Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

The baby was due any day now, which meant Anakin was a barely containable ball of stress. He was holding office hours so he didn't drive his wife completely insane, but his planned activity for the day seemed to be staring at his comlink and waiting for it to go off.

Neurotic, party of one, probably needed a distraction.

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[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica felt bad about not making the baby shower, so she dropped by Anakin's office with a gift.

"Hey, you busy?" she asked.

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled. "Not really," he said. "Come on in."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Smiling back, Veronica entered the office and handed Anakin a pink (http://www.totsoflove.com/MomDadMe_frame.htm) gift (http://www.babywit.com/change-world-baby-p-BCUTE.html) bag (http://www.babywit.com/girls-rule-pink-p-BPOP.html). "Sorry I couldn't make it on Tuesday."

[sith_happened]

"You didn't have to get anything," Anakin insisted as he peeked into the bag. "Really."

He pulled out the clothing and smiled. "Hard to believe how small this stuff is, huh?"

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"It's fun to buy baby stuff," Veronica told him. "And, yeah, it really is. But it's sooooo cute."

See? She could be a girl sometimes.

[sith_happened]

"You should see the pairs of socks," Anakin said, grinning doofily. "It's our life, so half of them will be hidden by Vladdie or eaten by the monster in the linen closet, but still! Thank you."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Veronica said. "You have an actual monster in your linen closet?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin chuckled. "When River graduated, she left me Bertie, the monster who used to live under her bed."

[famous-gut.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Gibbs said knocking at the door, "Got a minute?"

[sith_happened]

"Of course," Anakin said, glancing away from a Wikipedia article about childbirth. "Come in."

[famous-gut.livejournal.com]

"Do you know anything about Ben being involved in any interrogations?" Gibbs asked.

[sith_happened]

Anakin blinked. "Nothing specific," he said finally. "I know he was part of the secret police at home, so I assume he would have had some access. Why?"

[famous-gut.livejournal.com]

"Yesterdab he asked not to participate in class," Gibbs replied evenly. "Kid seemed to think that interrogating meant the same thing as torture. He even mentioned watching someone die in front of him. I thought as family you might want to look into it."

[sith_happened]

"Definitely," Anakin said, frowning hard. "Getting him to open up is like talking to a rock sometimes."

[famous-gut.livejournal.com]

"He looked a little shook up," Gibbs said. "Might be more willing to talk now with what happened yesterday."

[sith_happened]

"Do some of my own interrogating," Anakin said with a small smile. "I'm pretty good at it."

Just ask his son-in-law.

[famous-gut.livejournal.com]

"Just leave him in one piece," Gibbs replied with a small grin of his own.

And then a thought occurred to him.

"This 'spa' day thing... That's not mandatory is it?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan practically had to drag Rachel to Professor Skywalker's office, but she was determined to get her new friend some additional resources for dealing with her empathy.

So now there were two teenage girls standing in Anakin's doorway and Joan was knocking.


[Joan-Raven-Anakin? Until Joan tactfully ducks out at least ;)]

[trigons_child]

Raven was still somewhat nervous about this, but she trusted Joan, and Joan trusted this teacher. So she steeled herself and waited for Anakin to acknowledge them.

[sith_happened]

Anakin glanced up at the two girls. "Hello," he said. "Can I help you with something?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan smiled. "Hi, Professor Skywalker. This is Rachel Roth, she's one of the new students and she was looking for a teacher she could talk to about some... possible issues that could come up. I suggested she talk to you."

[trigons_child]

"Hello, professor," Raven said shyly. "I hope we are not disturbing you."

[sith_happened]

"Not at all," he said, smiling. "Come in. Shut the door, if you'd prefer."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan glanced between Rachel and Professor Skywalker. "Do you want me to leave?" she asked.

[trigons_child]

"If you have other things you must do, I understand," Raven said. "Otherwise I am content to have you remain."