apartment and were out of his sight, he made his way to the bedroom.
As soon as the door to the bedroom slid open, Anakin's eyes fixed on the vision of beauty sleeping peacefully on the bed in front of him. Padmé was sleeping on her left side, at the right hand side of the bed. Her brown curls fanned across the pillows behind her. She gave a soft sigh and pulled the blanket tighter around her as she continued to sleep. Anakin smiled at this, since he had met her he always noted that she was always peaceful when she slept. Although he could probably be content in watching her sleep for the rest of the night, he also wanted to see her eyes light up when he revealed he was home.
Silently, he crept towards her side of the bed and knelt down so that he was eye level with her. Then slowly he held his human hand out, ready to softly stroke her cheek to wake her up. However, he was stopped when he heard a soft familiar voice.
"I am mad at you Jedi Skywalker, you did not tell me you were coming home early." Padmé stated.
"How did you know it was me?" Anakin asked aghast, his hand was slowly retreating to his side.
"I heard you come in." She replied sleepily, opening her eyes to look at him.
"Blast that 3P0! I should have reprogrammed him years ago." Anakin replied with irritation.
Padmé laughed lightly as she said, "Do not blame him for this, you did design him. He does mean well."
Anakin sighed, "I know, but I wanted to surprise you."
"I am so glad you are home safe." Padmé said before bringing her hand up to stifle a yawn. "However, it would have been nice if you had told me, I would have requested today off. I had a really long day prepping for my leave, and am extremely tired. I wanted to celebrate your homecoming and had you told me of the change in plans I would have changed my schedule around to accommodate"
"Hush, my love." Anakin said as he tenderly brushed a tendril of hair out of her face. "Rest, we can celebrate tomorrow. I should not be going anywhere for a while. You are right, I should have told you I was coming home." He then brushed a kiss across her forehead.
"I love you." Padmé murmured tiredly as she closed her eyes again.
"And I you, my angel." With that, Anakin got up and quickly grabbed a pair of sleep pants and headed to take a quick shower before joining his wife in bed. The fresher was to the right of Padmé, across from the bed. As he stepped back into the bedroom after his shower, he glanced back at Padmé who had her eyes closed in peaceful slumber. He smiled as he walked around to the left side of the bed and crawled under the covers to join her. He brought his arms around her to pull her against him, but was surprised when all he felt was bare flesh.
"I do believe you have too many clothes on, Jedi Skywalker." Padmé replied playfully.
"And I'd like to know what the Senate would think if they knew Senator Amidala Skywalker was sleeping in the nude." Anakin emphasized her title and name. Although Padmé did not use the last name of Skywalker around the Senate because she had been Amidala for so long, he made sure he added that name as well, just to goad her. "When did this start?" Anakin retorted.
"The moment I found out my husband was coming home early and conveniently failed to tell me."
"Who told you?"
"Master Kenobi."
"Why, that good for nothing snitch!" Anakin yelled.
"Oh, and he has a message for you." Padmé paused before continuing. "He says that normally you have to report in person to the Jedi Temple before taking your leave, but they are letting that rule slide this time." Padmé laughed lightly.
"Well aren't they accommodating!" Anakin replied sarcastically as he pulled Padmé closer to him and gently nuzzled the back of her neck while running his hands along the curves of her body.
Padmé returned to her playful barbs as she said, "I'm still mad at you Jedi Skywalker. You should have told me you were coming home early. I should not have to hear about it from the Jedi Council. I am just glad I was able to arrange to leave the Senate early today."
Anakin smiled at the deception Padmé had pulled on him with her feign act of tiredness, she was very clever. "I'm sorry milady." He whispered as he leaned into her ear. "Is there any way I can make it up to you." He finished by kissing a trail down her neck. When he stopped at the point where her neck and shoulder met she turned her body so that she was facing him, locking chocolate and cerulean eyes in a lustful and mischievous stare.
"Yes, you can." Padmé stated with a smile as she ran her hand over Anakin's bare chest and trailing her fingers over his abdominal muscles.
"What is my lady's request?" Anakin stated as he captured one of her hands and brought it back up, so that he could kiss her open palm.
Padmé closed her eyes and shuddered in anticipation as she replied, "Remove the excess clothing, and show me why you came home early."
"As you wish."
