Author's Note: I am working on Chapter 41 of Single And Seeking. Many Law and Order Barson stories to come. Many Star Wars Stories to come.

Padme gasped, and sat up, she was drenched in a cold sweat. "Lights" She said softly. Instantly the room was flooded with bright light . Padme's brown eyes scanned her surroundings, and she remembered. Vader took her from the Star Dust He brought her to what he said was his home. She was in the most comfortable bed she had the privilege to use. She looked at the chono, it told her she had slept for 2 jumped out of bed, realizing that she only had an hour to prepare.

She walked to her wardrobe, and took out clothing, and a hair clip. She placed the items on the bed, ran into the refresher, stripped off her long gold nightgown. She jumped into the shower, she jumped out in 15 minutes. She grabbed a towel.. wrapped herself in it, and walked back to the bedroom. Once at the bed, she picked up her outfit, and quickly put it on. Then, she carefully brushed her hair, and placed some of it in a beret. She ran back into the refresher to examine herself in the mirror, everything was in place. She took a deep breath, and walked slowly back to the bedroom. The instant she got there, she heard knocking at the door.

"Padme, are you ready to dine with me?" '' Padme heard Vader say. Without a word, she opened the double doors. Vader was speechless as he took in her appearance. She was wearing a long red dress with sleeves that reached her elbows, and covered them completely. Her hair was half up, half down. The part that was up was held together with a red clip shaped like a rose. "You look exquisite." Vader said, feeling tremendous pride that she was wearing clothing he had chosen and purchased for her.

"Thank-you." Padme answered, stepping out of her new room, and closing its doors. She moved away from the doors, and turned to Vader who quickly moved to the doors of her bedroom. Padme watched as he took a key from his pocket , and locked both doors. She was hit by a sudden wave of fear that she hoped Vader couldn't sense.

"Milady," Vader said, He walked to Padme, and offered his arm. She thought for a long moment, before taking it. They walked slowly and silently for what seemed to be an eternity, They finally reached a room that was not included in Padme's brief tour. It was smaller than the other rooms. It had shiny white walls and a machung floor. In the middle of the room was a simple glass table with 2 white chairs at it. Vader walked her to the table, and pulled out the chair. She quickly sat down. Vader moved and sat directly across from her. "It's just the 2 of us. I thought we would dine here in the casual dining room."

"You don't strike me as a casual man." She replied without thinking. Why do I speak so frankly to him, I must learn to be quiet. She thought to herself.

"Sometimes I wish to be. What do you wish for Padme?"

"Nothing." She said softly and quickly,

"That is a lie. Vader answered. Padme looked away from him. I have been thinking about redecorating this room, changing the color . What do you think?" When Vader was met with silence he continued. "I will repeat my question until I get an answer. What do you think?"

"I don't have an opinion."

"Yes you do." The instant Vader finished speaking, 3 droids walked in with huge serving trays. Vader saw Padme's body stiffen as the droids placed dishes of food on the table. "Leave!" Vader's voice boomed. the second they were done. The droids followed orders and left the room rapidly. "You do not have to fear my droids, I built and programmed them myself. I would never let them hurt you."

"Thank-you." She whispered.

"How was your nap?"

"It was good, nice." She answered nervously.

Vader wanted to confront her about her nap, but decided against it. It was imperative that they have another conversation first. "Padme, there is a tremendous amount of food here. It is very important that you eat it very, very slowly. You have been starving for years. He took a bowel in his hands, and filled it with something that Padme had to admit smelled delicious, In what seemed like less than a second, Vader had moved his chair from the head of the table to beside her. He placed a soup in front of her. It was a rich red color filled with vegetables of all colors. She took her spoon, dipped it into the soup, and slowly ate.

The meal took 4 hours, and all Padme could eat was the soup, but Vader didn't care, She wasn't sick, and she had plenty of time to try other courses, She fell asleep in her chair at the table 10 minutes ago. In that time. his eyes never left her. He rose from his chair, effectively picked her up, carried her to the turbolift, upstairs, and to bed.

Author's note If a person is truly starving, they must start to eat slowly or they could die.