The food was amazing, and a very weird assortment. You'll give it to Anakin that there wasn't much food in the lake house. And he made and amazing picnic basket. But there was everything from fruit to some meat sandwiches that you didn't want to touch. Padme had one, she said it was normal on Naboo. Most of it wasn't appealing to you, but the fruit was to die for.

You had been mainly eating and not talking since you were incredibly hungry. So we're Padme and Anakin, since they were scarfing down food as well. Once you had slowed down, because of fullness. You had all started to talk.

"Does everyone have a padawan braid?" Padme asked suddenly.

"Well, everyone that grows hair has one," You pulled yours out from the back of your hair, "And you get little bands to put on them." Having a hold of your braid, you pulled at the bottom yellow one.

"The yellow bands mean your trained in lighsaber skills and fighting, but there's all sorts of colors. Like white, for healing. Or red for piloting." You glanced at Anakin. "Anakin has a red one and a yellow," You paused, "Do you have a blue one?"

"Nope." He responded after swallowing. "I should be getting one soon though, that's what Obi-Wan said." He smiled and continued to eat.

"Yeah? Oh and the blue one is mechanics and stuff." You explained to Padme, who nodded and smiled.

"Why don't you have a red one? Don't all jedi learn to fly?" She only looked a bit confused, but you could feel she wasn't entirely sure if she should ask.

"Oh I learned, I just don't like to. That's all. If I wanted one I could ask my master for one and she could get it." You tried to keep a cheerful mood hoping she wouldn't feel bad for asking.

Anakin looked at you out of the corner of his eye. He knew that you wouldn't tell her the whole truth, but he didn't know where you were going with it.

"And I have a white one at the top of my braid, just from learning the basics really. If you have to watch the younglings in any thing other than an emergency, you have to learn just a bit." You we're trying to show her the top of your braid bit it wasn't working very well.

"You've watched the younglings before?" Padme and Anakin asked at the same time in different tones. Padmes was curious about jedi life and teaching. Anakin was surprised they had you anywhere near them.

You elbowed him in the arm to which he grabbed his bicep.

"Yeah, since I was on planet enough," You looked at Anakin, "They would often put me with them."

"Were you in charge of them?" Padme questioned as Anakin stayed silent.

"Oh no, no, no. I just helped out with master Yoda. Helping with lighsaber techniques and meditation." You somewhat enjoyed the experience, especially getting to know them. Most of the younglings knew your name and liked to be around you. Especially Ashoka, Barriss, and Auren.

"Did you like watching them?" Anakin asked with a interesting tone in his voice. He was generally asking because he was curious.

"Yeah, most of them are pretty nice. So it's fun, most of the time." The part that wasn't fun was seeing the little girl who looked just like you. Her name was Auren and she had the same hair you had when you were her age. The same eyes, the same face shape, even a similar voice. It hurt to spend time with her, but you were friends. You couldn't just leave her for stupid reasons. Plus no one really knew what she meant to you. You looked different now and most people at the temple weren't very close to you when you were young.

Anakin and Padme were talking about something which snapped you out of your thoughts. He said something about democracy and they were almost arguing.

"What if they don't agree?" Padme asked, to something Anakin stated.

"Then someone should make them." He responded with side nod.

"That sound an awful lot like a dictatorship." Padme laughed as she looked away.

"Well, if it works." You blinked and your eyes widened.

Oh, that's not something that you say to a senator. Padme was nice and probably wouldn't say anything. But that's like her main belief, that everyone should have their own voice.

Anakin just smiled and looked away, he was joking. Hopefully.

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After some light conversation and explaining of random political topics. Anakin started to smile a weird smile. You looked at him every few seconds to see what was happening, but he gave no indication.

Then he blurted out, "Y/n, do you think you can ride one of those things?" He pointed at a bunch of tan, round creatures.

"The Shaak's?" They were animals that galloped, it would be hard to do.

"Yeah, I bet you can't." He bluntly stated. Oh you couldn't back down now, he knew it.

"Ok, I will." You responded in the same tone.

Then you pulled out your lightsaber from your pocket. Which made Padme and Anakin jump a bit. You smiled, and pulled a hair tie off the end. Anakin snorted.

"That's where you keep those? On the end of a weapon?" He's one to talk, he'd do it too.

"Yep." You quickly tied your hair back, and jumped up. "Bye!"

You sprinted towards the Shaak's, that were just past the hill. You heard Anakin's footsteps after you and then Padme's. Once you got to the edge of the hill, you crouched and slowed down. You walked behind them, slowly creeping up. There was one about half a foot taller than you at normal height, and you were close on it's tail.

You jumped up, straddling it with your legs and holding on with your arms. It bucked backwards and you almost fell off. But when it came back to the ground, you were still on. You stood up in a surfing position, with your right hand out in front. The Skaak galloped and bumped, throwing you a bit with every movement. But you loved the exhilaration, you always did.

Then it jumped over a bump and you lost your balance. Your feet slipped and you fell off the animal, who ran in a circle. The dress you were wearing flew up a bit, but it had shorts underneath. The Shaak ran right over you, but missed any contact. You rolled onto your stomach as it paraded around.

You heard footsteps running towards you and you felt worry. It was Anakin, you could hear his thoughts.

Oh, no, no, no. This is all my fault.

You had to keep from laughing as he slid down next to you. He rolled you over easily and started at you in shock. You cackled out a pure laugh, at his shocked face. Your head flung forward with laughter and then back to the ground. His breathing slowed even though he was still over you. You had an idea.

Grabbing his shoulders, you brought him down next to you in one fowl swoop. To this he laughed, then he grabbed you and threw you on top of him. He then rolled over and you both were tumbling down a hill. You had your hands around the back of his neck and his were on your lower back. Your heads were resting on each other's shoulders as you rolled and came to a stop.

When you stopped rolling you were on top, and you both were still snickering. Finally, you got him back. It wasn't quite the same, but your goal was to mess with him and you did that. You sat up, straddling him like you had the Shaak. He shook his head and only said one sentence.

"Don't ever do that again."

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After a while of you two just sitting there, Anakin sat up. At first you were sitting with your body's almost touching, but then you heard footsteps. You flung yourself off and landed right beside him. Padme came jogging to the top of the hill, and she was smiling. She walked down, holding her dress front in her arms. Both you and Anakin smiled at her as she came down.

When she got there she asked, "You two have fun?" With a smirk as if she knew something. But there wasn't anything for her to know, right.

"Yeah." You chuckled out, continuing to smile so big your cheeks hurt. You glanced at Anakin who had propped himself up with his arms, and he was looking right back at you.

Anakin stood up and brushed off his hands, then he reached one out to you. You took it and stood up, also wiping your hands off. You looked at your dress, which surprisingly didn't have any prominent stains on it.

Padme started to walk back up the hill and Anakin followed. He looked back at you while you were looking at you skirt. When you glanced up, he shot his gaze away and walked upwards. You just shrugged and walked with them.

After a walk back to the blanket in a comfortable silence, everyone picked up the items. Anakin grabbed the basket again, you grabbed the blanket, and Padme was being Padme. She was tucking little flyaway hairs into her fixture. You took out your hair, with the blanket in the other hand, and shook your head a bit. A couple pieces of grass fell out and you ran your hair through it a bit.

Anakin was staring at you with soft eyes when you looked up. But when you smiled at him, he just looked away.

Weird.

You all started to walk back to the lake house, watching the clouds dance in the sky. You always seemed to forget how much the sky made everything else disappear. If anything was troubling you, the sky would always help with its mysterious ways. The puffs would always float around while the sunbeams trickled through. It was always beautiful.

Still, you kept walking, gazing up whenever you had a chance. And you didn't realize that you were almost at the house, probably because Anakin wasn't asking like last time. He was walking next to Padme and they had occasionally chatted, but nothing lasting for long. When you finally glanced in front of you, the stairs were only a step away.

You smiled and walked up setting the blanket in a chair and looking over the edge like before. The sun was starting to set, and the sky looked like watercolors. Anakin walked up next to you and just lightly smiled at you. You returned it and leaned up against his arm. He tensed for a second before relaxing more than he had been originally.

He had looked away while you did this but now he looked back. You looked up wondering what was going on inside his head. He turned his body towards you and you turned yours, not entirely sure of what was happening. He started to lean down and you froze.

"Kiss me." He stated more than asked.

"What?" You gulped.

"Kiss me."

"Do it yourself." You were appalled by your response but it hadn't even been a second before his lips crashed onto yours. You eyes fluttered closed and you leaned towards him. You stomach felt like it would fly away and your thoughts were going insane. His hands wrapped around you waist and yours made their way up to his hair.

You punched him back suddenly, stunned by what is happening. Staring at the ground, you tried to avoid eye contact with Anakin.

"No, no, no, no, no. We can't. It's not allowed." Of course you were talking about the jedi code but Anakin tilted your head up.

"What is?" He asked as if it wasn't obvious. You gaped at him he knew full well what you were talking about.

"Those rules are meant to be broken." He kept on going and you examined the ground, shaking your head.

"We can't Anakin. It's forbidden." With that, you walked away.

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You avoided Anakin for the rest of that night. When you had dinner, you really only talked to Padme. But to decrease suspicions you said a few words to him. Padme still wasn't convinced everything was fine, you could tell. She didn't try and talk to you though, and you all went to bed peacefully.

Anakin didn't wake you up with his nightmares. Which may have been you were so tired, that you didn't feel it. But you slept very well, dreaming of a girl with red, shoulder length hair talking to you about something exciting. When you awoke, you got dressed into a pink dress, then pocketed all your important items. You walked into the kitchen where Padme was sitting like the morning before, but Anakin wasn't there.

At first you were relieved that you wouldn't have to talk to him. But after almost an hour of sitting on a stool, eating an apple, and watching the clouds. You were really wondering where he was.

"Hey Padme?" You asked, a little shy. You weren't sure what she would think of you asking. Or if she even knew.

"Yeah?" She picked up on your tone, and sounded concerned. This was going to make it harder.

"Um... where is Anakin?" You asked scratching the back of your neck. She smiled, oh no, her smirky smile.

"He's out on the porch if you would like to go talk to him."

"Ok, thanks." You sat there for a second but you would rather talk to him than sit here with Padme learning more and more. "I'll see you in a little bit." You walked out the glass doors on to the deck.

Anakin was stood at the very edge to the left, no wonder you couldn't see him. There was a window a little behind him. But he was faced out, over the brush. You closed the door and walked over.

"Anakin?" You we're unsure of his state right now, so you were going to be careful.

"Huh?" He turned around and smiled. He was happy to see you, thank the master. You released a breath you had no clue you were holding.

"What are you doing out here?" You continued to walk closer to him until you up against the railing where he had been. You had your back and arms on the railing and he had one arm on, while facing you.

"Just relaxing." He stated with a shrug. You waited a moment, not sure how he would respond to this question.

"Did you sleep through the night?" His facial expressions dropped and he faced back outwards.

"Almost."

"Was it her again?"

"Yeah."

"How long do we have?" You had already asked the question, but with him these things sometimes changed.

"Three days."

"Oh." You turned around so you were facing the same way as him. For almost fifteen minutes, you sat in a nice quiet. With birds chirping and wind blowing through trees.

"Do you love me?"

"What?" You sutured the same word as last night.

"It's a simple question." He explained with a shake of his head. He had turned towards you now, and you were facing him.

"It's anything but simple!" You were aggravated by his lack of understanding on this.

"How?" He wasn't really asking as a general question, more of he wanted to know what was stopping you.

"Well, the jedi and, and the codes and the secrets."

"I don't want to hear about the jedi, I want to hear about you. Do you," He emphasized the word, "love me."

"Yes." You blurted out, not realizing what you said until he reacted. His eyes went wide but he smiled. Your eyes went wide, you face grew red, and you tried to turn away. But Anakin grabbed your shoulder and held you in place.

"I do too, you know."

"What?" Your eyes were still the size of saucers but Anakin was smirking.

"I love you."

"Oh," You nervously laughed, "Umm well." He was hysterical, laughing at you and your confusion. After a second of sitting there, you smacked him on the arm.

"Nice of you to shut up." You weren't angry with him just a bit irritated.

"You could've shut me up without hitting me."

"I don't think so."

"You could've."

"How?"

It didn't even take him a second before he set his lips on yours. Today it was lighter, less desperate, but there was still desperation he was holding back. You could feel it. What was one more kiss, it couldn't hurt.

"Now that the spirit." He muttered, setting his forehead on yours for a second. You almost told him to shut up, but then you remembered what he just said and you kissed him. You set your lips on his and they moved as one. Your hands were on his chest griping the collar of his robes. His were on your waist and it sent butterfly's through your stomach.

The kiss became deeper as you put your arms around his neck. Your right hand grabbed the back and pulled him closer while your left pulled at his hair. He left out a soft moan. You froze for a second but then continued. His hands worked their way down to your thighs and he was leaning over pretty far.

"Jump." He only broke apart for a second and you did as he commanded. You lightly jumped and he grabbed your thighs, holding you up. Your legs wrapped around his waist and his hands rested on your ass. Then he set you on the railing, still kissing you intensely, his tongue fought it's way inside your mouth.

He was holding your waist against his stomach and he didn't have to lean down anymore. Your faces were at the same level and you were still pulling at his hair. Then he took his mouth of yours, to which you frowned, but he put it back on your neck. You lightly moaned, then almost gasped at the sound. He chuckled against your skin which sent your head rock back.

"Anakin." You choked out. He didn't do anything. "Anakin." You said a bit louder. He looked up.

"Stop." You didn't want him to, you really didn't want him to stop.

"What?" He asked softly, he though he did something wrong.

"They're going to be hard to cover up." Your eyes were barely open but his were wide.

"Ok." He went back to kissing your lips, but you felt something.

You punched him away to which he stumbled back and you hopped of the railing. Now you were standing about a foot apart. You wiped his some lipstick from his lips with your thumb. Then you fixed your lipstick and ran your hands through your hair a couple times. All while Anakin just stood their befuddled.

Padme walked out the doors and closed them behind her. She just smiled at the two of you, and you smiled back. You hoped Anakin smiled to, it could look suspicious if he didn't.

"Do you two want to go swimming?"