Chapter 19

“ I see . . . .” was all Padme could say, as she just stood there, looking straight at Anakin. She could see what is in his heart and she saw love shining in it.

“ I know it all goes against the Jedi Order, but I cannot help the way I feel. I am not totally sure what you feel about me. I do not care, if you do not feel the way I do, but I just thought you should know how I feel.” Anakin began babbling, not really caring what Padme thought of him. He just knew that he had to get out what he felt about Padme.

“ Um . . . I see. I knew that you had feelings for me, Anakin. I do remember telling you that we should not have a relationship, because of what we do in our lives.” Padme looked at Anakin and she knew then, that she could not deny her true feelings for the person, who was sitting next her.

“ I know and I am trying so hard to forget about you, but I cannot. I love you so much and when I am away from you, my heart aches for you.” Anakin looked away and picked up his fork and began pushing the food around his plate.

“ I understand that feeling too . . . Um, because I too feel the same thing, Ani. Like you, I have tried to not think of you, but when I look out my windows, I see the Jedi Temple and then, I start thinking about you.” Padme also looked away, picked up her fork too, and began pushing her food around her plate.

“ What should we do?” Anakin stopped moving his food around and turned to face Padme.

“ I do not know what we should do. For now, let us just use the time we have together and maybe, when we have to go back to Coruscant, we will have a solution.” Padme looked at Anakin and gave him a smile.

“ Ok, that sounds good to me. So, what do you want to do today? Man, that was close.” Anakin also smiled and jumped a little bit, when a clap of thunder hit just above the house and then lightening hit right on the water.

“ Well, there really is not much we can do today but stay in. I am going to try and go in town to do a little bit of shopping. If you want, we can go to one of the small restaurants and have either lunch or dinner” Padme jabbed a sausage with her fork and cut it into pieces, before putting a couple of pieces into her mouth.

“ Ok. That sounds great. We could do that, and hopefully the thunderstorm will be over. I really do not mind the rain, but the thunder and lightning, that is totally different.” Anakin put one end of his sausage into his mouth and bit into it.

“ Ok, then. We will wait until the storm blows over. Until then, let us enjoy our breakfast.” Padme just gave a small nod, as she began eating her breakfast.

Three hours later, the thunderstorm passed over. It was still raining, but that did not stop Padme and Anakin, as they walked slowly down the sidewalk, looking into the windows and looking at the items that was in the windows. There was a small antiques shop that they went into. They walked around the small shop and Padme saw a few things that she liked, but at the moment, she did not need. So, she did not get the items, and around lunch time, they both headed further down the sidewalk, until they came to a small restaurant.

“ Ah, Padme. It is good to see you again. Oh, and who is your friend here?.” A older lady came up to the couple and gave Padme a hug.

“ Hey, Mrs. Humbley. It is good to see you too. This is my friend, Anakin Skywalker. Anakin, this is a good friend of the family, Mrs. Humbley.” Padme introduced the two people.

“ It is nice to meet you, Anakin. Please have a seat. What can I get you guys to drink?” the older lady came over to Anakin and also gave him a hug, before motioning for the young couple to have a seat at one of the tables.

“ It is nice to meet you too, Mrs. Humbley.” Anakin gave the woman one of his flirty smiles.

,The older woman just gave him a smile before going back to the counter and getting the silverware and two menus, before going over to the table that the young couple sat down at. Two hours later, they had just gotten inside the house, just as it started to pour down, as another thunderstorm started up.

After the movie, Padme said good night to Anakin and headed off to bed. Once Padme was in her room, Anakin also retired to his room. After two hours of tossing and turning, Padme went to Anakin’s room and she learned that he could not sleep as well.

“ Um . . . sorry to come to you at this time of night, but I could not sleep.” Padme stood at the doorway of Anakin’s bedroom.

“ It is ok. I too could not sleep. You are welcome to come in.” Anakin held the door open wider, and Padme walked into the room.

To Anakin’s surprise, and even before he could close the door, Padme was his arms, and she was pushing him towards his bed. Before he knew, they were in bed, making love to each other.

An hour later, they both began to fall asleep in each other’s arms, as the thunderstorm raged all around them, just like the love they had for each other, raging in their hearts.