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Anakin was in his office forming glitter solar systems.

It only looked like he was bored.

He'd tell you he was practicing Very Important Jedi Things.

He'd be full of it.

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"And you're waiting up for her?" he asked just as softly. "Where do you think she's going?"

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"No, she's loud when she gets in. It's Paris." Rory shrugged. "I think maybe she has a boyfriend. There are only two libraries that stay open late enough to accommodate her schedule, but that's possible."

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Something in Anakin's brain broke at the idea of Paris and a boyfriend, but he shrugged it off. "Then tell her to shut up," he suggested helpfully, "or get earplugs."

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"I plan to," she replied. "The latter, anyway."

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"Any idea who it might be?" Anakin asked, propping his feet onto his desk and getting comfortable.

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"I'm terrified of the answer to that," Rory replied, curling up against her pillows.

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"Are we sure it's human?" Anakin asked, laughing. "I don't judge."

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"...now I'm wondering," Rory said, facepalming. "I'll let you know if I figure it out. How're you, Jamie and his treats aside?"

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"I'm okay," Anakin said. "We talked a bit about the Golden Rule in class. I'm thinking of investing in a tranq gun to use on Sokka."

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"Why?" Rory wondered. "Hyper kid?"

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"He has a really short fuse," Anakin said with a tired sigh, "and I don't want to have to buy new desks."

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"Hmm. Who else had a short fuse as a teenager? I'm racking my brain, here...."

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"Cute," Anakin said, the eye roll practically audible. "I didn't leap over desks in class trying to take a swing at people, though. Not even Logan."

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"What set him off?" she asked quietly.

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"Someone called him 'ponytail boy'," Anakin said, reaching a hand back to try to massage some of the tension out of his shoulder and sighing again. "I'm clearly a terrible teacher."

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"Maybe he was having a bad day, honey," Rory said consolingly.

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"He got pretty fired up in the next class, too," Anakin said, sounding tired. "The topics aren't that provoking."

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"Some people are just sparkplugs like that," Rory said, smiling a little. "You are. So is Paris. And you don't know where he's coming from."

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"I can't exactly invite him into my office and demand to know his secret pain," Anakin said, smiling a little about being described as a sparkplug. "If he disrupts class again, he's getting detention."

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"Well, yeah. I'm just saying. There's probably more going on there."

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"There always is around here," Anakin said quietly.

There was a pause.

"I miss you."

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"Miss you, too," she replied softly.

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"But you'll be back in less than two weeks," Anakin said, who knew to the hour how long it would be.

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"There's still a lot to get done," she sighed. "But it'll be nice to sleep. I plan to use those two nights to actually catch up on that."

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Anakin's forehead creased with worry. "You're sure you're all right," he pressed.