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Chapter 6: A Growing Romance
When everyone arrived for school, it was not a happy, cheerful atmosphere especially for Padme, wearing a new top and hipster jeans, to hide her injury from Palo from yesterday afternoon.
She proceeded to make her way slowly to her locker where Satine was already there, with Obi Wan and Anakin, she stopped as Anakin smiled at her, "How you feeling?" he asked seeing her look up at him,
"I need to talk to you" she said, pulling him back over to her locker, he had a concerned look across his face as Padme continued on
"Remember when I said Palo would hurt both of us if it was true?" she asked, touching his face from his injuries afflicted during his brief fight as he nodded,
"Well it's started" she added, Anakin looked confused
"What are you talking about?" he asked as she pulled up her jeans to reveal a bandage leg around a long, deep cut,
"Did he do this?" he asked in a stern cold voice as she then just began to sob,
"Yes, saying there's more to come!" she cried before Anakin pulled her closer while Satine and Obi Wan looked on, worried
"Padme, he's coming" she spoke up, as she pulled down her jeans to cover it up, Palo glared across at Anakin, upset at seeing him there
"Anakin, what are you doing with her!" he snarled as Anakin took a step forward,
"I can do what I want. You have no power over me" he replied, holding onto Padme, who was holding onto her locker so she wouldn't fall over from the pain her leg was giving her, Palo only sneered once more
"Really, well if you don't move, those wounds on your face will get worse" he warned him as Anakin's blood boiled, this guy just wouldn't quit
"You say you love her but why hurt her?" he asked as Padme looked at him, nearly in tears from the pain, Palo simply replied
"Because you are trying to take her away from me and I don't like that so I taught her a lesson" he replied, Anakin looked shocked
"By cutting her?" he asked however he didn't get a reply because the bell rang from first class, Palo grabbed her by the arm,
"She's with me in the morning" he told him moving off with Padme. Satine began to leave, not before Anakin called out to her "Satine, watch out for him" he told her before she moved off and he headed off with Obi Wan.
As the day progressed, by mid morning Padme had decided that she did not want to be with Palo any more- for he was becoming too strong and demanding, he even snapped at one of his own friends for helping her out, insisting that he will carry her to class not before she could back away from him,
"No, don't you touch me, not after yesterday" she told him, with a stern voice asking James to help her to the next class. Palo could not believe this-he was trying to show his love for her. He didn't want to hurt her but she brought it on herself by cheating on him.
He watched as James and Satine helped her up to the classroom. Palo rolled his eyes, unable to believe who he saw standing there. Anakin and Obi Wan, Palo snarled,
"What are you doing here?" he asked, as Anakin shook his head, scoffing rudely
"Class, idiot" Anakin replied, looking across at Padme,
"How are you doing?" he asked as she tried to smile,
"Its painful but I'm hanging in there" She assured him right before she fell into his arms, causing Anakin to shook his head
"No you're not. You need to get it checked out properly" he told her, a glare at Palo "You just couldn't control your jealously couldn't you?" he asked him starting to move towards him not before Padme stopped him
"I'm fine" she winced seeing Anakin look back at Palo,
"You see, you see what your jealously has done. She's in pain and scared of you" he snapped as Palo, unable to reply, simply stormed off, leaving the five of them, still standing there.
Padme, Satine, James, Anakin and Obi Wan all watched Palo angrily storm off, Satine shook her head
"He's really truly mad now" Satine observed, at the same time Padme moved closer to Anakin,
"He's not finished yet. I know it" she warned him feeling Anakin's arms around her, holding her close,
"I won't let him touch you again" he assured her hearing James speak up,
"I've never seen Palo like this before, but he is the jealous type, broken hearted as well. He lands the girl of his dreams and she is swept away from him" he explained
"Yeah, but he shouldn't hurt her as well. It's my fault" Anakin replied, looking at her, she was nearly in tears from her leg, Padme placed one hand on his face
"No, it's not just you. It's any guy" she informed him going on "I mean earlier James offered to help me but Palo snapped at him, like I am untouchable to other boys" she explained. He grinned down at her, seeing her grinning back
"I now have fallen for you, Anakin Skywalker" she added, pulling him down for a kiss as they headed into the classroom.
Not caring if he was late for class, Palo continued storming through the now vacant hallway. He was so furious that he was paying attention to his surrounding until he walked right into Padme's mother Jobal who had stopped by to drop something off Padme had left at home,
"Palo, are you alright? You need to be more careful" she told him as he looked at her, in her cute little shorts and frilly top, it was easy to tell she was Padme's mom, he looked his head
"Sorry Mrs Naberrie. I have a lot going on at the moment" he replied as she looked around, curious to not see her daughter at his side
"Where is Padme? She usually always at your side" she asked him, he froze from a moment, he couldn't tell her what had just happened, so he lied,
"She's in class and I just was going towards my locker to get a book out" he told her as she eyed him curiously
"Oh well, tell her I hope she's feeling better, she looked very pale, limping a bit this morning" she told him. Palo remained quiet, shifting from one foot to another, he only nodded
"I will, bye" he replied, quickly walking off continuing to walk past her; that was close, apparently he must have cut her leg worse, he moved for the direction of the fresher room, where he slumped against the wall-what have I done? I never meant to hurt her. Why am I like this? He thought
Palo did not come back to the class, nor any other class before lunch; it made Padme wonder was he feeling guilty for what he did. She did still care for him but not as much as she used to since he hurt her.
Padme now proceeded towards the cafeteria with Satine, Anakin and Obi Wan when her mother was coming out of the office, she saw them coming,
"Padme!" she exclaimed, rushing over to her, "How are you? You feeling better than this morning?" she asked, Padme gave her a small embrace and nod;
"Yes, a little; what are you doing here" Padme asked, watching her mother's eyes wander at her company of her friends before she answered her
"I had to drop something off you forgot to take for me today" she replied, finally acknowledging her friends "Hello Satine and Obi Wan" she grinned as her eyes fell on Anakin
"Padme, a new friend?" she asked blinking as Padme glanced up at Anakin,
"Oh yes, this is my new friend Anakin. He's staying with Obi Wan" she told him. Jobal remained curious as to why she wasn't with Palo but remain pleasant
"Nice to meet you, Anakin" Jobal told him, turning back to Padme "Honey, I saw Palo earlier, he seemed a little distress. Do talk to him" she told her. Padme sighed;
"Okay, I will, see you this afternoon" Padme replied, heading off with her friends, Anakin and Obi Wan holding onto her, Anakin couldn't believe how Padme's mother looked, a far cry from his mother
"That's your mom!" Anakin exclaimed, guiding Padme into the building as she rolled her eyes
"Yes, she always tries to fit in by dressing young and cool, wanting to be my best friend instead of my mother" she admitted, nearly stumbling over the stairs leading to the cafeteria, Anakin shook his head
"This is getting worse. You are barely standing alone, I want to check this out" Anakin told her,
"No, it's fine" Padme lied, but Anakin remained defiant
"No, let's go over here" he told her, sitting her down, he pulled up her jeans and slowly but carefully, undid the bandage-it hadn't heal much and was seeping blood out still, Obi Wan looked over Anakin's shoulder
"I'm no doctor, but you need to have that check it out professionally" he told them as Anakin looked up at him, with a geez-you-think look,
"This afternoon, we are going to the medical centre in the city" he told her as she nodded,
"I understand" Padme whispered as he helped her back up and into the cafeteria unaware of the prying eyes watching them.
Watching from afar, Dorme had pulled Palo over to watch the whole thing, Palo rolled his eyes, scoffing
"Now he's controlling her, its one cut and she'll be fine. She's a drama queen!" he exclaimed as Dorme move her hand over to his's,
"Padme has always been untrusting and likes to be with the bad boys" she replied, "She was with him before the party" she added, seeing him go mad,
"If he thinks he can just waltz into this school with his attitude and take what doesn't belong to him, he's got another thing coming!" he declared. He had handled Padme's other two boyfriends and Anakin wouldn't win this time.
Lunchtime had gone by quickly as did the last two classes, and soon, Anakin, Padme, Obi Wan and Satine were heading to the speeders, Obi Wan and Satine stood outside the speeder with Anakin and Padme,
"You sure you don't want me to come along?" he asked Anakin, "No, I'll be fine, besides you need to be there if Qui Gon's home and I'm not" he replied as he nodded
According to Qui Gon they were still grounded so someone had to be there to lie, Anakin then cheekily grinned
"Besides, you can be alone with…" he started, then winked, indicating Satine, who was talking with Padme, Obi Wan playfully shoved him
"Shut up, like it's going to happen" he replied, as Anakin helped Padme into her speeder then jumping in and taking off away from their friends.
Obi Wan suddenly felt nervous, for the first time in three years, he was standing beside the girl he had a crush on and even though Anakin made it look so easy, he knew this was going to be hard. He headed over towards his speeder with Satine before getting in; as he spoke up
"It's weird how everything turned out, huh?" he asked her, as Satine shakes her head, in disbelief
"I still can't believe it. Padme cheating on Palo and Palo actually hurting her when he would tell us he would never hurt her" she replied, "They always seem so perfect together" she added. Obi Wan shrugged as he started up the speeder;
"Well, some people change" he smiled at her, as she looked over at him, she began to realise what he was trying to do
"Don't do this, please. Padme may have done it but I won't" she told him but she couldn't stop looking at his striking eyes cutting through her's, but Obi Wan was persistent,
"We've known each other since we were young. Why have we never been friends?" he asked, as Satine tucked her hair behind her ears
"We both had different interests" she replied as he stopped the speeder outside her house a few minutes later moving to help her out, Satine gasped, his hand felt so warm against her skin
Satine knew he wasn't the usual guys she dated but he was being sweet and so then without knowing why, she pulled him into for a kiss. After several minutes, her eyes widen; realising what she was doing,
"I have to go" she told him, racing inside leaving him to grin,
"Anakin, you were right, it's happening" he thought, getting back into the speeder, heading home before his father discovered his little detour
Across the city, Anakin and Padme headed out of the medical centre, Anakin was looking pleased with himself
"I told you something was wrong and I was right" he told her, seeing Padme simply shrug
"I didn't want to believe it was that bad" she replied as he swept her into the air,
"I knew it and I care for you" he smiled as she felt his strong hands firmly around her small waist, making her blush
"I can see you do" she smiled, as he leaned into kiss her passionately before he decided he'd better take her home and get back to Obi Wan before he could be caught out by Qui Gon any more.