AU: Still hope you guys are liking the story. Thanks for reviews and keep it up. Like I said if i keep getting reviews ill keep posting but I guess even if I don't get the reviews I'm enjoying writing this so ill still keep writing haha.
Once they got back home and Padme told the cooking staff they could start to prepare dinner, she went up to her room to shower and got dressed for dinner. After an hour or so, she made her way down stairs to find Anakin already sitting at the table waiting for me.
"Sorry to keep you waiting you could have eaten." She apologizes.
"Its fine. I'm pretty sure they are just about done now anyways," Anakin says.
The servants of the house bring out all the food and they begin to eat. Padme asks him about being a Jedi and he tells her some of his stories and situations he and Obi-wan have faced.
"And when I got to them, we went into aggressive negotiations." One of the servants places another plate in front of him. "Thank you" He tells her.
"Aggressive negotiations? What's that?," Padme asks.
"Uh, well, negotiations with a lightsaber."
She laughs and goes to cut some of the fruit that is on her plate and she notices it begins to levitate. She looks at Anakin as the fruit flies over to him. She laughs at him for trying to show off.
"If Master Obi-Wan caught me doing this he'd be very grumpy." He says as he cuts a piece of her fruit and sends it back to her using the force. She catches it on her fork and takes a bites.
She laughs. "I sure hope you aren't going to do that for every bite or we might be here for a while."
After they finish their food, they make their way over to the living room and have a seat on the couch, She noticed one of the servants here must have started a fire in the fire place. She looks over at Anakin and sees he is looking at her.
"From the moment I met you all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you. And now that I'm with you again, I'm in agony. The close I get to you the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you- I cant breathe." he pauses waiting for her to say anything.
"I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me." he continues. "My heart is beating hoping that kiss will not become a scar." He tries to touch her arm, but she pulls away. "You are in my very soul, tormenting me. What can I do? I will do anything that you ask." He looks at her waiting for an answer.
She doesn't know how to respond will processing everything that he has told her.
"If you are suffering as much as I am, please, tell me." he continues.
Finally sorting through her thoughts. "I can't. We can't. It's...just not possible."
"Anything is possible, Padme. Listen to me."
"No you listen." She stands up and starts to pace. " We live in a real world. Come back to it." She stops and looks at him. "You're studying to become a Jedi. I'm-I'm a Senator." He looks away clearly not liking her answer.
"If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, it'll take us to a place we cannot go." she continues. "regardless of the way we feel about each other."
"Then you do feel something."
"I will not let you give up your future for me."
He stands up and walks over to her." You are asking me to be rational. That is something I know I cannot do. Believe me, I wish that I could just wish away my feelings, but I can't"
" I will not give in to this."
He turns away and starts to walk away from her before stopping and turning around. " Well, you know it wouldn't have to be that way. We could keep it a secret."
"We'd be living a lie, one we couldn't keep even if we wanted to. I couldn't do that. Could you, Anakin ? Could you live like that?"
"No. You're right. It would destroy us."
"I'm sorry Anakin but as long as the Jedi are around we could never be together." she tells him before walking past him up to her room.
Before she shuts the door, she hears him grunt in frustration and the sound of something breaking. She takes a couple breathes to calm down and calls her master.
"I expected a call yesterday" Palpatine replies angerly. "How is the plan going?"
"Everything is going according to plan." she answers. "He-He just expressed his love for me."
"Good...good...very good. And you told him it back?"
"Actually master, I changed the plan slightly."
"You what?" He screamed.
"Shh master he is down stairs. I didn't think the original plan of us just falling in love would work. I want him to see that the Jedi are in the way and stopping this from happening. I'm trying to put a wedge between him and the Jedi. This way he looses their trust and it will be easier for him to join forces with us."
"Very well. I don't approve of you changing the plan without my knowledge but I agree with the change. You are doing very well child. Hopefully, you don't ruin it in someway."
"I will not disappoint master." She disconects the holocam and tries to get some sleep.
After tossing and turning for most of the night, Padme decided just to get up. She walked outside to the patio hoping to see some of the sunrise, but noticed Anakin was already out there. She noticed he was standing with his arms behind his back and his eyes closed. Not trying to disturb him she turns to walks away.
"Don't go." he says without even turning around to look at her.
Stupid Jedi tricks
" I don't want to disturb you." she answers.
"Your presence is soothing."
"Was it another nightmare?"
"Jedi don't have nightmares."
"I heard you last night. I've actually heard you the past couple nights."
He finally opens this eyes. "I saw my mother." And finally turns around and looks at her. "She is suffering, Padme. I saw her clearly as I see you know." He turns back around and sighs. "She's in pain. I know I'm disobeying my mandate to protect you, senator, but I have to go. I have to help her."
shit. This wasn't part of the plan. Master won't be happy about this
"I'll go with you "
"I'm sorry I don't have a choice." He looks at her with a fearful expression.