WILD | Anakin Skywalker |

E I G H T

Alora was awoken by her body being shook rapidly by her mother. Her eyes fluttered open where she saw not just her mother but Anakin and Obi Wan waiting at the door. Finally. "Is Padme ok?" We're the first words to leave her mouth as she sat up quickly, already hopping out of the bed ready to leave.

"Your sister is safe. She took the antidote and is in recovery." Her mother informed her.

"And now I can finally leave?" Alora couldn't be more happy at the moment- she was able to go back to Coruscant and be away from her dreadful family and on top of that Padme was safe.

"Always so selfish" her mother uttered, making her youngest daughter begin to get angry once again.

"Yeah It's time to go" Alora snapped, barely looking at her mother as she walked by. The Jedi quickly moved out of her way, both feeling bad for the girl at the way her and her mother clearly had a rough relationship. In some ways, the way her mother was explained some of the blondes wild behavior- she never really had a mother figure to guide her. "Not sure why I'm in front if I don't know where the ship is." She sighed in annoyance, not bothering to turn around to face the Jedi. Her mother pissed her off.

"Right" Obi Wan nodded, speed walking to the front to lead the way. Anakin walked up next to the girl, watching the way she tried to hide her anger.

"Your mother seems nice" he uttered quietly, knowing her parents were following close behind. He was just trying to lighten the girls spirits a little.

"Doesn't she?" Alora answered. "I'm surprised your not on the med ship with your Padawan and my sister. Aren't you just in so much pain watching my poor sister be sick? Your precious Padme" Alora mocked, still upset over the last talk they had and also very worked up over her mother's behavior.

Anakin was taken back by her words. Confused as to why she all of a sudden snapped on him the way she did but also confused about the context behind her words. "I don't know what you-"

"Oh please Anakin. The amount of guys I've had flirt with me, or long for me, or the amount of times I myself used those tactics would make me a veteran meaning I can see that shit easily. Makes sense why your so dead set on not easing up with me; you think my sister will abandon her duties and run away into the sunset. Well-not trying to be a bitch though I know I am- my sister has the worlds largest stick up her ass and doesn't know how to do anything but work and then some more work. I love her I really do but if you think anything will come about with her- think again." The blondes words were quiet and harsh so no one else would have heard but Anakin. She knew he would probably hate her after that and she was definitely hating herself for her rage induced word vomit but it needed to be said. In a way, she was protecting him. "And don't try to deny anything with the whole 'oh I'm a Jedi they can't have attachments' because I can see the way you look at her. You couldn't care less about that."

Her emerald eyes immediately closed after letting that all out knowing she just took out her anger on Anakin for no reason at all. She was no Jedi but she could absolutely feel his anger rising beside her. She was to scared to even look over at him. "You don't even know what you are taking about and don't sit there and act like you know me" he started. "I've only ever been nice to you since we met and all you ever did was throw yourself at me. Your just jealous that your sister can get a guy without having to act like a-" he froze feeling his anger begin to subdue at his own words knowing what he was about to say and knowing the beautifully broken girl beside him would never look at him again if he let his anger get the best of him and finish that sentence.

"A what? Say it? Call me a whore or a slut. I get it all the time. Keep comparing me to my perfect big sister also, you and my mother would actually get along great." With that Alora, stormed ahead and boarded the ship that thankfully was now in reach. She found an area where she would be able to cry in peace and that is exactly what she did while the two Jedi started the ship and began the flight to Coruscant.

She knew it was her fault. She started it by not controlling her anger as she thought she taught herself to do. If only she didn't say all that stuff to Anakin and instead went along with her plan to act as though he was just a friend. There was something about her mother that got so far under her skin; she was like a dagger that stuck in her heart and was being twisted. It ruined her every time she had to hear how much of a disappointment she was or how Padme was so amazing.

She was always second to Padme. Always. The one thing she had that Padme didn't was the ability to really attract men. Of course Padme was beautiful but Alora was alluring, she could flirt with just her eyes and always had guys going after her rather than her sister who had herself tied down by her work. With Anakin, she was even second in that aspect and that was most likely what caused the outburst on top of her mother. She had angered him so much that he pushed him to almost call her the one thing that would really hurt her.

So the young girl cried for the second time that day. The one thing she could be thankful about was the fact that it was just her and the Jedi on this ship and that Naboo thankfully wasn't too far.

Meanwhile, Anakin paced outside the room where Alora sat alone crying. He could sense her pain and sadness and truly believed he was the cause. Of course, her words stung and stung bad. She was right.

Every last word she said was right and he didn't want to hear it because he had thought of Padme for almost eleven years now and she never showed any sign of interest. He even was alone with her on Naboo earlier in the year when she was being hunted and nothing- absolutely nothing. Here he was chasing a women down a path she would not be willing to go down. And hearing someone so close to that women admit to the truth be feared, hurt a lot more than he had wished.

Him and Alora were both hurting right now but all he could think about was the way he almost destroyed her. He knew if the word had slipped out she would be completely broken- right now she had her cracks but if he had said that he knew they would turn to pieces. Anakin knew Alora liked to party and hook up with people but he didn't know why but he sure knew it wasn't because she was and wanted to be a slut. For starters, he saw first hand the treatment she received from her mother. He saw the way even Padme looked down on her own sister as though she was a disgrace.

Alora was simply playing the part.

He wanted to go into the room and hug her, tell her he knows she didn't mean to hurt him and that he didn't mean his own words. He wanted to tell her thank you for her honesty about Padme and to wipe her tears from her rosy cheeks. He wanted her in that very moment.

And maybe if he had went in there and did all those things then the girls poor decision to go out later that night may have never been made but instead, he turned around and walked away.