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Date Posted: 20:56:30 07/02/02 Tue
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's message, "underneath the arguements" on 21:58:05 06/30/02 Sun
They were eating breakfast somewhat civilly until Anakin decided to mumble what he was thinking. Too bad for Anakin, Padme had sharp hearing.
“What did you just say?”
“Well, if you heard me, which I doubt you did you would know.”
“I will not repeat myself. You will tell me amediately what you were saying,” said Padme.
“Oh, God. I will not take to being ordered by you. But for the sake of interest I said that I hope Obi-wan finds your kidnapper because you are the most annoying person I know,” said Anakin frankly.
“And try to compare with you,” asked Padme.
“No, you are the most annoying person. Lets leave it there.”
“No!”
“Okay, I have a way to stop us from arguing,” said Anakin.
“This had better be good,” replied Padme.
“Okay, everytime you argue with me I am going to kiss you.”
Padme felt her mouth drop open.
“You wouldn’t dare. What would stop me from telling the Jedi counsel?”
“Well, that’s just it. I won’t kiss you unless you argue with me. And if you argue with me that means that you really want me to kiss you,” said Anakin.
“Oh, I’d want you to kiss me when my hair turns gray,” said Padme sarcastically before getting up.
**************
They were having a picnic. It was Padme’s idea. Anakin had thought it weird that she would insinuate any kind of contact whatsoever. But who was he to argue with the lady?
Padme had stated that if they were going to be together they should at least try to be friends.
“Who’s gonna make them? You?”
“Ofcourse not me, but someone.”
“Someone?”
“Someone.”
“You’re making fun of me,” said Padme as a grin came on her face.
Anakin’s face remained placid for a couple seconds.
“Mm, no. I’d be much to frightened to tease a senator.”
Padme laughed at this.
“I wonder if Bail knows that I am gone.”
“Well, I know for a fact that Cassandra knows I am gone.”
“Cassandra?”
“Oh, my girlfriend. When we get home I plan to ask her to marry me,” said Anakin.
“Oh.”
Anakin laughed at this.
“You almost sound dissapointed.”
“No, I don’t really care.”
“Well, once you did, a lot if my memory serves me correctly.”
Anakin’s mind went back to their first meeting. (In this story they are the same age. I changed it a little bit)
Anakin: Are you an angel?
Padme: What?
Anakin: An angel, the deep space pilots talk about them. They are the most beautiful creatures.
Padme: You think I’m beautiful?
Anakin: No, I know.
Anakin had walked over to her and cupped her face in his hands.
Padme: What are you doing.
Anakin: I’m kissing you.
Before Padme could stop him he was kissing her. It wasn’t as if she had just kissed people out of the blue. And really, before Padme could stop herself she was kissing him back.
*******
“I remember I wanted to be with you forever,” said Anakin.
Padme was now feeling very uncomfortable.
“Well, that doesn’t really matter now does it,” asked Padme as she stood up.
“No, it doesn’t. I suppose it never really did,” said Anakin as he walked four paces for her every one.
Padme finally caught up with him.
“Anakin, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing, nothing in the least bit is wrong! What made you think something was wrong.”
“Well, gee, you just kind of ran off.”
“Let’s go back.”
“Yeah, when you’re in a bad mood I really don’t want to be around you anyways,” said Padme.
CHAPTER THREE
Padme sighed. It was dinnertime and they were hardly talking. Anakin felt as if it was mostly his fault but he’d kill himself before admitting it out loud.
Padme glared at him when he wasn’t looking. Who the hell did he think he was? How dare he treat her with such disrespect?
Anakin felt her glare.
“Is something wrong your highness,” he asked in a mocking voice.
Padme was angry now.
“How dare you be so rude to me in my own home?”
“God, here we go again.”
“Don’t speak to me like that! Answer my question at once!”
“I’m not hungry. Good night Amidala.”
He gave a low bow as an act of sarcasm.
As he left he heard Padme yelling at him.
*********
Anakin answered the knock the first time and saw one of Padme’s handmaidens looking at him.
“Good evening Sir.”
“Good evening.”
“I have a message from my mistress.”
She watched Anakin with amusement. She had watched Anakin and Amidala argue for days. She could see the true passion and love underneath the arguments.
“God, what have I done now?”
“She requires you to come back to dinner.”
“Well, tell her I deny her request.”
“Oh yes. She told me you might have this reaction.”
“Did she?”
“She told me that you are to regard this as a command.”
“Oh, boy. She is seriously going to be the death of me,” muttered Anakin as he followed Rabe back out to the dining room.
Padme slowly lifted her eyes towards Anakin’s. Rabe. You may leave.”
“Yes milady.”
Rabe left the room in order to avoid the ‘happy couple.’
“You always love to embarrass me in front of my people,” said Padme hautily.
“Yes Padme. It’s my main goal in life,” said Anakin sarcastically.
“This is all your fault!”
“My fault? What have I done now,” asked Anakin angrily.
“What have you done now? You embaressed me!”
“Did you honestly think I was just going to stand there and be treated that way by you?”
“You deserved it!”
“I deserved it?!”
“No, you didn’t deserve it. You deserved worse!”
“I am so sorry I hurt your pride now could you please shut up before I kill myself!”
“I will not be ordered around in my own home. You will hold your tongue!”
“Excuse me?”
“You heard me Anakin.”
“I will not be ordered around by you!”
“Oh God, you are acting like a child!”
“I am not! You are the one who needs to grow up! The world doesn’t revolve around you!!!!!!! There are more respectable and less spoiled- people than you! You don’t care about anyone but yourself. You are cold hearted as you are selfish!”
Anakin watched her face and knew he had gone to far this time.
“I- I’m sorry Padme. I didn’t mean it that way.”
“Don’t bother Anakin. Don’t lie to me. We both know perfectly well that you meant every word of it. Don’t deny it. That’s you. You always say what you think. Hell, it was one of the reasons I used to love you. I understand perfectly well,” she said before getting up.
Anakin knew he had hurt her deeper than she was willing to admit. Not only had he hurt her pride but also he had hurt her heart. He knew what that was like. He wouldn’t even wish it on the person who had done it to him, her.
**********
The next morning she came out. She had a proper smile on her face. This surprised Anakin. He had expected her to lash out at him, hit him, or worse declare galaxy war three on him.
“Good morning Master Skywalker. I trust you slept well.”
What in hell?
“Padme are you okay? I am really sorry about last night.”
“I’m unsure as to what you mean.”
Anakin tried his best to controle his anger. Fine, she wanted to play this game. Fine. There was no way in hell he was going to play along.
“Stop it right this minute!”
Padme faced the window and fought the tears that were trying to escape.
“Padme, would you at least look at me?”
She finally looked at him.
“What?”
“You’re not made out of steal. You have feelings. I was mad and wasn’t thinking. Please don’t hold in the tears. I know you want to release them. Go ahead. I’m not going to laugh or use it against you later at another point in time. You need to let it all out.”
“Well, you lost that privalige when you broke up with me!”
“I didn’t break up with you! You said we couldn’t be together because your job was more important than me.”
“It was!”
“It was?”
“It is!”
“Hmm, Padme. Stop stuttering me. I’m beginning to think you don’t hate me as much as you say.”
“But I do hate you, with a passion like none other.”
“Then you must satisfy it.”
“Oh I will! But now I am famished.”
TBC
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