Galaxy of War || A clone wars fanfiction

Chapter 68

After we returned to the Temple, Obi-Wan left for the Council and hasn't returned. But he did give me a heads up a while ago that he maybe wasn't going to be back before I went to bed. So that's when I decide to just go to bed, but my peaceful sleep doesn't last long.

"Lora, wake up," someone is shaking my shoulder.

I turn to my other side as I groan. "No, leave me alone."

"It's Padme," Anakin says and in an instant, I'm awake. I quickly roll out of bed and get my lightsaber.

"Is she okay? Who do we need to get?"

"She's okay, she's good," Anakin assures me. "But I need you to come with me."

"Okay..." I follow him out of my quarters and out of the Temple. "What's going on?"

He doesn't look at me, which just makes me more nervous. "Nothing." We take a speeder, him steering. But I quickly recognise the way. He's taking me to Padmes. I can't even think about what could be going on, I really have no idea. Anakin said that she's okay, but why is he then refusing to tell me about it? I try to keep myself calm, but when he stops outside, I immediately jump out of the speeder and up the stairs. I hear Anakin quickly following me.

I open the door and burst through it. "Are you okay?" I ask Padme who turns around.

She smiles warmly at me. "Come, sit." She pats the couch. I hesitantly take a seat beside her. I look at Anakin suspiciously as I can see him holding in a smile.

"So, what is this about?" I look between them as they look at each other.

Anakin gives Padme a nod. "You see, while Anakin was away, I found out some good news." She takes a break way too long for my liking. "I'm pregnant."

My mouth drops wide. I close it before opening it to say something, but I'm not sure what to say and end up just closing it again.

Anakin sits down beside Padme. "I understand that this is overwhelming, it is for us as well. But I wanted you to know." Padme gives him a sharp look. "We wanted you to know," he corrects himself. "I mean, you are going to be an aunt."

I take a shaky breath as I feel tears pricking in the corner of my eye. My eyes lock onto Padme's belly that I can now clearly see have grown since I last saw her. I look back up til Anakin and Padme. "I'm going to be an aunt?" My voice cracks.

"Yes, Lora, you are." Padme smiles.

"This is..." I shake my head. "Congratulations." I pull Padme in for a hug before doing the same to Anakin, careful not to squish Padme and the baby as I reach over her. "I can't believe you're going to be dad," I tell him. "You didn't know how to wash dishes until a few months ago."

He glares at me. "That's almost a year ago."

I shrug. "Still. Now you're going to have to learn how to change diapers and cook food for once."

"Can't you just for once be happy for me?"

"I am, I really am. I just also feel for Padme. I'm not sure how she's going to survive you," I say with a fake sad voice and pretend to wipe a tear.

Padme gives me a small push at my words, but I see how she truly means her smile. I'm never going to be a mother and therefore can't know how she's truly feeling right now, but I can feel through the force that she's happy. More happy than she has been before. And when I see how she looks at Anakin and how he looks at her, I can't help but feel my heart burn as I think about what I might have had if Jax hadn't died.

It's been months, but I'm still not over it. I still feel the pain like it was yesterday. I still feel his blood against my hands, feeling his life slowly drain away, hear his pained voice, and I still blame myself for not saving him.