Staying Toward the Light

I followed Anakin to his apartment that he rarely stayed in anyway. When he was here on Coruscant he was in my apartment with me. But he hasn't been back since I moved out of mine. He carried my bags inside and sat them right next to the door. He picked me up bridal style and walked to the small couch. I laughed as he did this and he smiled at me. He sat down on the couch as I sat in his lap.

"I missed you so much, Marra." He pushed back a small strand of hair behind my ear. "I missed you too Anakin." Slowly our lips met and suddenly everything in my world felt right again. My fingers playing in the hair he had grown out. I really liked the new look on him.

"I can't do that distance anymore. Not for that long" he said with a serious face. I placed my hand on his cheek, rubbing it with my thumb. "Is that why you told Obi-Wan about us?" I asked. He sighed, as if he didn't want me to know that Obi-Wan knew.

"I didn't mean to tell him. I was asking him questions about somethings I found out while being in the outer rim. I heard the masters talking about two chosen ones. They said one day we would find each other and would have a deep connection to each other. I think they fear this." He explains.

I laugh at him. "Why would they fear something like this?" I asked.

"Because the other chosen one is you." He says with a straight face. I get off his lap and start laughing. My face started to turn red and I was losing air at how hard I was laughing. There was no way this was true. As I took a deep breathe I looked back at his face and he was serious.

"This can't be true, Anakin. Don't you think if I was a... chosen one that they would tell me!?" I asked seriously.

"Listen, Marra, I talked to Obi-Wan about it. He didn't deny that you were the other chosen one. I feel it. Don't you?" He asked.

"He didn't confirm it either, Anakin! And I'm not sure what a chosen one would feel like..." I trailed off.

"Don't you think that you would have a master if you weren't the chosen one. You don't have one because they trust you. You don't have one because your just like me. You and I are to bring balance to the force, together" he said.

He had a point.

"Okay, you got me there. But why wouldn't they tell me but tell you? Hide the secret from me, but tell you that you were a chosen one. Why keep this hidden for so long? And why do you have a master if you are chosen one, if I don't have a master because I am a chosen one shouldn't you be solo to?" I ask. There's too many questions about this.

"You have to remember I was solo in the outer rim. Honestly, I think they were scared of the connection you and I would have. Not force connection, but the romantic connection that we share it's obvious we have one, I think that's what they were scared of." He says pulling me back to the couch.

"Anakin, I don't want to think about this. This is too much. I don't think any of it is true. Can you just hold me like you once did. A year ago when your hair was shorter and our love first started?" I asked cuddling up to him and playing with his hair.

"Of course. We can talk more about it soon. I know you may not want to, but we need to talk to the council. If the prophecy is true, then we need to work together and be on missions together. It'll be safer for us both." He said in all seriousness.

I heard him loud and clear. But I wanted nothing to change. I loved my job to protect Padmé, I loved the relationship I had with the council and of course my relationship with Anakin. I wanted nothing that would complicate things. I cuddled up next to him thinking about all the things he had just told me. I looked up at him and realized he had fallen asleep. For once, I wished that everything would stay