" I wish you didn't have to leave, and you could come with me to the apartment." Padme said, as she held onto Anakin.
" I know and I wish I could too, but we both know that can't happen. I will be back soon." Anakin said, as he held his wife close to him.
" I know. Hey, I have an idea. Why don't you and Obi-Wan come and have dinner with me?" Padme said, as she pulled away slightly, so that way, she could look into his eyes.
" That sounds great. I will let Obi-Wan know that we are invited to your place for dinner tonight." Anakin said, bending his head down and gently began kissing Padme.
Padme was just getting into Anakin's kiss, when there was a knock on her quarters door.
" Thank you." Padme said, pulling her head away from Anakin.
" I love you. I'll see you at dinner tonight." Anakin said, letting Padme go before heading to the door.
" Ok, see you at dinner. I love you too." Padme said ,going over to him and kissing him one last time.
He kissed her one more time, before opening the door and heading out of the room.
Padme followed him out of the room, and walked into the lounge. She saw that everyone was gathering in there, as they waited for her to show up and waited for the door to open.
Dorme came up behind Padme and put her cloak around her shoulders.
Captain Typho opened the hatch door and went out of the ship first, followed by his men.
Sabe and Dorme walked off the ship, then followed by Padme and Anakin.
Padme was in the middle of the ramp, when she noticed that Obi-Wan was waiting for Anakin to disembark from the ship.
" Milady ,it's great to see you." Obi-Wan said, bowing his head to Padme, as she and Anakin came up to him.
" Obi-Wan, it's great to see you too. I would like for you and Anakin to join me for dinner tonight. That is, if you don't have anything planned." Padme asked after she gave Obi-Wan a hug.
" Anakin and I would be very honored to join you for dinner tonight, Padme." Obi-Wan said, as he looked at the young couple and he knew that something happend between them.
" That is great news. I will let Dorme know that you both will be joining me for dinner, which will be at six." Padme said.
" That sounds great and we will be there. Well, we must go now. See you later, Milady." Obi-Wan said, bowing his head, before taking Padme's hand and gave it a light kiss.
" See you both at six, then." Padme said, as she watched both Jedi get into the speeder.
Anakin gave her a small wave, before Obi-Wan took off and sped away towards the Temple.
" Milady, it's time. We need to be going now, because it could still be dangerous for you to be out in the open like this." Captain Typho said, coming up to Padme.
" Um ... yes, sure. Lets get home. I have a few things to do, before dinner tonight. Master Obi-Wan and Anakin will be joining me for dinner, so you don't have send anyone away tonight." Padme said, as they walked towards their speeder.
Padme climbed into the speeder and off they headed towards the Senate Sector of the City and to 500 Republica, where Padme's apartment was located. It is home sweet home away from Naboo.
" So, how was your mission to Felineoid?" Obi-Wan asked, as he drove them through the mid-afternoon traffic of Coruscant.
" It went very well. The two tribes were very nice to us and we had a huge celebration feast, with drinks and dancing." Anakin said, as he saw the Temple getting closer.
" That's great to hear. Um ... I get a feeling that there is still something going on between you and Padme." Obi-Wan said, looking over to Anakin and watched him turn his head away, so that he could watch the traffic zoom by them.
" Um ... no, there isn't anything going on." Anakin said, but the way he sounded, Obi-Wan knew that he was lying. Anakin isn't a very good liar.
" You know, you truly suck at lying, Anakin. You two did something, didn't you?" Obi-Wan said, and from the look on Anakin's face, he knew he was right; that something had gone on between them.
" I will tell you, but not at this moment. Um ... I will tell you tonight at dinner, ok?" Anakin said, just before they came up to the Temple.
" Ok. I'll let it go for now, but I do expect an explanation of what's going on between the two of you. I want you to know that you can trust me for not saying anything to anyone. What goes on between Master and Padawan stays between us, and I will not tell the council. You can say, it could be just between the three of us and it will be our little secret." Obi-Wan said, parking the speeder in the empty space.
" I have to get the ok from Padme first and see if she wants you to know anything." Anakin said.
" I understand. I just want you to know that I'm here for the both of you, Anakin." Obi-Wan said, as he laid his hand on Anakin's shoulder.
" Thanks, Obi-Wan. I think am going to meditate for a while, before we have to get ready for dinner." Anakin said, getting out of the speeder.
" Ok see you later then." Obi-Wan said watching his Padawan head inside the Temple.
Obi-Wan got out of the speeder and headed for the gym, so that way, he could work out before dinner. ,Anakin waited until Obi-Wan went into the Temple before going back to the speeder, got inside of it and took off. Twenty minutes later, Anakin landed on the landing patio of Padme's apartment.
" Anakin, what are you doing here?" Padme asked, coming out onto her patio.
" We need to tell Obi-Wan about us, Padme." Anakin said, almost in tears.
" Ok, Anakin. We can tell him, if that's what you want us to do." Padme said, as she took a hold of his hands.
" Yes, that's what I want, because I can't lie to him, Padme. I feel that's the wrong thing to do to him. I trust that he wont say anything to anyone and that mostly includes the Council." Anakin said, as he looked down at his wife's face.
" You're right, Anakin. We shouldn't keep anything from him." Padme said looking up at him, taking her right hand and caressed his cheek.
" Thank you, Padme. I love you." He said, taking her hand and held it.
" You're welcome and I love you too, Anakin." Padme stood up on her tiptoes and kissed him.
" Padme, there is a call for you." Dorme said, standing in the doorway.
" You better go. I need to get back to the Temple and start my meditation, before I have to get ready for dinner tonight." Anakin said, before going back to the speeder.
" Ok, see you later. Coming, Dorme." Padme said, before Anakin took off and she went back inside the apartment and went to talk to her parents.
Anakin got back to the Temple, went to the room of the Thousand Fountains, and he began to meditate.
Four hours late,r Obi-Wan was racing through the evening traffic.
" I wonder what we are having for dinner?' Obi-Wan asked, as they coming closer to 500 Republica.
" I'm not sure, but whatever it is, I know I'll like it." Anakin said, just as his stomach growled.
" Same here." Obi-Wan said, parking the speeder and both him and Anakin got out of the speeder.
" Master Kenobi, Jedi Skywalker, welcome. I'll let the Senator know that you are both here." Captain Typo said, as the two Jedi came up to the security entrance.
" Ok, that's fine." Obi-Wan said, as he noticed the look that the Captain gave Anakin.
" What?" Anakin asked, as he saw Obi-Wan looking straight at him.
" Nothing. I was just wondering why he just gave you a funny look." Obi-Wan said.
" Oh, well, I'll see about it later." was all Anakin said, as Captain Typho came back into the room.
" The Senator is waiting for you both upstairs." Captain Typho said.
" Thank you, Captain." Obi-Wan said, before him and Anakin headed for the lift that well take them upstairs to Padme's apartment.
They stepped off the elevator, walked down the small hallway, and stopped at the door that was Padme's apartment. Obi-Wan raised his hand and pushed the doorbell.
" Master Obi-Wan, Anakin, please come in. Dinner will be ready in about five minutes." Dorme said, as she opened the door and let the two Jedi into the apartment.
" Thank you, Dorme." Obi-Wan said, giving the handmaiden a smile.
" Obi-Wan, Anakin, welcome and please come in and make yourself at home." Padme said, coming up to the two Jedi and giving them both welcoming hugs.
" Thank you, Padme. You look very lovely tonight." Obi-Wan said, as he noticed a very casual look that Padme was.
" You look beautiful as always, Padme." Anakin said leaning forward and kissing her on the cheek.
" Thank you, Anakin. Both of you look very handsome tonight too. Please have a seat and what would you like to drink?" Padme asked, going over to the small bar area and got out four glasses.
" I will have Corellian Wine." Obi-Wan said, seeing the bottle of wine sitting next to the whiskey.
" Ok and for you, Anakin?" Padme asked, pouring Obi-Wan and herself a glass of wine.
" I'll have the same thing, please." Anakin said, sitting down on the couch, while Obi-Wan sat down in the chair.
" Ok. Here you go, Obi-Wan." Padme said, handing Obi-Wan his glass of wine.
Padme handed Anakin his glass, before going back to the bar and grabbing her glass of wine. She walked over to the couch and sat down next Anakin.
" Um ... Ok. Before we eat, I want to know what is going on with the two of you? I want you both to know that you can trust me, and I promise you both that I won't tell the council, even if it is something that is against the Code, even the whole entire Order." Obi-Wan said, looking at the couple.
" Ok ... I know you and Yoda told me to stop my relationship with Anakin. Obi-Wan, I couldn't, because if I did, it would kill me. So, um ... well... Anakin and I are married." Padme said, waiting for Obi-Wan to start yelling at the both of them. Mostly at Anakin, for breaking Jedi Code and going against the Order.
" I see, Well, there is only one thing for me to say ... Congratulations to the both of you. I'm not going to say a word to the council. Who else knows about your marriage?" Obi-Wan asked, as Dorme came into the room.
" Well, let's see.. There's you, Dorme, Sabe and our two droids, R2-D2 and Threepio, who was witnesses at our wedding." Padme said, looking over to Dorme, who nodded her head.
" I see. Well, we need to make sure that nobody else knows about this Padme. What about your parents, do they know?" Obi-Wan asked.
" They don't know. At the moment, it's just the best that they don't know. Well, I take it that it's dinner time." Padme said, standing up.
" I see. Good, I'm starving." Obi-Wan said, as everyone got up and headed into the dinning room. ,P>They all sat down at the table and began eating the wonderful dinner that Dorme had fixed for them. It was getting late and after they had finished dinner, and even a wonderful dessert that Padme made, they were sitting around the living room talking. Padme looked over to Anakin and saw that he was starting to nod off to sleep.
" Dorme, could you please set up the guest rooms for Obi-Wan and Anakin." Padme said.
" That wont be ...." Obi-Wan started to say, but he started yawning.
" I really would feel a lot better, if you both stay here tonight. You can leave before dawn, if you like." Padme said.
" That sounds great. Thank you, Padme. Anakin, go and spend the night with your wife. We will leave after breakfast tomorrow." Obi-Wan said, watching Dorme leave the room, and watched her go into the guestroom.
" Well ... one question is, how am I going to see Padme?" Anakin asked, as he watched his master watching Dorme.
" Well ... I can cover for you, so you can be here at night, while we are here on Coruscant. You have to be back before the first morning bell." Obi-Wan said, with a smile, as Dorme came back into the room.
" Ok, that sounds good to me." Anakin said, as he got up from the couch.
Everybody got up and went to bed. Padme and Anakin went into her room, but as for Obi-Wan, he followed Dorme into her room, where he, like Anakin and Padme, got a very peaceful sleep for the first time in a long time.