From Earth to Star Wars: Part Two

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Chapter Seventy Five

**Meagan's Point of View**

My hands were trembling, but the second Anakin placed them into Obi-Wan's, it all vanished. The nervousness, the excitement, it all faded into a deep sense of utter peace as he gazed into my eyes, his full of love. Nothing ever seemed so right. The ceremony passed by in a daze, just the two of us, yet I can remember every word, ever syllable of the vows we spoke to each other. Then finally the words I felt like I waited a lifetime to hear, the ones I never thought would connect me to Obi–Wan Kenobi for forever. "I now pronounce you man and wife." The man smiled as my new husband's eyes focused on me...on my lips. "You may kiss your bride." Our hands still connected, Obi-Wan leaned down, his lips touching mine in a tender kiss that showed all the passion, love and promise of our future together. I didn't even notice as our friends clapped, all that mattered was the man holding me. Our lives were forever joined.

Even through the last five years, I could still remember the majority of the reception that followed, the friends that shared our joy, that celebrated with us. Then, my friends helped me change from the beautiful white wedding dress into a beautiful suit. While Obi-Wan and I settled into the ship, flew off planet and then had a nice dinner together, I tried not to think about what was about to happen. Though when Obi-Wan led me toward the bed, I felt every part of me start to tremble with anxiousness and a bit of fear. Obi-Wan's hand was warm on my back, his lips soft on mine. He eased me down on the bed, holding me against him, his warmth easing the trembling, his love and comfort easing the fear in my spirit. Later, I laid in his arms, my head pillowed on his chest, my body still trembling, this time in pure escastcy. He leaned down, his cheek brushing gently on mine, his whiskers tickling, making me giggle.

"My beautiful wonderful wife." I loved the way he breathed it, that I was his wife in every way possible. "Meagan my love."

"Oh.......Obi-Wan." His gentle touch gentler than I could have imagined, lite a fire across my skin. "My darling, I love you."

Obi-Wan's arm tightened around me, his fingers making imaginary patterns across my shoulder. "You awake?"

"I am now." I yawned, snuggling closer in, thinking over the past week we had spent on Carmel. Of course I was often ordered to stay behind, only allowed to leave the camp once Obi-Wan deemed it okay. Though today I wasn't sure if I wanting to get up, to face the day, knowing why I was dreaming about our wedding day and night. Today was our fifth wedding anniversary. "It was such a good dream."

He was quiet for a moment before speaking again. "Of your home?"

I knew he wasn't referring to the Jedi Temple, but Earth. Answering his question, I shook my head. "No. Our wedding....." I paused as I caught sight of a twinkle in his eye. "and our wedding night."

"Well then, maybe you should go back to sleep."

"Or we could make them real." I grinned a bit slyly.

He just looked at me. "Meagan, we are in a tent and need I remind you that Anakin is asleep next door."

I sighed, frustrated. "Do you realize it's been at least a..."

Obi-Wan growled. "Please don't say it."

"Some anniversary." I couldn't help but start to grumble, but as I gazed up at him, it faded away. We were together, even on a dust filled planet with no showers. "Five years. It doesn't seem that long ago."

"I know, but we have a nearly three and a half year old at home to prove it." Obi-Wan tightened his hold on me. "I'm sorry we have to spend it like this."

"At least we are together." I pointed out, echoing my earlier thoughts. "On our first one we were star systems apart."

"As I recall." A grin slanted across his rather handsome features. "We more than made up for it once we both got home."

I smiled, remembering that magical night, the night we made Sasha together, though I couldn't help but be a bit sarcastic. "Oh, yes, the night you impregnated me."

He laughed, warming my heart instantly. "Now you complain about it?"

I playfully slapped at him. "Well it was your fault."

He just shook his head, the laughter shining in his eyes. "It's always my fault."

"Of course it is." I reached up, patting his face affectionately. "I have to blame someone don't I?"

"Ah, Meagan, what am I ever going to do with you?" Obi-Wan leaned down, kissing me. "Between you, your daughter and Anakin, one of you will be the death of me yet."

"So you are admitting you can't handle everything?"

"By the Force, woman you are certainly trying my patience."

"Well, then, I guess that explains everything."

He laughed again, leaning down again, his lips finding mine. Much to my disappointment, he pulled away much too soon, then rose from the bed. I watched him dress, admiring him, thinking how magnificent he was, that he was all mine.

Silently he sat back down on the bed, pulling his boots on. Once they were on, he turned slightly and gave me a long deep kiss. I moaned in utter protest as he pulled away.

"I'm sorry love, you know we can't, not in here. We can sometimes hear Cody snoring several tents down."

"I know." I wished I could take a cold shower somehow. "I just wish we could find some time to be alone."

"Well, Anakin is doing some training with the troops throughout most of the day." He slowly ventured out, as if thinking it through still. "I expect that at some point we could sneak off for a few hours, maybe have a picnic."

"Really, we could?" I pulled on his arm. "Where?"

"There's a few spots up in the hills that would be rather nice." Obi-Wan smiled at me. "Even a few hours is better than nothing."

I clapped my hands together, completely pleased with the idea. "That sounds wonderful."

We gently kissed. "It's still early love. Go on back to sleep. I'll find you when we can go." He took his robe and wrapped it around him. "Oh, and don't go wandering off by yourself. I know we've cleared the majority of the planet, but I'm still not completely convinced the Separatist didn't leave a small contingency around here somewhere."

I nodded. "I'll stay in camp."

Obi-Wan gave me a hard look.

"I promise." With that he seemed satisfied and soon left.

I laid back in the bed, looking forward to a promising day!

Several hours later though I had to get some fresh air and stretch my legs. I stepped out of the tent and immediately felt the bright sun warming my skin. Much better. With my promise to Obi-Wan still nearly ringing in my ears, as I walked around, I stayed well within the camp's boundaries. He certainly wouldn't object to me walking around now could he? To my delight I soon spied Anakin.

"That looks like fun." I couldn't help but laugh seeing him half submerged in the engine of a speeder.

Anakin pulled his head out, his cheeks smeared with dirt and grease. "Cody reported that it keeps squealing and when no one else could fix it, I was called in."

I looked down at the engine, it was nothing but wires and grease to me, but I asked. "Did you find it?"

Anakin shrugged. "I think so, but we don't have the part. It'll have to wait till we get back to a main base."

I shook my head, amazed that someone could figure that out. Everyone certainly has their own talents.

Anakin slammed the hood shut before wiping his hands on a just as greasy towel. "So, Meagan, what brings you over here?"

I glanced around the camp before turning my attention back to the teenager. "Boredom and that the tent was getting a bit warm."

"I'm sorry." Anakin was trying not to laugh, obviously not sorry. "Master Obi-Wan just wants you safe."

I nearly frowned at that. "Yea...well......"

"Well since you have some time.:" Anakin paused for a moment before continuing. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." It sounded somewhat serious and I gave him my full attention. "What about?"

We slowly walked around the camp, Anakin waiting until several troops were out of hearing range before nearly mumbling. "Padme."

I held back the smile that was trying to fight its way through. I wasn't that surprised he asked as Obi-Wan mentioned he and Anakin talked about love and relationships, though without too many details. "What about her?"

Anakin was quiet for long moments before speaking again and he didn't seem to know what to say. "I don't know. I want to do something for her....oh I'm so lost......" His voice trailed off.

"You've come to right person." I said as we kept walking around. "Are you talking about courting her?"

He stopped walking for a moment before resuming a slow pace. "I guess so....I know I want to be with her, but have no idea of how to go about it. I know I'm not knighted but I just have this feeling it won't be much longer, especially with the war."

I nodded, nearly missing him already. "I know. Obi-Wan thinks you're just about ready."

"I know." Anakin gazed out toward the distant hills, his eyes on something I couldn't focus on until he turned back to me. "Any ideas?"

"Ever thought about just asking her out?"

Anakin just looked at me. "Why no, Meagan, that particular thought hadn't occurred to me."

"I'm sorry." I laughed a bit as we sat down at some makeshift tables by one of the meeting tents. "Let's see here. Picnics are always fun. They don't cost a lot of money and it's a great time to talk without a lot of pressure."

Anakin nodded, seemingly to like that one. "There are several parks around. I could do that. Padme always enjoys the parks with Sasha."

"Anakin, one rule you might want to consider, unless it's a family activity, never take your niece on a date with you."

Anakin laughed. "Point taken. We spend more time chasing Sasha than doing anything else. What else?"

I sighed, trying to think. "Even small things can make a difference. Like if you knew she had a rather difficult morning meeting, taking her lunch, even if you make her a sandwich. It shows you are thinking and caring about her." I paused, my mind sorting through things before continuing on. "I would suggest a moonlight stroll, but except the parks there is really nowhere safe to do that, unless on Naboo or something. The observatory in the Temple is a nice quiet spot. I think she'd enjoy that and it's quite romantic."

Anakin raised an eyebrow as I smiled in memory. Obi-Wan wasn't the most romantic man, but the night he said he wanted to marry me was very special. "Anything else Obi-Wan did?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Obi-Wan and I didn't date Anakin. He finally admitted he loved me and then within weeks we were planning on getting married. We've had a couple picnics and a nice dinner the night he proposed but that was about it. But then again, we knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together, so the rest really didn't matter."

Anakin thought on this for several long moments. "He told me that you fell in love when he was just a Padawan. How did you knew you loved him?"

Even though that was a difficult time, remembering that night, was a good memory. "I was cooking and he stuck his finger in the sauce. Of course I scolded him and slapped his hand away. He whined but when he glanced down at me and our eyes met, I knew I was falling in love. It was simple as that and I knew I would never love anyone but him."

Anakin smiled at this, obviously enjoying and learning from Obi-Wan and I's past. "That's a nice memory to tell your grand kids someday."

Though I would certainly like that, the thought of Obi-Wan being a grandpa somehow was amusing. "Yes, it will. Anyway, about you and Padme. If you don't want to go out, you can stay in. Watch a romantic movie with some hot coco and popcorn."

"Are you sure about that one? Watch a chick flick?"

"Anakin think about it. Curled up on the couch together, lights low, steal a few kisses. You can watch anything you two want or something that generates lots of discussions. Besides after a long day sometimes just being with someone in a comfortable environment is all you want to do anyway."

I could see he was thinking about it as I gave him more ideas. "Bring her some flowers from Naboo to adjourn her office. Every time she looks at them she'll think of the person that brought a piece of her home to her." At his questioning look, I told him where the flower markets were. "Chocolate of course is always a big hit and I even know her favorite."

"Meagan, thank you." Anakin leaned over the table to kiss my cheek. "This has been extremely helpful."

"Anakin, you do know that being in love is more than flowers and candy right? Those are all good and well, but being in love or even married is much more than that. It's being there for the person, making sacrifices." I paused and could see him taking it in.

"I know Meagan." He finally said, his face serious. I could tell that he and Obi-Wan had already talked about it, so I didn't pursue it further.

"Though a little romance a woman always enjoys." I grinned up at him. "Even your sister who gives good advice likes getting a thank you now and then."

Anakin heartily laughed as he stood up. "Point taken."

Laughing, he walked me back to the tent before he went to start to gather the troops for training.

"Are you ready?" Obi-Wan asked as he walked into the tent where I was spending most of my time working on reports and making agendas for distributing supplies. Unless cleared to assist the locals, it was about the only thing I could do, unless giving love advice to Anakin.

I sat down my datapads and glanced up to where he was standing. "Anytime love."

He helped me up from the chair, then with my outer robe. We left the tent, climbed in a speeder he parked not too far away, and he quickly drove away from the camp. For the next ten, twenty minutes or so, we drove through the hills. I was quite enjoying the curve of the ground with the beautiful trees, flowers and fresh air. Obi-Wan finally stopped the speeder at the bottom of a hill as a river curved around it. We drew out the blanket and the food I brought along, soon enjoying a nice meal together, often sharing our memories of the last five years together.

"I'm sorry I don't have something for you." Obi-Wan said after we had finished eating and I stretched out on the blanket, my head pillowed in his lap, his fingers making trails through my hair.

"It's okay." I told him, just glad we were finally alone. "I don't have anything for you either, but at least we have some time together."

He was silent for long moments, and I gave him time to think, knowing he would speak when he was ready. I was just about to drift off, when he did open his mouth, his voice low. "Meagan, I'm sorry. I wish I could be treating you to something special."

I sat up, settling myself against him, before stroking his beloved face. "Obi-Wan, it doesn't matter. We're together and alone. And right now, I'll take you any way I can."

He smiled slightly, before leaning down to kiss me. He was quiet for several more minutes before asking me something. "Meagan, are you happy?"

At first I was taken back by the question and I opened my mouth to say what a stupid question it was, but I knew he had given this great thought and he deserved an answer, but I hadn't a clue to what was behind it. "Well, today certainly is a good day, I've enjoyed this afternoon so far."

"No, that's not what I'm getting at." Obi-Wan interrupted me and then began explaining himself. "Meagan, you deserve so much more than I can ever give you. Are you happy with us? Have I made you happy? I know that's not the best wording to use, but......"

He stopped as I pulled away to try to read the emotion in his eyes. What had caused him to doubt our love? "Obi-Wan what is it? What's bothering you?"

Obi-Wan was quiet for several more moments before speaking again. "Can you answer my question?"

"Not until you tell me what's wrong." I insisted. "This isn't like you......." And as I watched him, I realized what it was. "How much did you hear?"

"Most of it actually." He admitted, referring to when Anakin was asking me advice about Padme. "I didn't mean to, I was in the tent right by you so it wasn't hard to hear. One of you would have seen me had I left."

There was a pause before I explained the situation. "Anakin was wanting to know some things about women and I told him, especially since I have a fair idea of what Padme would or wouldn't like. That's it. Nothing for you to worry about."

He stared at me for several minutes, not quite believing that was the end of it. I reached up, stroking his face, feeling his beard with my fingers.

"Obi-Wan, I love you. I choose to be with you." I told him, hoping to ease the worry I could finally read in his eyes.

"But what you said.....:"

Realizing this wasn't going away, I began to explain. "You and Anakin are two different people in a lot of ways. He's more open, let's just say, to making a fool of himself over a woman. We women like things like flowers and gifts. It's in most of our genetic make up to desire that."

"You've learned to live without it."

"Obi-Wan, I knew nearly from the get go, that wasn't you. However, I also know that as nice as it is to get flowers and candy, I prefer the man that shows me his love." Seeing he was thinking about what I was saying, I kept going. "You take care of me, you provide for me, protect me, even though I fight you on it sometimes. At the end of the day, that's more important to me than dozens of flowers."

"But you told Anakin....."

"Yes, I did because I know both of them would enjoy that. However, I also told him not to center their relationship on it either, but to be each other's best friends and base their relationship on how they love and care for each other." I watched him for a moment before reaching up and kissing him, still seeing something in the depths of his eyes. "I love you."

"But you shouldn't be denied something......"

I didn't even let him finish his statement before placing a few fingers over his lips. "You know, I really don't think I have. Obi-Wan, you are my best friend and we are always talking, sharing our thoughts and feelings. I cherish the way we can talk for hours about everything, but sometimes we sit together and not say a word, but I feel that we have. Not all women are blessed to have a man that open with them, that close to them." I paused, letting that sink in before moving onward. "You tell me you love me every day and you show it too. It's not just words to you, you've made it real, more than what we feel inside. I feel so blessed to have a man like you in my life."

He closed his eyes and we just held each other close before I reached up and gave him a kiss. It was sometime before we pulled away that he tucked me against him. "Oh, and Obi-Wan, if I wasn't happy, we wouldn't be having the hell of a sex life we still have. I still have trouble keeping my hands off of you."

I could feel his chest rumble with a slight chuckle. "I've noticed."

I glanced up at him. "Like you can either."

We had a good laugh as we just held each other, him finally being convinced that I was more than happy to still be his wife.

We sat together for a while before taking a walk along the river, our arms around each other. At some point I slipped off my shoes, wading in the warm water, enjoying the feel of my toes in the sand. Obi-Wan just watched me with amusement as we continued walking the bank, heading upstream. As we reached the river head, it had pooled into a small lake and the slight roar of water caught our attention. Rounding another slight curve, tucked into a corner of a hill was a cliff with a quite majestic water fall.

"It's lovely." That would hardly describe the peaceful scene that lay before us, but it gave me a wonderful idea. "When was the last time we went swimming?"

"What?" To say Obi-Wan was quite perplexed would be a major understatement. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Oh I don't know." I slipped off my outer robe and tossed it on a nearby rock, well out of the tide's range. "Maybe that it would be fun to take a quick dip."

"Our clothes would be soaked through and completely uncomfortable when we go back to base." Logical as always.

"Who said anything about getting our clothes wet?" I couldn't help but grin wickedly, wondering if this would work, that we could really celebrate out here.

"Absolutely not. It's not exactly proper to swim in the nude."

"We're completely alone, there's not a soul near here for miles." I argued back, more playfully than serious as I pulled my shirt off. "You know you don't have to join me, you can stand guard."

By now he was standing right in front of me, as if trying to hide my front from anyone's view. "Meagan, this is crazy."

I leaned up close to him. "Join me then. It'll be fun. Besides, there is no real shower or bath at base anyway. Just think of it as a bathtub with room to swim."

He still looked doubtful and didn't say anything, but he didn't protest as I finished undressing. Only feeling slightly self conscious as I slipped into the water, as I had never skinny dipped before, but besides sponging off, this was the first real bath I had in a while. (I just wished I had thought ahead enough to bring some soap.) So, I swam around a bit, letting my hair down and loose, so it too would get some of the dirt out. As I enjoyed the warm water, the spray of the waterfall and the warm sun, I could feel Obi-Wan watching me from the shore. I couldn't help but smile, wondering how long he would last out there, especially since we hadn't made love since my first night on board the Sassy several weeks ago.

"Meagan, we should get going." He called to me just moments later.

"We have plenty of time." I called back then thought again. "But if not, you can always come and get me." As the water wasn't that deep, I let my feet fall to the bottom, stood and faced him as he was growling at me.

"Meagan." Obi-Wan's hands were on his hips. "Come on. This is getting ridiculous."

"No it's not." I laughed before turning slightly, diving back into the water. "Come and get me."

As I a dove underneath, heading towards the waterfall, I could barely make out his grumbles. When I surfaced again, I could see him undressing. Grinning at thinking one step of my plan was done, but knowing he was about to let me have it, I dove under again, swimming as fast as I could. I didn't get very far when I felt his hand grab my ankle. With a quick yank, I was nearly standing and in his arms.

"Meagan, I can't believe you forced me into this." His eyes were quite fierce, but I ignored it.

"Doesn't the water feel so good?" I couldn't help but ask.

He just stared at me. "Just when I think I'm close to understanding you, you do something so mental."

"Obi-Wan, first off, I've been missing a real shower and second off, when was the last time you and I just let go and had some fun together."

He sighed, holding me close. "Meagan, I still don't know what I'm ever going to do with you."

"You could always kiss your wife."

"I think I can handle that for now."

After our lips finally parted we swam around a bit, before tucking ourselves into a little corner right by the waterfall. Obi-Wan tugged me against him as I was enjoying the spray from the falls, but began enjoying his kisses much better.

"Meagan." Obi-Wan began to pull away as things began to grow much more heated. "We can't. We're in the open."

I tugged him close again. "There is no one here and if you remember we made love outside on our honeymoon."

"A slight lapse in judgement."

I could help but laugh at the complete seriousness on his face. "Sure honey. You started it after we had our picnic." I still remembered every moment of that wonderful afternoon so vividly. His gentle tender touches under a bright blue sky, the tall sweet smelling flowers our only witness.

Another protest was forming on his lips, but I soon silenced them, for good.

"Meagan, you are absolutely amazing." Obi-Wan admitted as we were sitting along the shore, his arms around me. "I'd never done that in my life."

"Neither have I." I admitted, feeling so content with my back to his chest, our legs brushing against each other. "Thank you for such a wonderful day."

He nuzzled my neck, the touch of his beard making me giggle. "I love you, so very much."

"I love you too." We continued to hold each other, our robes helping dry our bodies.

"We should get going." Obi-Wan was looking upwards, turned the sun. "We need to get back."

I reluctantly agreed and we finished dressing. To my horror, thinking I had finally grown out of it, I was covered in freckles.

"Meagan what's wrong?" Obi-Wan had obviously noticed something. "Are you hurt?"

"Look at me."

His gaze was quite warm. "Oh, I already am."

My face grew warm at his tone, but I pointed to my face. "Look, I've broken out."

He smiled, raising his gaze to my face. "You look cute in freckles."

I tugged my shirt on. "I don't like them."

He leaned close, kissing me sweetly. "I love every part of you even if you don't."

I reached up, playing with the still wet curls that lay on his shoulder. "You mister, are something else."

He kissed me again before we quietly finished dressing. We walked quickly back to where we left the rest of our things. We packed it up and were soon driving back to the base. Almost not wanting this to end, I scooted over, cuddling myself into his side. When we arrived back at the camp, the clones certainly saw we had returned, though they didn't say anything. We were nearly back at our tent when Anakin caught up with us.

"Where have you two been?" He integrated us. "I was worried and about to send out a search party for you."

"We're fine Anakin." Obi-Wan assured him, patting him on his shoulder. "How did the training go?"

Anakin was giving his report when he suddenly stopped. "What happened and why are you two wet?"

I couldn't help but giggle as Obi-Wan and I exchanged glances. "There's a lake up in the hills and I wanted to wash my hair and Obi-Wan......"

Anakin held up his hands. "No more, please." With that he turned and walked away, mumbling to himself. "I really need to stop asking questions."

Obi-Wan and I laughed as we stepped into our tent.

Now for the quote: From Home Improvement.....trying to expand our quotes here.....but thought you'd get a laugh anyway!

Jill: [Discussion's Jill's upcoming job interview] Tim, do you ever listen to me? It was the last thing that I said in bed to you last night!

Tim: No, I believe, if you recall, the last thing you said to me in bed last night was NO!

Jill: [evil smile] You're thinking of *tonight.*

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