Room 313, Sunday afternoon

[solo_sword]

With the time change she didn't quite understand, Jaina had seen an opportunity to get some more sleep and have a nice easy day. This didn't work out as planned, though, as her body and brain had both decided they'd already had the required amount of sleep, thanks, and she'd gotten up to go and practice some drills because it was much less boring than laying there.

When she got back and cleaned up, she was almost tempted to head down to the garage for a while. Maybe it was the recent transmissions home or certain conversations she'd been having lately, but she was getting a bit restless knowing there was nothing she could do from here. It was a new feeling, one she didn't like, and while she knew she should probably learn to deal with it, she didn't see that happening. Still, staying in for five more minutes was showing an effort, right?


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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"For the last time, our time lines don't line up," Luke hissed at John, trying to figure out how to manage carrying a cake and knocking on a door. "I didn't know what yesterday was."

Being wrong brought out the whiny side of Luke.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I still say you should've told me it was coming up," John muttered, feeling guilty about spending the previous day with the wrong Skywalker family member.

He knocked on the door to help Luke out.

[solo_sword]

Opening the door, Jaina was a little surprised to see them both on the other side. "Hi," she said, opening it wider to let them in.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"You forgot to mention something kind of important about yesterday," Luke scolded lightly.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Good thing the radio is thorough," John added.

[solo_sword]

"I'm sorry, I didn't know," Jaina protested. "Time moves faster out there. It didn't occur to me that it wasn't in three months."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke grinned. "Suuuuure," he said, leaning over to kiss her on the cheek. "You're just going to try to get two birthdays out of the deal."

[solo_sword]

"I don't think I need to," she grinned. "At this rate my next one will be in the spring or something, so we can just make it easier and say every day is my birthday."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John watched their interchange, amused. "You'd be older than Luke by the end of the week," he teased.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel made a quick trip into town before turning up on Jaina's doorstep.

One hand hidden behind her back, she knocked on the door.

[solo_sword]

Jaina recognized the presence even with the door closed, but she hadn't really been expecting her. Opening the door, she greeted her with, "Hey, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi Jaina," Isabel smiled, feeling a bit sheepish as she pulled the box out from behind her back. "Radio said it was your birthday. I thought you might like this."

[solo_sword]

"Good call. You can never go wrong with those," Jaina smiled. "Thank you. You really didn't have to do anything."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. Who doesn't like chocolate?" She shrugged, "As for not having to do anything, maybe I didn't. But I wanted to. Did you have a good day?"

[solo_sword]

"I appreciate it," she said, smiling. "I did. I didn't find out what day it was back home till about halfway through, and it was pretty low-key, but it was good. I'm happy with it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"There's nothing wrong with low-key as long as you enjoyed it," Isabel replied. "You can appreciate it more because there's not a gazillion things going on. And speaking of a gazillion things going on, I'm sorry I never got a chance to see you at Homecoming. There were too many alumni and people I was trying to talk to and before I knew it the night was over. Did your date like your dress?"

[solo_sword]

To be absolutely honest, Jaina wasn't the type who could remember her dress unless she went back into her closet to look. "He didn't seem to hate it," she nodded, knowing that much. "What about you? Good time?"

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"Did you have a good day yesterday?" Inara asked, entering with a basket full of clean clothes. "I'm sorry I don't have anything for you."

[solo_sword]

"I did," Jaina said with a little smile. "And don't worry about it. I'm surprised anyone was the least bit prepared considering I didn't know about it."

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Laughing as she dumped the clothes out on her bed and began folding them, she asked, "So how old are you now, if you don't mind my asking? People were prepared? How is that possible?"

[solo_sword]

"Seventeen, technically, unless an entire year passed back home and I didn't know it," she answered. "And I shouldn't say prepared as much as acted quickly once they heard the radio."

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"How did you celebrate?"

[solo_sword]

"Common room for pizza and TV," she said, and shrugged. "It's not really a big deal, so I didn't really want to do anything big for it."

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"That's understandable, I suppose," she said, "You're far from most of your family, after all. You can always celebrate more later, if you want."

[solo_sword]

"Even if I was home, I don't think I would have been around my family for it. One of the not-so-great parts of growing up, I think," she admitted. "Though given people's reactions I think I need warning for my next ambush birthday just for them."