Padme laid there, with her arms wrapped around Anakin. As her head rested on his bare shoulder, she thought she heard movement in the main room of her private quarters.
She raised her head and just listened for a couple minutes, when the footsteps came to the bedroom door. The door opened up and the person started to come into the room, but stopped short at the entrance.
" Oh my gods!" Sabe called out in total shock.
" Who? ... what? ...." Anakin sat up quickly in bed, which caused Padme to fall back onto the bed.
" It's ok, Anakin. It's Sabe, Um ... Sabe, could you please wait in the living room? We will be out there shortly." Padme said, as she grabbed the covers and pulled them up to cover herself up.
" Yes, Milady." Sabe said, as she bowed her head, before heading out of the room and closing the door behind her.
" Damn ... she is very lucky that I didn't go for my light saber. So now, we need to get up and get dressed. I guess we need to have a talk with other handmaiden." Anakin said, leading down and kissing Padme, before getting up from the bed.
" Yes, we must tell her." Padme said, as she turned, so she could watch Anakin get dressed.
" I'll be waiting for you in the living room, while you get dressed. Do you want me to send Sabe to help you to get dressed?" Anakin said, putting on his boots before getting up and going to the door.
" Um ... I think I'll get dressed by myself, thanks. You can ask her to bring us some tea and little something to eat for breakfast, and I will join you both after I finish getting dressed." Padme said, getting up from the bed and grabbing her robe before going into the refresher.
" As you wish, my lady." Anakin said, as Padme gave him one of her sweet smiles.
Anakin walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. He saw Sabe sitting on the couch, looking down at the floor, when she saw Anakin come into the room.
" I'm so sorry to walk in on you and Milady, but I did knock on the door." Sabe said, closing her eyes and praying that Anakin wouldn't yell at her.
,p> " It's ok. You are not in any kind of trouble, Sabe. Um ... Padme did ask me to ask you to get us some tea and something small for breakfast. Please get yourself a cup and plate too, because we would like for you to join us. There is something we need to tell you. Oh and please don't say anything about what you saw this morning. It will be our little secret." Anakin said, giving Sabe a smile to let he know that she wasn't in trouble.
" Yes, sir. You don't have to worry, because it will remain between the three of us." Sabe said, getting up from the small couch and headed out of the small quarters.
Anakin went over to the chair and sat down just as his com-link beeped.
" Anakin, here"
" Hello, my missing Padawan. Any news on the peace treaty?" Obi-Wan asked.
" Everything is signed and we are on our way back to Coruscant now. I do believe we are going to be dropping off a copy of the treaty to the Queen of Naboo, before heading to Coruscant." Anakin said, as he heard the bedroom door open and Padme came out of the bedroom.
" Ok, then we will see you when you get here. Oh Anakin, please stay out of trouble." Obi-Wan said with a laugh.
" Very funny, Master. We will be back on Coruscant in a couple of days. Well, breakfast is here, so it's time to eat. I'll talk to you when I get back to the Temple." Anakin said.
" Ok, then. I'll see you in a couple of days. Obi-Wan out."
" He was wondering where you were? Oh, thank you, Sabe. Please have a seat." Padme said, as Sabe came back into the room with the tea and food.
" Your welcome, Milady and thank you." Sabe said, as she sat down on the small couch.
" Sabe, what have I told you? When we are alone, you can call me by my given name. The reason why we want you to have breakfast with us, is because there is something we need to tell you. We will need your help too. This is something that you will be helping Dorme with, and yes, she knows about what we are going to tell you." Padme said, as Anakin nodded in agreement, to what she was saying.
" Yes, Padme. I will help you in anyway you need me to do. I'm glad that the job that I was going to get fell through." Sabe said ,bowing her head in servitude.
" Well, a couple of weeks ago, Anakin and I got married, in total secrecy. The only witness we had was our two droids; R2-D2 and C-3PO." Padme said, as she watched Sabe's eyes get really big in surprise.
" You know, I really should be surprised, that you would do something like this, Padme. I'm surprised that Anakin would go against the Jedi Code, that's all." Sabe said smiling over to Anakin.
" Now, you know why we must keep this a secret." Padme said.
" Yes, I do see why. I do know what could happen if the Jedi Council learns about what really happened on Naboo, while you both were supposed to be healing from your injuries that you got in that battle. What about Anakin's Jedi Master? Are you two going to let him know?" Sabe asked.
" Well, that's one person that I really don't want to know at the moment. Maybe, in time, I will tell him." Anakin said, before looking down at the floor.
Padme could feel that he felt very guilty, because he was hiding all this stuff from the one person, who means everything to him, beside Padme.
" I understand. So, what do you want me to do?" Sabe asks, as she leans forwards and took a hold of both Padme's and Anakin's hands to show them that they could trust her in keeping their secret.
" Thank you, Sabe. I knew we could trust you too. What we need from you is very simple. Between you and Dorme's help, when Anakin is on Coruscant, he will try to come and see me. What I want the both of you to do, is wait an hour and half after everyone is a sleep. Either you or Dorme will signal Anakin, that it's clear for him to come to the apartment." Padme said.
" Yes, Milady. What if you guys would like to have dinner together or spend a whole day together?" Sabe asked.
" Then, we give everyone the night off or the day off, but we would like for you or Dorme to be the only ones to serve us." Padme said, looking at Anakin who just nodded.
" With pleasure. I will make sure that no one is around, when the two of you want to be alone." Sabe said.
" Good, when I can't stay until breakfast, I have to be at the Temple before dawn. You will have to find a way to make sure that I'm awake or get me up, and have me out of the apartment before dawn." Anakin said, as he smiled over to Padme.
" Ok, I will knock on the bedroom door. What about the security guards that we have, and how are we going to get around them?" Sabe asked.
" Don't worry about them. We will take care of them. Between you and Dorme, we want you to take care of the other handmaidens, to get Anakin in and out of the apartment. On the days that Anakin can't come to see us, then you and Dorme can rotate on what two days you want to have off." Padme said, when there was a knock on the door.
Sabe nodded, before getting up and answered the door.
" Morning, Sabe. Um ... Milady, Jedi Skywalker, I was coming to let Dorme know that we will be arriving at Theed in an hour." Captain Typho said, as he was not only surprised to see Anakin sitting in the room, but also to see Sabe here, instead of Dorme.
" Thank you, Captain. We will be ready to head into the Palace, before heading for Coruscant." Padme said, standing up from the couch and nodding to Sabe, who nodded.
" Yes, Milady." he said before turning around and heading back to the cockpit of the ship.
" Why do I have a feeling that he doesn't like me." Anakin said. If he only knew, the truth in what the Captain really feels about him or what he feels for Padme.
" He has a hard time in trusting people. You would have to win his trust, is all." Sabe said, as she knows about why he doesn't trust so easily.
" That's understandable, because I feel the same way too. Well, I better call Obi-Wan and to let him know that we are about to land on Theed, just long enough to give the copy of the treaty to the Queen, before heading to Coruscant." Anakin said, getting up from the chair and coming up to Padme.
" Ok and I'll see you when I'm dressed. Love you." Padme said, as Anakin pulled her into his arms.
" I love you too." Anakin leaned his head down and kissed Padme, before letting her go before walking out of the room.
" Come, Sabe. We need to get ready, before we land." Padme, said before heading off towards her sleeping quarters.
An hour later, everybody was back on the ship and were on their way to Coruscant.
" Here you go, Milady. Your hot tea." Dorme said, as she handed Padme her tea.
" Thank you, Dorme. Captain Typho, there is something that I need to talk to you about. It has something to do with Jedi Skywalker." Padme said, before taking a sip of her tea.
" I take that there is something going on between the two of you. From the way you two look at each other, when he comes to see you. So, what is going on?" Captain Typho said, with a little look of sadness come to his eyes.
" Um ... yes, in a way you can say that. You can't let anyone know that he is coming to the apartment." Padme said.
" I see and how am I to do that?" Captain Typho asked.
" Dorme or Sabe will give you a signal. You will let the guys go on a break or he can let you know when he is coming. It will be really late at night and there will be times that he will be leaving really early in the morning hours, say before dawn." Padme said, hoping he gets the clue that he will be staying the night with her.
" I see. It would be a good idea if he could call me first, so that way I can get my men away, before I can contact Dorme or Sabe. They can make sure that their handmaidens are not around, before letting him into your apartments." Captain Typho said, as he realized that his chances with Padme will come to nothing.
" Thank you. Since Dorme is my head of the handmaidens, the two of you and Anakin can come up with some kind of plan, about him being with me alone. Please don't let anyone know that he is even coming to see me." Padme said, as there was a knock on the door. Dorme opened it, to see Anakin standing there.
" Sorry, I was caught up with a debriefing with the Council. So, what did I miss?" Anakin asked coming into the room.
" I was just telling the Captain that you will be coming to see me at night, whenever you can get away from the Temple. I will let you guys come up with a code, so that way, no one will know you are at the apartment. Well, if you all excuse me, but I do have a few data chips that I need to go through. I also need to see what agendas that I need to look over. I'll see you at dinner." Padme said, getting up and heading off towards her small office that she has on the ship.
The other three people just nodded their heads, as they watched their Senator go into her office. Then Anakin, Dorme and Typho sat down around the small table and came up with a plan and a code to let each other know, when Anakin will be staying with Padme.