Chapter 4
I woke up to the sound of the early birds sing their morning songs.
I rolled over on to my back and that's when I heard a small moan, which was coming from next to me.
" Morning Anakin." I said as Anakin pulled me close to him, but rolled me over so that way I was facing him.
" Morning Padme." He said with a smile on his face.
" I hate to say this but we need to get going and get back to the house before someone gets up and notice that we are not there." I said snuggling up to him even more.
" I know, there are times that I just wish I could sleep in some, and I just want to tell everybody that I'm in love." Anakin said as he looked straight into my eyes.
" Oh really, and who is it that you are in love with?" I asked knowing what he is going to say but I still wanted to hear it for myself.
" The one and only person that I love is you Padme. I love you so very much and you are the only one for me." He said as he looked at me and was hoping that I loved him too.
" That's what I have wanted to hear for a long time, and I love you too Anakin and only you." I said before leaning up as he lowered his head and we began kissing each other.
He rolled us over so that way he aw on top of me, and I could feel him getting hard, and the he lowered his head and started kissing me again.
" Um… Anakin we really do need to be going, before someone wakes up and see us coming back into the house." I said as I moved my head away from his kisses.
" Damn, Padme why do you have to ruin my fun, but you are right we do need to get back because we both know that Obi-Wan will give a lecture about not being here, and may let you off this time around." He said as he got up and then held out his hand to help me up, before he had adjust himself in his pants.
He reached down and picked up his robe and put it on so that way he could cover up his hard on. We left the small house and walked back to the main house.
Using the Force I opened the back door, and I was praying that no one was up yet.
" Good morning you two." My grandmother said as she turned our way and had raised her eyebrows because she knew that we were out all night long.
" Um… good morning grandma." I said stopping in mid-step and looked straight at her.
" Am not going to say anything about this, but you both better get clean up before breakfast." Grandma said as she smiled and nodded towards the freshers.
We both nodded to her and then went separate ways to the two different freshers, I went further down the hallway and went into the downstairs fresher, while Anakin went upstairs to fresher up there.
Twenty minutes later I came into the dinning room and I saw everyone who was in the room turn and look my way.
" Morning everybody." I said, but heard a voice coming into my head.
" We will talk later young lady." The voice said.
I turned to the person and I saw that Obi-Wan looking straight at me, and that's when I knew from the look on his face that he knows about mine and Anakin's secret.
I sat down at the table and started putting the food onto my plate.
I was just pouring my milk when Anakin came walking into the room.
" Morning." Anakin said as he sat down next to me.
" Obi-Wan knows about our secret." Was all said to Anakin in his head.
" Oh Shit!" he said back to in my head.
" Yeah I know." Was all I said.
" We are giving you another ship, because Obi-Wan here told me that Lily's family has asked him if you could destroy the ship." My father said as he took a sip of his juice.
" That sounds great, I can't wait to get all this stuff behind me the soon the better." I said picking up my glass of milk and taking a sip from it.
" We will get the ship after breakfast and then you can be on your way to where ever you need to go to on your mission." My father said as he started eating his breakfast.
" You're leaving us Paddy?" Han asked as he put his milk down on the table and I saw that he had a milk mustache.
" Am afraid so Han, we have a very important mission to do before heading back to the Temple on Coruscant." I said looking at him.
" Oh, but you will come back and visit us later?" he asked as he started to pout at me.
" We'll see, I'll try to get away from the Temple and come and see you ok." I said as I looked over to Obi-Wan.
" Ok, well I guess that well have to do for now." He said giving me a small smile.
We ate the rest of our breakfast with my grandmother telling us that the spring fling celebration was going to happen over the weekend and she was going to enter in the pie baking contest.
" Oh man, I wish I could be here, grandma's pies are awesome. She gets first prize most of the time, that's how great they are." I said as I finished my breakfast.
" Oh man that does sound great, I would love to have a taste test of a pie." Anakin said as he looked at my grandmother, and gave her a smile.
" Well guess what you happen to be in very much in luck, I have a spare pie so that way you can take it with you Anakin." Grandma said as there was a sound of a bell ringing.
" That sounds great, what was that?" Anakin asked.
" That's Logan he is in bed, he got worse last night, and I called the doctor and he will be here later this morning." Grandma said getting up and headed upstairs as she could take care of my brother.
" Well I'll go and get the ship and get it ready for you to talk off this morning." My father said as he got up and left the house.
" And I need to get to the shop." Grandpa said as he too left the table.
" Boy Paddy, what did you do to make everybody to leave the room, oh crap am late, bye and love ya sis." Han said as he got up and came around the table and gave me a hug and kiss goodbye before grabbing his books and headed out the door for school.
" I really can't believe you two, so how long has this been going on?" Obi-Wan asked as he looked from Anakin and me.
" It's only been going on for four days now." Anakin said but he stopped talking just as my grandmother came back into the room.
" I see, well we will finished the conversation on the way to our next destination." Obi-Wan said as he got up and followed my grandmother with his plate and cup.
" Great, but you know I do wish he would let us be our selves, but no we have to follow the Code and live like monks." Anakin said as he finished his tea and started gathering up his dirty dishes.
" You know the Jedi here can do whatever we want to, but the only thing we can't do is killed someone in total anger. That is something that we both agree on." I said also getting my dishes too and we headed for the kitchen.
" You know someone needs to tell the council that, they are such dull butts, and they have no fun what's so ever." Anakin said as we went back into the dining room.
We helped my grandma in the kitchen until my father came back to the house.
" Well the ship is ready and Obi-Wan is already there. I hope that you have a very safe trip and I love you baby girl." My father said as he came up to me and gave me a hug and kiss goodbye.
" Ok and I hope to see you soon, and I love you too daddy." I said hugging him back.
" Well I better join dad in the shop, and it was nice meeting you Anakin. And take care of my baby girl for me." He said as he shook Anakin's hand.
" It was nice meeting you to sir, and believe me I will take great care of her." Anakin said before my father left the house for the shop.
" You keep safe and remember what I told you, and it's nice to meet you Anakin and what ever you do don't let them hold you down, and if they do you know that you both are always welcome here. Oh and here you go Anakin." Grandma said as she let go of both mine and Anakin's hands so that way she could get a pie for us.
She handed me the pie after I gave her a hug goodbye.
Then Anakin and I got into the speeder and we headed to landing platform. We got on board and I made my way to the cockpit after putting the pie in the cooling compartment.
Sitting down in the pilot's chair and Anakin took the co-pilot's chair we lifted off the platform and then headed for our next stop Tatooine.
" Well you two, what do you have to say for yourselves, you both know that you are breaking the Code, and this time I don't think Masters Yoda and Windu will be so lenient on you guys." Obi-Wan said after we went into hyper-space.
" Obi-Wan we are in love and I don't think that's so wrong." Anakin said know that it was wrong of him to say that.
" Oh boy, yes it's very wrong to be in love, because we are not allowed to have any kind of attachments." Obi-Wan said as he was trying to explain why we should not be together.
" But are we all ready breaking a rule of the Code and isn't it Masters Yoda and Windu who are also helping us break this rule of the Code." I said turning around and looking straight at Obi-Wan.
" True and it is them who are also breaking the Code." Obi-Wan said as he sat back in the chair and started stroking his beard.
" So why should they be upset about Anakin and I, have you ever been in love with someone Master?" I asked as I watched Obi-Wan, and I saw him look down and he even stopped stroking his beard too.
" Yes I have twice and the one I truly loved was a Jedi too, but due to our duties to the Jedi Order we called off our relationship, because we didn't want to be expelled from the Order, so we stopped seeing each other, and the last time we saw each other was the very last time too, because she was killed by a bounty hunter." Obi-Wan said as I saw the hurt and sadness come across his face.
" I'm so sorry to hear that." I said as I took a hold of his hands.
" We were on a mission, me, her and Anakin and well Anakin and I were the only ones to come back alive. And she was killed by a bounty hunter, but she also died in Anakin's arms too." Obi-Wan said as he looked over to Anakin and he saw him gave him this surprise look.
" I didn't know that you loved her, I also thought that you had no feelings towards her, and I'm so sorry." Anakin said as he looked at Obi-Wan.
" Yes I loved her very much, and from that day forward I promised myself never to fall in love again." Obi-Wan said and I noticed that his eyes were welling up with tears.
" Am sorry to hear about her death, but don't you have those sexual needs that everybody has?" I asked and wondering if he really doesn't' have sex.
" Gee thanks Padme, and yes I do get those feelings and yes there are a few women that I go and see. It's ok for us to relieve our sexual needs just as long we don't get romantically involved." Obi-Wan said as I could tell that was getting a little embarrassed about talking about his sex life.
" Um… ok well then I'm glad to know that you are not a monk after all, but going back to the Jedi Code, we are breaking a Code and that is no and I repeat no Jedi Master is allowed two Padawans at the same time, but yet her we are, you have Anakin and me as both your Padawans, and it was the council that put us together." I said looking straight at him and he knew what I was say was correct.
" Yes that is correct about all that, like I said before I have been wondering why they are, breaking the Code." Obi-Wan said as he sat back and started with his beard again.
" Did your grandmother say that there are Jedi on Corellia that are married and even have children?" Anakin asked as he looked straight at me.
" True we do have some Jedi on Corellia , and yes they are married and they even take their children as Padawans; and the Jedi Council recognizes them as part of the Jedi Order. You know I was part of that group too, until my Master thought it would be good for me to see how the other Jedi live so we came to the Temple and I was there only for a month before Anakin showed up at the Temple." I said looking over to Anakin and smiled at him.
" Did you know that Padme here was the only one who didn't stare, laugh or move away from me when I walked down the hallways of the Temple. And she also was the only one who would talk to me too. I guess from that moment on since I met her, I knew then that she was the one, even at the age of nine." Anakin said as he reached over and took a hold of my hand.
" Ok you guys, I can tell that there is something between you two, and for now your secret is safe with me, but just be very careful ok." Obi-Wan said as he put his hand on top of mine and Anakin's.
" Yes Master, oh Obi-Wan can you do me a huge favor please?" I asked as we all sat back in our seats.
" Sure what is it?" Obi-Wan asked.
" Well I don't want people to know my real name, so when we are with other Jedi could you please call me Paddy, but when we are like this you can call me Padme." I said getting up from my seat.
" Sure I'll do that for you." Obi-Wan said.
" Thanks, well I'm going to lay down of a little bit so I'll see you both later." I said before leaving the cockpit.
I walked through the ship and saw the three rooms plus the fresher.
Going into the largest quarters of the three, I shut the door and walking over to the bed. Sitting down on the bed I leaned over and started taking off my boots before laying down and falling asleep.
Four hours later I was woken up and went over to the data pad that was on the small desk and opened it up, then taking out the chip that I had in my pocket, I slipped the chip into the pad and began looking at the list that Master Windu gave me.
" Damn the Hutts, why does it have to be the Hutts." I said to myself.
The problem was not only did I have to deal with on, but I have to deal with two of them, and one was on Tatooine and the other one was on Nal-Hutta.
" Well I guess it's time to let Jabba know that we are coming." I said getting up and headed for the cockpit.
" That was quick nap." Anakin said as I stepped into the cockpit.
" I couldn't sleep, there were to many voices running thru my head. Ok up and out of my seat Anakin." I said shooing him out of the pilot's chair.
Obi-Wan got out of the co-pilot's chair so that way Anakin could sit back down in the chair.
" What are you doing?" Anakin asked as he watched me getting the ship out of hyper-space.
" Well for starters we are going to see the people who are on the list that Master Windu made for us." I said as the Navi-computer cut off and we dropped out of hyper-space.
" Ok and who is on our list?" Obi-Wan asked.
" Jabba the Hutt." Was all I said.
" You have to be kidding me, you know what he could do to us?" Anakin said his eyes almost bugged out of his head at the mention of the Hutt's name.
" I do know that we have been neutral friends with the Hutts, so I'm going to call him up and ask if we can see him." I said as I looked at Anakin and smiled at him.
" Ok but do you need a …." He started to say.
" What do you want?" the Twi'lek majordomo said in Huttese.
" I would like to have an interview with Jabba." I said also in Huttese.
" And why do you want to talk to him for." Bib Fortuna asked me.
" Let's just say it involves a Jedi named Lily. And he will know what it is about." I said not telling him why I want to talk to Jabba.
" Tell me and I'll let Jabba know." He said giving me his devilish grin.
" Sorry but I'm not playing your games and what I have is for Jabba only, so go and tell him that I want to talk to him, and I will give you and hour." I said before shutting off the communications with him.
" What the hell you can speak Huttese?" Anakin said in total surprise.
" Yes I know Huttese and about five other languages too. Well on Corellia you have to speak Huttese because we deal with on the planet." I said just as the com-link buzzed.
" Oh My Lady, its so great to see you again." Jabba said as he came up on the holo screen.
" It's good to see you too Jabba. The reason for me calling is to ask you for an audience with you?" I asked.
" Yes I will grant you an audience, and I also can see that you have two people with you." Jabba said as he noticed Anakin and Obi-Wan sitting in the cockpit with me.
" Yes they are with me, and thank you for letting us see you on short noticed, we will be landing there in about two hours from now." I said looking at the Navi-computer's time.
" I will be heading to the track because today is the Boonta Eve Classic Pod-race. We can talk after the races, or you can join me there." Jabba said.
" Ok that sounds good, we can join you at the races then. But first we need to go and talk to someone before the race, so we'll see you later then." I said.
" Yes you can see the person and then see you and your friends at the race." Jabba said as the commutation ended.
" Oh great we get to see a Pod-race." Obi-Wan said as I hit the switches to get us back into hyper-space.
" And Anakin is still the only human to race in the Pod-race and even won too." I said as I sat back just as the stars in front of us blurred as we went back into hyper-space.
" I thought Pod-racing is illegal?" Obi-Wan said as we sat down in the lounge area.
" They are, but on the planets that are controlled by the Hutts they still have them." I said.
" There has to be away to this type of sport." Obi-Wan said as he went over to the Caf machine and got himself a drink.
" Wish it could be that easy, but it's not." I said getting up and also getting a cup of tea.
" There is one thing I wish they can out law and that is slavery, but that won't ever happen either." Anakin said as he had a little bit of sadness in his voice.
" I have a feeling that won't happen in our life time, and the only way to end slavery is to make the Hutts got regular jobs and they give up their gangster life all together." I said sitting down on the couch next to Anakin.
" I wonder how my mom is, do you think we can stop by Watto's Junk Shop and see her." Anakin said as he got up and got him something to drink too.
" That was what I had in mind Anakin, did I tell Jabba that I needed to go and see someone before going to the Arena. We are going to see Watto and then head to the Pod-race, then talk to Jabba and then see your mother?" I said taking Anakin's hand and giving him a smile.
" Ok that sounds good. I just hope that she is still doing fine and that Watto is treating her right." Anakin said sitting back down.
" It's been ten years since you have seen her." Obi-Wan said as he took a sip of his drink.
" Yes it's been that long, and I still miss her very much." Anakin said looking a little sad.
" Man I really can believe that the council wouldn't let you see her some, you know." I said looking at Obi-Wan.
" They believe that there shouldn't be any attachments to anyone or anything." Obi-Wan said.
" You know what for a moment there it sounded like you are starting to think that some of the stuff that the council believes in are somewhat wrong." I said as I know what I asked him was correct.
" I do have to admit that some things just don't sound right, well I think I'm going to lay down for awhile, you think the two of you can behave yourselves." Obi-Wan said with a laugh.
" Yes Master." Anakin and I said together.
" I think am going to lay down too." Anakin said as he got up and followed Obi-Wan to the sleeping quarters.
" Well I guess I'll be meditating." I said as I got up and went back into the cockpit and sat down and started to meditate.
Two hours later I was brought out of my meditation by a beeping sound.
Opening my eyes just as Anakin came into the cockpit and taking his seat in the co-pilot's seat.
" We are now entering Tatooine's space." I said bring us out of hyper-space.
" Great." Anakin said as he hit a couple of buttons on his side of the cockpit.
" I take it we are now near Tatooine?" Obi-Wan said as we came out of the hyper-space.
" We are now entering Tatooine's space, so we should be landing in about 10 to 15 minutes. This is FG264 requesting to land." I said as I turned on the commiseration link to the flight control of Mos Espa.
" This is Mos Espa Flight control, FG264 what is your cargo?" the flight control asked.
" My cargo is only passengers." I said as I looked at Anakin and rolled my eyes.
" Roger, FG264, you are clear to land at docking bay 64 and welcome to Mos Espa." The flight control said.
" Roger, docking bay 64, thank you and hope you have a great day." I said which caused both Anakin and Obi-wan to snicker.
" Thank you and you too." The controller said sounding surprised.
I cut off the commutation with the flight controller and continue to fly towards their destination on Tatooine.
Five minutes later we entered the atmosphere and flew over the city of Mos Espa until we came up to the building that held docking bay 64.
I slowly landed the ship into the bay area, and once on the ground I started shutting off the engine and powering down everything too, before getting up out of the pilot's chair and heading out of the cockpit.
" So Anakin are you sure that you are ready to face your ex-master?" I asked Anakin as I came up to him and taking a hold of his hand and giving it a gently squeeze.
" Yeah am ready, you know I really never thought I would see this place or mostly this city again. Well we better get going if we want to get to our last destination before dark." Anakin said and to my surprise he turned to me pulling me into his arms before lower his head down and kissing me.
" Ok you two, it's time for us to get going." Obi-Wan said as he came up behind us and tapping Anakin on the shoulder.
Anakin moaned as he pulled away from me and opened up the hatch door and the ramp came down.
As we headed down the ramp of the ship a short and stocky human came out of the office that was across from the ramp.
" Welcome to docking bay 64, am Jocko and if there is any thing that need just let me know and I'll see if I can get it for you.' The human said as he came over to us.
" Thank you but right now the only thing that we need is a rickshaw." Anakin said as he watched me shut and lock the ship's hatch.
" As you wish sir, please follow me." The dock worker said as he lift the room and headed out of the building.
We walked up to the upper level of the docking bay and to through a small room the opened up to the outside and to city streets.
Opening up the door the very hot air of the desert planet came rushing into the room.
" Well this is one thing that I never miss of this place." Anakin said as we walked out into the early morning sun and the hot air of the early morning traffic of the city streets.
" The rickshaw is here, so Anakin do you have the address to this place that we are going to?" Obi-Wan asked as the rickshaw pulled up beside us.
We climbed on board the rickshaw but it was a very tight with the three of us sitting there, so Anakin put me on his right leg which made some room for us.
" To Watto's Junk Shop." Anakin said to the ES-PSA droid as he gave the address to the place that we need to go to.
I held on tight to the side of the rickshaw as the droid took off from the bay, it then charged along the city streets and expertly zigging and zagging around the morning traffic, and every once in a while it would blast a shrilling sound when someone didn't get out of our way.
I turned a little bit so that way I could see Anakin and I could see that he was having problem about seeing his former master, he said that he is ok about but I could sense and even read all the emotions that was running through his head.
" You know Watto did treat me and my mom better than most slavers, and he really didn't beat too often like a few friends of mine, their masters did beat them at time over the very smallest thing." Anakin said as he was remember some of the times here on Tatooine.
"But the good thing is that you got out of the slavery, and that is what your mom wanted for you." I said reaching up and stoking his cheek, and then he leaned his head down and kissed me.
" Thank you Padme, you always seem to know what to say to make me feel better about myself and you even seem to calm me down when I get very upset." Anakin said as the rickshaw slowed down and came up to the shop.
"Ok you two, we are here at the shop." Obi-Wan said as he saw the Toydarian sitting outside of the shop.
Obi-Wan stepped out of the rickshaw as it stopped just in front of the shop. Anakin helped me up before getting out of the rickshaw and then once he was standing next to the rickshaw he lifted up his hand and helped me out of the rickshaw.
We walked over to the small table that had parts scattered parts all over it. Obi-Wan was acting like he was looking through the junk, while Anakin went over to the Toydarian and stood next to the table and saw something on it that needed to be fixed.
He also saw that the Toydarian was fiddling with an electronic driver on a broken piece of equipment, and it looked like a droid component.
"No, chuba da wanga, do wanga!" Watto yelled at the broken component, and at the trio of pit droids who were scrambling all about, as they were trying to help.
" What did he say?" asked Obi-Wan as Anakin over the smaller table that was in front of the Toydarian, and looked around before he picked up some kind of electronic component.
"He said no, not that one-that one." I said as I was watching Anakin very closely.
"Chut, Chut Watto." Anakin said as he came closer to his former master.
"Anakin said-excuse me, Watto." I said as I continue to translate for Obi-Wan.
" Key Bode?" Watto said in total surprisement.
" What?" I continue to translate the Huttese.
" He seems a little surprise to see Anakin." Obi-Wan said with a little laugh.
" True he does seem that way." I said.
" Dimava, Chut Chut." Anakin said as his words were barely audible about the loud pit droids.
" Anakin just told him- I said excuse me." I said as I watched Anakin looking down at a couple of things on the table.
" To ana bopa!" Watto yelled at the droids and they immediately shut down and snapped back into their storage position.
" Let me guess he told them to shut down." Obi-Wan said as he watched the droids.
" Yes you are correct master." I said with a laugh.
" Ding mi chasa bopa." Anakin said as offered to help the Toydarian by taking the piece of the broken droid, then he started expertly manipulating the piece.
Watto was just watching him for a moment and then both Obi-Wan and I watched the Toydarian's eyes began to get large in surprise as he just sat there and watched Anakin fix the droid.
" Oh sorry Anakin told Watto – Let me help you with that." I told Obi-Wan as I was standing there and watching Watto.
" Ke Bood? Yo boan pee bota. No wega mi condorta. Kin Chasa du Jedi. No bata tu tu." Watto said.
" He said – What? I don't know you … what can I do for you? You look like a Jedi, whatever it is… I didn't do it." I said to Obi-Wan, who somewhat laughed at the last part.
" Anakin it seems he doesn't know or even remember you." I said in Anakin's head.
" Yeah I know." He answered back in my head.
" Mi boska di Shmi Skywalker?" Anakin finally asked bluntly.
I saw Watto's eyes narrow suspiciously at the mention of Shmi Skywalker.
" Anakin just told him – I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker, and from the look on his face he just realized it's Anakin that is standing right in front of him." I said as Watto looked over to me then back to Anakin.
" Annie? Little Annie? Naah!" Watto said as he realized that it was true his ex-slave was standing right in front of him.
Anakin's way to answer him was a twist of his hands, and the sound of the little piece of equipment whirred to life, smiling widely, Anakin handed the part back to Watto. Anyone who knew Watto's ex-slave, would know Anakin, and he was the only one who could work such magic on the broken droid parts.
" You are Annie, it is you, ya sure have sprouted and Paddy you too!" He said as his wings started beating furiously, which lifted him right off the stool that he had been sitting on and he hovered in the air.
" Hello Watto it's been a while." Anakin said.
" Weehoo! A Jedi! Waddy a know? Hey, maybe you couldda help wit some dead beats who owe me a lot of money…." He was telling us before Anakin interrupted him.
" My mother Watto!" Anakin demanded as he looked straight in the Toydarian's eyes.
" Oh yeah, Shmi. Well she's not mine no more. I sold her." Watto said as he broke eye contact with Anakin.
" Sold her!" Anakin said as I came up to him and put my hand on his forearm and giving it a gentle squeeze, because I could feel that he was getting angry with the Toydarian.
" Years ago, sorry Annie, but yu know, business is business. I sold her to a moisture farmer, who's name I believe is Lars. And the last I heard he freed and married her, can you beat that." Watto said with a little laugh.
" Do you know where they are?" Anakin ask, as he was trying very hard to digest it all what Watto was telling him.
" A long way from here, I believe it was someplace over on the other side of Mos Eisley." Watto said as he stroked his scruffy chin.
" Well could you narrow it down some, there are lot of dessert between here and there." Anakin asked as he could tell that Watto was thinking really hard.
" I'd like to know now Watto!" Anakin said as his tone and expression grim was very close to being threatening.
And the way I saw Watto's features tighten up, that's when he got the hint that Anakin wasn't fooling around.
" Well let's go look at my records and see if we can find an address of the moisture farmer." Watto said to us before he led us inside the shop.
" I haven't been in here for a long time." I said looking around the clutter room.
" Your uncle and cousin was just here two days ago. You are Jedi too, oh and who is this?" Watto said as he went over to the cabinet that held some of his records, and turned to look at Obi-Wan.
" Cool may be I'll stop by their place while I'm here on Tatooine, oh this is mine and Anakin's Jedi Master or teacher." I said as I went over to Anakin and started helping him look through a couple of boxes that were next to the door of the back room.
Twenty minutes later of looking around I was looking through the last box that was sitting on the floor.
" Found it, the Farmer's name is Cliegg Lars and the farm is located at the Great Chott Salt Flat, in the Jundland Wastes. And I know where that is." I said picking up the records on what Lars bought and it the address of the homestead was on it.
" Great work, and now we need to get going, because we do have other things to do before we head over to the moisture farm." Obi-Wan said as he looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall.
Anakin shut the lid on the box and got up from the floor that he been sitting on, before helping me up off the floor.
" Thanks again Watto." I said as I watched Anakin head straight out the door without even saying another word to Watto.
" You can stay and help with the dead beats Nessie?" Watto said to me as I was heading for the door.
" Sorry can't have a great day Watto!" I said before walking out of the shop.
" Ready My Lady." Anakin said as he held out his hand to me and helped me onto the rickshaw.
" To the Mos Espa Grand Arena." Anakin said to the droid as he got into the rickshaw and once in the seat he pulled me onto his lap, just as the droid hurried off as he rolled through the traffic on the street.
Twenty minutes later we made it to the arena, and like before we got out of the rickshaw.
Anakin grabbed my hand and led us through the waves of people who were making their way into the arena and their seats, but as for us we had to go to the ticket window to get our tickets, which we will find out that Jabba had gotten us some great seats up on the circular lifts.
When we finally got into the arena I led the guys to where we would be sitting, can you say right on the track, they have to pass us to get into their pit boxes.
We go in the circular lift before Anakin pushing the button that makes the lift go into the air.
" So what's going on out on the field?" Obi-Wan asked as there was a sound of horns blearing to let the crowd know that the Ceremony was about to start.
" It's an event called the ceremony, what it is basically is a parade of flags bearers; and they each carry the racer's distinctive emblem and they also line up just before the starting grid. Once the bearers clear the grid, then the Pod-racers would start their engines." I was explaining what the ceremony was.
" What is the first part of the race?" Obi-Wan asked as he just saw numbers on the viewer that we had in front of us.
" Well the starts here and then it goes into what's called the Starlit Flats, that's the easy part of the course, it's here in this stretch of desert that the racers will jockeyed for a strong starting positions." Anakin said as he was telling Obi-Wan the first part of the race.
" Then the racers all need to line up single file before entering the curving canyon that cuts through the Waldo Flats, and that is one of the first tricky part of the course." I said as we heard the count down for the race to start.
" Then from the Waldo Flats; it opens up into the mushroom mesa, which is a rocky expanse dominated by immense bulbous rock formations." Anakin said as he turned on the viewer that was on the railing in front of us.
" The fun part is called the Metta Drop, which is a huge sudden escarpment drops, the racers right into the Ebe Crater Valley, where the racers have to navigate opening (the notch) to enter Beggar's Canyon." Anakin said as he smiled as he remembered how he really like that part of the race.
" From there the racers will continue through the length of the desert plains which is abutting the Dune Sea." I said as we watched the racers come to the first part of the race.
" Dune Sea has one of the most hazardous areas, one called the Arch Canyon, which forces the pilots to maneuver through the stone wickets, before entering another series of Canyons, which includes three dangerous places the Whip, Jag Crag Gorge and the subterranean Laguna Cave. Then from there you will be emerging from the caves, the racers have to careened through the tight Canyon Dune Turn, which to make matters worse for the racers it is also known to be the campsite of the vengeful Sand People or we also call them Tuskin Raiders." Anakin said as we watch a race lose one of his engines.
" If the racers survive the pot shots from the Sand People, they now have to dodge the rocky obstacles in Bindy Bend before entering the last stretch of the Canyon which includes the Coil, Jett's Chute and the Corkscrew." I said as the racers were coming up to the craters.
We stood there and watched as one of the racers fell right into one of the craters.
" Oh my, well anyway leaving the Corkscrew via the Devil's Doorknob, the pilots emerged onto the Hutts Flats, which is a broad featureless expanse that leads right back here." Anakin said as we watched one of the racers get hit from one of the Sand People and the engine started smoking but he did manage to clear the camp before quitting and causing the racer to come to a sliding halt on the desert floor.
Three minutes later the leader of the race crossed the finish line before it started its second lap of the race.
There was two more crashes of Pod-racers before the race came to an end.
We did meet up with Jabba after the race, and of course he was surround by some members of his court, but also of the other beings who owed him money and they were paying him their lost of their bets.
He did tell us to meet him at his palace in two hours so with time to kill we took another rickshaw back to Mos Espa.
Once we arrived back into the city, we got out of the rickshaw and walked through the city, Anakin wanted to show us some spots that he used to go to when he was a child. One of the places that we stopped at was a small Market area, that not only can you get your food, like veggies, but your meats there too, but it had a little sitting area with a couple of table and chairs so that way you can eat your food.
So when we came away from one of the tables that had different kinds of meats and cheeses. I looked over to one of the tables and saw a small group of people, and one of the girls sitting at the table kept watching me, and I could feel dislike coming from her and it was towards me.
Anakin stopped and looked at the small group and then a smile came across his face before he walked over to the small table and group of people.
" Kitster?" Anakin said as we came up to the small group.
" Yeah and who wants to…." Kitster said as he stopped talking to one of the girls that was sitting next to him.
" Come on Kitster don't tell me that you don't know your best friend." Anakin said as the other guy looked at Anakin and then a huge smile came across the guy's face.
" Oh my, Anakin… is it really you?" Kitster said as he got from his chair and came up to Anakin and gave him a hug.
" Anakin hey so what are you doing here?" on of the girls asked him.
" Hey Amee, I'm doing pretty good, I'm here on business." He said as the girl name Amee got up from her seat and also gave Anakin a hug.
" Hey Anakin, oh wow you're a Jedi now and who have we here?" this red head guy said.
" Hello Seek this is Paddy, and Paddy these are some friends of mine, Wald, Amee, Melee, Seek and my best friend Kitster. And this is Obi-Wan who is my Jedi Master." Anakin said as he pulled me to him and still had an arm around me as he introduced me to the small group.
" Hello, it's nice to meet all of you guys." I said as I could feel and read that someone had jealous towards me because Anakin was holding me close to him.
" So what have you been doing this morning?" Kitster asked.
" We were at the Pod-races." Anakin said.
" And no one recognized you. Um… I remember you from one of the races. I sat next to you and couple of other people." Amee said as she looked straight at me.
" No one recognized him, and yeah I remember you too, yeah I used to see the races when am here with my grandparents, and I used to watch Anakin race that was the only reason why I even went to the races in the first place. I guess you can say that I had a crush on Anakin." I said as Anakin pulled me closer to him and was hugging me.
That's when I felt some hatred coming from one of the girls sitting at the table, so I followed through the Force and found out who was sending that death looks… it was Melee.
" Paddy is the you?" I heard my name being called out behind me.
" Rolla hey what are you doing here." I said as my cousin came up to me and gave me a hug.
" Hey, am here to pick up a couple of parts and you?" Rolla said as he looked at Anakin and noticed that he still had his arm around me.
" Anakin, Obi-Wan and I are here for business which we need to get going, because we have a couple things to do. Oh Rolla this is Obi-Wan and this is Anakin, guys this is my cousin Rolla." I said as I introduced the guys to my cousin.
" It's good to meet you, well I need to get going too, you need to come over and have dinner with us sometime." Rolla said before he walked away from us.
" We too need to go too, and it's really nice meeting all of you." Obi-Wan said as he looked at us to remind us that we still had to go and head out to Jabba's Palace.
" It was great to see you guys again and next time I'll spend a little more time with you guys." Anakin said as we left the groups and head back to the ship and headed over to Jabba's Palace.
I flew the ship over the desert until we came up to the North Dune Sea, we looked up at one of the bluffs that over looks the desert and sees a building that is Jabba's Palace.
" Well guys here we are Jabba's Palace." I said as I landed the ship just outside the palace door.
" Yeah that's it, well lets get this done." Obi-Wan said as he got up from his seat.
" Um… shouldn't one of us stay behind and watch over the ship just in case the Sand People or the Jawas come snooping around." Anakin said looking at both me and Obi-Wan.
" You don't have to worry, because if someone does come close to the ship there is an alarm that will go off, or do you really want to stay here?" I said looking at Anakin and saw that he was very hesitance about leaving the ship, I guess it has something to do that he didn't like that because his first Master was a Hutt and she treated him badly.
Everybody who lives on here Tatooine knows that this really isn't a place that you want to be at if you could help it, and only the scum of scum come here, and if you piss off Jabba, well lets just say that you will not make it out of the palace alive.
" Ok I'm going with you guys." Anakin said as he stood up from the chair.
" Great so lets do this, and get it over so that way we can leave here. I really don't want to be caught out here after dark." I said as I walked out of the cockpit.
The three of us walked out of the ship and like before I shut and locked up the ship before setting the alarm on it.
We walked up to the small path that led up to the Palace door.
" You know it's really hard to believe that this place is a Monastery too." I said as we stopped at the door and I started knocking on the huge metal door.
" What do you want!" a small door opened up and this eyeball looking thing came out and started demanding what we wanted in Huttese.
" We have an audience with Jabba." I said not letting my fear come into my voice.
Without a word the small door shut and then the big metal doors began to open up.
We walked in and stood in the opening of the entrance of the palace and there to meet us was Bib Fortuna.
" Welcome My Lady, Master Jabba is in his private chambers, please follow me." Bib Fortuna said in Huttese.
" Thank you Bib.' I said as we followed the Twi'lek up a couple of steps before going down a small hallway.
We stopped at a door and Bib Fortuna knocked on the door.
" Who is it!" we heard Jabba calling out.
" It's the Jedi, Master." Bib Fortuna said with a shaky voice.
" Come in.' Jabba said.
The door opened up and the three of us walked into the room.
I noticed that the room was very moist almost the kind of atmosphere of Nal-Hutta and I could almost feel sweat bead up on my skin.
" My Lady, it's so good to see you and I hope that you and your friends had enjoyed the races this morning?" Jabba asked.
" Yes your grace we did, the reason why we are here is that am looking for Lily Milloadary." I said only telling him the half truth about Lily.
" I see, well I too am wondering where she is, because she was to deliver some things to me." Jabba said.
" I see, was she to deliver some Spice to you?" I asked.
" Why yes, how do you know that, and if she don't show up soon she will have a very huge bounty on her head." Jabba said as he was getting a little upset.
" Well I hate to be the barrier of bad news , but she will not be delivering your Spice to you, and that bounty would be useless also, that's because she was killed, and all her cargo was taken by the person who killed her." I said and the I could feel Jabba's temper cooled down some.
" Oh no she bring me two cases of Glitterstim Spice, and now you tell me that it's all gone." Jabba said to me with a worried look on his face.
" Yes your grace it's all gone, but we are willing to pay for the price of the Spice." Obi-Wan said as he looked over to me and I nodded.
" Master Kenobi here, said that we will be willing to pay for the price of the Spice that was lost." I translated what for Obi-Wan.
" I see I paid 27,300 credits and one barrel of alcohol too which was another 1,000 credit so all together that would be 28,300 credits." Jabba said as he looked at Obi-Wan.
" Oh wow, Jabba said the whole total of the delivery was worth 28,300 credits, um… you think the council will agree to that amount?" I said to Obi-Wan and saw him swallow very hard when he heard the price.
" Wow that is a lot of credits, I will just have to convents the council that we have to pay him that much or we may lose his alliances and the Hutts too." Obi-Wan said as he started rubbing his chin.
" Master Kenobi, told me that we will pay for the delivery because your friendship and trust in the Jedi mean a lot to us." I said bowing my head to him and showing that we will do as he asks of us.
" That is great to hear that the mighty Jedi are under my control hahaha." Jabba said with a laugh.
I just stood there listening to that evil laugh and I could tell from Anakin's stance that he was holding in his angry towards the ugly slug, and of course that laugh just sent chills down my spin.
" Of course your grace we are at your service." I said trying not to gag with each word.
" We have a deal, and you have two weeks and if I don't get the money by the last day of the two weeks, I will put a bounty on all your heads." Jabba said as he glared at all of us.
" Jabba just gave us two weeks to get the money to him, and if we fail to deliver the money to him he will put a very huge bounty on our heads." I said to Obi-Wan who just nodded.
" I will have to contact Masters Yoda and Windu and let them know what's going on and see what they have to say about that." Obi-Wan said almost looking nervous about the deal that we are making with the Hutt.
" Um… Your Grace Master Obi-Wan here said that he will contact the Jedi Council and let them know what is going on, so that way they can start getting the money together and can be delivered to you." I said as I translated somewhat of what Obi-Wan said to me.
" And tell him that we will bring it to him personally." Obi-Wan said with a bow of his head.
" Fine, you all can leave now." Jabba said as he dismissed us from his personal chambers.
We bowed our heads before turning around walking out the door, where we found Bib Fortuna waiting for us.
We followed Bib Fortuna down the steps and to the entrance of the palace. We shielded our eyes as we stepped out side the doors into the brightness of the suns.
" Well that was interesting, how are we going to get that kind of money Master?" Anakin asked as we headed down the path to where the ship was still sitting at.
" Yes that was, I'm not sure, but we will just have to beg and plead with Masters and Yoda and Windu, but I'm sure that they will get the money." Obi-Wan said as I unlocked the ship and the ramp came down.
We boarded the ship and I started up the engines of the ship while Anakin and Obi-Wan found their seats and buckled in.
" Yes that was interesting, and we now know that she was to be here four days ago, with two cases of Glitterstim and one barrel of alcohol, and now we have two weeks to come up with over 28,000 credits." I said as the ship was lifting off the ground, and I turned it towards the Great Chott Salt Flat in the Jundland Wastes.
" That stuff is very expensive, I just hope that the council will agree to pay that high price that he wants for the crates and barrel." Anakin said as he turned in the Co-pilot's seat.
" Me too, me too." Obi-Wan said as was hoping that he didn't get us all in trouble.
The rest of the flight was in total silence and mostly in total thoughts on how we were going to get out of all this alive.
We soon passed over the race grounds in which we just saw the races earlier in the day.
I flew us straight over the desert, and headed straight for the city of Mos Eisley.
When I saw the port coming into view, I then veered towards the north and crossed past it, before I lifted higher in the sky.
We were twenty miles out of town when the first moisture farm came into view, and about another twenty miles away a second farm came into view, and thirty miles away the last farm came into view, and if you follow the flight course you would see that the farms where almost in a direct line from the city.
" That's the one just below that bluff." I said as I started to lower the ship and hitting our thrusters as we began to land on the ground.
I landed the ship on the bluff that overlooked the small homestead that covered the desert floor.
" I can't believe it, I'm really going to see my mom again." Anakin said as I started shutting down the engines of the ship.
I reached over and put my hand on his arm and gave it a gentle squeeze as I gave him a comforting smile.
" You know we are breaking a Code, because Anakin isn't suppose to feel any attachment towards his mother." Obi-Wan said as he looked through the window and saw the homestead below us.
" Well sorry that I can't get over those feelings Master… You don't know what it's like to leave your mother like I did." Anakin said as he glared at Obi-Wan.
" You're right Anakin I don't know what it's like, and I'm sorry for what I said." Obi-Wan said as he was trying to understand what Anakin was feeling.
" Well before we go down there we need to contact Masters Yoda and Windu, and tell them about the money that we have to give to Jabba." I said turning towards Obi-Wan.
" Ok fine hit the communication link please." Obi-Wan said as he watch me lean over and hit the com-link and Master Windu showed up.
" Hello guys, and how are things going?" Master Windu asked.
" Well everything was going great until Master Obi-Wan here made a deal with Jabba the Hutt." Anakin said as he glared back at Obi-Wan.
" I see and what kind of deal did you make with Hutt Master Kenobi?" Master Windu asked as he turned his attention to Obi-Wan.
" Well sir, he let us know that Lily was four days late in her delivery to his Palace, and that he was about to put a huge bounty on her head, and he was very surprise to learn that she was dead, and that all of her cargo was missing, and now he wants his money back for the lost cargo and it's 28,300 credits and we have two weeks to give it him or he would put a huge bounty on our heads." Obi-Wan said as we watch Master Windu sit back and rested his chin into his hands.
" I see, well then I guess Master Yoda and I better get the credits ready, and when we have all of it we will let you know." Master Windu said as he nodded to Obi-Wan.
" Thank you Master, and the next stop will be Nal-Hutta and I believe that we will be paying off another Hutt, but we'll let you know after our meeting." I said letting him know that I have seen the list and who was on it.
" Ok that's fine just let me know how much, and I hope that everything goes well with the next Hutt, and May the Force Be With You." Master Windu said before ending the communication.
" Well that was easy enough, well I think it's time." Anakin said as he got up and walked out of the cockpit.
" We let's go and be there for him, I know that's hard for you at times, but as for me I'm there for him no matter what." I said getting up and following Anakin out of the cockpit.
" You guys know that the door won't open up by itself." Obi-Wan said as he came into the lounge and patting Anakin on the shoulder before giving it a small squeeze to let him know that's there for Anakin.
" Obi-Wan leave him alone this is a huge thing for him and if he needs a little time to gather up his emotions." I said coming up to Anakin and I wrapped my arms around him.
" Thanks Padme, you always make me feel better about myself, and that's why I love you." Anakin said putting his arms around me and pulling me closer to him and right in front of Obi-Wan, Anakin began kissing me.
" Um… Anakin we do need to stop and go down to the house and see if your mother is still here, before it gets dark, and I love you too." I said as I pulled away from him and smiled up at him.
" Yes you're right, and I can do this." Anakin said as he let go of me and opened up the hatch and the ramp went down, then we all started to head out of the ship.
" You know you could be a little more supportive of him, mostly while we are here, that's all am asking of you Master." I said before following Anakin down the ramp.
" Wow she has spunk." Obi-Wan smiled as he followed us down the ramp and into the hot air of Tatooine.
" Padme you're right, and Anakin I'm sorry." Obi-Wan said as he gave Anakin a brotherly hug.
" Um… ok, what is he talking about Padme?" Anakin asked turning my way.
" All I told him that he needed to be a little more supportive of you, that's all." I said looking at both men and smiling at them, and I could feel that, at this moment I just gained Obi-Wan's respect.
" I just learned one thing at this very moment, and that is Masters Windu and Yoda were correct in putting the three of us together, Padme here is the one thing that I have learned from you, and that is that you are the one who will keep us together, as a family unit and to show us that we are a person who has feelings and we also need to respect the feelings of each other. And to keep Anakin here in line too." Obi-Wan said with a huge smile and we had a group hug.
" Thanks Obi-Wan that really means a lot to me. Ok we need to start heading down to the homestead and get inside before it gets dark." I said as I noticed that one of the suns was starting to sink lower in the horizon.
" She's right, now lets get going." Anakin said before heading down the bluff and walked towards the homestead.
" Lets go." I said as I followed Anakin.
I caught up with him and he took a hold of my hand and held it as we got closer to the buildings.
The first form that we saw as we got closer to the homestead was a very thin droid, which was dull gray in color, with a weather beaten metal coverings, which it looked like it was a need of an oil bath.
It looked like he was working on some sort of fence sensor, and as we came up to him.
" Oh hello there? How might I be of service, I am See…" the droid started to say as he rose with a slow and jerky motion.
" Threepio?" Anakin said as he could hardly believed his eyes.
" Oh my! Oh my maker! Master Anakin! I knew you would return! I knew you would and this must be Miss Padme!" Threepio said as he turned from Anakin to me.
" Hello, Threepio." I said back to him, and very surprise that he remember me.
" Oh, my circuits, I'm so pleased to see you both." The droid said very happily.
" What does he mean by that?" Obi-Wan asked as he looked at me.
" I'll explain to you both later." I said.
" I've come to see my mother." Anakin said as Threepio turned back to him.
" I see please come we need to get inside now." He said s he started heading for the indoors.
By the time we caught up to Threepio, he was already inside the courtyard.
" Master Cliegg! Master Owen! Might I present three important visitors!" Threepio called out.
The first people to come out into the courtyard was a young man and woman.
" Hello I'm…" Anakin started to say but was interrupted by a voice that he missed for the past ten years.
" Ani…Ani! Oh my Ani!" an older woman came walking out of the building with an elder man beside her.
" Mom!" Anakin said as he ran to his mother and swept her off her feet and held her to him.
" Oh Anakin, you have grown up, I missed you so much, and I've worried so much about you too, when I called the Temple to see how you were doing, and no-one would tell me. Oh sorry I want you to meet your new family." Shmi said as Anakin let her go and she turned to the small group that was now standing behind her.
" Hi I'm Anakin Skywalker." Anakin said as he introduced himself.
" Oh my Anakin the Jedi." The younger woman whispered breathlessly to the younger guy that stood next to her.
" Yes, and Shmi here is my mother." Anakin said as he put his arm around his mother.
" Well she's mine too, Ok not my real mom, but as real a mother as I've ever known, oh I'm Owen Lars and this is my girlfriend Beru Whitesun." Owen said as he came up to Anakin and shook his hand.
" Hello." Beru said as she came over and shook our hands.
" And this is my husband Cliegg Lars, and this is my son Anakin, oh my Padme?" Shmi said as she realized that I was standing next to Anakin.
" Hello, Anakin its finally great to meet you, your mother here has told us a lot about you." Cliegg said coming up to us and shook Anakin's hand.
" Hello…ma'am and its great to see you again too, I'm Padme and this is mine and Anakin's Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi." I said as I introduced everyone to Obi-Wan.
" It's good to meet you Master Kenobi, and I thank you for looking after my son for me. Well we better get inside and eat dinner, have you eaten yet if not I hope that you guys are hungry." Shmi said just as we heard an animal howl off in the distance.
" I'm hungry." Anakin said as he nodded to his mother.
We went inside the building and the guys headed towards the living area, while me, Shmi and Beru went into the kitchen and started finish up with dinner.
I was in the middle of cooking the meat when a voice came into my head.
" Is dinner ready yet, I'm hungry?" Anakin whined in my head.
" Not yet and quit your whining Anakin Skywalker!" I called out loud to Anakin.
" I didn't hear Anakin say anything?" Beru said as she looked at me in total shock.
" I know you didn't hear him, that's because Anakin and I can communicate telepathically." I said as Shmi started to laugh.
" I'm glad to see that someone else can put him in his place at times. He would whine about when dinner was ready, when he was younger, and I too had to get on to him about the whining." Shmi said as she remember Anakin when he was younger.
" Hey you guys can stop talking about me, mom what's to drink? Hey baby what's that you are cooking?" Anakin asked as came into the kitchen and came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me before resting his chin on my shoulder.
" Well we have milk and tea." Shmi said as she saw me and Anakin being cozy with each other.
" I'm trying to cook the meat, now would you please go away so I can finish this up." I said slightly turning my head.
Before letting me go Anakin leaned his head forward and started kissing me.
" Ok you two." Obi-Wan said as he came into the kitchen.
" Ass hole." Anakin said in my head as he let go of me and stepping way.
All I could do was laugh and everyone in the kitchen was watching us, and I looked over to Obi-Wan but instead of seeing a stern look, I was very surprise to see him just shaking his head and was even smiling.
" Milk would be good for now." Anakin said as his mom grabbed a glass and poured the milk for him.
" Dinner will be ready in about ten so everybody get washed up, and that goes for you too Master Jedi." Shmi said to Anakin as she gave him a playful swat on the butt with a towel.
" Oww, mom that hurt. Ok fine." Anakin whine as he put the glass down and went over to the sink and washed his hands.
Ten minutes later the guys came into the dinning area and sat down at the table, while me, Beru and Shmi brought out the food and drinks, and sat them down on the table.
Once we had all the food and drinks on the table we joined the guys at the table.
" So Padme, have you seen your grandparents lately?" Shmi asked as she poured herself a glass of blue milk.
" Yes ma'am we were just at their place before coming here." I said as I poured myself some tea.
" How are they, they were such nice people, I really missed your grandmother's pies." Shmi said as Anakin somewhat choked on his milk.
" You mean to tell me that the pies that I used to eat came from your grandmother. Wait a minute I remember you used to come into the shop with your grandfather." Anakin said before turning my way.
" Yes that was me and I was the one who brought your mother the pies, sorry that I made you forget about me." I said as I saw a surprise look on his face as he realized that I used a Jedi mind trick on him, as to make him forget about me until it was time for him to remember me.
" You used a mind trick on me, I'm going to get you for that." He said as he poked me in my side which caused me to laugh.
" Anakin stop!" I begged as we stopped laughing but we looked at each other and we felt the love that was growing between us.
" I didn't know that you two really knew each other before coming to the Temple?" Obi-Wan said as he looked at the both of us.
" Yeah we knew each other growing up, you remember me telling you that my grandmother is from here, well anyway my grandparents would come to Tatooine when it was winter on Corellia." I said as we began passing the platter of meat around the table.
" Really so who was the person that we met this morning?" Obi-Wan asked as he tried to remember the person who we saw today.
" Oh that was my cousin Rolla, his father was my grandmother's brother's son, they have a place that is between Anchorhead and Mos Eisley. And my grandfather would come to Mos Espa to get parts for things around the manor and the place that he would go to was Watto's Junk Shop, and that's because he knew he could things there that you couldn't get anywhere else on Tatooine. And that's how we met, and it was on a rare rainy day that Shmi came to the shop to give Anakin his lunch, and she saw me sitting there waiting for my grandfather to finish looking for stuff to fix the stuff around the manor, and she gave me one of the sandwiches that she had made." I said as I started eating the potato.
" That was the first time that we met, this is good." Anakin said as he bit into the meat.
" Thank you, yes that was the first time that we met." Shmi said as she began to eat her dinner.
While we at our dinner, Owen and Beru told us that they were finishing up schooling and after they graduated from school they were going to get married.
And Cliegg told us what his farm does, and Shmi would grow veggies and take them to Mos Eisley and sell them to a couple of restaurants and in the market.
After dinner the guys went back into the family room while me, Beru and Shmi cleaned up the dishes before joining the men in the living area.
" Padme does your family still own their business?" Shmi asked as she sat down in the chair next to Cliegg.
" Yes ma'am they still own the shipping business that they did when they were here on Tatooine." I said sitting down on the couch between Obi-Wan and Anakin.
" I'm sorry to hear about the death of Master Qui-Gon Jinn, he was a good man. So what brings you here to Tatooine?" Shmi asked as she watched the three of us as Anakin and I looked over at Obi-Wan, who just nodded the ok to tell them.
" My Jedi Master Lily died and we are investigating her death, and it led us here to Jabba the Hutt." I said as I watched Shmi's eyes get really big.
" You deal with that slug?" Shmi said and I could hear a little anger in her voice.
" Yes ma'am because there are times we have too, because as Jedi we have to deal with all kinds of people and creatures like equals and we can't judge them." Obi-Wan said as he looked around the room.
" Will that just proves what kind of people you Jedi are, because I wouldn't give them the time of day." Cliegg said.
" If someone is need of help that's what I do I help them with whatever their problem is." Anakin said.
" So how long are you here for?" Shmi asked as I could read that she really wanted Anakin to stay the weekend with them.
" We are here for only the night, and I think I'll be heading out to my quarters on the ship." I said getting up.
" We do have on spare room, it has one large bed and twin size bed, I wouldn't go outside now, because it's way to dangerous. The Sand People roam the desert at night, but the chose is yours, but if you do out then go together it would be a little safer that way." Cliegg said as he looked at the three of us.
" Can we talk about for a moment?" Obi-Wan asked as he looked at both me and Anakin.
" Sure you can us the garage it's right through those doors." Cliegg said as he nodded towards the door that was next to us.
We nodded and headed out to the garage.
" So what do you guys think?" Obi-Wan asked as Anakin shut the door.
" I believe we should take the room, because they are right about it being way to dangerous out there, if the Tuskin Raiders don't kill you then some other kind of creature will." I said as I could feel a little sadness coming from Anakin.
" Obi-Wan I have a small request, I would like to spend the weekend with my new family and get to know them just a little bit, before we leave here." Anakin said as he looked at Obi-Wan and he had the begging look in his eyes.
" You know what it's only for the weekend and we do need a little break for a couple of days, plus his mother was hopping if he could stay too, and it's only fair, because we did stay a couple of days with mine, so I think we should stay too." I said looking straight at him.
" Ok we will stay for the weekend and you're right and it would do Anakin good to spend time and get to know his new family." Obi-Wan said as he nodded to Anakin and gave him a smile.
" Thank you Master this means a lot to me and even to my mother." Anakin said as he came over to Obi-Wan and hugged him.
" You're welcome Anakin, now go tell your mother that we will take the room." Obi-Wan said before we walked back into the room.
" Oh before you give us your answer about the room, I was hoping that you three will join us this weekend?" Shmi asked as she took a sip of her tea.
" We would love to take you up on that invitation on the room for the whole weekend." Obi-Wan said as he gave Shmi a smile.
" That is so wonderful, well then please follow me to your room." Shmi said as she started to head out of the room.
" You know Anakin, you have made your mother very happy, so thank you." Cliegg said before we walked out of the room and followed Shmi down the hallway to the spare room.
" Well here we are, it's not much but the beds are very comfy." Shmi said as we walked into the room.
" It doesn't matter about the room just as long the bed is comfy." Anakin said as went over to the big bed and sat down on it.
" Padme I hope that you don't mind sharing a room with these two?" Shmi said giving a sorry look.
" It's ok, we all share a room back at the Temple, so I'm used to it." I said smiling at her.
" Well then goodnight and I hope that you all sleep well, and welcome home Ani and I love you." Shmi said as she gave her son a motherly hug and kiss.
" Thanks mom, and I love you too." Anakin said as he returned her hug and kissed her on the cheek.
Shmi bid us goodnight again before walking out the door and shutting it behind her.
" Ok here is the deal, you two can have the large bed, but you two better just sleep in it and that's all, do I make myself clear, because not I will tell the council about your relationship and you both will pay dearly, do you understand me." Obi-Wan said as he gave us a very stern look and we both knew that he meant business too.
" Yes Master we understand, and we promise nothing will happen in the bed." Anakin said as he looked at Obi-Wan before taking my hand and squeezing it.
" Yeah Master we both promise nothing will happen." I said letting go of Anakin's hand and went to my side of the bed.
Sitting down on the bed before taking off my boots and climbing into the bed; Obi-Wan and Anakin both followed my lead and took off their boots too before laying down on the beds.
Anakin use the Force and turned off the lights, before turning towards me and pulling me into his arms, I looked up to him before he leaned his head down and giving me a kiss goodnight.
" Night Padme, I love you." He said before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
" Good night Ani and I love you too." I said before closing my eyes.
" Good night Padme, goodnight Anakin." Obi-Wan said before closing his eyes.
" Good night Master." Both Anakin and I said night to Obi-Wan before falling into a peaceful sleep.