In•hale

Infractions Resulted From Distractions

Obi-Wan's POV

My Padawan didn't need to know about this.

"Anakin, stay here until Chalset and I return. I don't want to find you roaming the halls, it's far too easy to get lost."

"Yes, Master."

If he would still be my Padawan for long. This was a major infraction, and if my luck was rotten, Bruck would have over exaggerated everything. He'd only seen our lips touch nothing more. Or perhaps he didn't see anything at all. I'd find out his word soon enough.

Chal and I had spent an extra thirty minutes in the room in the wall kissing and just being ourselves, no worries about any sort of rules we were breaking. I had asked her or just that one time to show our feelings, but in those short few minutes being with her in a romantic way had become quite addicting. It wouldn't be long before I wished for another 'Just this once'.

Anakin asked, "Where are you going?"

"A Council meeting, they just called us down there." I said.

Anakin looked at me disbelievingly just as Chal came out of her room dressed in her Jedi robes. Bed clothes would never have been appropriate. "Another one?" Anakin wondered incredulously. "We must have been to fifty of them."

I chuckled softly to myself. I'll admit I was beginning to warm up to him, but then again I guess I'd have to. "You, my young Padawan have only been to one, but that doesn't matter. Are you ready Chal?"

"Oh yeah. Ready as I'll ever be." she said, slipping past me and out into the hallway. I shut the door behind us and we quietly walked down the hall. Silence seemed appropriate but strained. Did she want to say something? Did I want to say something? I shook my head just as we entered the turbolift to get to the floor the Council room was on.

Chalset stared out the glass window at the city and it was nighttime. The sparkling of the city reflected onto her eyes and there was a look of finality in them as if she believed that she would never see Coruscant form this position again.

"Chal?" I asked. She turned to look at me, her face calm. "We're not going to be kicked out, I promise." I sort of just knew it to be true. I could never see us having to leave. "All we have to say is we're sorry and I'm sure--"

She cut me off, turning back to look outside. "But then I'd be lying, Obi. I'm not sorry for what I did. I have zero regrets, but I don't see how the Masters would understand that. I don't see any of them having been in a situation like ours."

I was completely taken aback. She wasn't going to apologize? She wasn't embarrassed at all to have been caught with me? I smiled despite myself, her words warming my heart. She caught my smile out of the corner of her eyes and turned back to me, a grin spread across her face. "Did I make you feel some kind of way, Master?"

I kept my smile just as the turbolift doors opened. "You always do, Padawan."

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"Jedi Kenobi, Padawan Carrelian, welcome are you." said Master Yoda.

Three Masters were there including Chalset's and he did not look happy. Chalset however held her head high as she and I made our way to the middle of the room to stand next to Bruck who looked as smug as ever.

My palms began to sweat. This was the second time in a few days that I'd broken the rules which was way out of character for me. I felt queasy. "Thank you Masters." I replied.

Ki-Adi looked at me, an inquiring expression on his face. "Padawan Chun has made very strong accusations against the two of you. He claims to have witnessed you two having....intercourse."