Third Floor Common Room, Wednesday Night

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It wasn't like Jess hadn't known that Anakin hated him. But he hadn't been aware of exactly how much he was hated until he'd spent a full day with Jar Jar Binks. They were only around Buffy for a few minutes before she and Jess both agreed that Jar Jar couldn't stay in their room, so they'd mostly been in town instead, with Jess spending most of his time trying to make sure Jar Jar bumped into as few things as possible. When evening rolled around, he decided they had no other option but to camp out in the common room again, and if anyone had a problem with that, Jess figured he could just make the person talk to Jar Jar for a few minutes, and they'd understand. Or, they'd at least flee for the sake of their sanity.

Out of desperation, Jess had turned on the television, and by some miracle, discovered that Jar Jar was absolutely fascinated by the Home Shopping Network's gem collection. Sure, it wasn't keeping him totally quiet, but he was occupied enough that Jess could think about making food without wondering what he could slip sleeping pills into.

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Tony had some time before the new Darkest Night started so he ran upstairs to see if the third floor had any microwave popcorn left. He spotted Jar Jar and stared. Then he realized he was being rude, blinked and said to the - whatever it/he/she was, "Hi. Are you a new student?"

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"Ooooh, no, meesa just visiting," Jar Jar said. "And making new friends!"

Jess was glad he was out of sight so he could roll his eyes at the word friends.

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"Cool," Tony said. "Where are you from?"

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"Meesa from Naboo," he said. "Far from here. Where are yousa from?"

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"Vancouver, Canada," Tony said. "Not quite as far, I think. Is that another planet or another dimension?"

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"Itsa both!" Jar Jar explained. "Meesa met Ani there!"

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Ella came into the common room to see if there was anything there that looked like food for a baby Ewok.

Unfortunately, her ransacking of the cabinets was complicated by the fact said Wokling was infinitely more interested in yanking on her hair. "Hi - ow, Furball, let go, that's mine! - Jess," she managed, as she pulled out a jar of applesauce.

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Jess spotted the Wokling and gave Ella a jealous look, hair-pulling or not. "Hey. How's it going so far?" he asked.

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"Well, he didn't stop me from cheerleading practice, but I'm glad he goes back to Harvey in the morning," Ella said honestly. She grabbed the Ewok's paws to stop the hairpulling. "How are things with your ... companion?"

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"We haven't killed each other yet, but I don't want to say it could be worse because then I think it might get worse," Jess admitted. "You're lucky you have a partner. Very, very lucky."

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"I know, and Harvey's been exceptionally nice as a father," Ella agreed with clear relief. "Do you think Anakin gave you the special assignment for a reason?"

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Buffy had come out to get a soda, and the big bad vampire slayer almost turned on her heel to flee when she saw what was in there. "Oh, god, you haven't killed it yet."

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"Not yet, though it's been tempting," Jess said. "I'm starting to wonder if that's what I'm supposed to do so it's not on Anakin's hands."

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"I can do it," Buffy said immediately.

It did not matter one bit that it was right there. Not one teensy iota.

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Jess sighed, and shook his head. "No, it's okay. He's being good right now. I kind of feel like this is a challenge I'm not expected to win."

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"Like someone said 'I bet you can't be qualified for sainthood' and you said 'You're on'?"

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Dick was taking his wokling on a tour of the stairwells and hallways of the dorms. The fuzzy little guy seemed to enjoy it, but when he heard people in the common room, he felt the need to socialize the boy.

And then he saw that Jar Jar from class was here. Oh well. "We're watching Home Shopping?" he asked.

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"Hi!" Ella waved to him and held up her Wokling's paw so it would wave, too. "This is Furball. Furball, say hi!"

"YUB!" Furball chirruped, squirming.

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"And this is Bobby," Dick said, nodding down towards his wokling who was really enjoying being carried around. "How's motherhood treating you?"

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"He's not too bad when he's not trying to detatch my hair from my head," Ella noted. "How's fatherhood?"

She set Furball down on the floor. "Go play!" she encouraged.

It just sat there and blinked.

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"My only complaint is that he doesn't look a thing like me." Dick covered Bobby's ears. "I think I might not be the real father," he whispered loudly.

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"Yes!" Jar Jar said excitedly. "Theysa selling shiny things!"

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"You haven't bought any, have you?" Dick asked. Bobby the Ewok just looked at Jar Jar inquisitively.

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"Oh, no, meesa not allowed to have money here," Jar Jar said sadly.

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"That's probably just because your friends are looking out for you," Dick said encouragingly.