A/N: Hello everybody! I am so sorry that I couldn't update sooner! I had so many projects and I didn't have any time to write this story! My school is almost over, so I will be able to update a lot more often. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Review please! Thanks for all the reviews last time! )

I DO NOT OWN STAR WARS!

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?

Here I go
Scream my lungs out and try
To get to you
You are my only one
I let go
There's just no one
That gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one
-Yellowcard 'Only One'

Chapter 7

"You have got to be kidding me!"

-:-

Padme sat down at her desk and tried to concrete on her papers. She sighed as the door to her office opened and Anakin stepped in.

"What are you doing here?" Padme questioned and brushed back some of her loose hair. Anakin sat down across from her.

"Just checking in, I am your body guard."

"I wish you weren't."

"Well you can't have everything you wish for." Anakin answered calmly and watched as a surprised look appeared on her face. He shook his head; she was the same as always.

"Look Padme… I know you're mad about me leaving and everything, but I can explain."

"Who said I was mad about that?"

"That is the only reason you're mad at me, there's no other reason that you could possibly be mad at me."

"Excuse me? You're saying that to a woman you left about two years ago?" Padme questioned and glared at him. "You shouldn't be talking Skywalker."

"Padme…"

"Milady." Padme stated.

"Milady." Anakin repeated. Padme looked down at the paper that was still on her desk. She sighed and lifted her pen to it. She scribbled some things down and glanced up again. "What are you doing here still?"

"Just watching you."

"I don't want to be watch."

"Oh well." Anakin said and watched as Padme shook her head and tried to calm herself down. She looked back at him.

"What do you want from me Anakin?" Padme threw down her pen and looked at him. What did he want?

"I… I want to be with you Padme."

"WHAT?" Anakin winced.

"You want to be with me? You didn't want to be with me before!" She forced the words out of her mouth so the phrase: I want to be with you too, would come out. She felt sick to her stomach; she hadn't felt worse in her life.

"I have… I have to go… So much to do… I can't – I can't talk…" She answered quickly and picked up her papers only to drop them. They leafed out and fell like an open fan to the floor. Padme shook her head and place her hand on her stomach.

"Padme… Are you alright?" Anakin questioned and watched as her face twisted in pain. She ran out of the room before Anakin could say anything else.

She had never felt so sick in her life; it was like her whole world was crashing down as she ran out of that room. She ran into the refresher and felt the insides of her stomach come rushing back. She fell against the side of the room and shook her head taking a towel and wiping off her mouth. Why was she feeling so horrible? Was this normal? Was she sick? She had to go get checked… She would go a doctor later tonight. She would find out what was wrong with her.

-:-

"Have you seen her?" Sabe questioned and Anakin shook his head.

"Not since this afternoon." Anakin answered.

"That's strange… Milady always checks in with me before leaving her estate."

"I think she wanted some fresh air. She didn't seem to be feeling well."

"Do you think she did something?" Sabe questioned worried about her best friend. Anakin shook his head.

"I don't think she would be that stupid."

"Don't underestimate her milord, she can be quite tricky." Sabe bowed slightly and stood up. "I'm going to look for her… Maybe you should do the same." Sabe turned around and walked out of the room, her blondish hair fall around her waist. Anakin sighed, why did he get stuck with everything?

-:-

Padme sighed and swung her legs back and fourth. She was nervous; the doctors had told her that she might be… She couldn't even say it. She didn't want to be pregnant, she had no ideas whose baby it might be and she was so confused. She had no way of knowing… And that frightened her.

"Milady?" The doctor walked into the room. Padme smiled.

"So… What does it say?" Padme questioned.

"I'm happy to inform you that you're pregnant. I'm sure that Mr. Organa will be very happy." Padme's whole world crumbled. She was pregnant and she didn't think it was Bail's baby.

-:-

She made herself go home; she had no other place to go… After the doctor's office she had decided to stop in a little store then go back to her estate. God she hated life, she shouldn't have done that with Anakin, now she was stuck in a place she didn't want to be. She flung open the door and walked into the estate, she knew she wouldn't like this.

-:-

He heard the door being flung open and walked over to the front door. He leaned against the doorframe. She was starring at the wall her cloak in her hands. She was wearing a blue dress with a short of jacket over it. Her eyes were clouded; she looked like she had been crying. Her hair was partially pulled back and her hand rested absently on her stomach. She was hiding something… But what was it?

"Padme… Where were you? Sabe was looking for you…" She looked at him, but she was not really there. Her eyes were haunted by somebody or something else.

"Not now Anakin…" She shook her head and tried to clear her thoughts. "I need to go rest… I have a lot on my mind."

"I just wanted to see if you were okay…"

"And why would you care? You never seemed to care before."

Anakin thought for a second… He had no reason to fight with her, he loved her. He still loved her, but was that possible with her consist anger and screams for him to get out of her life. He should have known that it was a bad idea to talk about something that she was clearly sensitive of. He couldn't think of anything to say, it would kill her and him if he told her he still loved her… So he decided to take a chance.

"Because Padme… I loved you."

End of Chapter 7