" And over to the right, the building with the five tall spirals, is the Jedi Temple. The round building that is in front of us, is the Senate building." Dorme said, as she pointed to two of the buildings of the city. <,p> " Really, I wonder if he is there?" Padme whispered to herself.
" Um ... you wonder who is where?" Dorme said, as she looked over to Padme.
" Nothing ... I had a friend and that's all I'm going to say." Padme said, as she began to think of the one person that haunts her dreams at night.
" Ok. Well, here we are; the Senate building. I will take you to your office first and then, I'll show you where the Senate box is at. I also have your schedule, as to when the Senate will meet and it will be at the end of the week." Dorme said, as the air shuttle landed on the landing platform.
" Ok, that sounds great. Um ... will the aide be here do you know? Because if they are, you think I can stay here and have the aide bring me up to date on everything?" Padme asked, as a Senate guard came up to them and helped them out of the Shuttle.
" Thank you. I'm sure that the aide is here and I'm sure that they well help you get updated." Dorme said, as they came into the security area.
" Good afternoon, ladies. I need to see ID, please. Visitors have one more hour, before we close up for the day, but the Senators will still be here working on whatever they do here." the security guard said.
" Ok, but this is the new Senator of Naboo. I'm her personal assistant and bodyguard." Dorme said, as she handed the guy both her and Padme's IDs.
" Oh, hello, ma'am. I heard that there was going to be a new Senator coming to take the late Senator of Naboo's place, but we didn't know when you were going to be here. Welcome to Coruscant and to the Senate building." the guard said, as he nodded his head to both Padme and Dorme, before handing Dorme the ID back again.
" Thank you ... Um ... sorry, I didn't get your name?" Padme said, as she smiled at the guy.
" Oh, sorry. Rondal , Lieutenant Rondal." he said, shaking Padme's hand.
" Hello, Rondal and it's very nice to meet you. I'm Amidala and this is Dorme." Padme introduce herself and Dorme to the guard.
" It's nice to meet you too, Ms. Amidala and Ms. Dorme. I hope that you both have a great day. Here is your badges." Rondal said, handing them their name badges. Padme and Dorme took their badges and headed to the turbo-lifts.They took one of the turbo=lifts the second floor, to where all the Senators offices are located. Getting onto the lift, Dorme hits the button that will take them to the level that Padme's office is located at.
" I can't believe how quiet everything is around here" Padme said, as the lift stopped and the doors opened up.
" Yeah, you would think we would have seen a few people around here. You know, coming and going, but we haven't seen anyone." Dorme said, as they stepped off the lift and headed down the hallway, which was empty.
" True. Um ... everyone has the week off. That's why there isn't anyone here. I don't even think the aide will be here." Padme said, just as a protocol droid came out of an office.
" Well, it seems that there are people here, if their droids are roaming the hallways. Ok, here we are." Dorme said, as they came out of the office door.
Dorme opened the door and they stepped into the office, and was surprised to see a young man sitting behind the desk.
" Um ... good afternoon, ladies. I'm sorry, but the office is closed and will not reopen until the new Senator comes." the young man said, looking up from the data screen that he was reading.
" Good afternoon. We know that the office is closed, and well, the new Senator is here. I'm Senator Amidala of Naboo." Padme said, coming up to the desk and looking down at the young man.
" Oh, Milady. I'm sorry ... I ... didn't know ... I wasn't informed that you would be coming here today. They told me that you would be here sometime this week." the young guy said, standing up very quickly.
" That's ok. This is Dorme. She will be here with me. She is my bodyguard and personal associate. What is your name?" Padme asked.
" Hello, it's nice to meet you too, Ms. Dorme. Oh, sorry. My name is Reginauld." the young man said, as he held out his hand for both ladies.
" Thank you, Reginauld. It's nice to meet you too. Why are you here working, while everyone is off this week?" Padme asked.
" I am getting things together for you, so that way, I can help to get you caught up with everything that is going on in the Senate. I'm still working on a few things." Reginauld said, as he sat back down in his chair.
" I see. Um... why don't you finish this one thing you are doing now and then take the rest of the day off. We can start going over things tomorrow. How does that sound for you? I thank you for all the hard work that you have put in, but it doesn't seem right that everyone is off and here you are working to death." Padme said, giving Reginauld a warm smile.
" Thank you, Milady. I'm almost done with this report and after this, I will take off for the rest of the day, then." Reginauld said.
" You're welcome, Please, when we are alone like this, please call me Padme. That's my real first name." Padme said.
" Yes, ma'am. Padme, it is. If you like, you can go see your office. Here is the keys." Reginauld said, pulling out a drawer and taking a set of keys out.
" Thank you. Well, I'll let you get back to your work then. We are only going to be here for a few more minute,s before heading out for dinner." Padme said.
" Ok. What time do you want to meet here tomorrow? Anytime is fine with me." Reginauld said.
" Does nine sound good to you?" Padme said. >p> " Yes,that sound fine with me." Reginauld nodded his head.
Both Padme and Dorme nodded their heads and headed for the office. Padme unlocked the door and they walked into the room. Padme looked around the room and she could tell that it was a male's room. She knew that she will have to do some redecorating. Padme did see a couple of paintings of Naboo's country sides.
" Well, it seems that we have to do some decorating in here." Dorme said, as she looked around the room.
" Yes, we do. Well, I have seen enough, so lets go and find some place to eat. I would like to soak in the tub, before calling it a night." Padme said, as she turned and made her way out the door.
" Ok, that sounds good to me. Bye, Reginauld. We will see you tomorrow morning." Dorme said, as they walked to the main door.
All he did was nod his head, as he looked up for a couple of minutes from the screen. Padme and Dorme headed back down the hallway to the turbo-lifts and got on one. Like before, Dorme hit the button of the first level just before the doors closed. >[? " Reginauld seems like a very nice guy." Padme said, as she began to yawn.
" Yes, he does. You look very tired, Padme. Are you sure that you want to go out and get something to eat? I can fix us something and that way you can relax." Dorme said, looking over to her mistress.
" I'm fine. Just a little tired and yes, I want to go out, because I want to see some of the city, before calling it a night." Padme said, giving her best friend a smile.
Once they got the first level, they got off the lift, stopped at the security desk to let them know that they were leaving, and handed their badges over to the guard. Getting into the air shuttle, they headed over to a small diner that Dorme went to the other day.
" This place may look run down, but the sliders here are to die for, as is the spice cake." Dorme said, as they were slowing down and getting out of the early evening traffic.
" Ok. Anything sound good to me." Padme said, as the shuttle stopped in front of a diner.
The driver got out and helped the two ladies out of the shuttle and they walked towards the building.
" Welcome to Dex's. Just find yourself a seat and I'll be with you shortly." the human waitress called out, as Padme and Dorme stepped into the doorway.
Padme nodded and began walking towards a booth. Sitting down, they grabbed the two menus and began looking it over.
" I'm having the sliders. They are awesome and I hear the burgers are too." Dorme said, putting the menu down.
" That sounds great. I think I'll have that." Padme said, trying to figure out what she wanted to drink.
" The juices are good too." Dorme said.
" Ok, that sound good to me." Padme said, as the human waitress came up to the table.
They ordered their food and drinks and sat there for about an hour, just talking about things that they were planning on doing to the office by redecorating it. After dinner, they got up, left the diner, and headed back to the apartment, where Dorme drew Padme's bath water, before going to her room for the night. Two hours later, Padme climbed into the bed, closed her eyes and fell sound asleep.She began dreaming about the one person, who keeps haunting her dreams and she wondered if he thinks of her too.