33 Apocalypse Avenue [late afternoon]

[sith_happened]

After a long few hours in the flight simulator (where he hadn't killed John Sheppard (yet)), Anakin put Juliet down for a nap and smiled down at the solemn little boy who had accompanied them home.

"Should we call your mother?" he suggested.

So I Thought - Flyleaf

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[sith_happened]

"Some kind of head trauma?" Anakin teased. "Would you like to say hello to him?"

[can_be_more]

"Yes," Aeryn said, though this was still bizarre."I think I have to hear this for myself."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Hello," China said quietly into the comlink. "Where are you?"

[can_be_more]

"I'm in Cambridge," she said, and added, "I'm held up here for a bit."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

China was a little boy who didn't admit when anything bothered him. "Are you shooting things?" he asked instead of saying he missed her.

[can_be_more]

"Not quite," Aeryn said, almost smiling. "It's pretty boring. I'd much rather be there." Which was true.

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Can I go shoot things?"

It was worth a try.

[can_be_more]

"No," she said automatically. She supposed that was good. "Do I usually let you shoot things?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

Like the kid had ever lied in his life with Aeryn and Anakin as parents. "Only when you and Dad are both watching."

[can_be_more]

"Good boy," Aeryn said, very impressed at his truth-telling. "Are you getting a lot of practice?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Not as much as I want," China replied. "You say that you shouldn't get everything you want all the time."

[can_be_more]

Ooh, other her was smarter than last year's other her. "That's right. Besides, there's time for that later. You should be enjoying yourself at your age."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"I don't get to fly enough either," China said, just a little petulant.

Wonder where that came from.

[can_be_more]

"I wasn't able to fly at all as a child," Aeryn pointed out. "I had to wait until I could actually reach the pedals. If you're already flying, you're well ahead of your time."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Simulators aren't really flying," China declared. "I beat some girl today. She was mad."

[can_be_more]

"Who did you beat?" Aeryn wondered. Which was her trying to find out if it was the kid of anyone she knew.

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Some other Skywalker," China replied. "Her name was Jolee. Luke's her dad."

[can_be_more]

"Aha. Do you have a lot of other Skywalkers around, China?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Only today. Normally it's just the three of us. Luke doesn't visit that much any more."

[can_be_more]

"Why not?" She was still sort of boggling over "the three of us".

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"He's busy with the Jedi back where he lives," China said, "but it doesn't mean he doesn't like me."

The last part sounded like he'd repeated it a lot.

[can_be_more]

"You know he likes you," said Aeryn. This was Luke, after all. "That just happens when people get older, they need to do their own... thing."

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"That's why I'm not going to grow up," China declared.

[can_be_more]

She couldn't help but be a little amused. "You're not?"

[wee-skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"I'm still working on it," China said. "Because I want to be tall enough to hit pedals on real ships."