Preserve Clearing [lunchtime]

[tatooine_doofus]

After leaving Rory a message to meet for lunch in the clearing she'd mentioned to him, Luke had wandered down to J, GOB for the proper supplies.

Being a boy, they leaned heavily towards Things Stuck Between Bread and Things Made of Chocolate and not so much with the vegetables or fruit.

He plopped down on the grass and tried to process some of the people he'd met in the last few days: a frog, a giant turtle, a girl from the future (though not his), Gavin--who wasn't nine years old any more, apparently-- a Padawan from the past, and oh, let's not forget, his niece. What the hell, Fandom, what the hell.

The people in Platypus seemed to be pretty great, though -- and Annette seemed really excited about his date with Tori.

Not that he was nervous about that. At all.

Except for the part where he was.

His gaze rested on initials carved into a tree nearby and he fought the instinct to roll his eyes. Hopefully his father hadn't done anything stupid to Rory in the last few weeks.

He wasn't counting on it, though.

[OOC: for rory__gilmore, please]

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Or I'll fail miserably," she said.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

He snorted. "You've never failed at anything," he told her. "Why would you choose to start now?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It could happen," she said.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"It's not going to happen," Luke assured her.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"What if wild rhinos stampede through the middle and mess up everyone's projects?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Then we'll throw glitter on them and call it graduation-inspired performance art," Luke decided.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory tilted her head. "What if they're allergic to the glitter?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Then it's their own fault for stampeding through the glitter workshop," Luke said. He slung his arm around Rory's shoulder. "It'll be fine. Trust me. I'm more worried about my father's class. Three Skywalkers and a frog. We sound like a disturbing folk band."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"We should make your dad learn the banjo," she declared.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke burst out laughing. "The look on his face," he said between giggles.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"It would be awesome," Rory said, nodding emphatically.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I'll bring the banjo, you bring the camera," Luke declared. "We'll see if his head spins completely around."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Like in that movie!" she said happily.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"There's a movie about that?" Luke asked. "Why haven't I seen it yet?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"A girl's head spins around because she's possessed," Rory said. "We shall have to watch it."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Neat!" Luke said. "Any banjo playing?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"No, but there's another movie that you're not allowed to see that eatures banjos."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke raised an eyebrow. "Why can't I see the movie?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You're too young," she said.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke burst out laughing. "I'm older than you are."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"You are wee and small and unscarred!" she insisted.

Rory was delusional.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"You're delusional," Luke said between giggles, shaking his gloved hand at her.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Am not," she argued.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Little bit," he said, still snickering. "I'm not five years old, much as you might like me to be."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Noooo but you're Lukey," she said, smoothing his hair.