Chapter 6
Ruwee and Sola met Padmé, Anakin, Jobal and the girls in the dining room. They proceeded to say their hellos and then everyone sat at the table but Jobal who went into the kitchen and came back with a plate of food for Padmé. Everyone made small talk until Padmé had finished her food.
Padmé sat back in her chair and pushed her plate away as she chewed her last bite of food.
"Thanks mom." She said. "That was delicious."
"You're welcome sweetie." Jobal stood and took Padmé's plate back to the kitchen, she quickly returned and sat back down.
"So," Sola said, "How've you two been?"
"Well, we had to call a medical droid to the apartment last night." Anakin said.
"What!? What for!?" Jobal asked worriedly
"Don't worry mom, I'm fine. I was having labor pains and it turned out to be false labor."
"Oh thank the heavens." Jobal said.
"But we do have some news to share with you guys." Anakin said.
They looked at each other and then back at Anakin and Padmé.
"We're having twins." Padmé said with a grin.
They sat silent for a moment.
"Why that's… that's wonderful!" Sola said grinning, "Isn't mom and dad?"
"Yes…YES! It is! It is wonderful!" Jobal said happily.
They all looked at Ruwee who was just sitting there.
"Dad?" Padmé said. "Did you hear me?"
A single tear slid down his cheek.
"Yes Padmé, I heard you and I couldn't be happier."
Padmé stood and went around and hugged her father around the neck.
"I love you Daddy." She said as she kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you too."
As Anakin looked on, he hoped to have the same relationship with his children that Padmé had with her parents and that he had had with his mother.
"Anakin," Padmé pulled him from his thoughts. "You still have to bring in our things from the speeder."She said as she came to stand next to where he was sitting.
"Alright Angel, I'll get them." He stood and kissed her on the cheek and then made his way toward the front door.
Padmé sat down in Anakin's abandoned seat.
"So do you know the genders yet?" Sola asked
"Yes, a boy and a girl." Padmé replied
"Have you thought about names?" Ruwee asked
"Why…no. No we haven't." Padmé said.
"Well, don't you think you should, I mean, you're a month away from giving birth, lil sis." Sola said
"It's not on purpose that we haven't. The subject just hasn't come up yet." Padmé said.
"Well, like Sola said, the babies will be here before you know it." Jobal pointed out.
About that time, Anakin came back in from bringing in their things.
"OK. The bags are in our room." He said as he stood in the doorway. He looked at Padmé and watched as she stretched her back.
"You OK, Padmé?" He asked concerned.
"Not really. My back is a little achy." She said.
He walked over and started rubbing her back.
"Why don't you go lay down for a bit?" He suggested. "We've been traveling for most of the day. You need to rest."
"Yeah Padmé, and after you've rested, we can start on the nursery." Jobal said.
"Alright." Padmé said. "Lying down for a bit does sound like a really good idea."
Anakin held out his hand to help her up, she took it and stood up.
"I'll see you all in an hour or so." She said as she made her way to the doorway.
"Have a good rest darling." Jobal called after her.
Slowly but surely, Anakin and Padmé made their way to the bedroom.
AN: Sorry this update took forever. Inspiration took longer to hit this time around. Thanks to sw1fan, KarenStarfire and Liu-Mikang for the reviews. Keep the reviews coming people.