Padme instantly realized he had been listening in on her thoughts. That he probably knew everything that had been running through her mind. Embarrassment washed over her face, which was quickly covered up by anger. She turned away, hiding her face. "Maybe you should stay out of my head, my thoughts are my business!" She yelled, trying to hide her embarrassment.
"Senator." Vader growled; sounding more annoyed than when he first entered the room, "I was not actively looking into your mind but your thoughts are screaming so loudly that I can hear them all the way across my establishments! They are almost impossible to ignore."
The anger flushed from Padme's face at Vader's response. He had come into her room because he had heard her, to the point that he could not tune it out. Her thoughts were screaming so loudly that it was bothering the infamous Sith Lord, Darth Vader. She had caused him to become so annoyed and angry, that he had to face her. Something she knew he would not do unless it was serious.
"Oh." Padme whispered, completely embarrassed.
"Yes. Oh." Vader replied mockingly. "Now what is wrong?"
Padme turned to face him, or the direction she thought he was standing, and raised an eyebrow. "I thought you just said you could hear my thoughts, how don't you know?"
Darth Vader let out a very un-Vader like sigh and Padme could almost imagine him placing his head in his hands "Contradictory to what you might think…" Vader said arrogantly. "I do not care for what is happening in your mind at every hour of every day. I heard them, I tried to bloke them, and it didn't work. Now I'm here."
Padme frowned, what could she tell me? Not the truth, but she had to think of something. "I…" She paused, stumbling over her words. "I can't find my cloak."
It wasn't a total lie. Technically, she had lost the cloak that she needed. It remained within her closet but lacked the one thing that made it special. It could no longer help her.
It was silent for a moment; so long that Padme almost believed that Vader had left.
"All this… because of a cloak." He said in disbelief, trying to fight the urge to kill her.
Padme breathed a sigh of relief that Vader believed her lie. Apparently, he was more annoyed then she had previously believed because the Vader she knew would catch her in a lie before she even spoke it. "It's… It's really important!" Padme tried to explain.
She heard Vader take a step closer towards her and instantly, she could feel his dark presence near the side of her bed. The darkness still cloaked his body, but Padme could feel his hot breath on her ear. "Why don't you slip into something more comfortable than a cloak…" He whispered dispassionately before raising his voice, " Like a coma."
Padme didn't even notice his insult; she was concentrating on something else. The moment he neared her. The moment his breath hit her ear, it swirled around her, and reached every part of her body. It felt… amazing. It caused her immediate relief and… something she couldn't explain. The one thing she could explain was why she had felt it. It was because it was his scent. It was her savior's scent. The smell that used to be embedded within every fiber of the material that chased her nightmare away. The cloak that she sleep with night after night for months. The smell that she had come to love.
"Stay with me!"
The words left Padme's lips so quickly, that she didn't even realize that she had said them… and when she did it was too late. There was no turning back.
"Excuse… me?" Vader asked slowly in more disbelief.
"Stay with me." Padme repeated.
"No."
Padme fought back the tears that began to form in her eyes. She was desperate. She needed him. She knew she sounded crazy, utterly insane, but she didn't know what else to do. She had kept herself sane for this long and now everything was cracking. Without her savior, she would surely go insane and never sleep again. She couldn't deal with the black haired man's touch on her body and his memory that lingered in her mind. She would do anything to forget it, anything to keep him away, and she was about to prove it. "Look." She said, trying to sound professional. "Just get into my bed–"
"You're really into me aren't you?"
"Not like that!" Padme yelled in distress and annoyance. The arrogance had once again found its way into his voice, and it drove Padme completely insane. She turned towards the spot where she believed Vader stood in the darkness. "Just lay here so I can fall asleep." She said softly, "Then you can go one your merry way and have the house quiet because I'll be asleep.
Padme prayed he would consider her offer. Though she doubted he would. Thankfully for Padme, Vader allowed the thought to pass through his mind.
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