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Two Halves Make A Whole (Chapter 8)

Despite how serious she was about Anakin, and how confident she was that he felt the same way, Padmé thought it would be best if they still waited a little while before telling Luke and Leia just in case, and Anakin agreed. They decided to tell them after school had gotten out for the summer so that the kids would have more time and attention to focus on adjusting to the news—not that kindergarten was especially stressful, but still.

In the meantime, they otherwise made no secret of their relationship, and all their friends and family were very happy for them. "I think Sola and Ahsoka were starting to lose hope of me ever finding someone," Padmé said.

Anakin laughed. "Same with Darrkin and Deylin. Seriously, you should've seen how excited they were when I told them."

Jobal was dying to meet Anakin, but Padmé was adamant that it wouldn't happen for a few more months. First of all, she wouldn't feel right about introducing Anakin to her mother before their kids even knew they were dating (they'd both already agreed to tackle meeting the parents after "meeting" the kids), and secondly, she didn't want to scare him off by suggesting he meet her mother so soon into their relationship.

Spring flew by, and soon it was June. Luke and Leia burst out of their classroom on the last day and started babbling excitedly to their parents that they'd been put in the same first-grade class. Padmé was thrilled; though Luke had made other friends throughout the year, Leia was by far his closest friend, and it would be good for them to be in the same class the next year, too. For a brief moment, she nervously wondered if they'd still be such good friends once they found out their parents were dating, but she quickly shoved the thought aside. Back in December, Luke and Leia had wanted Anakin and Padmé to get married, so unless they'd drastically changed their minds, surely they'd be happy about their relationship.

"Should we tell the kids soon?" Padmé asked a few nights later. Between two kids and busy schedules, it wasn't often that circumstances aligned to allow him and Padmé to spend a night together, but that only made the nights they did have that much more special. On that night, in particular, Sola and Ahsoka were staying at the Naberrie's house to look after Luke, and Leia was once again having a sleepover with her cousins, so Anakin and Padmé had taken full advantage of the Skywalker's empty house.

"Yeah, we should," said Anakin, rolling over to face her. "When?"

"I don't know. This weekend? If we can find a time when we're all around—"

"I was actually thinking maybe we should each tell them on our own," he interrupted. "I just think it might be better for Leia to hear it from me and Luke from you, and then once they've started getting used to the idea all four of us could get together sometime."

Padmé considered it for a moment before saying, "You're right, that probably would be better. It would take a lot of pressure off them if their respective parent is the only one there when they first find out."

"Exactly," said Anakin, looking pleased that she'd followed his line of thinking. "But I agree that this weekend would be a good time."

Padmé nodded, then bit her lip. "How do you think they'll react? They won't--you don't think they'll be upset, do you?"

"I really hope not. I mean, they did ask Santa back in December to make us get married, so they'll probably be thrilled that we actually are dating now, right?"

"That's what I was thinking." Then Padmé giggled. "God, that was so embarrassing."

"I know," Anakin said, joining in her laughter. "And the worst part is, they're probably going to think we only got together now because Santa finally interfered on their behalf. We're never going to hear the end of it."