Room 317 [after class]

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Luke was in his room with the door cracked open a bit as he worked up his courage to deliver the flowers he'd gotten for Jo to her.

Artoo was in the corner letting out squeaks of droid-y amusement as he replayed what he thought of as the greatest hits of Luke's weekend.

Luke wasn't as amused.

[OOC: Open!]

Baker Baker - Tori Amos

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Z bounced into the room and, seeing the flowers, said, "Aw, are those for me?" in a totally not serious way.

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Luke laughed nervously. "No, they're 'sorry I thought I was the kind of guy who hired hookers' flowers for Jo." He tilted his head at them. "Do they need to be bigger?"

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"You hired a hooker?" Z laughed and wiped an imaginary tear from her eye. "They grow up so fast. But seriously? I think they're fine. Very nice flowers."

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"Two," Luke moaned, hiding his head under his pillow. "Well, they thought I'd stiffed them."

Beat.

"Not dirty! Not dirty not dirty not dirty!"

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Z fell over on her bed, laughing hysterically. "Are you--are you sure?" she gasped out.

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"Positive," Luke's muffled voice told her. "I'm the only person who could wake up with two women and still be a virgin at the end of the weekend."

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Z blinked. "You're still a virgin?"

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Luke was thinking of having the pillow surgically attached to his head.

"...maybe?"

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"Oh," said Z. Then she realized this was spectacularly unhelpful. "I mean. Good for you?"

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"It wasn't exactly planned," Luke whined. "I grew up miles from anything. Including girls."

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Z didn't point out that Luke now lived in a coed dorm and had had a girlfriend all summer. Nor did she ask if there had been any boys around. She just said, "Must have been rough."

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The pillow nodded. "My aunt and uncle were very strict," it said. "And this summer...was kinda crap."

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"But you had a girlfriend!" Z argued.

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Luke sighed. "I wasn't in the right headspace to enjoy it," he said. He pulled the pillow from his head. "You can keep a secret," he decided. "This won't surprise you, but my family's pretty screwed up."

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"No, really?" Z asked wryly. "I never would have guessed. Your dad looks practically our age, not to mention moody as hell and occasionally kind of mean, and I have no idea what's going on with that sister of yours."

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Luke took a deep breath. "Yeah, our story makes Lifetime movies look fairly tame," he said. "My father's a Jedi, right? And they weren't supposed to get married. Since there's a Leia and I, you can kind of guess how much attention he paid to those rules."

He bit his lip. "So there was a war and the Jedi got exterminated by Darth Vader for, you know, existing, and Leia and I were separated after we were born to protect us from him and his boss, who'd taken control of the galaxy. Great guy. Really."

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"Pfft, rules," said the police cadet. "Who needs them?" Z frowned. "Darth Vader, wait, isn't he the old Ethics teacher? From before your dad came?"

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Luke nodded. "That's him. He came because he recognized my last name. The Emperor'd thought that Anakin hadn't had children. I was a threat to his power."

As an 18 year old kid with three weeks of Jedi training. Some threat.

"So he sent Vader here to give me a choice." He bit his lip. "Last November he did. My choice was supposed to be joining the Dark Side or getting killed. I didn't really like those choices."

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"Yeah, no, I can't see that you would," Z agreed.

NFB, please...

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Luke flexed his glove. "So he cut my hand off," he said, "then, um, told me that he was my father."

Re: NFB, please...

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Z was totally at a loss for words for several seconds. Then, "You let me think you cut your own hand off?!"

After another few seconds she screechd, "He said WHAT??"

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"He wasn't lying, either." Luke rolled his eyes. "His timing blows."

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Z had no words. Well, maybe a few. "But. But. I met your dad. He tried to teach me how to fly. Twice."

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"Welcome to my world," Luke said. "I had a bit of a problem imagining the guy who'd dated Rory and graduated from here turning into, you know, seven feet of evil."

Re: NFB, please...

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Z shook her head to clear it. "Okay, exactly how much time travel are we talking, here? Because I only know one Rory and she's like our age...as is your dad. Ow. My brain."