Sequel or Prequel: First part of ?

Name and email address: Marianne (margonjinn@yahoo.com)

Rating: PG

Characters: Qui-Gon Jinn and Shmi Skywalker

Catagory: Romance

Status: Please send me feedback. This is my first attempt so if it is awful or no one can stand these two together I'll forget it. I would like to continue.

Disclaimer: I made no money off this story and these characters do not belong to me.

Summary: Qui-Gon thinks of what he has been missing by being a jedi.

There was no amount of planning that could've prepared him for the feelings that took hold of him on the desert planet of Tatooine. He thought of her often. Her eyes were so sad and lonely. The years were filled with nothingness until a little angel came into her life. It was this he most remembered of her desperation to give her son the life he deserved. He thought of Anakin as their son for there was no father. It was his duty to see Anakin through in becoming a jedi. Shmi needed her son to be happy even if it was to be without him. This was another reason he felt drawn to her. He pictured her smile and could not help but smile too. As these thoughts grew, he realised he must see her again. One day while Obi-Wan was caring for Young Skywalker, he went back to Tatooine.

Once he reached her humble quarters, emotions of every kind rushed through him. He remembered the comfrontation with the apparent sith lord, Anakin's podrace, freeing Anakin and telling him his mother could not leave. A tear slid down his cheek as he opened the door. Shmi was no where to be seen. He quietly took a seat at the table they had sat. He smiled as he recalled telling Jar-Jar not to grab another fruit with his tongue. How much of my life have I missed by choosing as I have? He thought to himself. How could this be?

Shmi appeared in the doorway but did not act surprised he was there. She almost expected him to be. Their eyes met as they moved toward each other. She understood why he had come back. She flew into his arms. He held her and told her Anakin was ok.

"I know. I am glad you came back. Right now I am so alone. I have never been in love before you." He touched her face which was now wet with tears. He looked deep into her eyes. His heart burned as he felt his soul had been forever touched.

" I love you." He simply said.