Week 5: Ani/Ami
21. smell
The smell of meat saturated the fresh air of the lake house as Padmé stood beside her Jedi bodyguard.
"They say that every Jedi should know how to cook, so I've been learning," Anakin said between flipping two pieces of nerf meat.
"Aren't Jedi provided for?" the senator asked playfully, her chocolate eyes sparkling.
"Nah, not always," Anakin grinned back, turning his gaze away from the meat for just one second. That was all that it took, for a burning smell soon replaced the sweetness. "Aw, no, not again!"
Padmé shook her head slightly, but met the Jedi's gaze again.
22. sound
The sound of the blaster's click mixed in perfectly with the surrounding battle. The senator was learning much from her Jedi bodyguard, now her lover as well. Dust rose all around the upturned transport and into the chaos. She was going to have to modify the definition of the term 'aggressive negotiations' to include her personal weapon.
Senator Amidala smiled as she battled for survival, knowing that if she died, she would have died with her forbidden love at her side. But what made it even better was the fact that death was not on her agenda. She would fight.
23. touch
Darth Vader could almost touch her, but almost meant couldn't. She was dead and he was half-alive, trapped inside a machine. His hands were shaking. He should have been able to keep her from dying, to touch her and feel her touch in return. He had done everything for her---he had killed millions for her, yet she still died.
iYou're not all powerful, Anakin./i The voice echoed hauntingly in his head, or what was left of it. It was her voice.
iI promise you, I'll even learn to stop people from dying./i How could he have broken that vow?
24. taste
The fruit tasted sweet, but could it be sweeter than the moment? Padmé smiled at how she could not and did not want to know the answer. She could not possibly start a relationship with her Jedi bodyguard, as sweet as he was. Sweet, just like the slice of fruit. And like the fruit, the moment would be merely temporary, or so she hoped.
Still, there was a part of her that wanted more of that same sweetness. No, she had to be rational, but only after dinner. Then, she would break it off, if she still had the ability.
25. sight
Tears streamed down Padmé's face as she realized how she had been inadvertently correct about Anakin. Love has turned into a blinding illusion for her husband. But if that was true, then love could also make him see, or so she hoped.
Then again, love has made her blind as well, as much as she refused to accept it. She was still loving a man who was said to have killed hundreds of innocent children. She could see Anakin before her, but she could not truly see, mostly because she did not want to see past the insipid, thick delusions.