A/N: Yea well sorry for the really long wait for the update. Life got in the way and stuff like that. So sorry! Ok thanks for the reviews and I hope you like this chapter!

I DO NOT OWN STAR WARS OR THE BACKSTREET BOYS

If You Come Softly

Summary: AU, during ROTS. Padme is married to another man under Anakin's wishes. But will her love for Anakin get in the way? And what is Padme's deadly habit? Can Anakin save her?

If you could see these tears I'm crying
Touch these hands that can't stop shaking
Hear my heart that's barely beating
You will see a different man
But baby here I am
Banging on your front door
My pride spilled on the floor
My hands and knees are bruised and I'm crawling back to you (come on)
Begging for a second chance
Are you gonna let me in? (let me in)
I was running from the truth, now I'm crawling back to you
-The Backstreet Boys 'Crawling Back to You'

Chapter 5

"PADME!" Anakin yelled and ran over to her. She flinched as he touched her.

"Don't touch me! I'm fine! LEAVE ME!" Padme cried out as Anakin picked her up. She kicked him and tried to grab at him. She even cut him a couple of times with the glass that was cut in her hands. He laid her down on the bed and waited for her to come down.

"I don't need you." She said. "Like you didn't need me." Anakin flinched at that. Padme smiled in delight, so he had been thinking about her.

"Padme…"

"Don't Padme me Anakin Skywalker." She shook her head and looked at her hands. She started to cry again. Anakin gently picked out the pieces of glass and pressed a towel against her arm, trying to stop the bleeding.

"Why are you doing this Padme?" Anakin questioned as he finished wrapping the bandage around her left hand and wrist.

"That is really none of your business." Padme said and ran her fingers through her hair with her already bandaged hand. Her hair was flowing perfectly around her shoulders and it framed her face nicely. "You did not seem to care about me two years ago. Why start now?"

"I have tried to be nice to you for so long. But I cannot take this anymore. I will see you later." Anakin said and dropped her hand.

"I-I…" Padme stuttered and Anakin turned around. She shook her head and pressed her hand against her cheek, making sure tears weren't streaming down her face. "Anakin…" She was choking on her words. "You just have hurt my so much. You can't expect me to just be happy and jolly around you."

"I guess I can not expect that of you." Anakin sat down on the side of the bed. "I never meant to hurt you Padme."

"Anakin… I can't forgive you. You shouldn't say things like that." She sighed and leaned back against the pillows. "I do this because of you. Because you killed me Anakin. I can't go on and this is the only way I can live."

Anakin gasped. "Padme… You have to stop." The old Padme was coming back. She shook her head.

"Once you leave. Then you come back into my life and try to act like nothing happened. But you're wrong Anakin! This is all your fault. I want you to leave and tell nobody of this." She turned her head away and he got up leaving her to her misery.

NABOO – LAKE RETREAT HOUSE – NIGHT

Padme opened her eyes slowly. She yawned and sat up. Sabe pushed open the doors and smiled. "I'm glad I found you."

"Me too." Was all Padme could manage to say. She quickly hid her bandaged hands under the covers. She sighed and eased her self under the covers again.

"Are you tired Milady?"

"A little, but nothing to worry about." Padme smiled and flipped on her side, trying to give Sabe a sign that she didn't want other people around.

"You have a meeting tomorrow milady, you will need to be up in about eight standard hours. Is that alright?"

"I don't really feel like going to that meeting." Padme answered as she looked out the window.

"But milady, it's your duty."

"I think I'm sick."

NABOO – JEDI QUARTERS – LATE NIGHT

Anakin sat down on his bed and replayed the moment where she had looked like she loved him again. He shook his head and thought about when they were happy together, when they could be happy together. She wouldn't even let him explain, he deserved that. But he knew that Bail was something different then what he seemed. He didn't love Padme, but he known about their affair for awhile and decided that when Anakin had broken up with Padme to go and get rebound. Anakin should have known that he was a lying son of a –

He didn't deserve Anakin's time or Padme's.

Flashback

Anakin walked around the building trying to get away from Padme and Sabe. He didn't want to think about what he gave up.

"Anakin? What are you doing? You're suppose to be protecting the queen." Obi-Wan said and walked towards him.

"You can take care of them Master for a little while can't you?"

"This is about Padme isn't it?"

"No, it's not." Anakin said firmly and turned away from his master.

"Stop it Anakin, you know that you can't be with her. You shouldn't even try." Obi-Wan shook his head and walked way.

Anakin sighed and knew that his master was right. He shouldn't get caught up with her. But he still loved her. Too much for words. But she didn't feel that way about him. He felt like telling her, but every time he tried, she went away. She was more distance then the other day. And it hurt him. Well did he deserve anything better?

He had broken her heart… What did he expect? He stepped outside and saw Bail… Kissing another girl.

"What do you think you're doing?" Anakin questioned and stared at Bail as he turned around and looked at Anakin.

"What do you think? Padme is a nice girl, but not fit enough to be everything I want. You know what I mean, you're a man."

"You don't deserve her." He took a step closer to Bail. Bail stepped back.

"Why don't you go and find us some place to eat." Bail said to the woman. She nodded and walked off looking over her shoulder to Anakin.

Bail turned around to look at the woman. "I expect you not to tell anybody." Bail said and walked off after her. Anakin grunted in frustration and turned away. It wasn't his problem, so why did he care so much?

End of flashback

There was a knock at the door. He got up and opened the door to find Padme standing there.

"Hi." She simply said and walked past Anakin, her arms still bandaged up. She sat down on his bed as he stood motionless in the doorway.

"What are you doing here?"

"I don't know." Padme said truthfully. She had no idea what she was doing.

"You think after what you said this afternoon; you can come in here and act like nothing happened?" Anakin questioned and Padme shook her head. Those were her words; they were being used against her.

"I just wanted to thank you for taking care of me. I guess I'll be going." Padme said and got up. She nodded thanks and started to walk out the door.

"Padme…"

"What?" She turned around.

"What are you feeling?"

"What are you trying to say?" She moved closer.

"Why are you having these mood swings?" Padme breathed out in relief.

"I think I'm sick, probably just stressed out. But that doesn't really matter to you. You have your whole Jedi world, and I'm not part of it."

"Padme…"

"Please Anakin, you knew, I knew, that we couldn't be together. You even said it yourself."

"That's not what I mean." He moved closer to her and they were just a couple inches apart. Padme's breath caught her in her throat. What was she doing? What was her purpose? She stared into those familiar blue eyes and felt her heart melt. He moved a little closer, and then moved away. She sighed and felt tears welling up in her eyes.

"I have to go." Padme pulled her hood over her head and smiled slightly. "I wish you the most happiness in the whole wide galaxy. Farewell."

He grabbed onto her arm and pulled her closer to him, pushing her hood off of her head. He saw her tears and that's what motivated him. He moved closer to her and pressed his lips gently against hers.

End of Chapter 5