Broken Paths (A Bail Organa -Star Wars: clone wars fanfic)(on hold)

Suspicions and Emotions

(this is dedicated for lilmissreid for helping me find the dress and the hair style.)

           Katalina made a soft noise as Senator Organa helped her off the ship. They had landed in front of the palace on Naboo, where the queen was waiting for them to land. She kept her hand in his as he helped her down the platform. As she admired the beautiful land, which she didn’t know why she had never been there before, she couldn’t help but like the way her hand felt in his. She glanced at him to gage what he was thinking, but his features were empty. She couldn’t read his face. She looked around as she saw her bags being taken off the ship to rest with the other luggage getting on the transport to their retreat destination. She felt Organa pull at her hand letting her know that they were starting to walk.

            “My Lady” Senator Organa bowed to Queen Jamillia as they approached her. She smiled back and bowed her head in respect to Anakin who stood near by.

            “Senator, your transport is ready when you are” Jamillia spoke softly, she wanted everyone feel as welcome as possible.

            “Thank you, we are prepared to leave as soon as possible” Bail spoke.

The queen gave him a rather seductive smile, but he ignored her. At least Katalina hoped he ignored it. She was rather surprised at her reaction to someone thinking he was good looking. She felt rather jealous. They moved from the ship to the speeder that would take the five senators to the summer palace that would be their retreat location. She wondered if there would be swimming. As they got onto the speeder, Organa finally let go of her hand to get into the speeder. He sat next to her, so close that his thigh pressed against hers.

She stared out the speeder to the beautiful landscape as it flew by. She was trying to ignore the feeling his leg against hers was producing. She saw his hand sitting on the seat in between him and as the speeder jerk dangerously she grabbed his hand. She was not one to be scared of flying, but she was scared of being sent flying out of a very fast speeder. She felt him tighten his grip on her hand. After the speeder resumed its normal course, she pulled her hand away.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me” Katalina looked at him before looking down at her hands. “Flying doesn’t usually bother me; I am a pretty good …. Owwww.” She rubbed her shin where Anakin’s foot had made contact with it. She glared up at him but didn’t say anything.

“Sorry, spasm” he said with a grin. She glared harder at him but choose to ignore him. She turned her attention back to the scenery, but before she knew it they had reached the destination.

She stepped out of the speeder by herself and looked around. She was amazed at the beauty of the world. The summer palace was huge, old but beautiful. There was a huge lake near it with a dock. She wondered if they could go swimming while they were there, which lead her to wonder what Bail would look like in just swimming trunks. She blushed as the thought went through her mind. She didn’t remember ever blushing this much in her life. She pulled away from him so she could keep her mind clear. She wanted to be able to do her job, though suddenly keeping this secret from him made her feel rather guilty.

“Are you keeping something from me?” The senator asked as he stepped up next to her. She was staring out at the lake and his question had hit deeper then he probably meant it to. “It’s just you look like the fate of the galaxy rests on your shoulders, you seem very stress for a senator’s aid.”

“No, I’m fine” She smiled back at him before following the rest of the senators into the palace. He was right beside her. “Please Se… Bail, I have things I must attend to before dinner and if you don’t mind, I would like to lay down, the trip has take its toll on me.”

“Of course...”  Bail smiled at her as he spoke softly. “Master Skywalker can accompany you back, Senator Amidala will be fine in my company for the ten minutes he will be gone”

“Thank you” She bowed in respect before taking the arm of Anakin Skywalker. She leaned in close to him as they walked. “How do you do it? How can you keep your relationship with Padme a secret?”

“It’s hard, and sometimes it hurts” Anakin winced slightly. Katalina was one of the few people who knew about his relationship… his marriage to Senator Amidala. “Why what’s going on?”

“I’m getting weird feelings when I’m around… someone” She didn’t dare tell him who it was, not that he couldn’t guess. “I don’t know what to do. These feelings are forbidden by the council, yet we aren’t told what these feelings are to try and avoid them.”

“I know what you mean” Anakin sighed running a hand through his hair. “Look what you’ve got to do is to analyze your feelings, and decide what you are going to do. If you don’t then you will undoubtedly loose yourself to the dark side. You need to have a clear judgment if you are to protect …” he stopped to look at Senator Organa and noticed him glancing at Katalina. She glanced up and caught his eye and smiled softly. “Its him… its Senator Organa… I should have figured it out. The hand holding and the…”

“I didn’t hold his hand, he took mine…” Katalina sighed not even denying it. She looked away from Senator Organa and looked back at Anakin as they rounded the corner and he led her to her room. “But I have to say I didn’t mind… I enjoyed the contact much more then I should. Please” She invited him in.

“You do have a job to do” Anakin spoke as the door closed behind him. He used the force to call her light saber to him. He held it up and then handed it to her. She took it, holding it carefully in her hands. “I know it hurts, but you cannot tell him. He is safer not knowing you are a Jedi”

“I do understand, but it hurts my heart every time I lie to him” Kat moved to the bed that he been given to her. She placed the light saber underneath her pillow before moving to her bags. “Every time I try to push him away, it hurts”

“Then don’t” Anakin faced her before looking out the window. “Accept is friendship; maybe even allow what happens to happen. Padme and I are happier then ever since we married. The Jedi are not always right”

“Maybe you’re right” She looked out the window. “Now I have to get dressed for dinner, if you’ll excuse me.”

“Of course” Anakin left the room. She sat down on her bed and placed her head in her hands.

She had no idea what she was going to do. She was so confused, and at that moment she wished she had her brother to help guide her, but if she told him what was going on, he would have her removed. He would tell her she needed to clear her mind, let go of her confusion and to do that she would be away from Senator Organa. She wasn’t going to walk away from this job. She had to protect him and find out who was after the senators. She had a bad feeling about this whole thing though. What if she did fall in love with him and it did lead her to the dark side? What would happen then? What would happen to her?

Katalina didn’t want to think about it as she dressed for dinner. She figured something simple, something elegant, and since Obi Wan had been the one to pick out her clothes she imagined she would find something like that in her wardrobe. She pulled out a purple halter top dress that went down past her feet. She pulled it on and looked in the mirror. It was beautiful. She straightened out the skirt as it flowed around her body. It had jewels around the waist and along the halter part of the top. There was a knock on the door and she allowed the person in. It was a young girl coming in to help her with her hair. This young girl brushed Kat’s hair back into an elegant bun near the base of her neck. She thanked the young girl and got up. She left her room and was walking down the hall when she ran into the solid mass of a man. She staggered backwards but the gentle hands of Senator Organa.

“Thank you” She whispered softly as she backed away from him. “I was on my way to dinner”

“I can see that, may I escort you?” Bail held out his arm. She hesitated. She was going to say no, but Anakin’s words rang in her head, so she thought she’d give it a chance. She put her arm in his.

“That would be wonderful”