fandomhigh | Ethics [Monday, April 16, 5th period]

Anakin was standing next to his desk watching a little girl in a pink hat coloring a picture.

He looked exhausted.

"Okay," he said when the students arrived. "This week we're scheduled to talk about the ethics of parenting. I didn't make the little ones appear!" he said quickly. "I was going to give you egg babies instead."

He pointed at the crate of eggs on his desk. "So you're still getting paired up because it's your final project for class, but I'm sure many of you have more insights on this area than you would have, oh, say, Saturday." He smiled wryly. "And I'm guessing a life of celibacy is looking fairly appealing."

He pulled out a list of names. "Anyway. Here are your parenting teams. Take an egg, name it, give it a backstory, and bring it back in one piece this time next week. Listen for your name, then pair up and chat.

Marco and Molly
Katara and Sam
Balthier and Turtle
Irulan and Dean
Walter and Valentine
Jake and Blair
Kaoru and Neil
Draco and Steerpike
John and Jaye."

Anakin smiled. "So...anyone have stories to share?"

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Molly walked up to the front of the room while the rest of the class were still discussing egg babies and magically appearing children. She cleared her throat. "I need to ask you a question," she said quietly and gestured him to the side of the room. She positioned herself such that he would have his back to the class if he stood in front of her.

Anakin followed her, a frown creasing his forehead.

He could feel Trudi's glee all the way across the classroom.

"Yes?"

Molly shifted just a little so that she could see Trudi past Anakin.

"I just wanted to make sure we have everything straight about who has Trudi when. You're taking her until dinner, right?"

Trudi snuck up behind him with all of the stealth of a baby elephant.

Anakin carefully smothered a smile as he nodded at Molly's question. "I figured we'd head out to the park after classes," he said.

Molly looked up at Anakin and did her best to fight down a smile of her own.

"Maybe you can wear her out a bit. Getting her to sleep last night was hard. I blame your genetics for that, by the way."

Anakin raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" he asked.

Trudi chose that moment to tackle him from behind.

"Stealth hug!" she cried, giggling. "Were you surprised?"

"Very," Anakin assured her, clinging tightly.

Before Anakin could react further, Molly joined in the hug. "Stealth hug!" she giggled.

Anakin closed his eyes and hung on for just a moment before stepping back and remembering he was supposed to be teaching.

He put Trudi back down on the ground and gave Molly a slightly watery smile. "Thanks."

Molly smiled up at him. "That's what friends are for."

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