Room 313- Wednesday night

[solo_sword]

There was a system to how Jaina got back from trips home. First thing she did after getting in the door was to drop her bag and find the little clock on her desk that told her what day it was. For two weeks at home, she'd only missed two days here, which wouldn't be a bad thing if she wasn't counting down to graduation. Normally then she'd start unpacking, but today she was bucking tradition and checking her phone again. Still no message from John. She expected to be hearing from him any day now, but talking to Ronon had told her that maybe it'd take a little bit longer than the ETA she'd been given to begin with.

Leaving her bag where it was for now, Jaina instead went to lay down for a minute. She was healing up after her concussion and felt fine, but unpacking, meh.


[Omg my computer works and I can plaaaaay! Come visit! Door and post open.]

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[momslilassassin]

"You're back," Ben said, grinning from the doorway.

[solo_sword]

"Just," she said, sitting up, albeit nice and slow. "Did I miss anything good?"

[momslilassassin]

"Parade of dancing frogs," Ben said, then frowned. "What happened to you?"

[solo_sword]

"Concussion. I've had recovery time, I'm fine," she assured him. "Seriously about the frogs?"

[momslilassassin]

"You're slow," Ben said, still frowning. "They didn't dump you in bacta?"

[solo_sword]

"I was too busy," Jaina told him with a wave of her hand. "I just have to take it easy for a bit and I can put myself in a healing trance when I sleep. It's nothing to worry about."

[momslilassassin]

Ben's lower lip stuck out. "How come that never works for me?" he asked. "I always end up in the bacta tank."

[solo_sword]

"Because we just finished a war where a lot of people got hurt, and if someone's willing to go without bacta so they can use it for someone who needs it more, they won't argue," Jaina explained. "I haven't been in a tank since Kalarba. If I can take care of it myself, I will." Granted, she wasn't the best at healing, but she could manage.

[momslilassassin]

Ben still looked worried. "I'm not great at it either," he admitted, "but if you want a boost, I could probably help out."

[solo_sword]

"Thanks," she said with a little smile. "Really, I'm fine. Stop looking like that."

[momslilassassin]

"I don't like seeing people hurt," Ben said, finding the toes of his boots absolutely fascinating.

[solo_sword]

"If I started doing jumping jacks, would that be better?" she asked gently. "Because I can. I'm just healing up like a good girl because I have the time to."

[momslilassassin]

Ben turned red. "I'm being ridiculous, huh."

[weetuskenraider]

You could kind of say Tahiri was making the rounds tonight.

She felt a little bad about this when Jaina had just gotten back (yes, she'd been keeping track), but . . .

"Hey, Jaina?" she called through the open door.

[solo_sword]

"Hey," she said, sitting up again. "Come on in."

[weetuskenraider]

"Hey," Tahiri returned, inching into the room to lean against the doorframe. "Well, you're still all in one piece, I see."

[solo_sword]

It was so weird to see someone else leaning against that doorframe. "Not for a lack of trying, but I made it back," she said with a little smile. She was just glad she won this one. Totally worth the injury. "How's it been going here?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Oh, the usual," Tahiri replied with a crooked little grin. "Jaina, I know you're an overachiever, but there are some things I'd rather you didn't aspire to."

[solo_sword]

"But I'm so good at it," she teased. "I'm fine. Ignore any frowny faces Ben makes about it." Just to warn her.

[weetuskenraider]

"Uh huh. I feel like I should be asking what you did, but now that Leia's here . . ." Tahiri kind of had to sneak that one in there.

[solo_sword]

"Tiny Mom has no bearing on what I do or what I tell people about it," she said, just to get that out there. And because she liked saying 'tiny Mom.'

[weetuskenraider]

". . . tiny Mom?" There was no way that giggle wasn't escaping. "I bet you like saying that. Although," she continued because sometimes Tahiri couldn't segue, "I actually came to ask you something."

[solo_sword]

It was good to hear giggles from Tahiri now and then. It was reassuring. "Sure. What's yup?"

[weetuskenraider]

Well, this part might not be so reassuring. Or it might be, depending on how you looked at it.

"Remember how I told you a long time ago that Karla thought she knew how to deal with Riina?"

[solo_sword]

"Yeah," she said, leaning forward a little in interest. "Something change?"