It has been close to seven months since Anakin has been home, him and Padme still mange to communicate through the holocam, but even that hasn't been frequent lately. She has heard rumors that he as been killed, but she refuses to believe that. She is getting annoyed and worried cause she only has a few more months left until she is due and she still hasnt told Anakin. She was hoping not to have to do this alone, but it is starting to seem that. Besides Palatine and her one handmaiden no one knows she is Pregnant. She had her handmaiden change her wardrobe up to cover her ever going bump. She used cloaks and larger dress so no one seemed to notice anything. Some look at her funny wondering why she is wearing such large clothes when she has a petite frame, but no one says anything. Since becoming pregnant and failing her last mission, Palpatine hasn't sent her on any new mission. This frustrates her because now all she has to keep her self busy is senate related stuff.
Padme is in her office at the Senate building when she gets a call telling her to report to the Chancellors office. She sighs standing up wondering what he could possible want now. She walks her way over and walks by two other Senators, Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, who seem have been discusing something in private before they saw her walk by. They wave hello, but Padme can tell they are definately hidding something.
Being close with the Chancellor definitely has its issues, no one wants to trust you with anything afraid you will tell the Chancellor.
She arrives at the Chancellor's door and knocks before walking in.
"You wanted to see me." she greets before shutting the door.
"I just wanted to inform you that I will probably unavailable this afternoon and hopefully as long as this doesn't take longer than I expect , I should return in the next day or so."
She looks at him strangerly wonder why, he felt the need to call her over here to tell her this.
"Is that all Chancellor?" she questions.
"That will be all." he smiles.
She walks out still very confused as to what that was all about.
A few hours after her strange meeting with the Chancellor, Padme is back in her office finishing working on a new bill.
She hears alarm start to go off and she jumps out her seat wondering what is going on. A few minutes later her body guard barges into her office.
"Senator Amidala, we need to get you out of her immediately. There has been a break in," the guard quickly tells her ushering her out.
"What happened? What is going on?," she touches her stomach worried for her child.
"Someone broke into the Chancellors office and abducted him."
Hearing this Padme almost stopped in her place.
Someone abducted the Chancellor? That doesn't make any sense. He works for both sides he would never allow this to happen. Unless, this is what his meeting was about earlier and he planned this. But why? and why didn't he feel the need to tell her?
"But don't worry, I hear the Jedi already called on two of their best Generals to rescue him."
She didn't even have to question him about who the Jedi were because she already knew.
The two day later with the Senate on break waiting for the hopeful return of the Chancellor, Padme was at her apartment waiting for anymore news.
This is ridiculous. Why aren't they back yet. He said he would hopefully only be gone for one days or two.
She touches her stomach worried. She realizes she has been doing this a lot late.
Who would have guessed having a child would turn you soft.
"Don't worry. I'm sure your daddy will be home soon and that he is safe." she talks to her stomach.
I hope. She thinks.
At this moment C3po comes walking in her living room area.
"Miss. Padme! Miss. Padme!" he yells frantically.
"What is it 3po?"
"I just got news that Master Anakin and Obi-Wan have rescued the Chancellor, but that the ship they were on crashed upon landing in Coruscant."
"Well are they alright? Was anybody hurt?" she asked worryingly.
"They did not say Miss. Padme."
She quickly grabbed her cloak and made her way to the Senate building hoping to get answers.
Upon arriving there, she saw a group of Senators waiting outside and a ship landing out front.
She stopped and saw the Chancellor walk out of the ship. Not really caring about him she looked behind him and saw another person coming out.
Anakin. She said to herself cheerfully.
Before anyone saw her, she hide behind a column hoping Anakin could sense that she was here.
He walked past her talking to Senator Organa before stopping.
"Excuse me." he tells the Senator before walking away.
He runs to her with a huge smile on his face and embraces her in a hug that lifts her off her feet. He puts his hands on her face and kisses her.
"Oh Anakin," she says. she hugs him again running her hands through his long hair.
"I've missed you, Padme" he tells her.
"There were whispers that you've been killed."
"I'm all right." he tells her smirking. "It feels like we've been apart a lifetime. And it might have been, if the Chancellor hadn't been kidnapped. I don't think they would have ever brought us back from the outer rim sieges."
She smiles. And then she remembers. The baby. He doesn't know yet.
He leans in for a kiss. "Wait. Not here." she tells him wanting to take him away, so she could tell him about the pregnancy somewhere special.
"Yes here." he smirks. " I'm-I'm tired of all this deception. I don't care if they know we're married."
"Anakin, don't say things like that."
He sighs before hugging her. He pulls away looking at her worried.
"Are you alright? You're trembling. What's going on?"
Well I guess this place will have to do.
Thinking of how she wants to word this. "Something wonderful has happened. Ani, I'm pregnant." Worried how he will take the news.
She watched every emotion go across his face as he figures out what to say. Shock, Confusion, worry, happiness. "That's- Well, that's won- That's wonderful." he finally says looking at her smiling.
"What are we gonna do?"
"We're not gonna worry about anything right now. Alright? This is a happy moment. The happiest moment of my life."
"But Anakin, the Jedi?"
"Shh its okay Padme. They can't take his moment from us. I wont let them." Before she could talk again he picks her up again and kisses her. " I thought this was a little more difficult to do than before." he laughs.
She joking hits him laughing as well.
After arriving back at Padme apartment, she changes into a nightgown laughing at Anakin shocked expression to how much she is showing.
"Wow. I have defiantly been gone a long time."
"Yea." She walks by him smirking walking to the balcony to brush out her hair. "I've thought about a lot of things already for the baby."
He follows her leaning against the wall smiling. "oh yea? like what?"
"I want to have our baby back home on Naboo. We can go to the lake county where no one will know, where we can be safe." She smiles imagining how it will all play out. "I can go early and fix up the baby's room. I know the perfect spot. Right by the gardens." she stops and think how this will probably never happen. Once this baby comes Palpatine is gonna wanna start training him/her to be his next apprentice and Anakin will probably be too busy being his apprentice to even have time for her and the baby let alone going to Naboo, but I guess that is where the plan was supposed to end. This wasn't supposed to be apart of it. Lost in her thoughts she almost missed what Anakin said.
"You are so Beautiful." he looks at her smiling.
"It's only because I'm so in love." Gosh this baby is making her say weird would never say anything like that.
"No" he laughs. "No, its because I'm so in love with you."
"So, love has blinded you?" she jokingly asks him.
He laughs. "Well, that's not exactly what I meant."
"But it's probably true." she smiles at him happy he's back.
He walks over to and wraps his arms around her.
"Do you think the Jedi will notice if you are gone tonight?" she asks him.
"I basically single handedly saved the Chancellor and mange to kill Count Dooku all in the same day. I think they will allow me some time away."
This surprised her. She didn't know that Dooku died but I guess she never had a chance to see her master with Anakin back. She tried hiding back a smile. Good. He was dead weight anyways.
They stay like that for a few more minutes just enjoying the night air and each others company before going to bed.
A few hours after falling asleep, she wakes up and rolls over to find that Anakin is no there. She sits up and looks around not seeing him. She gets up and walks to the living area where she finds Anakin sitting there looking distraught.
She walks over to him and rubs his back. "What's bothering you?"
He sighs. "Nothing." he looks at her and smiles before notices the necklace she forgot she put on. He grabs it. "I remember when I gave this to you." Talking about the japor snippet she made into a necklace.
She sighs. "How long is it gonna take for us to be honest with each other?" she asks annoyingly.
He looks away annoyed but finally gives in. "It was a dream."
"Bad?" she asks thinking about the dreams he used to have about his mother.
"Like the ones I used to have about my mother, just before she died."
"And?"
He finally looks at her again with fear in his eyes. "And it was about you."
About me? What about me? she thinks worriedly.
"Tell me." she starts to rub his back again to comfort him.
He stands up. "It was only a dream." he starts to walk away.
Anger that he wont tell her anymore about this dreaming. She just looks at him hoping he notices this conversation isn't done."
"You die in childbirth."
Shocked she touches her stomach. "And the baby?"
"I don't know."
Not sure what to say. No. I cant die. I wont die. Not before I get to actually see and hold my baby. It can't not have memories of me like I don't have of my mother.
"It was only a dream." she tells Anakin but mainly herself to stop from worrying. Maybe this one wont come true or maybe since we know so soon we can stop it.
"I won't let this one became real." he looks her in the eyes.
"This baby will change our lives. I doubt the Queen will continue to allow me to serve in the senate. And if the counsel discovers you're the father, you'll be expelled-"
"I-I know. I know."
"Do think Obi-Wan might be able to help us?" She knew him being away and battle on the front lines with Obi-Wan that they have grown closer, but she wanted to see how close they got. If they got too close, he might not be so willing to betray the Jedi.
"We don't need his help." Good answer she thinks. "Our baby is a blessing." he smiles at her clearly forgetting about his dream. But that dream, that dream kept her up all night.