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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[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella looked puzzled. "You know, I don't think I was pregnant, either."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"I've decided that Ethics is just a strange class," Dick said.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"I think I figured that out the week of the gluttony class," Ella informed him. "Oh, speaking of strange classes? I have an interesting assignment for Art of War this week."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Dick asked while Bobby climbed onto his shoulder. "What assignment is that?"

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"We were supposed to get someone to make us dinner," Ella explained. "I sort of talked Ronan -- do you know him? -- into it."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Not the gym teacher, right?" Dick asked.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"Not unless they have a student teaching gym," Ella said, shaking her head. "Ronan's very nice. He has an accent and I think he works at the clinic."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"And you got him to make you dinner?" Dick asked.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella nodded. "He said he was a good cook. You can have the letovers?" she tried.

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"If you're offering them to me because it was bad and you just want to pass that on, I'm going to have to say no," Dick said.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Surprised, Ella replayed what she had said in her head. "What? No. It's not until tomorrow. I just wanted to make sure you knew I wasn't seeing him behind your back."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick smiled. "Yeah, because you're the cheating type. Sure."

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"I can be sneaky!"

Usually around her curse, but still.

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Sneaky isn't cheating," Dick pointed out.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"it's not," Ella agreed, more serious. "And I am glad you trust me."