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Home again, home again.....

Home wasn't the Temple though, not anymore, not really, and he only spent as much time there as it took for the sun to go down and to make sure he could leave when no one would notice and be suspicious.

And then, he's soon hopping on his swoop and speeding his way through the sky lanes of Coruscant to a certain high-rise building populated by Senators....

And then to one apartment in particular, that is where his home is.

Padme.

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Padme's alone, inside her apartment. She wasn't even aware Anakin and Obi-Wan had returned from Onderon. She's thought about him nearly constantly and missed and worried about him about as often. Although she's also been kept busy by the Senate.

In fact, that's what has her full attention now. A myriad of documents and research, spread across the coffee table.

So it must be very surprising when a familiar voice speaks in her ear (damn those Jedi for being capable of sneaking up on you without a sound), "You look busy, Senator, should I come back later?"

Padme jumps, despite recognizing the voice immediately, and turns around, smiling brightly when she sees that it is indeed Anakin.

She gets up and moves around the sofa, hugging him tightly. "Anakin! I didn't hear anything about you coming back. When did you arrive?" She asks, before kissing him.

He wraps her up in his arms, holding her closely in return and kissing her back. "Oh, about two hours ago....."

Impatient? Anakin? Nah.

Padme closes her eyes, laying her head on his chest. "I'm glad you're home. I've missed you. It seemed like you were gone forever."

He kisses her hair lightly, "It felt that way to me, too...and...." a slight shake of his head, "this had to be one of the strangest missions I've ever been on."

Padme tilts her head to look up at him. "Oh? What happened that was so strange?"

"Oh just....Obi-Wan and Siri," pause and blink, "have you met Master Tachi? Anyway, she was the leader of the mission, she'd been there for a while before us and...well, she and Obi-Wan spent most of the mission sniping at each other. Except...they're really good friends." And possibly more than that. He remembers seeing them in the Room of a Thousand Fountains....

Padme shakes her head. "I don't think I've met her. Not that I recall, anyway."

She listens as he finishes explaining and stays quiet for a few moments, thinking it over. "Just for appearances, then, maybe? It does sound strange."

"Oh, it was. But it took quite a bit before someone bothered to let me know this." He's not annoyed, really, he understands why they did it the way they did.

"It all worked out as well as it could have, I guess." Except for the part with the Sith Wannabe that Obi-Wan had had to face alone. The thought of that makes Anakin scowl.

"You must've found it even confusing at the time," she says understandingly. "And I'm guessing by the look on your face, you think something could have gone better?" She asks, when she sees him scowl.

He smiles at her, "You know me too well." And nods, "Obi-Wan got himself into a bit of a...situation," as usual, his expression now says, "and because of this plan he and Siri concocted, I wasn't there to help him."

She smiles back briefly. "Well, he's all right, isn't he? He managed to get out of it himself?"

Because she knows he'd look a lot more upset if Obi-Wan wasn't all right.

He nods, "He's fine." Pause. "I didn't mean to imply that I didn't have faith in his abilities." Cause he didn't. It's just. His place is beside Obi-Wan and....argh.

Padme kisses him. "It's just that you're always there when anything goes wrong."

"I try to be." But that kiss, it is distracting him rather quickly from thoughts of Obi-Wan, indeed.

She smiles and touches his cheek. "It's too bad you can't find a way to be everywhere at once."

He grins, "I'm working on it."

She laughs, "Good luck."

"Until then, though," he smiles, "I'm more than happy to just be with you." All the time.

She returns the smile. "It's good to finally have you home again, Anakin."

"It's good to be home, my love."

He glances over at the work he'd interrupted, "Senate been busy?"

"It has been lately," she says with a nod. "Especially for those of us trying to convince the Chancellor to seek a diplomatic solution."

"However," she smiles, "I always welcome the occasional interruption."

He considers some of the things they learned on Onderon and finds it unlikely for the Chancellor to seek a diplomatic resolution with those who would make use of the Sith way to win their war. Or more to the point, he thinks the Chancellor shouldn't. But he doesn't say this, he just grins at her, "I'm very good at interrupting."

It's probably for the best he doesn't tell her he doesn't believe the Chancellor should be looking to diplomacy for a solution. Or she might have to use some of the arguments she uses in the Senate on him. Plus the fact that this war is keeping them apart far more often than she's certain either one of them would like, however necessary. No, she'd rather enjoy her time with Anakin not discussing or debating politics.

She laughs softly when he says he's good at interrupting. "Oh, are you? I hadn't noticed."

Yes, well he has learned something around her, even if it's just to not start an argument, especially about politics. And he, too, would much rather enjoy what little time they have together as opposed to arguing.

His grin goes a little lopsided, "Funny, maybe I should start showing you how good I am more often...."

"Hmm. Maybe you should," she smiles.

"As you wish, m'lady."

Yes, he teases because he loves. A lot.

She laughs. "Now you're just making fun of me."

She kisses him one more time before pulling away to clean up the documents she has scattered across the coffee table. She glances back at him, quite deliberately taking her time to sort through and organize the piles neatly. The work can certainly wait, but she has no intention of leaving a mess in the meantime.

"I think I learned long ago never to tease a Senator." He grins, watching her a moment.

But really, he did say he'd have to interrupt her more and....she's just begging to be interrupted.

Plus he's far too impatient to wait for her to oh-so-deliberately fix every stack just so.

So she finds herself scooped up into the arms of a very cheeky Jedi, "Mmmmmmthat can wait."

Because honestly, it totally can.

She wraps her arms around him again as he scoops her up with a slight surprised sound. "You're probably right- it can wait until morning," she says with a grin.

He grins, "My thoughts exactly."

There are better things to do. In the other room.

And that's where he takes her.

[and shall we just fade to black? :)]

[Sure! Good timing too, since I have to go to work now anyway :)]

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