Disclaimer: It all technically belongs to George Lucas (as always!) I am
just using his life work for my own amusement.
A/N: Hello all! I (like many others) am not amused with Anakin's death in Star by Star. So one day I got the idea to write a short fic about what would have happened if Anakin had survived the mission and proposed to Tahiri. The result? A one page long story named 'Proposal'. But I hated the fact that it was so short so I changed it to the Prologue of SAY WHAT???!!! I really hope you like it!
A/N 2: This is AU (duh) but I am placing it around the beginning of Force Heretic one: Remnant. (Prologue would be the night that Luke calls the Jedi Meeting)
A/N 3: (Getting tired of me yet? :D) R/R PLEASE!!!!!!!!! (That's read and Review, NOT relax and recycle!)
Prologue Anakin looked to the young woman sitting across from him. He admired the way her hair, though short, gleamed like liquid gold and seemed to go on forever. She looked to him and his breath caught staring into her eyes. Green was their prominent color but brown and gold raced through them like the lines in hyperspace. Tahiri gave him a quizzical glance, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Anakin blushed, "Oh, it's nothing." He said hurriedly. She gave him a look that conveyed her impatience and annoyance. "If there was no reason for it then you would not be doing it!" Anakin stood and walked over to the window that overlook the planet of Mon Calamari, Tahiri followed, "Anakin? What's wrong?" When he didn't answer her she added, "Anakin, it's me Tahiri, you can tell me anything, you know that!" Anakin continued to stare out at the ocean and she was amazed to find a look of fear, pain and loss etched on his face. Turning he looked deep into her eyes and then asked, "But what if I can't tell you? What if by telling you I lose you as a friend?" His voice was soft and filled with emotion, whatever was troubling him was serious.
She took his hand and held it against her heart, "Anakin nothing you could ever say would make me leave you! It would never cost you our friendship, I promise." He looked at her and then nodded once. Then he took her hands and dropped to one knee. "Tahiri, ever since the day I first met you, I knew deep in my heart that we would be the best of friends. We have always had a relationship that at times was a better one than the one that I had with my brother." he grinned, "Lately it seemed that our relationship was changing, and that scared me at first but now..." He bit his lip and then continued, "Now I am filled with a joy that I cannot describe. I didn't understand it before, but now I do. It hit me like a bucket of cold water in the face, and believe me, it was the best wake-up call I have ever received." His grin came back, this time wider then before, "Tahiri, when I am around you I become peaceful, at ease... I become complete. I didn't know why exactly before but now I realize that the reason is YOU. Tahiri, you are the reason that I have been able to be happy in the time of war, a time of pain. Releasing one of her hands he wiped a tear that was running down her face and then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box, "So I ask you this, Tahiri, will you make me the happiest man in the next thousand universes and become my wife? Tahiri, will you marry me?" She gasped and then took another swipe at the tears running down her face and then replied, "Well what do you think? Dummy!" He laughed as he slid the ring onto her finger.
Pulling him to his feet she held him close and wiped her tears on his shirt. Then she whispered in his ear, "It's about time you asked me! I was beginning to think that I was going to have to propose to you!" She grinned, "Oh and by the way, I think that you better let me be the one to tell Kam And Tionne." He laughed aloud and then brought her into a passionate kiss. And for the first time in years the galaxy seemed a safe place, if only for a minute.
End of Prologue.
Alright peoples! Please review. I need at least two review before I put up the next chapter. (Come on you can do it!)
A/N: Hello all! I (like many others) am not amused with Anakin's death in Star by Star. So one day I got the idea to write a short fic about what would have happened if Anakin had survived the mission and proposed to Tahiri. The result? A one page long story named 'Proposal'. But I hated the fact that it was so short so I changed it to the Prologue of SAY WHAT???!!! I really hope you like it!
A/N 2: This is AU (duh) but I am placing it around the beginning of Force Heretic one: Remnant. (Prologue would be the night that Luke calls the Jedi Meeting)
A/N 3: (Getting tired of me yet? :D) R/R PLEASE!!!!!!!!! (That's read and Review, NOT relax and recycle!)
Prologue Anakin looked to the young woman sitting across from him. He admired the way her hair, though short, gleamed like liquid gold and seemed to go on forever. She looked to him and his breath caught staring into her eyes. Green was their prominent color but brown and gold raced through them like the lines in hyperspace. Tahiri gave him a quizzical glance, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Anakin blushed, "Oh, it's nothing." He said hurriedly. She gave him a look that conveyed her impatience and annoyance. "If there was no reason for it then you would not be doing it!" Anakin stood and walked over to the window that overlook the planet of Mon Calamari, Tahiri followed, "Anakin? What's wrong?" When he didn't answer her she added, "Anakin, it's me Tahiri, you can tell me anything, you know that!" Anakin continued to stare out at the ocean and she was amazed to find a look of fear, pain and loss etched on his face. Turning he looked deep into her eyes and then asked, "But what if I can't tell you? What if by telling you I lose you as a friend?" His voice was soft and filled with emotion, whatever was troubling him was serious.
She took his hand and held it against her heart, "Anakin nothing you could ever say would make me leave you! It would never cost you our friendship, I promise." He looked at her and then nodded once. Then he took her hands and dropped to one knee. "Tahiri, ever since the day I first met you, I knew deep in my heart that we would be the best of friends. We have always had a relationship that at times was a better one than the one that I had with my brother." he grinned, "Lately it seemed that our relationship was changing, and that scared me at first but now..." He bit his lip and then continued, "Now I am filled with a joy that I cannot describe. I didn't understand it before, but now I do. It hit me like a bucket of cold water in the face, and believe me, it was the best wake-up call I have ever received." His grin came back, this time wider then before, "Tahiri, when I am around you I become peaceful, at ease... I become complete. I didn't know why exactly before but now I realize that the reason is YOU. Tahiri, you are the reason that I have been able to be happy in the time of war, a time of pain. Releasing one of her hands he wiped a tear that was running down her face and then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box, "So I ask you this, Tahiri, will you make me the happiest man in the next thousand universes and become my wife? Tahiri, will you marry me?" She gasped and then took another swipe at the tears running down her face and then replied, "Well what do you think? Dummy!" He laughed as he slid the ring onto her finger.
Pulling him to his feet she held him close and wiped her tears on his shirt. Then she whispered in his ear, "It's about time you asked me! I was beginning to think that I was going to have to propose to you!" She grinned, "Oh and by the way, I think that you better let me be the one to tell Kam And Tionne." He laughed aloud and then brought her into a passionate kiss. And for the first time in years the galaxy seemed a safe place, if only for a minute.
End of Prologue.
Alright peoples! Please review. I need at least two review before I put up the next chapter. (Come on you can do it!)