Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

After his sparring session with Ben, Anakin unlocked the door to his office and began poking around online for ideas of how advanced Juliet should be at things.

Five minutes later, he was involved in a flamewar on a parenting website.

"Remove head from ass, then parent," he chanted aloud as he typed.

The door was open.

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[solo_sword]

On one hand, she was a little afraid to know, but curiosity totally won out on this one. Taking a seat, she asked, "Who are you making friends with now?"

[sith_happened]

"Idiot parents who, I'm guessing, have equally stupid children. Honestly. If you at a public pool and your toddler is napping, you can't whine about him getting woken up by noisy splashing."

[solo_sword]

"I don't know, that might depend on the parent's level of desperation," she said, thinking that if any of her AU kids ended up falling asleep without being forced, she might bitch too.

[sith_happened]

"Move the kid back," said Anakin with all of the knowledge of naptime of a parent whose child sleeps like a log roughly 16 hours a day.

[solo_sword]

"Just wait till that kid's five," Jaina said knowingly. "Besides the idiocy, how are you?"

[sith_happened]

"Wondering if someone put up a sign somewhere today saying I was giving out free candy," he said. "There were a lot of visitors."

[solo_sword]

"Did they take all the free candy?" she asked, just to be a brat. "Did you get a fan club without noticing?"

[sith_happened]

"Force help me if Raven tries to start one I hope not," Anakin said with a wry smile. "I give terrible interviews to fans." He reached into his desk drawer and pulled out a handful of mini candy bars, then handed them over.

...he was married to Rory. Her junk food was contagious.

[solo_sword]

"You actually have candy on hand?" Jaina asked, actually laughing as she took one.

[sith_happened]

"I had three girls in here today. I was afraid someone was going to start crying. Of course I have chocolate."

For him. For coping with potentially crying girls.

[solo_sword]

"Hey. Just because you have girls in here doesn't mean you're going to have tears," she pointed out.

[sith_happened]

"One of them got married in Vegas, one of them is back from a war zone and the final one slept with Chuck Bass," Anakin pointed out.

[solo_sword]

"And thanks to radio I know who two of them are and am guessing Tahiri for the third," Jaina said. "I'd also like to point out that I was in Vegas and didn't get married, so I win over a teacher."

[sith_happened]

"I'd give you a cookie, but you already got candy," Anakin teased. "Also, I'd've had a heart attack and I think you like me more than that."

[solo_sword]

"You have got to get over that," she told him. "It'll happen when I'm ready and want to and you will just have to deal."

[sith_happened]

"After you're out of high school," Anakin declared. "And no, I don't care how old you are now. After you aren't living in a dorm with fourteen year olds, you can do whatever you want."

[solo_sword]

"So if I just moved to California, it'd be okay?" No, she wouldn't do it. Still.

[sith_happened]

Anakin looked like he'd bitten into a lemon.

"I wouldn't be thrilled."

[solo_sword]

"And if I said I spent a week living there for two months? Where does that put me on the scale?" She wasn't really trying to goad, just make a point.

[sith_happened]

"Still unmarried."

[solo_sword]

"Yeah. It's still my decision, thanks. You should be more worried about whether or not I'm happy than my marital status, really." Okay, that part was totally to goad.

[sith_happened]

Anakin reminded himself firmly that he'd been Jaina's age when he'd been married.

Which only served to show him what a complete idiot he'd been at twenty.

He sighed heavily. "I only want for you to be happy."

[solo_sword]

"Thank you. I don't suppose it'd be too much to ask to hear 'what was or wasn't a problem for me won't be the same for you because we're different people' huh?" She knew that one was a pipe dream.

[sith_happened]

Anakin arched up an eyebrow in reply.

[solo_sword]

"One day you will realize it's true. And on that day, I will either do a little dance or keel over from shock."