Office hours [all day]

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Anakin was in his office, working on his final exam questions and studying Italian.

Well, food and curse words. A man has to have his priorities.

The door was open.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River showed up in the morning, knocking lightly on the door.

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Anakin looked up and grinned. "Good morning, River."

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She smiled back and entered the room. "Good morning."

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"Looking forward to the end of the semester?" Anakin asked.

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River face darkened and she shook her head. "The future is too unknown. Too many goodbyes to make."

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Anakin nodded. "Are you leaving immediately, then?" he asked quietly.

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"Not immediately. But the summer will pass quickly." Ad quickly as the past months had, she suspected. She gave him a crooked smile. "No need to dwell on it yet."

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Anakin smiled back. "Concentrate on the living Force," he said, "or at least that's what my old teacher used to say. Don't worry about what's to come."

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"Wise words." River grinned. "Sometimes harder than keeping people out of my mind."

[solo_sword]

Around the same time as usual, Jaina stopped by the office, knocking at the doorframe.

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Anakin beamed at her. "Hi," he said. "Come in."

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She did, already liking that this didn't feel as potentially uncomfortable as last week. "And how are you this week?"

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"Buona," Anakin replied with a smile. "I'm working on a new language."

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"You didn't just curse at me, did you?" Had to check with him and new languages.

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He laughed. "Not unless I did something very wrong," he said. "I said I'm good."

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She took a seat, asking, "So what are you learning and what for?"

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"I'm learning Italian," Anakin said, smiling. "Rory and I are going to Italy for our honeymoon. Obi-Wan insisted on being able to speak to the locals."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke knocked on the door jamb and smiled. "Hi."

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Anakin put down his papers. "Hello! How was your trip?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

For a moment Luke looked confused, then smiled. "Of course you'd notice I was gone."

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"Plus the shuttle was gone," Anakin said, "but yes, Luke, I do notice if I can't feel your presence on the planet. Give me a little credit here."

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His cheeks went pink. "Point," he mumbled. "I went home. I'd promised my teacher that I'd come back to see him after Bespin. It just...took me a bit."

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Anakin looked confused. "But Obi-Wan's dead," he said slowly.

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"Huh? Oh, not him," Luke said, laughing softly. "Did you really think he'd taught me everything I'd learned before he died on the Death Star?"

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Yes.

"Who else taught you, then?" Anakin replied.