AgricoreAu, does Obi-Wan get a reward from Qui for throwing the council into chaos?
Watching the
Senator smile fondly at her husband, Obi-Wan quirked his lips a bit.
“You know he’s drooling onto your very expensive dress, yes?”
He questioned with some amusement which had Padme laugh softly and
stroke a sleeping Anakin’s curls as the man rested his head on her shoulder.
“I don’t mind,
its good for him to get rest honestly and with the way things are
going I don’t need him on full alert,” She said fondly before
pressing a kiss to her husbands temple and settling back, watching
Obi-Wan. “Especially since Chancellor Mon Mothma has made it easier
to speak with the CIS by pulling back on some of the frankly more
ridiculous proposals. We might actually get peace…” Padme
breathed out, looking hopeful.
Obi-Wan had been
seeing a lot of that lately actually.
Hope in the eyes of
people, cautious pulling back of Jedi to the temple as more and more
planets declared themselves unwilling to fight for the moment until
things could be cleared up because with the election of a new
Chancellor things had come to light.
Like Palpatine
playing both sides of the war.
There was much
uncertainty about everything after that, both the Republic and the
CIS questioning what the ultimate goal had been about the entire
thing.
Questioning just
who had ordered the clones and the droids, questioning each battle
and each war, questioning the bills and laws come into motion.
A lot of people who
had worked with Palpatine were suddenly swearing they had been
convinced, coerced into their votes and their views.
And the Jedi were
wrapping themselves around the troopers, quietly asking Senators they
knew about clone rights bills though this Obi-Wan only knew because
he had heard Master Koon and Master Fisto speak about in the hall
when they were unaware Obi-Wan could hear them, both whispering
furiously about which Senators to approach and Plo outright wondering
if he should maybe take the Wolfpack and run to the mid-rims for
their safety.
He had made no
indication that he knew what they had spoken about but now he
wondered… could Obi-Wan do anything for them?
He could speak to
Padme since Anakin had invited both him and Qui-Gon for dinner with
them, having had a nice and easy meal.
Speaking of said
Jedi master…
Obi-Wan smiled
happily as the man returned with C3PO with their tea, Qui-Gon
gracefully handing over a cup to Padme first before settling down
with his own as the golden droid handed over Obi-Wan’s and fretted
over the fact that Anakin was asleep and therefor the tea would go
cold.
“Let him sleep
C3PO, he deserves some rest after the last few… honestly the last
few years.” Padme chuckled softly, rubbing her pregnancy swollen
stomach as she took a sip.
“I think we could
all do with some rest.” Qui-Gon agreed as he wrapped an arm around
Obi-Wan and pulled him to his side.
Going willingly,
Obi-Wan pressed up against the other man and took a small sip,
savoring the flavor despite it reminding him of the cup he had with
the now late former Chancellor as he watched Padme and Anakin.
There was hope
there.
They had time and
hope now.
It was nice to
finally have hope even if there were still battles to come but for
today?
For today it was
wonderful to close your eyes and rest a bit.
‘I could get used
to this.’ Obi-Wan mused as Qui-Gon played with his braid, letting
out a deep sigh as he felt his shoulders lower for the first time
properly since his little farming operation had been blown to bits
and he had started running.
It was time to
rebuild for real.
It was time for
hope.