33 Apocalypse Avenue [early evening]

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Anakin was on the couch.

Sulking.

And tossing his long blond hair over his shoulders.

And sulking some more.

Like his week hadn't been weird enough--now he'd developed boobs and an interest in watching reruns of Doctor Phil's advice program.

Life sucked.

[OOC: Come on. Like I could pass up the opportunity to use this icon again.]

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Anakin sat down, leg twitching a little nervously. "Not what you did to Luke, please," he said. "How about a braid?" He smiled. "I bet I'll look better than Pip."

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"Like mine?" Rory asked, her heart skipping a beat. "Okay."

She carefully lifted Anakin's hair off his neck, and began a careful, steady French braid at the crown of his head.

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Anakin tried to keep his expression neutral but the corners of his mouth kept twitching up.

"You're good at this," he commented.

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"You said that already," Rory said quietly, brushing her hand over Anakin's ear to snag a stry lock of hair. "I wear my hair like this like three days a week. I've had some practice."

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Anakin closed his eyes. "I know," he said. "It's just been a while since I've had hair."

Let alone someone who wanted to touch me. He kept that part to himself.

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"I could braid your hair when you're male, too," Rory said with a smile. "Or dye it purple."

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"Bet that would make heads pop in Ethics class," Anakin replied, leaning closer towards Rory. "I should get spikes or not wash it for three months straight or something."

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Rory wrinkled her nose. "Ewww, no, you'd look awful with spikes, and personal hygeine is important."

Rory blushed, since she had just admitted that he didn't look awful normally, and frankly, that was more than she wanted to admit.

"Um, anyway, I have kind of a favor to ask you."

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Anakin was relaxed for the first time in years. "Ask away," he replied lazily.

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"Can I interview you for the paper?"

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...so much for being relaxed.

Anakin immediately tensed up. "About what?" he asked carefully.

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"Calm down. About being a teacher here," she said, knotting the elastic around the end of the braid. "And it's with me, so I'll helpo you spin it. I almost gave you to Angela."

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Anakin immediately pulled the braid over his right shoulder and gave it a yank.

"I trust you," he said finally, then smiled. "How is Angela? I haven't seen her in forever."

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"She's good," Rory replied. "I told her to visit you and tried to...explain. I don't know the official story, so you might have to correct what I said."

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Anakin nodded. "Thank you," he said softly. "I don't like making you lie."

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"I'm not all that good at it," she said. "You need to tell people the truth, but on your own time."

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Anakin nodded, eyes sad. "I'm telling Sam Carter tomorrow," he said.

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"Good. Sam was very good to me when you were...um, gone, and Luke was there," Rory said. "She deserves the truth."

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Anakin nodded. "I have no idea how she'll take it," he said. He gave Rory a small smile and his braid another yank. "But John smiled at me in class this week. Maybe I'm not completely hopeless."

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"Of course you aren't," Rory said softly, smiling gently.

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Luke curled his feet up under him on the sofa and watched with a small smile on his face, content to be ignored.

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"Faithful didn't seem so sure," Anakin said.

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"Faithful made fun of me when I was in mourning," Rory replied. "Faithful likes to kind of push us when we're being mopey."

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Anakin's eyes narrowed. "Faithful did what?"

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"I don't really want to talk about it," Rory said, sighing. "He wasn't unkind. It's just that I don't like thinking about that."