Shmi and Cliegg stayed until Sunday noon. Anakin took them to Logan International and they flew back to New York.
Padmé and Anakin were left alone, they still had to discuss about their future.
"Well Anakin, I was in Washington D.C. everything quit, job, apartment…everything. When I came to see you, you suggested to stay…. to stay with you. Is this offer still valid? I could also look for an apartment."
"Of course, that applies. Look, we are together now, we must be sure that we fit together, a lot of time has passed, people change, mature. We are not carefree teenagers anymore. We were together, we know each other, true, but that was different than our situation now. Looking back, yes, it was wonderful, we studied together, celebrated parties, met friends and had sex with each other. But that's not what life is all about. Now we must find out if besides the sex..." he smiled "...we can cope with everyday life, household, work, solve the problems which come up and things like that. Do you think so?"
"Absolutely. Well, how will our life together look like, what are you doing right now and what do you want and will you do in the future?"
"I am working on my dissertation for two years and I wanted to finish it in the next year. That will not be possible because of the COVID-19 . I hope to be able to reach my Doctor title in 2022 or 2023. I have no regular job, only as assistant by Prof. Preston and not every day. I live more or less modestly from what I earned as a professional, or from the yield. I own this apartment and the account is full, there is about fifty million left, well invested. What I want to do in the future is developing rocket propulsion for NASA or Boeng and that all is not in Boston, unfortunately, and that could become our problem."
"For me, I'm without a job at the moment, I'm still not doing very well, but I'll be looking for a job at the beginning of next year. My account is now as full as yours...now with the many millions Bradley left me...about forty-five million, without of taxes."
"I don't really like that..."
"You're not jealous, are you?"
"To the millions? No."
"Not on Bradley, he's dead?"
"But I was."
"I never wanted anything with him...but his money...let's put it this way, it's kind of a compensation for all the lost years and heartache we've been through. You have no reason to be jealous...on anyone."
"And what about the handsome young man I saw you with at The Oceanaire Sea Food Room?"
"Let me say…. he was worth the money." She grinned.
"Padme!"
"What?! You have never pay for it?"
"I have." he looked down at the floor in embarrassment.
"What I wanted to say, is, you don't have to worry if you have to chase your job across America. I can find the job everywhere and I will follow you to the end of the world."
"I love you, Padmé Naberrie, you have no idea how much."
"I think ...I see it..."
Anakin flopped onto the couch where he had just been sitting and reached out for Padme. "Come to me Angel, I want you... now."
"Now and here?"
"Yes here."
She quickly stripped off her jeans and everything below the belt and sat astride his thighs. She slid higher and higher until she felt his erection against her abdomen. Laying on top of him, she ran her fingers through his hair, kissed and tagged him. Anakin followed the curves of her body, dipping her hands under her sweater, unhooking her bra and feeling her breasts. She gasped at the feeling. His jeans and boxers were pushed down. Then she pulled herself higher on him and rubbed against his hardness. He slightly lifted her hips and slowly lowered onto his erection. The sense of union was overwhelming. They didn't move for a few seconds just to enjoy it. He was already throbbing inside her and she tensed her inner muscles a few times just for him to amplify that feeling. He started to move.
"Angel, I'm close." He whispered.
"So fast?"
"I'm hungry for you. Do you know how it feels to be inside of you?"
She kissed his earlobe and said softly. "I'm sure I feel the same when you're inside me. Only you make me feel that way, only you are for me, only you."
His movements quickened and she met him halfway. It wasn't long before he felt her walls compress his length, which was enough to bring him to his high point. He unloaded his warm seed extensively in her. Padmé collapsed the face down on him, her cry of relief stifled by his sweater. Anakin hugged her tightly and kissed her hair, still gasping for breath solong his heart pounded in his chest.
"I love you."
"I love you too, Ani."
"Uh... do you have protection, Angel?"
"It's good that you're asking me... especially now? No."
"Oh...well…then... we're going to have a baby, right?"
"No, it was just a joke. I started with pill. I don't want a baby right now, I'm not quite fit yet...and this pandemic...I am in worry." She got up and went to the bathroom, Anakin followed. They showered together with sex one more time.
The next day they stowed away all the things she had brought, either in the closet, some in his study room.
"This apartment is beautiful, the location is wonderful and then there is the roof terrace, which we will enjoy in summer. Did you buy the furniture yourself?"
"No, I have had help by an interior designer, I just said it should be modern. What is missing here is the personal touch, perhaps a few pillows, blankets, decorative objects and, above all, a few beautiful paintings on the wall. You can't leave something like that to an interior designer, you have to choose it yourself, according to your own taste and budget. Honestly, I didn't feel like getting comfortable until now, I was kinda...I don't know, it didn't really matter to me, I had everything I needed."
"Is it different now?"
"Yes, now… you are here, we, you and me. Tomorrow we can start looking for things we are missing to make a cozy nest out of this apartment."
"I'm looking forward to it, but your work on the dissertation must not suffer."
"I work three to four hours in the morning, here or at MIT, like I told you, and after I've done chores and shopping, I'll give the time to you."
"I have a better idea. As long as you are working, I'll take care of everything here, so we'll have the rest of the day for us. That applies as long as I'm not working, later we can divide the work differently."
"I work with children in the Order one afternoon a week."
"I could help too, you said, right?"
"Certainly. I'll clarify that."
"I'll put the rest of my things in the closet and then we can cook. What do you have in the fridge?"
"Take a look and decide what we can cook. Can you even cook...I mean...sorry stupid question..."
"I'm not just an excellent cook, but yes, I can cook reasonably good. I learned by Maria early on. Do you remember her?"
"Oh yes. Is she still with your parents?"
"Yes. I kinda miss her kitchen."
"We woo her away ." And then they laughed out loud. Anakin imagined what that would really be like.
"I don't think she would come, she has relatives in New York."
"Too pity."
He laughed and Padmé rummaged through the large refrigerator and found vegetables to put it in the oven as well as three fresh steaks. That could work. "Anakin, how long are the staeks in the fridge?"
"I bought them the day before yesterday."
"Excellent. Do you always want dessert?"
"No, I could, but I shouldn't, otherwise I'll have to spend more time in the gym."
"I know a better way to get rid of excess calories."
"Let's start right away." He came up behind her and rubbed his growing erection against her ass.
"This is how I get nowhere if we fuck all day."
"I never fucked you, Padme. I always made to loved you."
"But so often..."
"You have no idea what it's like to love someone, to want that someone back, to miss that someone... seven long years Padmé, and now you're here. I'm burning for you."
"Oh Ani, I can imagine, but I'm here and I don't go anywhere. I was mad at you the whole time, I was told to forget you. How stupid I was...I didn't want to listen to my friends who have always been good friends to me and always wanted my best. I have such a bad conscience."
"No Angel, we have to end this, we can't change the past, no matter how much we'd like to. We are together now, here in the present and we have a future. We will shape it together."
"Yeah, lock it up...but, you know, there are some days that I still feel like I'm not on my own, like I'm not myself. These are all late effects of Corona, I was told."
"I think your mental state has also played a role, until now. ... but now I'm here and I'll catch you, you can rely on me, lean on me, I'll help you."
"Thank you, Ani, you are my medicine."
"And you are my lifeblood."
He kissed her, she kissed him, and the cooking had to wait.
"When I lie on your chest and hear your heart beating, it's like before, but different."
"That's right, we need to catch up, but we're no longer intoxicated, that was a condition back then. Love grew out of that...and was later mixed with sadness, but my love for you never faded."
"Love has to be nurtured, we have to work to ensure that what we've been through, never happens again."
"Trust and don't jump to conclusions. Deal?"
"Diel... and now we're going to cook. Our lunch became dinner."
"Also good. Tomorrow afternoon we start with pillows and blankets for living area. We go to the Prudential Center first and if we can't find anything there, we can keep looking, maybe Bloomingdale's. You can search the internet for places like this."
"I will, so we can build our nest. Do you know when once the parrots have found a mate, they stay together for life, like fifty or sixty years?"
"WOW...you are my blue macaw."
"Luckily your favorite color is blue, Ani."
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Best regards from Germany