It had been three days, since Anakin and Padme came back from a mission and it was after their debriefing, with the Council, that Anakin got a huge shock. After the Council members left the room, Master Windu told Anakin that the Council knew about him and Padme's relationship. He had to choose between his love for Padme or his Career as a Jedi Knight and if he didn't break off the relationship, then he would be expelled from the Jedi Order.
Anakin had been avoiding Padme for the past couple of days, because he was trying to think about what he was going to do. With Padme around him, the only thing that he could think about is taking her to bed and making love to her. Anakin could not fall asleep and he was waiting for lights out, so that way, he could act on what he decided to do. After laying there for twenty minutes, Anakin got up from his bed. Going over to the door, he picked up his bag and hit the code on the door pad and it slid open. Closing the door behind him, before heading down the hallway to the turbo-lifts, he got on the lift. Anakin hit the down button, then the lift started heading down to where the hanger bays were located. Anakin got off the lift, as it came to a stop in the hanger bay. He looked around to make sure that no one was around, before walking across the hanger bay to where his ship was sitting at.
Once on board the ship, Anakin sat down in the cockpit and sat there for a minute, looking around the hanger bay, then he started up the engines of his ship. The ship lifted off the ground and Anakin flew out of the hanger bay. As he got into the very late night traffic, he circled one time around the Temple.
" I'm sorry, Padme. Forgive me and I love you." Anakin whispered to himself, before head off towards space.
Once in space, he set the coordinates of where he was going into the Navi-computer. He hit the hyper-drive, to put the ship into hyperspace. After entering hyperspace, Anakin got up and headed for his sleeping quarters, laid down and tried to get some sleep, before getting to his destination.
Four hours later, Anakin woke up to a loud beeping sound and realized that it was the Navi-Computer, letting him know that he was coming up to the planet that he was going to be living on from now on. Getting up from the bed and heading for the cockpit, he sat down in the pilot chair and got ready to come out of hyperspace. The ship came out of hyperspace and looming in front of him, was the beautiful planet of Naboo.
" Naboo air control. Please state ID number, cargo and destination, please." the air controller asked, as the radio crackled on.
" This is 2248. No cargo. Um... the mountain village area." Anakin said, as he was trying to think of a place that Padme really could not find him.
" You are clear to land and welcome to Naboo." the air controller said, before the radio went silent.
"Well, here goes nothing." Anakin said to himself, before descending down towards the planet.
Before Anakin knew it, he was entering the atmosphere. He flew into the little traffic that Naboo had. He flew over the city of Theed and he saw the palace that he remembered seeing and meeting the Queen, who turned out to be Padme's twin sister, Amidala. Then, the next place he flew over was the lake country. He remembered Padme telling him that her family owned a house up here near the lake. The next area coming up was the valley area and looking ahead of him, his destination: the mountains. He found a small clearing, just outside a small village. He made sure that the ship was covered up good, so that no one would find it, before he could move it to the place that he was going to live in.
Walking into the town and looking around with his eyes first, he saw a repair shop that was looking for some help, so he walked towards the small shop.
" Good morning, So, how can I help you?" an older man asked, as he came out from the back room.
" Um... good morning. I noticed that you have a help wanted sign in your window, so am here for the job." Anakin pointed over to the sign in the window.
" Ok. Before I let you have the job, I have to see how well you know about fixing things. I told my customer that I would have this thing fixed by tomorrow, but for the life of me, I cannot figure what is wrong with it. There is a rattle in it, when I turn it on." the older man said, looking over a Caf-machine.
Anakin went over to the Caf-machine and plugged it up first, so that way, he could hear the sound that the guy was talking about, before he could fix it. Ten minutes later, Anakin had the machine back together and was cleaning it up. He picked up the plug, and plugged it into the wall.
" I hope it works." the older man said, as he watched Anakin plugged in the machine.
" Trust me, it will work." Anakin said, as he turned on the machine and it came on with a hum and no rattling.
" You did it! I can say that the job is yours. Can you start Monday? Am closed for the next two days." the older man said.
" Sure, that would be great. Um... what is your name?" Anakin asked, as he realized that he didn't know the man's name. " Oh, sorry. My name is Malcom and your name, son?" the older man said.
" Well, it is nice to meet you, Anakin. Yes, I know the person, who you can see about looking for a house. My oldest daughter is a realtor and she will know of a couple of places that are for sale. To eat, there is a cafe across the street. It is owned by my youngest daughter." Malcom said, as he nodded over to window.
" Ok. Thank you so much and I will see you Monday morning then." Anakin said, before leaving the shop.
Anakin crossed the street, went into the cafe and found a seat at the bar. He found a menu, and started looking it over and seeing what was good.
" Well, hello there. You are new around here. I'm Valaree. What can I get you to drink?" the young girl said, coming up to the counter in front of Anakin.
" Hello. Yeah, I just moved here today. Do you have Jawa Juice?" Anakin asked as he looked up from his menu and smiled at the girl that was standing in front of him.
" Well, welcome and if you have not found a place yet, my sister is a realtor, and her offices are next door. Hey, the help wanted sign is gone from daddy's shop." Valaree said, as she looked out the window and saw her father took the sign down.
" Um... yes ... I will be working there starting Monday. No, I do not have a place yet, but I will go see her after I eat something. By the way, what do you have that is really good?" Anakin asked.
" Well, everything is good, but lot of people have the Saak burgers and Fambaa Ribs." Valaree said, as she pointed out the dishes that had the two items that she mentioned.
" Ok. Well, I think I will take the Saak burger and Jawa Juice, please." Anakin put the menu back and gave Valaree a smile.
" Very good. Hey, Roseayn. This gentleman here is looking for a place." Valaree said, as her sister came into the building.
" Ok. Well, hello. You're new around here." Roseayn said, as she sat down next to Anakin.
" Yes, I just arrived today. Am Anakin and am the person Valaree is talking about." Anakin said, as he looked at the older girl sitting down next to him.
" Well, hello, Anakin. I have a couple of places that I can show you after lunch. Hey, Valaree, did you see that the sign in dad's shop is gone?" Roseayn said, as she looked up at her sister.
" Yea, I know and Anakin here will be working with daddy, starting Monday. I need to get his order and I will get your food too." Valaree said, turning away from the couple and headed for the kitchen.
" So, you are working for daddy? Well, am glad. He really cannot run that place alone ,since my uncle passed away a month ago. So, what kind of house are you looking for?" Roseayn asked, as Valaree came out with their drinks.
" Um... I would like something simple. Two to three sleeping areas, and a place to put a ship" Anakin said, as he took a sip of his Jawa Juice.
" Wow, you have a ship? You know, I think I have the perfect place for you. It is out of town, and near a very small lake, that is on the property. If you buy the house, you will buying the lake too." Roseayn said, as she took a sip of her drink.
" Really? Sure, I would like to see it." Anakin said, as a couple of people came into the building.
" Ok, we can do that. Hello, Neli. Let me guess, you have Geoffery watching the store?" Valaree said, as she came out with Anakin and Roseayn's lunch order.
" Yea, for an hour. Hey, Valaree. Um... hello. You're new here?" Neli said ,as she came over to the counter and sat down on Anakin's other side.
" Um... yea.I just arrived in town not very long ago. Am Anakin." he nodded his head towards Neli.
" Well, it is great to meet you, Anakin. I saw that your father does not have that help wanted sign up anymore." Neli said, as Valaree came over with her drink.
" That is because Anakin here will be working with daddy." Roseayn said, as she cut a piece of rib off the bone.
" Cool. Well, I hope that you like it here. I own the grocery store just down the street." Neli said, as Daevid came over to the small group at the counter.
" Hey, guys. Hello, am Daevid. I saw you come out of Malcom's shop earlier?" Daevid said, as he came up and sat down next to Neli.
" Am Anakin. Yea, I will be working for Malcom starting Monday." Anakin said.
" Well, welcome to our little town of Dee'ja Peak. Hope that you like it here." Daevid said, as he picked up his menu.
" Thank you and I believe I will. Well, am done here." Anakin said, as finished his last bite of his Saak burger.
" Would you like Shuura pie? Valaree bakes the best pies in town." Daevid said, as he smiled up at Valaree.
" Not at the moment, thanks. Maybe tonight, after dinner." Anakin said, as he finished his Jawa Juice.
" Ok. We serve dinner until seven." Valaree said, picking up Anakin's plate and glass.
" Ok. I will be here before then." Anakin said, getting out his small money pouch that had his money in it.
" It is ok. It is on the house for you today." Valaree said, with a smile.
" Oh ... thank you. Well, here you go." Anakin said, as he handed Valaree a gold credit coin.
" Oh my. Why, thank you, but I cannot take this much." Valaree said very speechles,s when she saw how much was etched in the credit.
" Please take it." Anakin said, as he reached over and curved Valaree's fingers back around the coin.
" Well, then, I guess we better get going to see about that place I told you about." Roseayn said.
" Ok. Oh Valaree, I will be buying everybody's lunch that is sitting right here. You guys have a great day and it was nice meeting all of you." Anakin said ,nodding his head to the people sitting with him at the counter.
" Thank You, Anakin." everyone at the counter said together.
Anakin and Roseayn left the cafe and went next door the realtor's office, so that way, Roseayn could get the keys to place. Walking to the back of the building, they got into the speeder and Roseayn sped off to the house outside of town.
Thirty minutes later, they arrived to the house. Getting out, Roseayn showed him around and Anakin fell in love with the place. Little did he know, that the place used to be owned by Padme's family, before they moved to Theed. Anakin paid Roseayn the credits for the house, and gave her little extra for herself.
" Um ... thank you, Anakin, but you really did not have to this." Roseayn said, as she looked at the extra money sitting in her hands.
" Please take it. Oh, do you know where I can find someone who could help decorate this place for me?" Anakin said, as he looked around the room and saw all the space that he had to fill up, not to mention the kitchen, master refresher and his master room.
" I also decorate houses too. If you like, we can go the furniture place and we can get a few things for the living room, refresher and kitchen." Roseayn said, as she looked around the room and was getting some ideas for the room.
" Ok, thanks. Nothing fancy." Anakin said, as they headed back into town.
" Ok, that is not a problem." Roseayn said.
Thirty five minutes later, Roseayn and Anakin were walking around the furniture store, looking at everything that was there. It was an hour later, and a cart full of his stuff showed up at his new place. It was two hours later, when everything was unloaded and moved into the house, just in time, as Roseayn showed up with Laurince, who is her and Valaree's younger brother.
Two hours later they had the house done the way Anakin wanted. He paid them very well, and then they left. Once he knew that they were gone, he went to go get his ship. After getting the ship and putting in the hanger bay, he got cleaned up, before getting into his new speeder and went to town and dinner.
Three hours later, Anakin walked into his bedroom, took off his clothes, before climbing into bed and falling into a peaceful sleep for the first time in a very long time.