As the sun slowly rose from behind the mountains far in the distance, Anakin stirred as he awoke.

He blinked quickly as the sun hit his eyes, first confused, but then quickly remembered where he had fallen asleep; in the middle of the meadow, his and Fawnrielle's bodies tangled together underneath his heavy cloak.

There, all curled up against his chest, still soundly asleep, was the Kenobi girl's small frame. Her hands laid flat against his stomach, her fingers lightly gripping the fabric of his shirt as she slept. He could feel her warm breath on his neck as her head was tucked just underneath his chin, her face nestled in the nook at the junction of his shoulder and neck. Her red hair was sprawled all over the place, tangled in their bed of grass just as much as in his fingers from the hand that hugged her body closer to his.

He could feel her foot softly stroking the back of his leg from within the jumble of limbs that were their legs.

"Fawnrielle?" The boy whispered in the hopes of waking her up. His breath lifted in the cold morning air in a small cloud of fog.

They needed to get back to the ship before his master realized they were gone or worse, found them together like this.

The girl only sighed against his skin causing shivers to run up his spine. "Fawnrielle.. wake up." He tried again, a little louder this time.

He tried to wriggle his arm out from underneath her head slowly.

Awoken by the slight movement, the girl finally opened her eyes. She blinked at few time, stretching away from the young man's frame.

She looked up at him, still half asleep. "Force, what time is it?" She groaned yawning.

As she came to her senses she realized just what kind of situation she had gotten herself into. Still nestled in the Jedi's arms, she could feel his hand resting on her hip and his knee lodged between her thighs.

She looked at the sky whilst she felt her cheeks flush.

"I have no idea, but we should hurry back to the ship." Anakin answered, propping himself up on his elbow as he looked down upon her face illuminated by the sunrise.

Fawnrielle looked back at him briefly. "You're right."

Under the sun, his hair shined of a golden colour as the darker tone of his skin contrasted against her alabaster one.

The boy slowly got up from his spot from the ground, outstretching a hand towards the girl to help her up.

She gladly took it, feeling her muscles ache as they awoke from their slumber.

Even though her body hurt from sleeping on the hard ground, her heart and head felt light for the first time since it had all began.

Once the girl was on her feet, Anakin proceeded to gently pull out the branches that were stuck in her hair as she dusted herself.

"Mm. What would happen if your master did find us like this?" She asked him.

His eyes met hers for a moment. "I don't actually know. In all honesty." He tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear, being done with his previous task. "But I do know one thing. It's best not to tempt fate." He warned, as he raised his eyebrows.

Fawnrielle let out a small laugh at that.

He motioned for her to go first and she obliged.

Striking up a conversation on their way back, they both hadn't realized the master Jedi standing on the loading deck of the ship, hands on his hips.

"And where have the both of you been?" Obi-Wan demanded as the pair approached him.

"Oh!.. Good morning, master! We um.. We were.." Anakin fumbled nervously.

"Taking a refreshing morning walk, master Kenobi." Fawnrielle spoke up.

She might have been terrible when it came to being courageous, but she was a tremendous liar.

The girl smiled as she walked up the deck past her brother, Anakin in tow.

The boy had a small smirk on his face, but it quickly vanished when Obi-Wan caught him by the arm as he brushed past him.

"Anakin, I must talk to you about the girl." He whispered as fawnrielle made her way inside the ship.

Skywalker raised a questioning eyebrow at his master.

"I must insist, my young Padawan, whatever this frivolous adventure the both of you are having, I do not condone." The senior warned gravely.

Anakin scoffed. He opened his mouth to speak but Obi-Wan beat him to it again.

"Do not deny this, I can read you like an open book." He released his arm. "You cannot let your feelings run free like this. Take control, Anakin. Feelings can be dangerous and you know this to be true."

The boy folded his arms across his chest. "And what might you know about feelings, master?" He snapped back at him as he raised his chin up in offence. "Mmm?"

"Watch your tone with me, young man."

The apprentice shook his head. "You don't have any. So I think I'll deal with mine without your help, thank you."

He didn't give his mentor the time to reply before he promptly entered the ship.

Obi-Wan let out an exasperated sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

Would he ever get through to the boy and talk some sense into him, he wondered.

By the time he had made it inside as well, the pair were in the kitchen preparing food.

"After breakfast, we will make our way to the castle." He announced. "All of us."

The girl looked at the master, feeling her heart clench. "Is it really safe for me to come?" She asked.

She hoped she could have just stayed somewhere safe in the meantime. Not only was she afraid of getting caught by the assassins but also she dreaded what she would find back home.

"Well we can't leave you here alone, you're better coming with us where at least one of us can protect you, and besides, we don't know the way to the castle." Obi-Wan replied as he approached them to help them with breakfast.

"My droid does." She said as she looked at Anakin. "And one of you could stay with me while the other goes with N3?" She suggested hopefully.

Both Kenobis were now looking at the padawan.

He gave an apologetic smile. "I'm afraid I'm missing the parts and tools necessary, besides it would take longer for me to repair the droid than to just make our way there with you."

"How long would it take you think?" Fawnrielle asked.

"Oh, probably 2 or 3 days. These droids have very intricate wiring and programming." He told her as he placed their food on the table.

The siblings joined him at the table.

Fawnrielle sighed, disappointed. "And what exactly are you expecting to find at the castle?"

Both Jedis could feel how anxious the girl was.

Anakin scooted a little closer to her in his seat, hoping his proximity would soothe her somehow.

"Well we need to get a glimpse of who we're dealing with and hope we can negotiate with them." Obi-Wan informed her.

The girl's eyebrows instantly furrowed. "Negotiate? Negotiate!?" She scoffed. "You want to negotiate with the people who assassinated my parents? Our parents might I remind you?" She spat out, incredulously.

She felt deeply offended. Was this the type of justice the Jedi order strove for? Oh your parents were killed? No worries we'll just go and meet the killers and just have a chit chat about the matter. Never before had the affairs on Stewjorn been even remotely the concern of the Senate and she quickly came to understand maybe it was better that way.

Anakin calmly put his hand on her forearm to try and calm her again. But just as he was about to speak, his master cut him off.

"Their fate will be determined by the senate. It is not our place to decide." He simply added.

She quickly looked at Anakin's hand, but it didn't seem to do much in this situation. "So you're just going to calmly ask them to come with you on your ship to go back to coruscant and go to jail?.. And they'll just.. do it?" She scoffed again.

This was seriously laughable to her.

"That's the best scenario yes." Her brother added simply.

She looked incredulously at Anakin whose eyes were glued to her. She could have slapped her brother right now.

"Listen, I know how you feel.." He spoke almost in a whisper as he leaned in. "But don't worry, that's just what we're obligated to say for the looks…" He winked at her. "They won't have much of a choice-"

"Anakin." The master scolded him.

The boy whipped his head around, looking at his master, eyebrows raised as he let go of the girl's arm. "What?" He asked in an innocent voice.

The master sighed. "Just finish your breakfasts." He ordered.

Fawnrielle smirked as she exchanged a quick look with the boy.

She wasn't sure what he meant by that, but at this point she trusted more Anakin than Obi-Wan.

She sighed as she tried to calm herself down.

Soon enough, they all finished their food and got ready to depart.

They walked for over an hour through the forest until they reached what seemed to be a dead end as they approached a range of small, but steep mountains.

"I don't mean to be rude my Lady, but it seems we went the wrong way." Obi-Wan spoke up.

"The city is just beyond these mountains." The girl answered. "There is only a few roads that lead across them, but there is an old abandoned mining tunnel that will take us across, it's the one I used to escape… I thought it would be safer than the main road."

"Good thinking, my Lady." Anakin complimented, flashing her a quick smile.

Fawnrielle felt herself blush lighting, clearing her throat as she tried to ignore the boy.

So the group continued walking towards the mountains for a bit, until they reached the feet of the mountains.

"The entrance should be around here somewhere." Fawnrielle spoke up.

Without further questions all of them got busy looking around in the nearby woods.

But after a few minutes of unsuccessful searching Obi-Wan spoke up.

"What are we looking for exactly?" He asked from a distance.

To cover more ground, they had split.

"Just a pile of random rubble that doesn't really belong?" She shouted back. "They covered it up a few years ago." She added.

The girl nearly jumped as a voice spoke up from right above her shoulder.

"How did you get out then?" Anakin asked.

"Anakin!" She whisper/shouted as she whirled around to face the boy. "You scared me."

The apprentice smiled as he clasped his hands behind his back, rocking backwards on his heels. "Sorry."

She looked up at him, taking a step back. He was so tall.

"Well that's actually how N3 got damaged." She told him as she turned back around continuing to scan the horizon. "He's the one who managed to push some boulders out of the way but some of them fell on him."She told him.

The boy listened as he followed her, not taking her eyes off of the girl. He watched the sun rays peeking through the trees and hitting her long locks of loose hair, making them look like they were on fire. They draped over her shoulders and down her back. She was wearing the simple linen tunic that had been given to her with the wool shawl wrapped around her waist.

He breathed in sharply as he thought back about the night before, how it felt to have her wrapped around him. He had never been so close with anyone before, and he couldn't wait for the moment he could hold her again.

Sensing Anakin's eyes on her, she quickly glanced at him over her shoulder. Their eyes met as she frowned.

"What?" The boy asked.

"What, what? You're the one looking at me." She answered.

"Nonsense, you're the one who turned around." He laughed.

"I can feel you staring at me you know." She added still looking over her shoulder.

He ignored her.

"You better watch where you're going, Fawnrielle. You don't wanna fall again." He warned playfully, smirking at her.

"Me? You're the one who falls all the time! Not me!" She scoffed back at him. "Stop worrying about me and just help me look for the damn thing!" The girl whined as she turned back around.

"Oh I already found it." Skywalker simply stated.

The redhead stopped dead in her tracks, slowly turning around to look at the boy, exasperated. "Why didn't you say so?!" She yelled at him.

Anakin crossed his arms over his chest shrugging, still smiling.

Fawnrielle's eyes widened as she shook her head in disbelief. "Obi-Wan is right, you truly are useless."

The boy cocked her head at her in amusement. "Maybe I just liked the view…" He raised an eyebrow at her.

The girl gasped. "Anakin!" She slapped his arm. "That is so inappropriate!" She pretended to be offended but truth be told her heart was thundering in her chest.

He laughed at her, smirking. "Oh you know I'm only jesting." (That was a lie).

She squinted her eyes at him doubtfully, crossing her arms over her chest.

They sized each other up for a minute, defying each other, waiting to see which one of the two would give up first.

Ugh. She didn't know why he made her feel like this. If it was any other guy smirking at her like that she would have just sneered at them, rolled her eyes. But force. She couldn't tear her eyes off him, his blue eyes, his tanned skin, his perfectly straight smile, his lips. Oh no not the lips again.

Meanwhile, the thoughts in Anakin's head weren't any clearer. They were racing at the speed of light, just a fumble of words and feelings, discombobulated ideas and pictures.

He took a step closer to the girl, towering over her.

She froze on her spot as he leaned down to whisper in her ear: "You know, I'm pretty sure even Obi-Wan can hear your heart beat from wherever he is right now."

The girl could feel the heat rapidly rising up to her cheeks as Anakin slowly straightened himself back up.

She blinked rapidly a few times.

"Pshh, don't flatter yourself, Skywalker. It's just really hot today." She stated as she took a step back, fanning her face with her hand. "How are you not boiling alive with that cloak on?" She asked, pointing to the garment.

"I'm from Tatooine remember? This is a mild day compared to the temperatures there." He told her. "I can take it off if it bothers you so-"

"Anakin, Lady Kenobi! I think I've found it." It was Obi-Wan's voice that broke them apart.

Fawnrielle sighed in relief.

Anakin raised an eyebrow at the girl, motioning with his arm for her to go first. "My lady."

When the pair finally found the master, he had indeed found the pile of rubble that covered the entrance of the mine.

As they approached closer, Obi-Wan reached between the boulders as something caught his eye.

"What is it?" Fawnrielle asked.

The master held the piece of shinny golden metal out.

"I think it's a part from your droid…" Anakin replied as he took the part from his master's hands. He put it in his satchel. "Might need it later."

"Are you sure this it? I don't see an entrance." The master asked his sister.

"It is, but when we tore the exit open, it might have collapsed after."

"Mmm. Anakin help me move these out of the way?"

"Of course master." Both men stood in front of the rubble as they started using the force to move the rocks out of the way. He turned to Fawnrielle. "You might want to step away, my Lady." He winked at her.

The girl bit her lip as she oblige.

She pondered between staying there and watching them work or just wandering about. Not too far though.

The woods weren't as scary during the day as they were at night, so she decided to walk around a bit. Maybe she'd see some pretty birds or some flowers. And besides, she desperately needed to take a breath and most importantly: a break from Anakin. Not that he was being anything bad to her. Actually far from that.

He seemed to be having a grand old time pushing all of her buttons at once. He clearly knew by now she was attracted to him, and she could see he was too. He was toying with her. Maybe he enjoyed taunting her like this? Seeing her blush every time he said something audacious to her. Clearly he could see her flushing every time, she did quite a pitiful job at hiding that.

She had to admit, she really struggled to keep his fire in check. She wouldn't dare repeat it, but she'd be lying if she wasn't daydreaming about him kissing her every time her mind wandered.

But before she knew exactly what he expected from her, she didn't dare play the game. She was in fact, nervous and almost scared. She couldn't deny the tension between them… but she was still a virgin. And the thought daunted her.

When she was with him she didn't think about that fact one bit… But when she found herself alone…

By the way he constantly flirted with her, it was clear he had been on the merry go round many times. And she was scared if she indulged too much, she would soon find herself launching into hyperdrive towards somewhere she wasn't sure she was ready yet…

So the girl meandered around for a bit, pondering and making sure she could always see the Jedis working from across the trees.

Just as she was approaching what felt like was the limit of the distance she could go, she found herself by a small stream of water.

Kneeling down by the water, she detached the shawl from her waist and set it aside. She leaned over the water, cupping it in her hands as she splashed her face with it. The cool water felt amazing against her warm skin. She hadn't taken a shower in three days…

She winced at the thought, Anakin probably thought she smelt terrible…

Looking back to where the two men were she tried to see if they were almost done before deciding to strip and enter the water.

The stream wasn't really as deep as she had hoped, so she sat in the water to try and quickly rinse her body.

Once she was done, the water was so inviting she couldn't help but lay back in the stream. She relaxed as she felt the soft current of the fresh water massaging her skin as her hair floated around her. Looking up at the tree branches over her, she watched as a butterfly peacefully flew above her and for a moment she almost forgot where she was.

She let herself be softly rocked by the water for a minute.

Then, again, she let her thoughts wander.

This time though, they were filled with images. Images of her as a child, images of her mother and father, their smiles and how she would never see them again. She had never been that close to them, that was a fact. But now that they were gone, she felt guilty. Guilty for holding such resentment towards them for so long. She was mad at them for comparing her for so long to her brother, for them to hold on to him for such a long time. She was their daughter and she was right in front of them while he wasn't there! It filled her with sadness every time they spoke about him, why wasn't she enough? Just her? After all, she had spent more time with them than him… So why did it feel like they loved him more than her?

And the anger she felt when she saw his face. How could he return after all these years, especially now they were dead. He wouldn't visit them when they were alive so why now? To taunt her? Remind her how much her deceased parent loved him almost more than her?..

She sat back up in the water, feeling the tears rolling down her cheeks. She splashed her face, trying to chase them away from her face.

She couldn't let herself go there… not again.

She sniffled a bit before wringing the water out of her hair. The boys were surely done by now.

She was braiding it in one long braid down her back when she heard the sound of a branch snapping over the soft lapping of the water. Her heart nearly leaped out of her chest.

Whipping her head around towards the sound she squealed in horror as her eyes met those of her brother and Anakin's.

"Blast!" Obi-Wan shouted in shock as both men quickly whirled around in shock. "So so sorry my Lady."

Both men fumbled with their apologies as the girl, crippled with embarrassment, quickly made her way out of the water.

She grabbed her clothes and hastily dressed herself as the Jedis faced away from her.

"We were looking for you, we were worried." Anakin spoke up.

"Well you found me didn't you.. Let's go now." She quickly added before rapidly marching past them and walking ahead as she resumed her braid. Hoping to put the incident behind her as quickly as possible.

She was cringing to herself as she darted through the woods. Why did she have to get naked in the first place, of course this was gonna happen.

She scoffed. Well, now this certainly was gonna help Anakin think of her NOT in a sexual way.

Confused by her reaction, the boy quickly followed after her, leaving his master behind them.

The eldest stayed behind and sighed as he rolled his eyes. One teen was already enough to manage, now he had two, what a headache. And on top he had to keep them from frolicking every five seconds. He cursed his former master's dying wish of teaching Anakin. He did not have the patience for this.

When Anakin caught up to the girl, she had reached the entrance of the tunnel.

He caught her hand as she was entering the shadows. "Are you alright?" He asked, concerned.

She stoped as she looked back at him. "Well besides being absolutely mortified, I'm actually splendid!" She let out a nervous laugh as she looked down to her feet refusing to meet his eyes.

He gave her a small smile even though she could not see. "Well… If it makes you feel better… I didn't see anything." He told her.

She sighed shaking her face as she felt her cheeks flush again. She didn't believe it one bit.

She shook her head violently, trying to chase away the embarrassment and take control of herself.

Anakin nearly leaped back when the girl suddenly reached for his waist with her hand.

The boy held his breath in surprise as he watched her reach towards his belt, snatching his lightsaber out of it's place.

"Now how do you light this bloody thing." She asked as she wildly shook it around trying to change the subject and just move on.

The padawan blinked quickly, still in shock. For a moment there he thought she was reaching for something quite different…

"Um.." He cleared his throat. "Here give it to me." He said as he outstretched his hand towards her.

The girl quickly withdrew the tool behind her back. "Give it to me…?" She trailed, waiting for him to complete her sentence. "Give it to me what?"

He scoffed at her. "I don't have to say please you stole it from me!" He exclaimed as he cocked his head to the side, baffled by her audacity as well as amused.

Were all girls confusing like this? One minute they were happy, the next mad, the next giving you attitude? The boy was certainly at a loss for words, but more importantly intrigued.

Part of him thought about just fighting her for it… but that wouldn't be quite gentlemanly.

"True." She shrugged. "But I only did it because you saw me naked."

Anakin threw his head backwards as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Oh. "I didn't I swear!" He whined. "Now give it to me. Please?"

Fawnrielle squinted at him as he looked back at her. "Promise?"

"Promise."

She placed the lightsaber back in his hand and he ignited it for her just as Obi-Wan was joining them.

"Ah, I didn't think you kids would wait for me. That's kind of you." He thanked the pair as he ignited his lightsaber as well.

Both teens exchanged a look at the comment.

"Of course, master." Anakin answered. "You lead the way."