Drabble-style for this one! Just a note, doods - I said before in the last chapter that I'm not taking requests. And by that, I mean no requests. Whatsoever. It's not because I'm trying to sound rude or anything - it's just that I completed these around middle-late November. I mean, who knows, your request might be similar to an upcoming chapter, but no promises because again, these were all written beforehand.
Sorry if I sound stingy and crude - but I hope you guys can respect my decision.
Must be a Girl Thing
Padmé Amidala had always been a perfectionist. From the smallest matters like getting the tiny knots of her dress done to the bigger things like making sure that each and every word of her speech would be pronounced and said clearly, Padmé was always sure to give it her full attention. Decorating trees was not an exception.
"It's not really that big of a deal, Padmé," her husband was saying from the corner of the room. He was lazily tossing back a ball of streamers and ribbons in his hand. He threw it over at Ahsoka, who was staring intently at the pine tree Padmé was spraying over with water. The Togruta girl flinched and whirled around to look at Anakin. "What was that for?" she asked, rubbing her arm.
"Tell Padmé that she's being silly for over-doing this stuff," Anakin said. Padmé felt a flash of annoyance, but it wasn't too serious – if Anakin didn't want to decorate the tree, fine. She'll do it by herself and she'll be happy. Ahsoka, on the other hand, didn't look too pleased to be caught in the middle of the situation.
"I dunno," Ahsoka said thoughtfully. She looked up at Padmé and smiled. "It's gonna look great!"
"Thank you, Ahsoka," Padmé replied sweetly. She gave Anakin's shoulder a quick poke. "At least someone here appreciates my work to liven up the place." Anakin groaned and pushed his hands up to his face. "Ahsoka, you're supposed to be on my side!" he said tiredly. Ahsoka stuck her tongue out from between her teeth at the older man. "Yeah, well, I happen to like Senator Amidala's effort, so too bad."
Anakin sighed and with a shake of his head, muttered, "It must be a girl thing."
At that, Padmé took the ball of streamers and tossed it at her husband's head, causing him to cry out in protest.
A/N - This was inspired by a discussion I heard a few weeks ago when I was walking home from school - this mother was talking about Christmas decorations even though Thanksgiving hadn't even come yet (at the time), and she was getting all excited and the father looked as bored as heck. And another woman (a family friend?) was just being really enthusiastic with the mother and I think the father looked ready to kick something. Ha, ha! But decorating trees isn't a girly thing! Nosiree!
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