They started making dinner, an hour has passed and Winter did not come to meet them yet
"I tough your sister was going to join us?" asked Padme, she was worried that maybe something happen to her and she wasn't able to feel it
"what are you scared of me?" said Anakin with a smile
"No, it's just... that if something happen to her... and i did not feel it... then they were rigth?"
"Nothing happen to her, she probably called her daugther and then cry or something, you know the hormones" said Anakin hoping to cheer her up, then as he saw he did not accomplish that he decided to ask "who would be rigth?"
"the council" said Padme with saddness "they don't think i am ready to be a jedi"
"you're a jedi" said Anakin correcting her
"I'm just a Padawan Learner"
"so what? You're in the jedi order! You may not be a knigth yet... but i am sure you'll be a jedi knigth" said Anakin he truly believed in her
"thanks" said Padme "it's really sweet for you to say that" then she sat next to him "specially after all the awful things I said on the ship"
"hey! Remember that's in the past" said Anakin triying to act as if he didn't care, but the truth was that he could not stop thinking about the kiss " and besides i also say some awful things"
"You're rigth" said Padme with a laugh "let's do this, let's made some kind of pact"
"a pact?" said Anakin intigued
"not just a pact, some kind of pact"
"ok, and what the pact will be about?"
"we won't bother eachother, and then I'll try to convince my Master that you should go back to Courrasant for your vote"
"why would you do that?" asked Anakin
"Because i know that's important to you, and i will protect you during the vote"
"What about what you said that the jedi council had no autorithy in the Senate"
"They don't, but lets say i will make a sacrifice and go to a senate meeting" said Padme
"Ok, then the pact is done" said Anakin as he took Pame's hand to shake it, but then as he had her hand in his, he felt some kind of electricity, her hand fitted so well in his, in that moment Anakin knew, the kiss and this simple hand shake were the clues he needed to know, that he was starting to feel something, something he never felt, something so great, something that could make all the difference in his life, then he brough Padme's hand to his lips and kissed it, Padme did not think, she could only do something she had tried all her life to push away, she was finally able to feel, she did not how to call it, but she knew it was deep within her, and she didn't want to stop feeling this, then when Anakin's lips touch her hand, she had waited so long for a moment like this, for a moment were a man could show her he felt something around her, she did not think of Palo, or her Master, somehow, it has only been two days and Anakin was everyting she could think about.
Then as they were leaning to kiss, a voice came from inside of the house.
"You know, if I didn't love your sister so much, i would be running out of here!" This made Anakin stand up, and went to the balcony door, Padme just stay sitting there, trying to process the moment that just happened.
"Hey Darred! I was wondering were where you?!" said Anakin as a Man entered the balcony
"I went to buy some things for dinner, because certain Senator was coming" he said then he gave Anakin a hug "how have you been? Winter has been very worried"
Anakin laugh a little "well she sure knows how to made you think otherwise"
Darred also laugh, then he turned to see Padme "and who is this beautiful woman? Well she sure is more beautiful than Dorme" said Darred then he walked towards Padme "hello, i am Anakin's brother in law, Darred"
"I'm Padme" said Padme introducing herself, Darred and Padme shook hands and in the minute Anakin saw this, he went to Padme to separate her from Darred remembering what a simple hand shakes had done to him.
"Nice to meet you, Padme" said Darred intrigued by the way Anakin had drive her away from him, after all he was married to his sister "tell me Padme, what do you do for living? Please don't tell me you're a politician"
Padme laugh "No I'm not, I am jedi, well a Jedi Padawan actually"
"A jedi? Wow you don't look like one, but hey i am sure my wife has something to do with that" both Darred and Padme laugh, Anakin could only see her, trying to figure our what he was feeling.
Then Darred turn to see Anakin and decided to give him a little help "you know, Anakin, tomorrow you two should go to the meadow, it's beautiful up there, Padme, you'll like it"
"really?" said Padme, then Winter came out to the balcony and said
"Is he already bothering you two?" then she went to stand next to his brother and he hug her.
"hey of course not, i was just telling Anakin and Padme" then Anakin tough how well their names match when someone said them "that they should go to the meadow..." continue Darred then Winter interrupted
"yes! You'll love it Padme" said Winter excited
"yes, but apparently your brother doesn't think that way, since he didn't even look at me when i told him, he has been very busy seeing Padme to listen to me" said Darred
Padme blushed, and Anakin who was now embarrased said " it's just that you talk so much that is better to not listen to you" said Anakin
Then Winter triying to change the subject said "we could go with you two, the four of us"
"we can't" said Darred "remember we are going back to Theed tomorrow"
"Oh, that's true" said Winter dissapointed. "well then it's just the two of you"
Padme could not believe first she had to spent two weeks with Anakin, now she was going to be alone with him, she couldn't, and not with the things that she was starting to feel. Anakin could not believe it also, he couln't fall in love, he shouldn't, and he decided that he wouln't fall in love with Padme, she was a jedi, and he was a senator and he had a dutty to galaxi, that was first than everithing else, inluiding love.
