Summary: What if Anakin was not the only one who fell in love? What if Master Jedi, Obi Wan Kenobi is hiding something from his past? What if everything he is not telling is all about a girl?

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Disclaimer: I own the plot! That's just about it.

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"Master Kenobi?" a voice asked behind me as I exited the building.

I turned around, "Senator Arkow" I said with a smile that she returned.

"I wonder if you may grant me this request and have a walk with me?" she asked.

"Of course, senator." I said with a bow and offered my arm to her. She gladly took it and for a few minutes we walked in silence. I smiled as I remembered the game she was playing; we used to play it a lot when we were kids. She had done a bold move and now she was waiting for me to make mine.

"So…" I started but at that moment my mind has gone blank and can't think of something good to say. I cleared my throat and tried again.

"How have you been, Julia?" I asked and I heard her gasp as she stopped walking.

"I- I didn't know you remembered" she stammered, looking up to face me with a surprised expression.

I smiled but did not answer her. After all these years she still hasn't changed. She was still the cautious and beautiful girl I left behind.

We talked about our careers, our lives after I left; but never the life we had before, never the times we were together, never the times we loved each other. She suddenly stopped walking and I looked at her with questioning eyes as I surveyed the place; I gasped as I remembered the place, it was our favorite place, our sanctuary, our haven when we were young. It was the garden at the middle of the forest near her home.

I am to stay for a week in Coruscant, surveying the lace and searching for any presence of the Dark Force. After the unexpected meeting with Julia yesterday, I now wished I brought Anakin with me on this mission. The Force knows he's much more of a responsibility to me know than he was ten years ago. He has grown so arrogant and impatient for the past few years; his disregard of rules has gotten him in more trouble in his missions for the Jedi Council. He was left to protect the Senator Padmé Amidala, I had asked the council not to do this but they refused; I know there is something more between the senator and my young padawan but I can't meddle with the council or with the will of the force. Whatever test he may face working with Padmé I know he can conquer them, but what I'm more worried about is how he will fight the power of his emotions, of his love; I had long wondered what I can do to help him suppress his feelings. I know it's a cold act but as Jedi's we are not allowed to love, but now I that I'm here and am facing that same trial, I now understand how he feels; the battle that is waging inside is unbearable.

She had asked to meet me again at the garden the next day. I know it was a foolish move to agree to see her again, but I did anyway. I had to, I told myself, it would just be a meeting with an old friend, to catch up with her and it would be the last time.

I arrived early at our place, so I meditated to clear my mind and rid my emotions of the fire that was raging inside. I heard a twig snap behind me; I know it was her, I can feel her presence. She was standing still behind me, watching, waiting; a swish of a heavy dress and a warm body sitting next to me.

"Obi-Wan?" she said in a barely audible whisper, and when I did not answer she tried again but still in a soft voice. Still, I did not move; she turned to get up but in one swift move I caught her hand in mine.

"Stay" was all I said and she sat back down beside me.

A few more moments passed and I turned to her with a smile. She smiled back, but I can see that there was sadness in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I asked concerned. She bowed her head and shook it.

"Nothing" she said in a choked voice.

I lifted her chin up with my hand; I wanted her to look at me. And when I she did tears were in her eyes.

"What's wrong Julia?" I asked again. And a tear trickled down her cheek.

"WH—what happened to us, Ben?" she asked. I looked at her confused, but a few seconds later it dawned to me, she was talking about our past, our times—us!

I wished I knew what to tell her, I wished I can comfort her by saying the right thing, but I couldn't; because honestly, I don't know. I cupped her face and looked into her sad eyes as I shook my head; I wanted her to look at me when I did it, willing for her to read the things I cannot say in my eyes. I wiped the single tear that fell from her eyes and without a word she hugged me, clinging on to me as if her life depended on it and all I can do was to hold her back.

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A/N: My first Star Wars fic. I hope you all like it. Please don't forget to REVIEW! Thanks!