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Chapter 10: Holiday Preparations Part 2

As the sun began to disappear behind the skyline of the city, Anakin was discovering how Obi Wan felt when he was with Padme earlier. Anakin sat on top of the soft, wooden grey bench top in the kitchen, looking at Obi Wan and Siri, she giggled as Obi Wan placed an hand around her slim waist, before she looked over at him

"So Anakin, how do you enjoy Orange County and the city so far?" she asked, as Anakin shrugged

"It's not that bad. Better than the place I came from" he replied as she smiled,

"Obi Wan told me that you have charmed Padme to liking you, instead of Palo" she added as Anakin rolled his eyes,

"I just bring out something Palo don't have and I allow her to have fun more" he smirked as she blushed, changing the subject

"So how do your parents feel about you being here for the holidays?" he asked, before she responded

"Shocked at first but accepted it" she replied, giggling feeling Obi Wan kissing her neck, as Anakin spoke once more

"Where are you staying?" he asked, hoping it was not with him, as she came him a reply of re assurance

"I have family here that have allowed me to stay with them" she replied, "Speaking of which, I should go and say hello" she added, kissing Obi Wan goodbye and heading out the door, her blond hair bouncing behind her, Anakin saw Obi Wan's expression,

"You're using her to try and get back at Satine, aren't you?" he smirked, Obi Wan shook his head

"No, I do like her and I know she likes me, unlike Satine!" he snapped, however Anakin refused to let it go

"Sure, I think Satine likes you but is hiding her feelings" he added, however Obi Wan was quick to correct him

"You're crazy. Friends is all we are" he corrected, grabbing something to eat from the fridge as Anakin only rolled his eyes, "Whatever you say" he thought, letting his mind, drift off to Padme once again.

Before she headed back inside, Padme had remained outside in the front year, underneath the cool, warm weather. Padme had seen two speeders, one she recognised as her father's, meaning that Sola was already here but she didn't recognised the second speeder. She wanted to say Satine but she had never seen her's before so she wasn't quite sure. She was startled from the peacefulness when she heard a familiar voice,

"Well, what are you doing out here? Aren't you going to welcome me home?" they asked as Padme looked up and saw a girl, no more than a few years younger, with long, shiny, straight, brown hair, wearing a short, light blue dress,

"Sola! Didn't expect you back so early. I take it you got an early flight" Padme commented as Sola laughed,

"Well, I just wanted to get home as soon as I could. Besides I had to ask, since when were you hanging around with Obi Wan?" she asked, raising her right eyebrow, "You haven't been his friends since grade school" she reminded her however Padme attempted to control herself

"It's nothing serious. There's someone new to the area, living with him and I was offering time to introduce around" she replied, as Sola just rolled her eyes

"Whatever, just don't let them bring you down. FYI, Satine's here, she seems distressed over something" she added,

"Is she inside?" Padme asked, wondering why she didn't come to her sooner as Sola then replied

"She went outside near the pool area" she informed her, heading back inside as Padme headed around the back to see what her friend wanted now.

Satine anxiously paced up and down the side of the pool, the cool, clean water sparkled against the reflection of the sun. Where was she? It doesn't take this long? she wondered, nearly falling back, when she heard a startled voice,

"Satine, what's wrong?" they asked and she spun around,

"Siri's is here! She's with Obi Wan and she is so different than elementary school!" she exclaimed, as Padme looked confused

"What? Siri? Shy girl, following Dorme around?" she asked, as Satine fell down onto a nearby pool chair

"Yes, only now she doesn't look anything like shyness" she replied, making Padme curious more

"Well, how is she?" she asked, falling onto one of the outdoor deck chairs,

"Well, she has beautiful, long, blond hair, stylish fashion outfits and looks so bubbly" she unhappily informed her, as Padme joined her on the chair

"That sounds bad. Is that what has made you distressed?" she asked, then Satine looked up, from her head in her hands,

"No. This morning I was walking along the beach front when I saw James and Rabe and Dorme was with them. Curious, I followed and managed to hear some of the conversation. Dorme's jealous of us and how we have everything and especially since you have Palo and Anakin still in love you. She's planning something and no matter what James and Rabe said, didn't convince her to change her plans" she finished as Padme's hand flew to her mouth,

"That is so unfair. She's punishing us and we didn't do anything but be ourselves" she replied,

"I know!" Satine exclaimed, as Padme raged on

"I mean, I can't help it, if others like us or Palo and Anakin both like me" she smiled as Satine exclaimed once again, her voice level rising

"I know! So what are we going to do?" she asked, as Padme calmed herself once more

"We're not going to let her get to us. We'll think of something to stop her" she assured her. Although she had a feeling Dorme would be the least of her problems, her sister wouldn't make this a pleasant holiday.

It had been over 2 hours that Jobal and Palo had spent in her office, making out together, managing to look over at the time, she realised that she had to be back already.

"Okay this is fun but I have to go. Sola's coming back together and we still have to get the house ready for our holiday celebrations" she informed him as he moaned,

"Oh come on, they can handle it. Padme knows what to do" he replied as Jobal snapped,

"No she doesn't and besides she could still be at Obi Wan's house for all I know!" getting up from the lounge, she threw on her long, black coat, "I'll see you around, sweetie" she whispered, moving over to give him one last kiss before she dashed from her office.

Palo layed back and smiled, Padme doesn't have a clue but she can go on cheating but I'll work on getting her back even if I like her mum he thought. He would know how much of a commotion this would cause when it was all found out.

While Padme was dealing with Satine and her own sister, Anakin was continuing to pester Obi Wan about Siri and Satine, knowing Obi Wan was only lying to himself about his true feelings;

"Would you stop it Anakin! I have grown over my feelings for Satine. You saw me with Siri this afternoon" Obi Wan argued back at Anakin,

They were on the roof of their house, putting up decorations and Anakin was still teasing him about how Siri was a 'rebound' and he still loved Satine,

"You love her, admit it. You're using Siri so Satine feels guilty" he smirked as Obi Wan threw a small tool he had been using at him,

"Stop it! It's not true. I love Siri" he warned him, as Anakin simply laughed,

"Well, when Satine was here earlier, she seemed pretty upset, nervous or something like that when I said you weren't here" he informed him as Obi Wan looked up,

"Really? She looked like that? Why was she here?" he asked, as Anakin passed him the decoration he needed

"Looking for Padme but then she asked if you were home, looking a little disappointed. Then she must have heard your speeder and darted off" he answered him as Obi Wan looked out over the skyline of the suburb,

"Well, maybe she was wrong about her feelings for me" he smirked as Anakin only rolled his eyes, throwing the same, small tool back at him,

"You need to think about what you want" he laughed as they started laughing before Qui Gon yelled from the ground,

"Hey, I hope you're not mucking about up there. There is still a lot to be done in two days!" and Anakin and Obi Wan shared a laugh between each other but setting back to work with putting up the rest of the decorations.

Siri was calmly walking through the shops when she heard someone calling her name, spinning around, she saw a girl with long, dark brown hair, dressed in a soft blue skirt and short white blouse, running over to her,

"Dorme?" Siri asked, feeling a smile cross her face, embracing her happily

"Wow, it's been a long time" she added, as Dorme agreed

"Yes, it has. When were you going to tell me that you had arrived back?" she asked, Siri grinned

"I was going to give myself a day to get settled in or surprised you" she smiled,

"You have changed so much" Dorme noted as Dorme beamed more,

"And there's more. I have a boyfriend, who in fact wanted me to come back!" she cried in excitement as Dorme was shocked,

"Really, who?" Dorme asked, blinking faster than ever, as Siri grinned even more

"It's Obi Wan, and he is so nice and he has this new friend, Anakin, who has taken a quite a liking to Padme" she went on, seeing a twinkle in Dorme's eye,

"Really?" she asked as Siri smiled,

"Between you and me, Anakin is one major cutie. If I didn't have Obi Wan, I would go with him, or I would suggest you" she laughed, as Dorme laughed, Yes! I can use this to bring Satine and Padme down, by having Obi Wan and Siri together and making Anakin be seen flirting with me, they will be crushed. She noted as she smiled,

"So what did you have planned for today?" Dorme asked, seeing Siri shrug

"Not much. I was just going to grab something to eat, would you like to join me?" Siri replied as Dorme nodded,

"I would like and you could tell me more about your time away and your new relationship" she added a gint in her eye, this was getting too easy.

Ruwee had had enough, Sola and Padme had only been in each other's presence for two hours and already they were acting like they were five years old again. He was relieved when he heard the door open and Jobal entered the living room, he happily walked over to embrace her, sharing a sweet kiss with her,

"Thank goodness you're home. Padme and Sola are acting like are five years old ago, all their fighting and teasing each other" he informed her as Jobal slipped off her cloak, laughing,

"Well, I hope it improves for the holidays because while I was at the office today, Jaina's father called me in and invited us to Jaina's house to celebrate the holidays with them" she told him, leaving out the part where this was after she had been making out with Palo and right before she was about to leave to come home.

"That will be interesting" he replied, before they were interrupted by yells and screams,

"Leave me alone! It's not yours! Sola, go away!" Padme exclaimed,

"Don't be so uptight. You have to learn to share, prissy!" Sola snapped back as Ruwee rolled his eyes and moved off as Jobal let out a sigh of relief, it was like her marriage was boring to her and cheating on Ruwee made her feel more alive.

Upstairs, Sola and Padme stood in the middle of the hallway, Sola had barged in when Padme was on the comm to Anakin and was begging her to tell her who it was while stealing her clothes, now she was pestering her about who she was talking to

"It's no one, just drop it!" Padme yelled,

"No one huh, well it couldn't have been Palo because you never giggled when you've been on the phone before to him" she noted, before gasping,

"You're cheating on him" she added, Padme quickly shook her head

"No, I would do that" she lied, Sola looked her over curiously

"I know you're doing something behind his back, because when you arrived home today, you were dressed up than usual and you never get too tizzy for him, only on dates" she informed her as Padme waved her hand,

"Believe what you want. It's all lies" she shouted back, darting off down the hall as Sola yelled back,

"Fine! Lie all you want but I will fine out!" she shouted through the now close door to Padme's room which was now closed.

Anakin had sneakily sneaked over to Padme's house and climbed up to her bedroom window, listening to her fight, she needed comfort and he needed to be with someone who he could relax with. Obi Wan was off picking something up obviously didn't want him to see so he thought he could go over to Padme's.

He softly knocked on the window until he saw her come over and opened up the glass window, startling Padme who quickly moved over towards the window

"Anakin! What are you doing? Some one could see you" she pointed out as he crawled in and smiled,

"I like to be sneakily and dangerous" he replied as he pulled her down so she was on her knees staring into his beautiful, soft blue eyes, giggling, she replied,

"I need to be with you right now after the afternoon I had" running her fingers through his gorgeous blond hair, seeing him grin

"Did you know in those few hours, I missed you?" he told her as she smiled,

"Awe, that is so sweet" she said, as they shared a beautiful, romantic kiss together, unaware that the bedroom door had opened and now Sola, was standing there, with a bewildered look across her face, breaking the silence, she asked,

"What is this?" twirling their heads in her direction, Padme's was shocked, holding her hands around Anakin's neck, he was as shocked as her. Both did not know what to say or do next.

Next time: What will Sola do now that she's seen Padme and Anakin together? Is Obi Wan have confused feelings for Siri and Satine, is Padme's mother and father's relationship on the rocks? Is Jaina's father growing feelings for her friend Jobal? Will Palo's secret with Jobal come out? Stick around to find out, plus a surprise arrival will shock everyone especially Anakin. Who is it? All will be soon!