Room 313, Thursday afternoon

[solo_sword]

The good thing about having classes only at the first part of the week was that Jaina had time to go home without worrying about having to be back in time for anything. (Yes, she worried about things like that, but only because she was learning pertinent things, thank you.) The bad thing was that when she wasn't going home, it gave her more time to obsess over things she would be taking care of if she was.

This was why she was going over reports on her datapad, and if anyone passing by caught the occasional frustrated curse from inside the door as Jaina talked herself out of going down there right now and making better whatever she didn't like reading, well, that was why.


[Same verse same as the first but I am SO BORED. Open door, open post.]

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[momslilassassin]

He hadn't had a chance to do it to the other Jaina, so when Ben saw Jaina's door open on his way back from his visit with their grandfather, he walked in without saying a word and went over to hug her.

[solo_sword]

That was one way to get her to put work aside. Immediately tossing the datapad onto her bed, in part so she wouldn't hit him with it, she hugged him back, asking, "Rough couple weeks, huh?"

[momslilassassin]

He nodded. "I'm glad to see you," he mumbled into her shoulder.

[solo_sword]

"Me, too," she assured him. "How are you doing?" She kind of figured, but she also figured the only answer she'd get was whether or not she was hurting him.

[momslilassassin]

"Better," Ben told her as he pulled away. "Nothing a few weeks of sleep won't fix."

Not that he was getting much sleep.

[solo_sword]

"What happened?" she asked, looking him over for more than just a scared glance in class. She didn't actually think she wanted to know, but that sort of question was automatic.

[momslilassassin]

"Botched operation," Ben said as his entire Force-sense locked up tight. "I won't make the same mistake again. How was your time away?"

[solo_sword]

"It's been an up and down few weeks," she said, not prying. "Good mission- technically- followed by a bad mission, people getting impaled and then there were Ewoks."

[momslilassassin]

"People getting impaled?!"

[solo_sword]

"John got shot down during a raid," Jaina explained. "He's better now."

[momslilassassin]

Ben went pale.

[solo_sword]

"He's all right," she said quickly. "A couple days in a bacta tank and he was right back to getting into fights with Gavin. Good as new."

[momslilassassin]

"You're sure?" Ben checked. Because Force knew he was lying about how okay he was.

[solo_sword]

"I swear to it," she said, holding up her hands. "He was even doing menial labor on Endor." Granted, he hadn't been a hundred percent there, but she hadn't known that at the time.

[momslilassassin]

Ben remembered to breathe again. "Okay," he said. "I can go see him, though, right?"

[solo_sword]

"Of course. And I promise, if something really bad were to happen, I'd let you know."

[momslilassassin]

Ben didn't echo that promise. "Good," he said instead. He was protecting her by not giving her gory details. "So you went to Endor, too, huh?"

[solo_sword]

She nodded, indicating that he could sit if he liked. "I'm sure I broke the time-space continuum by existing in a galaxy I don't exist in yet, but it was interesting. You already heard about it?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela paused at the swearing and decided to stick her head in the door. Hopefully it wouldn't get bitten off. "One of those days?"

[solo_sword]

"One of those lives," she sighed, and then looked up.

"Sorry," she realized. "Was I being loud?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Not especially," Triela shrugged with a grin. "Do you have a tendency to when you're having one of those lives?"

[solo_sword]

"I don't know. Usually when I get loud, people start backing away." Because she was very good at ragey.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Well," Triela laughed, "I'm not backing away. I guess you can take that as a sign that you're not too loud, right?"

[solo_sword]

"Or that you don't know when to back away," she pointed out.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela hummed thoughtfully and tapped her chin. "You've got me there, I think. Backing away has never been my strong suit."