Modern AU. Padmé is a lawyer who works for Senator John Kerry in Washington DC . Anakin is a doctor, gynecologist, came just from Germany and works in John Hopkins Clinic in Baltimore. They meet by chance in Washington D.C. The acquaintance begins with a disaster.
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A / N : All charecters, names, actions and processes in this story are fictitious and have nothing to do with reality. Should there be a resemblance, it is pure coincidence.
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Don't do it , Chapter 5
Laurel 2010
After the night of orgasms, Padme and Anakin awoke around eight. They showered together, got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen to make breakfast.
"What do you eat for breakfast Anakin?"
"Eggs, bacon, toast, tomatoes, orange juice, coffee."
"Oh yes, I remember"
He felt the need to kiss her again, to express his affection, to let her know he was there for her. She kissed back and they stood there for some time, she had her arms around him and his arms were around her back.
"We are standing here like two teenagers in love." she beamed
"We may not be teenagers anymore, but maybe we're in love, just don't realize it yet."
"I'll be the last one who realize to be in love, told my friend Sabé to me few days ago."
"She must know you well."
"Oh yes, all my life. Our moms bought the diapers for us together."
"That was good." He laughed out loud "...speaking about Moms, when can I meet your parents?"
"My Mom actually said, she and Dad would like to meet you, I'll talk to her and then we can take a short trip to Boston."
"It would be nice to meet them...now tell me about you and your parents, your family...it wouldn't be bad to know ..so as a future...father of your child."
He was still holding her, his hands on her waist, she was laughing.
"OK. we make breakfast first."
He let her go and they started preparing breakfast. He made eggs and bacon, she set the table, cut tomatoes and made toast. She put the coffee on and got the juice out of the fridge.
"I was born in Boston and went to various private schools until I came to Harvard to study, where I did a doctorate in law and made my bar exams…. And all of this always together with Sabé. She is like a sister to me. After graduating, I worked in my father's law firm for two years. When I was finally able to take a vacation after two years, I went to Washington D.C. to visit Sabé, Skype is not the same. That's where I met Senator John Kerry, got into conversation with him, he was very pleasant interlocutor. After two weeks, Sabé called me and said the Senator was looking for an assistant. I chose this job and left my father's law firm. He was not happy, you can imagine. I can't tell you what I'm doing now... also for security reasons. You understand that...you can't tell me about your patients either..."
"Looks familiar. Tell me more."
"I've lived in D.C. for three years without boyfriend...just alone,. There were only two or three when I was a student, one boyfriend was a bigger disappointment than his predecessor. I almost gave up….until I met you….."
"It sounds like I'm not a disappointment, or is it just because of the baby?"
"Not because of the baby. You are just different, completely different. So far I've only seen good sides of you."
"I also have bad qualities, for example: I'm overly tidy, don't tolerate being unpunctual or sloppy at work, that's why I'm a bad boss, I'm possessive."
"Possessive?"
"I mean, I wouldn't like to see anyone flirt with you when I'm around, or tolerate anyone groping you."
"That's OK. to me."
"What about your family?" he asked.
"My parents are lawyers. My father is the third generation to run the Naberrie law firm. I have a sister who is six years older than me, her name is Sola. She studied management at Boston University, she is married to an architect named Darred Janren and they have two daughters, Ryoo six and Poojy four. I love both of them so much. My grandmother Naberrie passed away two years ago...and what can you tell me about yourself? Now tell me about you and your family."
"OK. I was born on April 19, 1981 in London. I attended good private schools, most recently at The Lays School in Cambridge, a boarding school that prepared me for medical studies at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany. I did my state exam and license to practice medicine in Heidelberg. I stayed in Heidelberg in the university clinic to do my doctorate and specialist training. All this took eleven and a half years. I speak German as well as English. When I was done I went back to London. I had already won a green card and wanted to emigrate to the USA. A call came timely from a school colleague, a position at Johns Hopkins Hospital was in prospect. I got it and so here I am. Well, my family... My father was an officer, captain in the Royal Navy, flying Sea Harriers. He died in the Falklands War in 1982."
"Oh, sorry Anakin."
"I didn't know him. My mother has always worked at New Scotland Yard. In the mid 80's she married a landowner, Cliegg Lars, I consider him my father, he was always good to me. He has a son, Owen. He is okay, but we could never develop a brotherly friendship. Ben is his cousin…..and then I met an angel and my whole life will change….for the better….because of that angel and our baby."
"Our life in a few sentences."
"Yes, and now we're writing the story of life together, Angel."
"I'm not Padmé, I'm an Angel now?"
"So it is."
They sat in the living area until noon, drinking coffee and telling stories from their childhood, school, student days, about friends, hobbies, likes, dislikes, etc.
"What kind of sport do you prefer?"
"When I was at Cambridge I rowed and played ice hockey. Now I only train in the gym three times a week. Not that much rowing here in America, but in England it's the sport No.1 in almost every university. I follow hockey here, Boston Bruins is my team."
"Really? My father and Darred will love you for sure." She laughed
"And what did you do, what do you do for your beautiful body?"
"I used to play tennis, I still do twice a week."
"Oh? Soon you'll have to give up tennis, Angel. Tennis can be dangerous during pregnancy. You rather go swimming. I'll give you something to read about it. Do you know what we're going to do now?"
"What?"
"We're going out for dinner, Angel, to D.C. There are no good restaurants here."
"We don't have to, we can also order a pizza."
"No. From the sixth week the nausea can set in, and then we can't go out until the beginning of the second trimester. We're going now as long as we can."
"Take something nice to wear with you, we'll go to my place, change clothes and go to the Fogo de Chao. This is a Brazilian steakhouse, very good...but also quite expensive."
"I think we can afford it, Angel, right?"
They went upstairs and together they found a gray suit and blue shirt, he wanted to wear without a tie, his black oxfords, so it will be perfect. He called in the restaurant and made a reservation for two. So they drove to Washington D.C. in two cars.
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Washington D.C. 2010
Padme had a garage spot, but Anakin had been looking for the parking lot for a long time. She waited and then they went to her apartment together. Laying the suit and shirt across the bed, Padmé came and picked them up and hung them up in her wardrobe.
"I thought we were going to shower and get dressed."
"We just have time for sex."
"How many times we had sex since yesterday, Angel?"
"I think only five times."
"Six times, with that one in the shower."
"I need you, Anakin."
He came to her, caressed and kissed her. That was exactly what she needed, which she couldn't get from anyone else.
"Your lust starts pretty early on. It's normal that you want having more sex from twelfth week on, and you're only in the fifth week."
"I hope you're not overwhelmed." She grinned devilishly.
"Let's see." He pulled her towards him and began to undress her. Then he undressed himself and slowly laid her on the bed "... tell me, what do you want I do to you now?"
"Be tender to me and take care of the baby."
"Don't worry Angel, our baby is the most precious thing we have."
Afterwards they lay tangled in each other and exchanged kisses, each feeling content in the knowledge that one was giving the other exactly what was needed.
"Was it nice for you Angel?"
"Yes. It feels so wonderful with you, I wish I could always stay like this in your arms. And how was it for you?"
"It just keeps getting better my Angel." He smiled "...I've never had sex that many times in one day and the more sex we have, the more I want you. I don't think I can get enough of you."
Yes, he forgot everything he learned about mating behavior, libido, testosterone and other important things which made him feel that way. He had her next to him and was just happy. He knew it was different with her… somehow, but didn't give a thought to why. At first the baby was in the foreground, exploring his feelings more deeply…..?
Then they got up, showered, got dressed, she put on make-up and they went to Fogo de Chao for dinner. You could eat well and lots of fine beef there. Anakin has always been hungry. He had a good metabolism and didn't have anything to worry about, almost. Padmé liked meat but had a sweet tooth when it came to sweets. They ordered steak, well done for Padmé and vegetables, followed by dessert and they drank : water.
"We have excellent wine, may I recommend some, Sir?" asked the waiter
"Bring us water please, we don't drink alcohol, we're pregnant."
The waiter smiled for half a second and said:
"Yes Sir." He left
"You can drink the wine."
"No, I can enjoy my meal without alcohol, just like you Angel."
"You're so...good to me and considerate."
"You say that as if you were mistreated before. Was that the case?"
"No. I mean the few boyfriends I had were so….kind of student, I don't know how else to put it. We didn't go to an expensive restaurant, we slept in the student room, to their delight...and..." she made a face "...nobody appreciated me as a woman, only as a mate and then you don't have to be particularly kind. My parents treated me always well. When I was young I was Dady's little girl. As I got older, only demands were made of me, emphatically but of course without violence. I missed affection and tenderness, exactly what you are giving me now."
"Angel, you can have all my tenderness as long as you want it."
"Are you always so attentive to everyone...I don't want to ask now...were you to other women in the past. You don't have anyone else in the present, do you...I mean, we didn't talk about exclusive?"
"No. I've never driven two lanes. I've always been attentive to women, but I have had never a relationships, never had a steady girlfriend, I've always had to do something more important and that was to study. I was a top student and always got the best grades. I don't want to say that I lived like a monk, on the contrary. It's just that I haven't met the right one until now….until I splattered one from head to toe." He laughed.
"The right one?... fully splashed? will you stay with me tonight….to splash me with your tenderness?"
"Gladly." He stretched his hand across the table to caress hers "….. I have to get up early in the morning and then we won't see each other until the weekend, so we go now. I'm sure you have plans for me." He winked.
In her apartment they undressed, she removed the makeup and Anakin left his suit hanging in her wardrobe. He laid out his clothes for tomorrow morning and they went straight to bed. They made love twice and fell asleep.
The alarm clock rang at 5:45 a.m. on Monday morning, she thought it was too early, but she still had to get up, take a shower and make breakfast. Anakin has a full hour drive to work. She looked at him, he was still asleep. He was so beautiful, even with his tousled hair. This is the father of the child she carried, he might become her husband one day. Was that what she wanted? Get up and go on, she thought. She showered, dried off, blow-dried her hair and formed it into a chinon, put on some makeup and went to the wardrobe. Today she was looking for a gray dress with short sleeves and a matching blazer jacket with white stripes, black high heels and a Jimmy Choo bag completed the outfit. She went to the bed, he has to get up.
"The most beautiful man on the planet has to stand up too, no privileges."
"Just five minutes more ...please."
"None, you still have to drive to Baltimore."
"Oh damn yes. Anything to eat?"
"Bagels, juice and coffee."
He showered in record time, pulled out yesterday afternoon's clothes and was already in the kitchen.
"You look stunning, my Angel. Luckily, this Senator Kerry is older and married...otherwise..." He laughed at her
"Thank you for the compliment. She laughed "...should I pack you a bagle for to go?"
"No, I'll eat these now, drink juice and coffee and then I have to go. So see you at the weekend...here?"
"Yes and until then, SMS and Skype."
He ate bagels, kissed her a few times.
"I will miss you Angel." He left.
On the way to Baltimore, he thought about everything happened antill now. Briefly sort the thoughts. He spattered her on the street, looked at her and couldn't forget her face. Then he met her coincidentally in a nightclub and at the moment he saw her again, there was something like a little twitch in his heart, a feeling he had never had before. He danced with her, hald her tight in his arms and...had butterflies in his stomach? Thinking about it now, he had to admit to himself, yes, it was that way. Well, and then in her apartment she asked him to stay. Cheap? No. Why did he stay? OK. this wasn't the first time he stayed with a woman and had sex, but it was different with her. It was the best sex of his life and somehow it was not only sex, something else played a part. The morning after was beautiful too and then... she was unreachable for a while. After three weeks, the real shock, she ended up pregnant on his surgery chair. She didn't want the baby, she didn't want he would think she was trying to catch him with it. The pregnancy was unwanted and her fault. He didn't think he would find himself in a situation like that, but anyway, he couldn't kill his own child. His child… with that woman, yes, he wanted it and at the end she wanted it too. First he wanted all this because of the child….but now, he wanted her. She was so beautiful... nonsense, that's definitely not the most important, she was different from the others, she was... she was... the Right One. Beautiful and educated, OK. but everything else like clever, funny, courteous, attentive, a little reserved and yet passionate. He hasn't discovered any bad qualities yet. Yes, the beginning was a bit bumpy because of this mishap, but the matter is settled, everything is fine now, he wanted her in his life. Was that...love? Is that what it means when you want to be with someone, want to be with someone all the time, miss the presence, you are happy to give that someone a part of yourself, whether, physical or emotional? He didn't know, he didn't know what is the true love...at twenty-nine. In love for the first time at twenty-nine? He'll talk to Ben, Ben surely knows. Hopefully he won't laugh at him. He forgot how late, or rather how early it was, and dialed Ben's number.
"Good morning Ben."
"Anakin? Uh, did something happen…so early."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up."
"Now I am awake. Tell me what happened, something with the beautiful lawyer?"
"No. Uh...yes."
...and then he told Ben what had happened, the name, the pregnancy...everything.
"WOW!" said Ben "...now I'm fully awake, but what's the problem?"
"There isn't, I just wanted to know, don't laugh now…. how does it feel to be in love?"
"Holy shit Anakin… you've never been in love? What about those countless women in your life?"
"I fucked them only."
"Well, if anything feels different than just fucking now, then it's love…. but you don't need to tell me any further, I watched you closely at the club back then, you was already fallen that night."
"Thanks Ben. I'm on cloud nine." He laughed at himself.
"Just hold on, she's something special. Up soon."
The whole week's work was strenuous, he still had two days on-call duty and was in the hospital. The bed was miserable. He thought of her comfortable king-size bed and something stirred in his boxers. Hello teenagers, he thought.
He had an idea and had to go to Washington D.C. because of it. The idea was to buy her a bracelet, also known as a charm bracelet, and a pendant for each month of pregnancy, matching the events of the past month. For the first month it will be a key. He went to Tiffany's at 960 New York Ave NW and spent four thousand seven hundred dollars.
The week was hectic for Padme, she still had some catching up to do, the thoughts constantly revolving around her situation were distracting. She kept asking herself if she made the right decision. What does she expect? Oh god, she thought, even with Anakin...it's going to be tough. And what if he just made a promise and doesn't keep it. Nonsense, he will, he's completely different from everyone else. He is so loving, she felt so safe with him. He had all the qualities she wished to find in a man she wanted in her life. Was he Mr. Right? It started out so romantic, but then this mishap… Mishap? Can she call her baby a mishap? No. A child created in the most wonderful night of her life...she has to want it….and she wants it...and him too, this perfect man, perfect in every sense. Want? Just physically, or was there… more? As this question ran through her mind, she felt a whole swarm of butterflies in her stomach and almost trembled. Of course, she loved him. Does she want to tell him that? No, she will wait how everything develops, maybe he loves her and he will declare his love to her. If not then they have a child together and...damn, don't let that go unsaid.
She saw Sabé every day and they always had lunch together.
"Hi Padme, how was your weekend? Everything all right?"
"Everything cleared Sabé. He was adamant he wants this baby badly. He will help me and now ….I want the baby too."
"Clever Missy, but hopefully he keeps what he promised."
"I am firmly convinced. We were together all weekend, you know, and... it was... magical."
"Aha. You know that's exactly what I told you before: you fell girlfriend."
"You think so?"
"Yeah, you just don't want to say it out loud but up here..." she pointed to her head "...you've already admitted it, haven't you?"
"You know me too good, Sabé."
"Sometimes you lied to yourself but at the end I read you. Tell me now...out… loud: I love him."
"Damn Sabé, I love him."
"Well, it wasn't that difficult after all. Does he know that too?"
"I don't want to be the first to say, I'll wait."
"Kind of okay. Say, how many times have you fucked, huh?" typical Sabé
"So on average four times a day."
"Shit Padmé, do you want to abort the baby some other way?"
"No, he's very tender and gentle and...I already miss him."
"Cloud nine, what?"
Her iPhone beeps, an SMS
*I miss you my, Angel." With a heart smiley face emoji
Padmé smiled and showed her friend the message.
"Telepathy what. I like that Padmé, that's developing well. *My Angel*, WOW ! I'm getting jealous of my best friend, shit."
"Uh, what about Matt?"
"Well, we've already fucked, but he's still young and busy with his own urges. I need a...man."
"I think about something now: when we were at Huxley that night, you saw Anakin's friend, didn't you, the one with the full beard?"
"Oh yes, optically he is great."
"We could go out, together and maybe...he's a lawyer, you're a lawyer, it fits. He's from Scotland..."
"Oh Padmé, Scots are stingy."
"You're stingy too, you'd never buy Louboutin shoes."
"Louboutins cost an asset, shoes for hundred dollars will do, too."
"That's exactly what I mean, this attitude, you're stingy."
"That's how I was raised, my Dad never thought much of wasting money."
"Yes, you inherited the genes from him. Come out. Tell me, what do you do with all the money you earn?"
"I buy stocks."
"Aha, they really suit you. Damn Sabé, go and buy something nice at Gucci or Prada and then we'll go out."
"Good girlfriend ! Next Friday, do something with it."
"Deal."
They raised their hands and clapped high five. Padmé picked up her iPhone again and typed:
*Hi Anakin, what do you think if we go out for dinner with Ben and my friend Sabé on Friday?"
Three points, he writes back:
*You mean we could set them up?* wink emoji
*If you want to put it that way, yes.* with laugh emoji
*I'll text him and get in touch*
Thumbs up emoji from her. After five minutes:
*All settled.* Wink emoji "We're going to Joe's. I have reserved upstairs. Tell Sabé, Friday at 8:00 p.m.." Kiss emoji
She dared and wrote
* I (heart) U*
Three points, he wrote
* I (heart) U2*
Sabe smiled
"See, it's out now."
"I want him to tell me. So girlfriend, we make the shopping tour tomorrow, to take your credit card out on the fresh air."
The next day, the two friends took the day off. They browsed Prada, Gucci, Chanel, Vuitton, Saint Laurent... and found everything what Sabé needed. She bought at Prada what she never thought she would do in her whole life, one black dress and a matching coat in black, shoes and bag in nude color, in addition a wonderful Vuitton monogram showl in nude. It ended up being over $13300 and in later they found some sinful parts at Victoria Secret, the price…..don't ask.
"Padmé, you're such a bad influence on me, that's what my Dad always said. I never thought in my whole life that I would spend so much money for clothes, I must be crazy."
"It works, you'll see."
"Woe to you if not."
The rest of the week went by with Sabé whining about the money she spent, but luckily Padme could look forward to coming home every evening to skype with Anakin. He always asked first how she felt. He gave her some information about Ben, she passed it to Sabé, nothing special just at the meeting the topic of conversation didn't go out. They were actually all looking forward to this meeting. Padmé would have liked to see her friend happy with one man, but she's always had bad luck with so many boyfriends. Padmé knew them all and was sure it wasn't Sabé's fault. Anakin also thought it was time for Ben to find someone to make him happy. Losing a loved one, must have been horrific, yet Anakin thought Ben must have gotten over it, collected himself, and made the decision to move on. This meeting will show it up.
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