Unsinkable Love

Chapter 2: First Encounter

"This is life!" Anakin exclaimed as he and Obi Wan lounged on the deck. "Sure is" Obi Wan responded, although he was more concentrated on finishing a sketch of a father and daughter that were beside him.

"You speak the truth, lad" A young man of about Anakin's age said. "This is the life". He offered his hand to both Anakin and Obi Wan, and they shook it.

" The name's Thomas Müller" he said. "I'm Anakin Skywalker and he's Obi Wan Kenobi" Anakin said. "It's nice to meet ya" Thomas said.

As he and Anakin began talking as if they were old friends, Obi Wan looked up onto the balcony and saw the most beautiful woman he had ever laid his eyes on.

She turned and saw him, smirked, and turned back around. Obi Wan couldn't keep his eyes off her.

"Hello? Earth to Obi Wan!" Anakin said, waving his hand in front of Obi Wan's face. "Hmm? Oh, uh..." Anakin started laughing.

"What do we have here? A lovestruck lover bird?" He asked. Obi Wan shook his head "I..." Thomas cut him short.

"I'm sorry to break it to ye, but you have no chance" he said. "If ye didn't know, that lassie up there is none other than Satine Kryze, the daughter of the late Simon Kryze". Anakin shook his head.

"If that's true, then you know you have no chance Obi Wan..." His voice trailed up as he looked up to where Obi Wan was looking and saw that another girl had joined her.

"Who is that?" He asked Thomas. Thomas followed his gaze and saw that Anakin was staring at the girl beside Satine.

Thomas laughed. "Well, I have to say that ye have no chance either. That's Padmé Amidala. The stepdaughter of Count Dooku. And I must say, they're both rich and..."

He was cut short as he, Anakin, and Obi Wan saw two men speak to the ladies, and the ladies leaving angrily. The men shook their heads and laughed as they began talking to one another.

"They're engaged" Thomas finished. Obi Wan and Anakin shook their heads. "Engaged to them?" Anakin asked, motioning to the two men on the deck.

Thomas nodded. "Pre Vizsla and Jango Fett" he said. "Well, they're engaged to pieces of crap" Obi Wan said. Anakin laughed. "Yep, I think so" he said. "Oh, brother" Thomas said, rolling his eyes. He knew that for the next few hours all he would hear about were those two girls, but he smiled. Well, this trip won't be so uneventful after all! he thought.
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"Can you believe they told us that?" Padmé asked Satine. Satine shook her head. "Just because we're women doesn't mean that we don't have feeling and rights too" she answered.

"Oh, well" Padmé said. "Men" Satine said as she sighed. "Talking about men, that man staring at you was handsome, and you think so too" Padmé said.

Satine spun around "Padmé...." She began. "You know it's true, Satine" Padmé insisted. Satine smiled "Yes, I believe so" she said. Then she frowned.

"But, I'm engaged, I shouldn't be thinking like this" she said. Padmé rolled her eyes "Yes, we're engaged to men we don't even know or love, so what's the point? And besides, we're only going to be on the Titanic for a week, what's the harm of having fun?" Padmé said.

"The harm is my mother" Satine answered. "She doesn't want me to mess this arranged marriage up, and she's being more of a prick than usual" she said.

"Oh, Satine..." Padmé said, shaking her head.

"What? It's true!" She responded .

"But you're a grown woman! You can make your own decisions now. If you want to go after him, then go for it! It doesn't matter, because once we get to America, we're still going to have to get married" Padmé said.