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Padme enjoyed looking out at the stars whenever she couldn't sleep. Lately with the time getting closer for the baby to come, the former queen of Naboo found herself up and about during the oddest hours. When everyone else was asleep she would be wide away sitting up front in the ships pilot seat as she watched the planets pass by. Tonight was no different than the others and so once again found herself watching the stars pass by one by one as the ship traveled to no particular destination.

As tired as she was Padme just could not manage to grasp on to sleep. Her thoughts were everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Sometimes she felt as if she was close to remembering something important and then in the next instant it was gone. A part of her wanted so badly to remember, but then there was a deeper part which warned her against it. A part of her mind did remember, but it kept the memories suppressed as way to protect her, though protect her from what she was unsure.

Occasionally she would get these flashes of the past or at least that is what she assumed them to be. Padme did not tell Anakin about these flashes because honestly he had a lot on his mind and she did not want to worry him over nothing. If they started coming more frequently then she would tell him, but until that time it was her secret, her burden to bear. If she was meant to remember then she would and if not, then Padme was prepared to live her life as was because truthfully it wasn't a horrible life. She had a husband who loved her and a baby on the way. In her opinion things could be a whole lot worse and she was lucky that they weren't.

Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo. When there was only our love and no politics, no plotting, and no war.

Gazing out at the stars she smiled at what she assumed to be a somewhat happy memory. She had remembered it the other night and since then no new memories had made an appearance. As she recalled the memory she allowed her emotions to unfold. It was almost like she could feel Anakin's arms around her as he cradled her against his chest. She could feel his love for her along with his worry. It was nice to know that during all this craziness love did still exist.

"You weren't in bed." His voice came from behind her and she whirled around in her seat to find her husband clad in only his pants looking at her with concern. "I was afraid something had happened when I woke up and you weren't there. Why aren't you in bed?"

"I couldn't sleep." She knew it wasn't exactly the answer he had been looking for and yet it had been the truth.

Anakin shook his head with a small smile. "I figured that part out when I woke up to find you not in bed. Are you going to tell me why you can't seem to find sleep?"

Padme sighed as she stood up and stretched. "I have a lot on my mind I suppose which is quite odd when you think about it considering that I don't remember most of my life up until very recently. It is just with the baby coming soon I worry. We are on the run and I have no idea how long we will be running or where we are going to run to. I don't like the idea of raising our child on a star ship. No offense meant with that comment because I know you are doing your best, but I think I want, well I know I want to raise our baby somewhere we won't have to worry about war or politics or Jedi hunting us down. I want to be able to have a home and life and I try not to tell you any of this since I know you have a lot on your mind and I would hate to add to that, but-"

The soon to be mother never got a chance to finish with what she had been saying because in the next instant her husband had pressed his lips against hers. Immediately her hands went to his hair as he hands rested on her hips. All of her thoughts were pushed to the back of her mind and there was only Anakin. Briefly she wondered if kissing him had always been this way or if it was only this intense because of the fact to her it was similar to kissing him for the first time ever. She supposed that in the long run it didn't really matter. All that really mattered was what was taking place in the here and the now.

Finally after what seemed like forever, the former Jedi broke the kiss and pressed his forehead against hers. "Never be afraid to tell me how you are feeling Padme. I want you to be happy and if living like this doesn't bring you the happiness you deserve then I will find a way to make it so, but I cannot do that if you won't tell me when something is wrong. First thing in the morning I am going to do a sweep of some nearby planets. Since we are near the outer rim we are more likely to find a planet the Jedi are not welcome on. That is the best place we could hope for. It's somewhere the Republic cannot reach. Nobody will recognize us on one of these planets and we can settle down before the baby arrives and stay there until this war has passed."

"Oh Ani, thank you!" She cried wrapping her arms around his neck. This was better than she could have hoped for. "You have no idea how happy this makes me."

"Anything for you my love." He whispered before placing a kiss to the top of her head. "Now come back to bed Padme. You need all the rest you can get."

TBC…

AN: I hope that you all liked this chapter. Now I know there has not been a lot of action, but there will be soon I just needed things to happen before any action could take place. In the next chapter you have Chewie and Anakin checking out one of the planets.

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