Attack of the Clones- LOTJP Version

Parental Secrets & Jedi Mysteries

Meanwhile, on Naboo...

Anakin and Padme were sitting at a table, eating dinner together. Alone. Just the two of them, while their little girl was napping.

"And when I got to them, we went into aggressive negotiations." Anakin said as a waitress served him a plate. "Thank you."

"'Aggressive negotiations'?" Padme asked. "What's that?"

"Uh, well, negotiations with a lightsaber."

The two of them laughed for a bit, and Padme was about to cut into a pear, when Anakin took it with the Force and put it onto his plate, and started to cut it himself.

"If Master Obi-Wan caught me doing this, he'd be very grumpy." said Anakin.

Anakin then lifted a small piece of the pear with the Force once more, and floated it over to Padme, who grabbed it with her fork with a chuckle.

Later, Anakin and Padme were sitting by the fire together. It was dark, the only light being the lit fireplace, in a romantic sense.

Anakin looked at Padme and how beautiful she looked in her dress. But the dress wasn't what made him feel so tingly inside. She could be dressed in a burlap sack, and he would still think she was the most beautiful girl in the galaxy.

"From the moment I met you... all those years ago, not a day has gone by when I haven't thought of you." Anakin told Padme. He slowly started to put his hand on hers. "And now that I'm with you again, I'm in agony. The closer I get to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being able to be with you... I can't breathe."

Anakin thought back to the first kiss he and Padme had. He'd been the one to initiate it, and at first they thought they shouldn't have done it. But then, Padme initiated the second kiss.

"I'm haunted by the kisses you never should have given me. My heart is beating, hoping that kiss won't become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me. What can I do? I will do anything that you ask."

Padme looked down for a moment. She was silent.

"If you are suffering as much as I am, please, tell me." Anakin begged.

Padme wanted to tell Anakin that it wasn't possible for them to be together. But instead, she found herself caressing Anakin's cheek and looking into his eyes. And without thinking, they were kissing again. And again, and again. Padme knew she should probably stop, but for some reason, she didn't want to.

"I don't know, Ani. I don't know. It's impossible."

"Anything is possible, Padme." Anakin sighed, kissing Padme's lips again. "Listen to me."

And then Padme pulled away, and stood up, to Anakin's disappointment, going right from love struck to serious

"No, you need to listen. We live in a real world. Come back to it. You're studying to become a Jedi. I'm-I'm a senator. If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, it'll take us to a place we cannot go, regardless of the way we feel about each other."

"Then you do feel something for me." Anakin concluded.

"I will not let you give up your future for me."

Anakin then thought of something.

"What about our daughter?" He said. "Should her future not come first? If I were to give up my future as a Jedi, why not for her if not for you?"

"Don't you dare use my baby as a pawn in your argument."

"She's my baby too. You asked me to be rational. That's what I'm at least trying to do. Believe me, I wish that I could just wish away my feelings, but I can't."