2nd Floor Common Room: evening

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Rory was curled up on the couch with a small ball of fuzz in her lap and a turtle tank on couch beside her.

Vladdie would occasionally nod and give a small noise in his sleep as he slowly woke. And Rory, meanwhile, just flipped through the channels in boredom.

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Vladdie obliged in sniffing him, and proceeded to lick Peter's hand.

"Oh, no," Rory giggled. "I'm turtle-sitting. But my friend, who's...um, out of town at the moment, doesn't really socialize him. So when I'm left in charge, I try to get the poor thing out and about when I can."

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After the thorough licking, Peter offered to scratch Vladdie's ears.

"Turtles have a need for socialization?" Peter asked. "How can you tell? Are you sure he's not hungry or something?"

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Vladdie tilted his head into Peter's hand. He liked having his ears scratched.

"See, that's what Anakin would say," Rory said, smiling. "But I think getting Yoda out and about is good for him. He likes having little friends. He gets along very well with Xander Harris's frog, for instance."

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Peter obliged by scratching Vladdie's ears thoroughly.

"Anakin?" Peter knew the name was familiar. "Oh, the flight workshop instructor, right?" He took a closer look at the turtle. "Is there smiling when he's happy?"

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"That would be him, yes," Rory said with a grin. "Yoda is Anakin's. Are you taking the workshop?"

She carefully plucked Yoda out of his tank and set him on the arm of the couch, peering at him. "He's never smiled for me," she confessed, "but I'm firmly convinced that he's just being coy."

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"I definitely am," Peter smiled back at Rory. "I wanted to join the RAF as a kid so I figured this would be almost like it."

Peter looked at the little turtle as well. "Turtles have a reputation for being coy certainly. Does he smile for Xander's frog? Maybe he's missing his special friend?"

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"Cool. I'm taking it too," Rory said, not mentioning that she really had no interest in flying unless she got to ride first class.

"Um. They're not...special friends. I mean, they're friends. But they're not...special friends," she said significantly, looking at Yoda. "But I've never seen him smile at Jeremiah, either. So hmm."

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"I'll be glad to know someone else in the class," Peter said. He paused in confusion at the emphasis used on the word 'special' as he'd not thought he'd been implying anything in particular. "Maybe that's the problem then?"

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"Um. You think this is a case of unrequited amphibian love?"

Rory stared at Yoda. "It's possible."

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"Love? Errr...I just thought if he had a close friend that he might be more prone to smiling?"

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Rory blushed. "Oh. Um. I'm used to euphemisms. Sorry."

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The tips of Peter's ears turned red. "Err, no, no euphemisms used this time." He looked back down at Yoda, "perhaps he just needs time to grow into his smiling capacities."