Padme walked around the garden and looked at the beautiful teacup flowers that were planted around the small water fountain.
" Padme, I'm so glad that you are here." Jobal said as she came over to Padme's side.
" Thanks, Mom. It's good to be here. The flowers look so beautiful." Padme said, as Jobal led them over to the small table and chairs.
" Thank you, but it's your father, who you should be telling about the flowers. He was the one who planted them." Jobal said, as she poured them some tea.
" Ok, I will tell him. I didn't know that he was into gardening?" Padme said, as she put two cubes of sugar into the cup, before adding the cream.
" He just started gardening. It gives him something to do on the weekends. So, when do you leave for Coruscant?" Jobal asked, as she took a sip of her tea.
" I leave first thing in the morning. I just wish that I had a little more time." Padme said, taking a sip of her tea.
" That's so soon and you would think that the Queen would have given you a little more time." Jobal said, sounding a little upset, because of Padme's choice in joining the Galactic Senate.
" I know but she wanted me there, because there is a bill that will be voted on at the beginning of next week. She wanted me to go over the notes Senator Vancil had and we needed someone from our region there for the vote." Padme said, as a couple of birds landed at the birdbath.
" I see. It's sad that Horace passed away. He was good friend." Jobal said, as the gate open up and Ruwee walked into the garden.
" There is my young Senator, and my always beautiful wife." Ruwee said as came up to them.
" Hey, daddy." Padme said, as Ruwee came up to her and giving her kiss on the cheek.
" I see. It's nice for the Queen to trust that you will do a great job in Senator Vancil's place." Ruwee said as he took his seat between his wife and daughter at the small table under the tree.
" Yes, she trust me more than she does the Chancellor. I can't believe they let him stay in office long after his term was over." Padme said, taking a finger sandwich.
" I really can't believe they would do that too. You know, I always thought there was something evil about that man." Ruwee said, taking a sip of his tea, before grabbing another finger sandwich.
" I do believe there is something evil about him too, but I just wish I knew for certain, that I am right about him." Padme said, taking a bite of her small sandwich.
" You think the Jedi could help in trying to find out if there was something evil about the Chancellor?" Jobal said, looking at her daughter.
" I don't think that they can help with something like this, but it doesn't hurt to ask them. Maybe, I can ask the Grand Master Jedi Yoda and see if there is something he do or even feel." Padme said, as there was the sound of the gate opening up and someone walking through the gate.
" Hello, Jobal, Ruwee anyone home?" a female voice called out.
" Over here in the garden, Dorothea." Jobal called out to her neighbor.
" Oh, hello. I didn't ... Oh my, Milady." Dorothea said, as she came over to the small family that was sitting under the tree.
" Um ... hello and please don't call me that." Padme said, as she looked up to the older lady that came up to them.
" Um ... ok. It's hard to believe that I'm standing in front of our former Queen. You know, I would have voted to keep you in office. You have done a wonderful job for us. I heard that you are stepping in late Senator Vancil's seat in the Galactic Senate" Dorothea said.
" Yes, I'm going to be sitting in his place until the election that will be taking place in a couple of months." Padme said, before taking a sip of her tea.
" Well, if you do run, you can count on my vote. Oh, the reason why I'm here, is to invite you all to my granddaughter's 19th birthday party and dinner tomorrow night. I know it's short notice, but she just finally let me know what she wanted. The party is for her friends and the dinner is for family and couple of friends and neighbors." the elder lady said.
" We would love to be there and that's understandable." Jobal said looking over to her husband, who just nodded his approval.
" That's so great! I will let her know that you all going to be there." Dorothea said.
" Well, they are going to be there but I'm not able to be there. I will be leaving in the morning for Coruscant." Padme said, as she reached for a cream puff.
" I see. Well, good luck in the senate and I hope that you have a safe trip to Coruscant then. Well, I need to get going and make a dinner menu for tomorrow night." the elder lady said, before leaving the Naberries to finish up with their lunch.
" You know, I'm glad that I am not going. Her granddaughter is such a spoiled little brat. Well, I believe I better start looking over some data chips that the Queen wanted me to look over, so I'll see you for dinner." Padme said, getting up from the small table.
" Ok. sweetie. We let you do your work. I'll going to figure out what's for dinner. Love you, sweetie." Jobal said ,as Padme came over to her and giving her a kiss.
" I need to replant some flowers in the back yard." Ruwee said, as Padme came over to him and giving him a kiss too.
Padme went into the house and went upstairs to her room. Walking into the room, she shut the door, went over to her desk, and sat down.
Picking up her data pad, she put in the first data chip and began reading what was on it.
Five hours later, Padme just finished up with the last data chip that she wanted to read for the day. She put the thirty other chips that she needed to read into the small bag, and the ones that she want to learn a little bit more about into another bag,before putting the two bags into a box, along with the other chips that really didn't need to be addressed at the moment. Getting up, she went over to her bags and put the box into the smaller bag. She went over to her vanity desk, grabbed her brush, and began brushing her hair. Padme had just finished brushing her hair, when the doorbell rang out.
She just stood there, so that way, she could just listen to who just showed up.
Then, she heard her older sister's voice coming from the living room.
Leaving her room, she came down the stairs and just walked into the living room, before she had two little girls in her arms.
" Aunt Padme, you having dinner with us?" Ryoo asked, looking up with big huge brown eyes.
" Yes, sweetie, I'm staying for dinner with you guys. You guys are going to with Grandma, Grandpa and I when they take me to the air transport in the morning." Padme said giving her two nieces hugs.
" You're leaving? I thought you would be staying with us longer Aunt Padme." Pooja asked ,looking up at her Aunt with sad eyes.
" I'm sorry to say that I have some work to do, so that's why I have to leave for Coruscant." Padme said.
" Ok. You two get clean up before we sit down at the table. Hey, sis and how are you doing today?" Sola said, coming up to her sister and telling her daughters to get cleaned up.
" Yes, mother." the girls said together, letting go of their Aunt, before running up the stairs to the refresher.
" I really hate that I can't spend more time with them, but my duty is calling and I have to get to Coruscant before the next bill is voted in by the senate." Padme said, as her mother came out of the kitchen.
" Well everyone, dinner is ready, so please get to the table, before the food gets cold." Jobal said, as the two children came running back down the stairs.
The family went into the dining room, where everyone took their places at the table.
While they ate their dinner, they talked about what they had planned for the weekend. After dinner, they went into the living room to play some family games.
Three hours later, Sola and her husband and kids were saying good-bye and Padme said goodnight to her parents and went straight to bed.