Chapter 16

“ So, what are you doing today, Padme?” Jayson sat down with his lunch tray.

“ I have to do some research in the Archives. I have to get it done before Obi-Wan gets back from wherever he went to on a mission.” Padme took a sip of her juice.

“ I thought you had to be in the Senate this afternoon?” Hilarey came up and sat down next to Jayson.

“ Yes, I do have to be there, but there is something that I need to find in the Archives first.” Padme felt a presence of a powerful Jedi. Looking up at the doorway, she saw Master Yoda coming into the dining hall.

“ Oh, so, I wonder what brings Master Yoda here?” Brehnt look up from his lunch and saw the Grand Master Jedi coming towards their table.

“ I do not know. Master Yoda.” Padme bowed her head, as Yoda stopped next her.

“ Young Padawans. Padme, could you please come with me?” Yoda nodded to the other Padawans that were sitting with Padme.

“ Yes, Master. I will see you guys later.” Padme nodded to Master Yoda, then stood up and nodded to the her friends, before following the Grand Master out of the dining hall.

Padme followed the Jedi Master to his quarters. She stood next to the doorway, as she watched the little green creature go over to his desk and pull open a drawer and grabbed a data chip.

“ I know that you will be seeing Senator Skywalker. I do know that you two have a secret . . . You do not have to worry about anything, because I will not let it happen, and Obi-Wan will protect your secret too. Need for you to give this to Anakin.” Yoda held out the data chip and also gave her a smile.

“ Um . . . ok . Glad to know that someone else knows, because it would be somewhat easier for me. I will make sure that he will get it but before I go to the Senate building, I have to do some research in the Archives.” Padme took the data chip and returned the smile to Yoda.

“ You do not have to do the research, because what you need to look for, is on the data chip. You will not find anything on what you are looking for, because there is no information anymore.” Yoda just nodded to the item that Padme was holding in her hand.

“ I see. Thank you, Master. Then, I will head over to the Senate building and give this to the Senator. Oh, Master Obi-Wan. Sorry, I did not see you.” Padme bowed her head to Yoda and turned around to leave the room, when she bumped into her Jedi Master.

“ It is ok. I just needed to give you this Master Yoda. You have a great week and I will see you, when I get back. Tell Anakin I said hello and I hope that he is feeling better.” Obi-Wan looked down at his Padawan learner and gave her smile.

“ Um . . . ok. You and Master Yoda have a safe mission and May the Force be with the both of you.” Padme realized that the two Masters were going on a mission together.

Both Obi-Wan and Yoda bowed their heads to Padme, just before she left the Grand Master’s quarters and headed up to the hanger bay that had the land vehicles in it.

“ Good afternoon, Padawan Padme. What can I get for you today?” the worker looked up from his data pad, when he saw Padme come into the hanger bay.

“ Good afternoon, Jay. I just wanted to know if you are finished with my speeder.” Padme looked at her speeder and saw that it was waiting to be moved back in the parking place.

“ I was just about to move it back in its space.” Jay looked over at the speeder too.

“ Ok. Well, you do not have to worry about doing that. I will take it now. You have a great day.” Padme nodded and went over to her speeder, got into it and then she headed off to the Senate Building.

Padme reached the Senate Building and she parked the speeder in the hanger bay. She got out of the speeder, went over to the turbo-lift and waited for it to show up. Five minutes later, Padme was walking into the office that belongs to the Senator of Naboo.

“ Hello, Padme. Senator Skywalker will see you in a few minutes. He is in a meeting at the moment and he should be out in about five minutes.” the Senator’s Aide looked up from the document that she was writing up for the Senator.

“ Thank you, Malrie.” Padme went over to the couch and sat down.

The older woman nodded to the younger woman and got back to work on the document. Five minutes later, the door to the Senate office opened up and four other Senators came out of the room, followed by Anakin.

“ Padawan Padme. It is so nice to see you again. I thought the other Padawans would be here today.” Senator Organa came put Padme and shook her hand.

“ Senator Organa. It is nice to see you again too. They should be here in a couple of minutes. I just happened to get here before them is all, because I have to give something to the Senator here.” Padme looked past the older Senator and saw Anakin standing slightly behind the older man and standing next to his office Aide’s desk.

The other Senators left the office and Anakin motioned for Padme to follow him into his office and he closed the door behind them.

“ It is so great to see you. I have missed you so much.” Anakin pulled Padme into his arms and began kissing her.

“ It is great to see you too. I also miss you so very much. Um . . . Anakin, why do I get a feeling that Master Yoda and Obi-Wan knows what has happened with us?” Padme pulled back some, so that way, she can look him in the eyes.

“ You are right. They do know about us being married and Master Yoda has told me to keep our secret, ok? I also get this feeling that you are here for another reason?” Anakin let go of Padme and went over to his desk and sat down in the chair.

“ Wow. You have not told me about this. Well, anyway, the reason why I'm here is, Master Yoda wanted me to give you this data chip. It was the information that you wanted.” Padme put her hand into her utility belt and pulled out the data chip and held it out to Anakin.

“ Sorry, I thought they would have told you. Oh, good. Thank you. I need it for a mission that I am planning on next month.” Anakin took the chip from Padme and put it in his pocket.

“ It is ok. Well, I believe that we are needed to head for the Senate chamber.” Padme smiled at him, as he got up from the chair and headed for the door.

They left the office and went to the Senate Chamber, where Padme saw her friends with the Senators that they are assigned to follow. Six hours later, both Padme and Anakin were starting to drift off to sleep, in each other’s arms, after a very long day in the Senate. Padme did get permission from both Obi-Wan and Yoda to stay with Anakin for the two weeks that she is off from any mission. So, wrapping her arms around Anakin, Padme fell sound asleep.