Chapter 16

Padme went into her bedroom, gathered up her night gown and robe and went back into her refresher. Once she was back in the refresher, she hung up her night gown and robe on the back of the door. Then, she walked over to the small package that was sitting on the counter.

“ Mmm, I wonder what Sola sent me this time.” but Padme got a bigger surprise, when she opened up the box and found out it was from her mother.

‘ Dear Paddy,
I hope these will help you relax after a very long day in the Senate.
Love you,
Mom’

The small message cube read.

“ That was sweet of her. Oh, cool. I can use these now.” Padme said to herself, as she opened the box and saw twelve small bottles of bath oils.

Going through the twelve bottles, Padme finally picked up one that smells like the flowers that grew around her family’s estate, in the mountain country. Taking the small bottle, Padme went over to the tub and opened the bottle. She started pouring a small amount of oil into the water. Once she finished with the oil, she put the top back onto the bottle and went back to the small box and put the bottle back into the box. Taking off the light dress that she had put on shortly after dinner, she went back over to the tub and climbed into the hot water.

“ Oh, yeah. This feels so great.” Padme moaned, as she slid further down into the water, until she was laying down and the water was touching her chin.

She closed her eyes and let her body relax. Once she got really relaxed, then her mind began to drift to the very tall and handsome young man and Padawan, who was sitting in her living room with Master Kenobi. The thing that drew her attention to him, was his striking blue eyes. It was those same eyes that she first noticed, nineteen years ago on that desert planet. Then, her mind began to wonder what his body was like underneath his Jedi robes. All she wanted to do was run her hands down his body.

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Anakin was sitting on the couch, while Obi-Wan and Captain Typho were discussing the security. He felt some of the thoughts that Padme was having, and he felt himself begin to get hard, so he tried to move around, so he could get comfortable.

“ Are you ok, Anakin?” Obi-Wan turned his attention to the young man, who was moving around on the couch and had a very uncomfortable look on his face.

“ Um . . . yeah, am fine. I think I will go and check the area outside.” Anakin got up and headed out on the balcony.

“ Are you sure that he can keep his mind on what is needed and not distract the Senator from her job?” Captain Typho watched the young Jedi walk around the balcony, looking at a few spots that someone could use to get into the apartment.

“ Yes, he will do what he is told to do. He will not get in the Senator’s way. You were going to show me to areas that you have your security people on?” Obi-Wan watched Anakin lean over the railing and saw him look around, before standing back up and coming back inside the apartment.

“ Everything checks out here. Now, I am going to look around the apartment, before I start my meditation.” Anakin looked over to Obi-Wan and began looking around the windows.

“ Ok. I am going with the Captain to see how things are going, with the security details on the other floors.” Obi-Wan followed Captain Typho to the doors.

Anakin just nodded and went to the other windows. He began looking around them to make sure that they were all secure. After going around the room, Anakin went into the small security office and turned on all the cameras, before making one more pass through the apartment to make sure everything was fine. Then, he went over to the couch, sat down and he began to his meditation.