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May 10, 2011 0:28:42 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 10, 2011 0:28:42 GMT -5
She pretended to glare at him a moment, but it was a bit undermined by the slight smile.
"All right. I should try to get some, anyway. I've had a long day."
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May 11, 2011 0:25:22 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 11, 2011 0:25:22 GMT -5
"Yes, you have," he readily agreed, coming to rest on his side. With a sigh, he propped up his head on one arm and gazed softly down at Padmé's features. "Why are you so beautiful?"
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May 11, 2011 0:34:09 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 11, 2011 0:34:09 GMT -5
She tried to keep her eyes open--once her head met the pillow, she'd been hit with an unexpected wave of exhaustion. Why was she getting so tired so easily these days?
"It's a law," she said, trying to cover up a yawn. "Something expected of senators, you see."
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May 12, 2011 22:10:55 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 12, 2011 22:10:55 GMT -5
"Is that so? Senator Islendine of Ut isn't precisely the most attractive man for the job," he countered. "And, you know," he added, scratching his chin thoughfully, "for a politician, you're a horrible liar."
He coyly lifted a brow.
"I saw that yawn."
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May 13, 2011 3:41:30 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 13, 2011 3:41:30 GMT -5
"It's not fair...catching me when I'm not entirely awake with such a conversation..." she muttered, eyes fluttering as she started to drift.
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May 13, 2011 16:06:23 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 13, 2011 16:06:23 GMT -5
He gently shushed her, tucking a lock of her hair behind her ear. With that, he shut his own eyes and quickly succumbed to sleep beside her.
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May 14, 2011 0:04:33 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 14, 2011 0:04:33 GMT -5
Her sleep was deep, for once, and she was able to drift away soundly.
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May 14, 2011 16:40:53 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 14, 2011 16:40:53 GMT -5
*A FEW HOURS LATER*
There were brilliant flashes of light and somewhere, through the haze of his mind, Anakin could just make out the form of his wife, prostrate on an examination table. She was crying out for him, screaming his name.
"Padmé!" he screamed, although no sound actually left his mouth.
He saw her face now....her expression one of agony and of excruciating pain...her delicate features contorted and twisted every which way...
"Padmé!"
Nothing. It seemed he was immaterial as well; he was an unseen, intangible presence lingering in the air above his suffering wife, helpless and unable to answer her cries and assuage her pain.
And then, as her watering eyes began to shut, the light gone out of them, as the wails of a newborn child occupied the air, one last word escaped her parted lips--
"Anakin."
"No--Padmé!"
He sat up in bed, drenched in sweat.
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May 15, 2011 0:30:22 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 15, 2011 0:30:22 GMT -5
Padme's sleep had been dreamless, though pleasant enough. It had been simply her, gliding through a comforting cloud. She was snapped out of the warmth and odd familiarity of it by her husband's voice crying out awake.
She sat up, her eyes first sweeping across the room for trouble, before landing on Anakin's panicked face.
"Ani!" She grabbed his arm, trying to meet his eye.
"It's all right, I'm right here."
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May 18, 2011 14:13:16 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 18, 2011 14:13:16 GMT -5
He clung tightly to her hand.
"...I had...a nightmare..." he managed to choke out, still visibly shaken. "You were...you were..."
He suddenly fell silent, unable to meet her eyes. He was afraid that if he looked there, all he would see would be the Padmé in his dream, in pain and in agony.
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May 18, 2011 23:19:45 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 18, 2011 23:19:45 GMT -5
She pulled him into her arms, comforting. That look on his face...
"Whatever you saw, it was a dream, just a dream." She said softly.
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May 24, 2011 19:37:09 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 24, 2011 19:37:09 GMT -5
"It's...not just a dream, " he began to argue. "I-I've had these kinds of dreams before. Back when m-my mother...in the desert..."
He hung his head and sat there brooding in silence.
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May 24, 2011 20:44:32 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 24, 2011 20:44:32 GMT -5
She remembered that--the nightmare that had driven him awake on Naboo.
"But things can be changed." She said, trying to reassure him.
"The future isn't written yet."
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May 25, 2011 0:25:00 GMT -5
Post by Anakin Skywalker on May 25, 2011 0:25:00 GMT -5
He wrapped her tightly in his arms, afraid that somehow she would slip through his embrace and vanish into thin air.
"Things...things will be changed...I promise you," he breathed. "I can't lose you."
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May 25, 2011 17:47:03 GMT -5
Post by Padmé on May 25, 2011 17:47:03 GMT -5
She hugged him back, worried. She knew that Jedi could see things through the Force, and that being strong in it meant that at times it affected him more than it might normally have. If what he saw was some sort of portent, it was possible it could happen, but at the same time, she was sure that fate could be changed."
"You won't lose me." She whispered, kissing him.
"I'd fight through fire to get back to you."
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