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Chapter 5: Tension & Fighting…Again!
Anakin was so bored-Padme was off at a party with Satine and Palo while he was stuck at home, grounded due to the trouble he caused at the club. At least he had Obi Wan for company. Though he wished Padme was here with him, little did he know, his afternoon was all about the change.
Padme pulled up outside Obi Wan's house and had not seen the speeder that had followed them, stop a few metres away. Satine then got out, unable to believe her eyes "This is who you were going to!" Satine exclaimed,
"If Dorme followed us, we are dead" she added as Padme only grinned
"Not if I use my charm on Palo and lie" she replied, heading up to the door and knocking. They were greeted by Obi Wan's mum Jaina,
"Hello girls. What brings you here?" she asked-she was very pretty. Long blond hair, blue eyes, frilly top and hipster jeans,
"Hi, we're here to see Anakin and Obi Wan" Padme replied as she smiled,
"Of course, come on in, I'll show you to where they are" she told them
They entered the house after Jaina-it was amazing. Padme had only been in here a few times but that was when she was little and her parents were best friends with his's. She led them out the back to a smaller living quarters, she knocked on the door,
"Boys, you have some visitors" she told them, hearing quick scrambling coming from inside before a voice
"Okay, send them in" they told her as she smirked,
"You're clear to enter" she told them, heading back inside as Padme and Satine entered the room.
Anakin and Obi Wan sat on the bed seeing the door open and in walked Padme and Satine, Anakin relaxed back,
"Let me guess, you missed us huh?" he asked, placing his hands behind his head as Padme walked over to him,
"I didn't, Padme dragged me here" Satine replied in annoyed tone, moving over next to Obi Wan, Padme sat next to Anakin,
"I needed to tell you something, you might not like." she said to him as his smile went off his face,
"What's wrong?" he asked as she tried to remain firm,
"I don't think this will work. A rival of mine saw us and told two of my friends who told Palo who asked me about it, I lied about it but he told me that if it was true, he would hurt both of us" she replied, her lips shaking as Anakin wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer
"I can't believe he did that. I'll kill him" he told them as Obi Wan was quick on his feet
"You can't do that. It will only end in more bad news" he said as they heard his mother calling,
"You have more visitors!" as Padme looked at Anakin, who look at Obi Wan who looked at Satine,
"Who could that be?" he asked her as Satine exclaimed, a hand to her mouth
"I knew it! We were followed!" as Anakin rolled his eyes,
"No way. I'll prove it as they exited the quarters, with no idea what was about to happen.
They waited in the living quarters of the house, both felt very weird because they never thought they would have to be in this house ever however Palo had asked them to follow Padme and he was their friend so they had. Palo had every right to be suspicious especially what they saw next.
Padme and Satine walked into the room, on either side of Anakin and Obi Wan, Padme gasped,
"James! Tyler!" she exclaimed, "What are you doing here?" she asked, horrified
"Palo told us to follow you and it's a glad thing we did. Palo is going to be mad, when you try and explain this now" Tyler told her, as Anakin stood in front of her,
"We're not going anywhere" he spat, as they laughed, "You don't have to. He's coming here" he replied, as Anakin's fist coiled, he was ready for a fight as Obi Wan stepped up,
"Why do you think that just because she's here that it's romantically involved?" he asked, going on "She could have been dropping off an assignment" he suggested however James and Tyler only laughed once more
"You can't fool us, for starters, she said that she was feeling unwell and going home. Second, Dorme told Jason and Rabe they were kissing in the diner" James answered, as Satine only rolled her eyes snapping back
"Dorme hates Padme. She would say anything to get rid of Padme!" Satine reminded them but they only sneered,
"Perhaps but you can't run now, he should be here any minute now" right as the door knocked, James moved to open it, there was Palo with two more friends,
"Padme, why do you this?" he asked, "I thought we loved each other" he added as she stepped forward from behind Anakin
"I'm sorry. Things changed" she only replied as he moved forward to grab her but Anakin was too fast,
"You won't hurt her, like you threatened" he told him, Palo then scoffed
"What are you going to do to stop me? You can't do anything in your 'rented' house" he laughed,
"It's not even yours" he went on, Anakin could feel his blood boiling, this guy was asking it-he didn't care what happened next.
Satine and Obi Wan watched as Palo threw insults at Anakin, Obi Wan knew that Anakin was getting mad and Satine was worried about Padme, standing in between them, if something went wrong, she could be in the cross fire, she heard Obi Wan mutter,
"He's going to get it" as she looked at him, confused, she turned to him
"What do you mean?" she asked nervously, seeing Obi Wan looked down at her
"Anakin's getting ready to punch him and it will be bloody" he replied as they looked on.
Padme, too, was very worried about what could happen. She screamed, "Stop this please! I can't stand this!"
Palo turned to her, "Shut up, you started this, so it's your own fault for attracting trouble" he snapped back
Anakin was ready, "That's it. You have crossed the line" he warned him
He then leaped at Palo, tackling him to the ground, punching him, overpowering him, ensuring that he could not get up even as he evaded Palo's punches; unfortunately Palo managed two blows on Anakin.
Palo's friends attempted to pull him off while Obi Wan pushed them away at the same time, he tried to pull Anakin away. Satine and Padme standing to a side, begging for this to stop, but it didn't work.
However all this commotion did attract Jaina and Qui Gon's attention upstairs, because the next thing that happened was Qui Gon's loud firm voice,
"THAT IS ENOUGH! EVERYBODY STOPPED RIGHT NOW!" as everyone stopped and looked at the stairs, where the voice had come from,
"What is this all about?" he asked, as Palo, now with a bruised eye, bloodied face and torn shirt, shouted
"He attacked me!" pointing at Anakin, sporting a cut lips and bruised eye too, who was being held back by Obi Wan, "He was insulting me" he argued
Qui Gon raised a hand, "I don't want to hear it! This is my house and I will not have fights. I do not care who started it, so out" he ordered glancing over at Padme
"Padme, surprised to see you involved." He pointed out, as she moved forward,
"I wasn't. I was here to see Anakin and then they showed up." She replied, Qui Gon remained silent, shaking his head,
"I want everybody to leave. I needed to speak with Obi Wan and Anakin" he told them, escorting them to the door, behind his back,
Palo mouthed to Anakin, "You are going down. No one takes what I own" and left with everyone.
Padme turned back to Anakin, mouthing, "I'm so sorry. I love you" she smiled and left with Satine.
Qui Gon closed the door before turning back to Obi Wan and Anakin,
"Does grounded mean nothing to you?" he asked as Obi Wan had to point out,
"Technically, we didn't leave the house. We had friends over here. We didn't expect any of them" he explained while Anakin rolled his eyes, something Qui Gon didn't miss
"Don't give me that gesture" Qui Gon replied, a firm cold hard look at both of them while Jaina remained quiet beside the stair case
"You could have talked to them, not start a fight here. I mean look at yourself, Anakin" he indicated,
"Sorry, I couldn't help myself. It's what I've always done when someone doesn't get the message" he told him as Qui Gon cut him off,
"I don't care what it is. You have got to control it. I brought you here to do that and you find something do get into a fight over" he replied,
Anakin tried to cut in "But I…" he protested before he was cut off,
"No, I don't care. You're grounded for two weeks" Qui Gon told them and headed off as Jaina motioned for Anakin and Obi Wan to come into the kitchen.
With Qui Gon off working in his study, Jaina took to looking after Anakin's small injuries in the kitchen as Obi Wan, now having taken a seat up on the bench couldn't help but moan
"It's not fair. Two weeks" Obi Wan moaned watching his mother apply treatment to Anakin's injuries,
"Your father only did what is best. You should know better Obi Wan" she reminded him looking up at Anakin;
"Anakin, you were brought here because we believe that you can have a better life than before" she told him as he winced at the pain of the bacta on him,
"Yeah, but I am trying" he told her as she only smiled
"I know but please try harder" she insisted glancing back at Obi Wan "And Obi Wan, please help Anakin out more, for your father's sake" she suggested as Ob Wan sighed, reaching over for a piece of fruit,
"Yes, mum" he muttered biting into the fruit while Jaina finished cleaning up Anakin's small wounds. This day was not what Anakin expected, now he only feared what Palo would do to Padme.
After leaving Obi Wan's house, Padme and Satine headed back to Padme's house, fortunately she only lived next door to Obi Wan. They both breathed a sigh of relief; however they weren't out of the blue yet
Another speeder pulled up behind them, pulling Padme and Satine back into the speeder. Padme then found Palo's eyes stared into her terrified brown eyes,
"Palo, what are you doing?" she asked as he placed a hand over her mouth, running a hand down her summery dress,
"You lied to me. You said you only loved me and after what I said, I mean it" he said, as Satine tried to stop him but his friends held her back,
He took out his small pocket knife and slit her leg. She yelped through his hand as he whispered, "That was a little taste of what's to come" he told her,
He carried her out of the speeder and into her house along with a fighting Satine and left. Padme was scared and the pain was so bad so Satine quickly helped her out as Padme was truly seeing how jealous and dark Palo had become.