Chapter 4
New Worries
We've spent at least eight months here and a lot has changed. We upgraded our home from wood we found and now just about each of us have our own room. Annie is now ten years old and in training. Obi-Wan had finished his training and helps teach Anakin. Shmi and I have had a more connected relationship, as well as everyone else. We all know something about everyone that we never expected to know. Everyone now knows my real identity as Queen. One very tragic thing has happened, though. One morning, I went to wake up Jar Jar. He didn't move. I ran and found Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan and it was the worst. Jar Jar had died in his sleep. Everyone was devastated. Then we realized Gungans only live to thirty. He was thirty-four. It was to be expected, but no one could sleep that next night. It felt lonely in the house without him. Even though he annoyed me, I cried for an hour that night. We buried him the next day under the broken ship, but in the ground. I also woke up that morning and vomited for about an hour. That has been happening a lot and we all think I'm just sick. R2D2 and C-3P0 look rusted and don't move as much anymore. We have been worried about them, too. Shmi's still the same, like Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and I. Nothing's really changed about us.
That night, I was feeling like walking hell. I decided not to go with them on the nightly walk tonight, and I have no idea what I will do. More than likely, I will just sleep.
I walk into my room and I feel worse. I grab the blankets I sleep on and lay them on my "bed". I feel like someone punched me in the stomach, kicked me to the curb, and took a baseball bat to the back of my ribs multiple times. Shmi just told me to sleep and that they'd be back in about an hour. That was forty-nine minutes ago. If I don't fall asleep soon, she'll think I didn't listen to her. That would make her mad.
I walk over to get in my bed and I feel like something is ripping inside me; burning my insides. I screeched in horror. I have never had this type of pain before. What's happening, I thought to myself. The pain stops. Thank God, I thought. I started to lie on the bed, when the pain came back as I bent over. The pain was unbearable. I had no choice but to scream out in my pain. I clenched at my abdomen. No words could describe how I was feeling. I screamed again. Maybe the others could hear me and come help, but I didn't know what was happening. I doubt they would.
I screamed again. God help me.
"Padmé?" I heard someone yell.
I didn't know if it was real or if I just thought of it.
"Padmé!" it was the others. They heard my shrieks of horror. They were coming back. I screeched a little. I heard footsteps coming up to the house. Obi-Wan walked in and must have seen me holding my stomach because he rushed to my side.
"Guys! I found her! Come here fast!" he yelled to the others, who were in here in a split second.
"What's wrong?" Shmi questioned.
"I don't know! I walked in and she was like this!" Obi-Wan explained. "Padmé, love, can you tell us what's wrong?" he demanded. Honestly, I was afraid to open my mouth because I knew I would probably scream, which would worry them all.
"My stomach! It's like its on fire!" I kind of screamed through my teeth. Just about everyone's hands were on my except for Annie's. I saw him standing in the doorway. He looked scared; not knowing what will happen to me made him intense and worried. But he just stood there, motionless. I could almost swear I saw a single tear roll down his cheek. He looked like he was going to pass out any minute. It worried me. When he sat down right where he was, I remembered my pain. I screamed a little in horror again. Annie winced.
Shmi turned me on my left and told me to stay like that to help ease my pain. It worked a little, but the pain came back every few minutes. I was scared and so was everyone else. Annie went to bed a few minutes later and was quiet the whole time.
Around thirty minutes later, I had to go to the bathroom. I turned to my right to get up. Obi-Wan stopped me.
"I really need to go to the bathroom right now." I explained to him. Too late. Did I just wet the bed? Great. What else can go wrong?
"Did she just…?" I heard Qui-Gon ask.
"No." Shmi said worriedly. "I know what just happened, but none of you will believe me."
"What is it?" one of the men asked. My face was beat red and my heart was racing. I think I am crying to top it off.