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

Mysteries, Secrets and first kisses ... oh my

(A/N: that is basically the dress she is wearing)

         The senators and the two Jedi have been gone for two weeks and nothing had happened. She had enjoyed time just hanging out with Anakin and being normal for once. She had gotten to know Bail more and she even found that she really liked Padme Amidala. Katalina had once despised the woman for making Anakin stray off the path, but she could understand how he felt. She was finding herself falling deeper for the Senator then she probably should allow herself to. During those two weeks on Naboo she had done numerous things with him as his aide, none of them remotely business like. She had taken walks with him on the beach, gone on picnics in the field, sometimes with Anakin and Padme.

            There were times when Katalina and Bail just walked hand in hand with no worry in the world. There were times she swears he was going to kiss her like the day they were on the beach. Padme had insisted Katalina wear a bikini. Katalina hadn’t thought about what kind of bathing suit to wear so she agreed, but even with her well toned body she was very self conscience. As a Jedi she was used to being covered up all the time, but Padme said the look on Bail’s face would well be worth any uncomfortable feelings she might have. Padme had been right.

            When she pulled the white buttoned up shirt, she had borrowed from Bail, off, his face was priceless. She watched his brown eyes move down her body. He was admiring the black halter top bathing suit top was held together between the breasts with a ring. His eyes moved to her tone stomach, thanks to her Jedi training, down to her long legs. Her feet were covered in white flip flops. When he finally looked back at her face, she was blushing again. She smiled at him, as she made her way to the water. He followed after pulling off her shirt. This time it was her turn to stare. His shoulders were broad, but his chest was lean and muscular and tan, very tan, she had seen a man without a shirt on before, but none had gotten a reaction out her, not like this. He smiled at her as he watched as she openly admired his body.

            As they played in the water she felt strange, her body started making demands and she wanted to touch him. She found herself jumping on his back to dunk him just so she could find out what his skin felt like underneath her hands. His skin was amazingly smooth, his hands not so much. For a politician his hands were rather rough, as she found out when he grabbed her around the waist to through her into the water. She laughed as she surfaced pushing her hair back away from her face. She hadn’t laughed and had fun like that since she was a kid. As they were playing in the water, he had pulled her against him, in which she responded by wrapping her legs around his waist. They were still in the water so no one saw how he was holding her or where her legs were. He had placed his hand against her face and was leaning in to kiss her when they got hit with a giant blast of water.         

            She had gone flying back sputtering water as she resurfaced. She looked around to see Anakin and Padme laughing hysterically. Anakin was holding Padme on his shoulders. They wanted to play, so with help from Bail she climbed up on top his shoulders. Her face went red again as his hands went to her thighs to keep her from falling off. After that day, things were a little awkward between the two of them. She knew she was in love with him and she had a feeling he might be in love with her, which was very bad. Well, not the feeling of being in love, but she hoped that this didn’t cloud her judgment. Anakin had told her that if she was cautious and aware then things would be fine, her loving Bail would not interfere with her job to protect him. Her biggest fear was, how would Bail react when he finds out that she was a Jedi and that she was going to have to let him go? At that moment in time she didn’t think she could let him go. How could she when she was in love with him.

At the end of the two weeks she was so convinced that she was in love with him, she didn’t know what she was going to do. As they packed their belongings and got ready to go she couldn’t help but think, would life return to normal when they got back to Coroscant? She pulled on something plain. A long white dress with long sleeves, she wore her hair simple today, nothing held it back, nothing in it to keep it out of her face. She wore it down, today it was straight. She had pulled on her cloak and pulled the hood over her face. As they took the speeder back to the palace she couldn’t help but have a bad feeling. She excused herself from the Senator’s presence and went to sit with Anakin and Padme.