Clone Wars

Restless Night

Padme woke up to Anakin restlessly turning back and forth. She put her hand on his arm and he looked up. "Ani, is everything okay?" "Yeah, can't sleep. Sorry I woke you, go back to sleep." "Not before you tell me what's wrong." "Padme, it's nothing. Just have a few things on my mind." "Ani, what is it?" He sighed, "Really Padme, I'm fine. Go back to sleep." He wrapped her in a hug and said, "Go back to sleep, that's an order Senator." He grinned and Padme just shook her head and laid back down. Anakin soon heard her steady breathing and knew she had fallen asleep although she hadn't wanted to. The rest of the night he stared up at the skylight thinking of Ashoka and how she soon would become a knight and he would no longer be able to protect her from danger. Padme was on his mind as well, he wished he could be with her more. Around 7:00 in the morning he finally got up. He made himself a cup of coffee and sat on the couch. 

A little later Padme walked in and sat next to him. "Did you sleep at all last night?" "No, but it's okay." He set his cup down and noticed a book next to it. "What's this?", picking it up. "Anakin Skywalker put that down!", Padme said grasping for it. Anakin teasingly kept it out of reach of her, "What is it?" "It's something private, now give it back", but this time she said giggling. "All right, all right, here you go" Anakin said with a sideways grin handing it back to her. "Thank you Master Jedi." Anakin's smile immediately disappeared and he looked away. "Ani, what's the matter?" "Nothing, now let's make breakfast." He stood up and started to dig through her fridge. Padme looked at him and sighed, she would have to convince him to tell her later. 

They made waffles and by the time they were done they were full. Suddenly Padme's console rang. "It must be Bail", Padme said answering it. "Good morning Padme". "Morning Bail, is their a reason you called?" "Actually yes." He hesitated, "Uh, Onaconda Farr's funeral is at 11:00 this morning." Padme looked a the clock, it was 9:00. "All right, thanks." "Padme would you like me to pick you up?" "No thank you Bail, thanks for the gesture though." "Of course, I'll see you soon." His image faded and Padme felt Anakin's arms around her. She leaned in and Anakin held her close. "I better get ready for the funeral. Are you coming?" "Yeah." She turned around and looked into his blue eyes. She gave him a smile and then went to go get ready.